Super Mario 3D All-Starswas seemingly cast aside by Nintendo after its release in 2020. However, a new update forSuper Mario 3D All-Starsbrings compatibility for the game and the recently released Nintendo 64 Switch controller.
Last year marked the 35th Anniversary ofMario, withSuper Mario 3D All-Starsbeing one of the main ways Nintendo celebrated the milestone. Controversially, Nintendo decided to arbitrarilystop releasingSuper Mario 3D All-Starsat the end of this past March, which resulted in many people beginning to scalp the game, despite many retailers continuing to sell the game anyways.
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Update Ver. 1.1.1 forSuper Mario 3D All-Starsreleased on November 3 and allows people to use the Nintendo 64 Switch controller withSuper Mario 64. Nintendo writes in the official patch notes, “Super Mario 64now supports the Nintendo Switch Online member-exclusive Nintendo 64 Controller (sold separately). Players can now play this title using the same controls as found in theoriginal Nintendo 64 release.” Nintendo also notes that the button prompts within the game will not reflect the buttons of the controller and just those of the traditional Switch controller.
This update is similar in fashion to the lastSuper Mario 3D All-Starsupdate, Ver. 1.1.0, which brought GameCube controller compatibility toSuper Mario Sunshine. As is the case withSuper Mario 64,Super Mario Sunshine’s controller prompts were not changed to reflect playing on the GameCube controller.Super Mario 64’s porting was criticized as being lazyin3D All-Stars, receiving graphical updates that smoothed out the game’s textures and increased its resolution, but not increasing the game’s FPS, making it widescreen, and actually made some speedrunning strategies impossible to perform.
If one was successful in getting one of the Nintendo 64 controllers, this update should make for an even more nostalgic return to the game. Unfortunately, due to the high demand, it appears theNintendo 64 controllers will likely be sold out until next year, which isn’t necessarily surprising considering the rest of the gaming industry’s supply problems, but is still a shame nonetheless.
Fans who have bought the Nintendo Switch Online Nintendo 64 Expansion Pack have not been too happy as it is very glitchy, meaning that for the time being, the best way to playSuper Mario 64on the Switch may still beSuper Mario 3D All-Stars.
Super Mario 3D All-Starsis available on the Nintendo Switch.
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