Nintendo Adventure Books 1
By Nintendo
[Written by Clyde
Bosco]
[Typed by Lemmy
Koopa]
[Pictures scanned
by Wooster]
Mario decides to go for it. The Chain Chomp is the only thing between him and the fortress walls. He can't give up now.
Mario decides to play a dangerous game with the snapping monster. If he can make it mad enough, maybe it will get careless and Mario will get through. The plumber waves his arms at the Chain Chomp. "Hey, Baldy!" he yells.
Clack! The Chain Chomp snaps at Mario. Its jagged teeth miss him by almost a foot. It lunges again. Mario flattens himself against the ground, and the Chain Chomp whizzes by.
Now it's really mad! When it rears and growls, Mario ducks under its nose and races for the wall.
"And awa-a-a-y we go!" he yells, as the Chain Chomp swings in for one last bite.
Solve this puzzle to find out what happens next:
Which route should Mario take to reach the top of the wall safely? Look carefully at the length of each Chain Chomp's chain.
If you think Mario
should take route A, turn to page 56.
If you think
Mario should take route B, turn to page 113.
"Let's do it," says Mario, as he spins the great wooden steering wheel. He pilots the Doom Ship back to the entrance of the Mushroom Kingdom. There, the two plumbers climb down from the ship and crawl into the main pipe. Within minutes, they are back at their plumbing shop in Brooklyn.
"Oh Mister Impostor, come out, come out wherever you are," sings Mario, sauntering into the workshop.
Luigi's evil twin pokes his head around the corner to find out what's going on. By the time the slow-witted duplicate decides to run, it's too late. Mario has blocked the door.
"Will all sensitive and delicate people please leave the auditorium at this time," announces Luigi. "The Super Mario Bros. are back in town."
Turn to page 49.
"Let's try this way." Mario turns left, going down a series of mirrored halls. The machine noises grow louder. At last, he turns a corner and steps into a plain cement hall.
"I'm free!" he cries. "But I'll miss those guys in the mirror. They were so good looking!"
Mario marches down the hall and pushes open a set of green doors. He steps into a weird laboratory. On the walls are huge spools of wire. Lightbulbs of every color and size flash on control panels. The floor is strewn with test tubes, gears, and-of course-bags of old garbage. Facing Mario is Iggy Koopa.
"Hmm," says Iggy. "I didn't think you'd get through my maze. But since you're here, I'd like you to meet my new creation." He presses a button on a remote control device and a giant machine rolls into the room.
Turn to page 36.
"Rrroaarr!" Roy Koopa bellows, charging toward Mario in a blind rage.
Mario calmly steps aside and watches as the awful turtle hurls himself through the huard rail and over the side of the ship. "Oh, nooo..." Roy wails. He's heading straight for a patch of snapping black Muncher plants!
"I always knew Roy was going to be a dropout," Mario remarks.
He picks up some shiny coins that are scattered on the planks of the Doom Ship. "This is good," he says. "Now I'll be able to but the King that gold-plated mustache brush he wanted for his birthday."
"Mmph!" says Luigi, still tied to the mast behind the steering wheel.
Mario unties his brother, who begins to run frantically about the deck.
"Hurry, hurry!" he shouts. "We've got to stop the Koopas while we still have time!"
"Hold on a minute," says Mario. "Would you mind telling me how you got here in the first place?"
"The Koopas grabbed me while I was sleeping," explains Luigi. "They tied me up and left a phony me in my place. I don't know how they're doing it, Mario, but the Koopas are making copies of everybody!" He begins to climb over the rail of the Doom Ship. "I've got to get home and stop that impostor," he calls. "The universe isn't big enough for two Luigis. Are you coming?"
Decode this secret message to get a clue to help decide what Mario should do.
*** Mario collects
11 coins. ***
If you think
Mario should go home with Luigi, turn to page 42.
If you think
he should stay behind and ride with the Doom Ship, turn to page
111.
Mario rushes headlong down one, then another, then another flight of stairs. He hears Iggy squishing ahead of him the whole way down. But when he finally reaches the bottom, Iggy is nowhere in sight. The place is silent.
Then, out of the corner of his eye, Mario sees someone move.
"Aha!" he shouts, as he spins around. But instead of Iggy, Mario finds himself face-to-face with a handsome plumber in red overalls.
His first thought is, "This doubles thing has gone too far." Then suddenly, he realizes he's looking at his reflection in a mirror. "Gee," he says. "I need a shave."
As he looks away from the familiar figure, he spots a glass door next to the mirror. Through it he can see a long glass hall lined with rows and rows of mirrors. He opens the door and enters. Behind him, the door swings shut with an ominous click.
Mario shrugs. "Oh well, I wasn't planning to turn back anyway," he says. He walks down the hall into the maze of mirrors.
Turn to page 108.
There are a handful of creatures in the Mushroom Kingdom more powerful than either of the Super Mario Bros. But there are almost none who could defeat both of them at once-especially when they're in Brooklyn!
"I'd say we've got the home court advantage, little brother," says Mario, grabbing a plunger from a rack of plumbing tools.
"You are so right," says Luigi, rolling up his sleeves. "Let's make haste and waste this attractive but evil intruder."
The plumbers surround the phony Luigi. Mario bops him on the head with the plunger while Luigi delivers a Double-Tornado belly punch. Their opponent collapses.
Luigi runs to the kitchen and returns with a lukewarm pot of his top secret spaghetti sauce. He pours it over the unlucky impostor. "That should hold him for a while," he says, licking his fingers.
But when the sauce hits the fake Luigi, he begins to melt! The brothers watch in astonishment as the impostor dissolves into a puddle of orange mush.
Mario hurries to the supply room. A moment later he comes back into the workshop with a magnifying glass. "Now, what have we here?" he muses as he inspects the soggy mess on the floor. "Tomato sauce... and something else. I can't tell what it is." He tucks the magnifying glass into one of his pockets. "This may come in handy later."
Mario turns to face Luigi. "You wait here in case there are any more messages from the palace. I'm heading there now." He bends to pick up some coins that the fake Luigi dropped during the battle. "I'll buy some comic books with these," he decides. "I hear there are some great new comics featuring two extremely brave and handsome plumbers from Brooklyn." Then he dives into the central pipe.
Mario's back in the Mushroom Kingdom.
*** Mario collects
9 coins, and he now has the magnifying glass. ***
Turn to page
79.
Mario walks toward the solitary giant shadow in the sky. As he gets closer to the floating object, its features become frightfully clear. It's the Doom Ship-the Koopa family's floating battleship and number one secret weapon. It looks very much like an ancient sailing ship, except that it's covered with propellers, bubbling slime spouters, and deadly flame-throwing Koopa cannons. The evil craft is hovering above a bed of snapping black Muncher plants.
"The Doom Ship!" says Mario excitedly. "I knew that dark ark was involved in this business somehow."
Standing at the wheel, searching the landscape with a telescope, is an enormous armored turtle in bright pink sunglasses. It's Roy Koopa, the meanest of the seven Koopa kids. Roy and Mario spot each other in the same instant.
"Yoo-hoo! Roy! Come down here for a minute," calls Mario. "I've got a few things I'd like to ask you."
"Not on your life, plungerface!" yells Roy. He spins the Doom Shi's great wooden steering wheel. Slowly, the boat turns to the east and begins to drift away.
"Oh no you don't!" Mario dashes after the floating warship. He tries to grab one of the many cables and ropes trailing below the craft, but they're just out of reach.
"Bon voyage!" shouts Roy Koopa.
The Doom Ship starts to rise into the sky. There's plenty more to see in the Mushroom Kingdom. But if Mario is going to try to board the boat, the time is now!
If Mario has the
anchor from the supply room, turn to page 105.
If you think
Mario should try to jump and reach the Doom Ship, turn to page
87.
If you think
Mario should let the Doom Ship go and continue to explore the Mushroom
Kingdom, turn to
page
58.
"Now we have two contenders for the throne!"
Princess Toadstool leads Mario up to the front of the room, where two identical kings are taking turns pushing each other off the big gold throne. Each is wearing a purple robe and an onion-shaped crown. Wooster, the royal mushroom assistant, is there too, wringing his hands. His usually spotless apron is covered with dirt. He looks as if he hasn't slept for days.
"You've got to help us, Mario!" wails the tall mushroom. "I've been so busy trying to clean up after two kings, I haven't even had time to wind the royal cuckoo clocks!"
"Frankly, your Highness," Mario whispers to the princess, "it could be worse. I've never seen the king actually do anything anyway."
"It's the principle of the thing!" snaps the princess. "Every kingdom needs a king, and there can be only one king in every castle, and we've got two-so... help!"
"I'll do what I can," Mario promises.
Just then he notices that Toad, the royal mushroom retainer, is not around. "Where's Toad?" he asks.
"He went out to find a magnifying glass," answers Wooster. "He thought it might help us discover who the real king is."
"Great idea," says one of the two kings.
"I was just about to say that!" cries the other one.
"I wonder whether I have a magnifying glass with me," says Mario. He starts to check his pockets.
*** Check your
notes to see what equipment Mario is carrying to decide what happens next.
***
If Mario has
a magnifying glass, turn to page 64.
If Mario does
not have a magnifying glass, turn to page 116.
STOP! It's impossible to get that result. Go back to the page you just read and try again!
Snap! The Chain Chomp sinks its teeth into the tip of Mario's shoe. It rips away a small piece of leather, but Mario reaches the top of the wall and climbs to safety. He mops his forehead. Then he sits down and pull off his shredded shoe.
"One, two, three, four, five... everybody's still here," says Mario, counting the toes on his bare foot.
"Hraaar," growls the Chain Chomp as it settles down to munch on the tasty piece of shoe leather.
Mario walks along the top of the wall until he reaches the front of the fortress. On his way, he reaches up and knocks down a fistful of coins from an overhead ledge. Then he leaps onto a catwalk and crawls past the guard tower and into an open window.
"This must be Fort Koopa, all right," Mario says. He makes a face. "The windows are filthy."
He walks slowly down the hall, peering into room after room, but finding nothing. Other than the occassional pitter-patter of cockroach feet, the entire wing of the building is silent. The rooms contain only enormous piles of dust.
"I guess no one's home," Mario says to himself as he rounds the next corner. Then he freezes in his tracks.
He's standing in the throne room of King Bowser Koopa. The walls are covered with several hundred portraits of the evil turtle king. It's easy for Mario to tell that they're pictures of Bowser, because the real Bowser is standing there in person.
Mario has no time to back out of the room. Two massive green arms stretch out menacingly above his head. Bowser's mouth widens into a snaggletoothed grin.
"Uh-oh," whispers Mario.
*** Mario collects
12 coins. ***
Turn to page
12.
Mario tramps through the Mushroom Kingdom, deep in thought, hopping over pairs of monsters that come at him from every direction. Suddenly he looks up and sees a tangle of snapping, snarling, leafy green monsters ahead. He's at the edge of an enormous field of Piranha plants.
"Help!" cries a squeaky voice from somewhere deep within the Piranha Patch.
"Toad? Is that you?" calls Mario.
A small white head bobs up and down in the very center of the field. It's Toad, the royal mushroom retainer.
"How did you get here?" Mario asks.
"There are two of almost everyone in the kingdom, including the king," Toad says. "I went to find a magnifying glass, but on my way back I got trapped in this field. A turtle with a mustache and glasses told me it was a short cut."
A turtle! It was probably one of the Koopa kids in disguise, but Mario has no time to worry about that right now.
"Hang on, little buddy," he calls, and charges into the thicket of vicious plants.
Turn to page 90.