The Super Mario Brothers had just completed their fourth adventure in Dinosaur Land, Bowser was defeated for the third time, Princess Toadstool and the seven Yoshi eggs were all saved and life was once again back to normal in the Mushroom Kingdom. Through the years, much of the land that had been invaded by the Koopa was reclaimed in the name of righteousness and the various countries that composed the Mushroom Kingdom had all devised new measures to better secure their nations safety. There was peace. And the Super Mario was making good use of that new found peace by settling into a luxurious new castle that was built entirely for him in his rewarded countryside now known as ‘Super Mario Land‘. And with Mario spending all of his free time focusing purely on Princess Toadstool and their mushrooming relationship, Luigi had concluded that it was time to leave the Mushroom Kingdom and for the first time ever, find that life outside the shadow of his twin brother.

Luigi wanted to travel the Mushroom World and experience the lands of his birth peacefully and solitarily. He wanted to find himself and uncover his purpose in life beyond the second warrior against a pestilence of great evil. Bidding a heart filled farewell to the Mushroom Kingdom, all of his close friends, and his twin brother with whom he was never separated from for more than a few days… Luigi set out on a journey that would ultimately change his life. Traveling for many months on foot, Luigi saw the most breathtaking terrains and had immersed himself in the world that long ago had seemed all that but of a dream.

It would be in the flower kingdoms of Sarasaland that Luigi would find that which he had been searching for all of his life. At the annual Revelry of Spring, Luigi wandered through the crowded festivity until he faced the horizon of the setting sun. What locked onto his sight was the picture of a lone woman dancing atop a flowery hill, as the heavens showered her with sparkling white flower petals. Walking through a patch of daisies, Luigi's and the woman’s eyes immediately locked on to each another, their souls connecting, becoming one. Bowing respectfully before the fair maiden, she offered Luigi a single dance that would last for as long as the two heard the soft music of spring in the background. Long after the celebration had ended and all the kind villagers had gone back into their respective homes, Luigi and the woman laid down next to each other amongst the flowers, gazing up at the stars and pouring their hearts out to each other. Luigi soon found himself in a blossoming love with none other than Princess Daisy, the Flower Child of all the Sarasaland kingdoms.

Days turned into weeks… Weeks turned into months… And months turned into a couple of years as Luigi and the Flower Princess fell more and more in love with each other. During their relationship, Luigi lived peacefully amongst the citizens of Sarasaland and he was sure that at long last he had found his true place in the world. Culminating in a grand engagement to someday wed the Flower Princess, all seemed right in Luigi’s heart… But as history had shown, it wouldn’t last for long.

One ill-fated day in Sarasaland, the sun blacked out, the world grew cold and the skies became blanketed in that of an ominous black cloud of impending doom. For weeks this cloud stirred in the heavens high above until a crack of blinding white light shot forth and from its heart what did emerge was that of a giant spacecraft, causing chaos and fear to awaken in all the hearts of the citizens of Sarasaland. Although Princess Daisy had spoken to her people urging them not to panic, as the true intentions of what was happening was still yet unknown, even Luigi couldn’t help but share a sense of dread and worry for the mystery that surrounded the craft. Not knowing what to do, Luigi had decided that it was time to write to the brother with whom he hadn’t spoken to in years and urge him to come down to Sarasaland and help him investigate the alien occurrence. As he awaited word from his brother, all he could do was hope that whatever was hovering over the lands really did hold no malicious intent.

After a few days of heightened tension as the spacecraft sat atop the sky, the moment finally came when the ship opened up and what did materialize through the mist was that of a purple, ant-like creature. Known only as the space monster Tatanga, the alien used his powerful technology to hypnotize all the creatures of Sarasaland and place them under his dark spell. Any creature under this hex would obey Tatanga’s very whim and so with his control stretching across all of Sarasaland, Tatanga could enact his real motive behind the invasion.

Tatanga and his army of monsters raided the Sarasaland Castle, the only place unaffected by Tatanga’s hypnosis, in search for the great treasure he had been searching of for many light years. Coming face to face with Luigi, Princess Daisy and the King of Sarasaland,  Tatanga demanded that Daisy come with him. The King, vehemently refusing this horrifying request, was then shot with a strange weapon causing him to become paralyzed. As turmoil erupted, Luigi panicked and called for his true love to  run for her life as he himself lunged at the space monster. Falling to the same fate as the King, Luigi was shot and paralyzed. Alone and defenseless, Tatanga abducted Princess Daisy and took her onboard his ship for unknown and mysterious purposes. No one knows exactly what happened to Daisy while being held captive, but soon after her abduction, Tatanga was set on making her his new wife and thus fulfill an ancient intergalactic prophecy of world domination.

Meanwhile, the Super Mario had been ecstatic to receive a letter from his brother with whom he missed terribly, although the strange occurrence in Sarasaland did have him worried. Anxious to see his brother and uncover the mystery of the other worldly visitor, Mario set out at once to the land of the flowers to join his brother’s side in what was looking to be a brand new adventure.

Upon reaching the lands, he kept being attacked by any and all creatures, some of them alien to even the Mushroom World and so it became evidently clear that something was terribly wrong and that its source had to have been coming from the very reason why he was there in the first place.   Rushing over to the Sarasaland Castle to speak with his brother, Mario became horrified at the sight of his brother and the King lying on the floor unmoving. Holding his brother in his arms, he was relieved to see that he was still alive. However, he was in some very strange catatonic-like state, whispering something softly over and over again:

    “It… abducted… Daisy.”

With those three words spoken, Mario knew what he then had to do. He would have to set out on his first adventure alone. It would be a quest to save his brother’s fiancée from the clutches of an evil space monster, lift whatever spell that was now plaguing the lands, and find a cure for whatever ailment that was now afflicting his dear brother and the King of Sarasaland.