Super Mario Generations

Super Mario Generations is a video game developed by SEGA, Bluesilver Studios, and Nintendo EAD, and published by Nintendo. This game was inspired by Sonic Generations, a future game to be released in 2011, although not heard of at the time. Super Mario Generations was released to the public on September 19, 2006. This was to celebrate Mario's 25th anniversary. It was first thought to be released for only the Nintendo 3DS and a rare edition for the Sega Dreamcast, but it was released for the Nintendo 64, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, and the Xbox 360 instead. The game sold 10 million copies by November 21, 2012. As of July 31, 2013, it has sold over 13,000,000 copies and counting.

Plot
The story starts with a birthday party inside the Mushroom Kingdom castle, and Mario gets back from his daily track racing with Sonic. All of Mario's friends yell "SURPRISE!" just as he walks into the castle. Mario sees a big cake with Mario's face on it, saying "Happy 25th Anniversary, Mario!". Mario thanks everyone for the cake, but as he's about to finish his first slice, Bowser appears with the Time Eater, which would soon appear in Sonic Generations. He throws every one of Mario's friends into a time portal. Mario tries to get into the portal, but unfortunately, Bowser blocks his path, throws Mario out the door into the basement of the castle, and Mario passes out.

When Mario wakes up, he gets deja vu, saying he is in an 8-bit world. He enters the Nintendo Entertainment  System(NES) era, and has to complete both two acts of Mushroom Kingdom himself, completing Act 1 as NES Mario, and Act 2 as Modern Mario. After completing the NES era(Mushroom Kingdom,  Underground, and Brick Kingdom), he rescues his good brother, Luigi. NES Luigi also is rescued here, as Modern Luigi tells both Marios, that they are traveling through time and space. They move on and meet SNES Mario. They have to finish the SNES era(Fiery Undergrounds, Mushroom Undergrounds, and Bob-omb Skies). They rescue Donkey Kong, Princess Daisy, Toad, and Yoshi. They even have some old enemies as friends, so they move onto the N64 era. All Marios will have to restore the color of Bob-Omb Battlefield, Lethal Lava Land, and Tiny Huge Island. They also meet up with N64 Mario as well. They rescue, Bob-Omb, Green Koopa, Red Koopa, Paratroopas, and the rest of their enemies/friends. They then arrive to the GameCube era, where Mario is in his Modern form, but with F.L.U.D.D. on his back. They then have to restore Delfino Plaza and Bianco Hills. They then rescue the rest of Mario's friends. They meet up with GameCube Mario, and joins the other Marios. Meanwhile, they unlock the last era; the Modern era. They have to restore World 6, World 2, and World 7. They then rescue Dry Bones, which is the only enemy/friend left to be saved. They then face the Time Eater, controlled by Modern Bowser and N64 Bowser. NES Mario, SNES Mario, GameCube Mario, and Modern Mario get an Invincibility Star, and they all go to fight the Time Eater. N64 Mario could only watch, due to him not able to have an Invincibility Star.

After Bowser is defeated by all Marios except N64 Mario, Modern Mario returns to his current time, as well as the other Marios. The birthday party continues at the castle, and the past Marios hop into a portal to their past times, thus ending the game.

Eras
This is a list of all the eras that Mario explored during his quest to save the universe:
 * NES era(1981)
 * SNES era(1985)
 * N64 era(1996)
 * GameCube era(2002)
 * Modern era(2006)

Credits
Developers: SEGA, Bluesilver Studios, Nintendo EAD.

Publishers: Nintendo

Producer and Director: Shigeru Myamoto

Conductor: Koji Kondo

Designers: Fuji Kojyama, Miamota Yamamoto, and 198 others

Voices: Charles Martinet(Mario), Mark Smith(Luigi), and 21 others

Enemy Programming: Fukami Yukiana, Makoto Ashiena, and 104 others

Special Thanks: Nintendo, Super Mario Club, Programming and Designing Studios of Japan

Graphic Editors, Suchiato Nagano, Anamita Yuki, Bishomi Nagasano, and 96 others

Trivia

 * Super Mario Generations has the 16th best game graphics of all time, according to the Book of Gaming Records 2008 Silver Edition.
 * In the cutscene after Modern Mario completes the final level of the SNES era, you can see Sonic the Hedgehog's spikes at the right side of the screen for only a split second after running off into the N64 era.
 * It was rumored Knuckles the Echidna would be a guide throughout the game, however it was proven false, and the guide was Silver the Hedgehog giving you info via walkie talkie, with a voice difficult to identify.
 * Bowser Jr. was supposed to be a neutral ally during the NES era, but the idea was removed due to having a few tweaks
 * Modern Bowser was originally thought to team up with Dry Bowser when controlling the Time Eater during the final battle, but they are both in the Modern era, so it was changed to N64 Bowser.
 * Super Mario Generations has sold more than 13 million copies, making it the 2nd bestselling game of all time, just a tad behind Sonic Adventure 2.
 * The official website for the Super Mario Generations video game has 1 billion registered accounts, making it the most-visited video game website since the game's release.
 * There was supposed to be a sequel of this game, called Super Mario Generations 2, it is confirmed to release somewhere during 2015-2016.