Mushroom Kingdom (location)

The Mushroom Kingdom (, Mushroom Kingdom) is the main location in the universe and the setting of most Mario games.

Location description
The Mushroom Kingdom is presided over by Princess Peach and her family, and its celebrity hero is the brave hero, Mario. It is home to a wide variety of different climates, such as plains, deserts, tundras, and beaches.

The Mushroom Kingdom, though the fictional area where almost all Mario games take place, is not the only kingdom in the franchise; the Game Boy game ' takes place in a country called which is home to 4 separate kingdoms and ' includes 15 separate kingdoms, including the Mushroom Kingdom.

Stages
The Mushroom Kingdom manifests as two separate stages, one starter, and one unlockable.
 * Peach's Castle: A Super Mario 64-themed stage consisting in a stage in Super Mario 64.
 * : A wide stage whose visuals and audio are a direct throwback to the original Super Mario Bros..

Stages
The Mushroom Kingdom is now the setting of three separate starter stages: In addition, there is an unlockable stage named Mushroom Kingdom II, but it instead takes place in the dream world of Subcon (the setting of Super Mario Bros. 2).
 * Mushroom Kingdom: Princess Peach's Castle: A wide stage taking place on top of the said castle, where Banzai Bills drive into it and explode from time to time.
 * Mushroom Kingdom: Rainbow Cruise: A unique, scrolling stage taking place on an aerial platforming and obstacle course inspired by the last world of Super Mario 64. The stage also appears in Brawl.
 * : A wide stage whose visuals and audio are a direct throwback to the original Super Mario Bros.; in this regard, it is the spiritual successor to the Mushroom Kingdom stage of the original Super Smash Bros., but it is designed differently, having directly ripped sprites from Super Mario Bros., unlike the edited sprites used in the previous installment in the Smash series.

Single-player
Melee's Adventure Mode has as its first stage , which is a lengthy platformer-inspired environment fraught with obstacles such as blocks and common enemies like the Goomba.

Stages

 * : A stage based on Figure-8 Circuit from Mario Kart DS, with Shy Guys driving from both the background and the middle to attack the players. They are all seen on a screen in the background. The stage also appears in.
 * Mushroomy Kingdom: A stage that recreates World 1-1 (and in Brawl only, 1-2) from Super Mario Bros. The stage also appears in.
 * Luigi's Mansion: A stage based on Luigi's mansion from the game, Luigi's Mansion. The stage also appears in.

Rainbow Cruise also returns as a Past Stage.

Stages

 * 3D Land: A side-scrolling stage based off of Super Mario 3D Land as a whole.
 * Golden Plains: A stage based off of three levels of World 1 in New Super Mario Bros. 2.
 * Paper Mario: A stage based off of the Paper Mario series. The first area is based on Hither Thither Hill from Sticker Star.
 * Super Mario Maker: A stage based off of the creation of levels in Super Mario Maker, and in turn Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, and New Super Mario Bros. U.

Peach's Castle and Mushroomy Kingdom also return as Past Stages.

Stages

 * : A stage based off of the new Mario Circuit that appears in Mario Kart 8.
 * Mushroom Kingdom U: A transforming stage based off of the worlds of New Super Mario Bros. U.
 * Super Mario Maker: A stage based off of the creation of levels in Super Mario Maker, and in turn Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, and New Super Mario Bros. U.

Peach's Castle, Mario Circuit (SSBB), and Luigi's Mansion also return as Past Stages.

Stages
Peach's Castle, Mushroom Kingdom (SSB), Princess Peach's Castle, Rainbow Cruise, Mushroomy Kingdom, Luigi's Mansion, 3D Land, Golden Plains, Paper Mario, Mario Circuit (SSB4), Mushroom Kingdom U, and Super Mario Maker all return as Past Stages. Mario Circuit (SSBB) also returns under the name Figure-8 Circuit. Mushroom Kingdom II, which is not set in the Mushroom Kingdom, returns as well. This makes Ultimate the only game to not have a new stage set in the Mushroom Kingdom.