Another strategy is leaving behind light fireballs to trap the opponent when they are in the rush towards Mario. Fortunately, Mario is an ideal rushdown character, but his fireball attack makes him rather efficient regarding zoning. He has low damage output and unorthodox power usage working against him, so these are his only ways of doing damage. Super Mario's gameplay is very heavily combo oriented.
After the credits roll, the two are seen on the castle's balcony. She wakes up and appreciates Mario's gratitude, before getting asked on a date. He anxiously checks on a sleeping Peach to make sure she is okay. Mario wakes up, realizing it was a dream. Peach attempts to talk to Mario to end his rampage, but to no avail Mario destroys the castle, killing both Peach and Toad. The story returns to Peach's castle, where Toad tells her that Mario has destroyed a city. Being consumed by the darkness, Mario finishes off Bowser and destroys his castle.
Just as he is about to deliver the finishing blow, Bowser states that his minion, Kamek, has casted a spell on all the fighters that dispels their darkness into Mario, slowly turning him evil. Believing it to be one of Bowser's doings, Mario leaps in a warp pipe to investigate, beginning the game.Īfter beating the game, Mario has beaten Bowser to a pulp. After he recieves a slice of cake from the princess, Toad bursts in and exclaims that "a bunch of weird guys" are attacking the Mushroom Kingdom. Super Mario's story starts of in Princess Peach's castle. This article contains details about something that's best experienced (or at least witnessed) yourself before reading about it.