Mushroom Academy

Mushroom Academy is a Mario spinoff game for the Nintendo Switch, developed by Seashiba Studios and published by Nintendo. It will release on August 25th, 2021. 
== Plot ==
A new school in the Mushroom Kingdom has been opened up by Headmaster Tiro, which teaches young, friendly residents across the kingdom the procedures of becoming an adventurer like Mario, who also participated in helping set up the school. Recently you, the player, have been enrolled and today is your first year. After selecting a species to be and typing in your name, a short cutscene would activate and differ depending on the chosen species. 
After that, the headmaster would gather all the new apprentices and announce the first classes. After arriving in a classroom, a tutorial will play. It teaches you the basics of 2D Mario Platforming, but experienced players can skip to other lessons. Four more random ones would be chosen, one of them being a simple boss fight. After that, you receive a beginner's badge and a profile page on ShroomPages.
== Gameplay ==
Taking on a simple, homemade, doodle-like style and light palette, players can take on many levels of different classes. The game includes five modes: Exploration Mode, Story Mode, Time Challenge Mode, Movie Mode, and later, Wonderland Mode for the Wild Card DLC. 
=== School Campus ===
This is the main HUB area which can be accessed through Exploration Mode, where the player can explore and talk to other students and professors around the school, which they can preform bonds with. Every time a friendship level with an NPC is raised, the player's level overall raises as well. This friendship level can be raised by talking to them or giving gifts. 
== Classes ==
=== Platformer ===
Based off of traditional Mario platforming, the player would venture across training courses in varied landscapes using your species' abilities. A second player can join as Mario, Luigi, Peach, Blue Toad, Yellow Toad, Yoshi, or Toadette with the Wild Card DLC in Co-op, and up to eight players of an online party can play the same level with Nintendo Switch Online.
=== Battle ===
This lesson is taken by a top-down perspective. The player's main goal is to defeat other students or basic enemies around the school or incoming bosses, also known as elites in an arena. The player also has four equipped moves, one of them being a special technique. The player can earn moves through buying them in the market or levelling up. 
With online, they can also battle other players. In solo multiplayer, four players battle each other for victory. In team multiplayer, six players would be separated into two teams, which would fight each other. 
=== Big Brain Trials === 
Run by Professor Solarsage, the player must solve various puzzles before time runs out. In Co-op, the one with most puzzles solved correctly is the winner. In Online, 50 players must face against each other in an interface inspired by Tetris 99, and the time system is replaced with three hearts. You lose a heart every time you get a question incorrect, and the last player standing is the winner.
=== Creation Crafting ===
There are five types of items you can craft: Default, Cooking, Brew, Power-Up, and Magic Geode Creating with the Wild Card DLC. After picking a recipe, your main goal is to follow the instructions as accurately as possible. For Cooking, Chef Louiso will rate your performance on a scale of "Better Luck Next Time" and "Excellent!". You can also craft new recipes. Crafted items can also be put in your inventory for later.
=== Palette Paint ===
A drawing station based off of Mario Paint and hosted by the artist teacher, Ms. Katey. The player will be able to freely draw, or take premade drawing courses and save them to their gallery on ShroomPages. In online mode, you can sign your drawing as a drawing course and also take other drawing courses made by players.
=== Musical Maker ===
Remastering the song maker in Mario Paint, the player can compose a song using Mario-like instruments and save it. The player can also save it and assign it into an album on ShroomPages. In online mode, they can also publish their song and albums to the Soundtower and listen to other custom songs that other players had made or premade, ironic songs of the best Mario games, including spinoffs.
=== Mystery Madness ===
Run by Mrs. Flores, after selecting a mystery file which is usually randomized every lesson, the player's goal is to solve the mystery using clues and evidence from witnesses, symbols, and remains from the scene. On Hard Mode, the player will have a limited amount of days to solve the mystery, usually in a week or 10 days.
== Modes ==
Exploration Mode: The main and default game mode of Mushroom Academy. In this mode, the player can take classes normally as well as interact with the school and its students/staff.
Story Mode: In this mode, your character would traverse through different terrains to rescue your classmates and teachers and stop Gurei from corrupting the kingdom and sealing it from the rest of the world. It plays like a normal 2D Mario game, which a basic level select and classic platforming gameplay.
Time Challenge Mode: In this mode, after selecting a type of lesson, the player's main goal is too finish as much of sessions as possible before time runs out. The host of the Time Challenge can also set the starting time.
Movie Mode: In this mode, the player can create skits using character from the school, props, and effects and posting them on Shroom Pages. They can also view skits created by other people using the Nintendo Switch app.
Wonder Kingdom: A new DLC story mode where your character, Gus, and Lori follow a mysterious rabbit down a magical portal to the Wonder Kingdom, where a strange organization is causing trouble, and the trio are hired by Hattrus to defeat him so they can get back home.
== Playable Species ==
=== Initial ===
These are avatar species that are playable at the beginning of the game.
	Race 	Description 	Pros/Cons
	Toad 	Humanoid dwarf people that reside in almost every major city of the Mushroom Kingdom and retainers for some princesses of the kingdom, most notably Princess Peach. Their most significant feature is their mushroom caps, which cannot be taken off by most and often determines details about one's personality based on the spot coloring.	Special: Fast Speeds
Weakness: Poor Traction
	Yoshi 	Peaceful and humble dinosaurs that tend to aid Mario on his escapades, though sometimes he uses them a little too much. They have a burning rivalry against Kamek, but often use their abilities for good. 	Special: Tongue
Weakness: Low Jumps
	Goomba 	The underling of underlings, most commonly found within the troops of Bowser. Despite their lack of ability to harm another, Goombas have great cooperation and tend to stack on top of each other or wear hats to protect themselves. 	Special: Tackle
Weakness: Poor Recovery
	Koopa Troopa	The most common yet weakest of the Koopa family. The shells on their back are their main defenses, which can be used to hide into, home into another, and use as an item. 	Special: Homing Shell
Weakness: Low Jumps
	Shy Guy 	Childish, masked rascals that, regardless of their name, tend to cause trouble a lot. They used to be raised by Wart, but have now moved to the Koopa Troop. No one knows what's behind their mask, but it must be for a reason... 	Special: High Jumps
Weakness: Poor Traction
=== Unlockable By Level ===
These are avatar species that are unlockable through leveling up.
	Race 	Description 	Pros/Cons	Level
	Lakitu 	Aerial Koopas that ride a special cloud for transportation, even though they have an odd appearance. They usually have a possibly infinite supply of Spiny shells, and like to act as referees in Sports or races.	Special: Flight
Weakness: Poor Traction	3
	Hammer Bro.	Ranged Koopas that wear helmets and, you guessed it, throw and use hammers as weapons. They have an endless supply of both hammers and related species that throw different things! 	Special: Hammer Throw
Weakness: Slow Speeds	5
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Category:Mario Spin-offs
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