I’ll give Nintendo credit for this: when they say “limited edition,” they mean “limited edition.” Despite releasing a shoddy, lazy port that not only added nothing to a 17-year-old release but added a lag that made it nearly unplayable, Nintendo has indeed kept true to its word and only produced a single run of Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition for the Wii.

eBay is flooded with Super Mario All-Stars for the Wii, but the games are being bought, and for over twice their retail price. On the first search page of completed listings, only 4 of the 50 copies that came up went unsold. The others sold for between $60 and $100, averaging in the $70′s. For reference, the game sold for just $30 in stores a few months ago. The game went out fast, and is completely gone from the shelves of Best Buy and Gamestop. You can still order it from Amazon… from Marketplace vendors selling it starting at $68.

As a side note, just for a splash of contrast, the Halo: Reach Legendary Edition is still readily available. Amazon has it for $99, and Gamestop has it for $79. It was $149 when it first came out in September, 2 months before Super Mario All-Stars. Say what you will about fanboys, they certainly make game collecting interesting.