Super Mario 3D All-Stars Found To Feature Elements Of Emulation For GameCube & Wii, Suggesting More Games Of The Platforms Could Hit Switch Later On

September 2020 has been a very eventful and nostalgic time for many Nintendo Switch users during the sitting heat of the novel coronavirus. Despite the distressing times inflicted by the ongoing pandemic, Nintendo shipped the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection which offers a three game bundle of classic Super Mario titles. The collection includes Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy.

Each of which represents a different phase of the Super Mario franchise divided between the borders of console generations (Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii), players that reminiscence on their first playthroughs on the original hardware can relive it on Nintendo Switch. But that could not be done with certain technological functionality to help achieve the games being playable.

According to Modern Vintage Gamer on YouTube, he discloses that a layer of emulation for both the GameCube and Wii is offered through Super Mario 3D All-Stars and provides an in-depth video on what this could ultimately mean for the future of the Switch. You can watch the video below:

What exactly was uncovered from the back-end digging through Super Mario 3D All-Stars is hybrid emulation characteristics such as BoundingBox and ZFreeze developed by Nintendo internal group, Nintendo European Research and Development (NERD). These approachies to bring prior generation titles to current systems has been implemented for titles such as Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door and Super Mario Strikers.

Talks of emulation on Nintendo Switch surely is not something new for sure as Sega has discussed the possibility over a year now. In an interview with Famitsu, emulation firm M2 and Sega share that bringing the Dreamcast library is certainly a possibility to achieve for Nintendo Switch. Howbeit, results of the pursuit has yet to be presented as of yet.

As for how Nintendo looks to implement this further, many suspect the firm will fall in line with the structure of Super Mario 3D All-Stars. But instead, the coming collections will focus of other series such as Metroid and The Legend of Zelda. Both of which are set to celebrate their 35th anniversaries later in 2021. For now, nothing is cemented regarding more GameCube & Wii titles hitting the Nintendo eShop.

While Nintendo does typically introduce a new virtual library as part of the Nintendo Switch Online service, it has not been done for 2020. Instead, on the two year birthday of the service, Nintendo simply shipped a new batch of games for both NES & SNES – leading to suggest maybe something more is planned. You can read the new lineup additions by heading here.

What games would you like to see be emulated on Nintendo Switch next?