Editing Novato

'''{{wp|Novato, California}}''' is a city in the [[United States of America]]. It was home to the real headquarters of {{wp|Mindscape|The Software Toolworks}} (the company that developed the ''[[Mario Discovery (series)|Mario Discovery]]'' series) before it became entirely defunct in 2011. In the PC version of ''[[Mario's Time Machine]]'', [[Bowser]] uses his [[timulator]] to steal a [[Floppy Disk]] from Novato in 1993 (1994 in the ''Deluxe'' re-release). This Floppy Disk is actually the proto-copy of ''Mario's Time Machine'', and Bowser's plan is to prevent the game and its events from ever existing, therefore allowing him to travel back in time and ruin history without being bothered by [[Mario]].<ref>"''Oh, no! Then he’s trying to prevent you [Mario] from ever even FINDING the timulator! If he succeeds, it will spell doom for all those famous historical figures!!''" — '''[[Andrew Iverson]]''', ''[[Mario's Time Machine]]''</ref> To prevent this, Mario travels to Novato himself to return the Floppy Disk (however, Novato can only be visited after returning every other item stolen, making it the final location in the game). In Novato, Mario talks to some of the game's developers, including [[David Grenewetzki]] (the company's CTO,<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/dgreno/ David Grenewetzki's LinkedIn profile]. Retrieved September 9, 2017.</ref> though he is referred to in-game as being at the top<ref>"''Dave Grenewetzki? He’s the main man. The big cheese. The top banana. Numero Uno. El Cid. #1 on the runway... He’s got a corner office and the power to use it!''" — '''QA''', ''[[Mario's Time Machine]]''</ref>), [[Andrew Iverson]] (the game's writer), [[Don Lloyd]] (one of the programmers), and [[Jeff Griffeath]] (the lead artist), and he also helps them finish development of the game itself. He eventually delivers the Floppy Disk to Grenewetzki and leaves Novato to confront Bowser.