Super Mario Bros: The Popstar Crossover

Super Mario Bros: The Popstar Crossover
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)	Wii U 3DS
Genre(s)	Action Platform
Series	Mario Series, Kirby Series
Mode(s)	Story Mode, Multiplayer Mode, Singleplayer Mode (plays story mode levels and worlds)
Age Rating(s)	Cartoon Violence
Media Included	3DS Cartridge Wii U Optional Disc Digital Upload

Super Mario Bros.: The Popstar Crossover is a 2.5D crossover game, it involves Bowser attacking the Mushroom Kingdom, which causes a portal to another dimension (Kirby's dimension) appear, Mario attacks Bowser, and Kirby attacks King Dedede, both finish them off, now they continue on their vacation after one moment, they investigate the portal, Kirby investigates the portal, who comes out of it while Mario investigates the portal too, who comes out of the portal, Mario is now trapped in Kirby's dimension while Kirby is trapped in Mario's dimension. It is platformed for: Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, it will be released on 2014 September 8th in North America, it will be released for Japan in 2014 August 12th, and for Europe in 2014 August 11th.

Storyline

Intro

Mario is having a vacation, after Bowser kidnaps Peach, Mario battles Bowser and the portal appears, meanwhile in Kirby's dimension, in Popstar, Kirby is having a vacation and Popstar is being attacked by Dedede because he wants Kirby ridded, Kirby battles Dedede and the portal appears, Kirby investigates the portal, Kirby comes out of the portal, Mario enters the portal after having been done with his vacation, the portal closes, Mario is trapped in Kirby's dimension while Kirby is trapped in Mario's dimension.

1st Chapter Prolouge

Mario is asleep in Popstar but wakes up, Mario thinks he is in a island, but he dosen't think he is on Popstar, Mario screams as he is in Popstar, he journeys to the Green Fields to find out what is happening there, before going there, he meets a person that is named Hunso, a person that guides everyone, they both journey together to the Green Fields.

1st Chapter Epilouge

Mario, Kirby, and Hunso decides to enter the portal that opened up after defeating Whispy Woods, then see a few Shy Guys coming out of it, they decide to take a look outside and see the Shy Guys taking over the Mushroom Kingdom, with Jetpack Guys, Airships, etc. They now decided to enter the portal.

2nd Chapter Prolouge

After Mario, Kirby, and Hunso entered the portal, Shy Net kidnaps Kirby thinking it was Mario, now Mario sets off to the airships to rescue Kirby.

2nd Chapter Epilouge

After Mario, Kirby, and Hunso defeated King Shy Guy, but he accidently hits the self-destruct button and ends up launching himself from his airship, now Mario, Kirby, and Hunso now escape the airships that are now falling down in destructed states.

3rd Chapter Prolouge

They've finally escaped the falling airships in destructed states, they go to the cage of where Peach was dropped, when they find her gone, Luigi sees a flying bony Magikoopa in shadow on broom, taking Peach away, Luigi asks Kirby, Hunso, and Mario that he saw a flying bony Magikoopa in shadow on a broom, carrying Peach away, now they chase him to a mysterious deserted cliff with the sphinx on it.

3rd Chapter Epilouge

After defeating the Magikoopa, the sphinx opens it's mouth, and burps out chunks of sands, thus falling off the cliff, then Luigi saw a Ancient Tank and they ride it off the sphinx to get off.

4th Chapter Prolouge

When Luigi and gang riding the Ancient Tank back to the Mushroom Kingdom saws a army of rabbit-like Hammer Bros. that are called Rabbid Bros. that are attacking Toad Town, now tired of doing the same thing, they race to Toad Town so they can stop it.

4th Chapter Epilouge

Mario punches a Rabbid Bro. out of Toad Town, everything is normal until Mario notices that he must find a way to get Kirby back to his dimension.

5th Chapter Prolouge

Mario thinks that there is the Portal Shrine at the Bamboozle Forest and must journey to it, caution of Hunso's warnings, he warns Mario that entering the forest is very dangerous, but ignores Hunso's warnings and Kirby, Luigi, Hunso and Mario enter the forest, while Hunso is feared of the forest.

5th Chapter Epilouge

The Mario Bros. hammer the Three Hiders out of the forest and then discovers that there are 2 slots under the portal that are shaped like 2 Portal Gems, and Mario gets so depressed they go find them.

5th Chapter Epilouge (with Portal Gems collected)

Mario and Luigi insert the Portal Gems inside the 2 slots, and the portal appears to open, Mario, Kirby, Hunso, and Luigi enter the portal, but the ghosts follow them inside, thus Kirby is back at Dreamland, but it gets in great danger and ghosts started attacking, so they need to get rid of them before the people of Dreamland fear the ghosts haunting them.

Playable and Unlockable Character

Name	Image	Description and Ability	How to Unlock
Mario		Mario is a red stache plumber who saves the Mushroom Kingdom from Bowser and other various dangers, his ability is spin jumping.	Default
Kirby		Kirby is a pink puffball who saved Popstar from evil villains, his ability is floating and inhaling enemies and copy their abilitys.	Default
Waddle Dee		Waddle Dee is the servant of Dedede, but often helps him defeat Kirby but he is sometimes friends with Kirby, his ability is throwing spears and jumping high.	Defeat Whispy Woods in Chapter 1.
King Dedede		King Dedede is a big greedy penguin king who trys to defeat Kirby but fails, he is an anti-hero, he has the ability to inhale enemys and use his hammer.	Defeat King Shy Guy in Chapter 2.
Luigi		Luigi is the green stached brother of the red stached plumber, Mario. He is often a scaredy cat but often gets along with it, he has the ability to flutter and do his high jump.	Defeat Bone Magikoopa in Chapter 3.
Rabbid		Rabbids are enemies of Rayman but one Rabbid wasn't before it was, it's abilitys are using the plunger as a melee weapon and use a bow to shoot plungers as a range weapon.	Defeat Big Group of Rabbid Bros. in Chapter 4.
Ghostal		These portal-making ghosts are mischevious, even when helping the Mario Bros. if they are yellow ones, one's ability is making a portal (that must be supported with ectoplasm) that sucks up enemys.	Defeat The Three Hiders in Chapter 5.

Coin system

Depending on how high the coin is, a medal of either bronze (low score), silver (medium score), and gold (high score) will appear, to get the golden one, you must atleast earn a high score by finding a dark yellow Diamond Coin that scores 5000 coins, and the coins (that are collected from a level) will be added to the money for shops.

Chapters

Chapters represent worlds that has plenty of levels.

Normal Chapters

Chapter 1: Plumbers in the Wrong Place

Level 1: Green-Green

Level 2: Whispy's Forest

Level 3: Lake O' Pound

Level 4: Down the Creek (Down the Lake in PAL)

Level 5: Fleaful Chase (Flea Chase in PAL)

Level 6: Peaceful Forest

Level 7: Down the Hatch

Level 8: Cuttin' the Wood (Cuttin' the Tree in PAL)

Level 9: Drag out Kirby (Drag out Puffball in PAL)

Level 10: Inspiration of Pleasure (Inspiration of Popstar in PAL)

Level Boss: Whispy Woods

Chapter 2: When Shy Guys Attack

Level 1: The Fleet of The Attacking Shy Guys

Level 2: Smasher onto the Plumber

Level 3: Mask Factory

Level 4: Falling Parachutes

Level 5: Super Mario!

Level 6: Kirby Who was Captured

Level 7: Plaguery of the Airship Pt. 1

Level 8: Plaguery of the Airship Pt. 2

Level 9: Monster Tank

Level 10: Confronting the Army of Shy Guys

Level Boss: King Shy Guy

Epilouge Level: Escape the Airship!

Chapter 3: Crazy Bones of Egyptian Leader

Level 1: Wild Desertness

Level 2: Enter Sphinx

Level 3: Traps Traps (Traps But Traps in PAL)

Level 4: Hunting for Urn Pieces (Looking for Urn Pieces in PAL)

Level 5: Dye a Urn (Color a Urn in PAL)

Level 6: Get the Urn Back! (Give the Urn Back! in PAL)

Level 7: Marco! (Polo! in PAL)

Level 8: Attack of the Sandy Wall (Sandy Wall Chase in PAL)

Level 9: On The Mouth

Level 10: Rooftop (Rooftop Chaos in PAL)

Level 11: Hattop (The Golden Hat in PAL)

Level Boss: Bone Magikoopa

Epilouge Level: Tanker Manker

Chapter 4: Toad Town's Under Attack! Again!

Prolouge Level: Racing to Toad Town

Level 1: Plunging the West

Level 2: Strike of the Rabbids

Level 3: Number of One of it

Level 4: Raging Rabbids

Level 5: Plumber Approaching

Level 6: Robotical Destroyer

Level 7: The Rabbids' Plunger

Level 8: Runaway Train!

Level 9: Death to the Plumber!

Level 10: The Yelling

Level Boss: Big Group of Rabbid Bros.

Chapter 5: The Nature of the Bamboozle Forest

Level 1: Inka Dinka Doo, Shiny Gems that Held No-No-No-No-Nothing (Inka Dinka Doo, Shiny Gems in PAL)

Level 2: The Ghosts that Hunt (The Ghosts that Haunt in PAL)

Level 3: Flickering Lights (Flickering Lightness in PAL)

Level 4: Minecart Chaos

Level 5: Bamboozle's Largest Lake (Bamboozle's Giantest Lake in PAL)

Level 6: Braggle the Gem (Boggle the Gem in PAL)

Level 7: Portals, Portals, Portals (Chaotic Portals in PAL)

Level 8: Smudger Chase (Fatso Chase in PAL)

Level 9: Smacker's Smacks (Smacker's Smackings in PAL)

Level 10: Monstrous Fall

Level Boss: The Three Hiders

Chapter 6: When Toys Strike

Level 1: Outside the Toy Tower

Level 2: March of the Toys

Chapter 7: Dreaming in a Nightmare

Level 1: The Nightmares have Come to Life (The Nightmares Clone to Life in PAL)

Level 2: Let's Go Scare

Level 3: Nightmare Toyland

Level 4: Skary Night

Level 5: Clash of the Dreamare

Level 6: Dreamcart Chaos

Level 7: Monart Attack

Level 8: Pick up a Monsterball

Level 9: Greek Nightmare

Level 10: Bing in a Night

Level Boss: Dark Tree King

Chapter 8: Night of the Living Town

Level 1: The Haunting (March of the Ghosts in PAL)

Level 2: Raging Stars that Attack (Angry Stars that Attack in PAL)

Level 3: Attack of the Cloudevils (The Attack of Cloudevils in PAL)

Chapter 9: Journey through Dark Popstar Kingdom

Level 1: Plaugery of the Village

Level 2: Infiltrate the Kingdom

Level Boss: Possessed Kirby (??? when not complete yet)

Chapter 10: The Final Area

Level 1: The Olden Days

A level where you journey through levels that are related with Kirby's Dreamland.

Level 2: Journey through a Hole

A level where you have to journey through a hole that leads you to a maze.

Level 3: Blackmailing Woods

A level where everything looks white and black due to the blackmailing in a woods, this is the first appearance of Dark Cloudevils.

Level 4: Bring out Shadow Kirby (Bring out Shadow Puffball in PAL)

The dark level version of Bring out Kirby, except different such as like the enemys are replaced with dark versions of themselves while obstacles are much harder, and the mini-boss is Dark Cloudevils.

Level 5: Shallow Darkness

It a level revolving around a dimension made of dark, this is the first appearance of Dark Creeps.

Level 6: Web Castle

The webby version of King Dedede's Castle, Dark Creeps appear more common here.

Level 7: Dark Popstar's Castle

The dark version of Peach's and Dedede's Castle, except it is a 6 floored castle and resembles more of a palace.

Level Boss?: Ztowser

This is a level with the arenas of the mechancial version of bosses (except for mini-bosses) with different attacks and appearance.

Level Final Boss: Combination Ztar

A level revolving around a Paranormal Dimension of where you battle the Combination Ztar

DLC Chapters

Chapter A: Great Plumbers

Level 1: The Great Things

Level 2: Goombas that aren't Great

Level 3: Banishment of Greatness

Level Boss: The Great 4 Handed Top Hat

Musics

Boss Music

These musics can be listened to in the Jukebox (Extra), the musics are unlocked by being played while fighting bosses.

Whispy Woods' Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbwcT2qHg44

King Shy Guy's Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G3qGG6fxLQ

Bone Magikoopa's Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-ohSV0g5vY

Big Group of Rabbid Bros.' Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c2pZ4Opvwg

The Three Hiders' Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob5f5OTM8Co

Title Screen Music

The Title Screen music can be listened to in the Jukebox (Extra), the music is unlocked by being played while on the Title Screen.

Title Screen Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYHTDoYkxus

Level Music

These musics can be listened to in the Jukebox (Extra), the musics are unlocked by being played while progressing through Story Mode.

Plumbers in the Wrong Place

Green-Green, Whispy's Forest Theme, Fleaful Chase (Normal): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWCLJ95EdLA

Lake O' Pound, Down the Creek Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzZKaj9IV1M

Fleaful Chase (The Chase Begins): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=718pU5J7AUg

Peaceful Forest, Down The Hatch Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh7GF-JW0to

Cuttin' The Wood, Drag out Kirby Theme, Inspiration of Pleasure Theme:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODV-_VPTv1I

When Shy Guys Attack

The Fleet of The Attacking Shy Guys, Smasher onto the Plumber Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVMjyjCmdug

Misc. Music

These musics can be listened to in the Jukebox (Extra), the musics are unlock by being played/unlocked by doing the criterias or go to the Trophy Viewing Room.

Viewing the Trophys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_1UHTh9s9c

Other Levels

Enemy Course

They are rare short levels that appears in all of the chapters, this can be triggered if you touch an enemy on the chapter map.

List of enemys that appears in Enemy Courses

• 3 Bronto Burts (1st chapter)
• 2 Waddle Dees and 1 Bronto Burt (1st chapter)
• 3 Jetpack Guys and 1 Shy Guy (2nd chapter)
• 2 Shy Guys and 5 Jetpack Guys (2nd chapter)
• 1 Dry Bones and 3 Mega Dry Boneses (3rd chapter)
• 2 Purple Magikoopas and 3 Dry Boneses (3rd chapter)
• 5 Mummy Goombas and 2 Purple Magikoopas (3rd chapter)

Shop

Shops are very short levels that appears in several chapters when you do criterias below, they contain buyable things that helps Mario.

Criteria

Criteria
Beat a enemy course.
Defeat a boss.
Find a Toad lost in a level.
Defeat a Giganticus Fishicus and rescue the Toad or any other shopkeepers.

Items/Power-ups

Note: some items only work on some Mario characters while it dosen't work on Kirby characters, but however the Orbshroom works on Kirby characters while using a ability.

• Orbshroom (costs 2500 coins), when hit while using a power-up once, you will be protected by a forcefield.
• Mime Mushroom (costs 4000 coins, only in special chapters), this turns you into your mime form, which lets you double jump and copy any enemy's moves.
• Wind Flower (costs 3200 coins, only in special chapters), this turns you into the wind form, you obtain the ability to control wind or make wind.
• Super Mushroom (costs 200 coins), this turns you into your normal form, when hit, you will revert back to your small form.
• Fire Flower (costs 400 coins), this turns you into your fire form, you obtain the ability to shoot fireballs.
• Super Leaf (costs 600 coins), this turns you into your leaf form, you are given the ability to fly when your Fly Meter is full, also makes you flutter when you fall.
• Sand Flower (costs 1500 coins), this turns you into your sand form, you have the ability to travel anywhere (this only works in sand levels), however if you are hit by fire enemys or their projectiles, you will instantly die.
• Dark Leaf (costs 2000 coins), this turns you into your dark form, you have the ability to fly when your Fly Meter is full, makes you flutter when you fall and you shoot darkballs.

Modes

• Costume Mode (costs 10000 coins), when enabled, you wear different suits and hats.
• Mirror Mode (costs 10000 coins, only when game is beaten once), when enabled, you only start in your small form and you can't earn power-ups anymore, and enabling modes that help you won't work.
• Funny Mode (costs 10000 coins) when enabled, funny sounds will play when you defeat/harm enemys/bosses (like an example, a squeak sound plays, etc.).
• Super Mode (costs 5000 coins) when enabled, you start in your Super Leaf/Fire Flower form.
• Shades Mode (costs 15000 coins) when enabled, you wear futuristic sunglasses in different colors.

Mini-games

S.S. Minigames - You can Add Mini-Games here and add your nickname under the mini-game's name.

Legends: N - New, if a new minigame is added, it will have a N next to it, if updated, it will be gone.

Image	Name	Description	Reward
	Urn Cracker	You must crack a big urn that is made out of platinum in 50 seconds with a hammer. This is a 2 Vs. 2 Mini-Game.	2 Lifes and a Platinum Urn (Hand Costume)
	Kirby Fisher	Kirby is fished by Lakitu and you need to catch Lakitu to bring Kirby back! This is a 3 Vs. 1 Mini-Game, you have 50 seconds to get Kirby back.	4 Lifes and a Cloud (Legs Costume)
	Hammerer The D!	Mario is chased by King Dedede, find a hiding place to avoid being hammered by Dedede, you must avoid Dedede to avoid being hammered, you have 1 minute to hide. This is a 1 Player Mini-Game.	3 Lifes and Dedede's Hat (Hat Costume)
	Run Run Run Run!	Kirby is running for his life because of a train!, It might shoot Bullet Bills that is up and down, either you jump it or slide under it. This is a 4 Player Mini-Game.	2 Lifes and a Train Hat (Hat Costume
	The Great Swiss Wrap N	You now work at Mr. Swiss Wrap's, to make swiss wraps for customers, be sure to order them of what they are ordering for, if you get it wrong, you lose 5 points, one with the highest score (espically 30 points) wins. This is a 4 Player Mini-Game.	3 lifes and a Mr. Swiss Wrap's Uniform (Outfit Costume)

Enemies

Super Mario Bros.: The Popstar Crossover/Enemies

Trivia

• Some chapters might make reference to other game(s) and their worlds as well, like an example. The urn styles (and so as the colorings) in Crazy Bones of Egyptain are similar to pots with different designs from the Terraria 1.2 Update.

Easter Eggs

• If you buy Costume Mode, male Mario characters will wear tuxedoes and top hats with red stripes.
  • Luigi's tuxedo bow and top hat stripes is colored light green, while the rest are colored red.
• If you buy Costume Mode, Kirby characters will wear top hats with pink stripes.
  • Dedede wears a tuxedo while the rest dosen't, and also his feet are black as well.
  • Kirby's feets will be colored black.
• If you buy Costume Mode, Characters from other series/games wear tuxedoes with blue bows and a top hat with a rose on the front with blue stripes.
• If you actually look at Hunso for 4 minutes, he will say random sounds from 3D/2.5D games.
• If you talk to a yellow eyed figure that is in the shadow that has a crate above him and crates next to him that are behind the walls of a shop, to get through the wall is by breaking it with a Bob-omb after beating the game once, then he will say "Ugh, what are you doing over here? I even don't have time to wait for the whole game!".

List of references

• The level name for "Raging Stars that Attack" is a reference to Raging Star Kingdom in Psycho Waluigi.
• In the mime form, the hat looks like the Red Hat from Terraria, however to fix the issues with this reference, the mime form now has a mime's hat instead of the one that looks like the Red Hat.
• Some of the pot styles (and so as the colorings) is a reference to Terraria 1.2.
• The yellow eyed figure hiding in the shadows appears in this game, he previously appeared in 2 fangames (that exists in MFGG.Net) that were made by Thunder Dragon called Toad Strikes Back, and Psycho Waluigi.
• The Rabbid Bro resembles a Rabbid-like Hammer Bro while the playable one is from Rayman: Raving Rabbids.
• Ghostal shoots 2 different colored portals by pressing R/L buttons, traveling to the one you go in will go out the other one, similar to a game by Valve named Portal and Portal 2.
• It's level title prefered by the name in English. "Inka Dinka Doo, Shiny Gems that Held No-No-No-No-Nothing" References a character in TV show called Donkey Kong Country named Inka Dinka Doo.
• Red Gardevoir Incorperated posters appears on walls of buildings (or carryed by a plane if there isn't one) if you manage to defeat a enemy/bosses that are red/colored red.

Gallery

The title card of When Toys Strike.

The title card of When Shy Guys Attack.

The title card of The Nature of the Bamboozle Forest.

Red Gardevoir Inc. Posters

Dark Tree King, which appears in Dreaming in a Nightmare as a boss of it

The mechanical version of Dark Tree King