- This article refers to the location of several stages in the Super Smash Bros. series. For other uses, see Mushroom Kingdom (disambiguation).
The Mushroom Kingdom (Japanese:キノコ王国) is a primary location in the Mario universe, and is where most Mario games take place.
Location description
The Mushroom Kingdom is presided over by Princess Peach, and its celebrity hero is the jumping plumber Mario.
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 Advance game Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, in particular, takes place in the neighboring Beanbean Kingdom.
In Super Smash Bros.
As stages
The Mushroom Kingdom manifests as two separate stages, one unlockable:
- Peach's Castle: A Super Mario 64-themed stage consisting of the top portion of Peach's castle floating in the sky and with several platforms and obstacles in the air.
- Mushroom Kingdom: A wide stage whose visuals and audio are a direct throwback to the original Super Mario Bros..
In Super Smash Bros. Melee
As stages
The Mushroom Kingdom is now the setting of three separate starter stages:
- Mushroom Kingdom: Princess Peach's Castle: A wide stage taking place on top of the said castle, where giant Bullet 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.
- Mushroom: Kingdom: 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.
In addition, there is an unlockabe stage named Mushroom: Kingdom II, but contrary to its name it takes place in the dream world of Subcon (the setting of Super Mario Bros. 2)
In single-player
Melee's Adventure mode has as its first stage Mushroom Kingdom Adventure, which is a lengthy platformer-inspired environment fraught with obstacles such as blocks and common enemies like the Goomba.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
As a stage
Of the Mario stages currently confirmed for Brawl, the one below is set in the Mushroom Kingdom itself (while the other is set in the overseas location Isle Delfino, Delfino Plaza):
- Mario Circuit (tentative name): A stage revealed on the Nintendo World 2006 trailer but has yet to be confirmed in an update on Smash Bros. DOJO!!. This takes place in the intersection of a figure-8 race track and represents the Mario Kart series.