Switch is (almost) the perfect Mario system

Switch is (almost) the perfect Mario system

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Nintendo has never been shy about finding opportunities to pick out its legacy games, but relied heavily on Mario’s back catalog for its Super Mario 35th anniversary celebration. In September, the company gathered the three earliest 3D adventures of the plumber – Mario 64, Mario Sunshine and Mario Galaxy – in one Switch collection, while Wii U’s Super Mario 3D World arrived on the system (along with the amazing new mini -adventure, Bowser’s Fury) just last month. Between these two versions, almost all of Mario’s 3D games are now available to play on the hybrid console, making it almost the perfect system for Mario fans – if it were not for a handful of omissions.

While most of the plumber’s 3D outings at this point have made their way to Switch, Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario Galaxy 2 are still conspicuously missing in the system. The former’s absence is somewhat understandable; although 3D Land remains an amazing game and was a thing, its ideas and gameplay would be greatly expanded and refined by 3D World. With the game now on Switch, 3D Land is not so missed (and probably does not play as well when released on a system without stereoscopic 3D).

However, Super Mario Galaxy 2 remains a. Mario’s second Wii adventure is one of the most popular entries in the series. This is not only one of those, but it was also the one according to GameSpot sister site Metacritic. All this praise is for good reason: Mario Galaxy 2 has built on its (all-glorious) predecessor in every conceivable way, throwing a brand new series of inventive ideas and mechanics at gamers. Later Mario games, especially 3D World and Super Mario Odyssey, will retain Galaxy 2’s freewheel ingenuity, but the Wii game remains the finest and finest game in the series.

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Wat dit nog teleurstellender maak dat hy nog nie na Switch geskakel het nie, veral nie toe die oorspronklike Mario Galaxy so goed na die hibriede stelsel vertaal het nie. Dit is enigiemand se raaiskoot waarom Nintendo gekies het om dit nie saam met sy voorganger by Super Mario 3D All-Stars in te sluit nie. In ag genome sy reputasie as een van die beste aflewerings van die reeks, spaar Nintendo miskien Galaxy 2 vir sy eie, losstaande vrystelling, soortgelyk aan die manier waarop dit The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword bring – ‘n ander Wii-titel wat laat is – -to die stelsel.

As Mario Galaxy 2 op die Switch was, sou die hibriede konsole ‘n byna volledige katalogus van Mario-speletjies hê. Feitlik elke hooftitel in die reeks is in die een of ander vorm op die stelsel beskikbaar. Die oorspronklike Super Mario Bros.-trilogie, asook die verlore vlakke wat voorheen net in Japan was, was van die vroegste toevoegings tot Switch Online se NES-biblioteek, terwyl Super Mario World en die oorspronklike Super Mario All-Stars in sy SNES-katalogus verskyn. Selfs Mario se paar arkade-uitstappies – Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Mario Bros., en die selde Vs. Super Mario Bros .– is na die stelsel gebring as deel van Hamster se Arcade Archives-lyn, wat byna die volle spektrum van die geskiedenis van die loodgieter insluit. Kyk net na al die Mario-speletjies wat op Switch gespeel kan word:

  • Donkey Kong (arcade en NES weergawes)
  • Donkey Kong Jr. (arcade- en NES-weergawes)
  • Mario Bros. (arcade- en NES-weergawes)
  • Super Mario Bros.
  • Vs. Super Mario Bros.
  • Super Mario Bros .: Die verlore vlakke
  • Super Mario Bros. 2
  • Super Mario Bros. 3
  • Super Mario World
  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
  • Super Mario 64
  • Super Mario Sunshine
  • Super Mario Galaxy
  • Nuwe Super Mario Bros. U
  • Nuwe Super Luigi U
  • Super Mario 3D Wêreld
  • Super Mario Odyssey
  • Super Mario Maker 2

Natuurlik is daar nog. Die Game Boy-avonture van die loodgieter, Super Mario Land en Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, is steeds afwesig, asook die eerste drie nuwe Super Mario Bros.-speletjies (hoewel Switch wel die beste van die klomp in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe terug in 2019). Nintendo het ook nog nie daarin geslaag om klassieke Mario-uitspansels soos die Mario & Luigi-speletjies en na die Switch te bring nie. En die Mario-versameling van die stelsel sal nie naastenby so omvattend wees as Nintendo na 31 Maart Super Mario 3D All-Stars uit die koop haal nie, ‘n besluit wat nog steeds verbyster. Dit is jammer dat die maatskappy die beskikbaarheid van die samestelling kunsmatig beperk, maar hier word gehoop dat dit weer terug sal wees – miskien hierdie keer met Super Mario Galaxy 2 op sleeptou.

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