Salvo the Slime (video game)

Salvo the Slime is an upcoming spin-off video game in the Mario series, starring Salvo the Slime as the main character. The game is scheduled to be released in 2018.
== Gameplay ==
Salvo the Slime is an action-adventure platforming video game, where the player takes control of Salvo and his friends.
== Plot ==
=== Prologue ===
The game takes place decades after Yoshi's Island. Salvo has been exiled from the Koopa Troop and is living underground with his new partner in crime, Montia.
The game starts off with Salvo stealing from a market to support himself and Montia. After hiding from the police force, he discovers a wand. Montia then tells Salvo that they can use the wand to break into Princess Peach's Castle and steal all of the money hidden in its basement. The duo head to the Mushroom Kingdom and create mischief and break into the castle's basement. When they are there, however, Salvo notices a pink glowing gem and attempts to grab it. Before he can, however, he is stopped by Luigi.
The two are taken to Princess Peach, with Montia saying that all they needed was some money to help themselves and begs for forgiveness. Peach is indifferent at first, but becomes shocked when Montia mentions the pink gem that Salvo almost took. Peach tells them that her and the seven kings of other worlds were all given a gem for their birthday. It is rumoured that if all eight gems get too close to each other, the spirit of the first king of the Mushroom Kingdom, Froado, will appear and grant three wishes to the collector of the gems. Salvo makes a deal, however, that he and Montia will bring the eight gems together and allow Peach to use the wishes. Toadsworth then agrees to get Salvo and Montia from world-to-world via his ship.
=== Chapter 1 ===
Toadsworth first takes Salvo and Montia to what they believe to be Pipe Land, only to find the place deserted with Piranha Plants. As they journey through the land, they come across Raphael the Raven, who tells the duo that the king of Pipe Land died years ago and shortly after his death the place got taken over by Naval Piranha.
As the two are heading to Naval Piranha's Castle, they notice Marching Milde walking about asking some of the few remaining Toads and Yoshis if they know about the gems. The yellow Yoshis seem to recognise Marching Milde, and scare her off by throwing an egg at her. Salvo and Montia speak to the Yoshi, saying that they were asked by Princess Peach to collect all of the gems. The Yoshi refuses to tell them about the gem, but agrees to help them defeat Naval Piranha.
Salvo, Montia and the yellow Yoshi eventually make it to the plant's castle. The Yoshi then explains to the two the reason he didn't tell them about the gem is because he is worried that something bad will happen if the gems are put too close together. Montia cheers the Yoshi up, however, saying that everyday the world takes risk, and they would never be where they are now if they never took risks. When the lot confronte Naval Piranha, she refuses to give them the green gem. Regardless, Salvo and Montia take her down.
After Naval Piranha's defeat, the castle begins crumbling. The three try to escape and get trapped, however, they get saved by Raphael just before they get crushed by a falling stone. Raphael agrees to help Salvo and Montia to find the gems so he can reform and show everybody that he is good after all. They bid farewell to the Yoshis as they head off to Ice Land.
=== Chapter 2 ===
Back in the Mushroom Kingdom, Police Guy hears about Salvo, Montia and Raphael heading to Ice Land, unaware they negotiated with Princess Peach. He demands his troops to search everywhere in the area so he can send Salvo to prison.
When the trio make it to the frosty valley, they notice Mario chasing Roy Koopa, who appears to have the cyan gem. The lot decide to follow the plumber, who falls into a cannon and gets blasted away. They then follow Roy to his Fort of Illusions where they come across Bigger Boo, and eventually Roy himself, who uses magic to turn a flower into a revived Roger the Potted Ghost, who does not recognise Salvo, before retreating. After defeating the potted ghost and returning to the boat, Toadsworth discovers that the gem is fake and Roy must have tricked them so he could get the real one. The trio head to see the king of Ice Land, who is old and sick. He tells the trio that Roy has stolen the real cyan gem and begs for them to get it from him. The king then suddenly dies.
The trio eventually find Roy in a cave where he uses magic to freeze Montia and Raphael. Salvo duels Roy in a one-on-one wand fight, with Salvo ultimately winning, thawing Montia and Raphael and collecting the real cyan gem. They then head back to Toadsworth, who takes them to Sky Land.
=== Chapter 3 ===
As the group are heading to Sky Land, they are spotted by Police Guy's force, accusing Toadsworth of committing treason. Police Guy activates his Police Chopper and tries to arrest the four, but they are saved when Prince Froggy appears out of the ocean and eats the helicopter, causing the troops to retreat.
Prince Froggy tells Salvo, Montia, Raphael and Toadsworth that Kamek has found out that they are trying to retrieve the gems for Princess Peach and plans of taking them for himself. The group allow Froggy onto the ship, but he does not join the trio when they make it to Sky Land as he is scared of heights. The lot make it to the king of Sky Land, who tells them that the gem is being held safe by "a mysterious creature up in the sky".
Meanwhile, at Bowser's Castle, Kamek is talking to Bowser about collecting the gems and reviving Froado's spirit. They agree that Kamek will be allowed to use one wish, with the Koopa King using the second and the Koopalings using the third. Ludwig then appears and shows the two that he has invented a Salvo Tracker, which allows them to track where Salvo is. Bowser then orders Ludwig to head to Sky Land and stop Salvo from receiving the next gem.
Meanwhile, Salvo, Montia and Raphael are making their way up the Sky Tower, they are interrupted by Ludwig, who throws them into a cage. They then spot Marching Milde talking to Ludwig, who talks about receiving the white gem from a slug-like creature in the sky. When the two leave the room, Salvo finds a window that he can squeeze through but Montia and Raphael cannot.
Salvo eventually makes it to Sluggy the Unshaven's castle. Sluggy manages to use Salvo's silent communication to realise he needs the white gem. Sluggy does not give Salvo the gem at first, thinking he is trying to trick him, and just as Sluggy changes his mind, Ludwig appears and transforms him into his evil self again. Sluggy tries to push Salvo off the ledge, but Salvo manages to dig himself through to Sluggy's heart, reverting the magic. Sluggy then rushes up to Ludwig and pushes him off the cliff. Salvo is then given the white gem and Sluggy wishes him good luck on his quest.
As Salvo makes it back to Sky Tower to free Montia and Raphael, he overhears them talking about how he is weak and how all the trouble they got into is his fault, causing Salvo to storm out without freeing them. Salvo makes it back to Toadsworth and Froggy, with Toadsworth telling Salvo the give Montia and Raphael a second chance. Salvo returns to free the duo but finds their cage empty and Kamek taking them as his captives. Salvo chases after Kamek, who hides up a mountain. Salvo returns to the boat, telling Froggy that only he can jump high enough to make it to the mountain. Froggy battles Kamek and eventually swallows him alive before spitting him out, saying that "Wizards taste weird!" Froggy frees Montia and Raphael and the lot return to their adventure.
=== Chapter 4 ===
Toadsworth next drives Salvo, Montia, Raphael and Froggy to Giant Land, where they see a big creature destroying everything in its path. As Salvo is identifying the area, the creature comes up and destroys the ship. Everybody gets out of the water by hoping on top of Froggy when Salvo notices the creature is in fact Burt the Bashful, who runs off crying when he notices Salvo.
Toadsworth tells the group that he will talk to the king of Giant Land about building them another ship, saying that he is good friends with the king. After a few hours, however, Toadsworth does not return. The creatures then decide to split up; Salvo and Froggy look for Burt, whilst Raphael and Montia look for the purple gem. Raphael and Montia eventually make it to the king's castle only to be greeted by Tap-Tap the Red Nose, who has captured Toadsworth and the king and plans on throwing them down a pit.
Salvo and Froggy, meanwhile, come across Marching Milde, who agrees to help them find Burt as well as the purple gem. Salvo notices Marching Milde randomly becoming depressed several times during their scavenger, who refuses to tell him why. The group come across a cave which has Burt the Bashful, who, once again, runs off, this time to the king's castle, which has been taken over by Tap-Taps. The trio follow him to the castle where Marching Milde falls down a pit, presumably to her death. Salvo and Froggy continue on where they reunite with Montia and Raphael and get cornered by Burt and Tap-Tap. Montia, Raphael and Froggy attack Burt, but get interrupted by Salvo. Burt looks into Salvo's eyes, which somehow makes him side with Salvo. Burt charges into Tap-Tap, and Salvo pounces onto him, causing Tap-Tap to fall into the water.
After Tap-Tap's defeat, Salvo, Montia, Raphael, Froggy and Burt are given medals. Burt also uses a pin to shrink himself down to a normal size, saying that being big is not safe. As they are about to leave, however, Salvo notices a picture of him and the eleven other bosses. What Salvo notices is the fact that Montia is in the picture as well. Salvo also takes the picture off the wall, which leads him to a factory. He notices Larry Koopa giving a baby Chain Chomp a potion which it drinks. Salvo then has a strange flashback to when he was a baby. In the flashback, Salvo, Marching Milde, Raphael, Tap-Tap and Burt, all as babies, are seen drinking potions given to them by Kamek. Montia is also seen running in the background in the dream, shocking Salvo. Salvo sneaks in a takes a bottle of the potion and escapes just as Larry notices him.
Toadsworth then tells the king of Giant Land that they need the purple gem and a boat to make it to Water land. The king responds to both of Toadsworth's requests, and the lot head off on their new ship, now joined by Burt. On the way, Salvo shows Montia, Raphael, Froggy and Burt the potion, and everybody notices it. Froggy then has a flashback to when he was a baby, where he tasted a drop of the potion but disliked it and spat it out. The group then start to believe that it may have something to do with Kamek's ability to turn creatures into giants.
=== Chapter 5 ===
The lot make their way to Water Land, where Froggy begins having more strange flashbacks. The lot notice it is getting dark and they need to take a day's rest. Salvo, Montia, Raphael, Burt and Toadsworth find an inn, where they spend the night. Froggy, meanwhile, explores the area. He comes across a jungle, where he is recognised by the creatures. He eventually finds his way in a fort, which appears to be the fort where he fought Yoshi long ago. Once he makes it to his old room, he is swallowed by Naval Piranha, who is seeking revenge on Salvo, with the help of Tap-Tap, who was brought to the fort by the current.
The next morning, the group are seen hanging out on a beach. Montia questions the whereabouts of Froggy, with Toadsworth saying that he likely "wanted to swim with his froggy friends". Later that evening, they look for Froggy in the jungle. They come across Naval Piranha and Tap-Tap. The latter attacks the group, whilst Froggy makes his way through Naval Piranha's body until he reaches her heart, which he wraps his tongue around and squeezes, causing Naval Piranha to spit him out. Froggy then eats Tap-Tap, before spitting him out to normal size, saving the group. After convincing the two to help them take down Kamek and restore the gems, Naval Piranha looks for the blue gem underwater whilst Tap-Tap joins the party.
Salvo shows Tap-Tap the strange potion, which gives Tap-Tap a flashback where he sees Montia drinking some of the potion. Montia then admits that he was supposed to be one of the enemies that stopped the Yoshis in their progress to save Baby Luigi, but was fired by the Koopa Troop before it was his time to stop them. Montia also tells them that he does not know why he was fired.
The group make their way to the king of Water Land's castle, by hopping onto Froggy, only to find it in ruins. They are haunted by Bigger Boo in the process until they find the blue gem unguarded underground. Once they get the gem, Salvo questions what happened to the king, only to find out by one of the Toads that there has been no king in Water Land for years, and they are now ruled by a government.
Salvo and the group head to see the government, and show the Prime Minister of Giant Land, Toady B, the blue gem. Toady B denies knowing about the gem, but allows the lot to keep it after telling him that Princess Peach needs them. With that, Salvo, Montia, Raphael, Froggy, Burt, Tap-Tap and Toadsworth head to Desert Land.
=== Chapter 6 ===
Back in the Mushroom Kingdom, Police Guy is seen talking to Luigi and Princess Peach, who is getting a telling off for attacking Salvo. Police Guy warns the duo that Salvo is likely tricking them, and that he is going to take advantage of the gems for himself, but Princess Peach and Luigi do not listen to him. Larry, who was spying on the three, gives Police Guy the Salvo Tracker, showing him that Salvo and company are heading off to Desert Land.
Salvo and the gang make it to the king of Desert Land's castle (after getting chased by a sun), where they discover that the king hid the yellow gem inside a pyramid to prevent anybody from taking it. The group make it to the pyramid, where they encounter The Potted Ghost again, who says that he will only let them into the gem's room if they pass five tests. After passing the tests, the lot fall through a trap door, which slowly gets filled by lava. As the lot begin to realise their fate, the group are saved by Naval Piranha and Bigger Boo, who descend out of the lava and take out one of the pyramid's blocks, letting the group back into the room.
As the group are about to approach the yellow gem, the king of Desert Land appears, saying that he hid it there to see how "skilled" they were, although he did not expect it to get too out of hand. He gives them the yellow gem and wishes them good luck on their quest before jumping into a hole.
As Salvo and company leave the pyramid, they bump into Mario and Police Guy in his new vehicle, the Salvo Stopper. They demand that Salvo gives them the yellow gem, but are defeated trying to get it. Mario and Police Guy flee once again, embarrassed by their second defeat in a row. After defeating the two, the group make their way back to Toadsworth to receive the final gem from Grass Land.
=== Chapter 7 ===
Police Guy makes it back to Larry, who tells him that he and Mario were defeated by Salvo and company. As the two are talking, Bowser appears, and says, as he is drinking Kamek's potion, that he will stop Salvo from getting the last gem and give it to Police Guy.
On their way to Grass Land, Montia questions what happened to Marching Milde back in Giant Land, with Salvo believing that she died. He also asks Naval Piranha, Bigger Boo and The Potted Ghost if they know about the potion, although The Potted Ghost does not seem to recognise it. The three stay with Toadsworth whilst Salvo, Montia, Raphael, Froggy, Burt and Tap-Tap head to Grass Land, where they notice meteors coming from the sky. On their way, the group get separated into three pairs; Salvo and Burt get launched into a cave by a meteor, whilst Raphael and Tap-Tap get launched into a lake by another meteor. In the cave, Salvo and Burt find a whole set of flower pots, which are getting Kamek's potion poured down them by a machine. In the lake, Raphael makes it to the top easily, but Tap-Tap cannot swim in the lake due to being too heavy, so Froggy jumps in in an attempt to save him, but cannot swim up. As Tap-Tap is about to drown, Montia manages to dig a hole for the two to get to safe land.
Burt manages to break out of the cave by slamming his head against the rock blocking the exit. Before he leaves the cave, Salvo secretly takes a drink of the potion the machine is holding. They run to the king of Grass Land's castle, only for Bowser to jump in front of them. Kamek uses magic to turn Bowser into a giant. Suddenly, Yoshi appears, and throws the lot a giant egg each. The six take it in turns to throw their giant egg at Bowser's mouth. After getting hit by the sixth egg, Bowser faints, and returns to his normal size.
The group make their way inside to meet the king of Grass Land, but refuses to hand them the beige gem. He orders his guards to arrest the lot, but they are saved when Yoshi appears. The king then changes his mind and gives the group the beige gem, with that, the group now has all eight gems. Montia notices that the beige gem is not as shiny as the other gems, but does not say anything to avoid risking an argument.
=== Chapter 8 ===
The group head back to Toadsworth's boat with Yoshi and make their way back to Peach's Castle. Peach is impressed by Salvo's work and allows him to use the third whilst she uses the first and second. The group are unsure where to put the gems until they notice a statue of Froado with eight holes to fit the gems. One by one, Naval Piranha, the Potted Ghost, Bigger Boo, Tap-Tap, Burt, Raphael, Froggy and Salvo fit the pink, green, cyan, white, purple, blue, yellow and beige gems respectively. As the gems hold in the place, Mario, Luigi, Police Guy, Bowser, Larry, Ludwig, Roy and Sluggy appear to watch the spirit come to life.
The lot notice that all of the gems except the beige one begin glowing. Suddenly, however, Marching Milde and Kamek appear with the real beige gem, revealing that they have betrayed everybody and Marching Milde faked her death to steal the beige gem and replace it with a fake. Marching Milde and Kamek put the real beige gem in its place, causing the statue of Froado to come to life. Froado takes a note that Marching Milde and Kamek have revived him and gives them three wishes to share. Kamek uses the first wish to turn himself into the world's most powerful Magikoopa. Marching Milde is reluctant to use any wishes and instead drinks Kamek's potion, who uses magic to turn her into a giant. Salvo also gets turned into a giant due to drinking the potion earlier.
The group root for Salvo, who tries to jump onto Marching Milde to turn her into several mini versions of herself, but Salvo's body is too soft. Kamek manages to use magic to transform Salvo back to his normal self and uses more to severely injure him, causing the group to mourn. The two baddies begin to flee, but Montia, Raphael, Froggy, Burt and Tap-Tap refuse to let them get away with what they have done. Yoshi calls five of his relatives, which give the five former-baddies a ride and chase after Kamek and Marching Milde.
They catch up to the two, but Kamek launches a fireball in the sky, which will destroy the Mushroom Kingdom once it gets big enough. Burt and Tap-Tap attack Marching Milde by slamming into her and knocking her into water, Froggy then attacks her by spitting out Shy Guys, and then Raphael then attacks her by digging underground and slamming her from below. Marching Milde is injured, but Kamek uses magic to heal her, revealing that with his magic, she is immortal.
Meanwhile, Salvo is about to die, but Peach manages to find a single 1-Up Mushroom and feeds it to him just in time. Salvo then hops onto Yoshi's back and runs to the group. Kamek has meanwhile trapped the five former-baddies and Yoshis in cages. As the main Yoshi and Salvo are about to rescue the lot, they get interrupted by a giant Chain Chomp, the same Chain Chomp Larry fed the potion back in Chapter 4. The Chain Chomp chases the two to the opposite direction, but just as the Chain Chomp is about to chase them up to a wall, Salvo hops off Yoshi, causing it to chase him instead. The Chain Chomp almost gets Salvo, but he jumps out of the way just in time, whilst the Chain Chomp hits Marching Milde. The two crashing causes both of them to turn back to their normal sizes.
Marching Milde tries to attack Salvo one more time by abusively using the Chain Chomp. Salvo attacks her, but cannot bring himself to kill her, causing her to ask for even more magic. Kamek notices the fireball is almost big enough and notices the whole thing has gone too far. He tries to use magic to destroy the fireball, but does not have enough power and instead uses the second wish to revert himself to his normal status and uses the third wish to destroy the fireball. The fireball explodes into pieces, with one of the pieces hitting Marching Milde, severely hurting her. Salvo, seeing Marching Milde getting injured, remembers memories of the two being childhood friends. Everybody runs up to her as she is barely able to move. Peach gives Salvo another 1-Up Mushroom, but Marching Milde dies right before Salvo can feed her it, causing everybody, especially Salvo, to mourn.
The lot head up to where Froado's statue laid. Due to the trouble that Kamek and Marching Milde caused, everybody agrees to burn the gems, permanently relocking Froado's soul as a statue. The next day, a ceremony is held, with Princess Peach and Police Guy about to declare Salvo as a knight. Before he writes his signature, however, he declines his sentence, finding it farfetched that he would be a knight. Two weeks later, however, Salvo and Montia are seen living in the castle with Princess Peach. In Salvo's room he has a picture of Marching Milde.
In a post-credit scene, Hookbill the Koopa is seen in his castle, watching news about Salvo on his television, annoyed that he was not involved in the story.
== Bonus Chapters ==
=== The Truth of Montia ===
=== Roger Rumours ===
== Characters ==
=== Playable ===
Name 	Description
Salvo the Slime 	
Montia the Mole 	
Raphael the Raven 	
Prince Froggy 	
Burt the Bashful 	
Tap-Tap the Red Nose	
=== Non-playable ===
Name	Description
== Trivia ==
* This is the first game since Boom Street where Mario is fully capable of speech.
* Salvo seems to recognise Burt more than the other bosses. In Yoshi's Island, they are fought in the same world. This may be a coincidence, or it could be that it was easier for Burt and Salvo to interact as they resident in the same area.
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