Scalpers Are Driving Up The Super Mario 3D All-Stars Price

However, it's not all bad news. Because scalpers are most likely trying to take advantage of the fact that everyone prefers to shop online these days, it's highly possible that there are still physical copies of Super Mario 3D All-Stars available at their regular retail prices if you look hard enough.

Just make sure that you don't take too long. Otherwise, pending a surprise decision from Nintendo to re-list the bundle, the current Super Mario 3D All-Stars price is only going to go up.

While it is indeed sad that scalpers are trying to take advantage of the situation, it's not exactly unprecedented. Nintendo has, many times in the past, played a role in inadvertently helping scalpers to make a living off of selling physical copies of their older games. The only difference with Super Mario 3D All-Stars is that it feels like this was done on purpose to help drive up sales for the compilation.

Lest we forget, selling 8 million units in a little over 3 months is no easy feat, even for a Mario title. This is especially since Super Mario 3D All-Stars is just an HD port of three older Mario games. It didn't even have additional content unlike HD ports and remakes of other older titles released in recent years.

Unfortunately, this short-sighted decision to include removing Super Mario 3D All-Stars from Nintendo's digital storefront is undoubtedly going to backfire on them. The worst part here is that Nintendo is not going to see a cent from the money made by scalpers selling copies of the game for exorbitant prices online.