@@youraveragelunatic4636. That's the point. Since Nintendo is still selling it, but said that no copies would be sold after March 31st 2021, resellers think that they will benefit, so they buy 20 or so copies to resell at extraordinarily high prices, but in reality it is still being officially sold, and once resellers realise this, they begin to cry, since nobody is going to buy their overpriced copies when they could buy official copies.
This has to be the best Nintendo limited release in a while. They actually released such high stock physically unlike other releases of say 3DS systems etc.
If there's one thing Nintendo hates more than customers, it's scalpers. After the NES Mini got scalped to Hell and back, Nintendo went postal with the SNES Mini and 3D All-Stars to tank the scalpers. 😈
@@SmashyPlays Just one more reason why they hate scalpers, for providing competition to the Disney Vault "no play, only remember" model that makes people really feel like they hate their customers.
Ds Mario 64 is better with minigames and multiple characters. 3d all stars has no extras compared to digital deluxe or Konami and tmnt bundles. I am just glad I could play switch online for 2d all stars. Vid bsed if 60,000 is such a big deal. So what about Astral chain?
Theory 2 makes sense to me as they likely made a surplus to where they can't really store a bunch of extra games and make all of the stores return the however many copies they have in stock, they're probably just not making any more copies
I still see this game on sale everywhere. My guess is that Nintendo just printed an over abundance of copies after they saw it selling so well. They printed far more copies than they initially told us they would and they now have a surplus of inventory that they are still trying to get rid of. A simple port has sold better than metroid, Kirby, second tier Nintendo series.
To be fair, it's a 60 dollar port bundle for 3 really popular games that all together would cost 180 dollars, meaning you're only paying like 20 per game, a or only a third of what you'd pay normally for each game. For fans of the games, that's a fucking steal.
I worked at retail during this timeframe. We still had some copies left of the game after March 31st, but once they sold, that was it! Nintendo just wasn't restocking the game for retail stores.
I got it when I did. However, ever since last April, I was unable to find my own copy and can't figure out where it was. And I feared it got stolen or something like that. Sometimes it's bad to have physical copies at home when you live in a house filled with messy things
Got mine almost on the last day. I believe 40$. Not limted if it still sells reg prices. I like phy, potential resell, me no? vs your sd can fill up quick. Rather buy a game. On sale cheap depending dig vs phy ok. I kinda messy also but I have a game case so I don't loose it. The time you reorganize. You forgert where things are.
…I bought the physical copy because I thought that would be more impressive of a collectors item after the end of it… but apparently it’s the other way around
Funnily enough in Mexico they had to make more copies due to the videogame rating system changing in May 2021 (they just made/printed more ESRB rated copies but added a Mexico rating sticker onto it), however it gets weirder as Nintendo also made 16 GAME BUNDLES as of 2022 in Mexico with 3D All-Stars and another Mario/Nintendo game included, that basically means in Mexico, this game sold EXTREMELY WELL than in other countries and it's a money maker for Nintendo in the country so they keep selling it to this very day officially
Holy shit, I live in Texas. If you don’t mind, what province or city do you recommend for shopping for video games? I might go down there on a little trip, because that’s a damn good deal
Wow. That reminds me of how, in Australia, indie Switch games that got physical releases would sometimes be imported as PEGI rated copies (for the UK) and then have an Australian classification sticker pasted over before being sold.
@@traviscunningham7062 I prefer the controll on the Wii, so I recently bought the game used for around 15€ xD I've already had Mario Galaxy 2 and I used to play Galaxy 1 with a friend who owned it for Wii back in the day xD I still like the 3D All Stars Version (and that way I can also play in Handheldmode), but on the Wii it just feels a bit more natural ^^
I'm pretty sure Nintendo meant that the game wouldn't be available *digitally* after March 31st, physical copies can still exist. It's not on the Switch eShop anymore.
I think they just made a lot of them. The stores near me had a lot but once they sold out they no longer restocked, only one GameStop still has some and I asked them and said that was all they had.
My assumption was that they were going to stop producing copies after March 31st, not stop selling. I still see dozens of copies at Target, and it’s September of ‘22.
If theory #3 (3D All-Stars 2 being released, with 3D All-Stars 1 being available again) becomes a reality, then ALL the mainline 3D Mario games (including 64 DS) will be available on the Nintendo Switch. I hope for this more than a new 3D Mario title, especially since we got a new one last year (Bowser's Fury).
@@amesstarline5482. Well, the touch screen on the DS was hardly used in the game. It's used for camera angles, and a map of the area, as well as the minigames. Camera angles could just be remapped to the Right Stick. A map could be accessed in a menu added when you press the start button. And the minigames could get the same treatment that the Captain Toad and 3D World ports did. That's pretty much it I think.
I still don’t think 3D Land should be on Switch. The whole point of the game was the “3D” so if it doesn’t come with some red and blue glasses than it automatically makes it the worse way to play it. Also I don’t think Mario 64 DS would do well nowadays because a general consumer would see it and think “I already have Mario 64 on my switch”
@@mariotheundying And the main demographic for a Nintendo system is casual fans. Most casual consumers will think “I already have Mario 64” and not buy it. The sales potential is already way less than 3D Allstars
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. It was a limited release, meaning after they manufactured a certain amount they stopped making them. Were the stores supposed to burn their remaining stock after March 31st? They just made a ton of copies. They never said stores wouldn't sell them anymore. They only pulled the digital version.
Well, you may not know this, but Nintendo did force stores to return unsold copies back to them in the past. One example was Uniracers, where after losing the lawsuit to Pixar, Nintendo had no choice but to take back unsold copies and destroy them under court orders as demanded by Pixar. Another example was the European versions of Mario Party 8 and Super Paper Mario, where both games had localization oversights and Super Paper Mario had a game crash that was easy to trigger once it's discovered. They were also recalled, so customers who bought the game(s) and retained their receipts can return them for updated discs once they were made available. However, there's no telling what version you will be getting if you proceed to get used discs.
@@X2011racer I never heard about that, but from what you're saying they were legally obligated to recall those titles. With 3D Mario All-star they would have no reason other than to be assholes.
Nice to know retailers and Nintendo learned their lesson after the NES and Super NES Mini, because I don't recall anywhere having a shortage of 3D All-Stars. Dare I say, there was even a surplus in stores possibly to prevent another NES Classic Edition situation
I've seen it in Walmart before plenty of times past March 31st. Maybe they had extra copies laying around? Or they just meant digitally and not physically?
I think I actually got my copy *after* March ended, and there were like 3-5 copies of SM3DAS at Walmart Because of how they suspiciously made a boatload of copies for this supposed "limited release" game, it's practically a physical-only game at this point
I mean I've been seeing them this year too. But there's always those people that but a truckload of limited time things and selling them fore triple the amount they're worth (this game isn't even worth $60 it's just 3 games ported to the switch.) But either way, they knew weren't gonna stop there
I love how everyone read this as if it poofs outta existence after March And this isn't just retailers dumping the overstock Nintendo gave em Y'know, the completely logical conclusion
It is a limited edition. the extras that were sold afterwards was what was left in stock. I bought a copy of the game and have it sealed away in a ziplock bag and put into a metal safe.
2:27 That listing is not by Nintendo. That just shows the brand name. Sellers are required to provide that. The listing is by Shopville USA. Sold and Shipped by Shopville USA.
In May of 2021 I headed towards the electronics shop to buy 3D World + Bowser's Fury. It wasn't in stock, but half of the Switch shelf was filled with 3D All Stars. I still don't have 3D World unfortunately...
Nintendo never said they would take physical copies off shelves. Only digital copies would come off the store front & physical copies would no longer be in production. Everyone thought the game would be in short supply cause they heard “limited” but it wasn’t limited. Nintendo made such a large surplus of the game that there was more than enough. So much that it stayed in stores long after.
2:27 no, that is a third party reseller. Just because it says “By Nintendo” doesn’t mean it’s being sold by them. It basically just means it’s a Nintendo product.
It's just left over copies. Instead of destroying left over copies, stores are just selling any remaining copies. The March 31 date was just a date the game would be pulled off the eShop and printing more copies would stop.
I hope that Nintendo releases Super Mario 3D All-Stars Plus which will include Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy just like the original. Also it will add Super Mario Galaxy 2, Super Mario 64 DS, and Super Mario 3D Land.
I bought 2 physical copies. Three, technically, but one was a gift. I bought one to open and play and one to keep as a collectors item. I'm in China, and the prices here are NOT set by Nintendo, so it was actually much cheaper than the rest of the world. (Yes, I'm sure it's legit. No, it's not a Chinese knockoff.) China had previously banned video game consoles, so the nostalgia for these games just doesn't exist here, because no one had the games when they first came out. So a lot of remasters do not sell well here. In fact, at one of the places I bought one of the copies, the sellsperson tried to talk me out of it, "This one is Old. Here is the new one." (Hands me Super Mario Odyessy or NSMBU DX or whatever it was.) Knowing that the game is still being sold physically - by Nintendo - dashes much of the hope I had of the sealed copy being worth much someday. Still, I'm not opening the second copy. just in case.
I just feel like this was such a wasted opportunity. They could have remade Mario 64 and give sunshine all the cut content that was scrapped from its original rushed release.
Remade 64 would be full $60. Extra Sunshine content could be paid DLC. I think they took the right route. Too bad leakers raised everybody's expectations sky-high, to then be disappointed by a great game that is completely worth $60.
@@AverageCommentor Nintendo themselves didn’t believe the game was worth $60 (it wasn’t Crash and Spyro remakes that are still being sold were $40 and go on sale). If Nintendo believed it was worth $60 like Skyward Sword HD they wouldn’t have made it a limited time FOMO BS product. It’s my least favorite compilation and least favorite game ever because of the greedy decisions surrounding it.
@@ThomastheDankEngine8900. 3 great games ported from dead consoles in HD, and the latter 2 in widescreen, as well as various other minor additions, is completely worth $60, regardless of any other decisions that don't affect the game itself. Nintendo made it a limited release, mainly because it was specifically designed for Mario's 35th anniversary since Super Mario Bros. debuted. They made it limited release so that people would buy it during the 35th anniversary. It was a chance to remember these games and play them again for Mario's next anniversary. Yeah, it was a little greedy, but you can still buy the game even now. If that is enough to make it your least favourite game ever, I'm glad you haven't played any greedy pay-to-win games. If you have, you clearly just hate Nintendo, and your opinion is not based on any noteworthy facts.
@@AverageCommentor Nintendo made it limited release to bump up their sales figures just in time for the end of their FY… Their strategy with legacy content is atrocious, and worse than not offering it at all. Forced rentals and FOMO products are despicable and insanely greedy, weaponizing nostalgia and monetizing backwards compatibility. Greedy pay to win games are typically garbage you can and should easily avoid. You yourself said, these games are amazing. They should be in everyone’s library, and should be easily and readily available, not locking behind a paywall (NSO) or as a limited time Disney Vault release. I hate it because the product shows how little respect Nintendo has for both the consumer and their legacy.
@@ThomastheDankEngine8900 last I knew it was limited because it was for the 35th anniversary of mario and I mean yeah money is likely a factor to because their a company but to say 100% that was the case is a little dumb considering nintendo does limited releases all the time and they had said themselves it was for a 35th anniversary
Just because it says it’s made by Nintendo on Amazon, that doesn’t mean the seller is Nintendo. Nintendo sells their copies to their vendors like Walmart, Target, Amazon, etc, those resellers can take as long as they want to sell their inventory
It's still being sold at 3rd party retailers because they have a lot of copies in stock. It's not like they were going to completely stop sales for physical copies and just throw the stock away. 🤦♂️
I didn't buy this game because I didn't have to. I own all 3 games already and can play them at any time. I still think it was a really stupid move to make it limited. Like physical limited time that makes sense but why digitally. That's easy money, I could see 3d all stars being potentially a top 5 best seller for the switch.
I feel like nowadays Nintendo likes to keep their releases of old games limited. I mean every game you get from Nintendo Online is limited, you can't just buy them and keep the games like with virtual console. It's kind of sad :/
They just stopped printing it/selling it on the eShop after March 31st. They aren't gonna just throw out all the unsold copies, they're gonna leave them on store shelves and let them sell.
Uhm, "limited until" basically translates to "end of digital sales and production of physical copies", that obviously doesn't translate to physical copies getting recalled and destroyed. Therefore it's only natural that unsold physical copies remaining in retailers or storage depots would continue to fuel the sales numbers. Them themselves listing the title on Amazon isn't necessarily suspicious, Nintendo do offer a warranty and repair for physical game cards, thus they must maintain a minimum inventory of any game they publish in case of replacements. As the warranty period expires and they no longer need to maintain that inventory they may simply choose to list those copies on sites like Amazon. With that said, Nintendo certainly do treat their franchise similarly to what Disney does, but the vault argument only explains why they they would throw a "limited until" tag onto any title, not why the sales numbers didn't freeze entirely after the cut off date.
It's no secret that they made tons of copies. The idea is that they wouldn't continually print more over time similar to huge sellers like BoTW, Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, etc. For any record collector look at a lot of the Record Store Day releases in the last 5 or so years. Sure they are limited but they printed 50,000+ copies of that Metallica 7"(hypothetical). It'll run out eventually, unlike Darkside of the Moon. They printed enough that they knew they were guaranteed to sell, whether over a year or 3.
They more then likely just are selling the rest of the copies that they produced, they never said they would pull it from store shelves, just that they would remove it from the eshop and not produce any more
Earlier this year I found a nearby Toys R Us (in canada) had a bunch left over but my local library system has over 30 copies of it. I thought about it but I ended up not buying my own copy. I didn't feel the same level of nostalgia I think other people have with the game especially if I can just borrow it whenever I want to replay them.
RIP for me I bought the digital and the physical editions thinking the physical edition would be rare lol. I ended up just giving the physical editor to my brother.
It will be rare after like 10-15 years or fewer when peoples games starts to break, aa the game is no longer made stores will sell it till they run out off stock but no store will get new stock
Who knows if they'll do this but maybe because tomorrow marks the 37th anniversary Nintendo may announce Super Mario 3D Allstars Upgraded coming with not only just the first three 3D Mario games but also including the 3D Mario tittles they left out like Super Mario 64 DS,Super Mario Galaxy 2,Super Mario 3D Land,Super Mario 3D World,Super Mario Odyssey, and Bowser's Fury(Yes I know the last 3 are already on the Switch but I'm saying that anyway). I don't know if this is what's happening but if it is it would be very cool.
Switch 2 comes out next year, Maybe Scalpers might learn from their past mistakes. Switch games are mass produced in the millions, If something is too expensive, buyer's will pass it up and wait for the next best thing to come out.
I don’t see the digital version on the Nintendo Switch online store anywhere so yeah it’s true I bought the digital version before it was removed so now I don’t need to open my sealed copy ever
2:29 i dunno about that, if it say "by nintendo" sometimes it mean like who made this product or like what brand this is rather than whos selling it cuz if you click it it should say sold and shipped buy amazon and not nintendo, they let amazon do the selling like target or gamestops online stores
I hadn’t even considered this game still selling well after it’s “limited” run but now I’m interested because I’m working on a project to find the most complete cartridges out there. Super Mario 3D all stars specifically has two revisions that we know of. The revision (first print) is 000 on the back of the cart, and the second print is 001. The 001 revision has version 1.0.1 on the cartridge, whereas, the first print has version 1.0.0. The game has a patch to version 1.1.1. If they are still releasing or printing this game, I’m curious to see if there is a revision 002 with version 1.1.1, making that version complete. I’m gonna start looking because I’m super curious. If I find a 002 revision, then that means that Nintendo IS definitely still printing this game
I've known about the physical copies for a while because I've always seen them on shelves in GAME stores (UK equivalent of Game Stop) even after 31st March 2021. I got the game during its limited release though.
Those fuckers deserve that, I hope they have a massive dent in their wallet and are forced to sell the games for atleast half of what they bought it for
The most likely thing that is happening is theory 2. We all know that 3D All Stars got a physical release, so extra stock could happen. But the "available til (insert date here)" was a scummy move in the first place, as you can only get the game via the overstock or resellers. But that isn't even the worst of it, since Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light was also a limited release, but it was digital only. The game is no longer available legally anywhere except on the accounts that bought the game.
@@marmilaied5218 The sad thing about that game is... even if you own it... you can't play it anymore, cause the servers are down :( It was fun while it lasted :/
So I was apparently living under a rock, but i had no idea this was a thing. Figured it out like 10 minutes ago, and was bummed out to discover that although it's on the Switch shop, you can't buy it anymore. ... No problem Nintendo, I've just downloaded the Roms. I can't believe these japanese companies and their stupid decisions, like Nintendo doing this or Sega doing NOTHING with their beloved franchises.
I bought my switch during Prime Day last year (July) and I bought this game from Target the same day. Also, I’ve been hoping that they’d port the first two Luigi’s Mansion games to the switch, so maybe there will be a Luigi All Stars game, and they wanted the Mario All Stars game on the shelf to complement that release??
I don’t understand why so many people waited until the last minute to buy it. Then again I got it at launcher cuz I had never played any of them all the way through, most of my experience prior was a couple shines in sunshine
I just bought this game from my local Best Buy like 2 weeks ago , they were the only ones in physical stock. Target doesn’t have digital or physical. Walmart has weird combo pack and game stop just has used ones. I think it’s finally running out. I knew it was going to be awhile longer but dang almost 2 years ago. It was more like while supply lasts.
The thing is that Sept 18 is my birthday so I was kinda worried that if I didn’t get this game in the time it was out there may not be another video game that comes out on my birthday. I got it the Christmas after that but I’m happy to see it’s on shelves to this day.
Am I the only one who didn't really care about galaxy 2 being missing? I strongly preferred galaxy 1 and I honestly didn't even notice that galaxy 2 wasn't there until people mentioned it.
How do we know if Nintendo has printed more copies of 3D All Stars after 31 March 2021? Maybe it's all printed before that and they got many copies in stock?
Even if this information didn't come out it was still selling on best buy, Amazon and elsewhere it would've run out of stock some time so they're clearly still making them
