In our research to validate that Metroid Prime Trilogy has indeed be discontinued in Australia, we were also saddened to find out that Mario and Luigi 3: Bowser’s Inside Story has also fallen to the same fate.

While most games do eventually get discontinued, it’s odd that Nintendo of all people have decided to take this step to not only a Mario game but a Metroid one as well. Nintendo’s games have excellent legs at retail. The appearance of Mario Kart DS in this week’s charts will attest to that.

Just because a game isn’t new doesn’t mean DS owners won’t pick it up; sadly, in a few months someone looking for the title may have trouble finding a copy.