The Gamer portal journalists drew attention to the unpleasant, but quite expected situation around Super Mario 3D All-Stars for Nintendo Switch – the cost of copies of the collection in the secondary market has grown to tens of thousands of dollars.

As a reminder, Super Mario 3D All-Stars was released in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Super Mario series, in connection with which Nintendo decided to stop selling the collection after March 31 of this year.

Particularly adventurous players decided to take advantage of Super Mario 3D All-Stars’s limited circulation even before release and began reselling pre-orders at inflated prices. Then, however, it was about amounts only up to $ 350.

After the removal of Super Mario 3D All-Stars from production, sellers grew bolder and increased the value of their lots on eBay to indecent heights. The range of prices is greater than ever – from $ 50-60 to a fabulous $ 50.

“Out of print. This copy has absorbed the energy of one of the purest and best gamers who have ever set foot on this planet. “– reads the description of a physical copy of Super Mario 3D All-Stars for $ 45.

Previously, the Vice portal, citing an unnamed developer, reported that Nintendo decided to limit the circulation of Super Mario 3D All-Stars based on data on not too impressive sales of remasters in general.

It looks like the tactic worked: by December 31, 2020 (that is, three and a half months on the market), the total sales of Super Mario 3D All-Stars in retail and digital format exceeded 8,32 million copies.