Super Mario 3D All-Starsbrings three popularMariotitles;Super Mario 64,Super Mario Sunshine, andSuper Mario Galaxy; to the Nintendo Switch with visual updates and additional improvements here and there. However, the games are not entirely cleaned up, as evidenced byMario 64retaining a typo despite other dialogue changesand by a bug inMario Sunshinethat lets players beat a lengthy time-based mission in under 10 seconds.
After completing five missions inSunshine’s Sirena Beach, which includes defeating thebosses Phantamanta and King Boo, players will unlock the mission “Scrubbing Sirena Beach.” In this mission, the Pianta hotel manager asks Mario to clean up 95 percent of the electric goop outside the resort within three minutes. While this normally requires players to run around and frantically spray F.L.U.D.D.’s water jet, a Japanese player who goes by toobou on Twitter showcased a more expedient method last week.
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By combining backflips and wide-spreading shotgun sprays, toobou is able to clean everything within a small radius around the hotel manager. Apparently that’s considered enough to complete the mission, which is over in six minutes and 21 seconds. If other fans can pull it off, that would easily put them one step closer to defeating Bowser so they canunlock Mario’s Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses.
This is not the only quirky thing players have found in theSuper Mario 3D All-Starsrelease ofSuper Mario Sunshine, a game that was already relatively well known for having rough patches like the difficult-to-control pachinko machine level. For example, in the Bianco Hills mission “Secret of Dirty Lake,” players havediscovered visible debug cubes inMario Sunshine, believed to be a relic of its emulation on Switch.
That being said, it seems quirks and bugs have not doomed theSuper Mario 3D All-Starscollection to infamy. In fact, the collection has been wildly successful in its first week, leading to3D All-Starstopping UK sales chartsafter selling out high volumes on storefronts like Amazon.
Not every player has been happy with how Nintendo decided to re-release theseSuper Mariogames on Switch, but many are hopeful that its success will lead to more games returning from the Nintendo 64, GameCube, and Wii eras. The traction games likeMario Sunshinehave been getting on social media thanks to newly-discovered bugs may also be a good sign for how popularSuper Mario 3D All-Starshas been in its short time on the market.
