aspro said:

At $30 I see it as a small gift from Nintendo to their fans.  

They see it as a gift too, from you, into their pockets.

This is how they funded the $17'000 Christmas bonus this year for each employee.

aspro said:

At $30 I see it as a small gift from Nintendo to their fans.  I got it because I figured it would good look on the shelf, and I'd appreciate the convenience (the two good things Ars said about the deal).

But I think he also has some legitimate views -- like the sound track.  Does it really cost Nintendo any extra to put content they already own on a disc? 10 songs and 10 sound effects?

I really want it because I want the History Book also my sister's friend had my copy of Super Mario All-Stars and her ex-boyfriend sold my game.

"Dreamcast Collection" Title Confirmed by Sega

I would say, Daaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyttttttttttttttttoooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaa! But I figure it'll be neutered like Crazy Taxi was.

Saw a 3DTV demo at Best Buy this afternoon. To my surprise, it wasn't all blurry like Avatar was in the theater.  However, it did have some very noticable flicker, which was annoying. I will just stick with 2DTV.

Archangel3371 said:

I'm glad to have gotten the Super Mario 25th Anniversary collection but yeah I agree they could have put more in it and kept it a $30. They could have put more music tracks on the cd and perhaps put some more games in as well like Super Mario World and maybe Mario 64 even. It's still a nice thing to have in my collection.

How many tracks on on the CD and what are they?

Also, the orchestrated track for Super Mario Galaxy in the soundtrack is so amazing.

I really want to get the SMG soundtrack. Anyone know where I can get it? I wonder how much Play-Asia is selling it.

Also, seeing the SMB History book and looking at Miyamoto's sketches (I think they're his sketches). They really look like Miyazaki's concept sketches with water color flats over pencil drawings.

Great minds do work and think alike!

travo said:

I received it somehow...Can't remember.

I just checked on Wikipedia. Just saw that Japan and UK got the soundtrack through the Nintendo Club while NA didn't get it.

NoA SUCKS!!!!

travo said:

How many tracks on on the CD and what are they?

Amazon US has a deal for Wii. Black Wii + Wii Remote Plus & Nunchuck + Wii Sports & Wii Sports Resort, $177.

travo said:

That's not bad at all.  So you're paying $10 for the game (Vc Prices), $10 for the book, and $10 for the cd.

More like $15 for the game, $10 for the CD, and $5 for the book + packaging. Which isn't bad when you break it up that way.

I'd definitely pay $30 for the game itself since the All-Stars collection is hard to come by and I don't have a SNES. Just to have it in my Wii's library makes it worth it, IMO.

I still wish they at least threw in Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island, and maybe even Mario 64.