Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition

Super Mario All-Stars - 25th Anniversary Edition, known in North America as Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition and in Japan as Super Mario Collection Special Pack (スーパーマリオコレクション スペシャルパック), is a Mario game for the Wii which was released in Japan on October 21 and in Australia on December 2, 2010 and in Europe on December 3, 2010 and will be released in North America on December 12, 2010 as a Wii port of the SNES game Super Mario All-Stars. The Chinese version of this game is also announced, but the release date is unknown.

The game is a tribute to the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. and includes a extra package, with a Super Mario History 1985-2010 booklet, that tells about Mario's history, and a CD with many songs across the main series from Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, New Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Galaxy, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Super Mario Galaxy 2. The extra stuff is only for a limited time only.

The game itself is a direct port of Super Mario All-Stars for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game can either be played with the Wii Remote held sideways (similar to New Super Mario Bros. Wii without the motion features), the Wii Classic Controller (both versions), or with the GameCube controller.

Nothing is changed in gameplay. Also, while using a 16:9 ratio, the game automatically adds black lines at the left and the right sides of the screen.

Trivia

 * A special logo has been released to celebrate the 25th Anniversary, and was used in the game.
 * A red package sporting the 25th Anniversary logo contains both the game disc and the extras.
 * On the Wii's Nintendo Channel as well as at the websites for the anniversary, there is a video celebrating the 25th Anniversary in all regions. The video uses game footage from the Japanese versions, but the differences to the English releases are minimal. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels is only featured in the Japanese version of the video.
 * The combined price to download all four of the original games would be 2100 points ($21 US). If the collection had been released to the Virtual Console, it would be a mere 800 points ($8 US), a loss of $13 for Nintendo. The price of $30 for this compilation is $9 more than downloading the originals. Alternately, if the four games were priced as individual SNES games, about 800 points each, the price would be $32, about $2 more.