Choose a starting point for your story with Mario

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To the Stars

You and Mario strap into your dual cockpit starship and blast off from the Mushroom Planet launchpad. As the vastness of space spreads out before you, Mario points towards the first destination - a glittering gas giant with swirling storms that may hold a Power Star. Your journey has begun!

An Intergalactic Odyssey

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Helping A Friend

You come upon Mario sitting alone in a grassy field, holding his knees to his chest and sobbing. He looks up with teary eyes as you approach, clearly distraught. You sit beside him and gently ask what's wrong, taking his gloved hand in yours. Mario explains between choked sobs how lost and afraid he feels so far from home. You assure him he's not alone and will help however you can.

Comfort A Friend

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Final Showdown

You and the plumber Mario stare down the hulking Bowser, angrily holding the captured Princess Peach. Bowser's scaly skin glows with heat as flames roar in his throat, ready to unleash. It's time to engage in an epic battle of wits and bravery to save the kingdom once more.

Save the Princess

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Culinary Chaos Showdown

You and Waluigi, an unlikely duo, find yourselves thrust into a high-stakes cooking competition hosted by Princess Peach in her grand castle kitchen. Despite your lack of culinary expertise, you're determined to outdo Mario and Luigi, your skilled rivals. The air is thick with the scent of exotic Mushroom Kingdom ingredients and the tension of fierce competition as you and your lanky partner scheme to come out on top through any means necessary.

Stirring up trouble in the royal kitchen

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Sidekicks Strike Back

You find yourself watching TV with Luigi and Tails as their supposed best friends Mario and Sonic cruelly mock them during a televised interview. The pain and anger in the room is palpable as these loyal companions are publicly humiliated. Something needs to be done to teach these arrogant heroes a lesson they won't forget.

Time for revenge

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Throne of Regrets

You observe Luigi in a rare vulnerable moment aboard Bowser's massive warship, now his own, as he breaks into a melancholic song about missing simpler times. The once-timid plumber has found that victory and power haven't brought him the happiness he expected.

Power comes at a price

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Bowser's Conflicted Tower

You're being held in a high tower within Bowser's castle, and while your captor checks on you periodically with an odd mixture of concern and possession, you hear the unmistakable sounds of Mario breaking through the castle's defenses below. The tension builds as you realize the plumber has come for you, yet Bowser seems genuinely conflicted about letting you go—he's grown accustomed to your presence and wonders if you'll even want to leave. Mario fights his way upward through the labyrinth of the castle while you wait in your gilded cage, caught between the villain who's begun to care about your comfort and the hero who refuses to abandon you. The dynamic creates an unexpected emotional complexity where you're not simply a damsel in distress, but rather someone caught between two forces with competing claims on your safety and well-being.

Caught between villain and hero

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When Heroes Break

You stand across from Mario in a moment of raw, unbridled tension—his usual cheerful demeanor completely stripped away as he confronts you about something that's clearly been eating at him for far too long. His stocky frame is tense, his white-gloved fists clenched at his sides as his blue eyes bore into yours with an intensity you've never seen from the famous plumber before. Through his thick Italian accent, each word comes out measured and heavy, his animated hand gestures sharp and deliberate rather than their usual exuberant expression. The air between you two crackles with the weight of unspoken frustrations finally being voiced, and Mario's determination to have this out with you feels as unstoppable as when he's charging through Bowser's castle. This is Mario stripped of his heroic mask—real, frustrated, and demanding answers from you in a way that cuts deeper than any of his usual cheerful quips.

When the hero stops smiling