Super Mario 3D All-Stars already at crazy prices from online retailers
This is an unfortunately predictable consequence given the particular distribution adopted by Nintendo: due to a questionable commercial choice, the celebratory package for the 35th anniversary of Super Mario will only be sold from 18 September to 31 March 2021, therefore it will be available for a limited time on the market.
Although the choice may make sense, since it is a product designed specifically to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Super Mario, this generates the classic distortions of the market with the heavy intervention of "scalpers" users who buy stock of the game in physical format only to be able to resell them at higher prices.
We have seen something similar for another Nintendo product: for the first edition of the NES Mini the compa gnia had adopted a similar strategy, also causing a mad rush to buy the unobtainable mini-console that had also triggered a savage price hike at unofficial retailers.
Same thing as what apparently it is also happening with Super Mario 3D All-Stars, especially in North America, where on eBay for example the game is already well over 100 dollars. Clearly the problem concerns the physical version, which is already sold out at various retailers in this geographical area (and with Super Mario 3D World among the best-selling games on Amazon also in these parts), forcing those who want the cartridge to consider these unscrupulous retailers.
