After over 20 years as Nintendo's poster boy is it the end for Mario? In recent years I have noted a grand drop in both ingenuity and entertainment of the franchise. The most recent entree to the series was noted as abysmal so is the beloved plumber dieing? Personally I think so due to the fact that even the most beloved characters in video game history have either have died or is cast to the wayside and if nintendo doesn't clean up it's act the plumber should be forced into retirement.