Mario and Sonic: Adventures on Two Worlds

== Overview ==
Mario and Sonic: Adventures on Two Worlds is a Mario and Sonic crossover game released for the Nintendo Fusion on November 11, 2023, in Japan, November 28, 2023, in North America, and December 4, 2023, in Europe. It is built upon the idea of Sonic stages being more open-ended featuring collectathon gameplay similar to that of Super Mario 64, and Mario stages being played in a linear fashion, akin to 3D Sonic games. (Please note that I haven't played nearly as many Sonic games as I have Mario games)
ESRB: E (Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence)
PEGI: 7
CERO: A
== Gameplay ==
In this game, there are both levels from Mario games and Sonic games. In Mushroom Kingdom levels, there are set-in-stone paths and set up in a way akin to 3D Sonic levels, whereas Mobius levels have turned into Super Mario 64 and Sunshine-esque sandboxes where your aim is to collect coins and Power Stars, with the cavoite of only having one or two power stars per level. There are also 10 playable characters, each with their own abilities. The game is Co-op focused, and the levels are designed to complement that. In single player, the game is still possible, but it's not really how the game is meant to be played.
== Playable Characters ==
There are 10 playable characters in Mario and Sonic: Adventures on Two Worlds, 5 from the Mario universe, and 5 from the Sonic universe. (if a character's abilities don't line up with canon, it's for balancing reasons)
==== Yoshi ====
Yoshi is a green dinosaur from the Mario universe, but most of the time, he is played as on Mobius. He is fast and has the best jumping abilities of any character. He can eat most enemies, and turn them into eggs, which can be thrown at other enemies. However, He isn't strong, and sometimes needs two hits to defeat an enemy. 
==== Sonic ====
The blue hedgehog star of Mobius, Sonic is by far the fastest playable character in the game, but he doesn't jump as good and isn't one of the stronger characters. He is mainly played as in the Mushroom Kingdom. He can preform the homing attack and spin dash. 
==== Luigi ====
Luigi is Mario's timid younger brother and is mainly played as in the Mushroom Kingdom. He has pretty stellar jumping abilities, and he is pretty fast. He doesn't do as good in the power department though. He has a poltergust to suck up vegetation, cloth, and ghostly enemies.
==== Amy ====
Amy is a pink hedgehog who has her eyes on Sonic. She is middle-of-the-road in terms of speed and below average at jumping but is one of the more powerful characters due to the utilization of her hammer. She is typically played as on Mushroom Kingdom levels.
==== Tails ====
Tails the Fox is Sonic's reliable sidekick but is separated from him for most of the duration of the game as he is still on Mobius. Great speed, but middle of the road jump and very lackluster power. He can fly horizontally for a little bit.
==== Peach ====
Peach is the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom but is primarily on Mobius for the game. She has a pretty bad jumping ability, but this is remedied via the use of her parasol to get past long bottomless gaps, she can also use her parasol to destroy objects, giving her a solid power stat. She is the slowest character in the game, though. 
==== Cream ====
Cream is a fairly young rabbit from the Sonic franchise and is mainly played as on Mobius. She has a very good speed and jump stat but is the weakest character in the game. She specializes in the ability to fly very high. 
==== Mario ====
Mario is the titular star of the Mario universe and is of course mainly played as in the Mushroom Kingdom. He is the second most powerful character in the game, and has a good jumping stat, but is quite slow. He attacks via jumping on or punching enemies. 
==== Cappy ====
Cappy is a reliable hat from the Mario world, that can capture a few course elements and enemies. His competent power comes from his capturing ability, and he jumps just fine. Where he stumbles is his lackluster speed stat. He is mainly played as toward the end of the Mobius levels.
==== Blaze ====
The last character recruited; Blaze is a cat from an alternate dimension within the Sonic franchise. She is brought in by entering a portal from her dimension into Bowser's airship, where she joins the characters who are in the Mushroom Kingdom. She is the most powerful character in the game due to her use of fire, but she is quite slow and doesn't jump well. (yes, I know she is probably quite fast, but the characters need to be balanced)
== Other major characters ==
==== Bowser ====
Bowser has almost always been the main antagonist of the Mario series. When he learns new all-powerful gems called Chaos Emeralds have appeared around the Mushroom Kingdom that can grant him super abilities, he is all over the idea of obtaining them. 
==== Eggman ====
The traditional villain of the Sonic series, Eggman is in pursuit of the magical Power Stars that have appeared on Mobius, as he can use them to trap his enemies. 
==== Kamek ====
Kamek is Bowser's loyal servant who also raised him. He and Bowser's minions are used to try to obtain the 7 chaos emeralds. He is known for his magic powers.
== Story ==
Warning: Sonic fans will probably hate the characterization here
Bowser is doing his thing of ravaging the Mushroom kingdom for Power Stars, so Mario and Yoshi head his way, only to realize that Bowser has all the power stars in a baggy. (I'm not trying to take this story so seriously I'm sorry) While Mario is fighting off Bowser, Yoshi tries to retrieve the Power Stars, but Kamek is holding the bag up via his magic, Yoshi reaches for and gets them, but Kamek is still chasing him. Bowser throws Mario into a wall, but Mario decides to prioritize helping Yoshi and escaping Bowser and Kamek's wake. In a last-ditch effort, Kamek uses magic to throw Mario and Yoshi so hard that the two break through glass and end up somewhere far away, and that he did, but he accidentally threw the Power Stars with them, though the Power Stars still ended up semi-far away from them. A while later, Mario and Yoshi wake up in an unknown land, and after seeing each other they realize they don't have the Power Stars anyway. They agree to explore the place in hopes of finding them. That faraway place they're in, by the way, is Emerald Hill on Mobius. After enough searching to no success, they are encountered by an Eggrobo. They fight it off and after beating it down, a single Power Star pops out of its exploding corpse, so of course they obtain it and are happy about it, but the star also emits are signal to a nearby place, and the two look around to see another Power Star in the distance, but Yoshi realizes a piece of paper that came from the exploded Eggrobo that said, "Reactive Factory, North" (I might try to flesh out this part some other time). After some platforming to get the other Power Star. Yoshi then recommends them to go north. Mario is more interested in the floating object in the sky (the Death Egg), though, as he doesn't trust the note. He allows Yoshi to continually heading North, but he chooses to head toward the Death Egg. Meanwhile, on the Death Egg, Sonic is on his way to fight Eggman again, due to his ravaging of Mobius. While Sonic's on board, however, he learns that Amy followed him on to the Death Egg. Despite his embarrassment, he decides it would be best to keep her nearby. The two learn that Eggman has all of the chaos emeralds, but as Sonic tries to reach for them, Eggman pushes him out of the way. Sonic tries his best to fight Eggman, but he is ultimately unable to. While the two are fighting, though, Amy is able to retrieve the chaos emeralds, but Eggman opens a window on the floor of the Death Egg, that sucks Sonic, Amy, and the chaos emeralds into the vacuum of space into the Mushroom Kingdom, and all of them, including the individual chaos emeralds, end up in different parts of the Mushroom Kingdom. Sonic ends up in Bob-Omb Battlefield, where he runs around in search of a chaos emerald. Eventually, he stumbles upon King Bob-Omb, whom he fights. After he is defeated, the game cuts to Luigi, who is strolling around Double Cherry Pass when he looks up to see someone falling from the sky. After this person gets up, it is revealed to be Amy. After realizing that neither Sonic nor the chaos emeralds are there, Luigi gets understandably confused, and Amy has to explain it all, and she offers for him to help find Sonic and the emeralds. Luigi still doesn't catch the drift, but he decides it's the right thing to help. They start exploring the area for any signs of chaos emeralds but to no avail. They eventually see an entrance to some caves, and they agree to investigate, and that's where the level ends. Back on Mobius, Yoshi finds himself at a shore, with Aquarium Park on a nearby island (this is where the inconsistent placements of areas start, and Aquarium Park close to Emerald Hill is probably the worst offender here, but I want Aquarium Park to be here, so deal with it).
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