Even though Mar10 day was just yesterday, and Super Mario Bros. 35 is still getting timed events in-game, Nintendo isn't afraid to alert players that the game will soon go away, forever. The Japanese Nintendo Twitter account sent out a warning reminding everyone that by March 31st, the Super Mario 35th anniversary celebrations will end, leading to the de-listing of the online battle-royale Super Mario Bros. 35, as well as the ability to purchase Super Mario 3D All-Stars. While you'll be able to continue playing the latter so long as you purchase it off the eShop, Super Mario Bros. 35's servers will be going down on that date, rendering the game unplayable.

Two other items will also be going away on that date as well: Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, a digital release of the NES game, localized for the first time in the west, as well as the Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. Edition. Presumably, physical copies of Super Mario 3D All-Stars and the Game & Watch will be able to still be found in stores, but according to Nintendo, it's only while supplies last.

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[Windaga]

Oh nooooo....

So what're we expecting for Zelda's 35th guys?

 

[evilone]

Mario 35 was quiet funny, but 3D All-Stars whoooooo?

 

[Chary]

Oh nooooo....

So what're we expecting for Zelda's 35th guys?

A game that's just a rom of Ocarina of Time on a $60 Switch cart, but it's only available for 2 days before they chuck them all into a fire.

 

[Silent_Gunner]

Aww...isn't that so nice of Nintendo to be considerate enough to remind us that their compilations of games that people may want in the future will no longer be sale after March 31 (or whatever date it is)?

 

[godreborn]

I own all four of those, but I think it's stupid to have a limited run. I bought a Mario switch at a scalped price, which I returned, after finding them easy to find, so it seems when I think something is going to be hard to find, it usually isn't, and the other way around.

 

[x65943]

This Disney style crap of "this is your one chance to ever get this game!" will just push people into piracy

I don't know why game studios do crap like this

 

[Flame]

Download it you guys or nintendo will send ninjas are you like they did with Neimod.



edit:

seriously: why fucking tho?

 

[templeofhylia]

brilliant idea to literally force people to pirate 3das once it's de-listed and starts to fade from physical marketplaces tbh
/s

 

[ShadowOne333]

Nintendo wants to remind you that, being the pieces of shit they are, will be removing titles that have no reason to be limited-time only.
However, fans want to remind you that piracy will always have them available for you

 

[Chary]

Super Mario Bros. 35 had a ton of potential. They could have had the original Super Mario Bros. mode be free to play, with expansions for Super Mario 3, World, and New available for like $10 each or something.

 

[banjo2]

I hope Mario got to say goodbye

 

[Jayro]

Is there any chance of preservation for Super Mario 35 to keep playing it on hacked Switches?

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Super Mario Bros. 35 had a ton of potential. They could have had the original Super Mario Bros. mode be free to play, with expansions for Super Mario 3, World, and New available for like $10 each or something.

That would have been a rather kick-ass business move. Though $10 each edition seems steep, $2.99 each or a $10 bundle pass sounds more like it.

 

[Deleted User]

Cause they can

 

[ShadowOne333]

Is there any chance of preservation for Super Mario 35 to keep playing it on hacked Switches?

Most likely through Yuzu or the other Switch emu.
The NSP should be out there already, it's just a matter of them enabling online play (if it's not there already) and you could most likely continue playing it on PC.

As for emulation, local play should still be a thing, probably some hackers will jump on and try to enable a way to make it playable without Nintendo's piece of shit online service.

 

[vaugerbird]

Most likely through Yuzu or the other Switch emu.
The NSP should be out there already, it's just a matter of them enabling online play (if it's not there already) and you could most likely continue playing it on PC.

As for emulation, local play should still be a thing, probably some hackers will jump on and try to enable a way to make it playable without Nintendo's piece of shit online service.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but could it also run on an actual Switch via game patching on homebrew? Kinda like Wiimmfi for the Wii and Pretendo for the Wii U?

 

[D34DL1N3R]

Mario 35 was quiet funny

What exactly about it made you laugh?

I bought a Mario switch at a scalped price, which I returned, after finding them easy to find, so it seems when I think something is going to be hard to find, it usually isn't, and the other way around.

I don't know why you thought it was going to be hard to find when the majority of people think it's one of the fugliest looking systems they've ever seen.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but could it also run on an actual Switch via game patching on homebrew? Kinda like Wiimmfi for the Wii and Pretendo for the Wii U?

Probably, yeah, but the game itself would need to be hacked for that.
I'm unsure if it has right now, but I doubt.
Probably, once the game is actually not sold anymore, more people would jump on this and make it possible.

 

[sith]

Most likely through Yuzu or the other Switch emu.
The NSP should be out there already, it's just a matter of them enabling online play (if it's not there already) and you could most likely continue playing it on PC.

As for emulation, local play should still be a thing, probably some hackers will jump on and try to enable a way to make it playable without Nintendo's piece of shit online service.

If someone was going to do this they should start logging server calls/responses before it goes offline.

 

[Windaga]

A game that's just a rom of Ocarina of Time on a $60 Switch cart, but it's only available for 2 days before they chuck them all into a fire.

I was thinking Master Quest 2, where it's the same ROMs from Master Quest, but they changed out the icons for Switch icons and called it an upgrade.

In all seriousness, I'd love to see Oracle remasters, or at the very least a collection of the 2D and 3D games separately. I'm hoping for something really cool.

But I know it's just going to be Zelda Picross and some terrible sales. "Breath of the Wild for the Switch, now 5 whole dollars off!"