Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu dai Sakusen!

SUPER MARIO BROS.: PEACH-HIME KYUSHUTSU DAI SAKUSEN!

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu dai Sakusen, or roughly translated to Super Mario Bros.: The Mission to Rescue Princess Peach, is a 1986 anime movie predating the live action film by a full seven years, but is still roughly the same level of pure insanity. The story follows the Mario Bros., working in a grocery store this time, who get wrapped up in a magical adventure when Princess Peach suddenly bursts out of Mario's video game while trying to escape Bowser and his minions.

Mario and Luigi are our protagonists, of course, and over they course of the game, we see Mario climb, grow into a giant, ride a cloud, throw fireballs, throw a super punch, grab Bowser's tail and throw him, dance, and . . . wear a sombrero and use guns. Huh. Luigi is portrayed as much more of a greedy coward in this movie, fleeing from the action rather than fighting, but using a shovel and pickaxe when he thinks there might be a reward of treasure.

For most of the movie, the brothers are joined by an original sidekick, a magical dog named Kibidango who turns out to be Princess Peach's fiance Prince Haru under a magical curse. Over the course of the film, he aids the Mario brothers at every turn, biting, lunging, stealing things, backing up Mario's dancing on a guitar, and transforming (obviously). Princess Peach (whose name as Peach goes back much further than Super Mario 64, as I have come to discover) also appears, coming out of Mario's TV, using a stick and hammer to fend off her attackers, and using a magical necklace. Toads also appear, but mostly as extras.

King Koopa appears as the main villain, coming out of Mario's TV just like Peach, slashing with his claws, grabbing, shapeshifting, and breathing fire. Goombas, Koopas, Paratroopas, Buzzy Beetles, Lakitus, Spinies, Bloopers, Cheep Cheeps, Piranha Plants, Hammer Bros, and Bullet Bills all appear as his minions. So, basically, his Super Mario Bros. (NES) army, at that point just about the only game to come out besides the early arcade games.

As for stages, we have Mario's house and the grocery store they work at, which apparently borders on a massive desert. After going through a pipe in said desert, the brothers find their way to Peach's world, and traverse through a desert full of mushrooms, a field full of flowers, a cave, and an underwater section before raising a sunken pirate ship and causing it to fly, carrying them the rest of the way to Bowser's Castle.

Last but not least, we have the items. On top of the Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, and Starman, the standard items of Super Mario Bros. for the NES, we also have special emotion mushrooms that cause our heroes to be happy, sad, or angry.

And that's it for today! Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

Film Mario: truck, drill, plunger, wrench, Bob-Omb, super boots, Devo gun, Bullet Bill, mushroom shield

Film Luigi: truck, drill, plunger, wrench, Bob-Omb, super boots, Devo gun, Bullet Bill, mushroom shield

Anime Mario: climb, grow, cloud, fireball, super punch, throw by tail, dance, sombrero and guns

Anime Luigi: shovel, pickaxe

Princess Daisy: Yoshi bite, tongue, fire extinguisher, fungus in the city

Princess Peach (Anime): come from TV, stick, hammer, lock in box, magic necklace

President Koopa: devo machine, devo gun, gun, clubs, car, T-Rex form, Klown Kar

King Koopa (Anime): come from TV, claw, grab, fire breath, shapeshift

Kibidango/Prince Haru: bite, lunge, steal, guitar, shapeshift (also best option for a gimmick rep)

Iggy and Spike: clubs, car

Big Bertha: pick up and throw, punch, Super Boots, Bob-Omb, Bullet Bill

Lena: knife

Toad/Goomba: flamethrower, gas, goop, flashers, zap sticks

Stages:

Brooklyn

Dig Site

Dimensional Rift

Dinohattan

Koopa's Tower

Boom Boom Bar

Desert

Desert Grocery Store

Mushroom Desert

Flower Fields

Cave

Underwater

Flying Ship

Bowser's Castle

Items:

Fungus

Super Boots

Devo Gun

Bob-Omb

Emotion Mushrooms

Super Mushroom

Fire Flower

Starman

Thanks for reading! Next up, let's cover the Amada Anime Series!