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S.Peelman on 07 September 2020
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DarthMetalliCube said:

I'm not entirely happy about this collection - the $60 price, the lack of Galaxy 2, lack of extra content (minus a soundtrack), and no widescreen for Mario 64. But hell, what am I going to do - NOT pick up a limited (physical) release of an HD compilation of 3 great Mario platformers? Especially being the huge Mario fan I am? I hate to reward laziness but in this case Nintendo gets a pass. The perks of crafting 3 of the greatest 3D platformers of all-time (well, at least 2 of them, not so sure about Sunshine, but I do look forward to revisiting it after roughly 18 years).

Nintendo knows they've got people by the balls XD, and games like these are just TOO good and too nostalgic for many gamers. Like me - I sit here and complain but I ultimately still am going to pick it up, so what do they care? But again - part of the reason is b/c these games are of SUCH high quality (64 and to a lesser extent Galaxy at least). This is NOT something I would often do. For instance, even WITH the extra content, I'll most likely be passing on Mario 3D World + Bowsers Fury as that game just isn't on the same level of quality to me. Passed on NSMB U Deluxe - and this is coming from a guy who prefers 2D Mario.

Yeah this is pretty much it. With the exception that I actually probably will end up with 3D World as well (didn’t preorder that, only 3DAllStars and the G&W) at some point.

At the end of the day I don’t really care simply because I’d rather play Mario 64, then not play Mario 64, because it’s one of the greatest games ever made. To keep with the theme of this thread; if I had the choice, and I have the choice, to buy state of the art Last of Us 2 or unchanged Mario 64 that I played through already, I still pick Mario 64 any day. That’s how good it is. And this collection also comes with almost equally good Galaxy and Sunshine, which I thought was less so back then but I’m willing to give it another chance after all these years. And yes, Nintendo definitely knows this and I’m knowingly letting them exploit me. And this is ‘only’ Mario, I can only image what they can get away with with me personally if this was about Zelda.