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Nintendo Co Ltd said on Thursday that it would be re-releasing classic titles featuring the popular character Mario for a limited time on its hit Nintendo Switch console to mark 35 years since the landmark game’s launch. Super Mario Bros.
35 years have passed since the first #Super Mario Bros. game released! Check out the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct for updates on upcoming Super Mario games and products launching before Spring 2021!
🎉: https://t.co/t0u3ayagqA pic.twitter.com/qOvXg8Hiad
– Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 3, 2020
The launch will help bolster the Switch device’s core game line ahead of the key year-end shopping season and could provide some help to investors who have long lamented the Japanese company’s reluctance to get more out of its catalog. previous of successful titles.
Three titles starring the mustachioed plumber, from 1996 Super mario 64, From 2002 Super Mario Sunshine and from 2007 Super mario galaxy – will go on sale from September 18 with the title Super Mario 3D All-Stars.
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Excitement for the package, which includes Mario’s first foray into 3D platformers in what was seen as a huge leap forward for the industry, may be tempered by the reveal that it will only be on sale until the end of March.
Nintendo shares are trading at 12-year highs as it sees high demand for the Switch device and titles like Animal Crossing: New Horizons of consumers who have flocked to games during the coronavirus outbreak.
The Kyoto-based firm also said it will launch a Mario Kart toy that can be controlled via the Switch, reflecting its origins as a toy maker, along with a version of the Game & Watch wearable that will feature Super Mario Bros.
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