Mario Adventure: Monster Mix up

[Spaff]

"Run!" Mario cries. He and Toad dash for the transport tube.
The king tries to follow. Koopa Troopas pursue him, their grubby hands stretched out.

Mario and Toad leap to save the king but they end up tumbling into a crevice.

Clinging with his fingernails, Mario hangs onto the edge. He can see the Monster Mixer.

Bowser Kooopa tosses the king in to the mixing bowl, along with a red Koop Troopa. The beaters whirl, the bowls pins, and out comes a creature with the king's crowned head.... and the body of a red turtle!

Mario gasps "That slimy reptile is making his own creatures and panning to use them against the Mushroom Kingdom!"

He looks down to tell Toad - and realizes what a long drop he's hanging over. "Yow!!" he yells as he tumbles down down dow!

What will happen to Mario and his friends now? It's up to you to make the decisions that will get them through this exciting adventure!

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Items: Hammer
Coins: 0
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"Trust me" Mario says.
"I'm trying" Toad answers bravely
Hoping to lose the Soopa Paratroopa, Mario and Toad plunge deeper into the clouds. But the farther they go, the harder it is to find their way.

Mario starts counting their steps, hoping it will help them find their way back. "Twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two..."

"Have we lost the monster yet?" Toad asks. "I feel like I've run fifty miles."

"I wish you wouldn't use numbers," Mario pants. "Fifty-one, fifty-two..."

At last, Mario looks behind them. "We lost it, Let's find the mixer again!"
He bounds off in a new direction, taking three steps, two steps, one. Then he stops... where is that mixer? "I Don't suppose you remember how far we've gone?" he asks Toad.

Toad moans "We lost everything, and now we're lost - lost in a maze of clouds!

Solve the puzzle (attached shitty pic) to help Mario find his way.

Paths through the clouds are a-maze-ingly hard to find! Trace a route along the thick black lines to find out where Mario and Toad are going. Where two lines intersect, choose which way to go. But remember, if the line you choose comes to an end before the end of the maze you must start again!

Did you end up at the Soopa Troopa or the Monster Mixer?

[ThunderPeel2001]

No wait... There's no escape route for Toad!

Toad! Toad! TOOOOOOOAD!!!

(sounds of Toad torn to pieces up by a giant whisk)

[Noyb]

> Attack Toad with hammer.

Seriously, though, they really do put the Nintendo seal of quality on anything. How do you tell the book that Mario always goes to the poopa troopa, while Toad always goes to the giant whisk of nonlethal dismemberment? This is supposed to encourage children to read?

Let's just say... they arrive at the soopa troopa, to spite the cover artist. Mario looks so happy to have a dangerous kitchen utensil flying at him. That can only end in tears, for him and the poor child who follows his example.

[Spaff]

it gets worse.....

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"Ten, eleven, twelve -" Mario says
"You're still counting?" Toad asks. He rolls his eyes, then he turns pale. "Eep," he says, and points to the sky.

Mario looks up, too "I didn't count on this" he gulps.

The shadow of an enormous flying turtle - a Soopa Kopa Paratroopa - falls over them, The Soopa Paratroopa is on top of Mario and Toad before they know it (¬¬) They have no place to run, no place to hide.
They crouch in horror as the huge figure swoops down. They can't possibly fight a thing that big. Enormous claws reach down, closer and closer to the horrified victims....

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"Gotcha!" The Soopa Paratroopa grabs Mario in one claw and Toad in the other before they have a chance to move.

"Thought I wouldn't see you huh?" The monster asks. Its wings flap, carrying Mario and Toad even higher. They pass through clouds and finally come to an open spot where they can look down... and down... and down.

The view is lovely (wtf?) but Mario isn't sure he likes seeing it whilst clutched in somebody's claw. What if The Soopa Paratroopawere to drop him?

"Hmmmmmm" the intrepid plumber thinks "If I could make this monster let me go at the right time.... But how?"

After a while, one of The Soopa Paratroopa's three heads speaks up "I'm getting tired" it announces "let's fly closer to the ground"

"I'm bushed too" another head agrees "The monster mixer takes a lot out of you"

It seems that being mixed up isn't healthy. A lot of feathers are falling from The Soopa Paratroopa's huge wings. One feather falls past Mario and he grabs it. "My secret weapon!" he cries

"What are you going to do with it?" Toad asks "Hey maybe you could make it sneeze by waving it under the monster's nose, it might drop us!"
"Maybe." Mario considers for a minute. "or maybe I should tickle it and make it put us down,

Tickle The Soopa Paratroopa or make it sneeze?

[Rodi]

SNEEZE.

[Spaff]

“Nah, Mario says after a minute. “I like your idea better toad” He waits until they’re passing a tall hill, deep in Koopa territory. (koopas have territory?)
Then he flings the feather under the Soopa Paratroopa’s mammoth nostrils.
It works! Three different voices chime in (they share the same nose now?)

“Ah-ah-ah! CHOOOOOOOOOOO!”

The huge monster’s sneeze sounds like a clap of thunder. It’s so strong it actually jars Mario and Toad loose. They fall to the hilltop and roll into some bushes , where they hide until the Soopa Paratroopa flies off.
They sneak along the hill until the outer wall of Bowser’s castle is in sight. There ar elots of guards, but they’re all asleep.
“How can we get past without walking up all those Goomba guards?” Toad asks
“I don;t know” Mario admits “Let’s rest for a moment whilst i think up a plan.”

Can Mario make it to Koopa’s castle (hang on I thought it was Bowser’s castle) Look for one straight line that leads right through the sleeping guards - can you find it?

can it be done yes / no?

(see attached image. Really fucking pushing the limits of our brains here guys, oh look someone’s handily already pre-solved it for us, I’ll go straight to the next part then.




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Mario and Toad tiptoe through the sleeping guards. They’re almost to the castle when they hear loud voices singing:



Kooopa Koopa rah rah rah!
Koopa Koopa, Sis-boom-rah!
Who’s the meanest one of all?

Koopa Koopa, that’s our call!

(classic.)

The silly song warns Mario that more Koopa troops are coming. He quickly grabs three coins from one of the sleeping soldiers. “We’d better hide, Toad!”
Toad glances around. “All I see is a pile of rocks ahead of us, and a patch of bushes behind us, which should we choose?

CHOOSE.

*** MARIO COLLECTS 3 COINS ***

[Nachimir]

GO FOR THE BUSH MARIO. GET RIGHT IN THAT THING.

[Spaff]

Sadly we have to wait until monday for the next brain busting episode of MARIO AND THE MONSTER MIXER...

I left the book at work. ¬¬

[Spaff]

The two heroes head for the shrubs. Crouched in the clump of bushes, they wait till the guards march past.
“Every day they sing that stupid song” a voice says
“How do you know that, Toad?” Mario asks
“Know what?” Toad looks startled
Mario frowns. “What you just said”
The voice speaks again “Don’t be silly, I’m the one who’s talking”
Mario and toad look around but see no one. at last they realise the words come from the bush they are hiding under.
“Sorry Mario says “We didn't expect-”
“i know what you mean. I wasn’t expecting company either. My leaves are all dusty” The bush sighs
“It’s not often we get anyone passing through here”
“Except those stupid guards” another bush adds..

Soon lots of bushes are chatting away... Mario gets an idea.
‘since you live in the area, maybe you bushes can help us?” he says “What’s the best way into Koopa’s castle?”
All the shrubs start to talk at once
Mario waves his arms to get them to calm down
“One at a time please” he says
“I’d try the front door” suggests a bush with a big purple flower 
“It’s hardly ever guarded”
“on the other hand, maybe you’d like to try the secret entrance” nother shrub says. It points a branch toward a pipe mouth sticking out of the ground. “There’s a gate inside that pipe over there, but be careful It’s got a tricky lock”
“There’s no question” Mario says confidently “I know what to do!”

What does he know to do?

Front door or pipe?


[vimes]

Down the pipe, Alice!

[heaths]

Hi thanks for your replies!!!
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[toblix]

No pr-- what the hell?

[Horticulture Tycoon]

Wow, that's one sneaky spammer. Pretty much defeats the whole purpose, doesn't it?