Whilst these are old games for some people, for others like me who haven’t played them they are two high quality games that likely play better than many new releases.
It’s a clever product that likely will sell brilliantly and get a sales boost when the new Mario Galaxy movie is released. Game companies are wising up to the benefits of cross media promotions as Sony did with the Last of Us HBO series and Bethesda with Fallout TV series. It looks like Nintendo made sure it had something ready and so I wonder if a new mainline Mario game will be released for Christmas next year.