How would you wrap up the Mario series?

[PaperLuigi]

Except they don't, because they'll keep getting interquels until the end of time.

Notice how I put wrap up in quotation marks.

[Turtlekid1]

This makes me think of the Metroid games, and of how many times they can plausibly bring back the eponymous creatures, since, y'know, they've been officially eradicated since way back in Return of Samus.

[Red Menace Forman]

Except they don't, because they'll keep getting interquels until the end of time.

If its good enough for Street Fighter, it's good enough for Mario.

[Chupperson Weird]

Street Fighter has never had a "story-ending" game either.

[Glitchy]

I like the "tie everything in idea" expect that it realistically won't happen (at least for awhile). Ironically, if you're trying to suggest making an "epic-storyline" it would be nearly impossible to tie everything in. And even if they made the game with no storyline it would be weird. Besides that, it would takes years to re-create every place Mario has even been in (or main places) in 3-D and with a matching style. How would SMB1/2/3 look in contrast to the SMS level? Also, for the game to make sense it should only include main games. But even with that, think of how limited it'd be. The first 4 games were all side-scrolling with minimal story and the next games were all 3-D and I can't see it being interesting if they combined them into one game.

[Kimimaru]

I personally think it would be interesting to see how they would do all of that, if they chose to do it.