SM64: Fate of the World

***SM64: Fate of the World*** is a *Super Mario 64 Machinima* series created by SuperG64 in April of 2018.

## SM64: Fate of the World

The current logo for SM64: Fate of the World

## Synopsis

*Super Mario 64: Fate of the World*, previously named *SM64: Rise of the Weegees*, is an ongoing *Super Mario 64 Machinima* series, in which the Mushroom Kingdom is quickly threatened by a new foe, Void. With the help of a mysterious figure named Beacon, our four heroes set out to discover Void’s true intentions, as well as stop him from corrupting the world.

## Characters

* Mario
* Luigi
* SuperG64
* GlitchyWiiGii412
* Sleepooki/Lunooki
* BlooperMario64
* Wizard64
* Princess Peach
* Toads
* Void
* The Corrupted
* EvilG64
* Mr. L
* Beacon
* Bowser
* Wario
* Kamek
* Elite Trio
	+ Private Goomp
	+ Corporal Paraplonk
	+ Sergeant Guy
* The Bup Brigade
	+ Red
	+ Yellow
	+ Blue
	+ Green

## Plot

### Episode 1: The Beginning of the End

Mario and Luigi are shown coming out of a pipe in front of the castle, Mario gracefully exits first, leaving Luigi to slip up and fall out the pipe. He offers a hand and pulls him up, and the two head towards the castle. Princess Peach is hosting a party to celebrate not getting kidnapped by Bowser for a week straight. Some other recolors are there, including Super, Luna (who is still Sleepi in this episode) and Bloop. After a while, Peach asks Luigi if he could take out the trash, he reluctantly accepts.

We cut to a sort of temple, or perhaps a shrine. A figure clouded in darkness says that the seal that was originally there is gone. And that “he” may have been getting Starpower, maybe enough to free him, and that all he would need now is a Vessel. The figure decides to track him down.

As Luigi’s just getting done with taking out the trash, a mysterious mushroom falls from the sky. He decides the best course of action would be to eat it, since Mario was most likely to have eaten the entire buffet Peach had made for the guests by now. Luigi takes a bite, time freezes, a black and green orb is in the distance, saying that his plan can finally go into motion, now that he’s found the perfect host. Time resumes. Luigi, not feeling well having eaten it, drops the mushroom, and decides to go home early. Mario, having eaten the entire buffet, much to the recolors’ dismay, is relaxing by the time Luigi walks back into the castle. He tells Mario that he isn't feeling well and that he’s heading home. Being skeptical about it, Mario presses him for answers, but Luigi doesn’t remember what had transpired minutes before. He heads out anyway. Peach tells Mario that he should go with him, due to him not seeming right, especially being a little pale. Mario follows him but doesn’t catch up with him until he gets back to their house, where Luigi is already fast asleep. Luigi, unbeknownst to him, is already being corrupted by Void, indicated by him invading his dreams. Void questions Luigi on how he deals with emotional pain, but he doesn’t understand. We see that Void takes on more of Luigi’s traits, being his personal appearance as well as his voice. Luigi then wakes up from the nightmare, commenting that it felt real.

Later that night, in front of Peach’s Castle, Beacon enters the scene, saying that Void had almost sapped all of his remaining Starpower. He touches upon the fact that he was able to find a vessel of his own on such a short notice, increasing the amount of mystery surrounding him. Beacon then sets out to find Void, vowing that he won’t let him lead this world to ruin as well.

### Episode 2: Point of No Return

Mario and Luigi are still at home. Mario is sleeping in his bed, but Luigi is still awake. He pauses, then thinks aloud. He’s tired, yet he can’t go to sleep, or else he’ll have another "nightmare". As much as he struggles, he somehow manages to fall back asleep. He’s met again by Void, who has his signature color code and begins to speak more of his plans. “To better the world, because nobody else wants to.” He mentions the process is almost complete. Void demonstrates the power that inhabiting Luigi's body allows him to do. He summons a dummy human, and transforms it into a Corrupted on the spot. Bones cracking and deforming to form it, a horrific process. Luigi, understanding that Void will try to do this to actual people, decides to fight back. He uses his thunderhand ability to try and resist, but he's not in control of his own dream anymore. With one motion from Void, everything goes white. When it fades, Luigi is in front of Peach's castle.

Bowser shows up to the castle, which immediately puts Luigi on guard as he begins to charge another thunderhand. Both Bowser and the nearby Guard Toads are confused by this. The Koopa King explains that he's there because Peach has summoned the nearby Kingdom rulers for a meeting on how they can all improve their citizen's lives. He then walks away, calling Luigi by his name, instead of the normal "Green 'Stache".

Meanwhile, in reality, Mario wakes up in the morning to find the doorbell repeatedly ringing. A Toad named Shroomson is at the door, saying that the kingdom’s under attack. Mario, obviously shocked by it, quickly changes out of his sleepwear into his iconic plumber outfit and starts to run off. But Shroomson says something that sends that confuses him. “...and it’s not Bowser.”

From here we cut to Peach’s Castle. Bucken-Berry and Ala-Gold are arguing on what to do, protect Peach or let her lead the army. We see the main toad, Red, silently leave, after he mentions contacting the others about the happenings in the city. The recolors are getting ready to face whatever’s coming their way. There are a lot more this time around. Dom, Zeus, Super, Sleepi, Bloop, Sky, Wiigii, Wizard, Cine, GMM, Webb, and Rhys. Peach, splits them into easy-to-manage teams, the first wave of many. Super, Zeus, and Luna. Bloop, Cine, and Webb. Dom, Wiigii, and Wizard. GMM, Sky and Rhys. Peach ends up goes with them to City Plaza to check things out. There's a couple explosions coming from right inside the city. A few stragglers run around, looking for shelter. Deciding that they need to act now, GMM and Sky head into the plaza on their own, in it, they see a Toad crushed by rubble, and the two help him out. After this, the silence of the town is chilling. The two begin to walk back to Rhys when a purple spotlight appears above them, paralyzing them. Rhys sees them in danger and informs everyone else. Hearing the word that action is taking place, Cine speeds off to help. Webb follows him, until he's caught as well. Cine notices and uses a homing attack on him to free him, only to ricochet off of Webb and into the spotlight with GMM and Sky, who are currently vanishing into thin air. Webb and Bloop also get captured as well. Sleepi begins to walk over to help, but is stopped by Super, as he is the group leader, and is told to wait. This angers him. Super explains that their odds don't look good and that Sleepi can go face the unknown if he wants, but he won't be there beside him as he does it.

There is another explosion in the city, this time, Void reveals himself when the ash clears. Peach tries to calm everyone down when Mario enters the scene. He is instructed to help the cause while she checks on the outskirts of the city. Looking at Void, Mario senses a hint of familiarity, but can't quite determine where that idea stems from. Nevertheless, Mario meets up with Rhys, who throws his Keyblade at Void, knocking him off balance. From there, Mario jumps up, hits Void down with his hammer to allow Wizard to use his psychokinesis to hold Void in place, creating an opening for Dom to hammer him down. Void breaks through Wizard's grab, however, and immediately captures Dom. Seeing this, Zeus decides to go out on the battlefield to help. Super protests again, only to be called a coward, which sets him off. He doesn't want to end up likes his friends did, and he's expressing that through his anger. Zeus goes anyways to help free Dom from the spotlight. Sleepi follows him, only to trip on fallen debris, trapping Zeus inside the spotlight. The two disappear, leaving Sleepi on his own.

The fight continues on, however. Rhys tries throwing his Keyblade again, only for it to be caught and broken by Void, who captures him next. This specific instance snaps Super out of it, and he mourns the loss of a friend that he could have prevented. Mario tells him to not be so hard on himself. Just when it seems that all hope is lost, a white figure comes up from behind Void and knocks him down from the air. While getting up, he sees that Peach has called for reinforcements in the form of the Royal Guard. Void quickly teleports away. There is another explosion, and he returns, only to find Beacon standing in front of him, chastising him for potentially killing those Toads. Void tries to capture him, too, but Beacon seems to be immune with his Starpower. To combat this, he tries to flat out kill him. Void summons a huge energy ball and has some choice words for Beacon while he throws it. Beacon turns towards the last remains of Peach’s army, and everything goes white again. Multiple explosions can be heard. When the dust clears, there is nobody else in the town, except for a rather displeased Void. For he now knows that Beacon has found him, and is ready to take action.

### Episode 3: Look-Alikes

We start off by seeing Luigi wake up in his perfect world. Recolors (albeit, just illusions) are walking around talking about their wondrous achievements in life. Luigi hears a broadcaster (MG1) talk about how the Mushroom Kingdom is finally at peace now that all potential threats to the kingdom have been made into their allies. Then, as all the bustling quiets down, Void comes back. He talks about how there is one with the same power that he has (Beacon), and he wants to stop his plan to make everyone happy. He reinforces his beliefs here. And to stop Beacon, he’ll need all the help he can get. He says he’s already getting help from Luigi (by using his body, and his inner power), but he may need a second in command. And so, he brings forth Mr. L. A personification of Luigi’s darker side, the reason for him being a perfect being of chaos. Mr. L immediately begins to press Luigi on his morals. Saying how he’s been mistreated by Mario all his life and is sick of it. This is his chance to rebel and he’s taking it. He vows to destroy Mario and anyone else who dares to stand in his way. The two of them teleport away in a flash of light, leaving Luigi all alone. We actually see Void’s castle this time around, with him giving Mr. L his first task. Find those who will be of use to them (who would then become the Elites). We see that Mr. L responds negatively to being ordered around, and begins to see the bad relationship that forms around them, with L being disobedient even towards Void, who reinforces his place using threats.

Meanwhile, we get a look at our first batch of the Corrupted, who coincidentally spawn near Peach’s castle. The Bup Brigade has just finished evacuating the place after Void showed up. They fight the corrupted head on, win, but are forced to retreat when more start appearing.

### Episode 4: Light in the Darkness

This episode starts with Void discarding two of the corrupted, Bloop and Sky, because Mr. L had messed up the conversion process. He assumes they’re deep in an eternal sleep and leaves them to rot. However, they don't know that they regain consciousness and plan to escape.

Most of this episode is spent with the main team. Mario and Co. are teleported to a big house in the sky. Confused about where they are, they begin to scout the place until they are met by a mysterious figure, Beacon. He explains that he’s on the hunt for Void, the very same one who is currently attacking the kingdom. Mario recognizes him from their initial encounter with Void, and is quick to befriend him, as is everyone except for Sleepi. He doesn’t believe that it’s a coincidence that they showed up at the exact same time. Beacon is a little infuriated by this, he saved them and he gets put in the same category as Void. Yet, he tries to keep his composure. Sleepi is still highly skeptical and doesn’t really want to work with Beacon, but he’s overruled by the majority. Everyone else thinks that Beacon will be a necessity to stop Void, especially since he grants them immunity to Void’s capturing methods. He brings them all back to the castle to see that it’s been taken over.

### Episode 5: Just Like Old Times

The gang returns to see that Peach’s castle has been taken over by Bowser. Mario, with a little teasing from Bowser, decides to check it out. Bowser seemed to have enticed him by sounding…weirdly pitiful. But, it was apparently a trap. Beacon explains that it’s a sort of pocket dimension, and advises the others to not go with Mario, and that his chances of escape are slim. Sleepi again mentions how he doesn’t trust Beacon, since he’s seemingly the only one who could tell where Mario went. Beacon responds, saying he just sensed it. More memories come to him. And he says that it feels like a raging war. (We will learn later that what he’s seeing is people fighting back against Void, to no prevail.)

Meanwhile, Mario exits the doors to find an arena akin to Bowser in the Dark World’s. Bowser appears from the ground, with weird, discolored eyes. He grows to a monstrous size, and taunts Mario for letting his guard down. The two fight like normal and eventually Mario emerges victorious. The doors reappear and he is allowed to leave. With him exiting the doors back into the real world, Peach’s castle returns to normal.

We cut back to Void’s base, where Void is seen monologuing and is interrupted by Mr. L. He says that the star storage area has been tampered with, and that they’re losing control of their victims.

Sky and Bloop overhear two other Corrupted. One says that they were able to find a star, a special one, that’s even more powerful than a normal power star. It’s currently in the star containment area and how Void will be pleased. Bloop and Sky silently take them both out and recover the star. With it, Bloop tries a leap of faith and wishes to turn back to normal and for a way out. Miraculously, the two turn back to normal and are granted wing caps, but not before they’re spotted by Void, who tries to recapture them to no avail, the power of the star overrules his power and the two fly away.

### Episode 6: Overrun

The episode starts with Luigi waking up in bed. If you remember, the previous encounter with Void in episode 3 ended with a flash of light. Luigi wakes up in his version of a perfect world. But, due to everything being seemingly normal, he questions if everything he’d been through had even been real. Mario is standing by his bed, saying that they needed to go to the castle for Luigi’s award ceremony. Apparently, Luigi is a world famous ghost hunter in this reality. It seems his true desire is to be recognized by the ones he loves. Luigi, unlike the other victims being placed in their perfect worlds, is aware that something is wrong, but plays along with it.

At the castle, he’s immediately overwhelmed by everyone’s praise, and breaks down. He runs to the mirror room to collect himself, but notices that his reflection isn’t matching his movements. It’s actually Void, watching him. They have a small talk, with Luigi questioning Void and getting no answer in return and him monologuing about how this reality is wonderful, and completely absent of any struggle and turmoil that one may face in the real world. He teleports away in a flash, leaving Luigi all alone in a world built by his desires.

Meanwhile, in reality, Bloop and Sky return to the castle. They find that the star they were carrying was drained of its power, Beacon says that he’s never seen anything like it before. Beacon is skeptical of Bloop and Sky, being as they had just come from Void’s base. They recount their experience while escaping. They saw Bowser, EvilG64, and Wario all in pods, but ultimately dismiss it to focus on their escape. Wizard interrupts their session by saying that he found spare wing caps, and therefore they should start looking for Void’s base. Said spare wing caps, however, have their time limit partially drained (as seen by Sleepi plummeting to the ground), so the rest of the group lands as well. They find themselves at City Plaza, which is currently overrun by the Corrupted. Mario sneaks away from the group to ambush one but gets overpowered, letting him get spotted by the rest.

### Episode 7: Awakening

The episode starts with Beacon bringing Sleepi into his house. He has a one-on-one with Sleepi, and learns that he’s scared that the team may not be able to defeat Void. After a quick topic change, we see that Sleepi wants to have his name changed, as to differentiate himself from his past self in order to being to try to change himself for the better. Beacon demonstrates his power to alter reality by making it so Sleepi’s name was “Luna'' from the beginning. This is to justify the name change in future episodes, we’ll get to the appearance change, just watch. From there, the team fights the corrupted, seeing that once one is defeated, they dissolve into thin air. Mario is knocked into a building by an unseen force, and when the dust clears, it's seen that Recolors aren't the only ones that can be corrupted. Toads can, too. The team is almost bested until Beacon decides he has no other choice but to prepare a Grand Star for the use of unlocking another form for them. Enter: The Grand Star Form. With this transformation, the team easily turns the tide against the Corrupted Toads. After winning, Beacon encourages the rest to go home, meanwhile, Mario spots a powerless star lying where the toad once was.

Back at the castle, Beacon very kindly chastises the rest of the team for their lack of fighting skills, and promptly gives them unique weapons to fight with. For Super, the Dark Repulser (which will soon get replaced in a fight more personal to him), for Luna, the Golden Axe, for Bloop, the Kunai, and Mario keeps his hammer. Mario goes up to the top of the castle to relax, but is soon met with a figure that looks and sounds oddly like Luigi.

### Episode 8: Masquerade

We pick right back up from where episode 7 left off. Mario immediately thinks that it’s Luigi floating before him, but is quickly corrected. This is not Luigi, no, but Mr. L! Huge difference. Mr. L starts to go off on Mario, even taking jabs at how he can’t protect the Princess from Bowser for a few days at a time. This sets him off, and he lunges at the fake, but misses. Before he leaves, though, Mr. L tells Mario something that seems to be a recurring theme: to consider Luigi’s happiness. Now motivated more than ever, Mario rushes into the castle to tell everyone to head to Void’s base immediately. Everyone else rejects this idea, saying it would be a suicide mission. Instead, the gang decide to scout for fights in order to gain more experience. Before leaving, they’re warned by Wizard, acting as their navigator, that there’s some huge energy spikes near Goomba Valley. With this in mind, they remain cautious. Mario’s first place to look for the Corrupted is an old barn he and Luigi used to frequent in their childhood. However, nothing seems to be there, except a suspicious hole that looks almost bottomless. Bloop mentions that the wood to the trapdoor doesn’t look old, implying that it was built somewhat recently. Super opens it to get a closer look, but is knocked into it by Beacon, who was pushed off the stall by a curious Luna. Beacon, irritated at Luna, decides to jump in to see if everything is alright. As a precaution, he summons his weapon, the Starblade. We cut back to Super, who fell a great distance. He hears talking around him. Something about how they can’t be sure he’s not an “Elite” and should be taken into custody just in case. The last shot sees Super being pulled into the darkness.

### Episode 9: Reunion

Episode 9 starts off with Bowser waking up from his stasis. And, by waking up, he breaks the pod he was entrapped in. As he’s stomping around and making noise, he draws two Corrupted near him that prompts a fight with him. We actually see a new battle mechanic being introduced here: statuses, when Bowser gets thrown into the wall and gets his spikes caught in it. Bowser turns slightly red with fury, and scorches the remaining Corrupted. Upon beating them, he tries to think back as to how he’s gotten himself in Void’s lair.

A few days prior, at Bowser’s castle. We see the Elite Trio check up on an injured Bowser. Kamek comments that his latest battle with Mario was rough on him, and that he needs time to recover. Corporal Paraplonk, being himself, starts thinking about all the fun stuff they could do while Bowser is healing, but is quickly interrupted by the doorbell. (Which is funny, because 1. When does Bowser’s castle get visitors, and 2. The savestate that’s used for the castle always has its front door open.) Private Goomp goes to check who it is and finds none other than Wario, who’s already been turned into an Elite. He decides that he absolutely needs to speak to Bowser and insists that he does. When politely rejected by the Goomba, Wario charges a shoulderbash and invites himself in, knocking Goomp unconscious. Kamek quickly intervenes, but unfortunately wakes Bowser up in the process. Wario incentivizes Bowser to join Void's cause by promising power, and by shaking his hand, he passes out. Void is then summoned, who then proceeds to capture everyone in the room except Private Goomp, who is kicked out by Seargent Guy during their attempted escape. He looks back at the castle one more time, and runs away.

*Yeah that all was a flashback.*

We cut back to Bowser, who still doesn’t remember what had transpired. He makes a mental note to contact the Koopa Troop, and that’s all we hear of him from this episode. Meanwhile, Super is tied to a chair in a dark room. A single light turns on over him and he is faced with four figures. It turns out that it’s the Bup Brigade, who have been making their operations underground since the whole thing started. Green luckily was not able to sense any proof of Void’s influence on Super and let him go. From them we learn that they’ve been keeping stragglers they find safe underground. With this, we learn of a new location: Cavi City. We also learn of some of the events that took place directly after Void’s arrival. The Bup Brigade had to evacuate Peach’s Castle as it turned into a Zone right before their eyes. We learn that this is those corrupted areas’ true names, and how defeating the Elite that resides in it removes the corruption. Mario cross-references this to when he fought Bowser. Green notes the high energy levels that arise when a location is turned into a Zone, which coincides with Wizard saying there have been high energy spikes in Goomba Valley in episode 8. The team realizes their goal: Hunt down the Zones and defeat the Elite. This will greatly reduce the amount of manpower Void has, so it may give them an advantage. With this goal in mind, our characters decide to explore the city a bit before they get back into action. They talk with rescued civilians that had to escape Void’s reign.

Just coming back from exploring the city, Beacon meets up with Super, who is still resting. They discuss how Void wasn’t able to capture everyone, and how the town is pretty lively. He needs Starpower to capture people, Beacon says, and he’s most likely running out; that’s why he hasn’t been seen lately. The more Starpower, the more people he can corrupt, the more people, the greater chance to get even more Starpower. As he’s saying this, one of the corrupted in City Plaza finds the leftover star from episode 7.

## Gallery

Thumbnail for the updated outro featuring most of the main cast.Promotional art for the Extended IntroThe thumbnail for the remade version of Episode 1
## Trivia

* This series is based on and has references to multiple spin-off's of the *Mario* franchise, such as *Super Paper Mario* and *Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story*. It also references aspects of the *Persona* series.
* Beacon and Void are recurring characters on Super's channel, with them being featured in his channel art and even other videos such as Super's Rivals of Aether mod release video.
* *Fate of the World* canonically takes place before many of SuperG64's other videos such as *Meet the Super(s)*, this is shown through Super not having most of his abilities such as his Persona, Eyerok, or his sword Tartarus.
* The Grand Star Form that the main cast take on is a reference to *Super Mario Bros. Z*'s Super Star forms, with Mario even having the same color pallet, minus the cape.
* Cameos of other characters such as Mr. Toxic, and parodies of Blue and Tot from *SUBPAR MARIO 64* appear in Episode 9 in Cavi City.
* That same series was formerly called *SM64: Rise of the Weegees* (or *SM64: RotW*), but after the release of the third episode, that changed to its current title *SM64: Fate of the World*.
* Luna having an axe for a weapon is a dark pun due to the fact that he was often killed a lot in earlier machinimas by SuperG64 and Zeus KrAZy, with one of those deaths being caused by an axe.
* Despite using the Dark Repulser as his recolor's weapon and even name-dropping it, Super has not watched Sword Art Online.
* On May 16, 2022, after posting the extended introduction for *Fate of the World* for GlitchyPSI's COMETLASER Livestream, Super announced that he has decided to remake the first three episodes, to be well organized, tidy and detailed.

## External links

* SM64: Fate of the World - YouTube playlist