An ambassador of the Beanbean Kingdom visits Peach in her castle. She presents Peach with a present, which is a puff of smoke. The ambassador and her assistant are frauds, and vacuum up the smoke around Peach before leaving in their aircraft. The Toads scatter.
A Toad runs to the Mario Bros.'s house, where Luigi is hanging laundry. He says there's an emergency situation and asks if Luigi's seen the Kingdom Courier. Luigi says no and Toad runs inside, calling for Mario. Toad walks into the bathroom on the left, hearing humming. He goes into the bathroom, then quickly runs out, embarrassed with a red face. Mario comes out of the bathroom, wearing a towel. Toad stammers Peach's name and Mario runs outside, jumps into the clothesline to get dressed, and drags Luigi all the way to the castle, tangled in the clothesline.
In the castle, Bowser is standing around furiously. When Mario stops running, Luigi slides into Bowser. He asks how dare the Coward Bros. attack him when his back is turned. This starts the first battle. It's just Mario this time. All he can do is jump on Bowser and jump to dodge his fire breath. Toad will provide hints on Action Commands and dodging. Luigi's watching the battle, and his expression changes as you go. Bowser has about 10 HP, so the battle's fairly short.
Bowser says it's no time for fighting. The Toads explain that the ambassador from the Beanbean Kingdom stole Peach's voice. Her voice has been replaced by an explosive vocabulary, which drops explosives when she speaks. This is preventing Bowser from kidnapping Peach, which is a good thing, but we can't leave her this way. Mario has to retrieve Peach's voice. Bowser will kidnap her after that. Bowser offers to take Mario in his Koopa Cruiser to the Beanbean Kingdom. It's nice to see them cooperate, but we know he has ulterior motives.
Mario goes into Toadtown Square, where a Toad says to stretch out and talk to everyone. Climb up on ledges to reach item blocks. A Toad on the left ledge lost a precious belonging. Walk down the ledge towards the entrance and check the wall for it. Return it to him for a 1-Up Mushroom. To the right of the fountain is a Mushroom on a ledge. The Toad nearby will ask if you got it for him. If you say yes, he'll let you keep it and will give you a Super Mushroom as well. The right ledge has a Mushroom as well. Luigi's on the north side of the plaza, saying Bowser went north. There's a panicking Koopa ahead who got separated from the Bowser Baddies. Tell him to go "Thatta way" to the north. Go ahead to the north.
This part of the plaza has a Save Block so you can save your game. Luigi will follow you around. To the north is the exit. When you approach it, Toadsworth will appear. He has a suitcase for Mario's travels. We can open it with [Select] to use items and change clothes. It also lets you see Mario's stats. Toadsworth also gives us 100 coins. Luigi says he's seeing Mario off. Ahead is the Koopa Cruiser.
Bowser says we're late. Mario jumps aboard. Bowser summons his Baddies, but they don't appear. Luigi waves goodbye. Bowser thinks Luigi wants to join the Bowser Baddies. Apparently, Bowser doesn't know or recognize Luigi. Luigi disagrees and tries to run away, but runs into the Bowser Baddies. He tries to get past them, but a crew member alerts Bowser to a deserter. Luigi runs off and the Koopa Cruiser pursues and picks him up.
Inside the Cruiser, the Mario Bros. are told to report to the deck. Ahead are Koopas who tell us about the basic controls: [Start] to switch the order of the bros and (A) controls the guy in front, and (B) controls the guy in back. They also explain a special type of item block with an arrow. The bros will have to stand in a line and hit the block back and forth, when the block comes to them and turns their color. The block will give you coins.
In the next area, a Koopa will take the bros.'s passport photos. Use the D-pad to change the pose. Up, down, and left are various panicking poses, and right is a power pose. Walk to the right, then down before you reach the stairs to find the Bowser Baddie you helped. He'll give you a 1-Up Mushroom for your help. Go up the stairs.
There's a barrel in the middle of the floor. Walk into it to break it. The Koopa nearby will teach the Mario Bros. how to fight as a pair. (A) for Mario and (B) for Luigi. A Koopa up ahead will tell you how to get an edge in battle by stomping your enemies on the field. This will damage all enemies in the battle at the start. If enemies run into the guy in back, the guy in back will not be able to move until it's his turn to attack.
There's a Save Album upstairs. The path ahead is blocked by barrels. Hit the (!) Block to activate the crane, which picks up Luigi. We make it up to the deck, where Luigi acts as lookout. He spots something. The Koopa Cruiser's under attack by the Great Cackletta, who was posing as the Beanbean Ambassador. She's not going to deal with us, so she'll have her minion deal with us.
Ladies and Gentlemen, here's Fawful. Because he is one of my favorite characters and his speech is hilarious, I will provide direct quotes. "I am the great Cackletta's most best pupil, who is named Fawful! I am here laughing at you! If you are giving us the chase just to get your silly princess's voice, then you are idiots of foolishness! Princess Peach's sweet voice will soon be the bread that makes the sandwich of Cackletta's desires! And this battle shall be the delicious mustard on that bread! The mustard of your doom!" He shoots Bowser, then sneaks up on the Mario Bros. "Next is is the turn of you!"
Fawful is a simple enemy. Stomp on his headgear. He'll call the bros "Fink-rats" and the color of the text will tell you who he's aiming for. Bowser will tell you that and Fawful will say, "Such mumbling! Stop it!" These little tells are in all enemy attacks. When he says "Fink-rat", he'll shoot at you. When he says, "Have you readiness for this?!?", he'll shoot at one bro, then the other. After about 19 HP worth of damage, he'll say "Ooof!" and his headgear will disappear. "Now is when I ram you!" You can counterattack this attack. After a few rounds, he'll say, "Uhnnrgh.. How could fink-rats like you beat such an awful nasty as me? Headgear!" His headgear returns and he says his catchphrase: "I have fury!" The battle ends, and he says, "Bah! Now is when the talking stops! I do not have time to stop and smell foul roses such as you! One fell swoop is the way I will deal with you fink-rats!" He shoots down the Koopa Cruiser. It crashes into Stardust Fields.
So, the princess has not been kidnapped. Can this be considered a Mario game? Getting her voice back will not be an easy feat. Well, this is an exciting start to a fantastic adventure. It's one of my personal favorites as well as the start of one of my favorite Mario series.
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