Nintendo recently announced a lot of goodies to celebrate Mario’s 35th anniversary. A few new games and surprises include a Battle Royale version of Super Mario Bros, Game and Watch editions of old Mario games, and an enhanced port of Super Mario 3D World coming to the Switch. The golden mushroom of the reveal is easily an announcement of a collection of 3D Mario games. Titled Super Mario 3D All Stars, the collection will include just that, a collection of 3D Mario games (Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy). All cool right? Not apparently.
Some fans are noticing, and are a bit bummed, that a certain intergalactic sequel isn’t a part of the collection, Super Mario Galaxy 2. Super Mario Galaxy, released 2010, was an official sequel to the previous predecessor, coincidentally titled Super Mario Galaxy. Galaxy was already a hit and critically acclaimed as fans were amazed at Nintendo flipping the franchise on its head, literally with gravity defying gameplay that had everyone’s favorite Italian plumber running completely around mini planets and launching to new ones. What else could you do? Expand to new destinations with a sequel, and let you ride a Yoshi. Thus Super Mario Galaxy 2 was launched. People loved the sequel as much as it’s predecessor. So why no love for Galaxy 2 by not including it in 3D All Stars? There are probable reasons.
One reason could be is that they wanted to focus more on the major Mario releases, no sequels. If you think about it, each game marked a major milestone in the Mario franchise. Super Mario 64 was the first leap into 3D. Super Mario Sunshine was a unique entry in the series as it improved on the discovery and platform concepts of the Mario franchise while mainly being all about puzzles to accomplish missions. Galaxy really gave us something refreshing with it 360 roaming mechanic. All three games were iconic in their own right and Galaxy 2 would’ve oddly feel out of place as it just piggybacked off of Galaxy’s mechanics.
Another reason could be perhaps be future plans Nintendo have in store for us. A galaxy sized picture for Galaxy 2 that we're not seeing. Nintendo could have a plan to Galaxy 2, along with other 64, GameCube, and Wii titles on the Nintendo Switch Online membership. It is fairly new and I feel that Nintendo will eventually include more titles than the usual NES and Super NES stuff they always release. If you honestly think of it, and the announcement of including the original Super Mario All Stars online, this collection could be a nice beginning to announce future Mario titles, and other games online. What are your thoughts?
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