Super Mario Grand Quest

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Super Mario Grand Quest
Developer(s)	Pixel Perfect Co.
Publisher(s)	Pixel Perfect Co.
Platform(s)	Nintendo Alpha
Genre(s)	3D Platformer
Series	Super Mario Bros.
Release Date(s)	Holiday 2013
Age Rating(s)

Super Mario Grand Quest is the latest installment in the Super Mario Bros. series, set to be released in the holiday season of 2013. The game will be a 3D platformer, with features much like Super Mario 64. Super Mario Grand Quest is under development by Pixel Perfect Co.

Gameplay

The game will play very similarly to that of Super Mario 64. It will feature standard Mario power-ups along with a Power Flower, which gives players different special abilities. Levels will be accessed mainly by entering doors inside the hub world, Peach's Castle. Certain worlds, however, can be accessed through paintings, warp pipes, and other things. Like Super Mario 64, players will have an eight-point life meter. Similar to Super Mario 64 DS, four characters are playable, each with a different control style. Boss levels aside, Super Mario Grand Quest consists of twelve levels, with seven missions. As with most 3D Mario platformers, the object of the game is to collect stars and save Princess Peach. Super Mario Grand Quest features Speed Run missions, where the player must replay a mission in a set amount of time, Daredevil Run missions, where the player must replay a mission (or more commonly, a boss battle) with only one health point, and Purple Coin missions, where the player has to collect 100 coins in a level, sometimes with a time allotment. After all 120 stars are earned, the player can go back and fight Bowser again. When defeated, a second, more difficult quest is opened. In this version of the quest, the health meter is cut down to 4. Likewise, damage is slightly decreased. What previously would deal 2 damage only deals 1, and what dealt 3 only deals 2. Also, all enemies are now faster than previously. When 120 stars are earned in the difficult version, the Mushroom Kingdom level is opened.

Controls

• A: Attack/Grab
• B: Jump
• Y: Run
• Left stick: Move
• Right stick: Adjust view
• L/R: Crouch
• L/R (in air): Ground Pound

Techniques

By performing consecutive jumps, a player can perform a double or triple jump. If the player crouches and jumps, they can perform a backflip, or a long jump if they are in motion. If A is pressed three times in a row, the player can perform a kick. If the player attacks while running, they will slide. The player can perform a sliding kick by crouching and attacking while in motion.

Characters

Playable

Name	Image	Skills	How to Unlock
Mario		Jump: 3/5 Power: 3/5 Speed:  3/5	Default
Luigi		Jump: 5/5 Power: 2/5 Speed:  3/5	Defeat King Boo
Toad		Jump: 3/5 Power: 1/5 Speed:  5/5	Defeat Goomboss
Wario		Jump: 2/5 Power:  5/5 Speed: 1/5	Defeat King Bob-omb

Non-Playable

Name	Image	Description
Peach		The princess of the Mushroom Kingdom is once again captured by Bowser. Its up to Mario and co. to save her again!
Yoshis		Green: A balanced Yoshi that's ridden by Mario Red: Has a higher jump, but can't shoot eggs as far. Ridden by Luigi. Blue: Faster, but can't shoot as far or jump as high. Ridden by Toad. Yellow: Can shoot eggs very far, but is slower and can't jump as high. Ridden by Wario.
Toadsworth	File:122px-Toadsworth Brawl.png	Gives some advice, and will trade a star for 10 Shine Sprites.
Bowser		Mario's archnemisis has kidnapped Peach... again. You'd think he'd learn his lesson by now.

Story

The game opens up with an invitation to Mario and Luigi. The invite is for a party that Princess Peach is throwing. Mario and Luigi are then shown heading to Peach's Castle, secretly being followed by Wario. Right in the middle of the party, however, Bowser crashes in. Mario and Luigi attempt to fight, but Bowser drops a large Bob-omb, knocking out everyone. But in the explosion, Mario is blasted far away...

After gaining 10 stars, Mario can fight King Boo. Upon defeating said boss, the player can access more of the castle, and play as Luigi. Once 20 stars have been found, a secret section of the castle can be opened up. This grants access to a secret level, where Goomboss can be fought. Upon defeating Goomboss, Toad becomes playable. After retrieving 35 stars, King Bob-omb can be fought. When he is beaten, the top floor of the castle can be accessed. When Mario and co. collect 60 stars, the final area of the castle can be entered where the warp to Bowser's Castle is, only able to be entered by Mario. After going through the many traps in the castle, Bowser himself is fought. After Mario defeats Bowser, the princess is saved.

Items

Name	Image	Description
Coin		The main form of currency in the Mushroom Kingdom. For every 50 found, an extra life is earned.
Red Coin		Equal to 2 regular coins. If eight of them are found in a level, a star is earned.
Blue Coin		Equal to 5 regular coins.
Purple Coin		Doesn't have any monetary value, but they appear in purple coin missions. Collect 100 of them for a star!
Question Block		When struck, coins or items will pop out.
Brick Block		Sometimes contain items or coins, but usually are just breakable blocks.
Used Block		Blocks that have already been struck. At this point, they just act as platforms.
Power Flower Block		A block that relinquishes a Power Flower, which gives character-exclusive powers.
Vegetable		These can be pulled up by Toad and thrown as a weapon.
Power Star		One of these is found at the end of each level. Collecting these is the game's main goal.
Green Star		Received each time a boss is defeated. These Green Stars open up big doors, which reveal more parts of the castle.
Bronze Star		Still counts for a real star, but proves you had to skip the level.
Shine Sprite		There are 5 of these in each level. You can trade in 10 to Toadsworth for a Power Star
Star Pipe		Warps you directly to the Star - a Bronze Star, that is. Only appears after 7 or more deaths on one level.
Gold Shell		Can be ridden to traverse over lava, water, poison, and other substances a character would not be able to go over. Be careful though - if something is hit while riding, the shell will disappear.

Power-ups

Name	Image	Description	Deactivates when...
Mushroom		Restores 2 health points	N/A
Life Mushroom		Refills 4 health points	N/A
Golden Mushroom		Fully refills life meter.	N/A
Fire Flower		Gives the player the ability to shoot fireballs.	Upon being hit.
Freeze Mushroom		Gives the ability to skate on water and quicksand, and shoot snowballs.	After 15 seconds have passed.
Propellor Mushroom		Allows the player to fly.	Upon being hit
Super Star		Provides brief invincibility	After 15 seconds have passed.
Rock Mushroom		Allows players to roll up into a ball and bowl over enemies and blocks.	Upon being hit (when not rolling)
Power Flower		Gives players special abilities, depending on character.	Depends
1-up Mushroom		Awards an extra life.	N/A

Power Flower Abilities

Name	Description	Deactivates when...
Metal Mario	Exclusive to Mario, Metal Mario cannot swim and is invincible. He will slowly sink into lava, however.	After 15 seconds have passed.
Invisible Luigi	Luigi will briefly turn invisible, allowing him to run through enemies and most walls.	After 15 seconds have passed.
Mega Toad	Causes Toad to turn giant, allowing him to destroy most enemies and objects.	After 15 seconds have passed.
Bomb Wario	Allows Wario to throw Bob-ombs that explode upon contact.	Upon being hit

Courses

Boss levels excluded, Super Mario Grand Quest consists of 12 levels, containing 7 stars each.

Name	Stars to Unlock	Missions
Lush Plains	Default	Over the Hill Battle with Birdo Find the Red Coins Bottom of the Pond Battle of the Beasts Birdo's Speed Run Purple Coins in the Plains
Deep Dark Cave	1 Star	Underground Maze Blasting Zone Dorrie's Acid Ride Spelunking for Red Coins Underground Maze Speed Run Dinomite's Daredevil Run Deep Dark Purple Coins
High-Tide Beach	3 Stars	Surf's Up! Swimming for Red Coins The Eel's Chamber Sea of Silver Stars Mario on Ice Frozen Speed Run Wet Purple Coins
Chilly Glacier	3 Stars	Scaling the Frozen Mountain Slippin' and Slidin' Chilling with the Bully Red Coins in the Snow Frozen Mountain Speed Run Icy Purple Coins Chill Bully's Daredevil Run
King Boo's Manor	10 Stars	Battling the Boo King Boo's Red Coins King Boo's Daredevil Run
Wiggler's Woods	1 Green Star	The Infestation Wiggler's Rage The Forest of Red Coins The Way of the Web Web Way Speed Run Wiggler's Daredevil Run Purple Coins in the Woods
Poison Pond	1 Green Star	Shell Ride The Return of Topman Red Coins in the Swamp Travel by Bubble Shell Ride Speed Run Topman's Daredevil Run Purple Pond, Purple Coins
Pyramid Plaza	15 Stars	Warning! Quicksand! Perils in the Pyramid The Cold Return of Squizzard Red Coins in the Sand The Secret Sinkhole Squizzard's Daredevil Run Purple Coins in the Pyramid
Goomboss's Lair	20 Stars	Goomboss Brawl Red Coins in the Lair Goomboss's Daredevil Run
Stratus Skies	25 Stars	To the Skies! Giga Lakitu Showdown Paragoomba Romp Red Coins in the Clouds Paragoomba-pounding Speed Run Giga Lakitu Daredevil Run Through The Air for Purple Coins
King Bob-omb's Mine	35 Stars	Ka-BOOM Mining for Red Coins King Bob-omb's Daredevil Run
Painful Plains	2 Green Stars	Koopa The Quick's Challenge Kamek's Clash Red Coin Romp Silver-Star Lining Rematch with Koopa the Quick Kamek's Daredevil Run Purple Coin Panic
Magma Mountain	2 Green Stars	Volcano Climbing King of the Blarggs Red-Hot Red Coins Rolling Through The Volcano Secret of the Lava-fall Volcano Climb Daredevil Run Molten Purple Coins
Pipe Place	45 Stars	The Mystery of the Pipe Maze Piranha Pounding Poison Water Warping Maze of Red Coins Pond of Pipes Pipe Maze Speed Run Purple Coins in the Pipe Maze
Astounding Airship	55 Stars	The Aerial Armada Bowser Jr.'s Attack Red Treasure on the Airship Propeller Glide Racing for Red Coins Bowser Jr.'s Daredevil Run Purple Coins in the Airship
Bowser's Castle	60 Stars	Bowser's Final Stand Tricks, Traps and Red Coins The Ultimate Test
Mushroom Kingdom	120 Stars*	Purple Coin Challenge

*The player must have 120 stars in both the easy and difficult quests.

Castle Secret Stars

Peach's Castle consists of 25 secret stars, which go towards the goal of reaching 120 stars. 6 of the castle stars are trading Shine Sprites to Toadsworth.

Soundtrack

See here

References to Other Games

• Super Mario 64: Multiple elements from this game appear, including Power Stars, jumping through paintings to access levels, triple jumps, etc.
• Super Mario Sunshine: Shine Sprites originiate from this game, and their purpose is similar to what Blue Coins did in the same game.
• Super Mario Galaxy: Speed Runs, Daredevil Runs, and Purple Coin missions originated in this game. Also, the Freeze Mushroom has the same effect of the Ice Flower from this game.
• Super Mario Galaxy 2: The Rock Mushroom and Squizzard originate from this game.