When I first bought my Nintendo Wii, I jumped for joy at the possibility of downloading the original Super Mario Bros games. After all, I loved Super Mario All Stars as a kid and played it religiously every holiday.

Unfortunately, when I downloaded the original Nintendo Entertainment System Virtual Console titles? I died a little inside. It wasn’t the experience that I remembered. The games felt buggy and limited compared to my fond SNES nostalgia. It seems as if many other Nintendo fanboys and fangirls felt the same way, with many forum threads and online posts calling for the release of Super Mario All Stars on the Virtual Console.

Of course, many of us did not believe that it would happen. After all, Nintendo would lose revenue for the original three titles in the series (each worth 500 points to purchase) if one singular SNES Virtual Console download was released.

Well … I think we underestimated Nintendo just a little bit. Because yesterday, a retailer accidentally let the news slip: Nintendo is releasing Super Mario All Stars after all. Nintendo confirmed the news late yesterday.

Released with the new name Super Mario Collection Special Pack, the Wii title will include the four visually updated versions of classic Super Mario Bros. titles, including Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.

Nintendo is not leaving us with just these games though – this package is said to come with a special booklet and a soundtrack CD. The booklet, “Super Mario History 1985-2010,” will reportedly feature never-before-seen development images and information. The soundtrack is a similar deal, and will contain select music from the Super Mario Bros. series of games, all the way up through Super Mario Galaxy 2.

The one catch? There has only been world of a Japan release, set to be October 21 this year.

Nintendo, if you are out there somewhere, listen to your North American and European and Australian fans: WE WANT THIS. YESTERDAY.