Following its launch back in September, Super Mario 3D All-Stars has quickly become one of the year's best-selling games. Packaging together remastered ports of Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy, it has already toppled some of 2020's most formidable releases, beating out Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2 and Madden NFL in the September sales chart.
Of course, that's not to say the collection is perfect. Back when it released, Super Mario 3D All-Stars was criticized for being a very simplistic emulated port with a few notable features missing. One of the biggest of these missing elements was an inverted camera which, for many seasoned 3D Mario veterans, was synonymous with the trilogy's platforming gameplay.
In response to complaints about the inverted camera, Nintendo has announced via Twitter that it will implement the feature in a new update. Landing on November 17, Update Version 1.1.0 will see the return of the setting in Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy. With Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine both utilizing inverted camera controls when they originally debuted, a number of fans have developed muscle memory essential to still enjoying the classic platformers. Long-time players have reported difficulties with the Sunshine port's FLUDD mechanic specifically, with the projectile operating very differently with the use of the new camera.
Nintendo reintegrating the essential feature will likely be a big relief to those trying to reacquaint themselves with the games in spite of their camera settings significantly changing. As for the update itself, there's no word on whether Nintendo will look to integrate more features into Super Mario 3D All-Stars through the patch. For the most part, the games seemed to arrive on Nintendo Switch with very few sweeping changes, so it seems unlikely Nintendo will now look to fix some of the trilogy's more notable issues in subsequent updates.
For those who didn't catch the release back in September, Super Mario 3D All-Stars has definitely been one of the strangest remaster releases in recent memory. Not only was the game a pretty standard emulation of all three games but, in an effort to drum up sales, Nintendo revealed that the bundle would only be available until March 2021. After that, all three games will no longer be available to purchase digitally or physically on the Nintendo Switch in their current format. Recent rumors have indicated that each Super Mario game could eventually be released separately, meaning the limited release tagline merely relates to the trilogy bundle rather than the games never returning to the Nintendo Switch system.
Super Mario 3D All-Stars is out now on Nintendo Switch.
