With a limited supply and those pieces of swag, it seems that this is this year's Metroid Prime Trilogy. Still a nice little buy though, especially at 30 bucks.  :D

Even going by the theory that the Soundtrack CD is worth $15 (using the old logic we used to use to justify anime LE box prices), that set is still overpriced.  Still, I'll probably end up picking it up, since Nintendo seems reluctant to actually put All-Stars on the VC.  It's about time they announced the NA release, though.

I can't believe it's not even the version with Super Mario World included.

Is $30 dollars really a nice price? I mean, it's more than buying the 4 games individually on VC costs.  Seems if there is a "bundle" there should be a discount.


But yeah, I guess collectors and people that really desire the different graphic look get some added value.  Not for me though.

No, but it comes with extra stuff -- if they sold the CD separately, it would probably be about half of the price of the bundle.  I really just want the history book.

Ya know what would have been the perfect bundle/price for this?


$40


Everything that is currently there, PLUS the SNES style classic controller.


Now that would be killer.

...and as Jonny mentioned - Super Mario World as well.  That would have been great.


But while we're dreaming - we're only talking about a collection of ROMs, so why not have all of these in the collection:


Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario World 2 : Yoshi's Island


Now THAT would have been something to get excited about.

if they had SMW2 on there, then I would seriously consider this since I've never played it and having them all on disc would be convenient should my Wii take another crap.

I am very happy that this will be available for purchase. I really hated the idea of this being a Club Nintendo exclusive. Yeah, 30 bucks might be steep for what it really is, but I would pay that over registering a gajillion games just to get the coins XD .

Does it bother anyone else that SMW2 is basically not celebrated by Nintendo as part of Mario's 25 years? I'll grant them a free pass on other Mario titles, such as the smaller Game Boy games, the sports games, and the RPGs in the Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario series, but Yoshi's Island is a platformer and a landmark title. Not only does it have "Super Mario World 2" in the freakin' title, but it is essentially the Mario Bros. origin story.

No.  SMW2 is not a Mario game, it's a Yoshi game, and SMW2 was only the US name.  It was simply called Super Mario: Yoshi Island in Japan.  Also, Wario Land was called Super Mario Land 3, but it really wasn't.

Figured that was the case with Yoshi's Island. Oh well.


I heard that the soundtrack CD is a compilation of one iconic track from each Super Mario platformer (Super Mario Bros. 2 USA included). With the sound effects included, the run time of the CD is a little over 25 minutes.


$30 is too much for me, even with the extras. Still, this is a collectors edition so I guess it makes sense.

Is anyone else getting this just for the Sound Track?

I'd say it's more of a Mario game than Super Mario Bros. 2/Super Mario Bros. USA/Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic. The only difference is that you rarely directly control Mario, but the same could be said for Super Mario Bros. 2 if you opt to play the whole game as Toad.

Does anyone really want the VC version of Super Mario Brothers 2 (Japan)? Don't you have to beat the game eight times in a row to get to the special stages?

My only experience with this is the All-Stars version, but you only had to beat all eight worlds without warping to get to World 9 and then went to A-D after that.

They changed it in Super Mario All-Stars, which is my point. In the original, you have to beat the game eight consecutive times to access the four special worlds, and since VC games are unchanged (with few small exceptions) then I'm pretty sure it's the same case with the VC game. And since the VC version has a save state and not a real save feature, you still have to beat the game eight times consecutively without getting a game over. So the All-Stars version is superior due to its decreased tedium.

My general policy is to not rebuy games that I already own. So while this history book is probably cool (and possibly filled with stuff I already know?) and the CD is nice, it's still not enough for me to spend $30 on games I already own.

Is the CD orchestrated music or does it sound the same as in the game?

I think it's just a straight-from-game-audio collection. A bit of a shame since some other Nintendo CDs have some really cool remixes and rearrangements of music in their games.

I wonder if it's stuff we know. The press release says it has rare concept art and never-before-seen design sketches, which I wonder is true or if it's just hype. Though whatever it is will probably end up scanned and on the Internet on launch day, if the Japanese booklet isn't already.

After reading on another site that the sountrack is just 20 tracks and totals 26 minutes (with many of those tracks being no longer than 10 seconds), no. I am glad that the game was confirmed for North America and I will still get it, but I am disappointed by the soundtrack.

No, not getting a game over is not a requirement of the FDS game.  Also, the FDS game stored your stars on disk like a real save.

Technically, this is a single Super NES ROM on the disc, which would cost $8 on Virtual Console. It comes down to whether you think the book and soundtrack are worth $20+. Not for me, but then I don't listen to game soundtracks and am not much of a collector.

Is it fair to value Super Mario All-Stars as $8 when it isn't available on the Virtual Console and never will be? You can't pay $8 and have the game playable on Wii.

Ah, I didn't realize it was a Famicom Disc System game. That makes a little more sense and is more feasible, but still tedious.

it really is a fair price. you pay 5$ for each game on the Virtual Console. 4 games = 20$. You get a soundtrack CD which has to be AT LEAST 5$. And a history booklet with commentary and concept art which is fair for 5$ as well. 20 + 5 + 5 = 30. sounds fair to me. i honestly expected it to be 50$ when I first heard about it. I mean, Super Mario All Stars for the SNES had to cost about that much when it came out, so $30? sure, sounds good to me.

It wasn't as successful or good as the other Mario games and doesn't really feel like a Mario game either. I love Yoshi but Yoshi's Island was disappointing.

It doesn't feel like a Mario game because it's not a Mario game. Also, it's amazing, and about a thousand times better than Super Mario World.

You can't even get these versions on the VC, you can only get the NES versions (which are inferior in terms of graphics and audio).