Nintendo has announced the 25th Anniversary Super Mario Collection will be coming to Japan in October. 25 years is a long time. It's possible to get a US release in November.

I’m going to let some of you who don’t struggle with the concept of aging, and therefor your own mortality, sit down and take a deep breath- today, the Mario series is 25 years old. This probably means that a great deal of you are at least 25 years old, some even older! It is hard not to begin staring down the barrel of fate when you consider that such a huge part of many of our childhoods officially happened a quarter century ago. Think about the first time you played Mario on your NES and imagine how long 25 years seemed at that point, it must have seemed nearly endless. It certainly isn’t endless, though. Milestones like this help to make you realize that no matter what you do, the cold and lifeless fingers of the Grim Reaper grasp your neck tighter and tighter with every passing second. There is no avoiding the unstoppable force that is time… and what better way to celebrate your inevitable death by purchasing a super awesome anniversary collection of Mario games!?!

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