Super Mario and the Mystic Understanding

Super Mario and the Mystic Understanding is a game released in the Summer of 2018 for the Nintendo 4D Viewer. It is stated to be set some time after Super Mario Odyssey.
==Story==
After Mario and Peach return to the Mushroom Kingdom, they discover that the Ghost Princess Yerui has taken over the castle, concealing most of the castle from view and holding the Toads hostage. Shortly after learning that the Power Stars can be used to undo her spell bit by bit, Mario and Peach set out to collect all 250 Stars in order to completely reclaim the castle.
==Characters==
===Player Characters===
Name 	Image	Details
Mario	 	Mario is a hero who goes on adventures to save Princess Peach from Bowser, the king of the Koopa Troop. However, with Bowser no longer a threat, he now has to contend with Yerui in order to save Peach's kingdom.
Mario's gameplay implements a "hat throw" system, allowing him to throw Cappy by pressing R. Cappy can be used to collect coins and to stun enemies.
Peach	 	The princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. She resides in her castle alongside many Toads, who act as loyal servants. However, after Yerui takes the chance to seize control of the castle, Peach has to team up with Mario to retrieve it.
Peach's gameplay implements a float system - by holding R, you can slowly drift through the air in all directions, which is useful for getting across wide gaps.
Luigi	 	Luigi is Mario's younger twin brother. Throughout his life, Luigi has lived in Mario's shadow, developing both cowardly and heroic tendencies. In this story, he is locked away by Yerui in a watery world within a painting, although he can be rescued after collecting 15 Stars.
Luigi's gameplay implements a dash system - holding R allows you to dash, and when Luigi reaches a great enough speed, Luigi can run across the surface of water.
Daisy	 	Daisy is the princess of Sarasaland and a good friend of Peach. Recently, she travelled to the Mushroom Kingdom in order to visit Peach, but was captured by Yerui and imprisoned in an icy world within a painting. She can be rescued after collecting 40 Stars.
Daisy's gameplay implements a double jump system - Daisy can't jump as high as other characters, but makes up for this with a mid-air jump, and can slow her fall by holding R after a jump.
===Other Characters===
Name 	Image	Details
Cappy	 	Cappy is a Bonneter, a creature who can transform into caps and conjure various outfits. After Bowser destroyed Mario's cap in his last adventure, Cappy stepped in as a substitute.
Tiara	 	Tiara is Cappy's younger sister. After Mario's previous adventure, Tiara joined Peach, serving a similar purpose for her as Cappy does for Mario.
Yerui	 	A ghost princess who, together with the vengeful Bonneter Haunt, takes over Peach's Castle and hides it from view. Her motive to control the kingdom is said to have something to do with her life as a human.
==Gameplay==
The gameplay of this game is formatted similarly to other 3D Mario games. The player uses the Circle Pad to move, A to jump and B to use certain power-up focused abilities. Each character also has a unique ability assigned to the R button. You can also crouch by pressing L, and execute a ground pound by pressing L in midair.
==Items==
Name 	Image	Details
Coin 	 	Coins can be collected in almost every stage. Outside of stages, they can be used to buy new outfits.
Healing Mushroom	 	Collecting a Healing Mushroom will restore a portion of health.
Life Mushroom 	 	Collecting a Life Mushroom will give the player a second health bar. If this health bar is depleted, however, it will be lost.
Fire Flower 	 	After collecting a Fire Flower, the player gains the ability to shoot fireball projectiles which explode on impact. If the player is attacked while this ability is active, however, it will be lost.
Ice Flower 	 	After collecting a Ice Flower, the player gains the ability to shoot snowball projectiles which pierce through enemies. If the player is attacked while this ability is active, however, it will be lost.
Spark Flower 	 	After collecting a Spark Flower, the player gains the ability to shoot lightning bolt projectiles which fly highly quickly. If the player is attacked while this ability is active, however, it will be lost.
Winged Star 	 	Collecting this star will cause your character to fly in the air for a set time. While flying, the character continuously moves forwards and can be directed with the Circle Pad. Pressing A while flying allows you to hold your position.
Glass Star 	 	Collecting this star will cause your character to become a ghost for a set time. In ghost form, the character can move through glass panes and other transparent objects.
Green Shell 	 	While holding a Green Shell on land, press R to throw it. Bringing a Green Shell into water allows you to travel underwater.
Red Shell 	 	While holding a Red Shell on land, press R to throw it as a homing projectile. Bringing a Red Shell into water allows you to travel underwater, faster than you would with a Red Shell.
Blue Shell 	 	While holding a Blue Shell on land, press R to throw it as an explosive projectile. Bringing a Blue Shell into water allows you to walk on the seabed.
Power Star 	 	There are 250 Power Stars scattered throughout the game, with some coloured variations. New areas of Peach's castle can be opened up after collecting 3, 8, 15, 20, 40, 50, 75, 100 and 150 Stars.
==Stage Gimmicks==
Name 	Image	Details
Switch 	 	Blue, red and yellow switches exist. Jumping on a switch will cause a special effect.
Star Switch	 	Jumping on this switch will cause a Star to appear. The player must be quick to grab it, however, as it will disappear after some time.
Key 	 	Keys can be used to unlock locked doors. You can only hold one key at a time.
==Areas==
===Mystic Flower Garden===
Accessed at the ground floor, by going through the leftmost door.
#	Name 	Task
1	Regrowing the Rainbow Flowerbed	The player must find seven Rainbow Flowers scattered across the stage. Afterwards, the Star appears in the flowerbed near the start of the stage.
2	The Blue Coin Cage 	The player must find ten Blue Coins to unlock the Blue Coin Cage, then venture inside the cage to obtain the Star.
3	Flower Barrier in the Skyline 	The player must use a Wing Star to reach a hidden garden in the clouds, and rescue the Toad trapped up there to get the Star.
4	Fallen Tree Alleyway 	The player must find Fallen Tree Alleyway and make their way through some platforming challenges to reach the Star.
5	Showdown in the Flower Viewing 	The player must go to a flower-viewing festival and defeat the area's boss, Goombaki and Goombei.
===Hidden Crystal Cave===
Accessed at the ground floor, by going through the rightmost door.
#	Name 	Task
1	Within the Water Wall 	The player must go into the cavern behind the waterfall and use the Star Switch to reveal the star.
2	Grand Ghost Hunt 	The player must find and defeat five Boos to open the way to the haunted lake. The Star is positioned at the top of a tower on an island in this lake.
3	Remains of the Glass Maze 	The player must use a Glass Star to reach a hidden maze and navigate it to find the Star.
4	The Crystal Cave Society 	The player must find the remains of a library hidden in the cave and solve a matching pairs puzzle to claim the Star.
5	Showdown in the Ghost's Spring	The player must go to a wellspring and defeat the area's boss, Koopa Dragon.
===Clearest Sea Expanse===
Accessed at the first floor, through the centre right door. You must obtain 3 Stars to access the first floor.
#	Name 	Task
1	Mystic Sunken Treasure 	The player must find three magical treasure chests and open them in the given order to summon the Star.
2	Visit From the Lightning Pirates	The player must board the Lightning Pirates' ship and find the five Star Shards in order to make the Star.
3	Sealed in the Water Tornado 	The player must travel inside a tornado of water using a shell, and is then required to navigate past several obstacles in order to reach the Star.
4	Understanding of the Sea Tunnel 	The player must make their way through a network of underwater tunnels to reach a secret cave, within which they can locate the Star within a wildfire which must be doused using an Ice Flower.
5	Showdown in the Pirate's Wreck 	The player must go to the sunken pirate ship and defeat the area's boss, Captain Cheep.
===Unknown Pyramid Tunnel===
Accessed at the first floor, through the centre left door. You must obtain 3 Stars to access the first floor.
#	Name 	Task
1	Token of Skeletal Trust 	The player must find eight Sand Stones and bring them to a resident of the Dry Bones Village in exchange for a Star.
2	Descent of the Sand Pillar 	The player must travel from the top of the Sand Pillar to its base to reach the Star. However, lava is pouring onto the pillar, giving a time limit to reach the base.
3	Upon Thwomp Bridge 	The player must get to the end of a series of rope bridges, with several Thwomps, to get to the Star.
4	The Bullet Bill Fortress 	The player must journey into the lower levels of a castle, in which they must use a Spark Flower to destroy a giant Bill Blaster which is holding the Star captive.
5	Showdown in the Fortress Attic	The player must go to the upper levels of the castle and defeat the area's boss, Disaster Blaster.
===Illusionary Snow Peak===
Accessed at the first basement level, through the leftmost door. You must obtain 8 Stars to access the first basement level.
#	Name 	Task
1	Frozen Summit Slide 	The player must go to the ice slide at the top of the mountain, then slide all the way down it. They will then reach the otherwise inaccessible area where the Star is kept.
2	Coming Down Penguin River 	The player must use a shell to swim through an icy river. By going through the five rings in the river, they can obtain a Star.
3	The Mystic Penguin Den 	The player must access the icy cave inside the mountain, then reach the top of the cave to find the Star, concealed in a crystal which can be broken using a Fire Flower.
4	The Road of Mist 	The player must use a floating platform to travel across a path of mist, avoiding enemies along the way, to reach the Star.
5	Showdown on the Floating Iceberg	The player must go to a floating iceberg in the sky and defeat the area's boss, Master Bro.
===Painting Room===
This room is accessed at the first basement level, through the rightmost door. You must obtain 8 Power Stars to access the first basement level. Here, you may swap out characters with ease, and access three secret Stars.
Name 	Task
The Secret Door 	After unlocking all four characters and obtaining a special key from the garden, you can unlock the fifth door in the room, behind which the Star is found.
Princess' Magic Slide 	Jump into the painting on the rightmost wall after unlocking Luigi to access this. The player will go down a long and complex slide, being awarded a Star if they reach the end within a time limit.
Princess' Parallel Slide	Jump into the painting on the leftmost wall after unlocking Daisy to access this. This is similar to Princess' Magic Slide, but has very notable differences.
===Garden===
This area is accessed through the first basement level. The area itself is not available until the player collects 15 Stars.
#	Name 	Task
1	Silvery Treasure 	The player must collect five Silver Stars scattered around the area to find this Star.
2	Rescue in the Water Void 	Accessed through the painting on the far right of the garden. The player must make their way through this underwater area and defeat the Great Sea Boo to rescue Luigi and obtain a Green Star.
3	Red Coins in the Water Void 	Collecting the eight Red Coins in "Rescue in the Water Void" will offer a Blue Star.
4	Secret Star in the Water Void	In "Rescue in the Water Void", the player must go into a well-hidden cave in order to find a Purple Star.
5	Yerui's Sea of Ice 	Accessed through a tunnel in the garden. After a long series of platforming, the player must defeat Ghost Princess Yerui to obtain the first Platinum Star.
6	Switch Star in the Sea of Ice	In "Yerui's Sea of Ice", a Switch Star can be obtained at the end of an optional path.
==Bosses==
Almost every boss will give you a Star of Understanding when defeated. Every Star of Understanding must be collected in order to fight the final boss.
Name 	Area 	Details
Goombaki and Goombei	Mystic Flower Garden 	Two twin Goombas with weather powers, which they use to manipulate the flowers in the area. Goombaki is the older of the two, being able to control sunlight. Goombei is the younger of the two, being able to control rain. Each of the two has five health. While one is exhausted, jumping on them will cause them to lose a point of health. Once both are defeated, the star can be obtained.
During the battle, the two alternate between attacking is supporting. Goombaki will perform a jump which launches a ring of fireballs when he is attacking, and create pillars of light at set points when he is supporting. Goombei, on the other hand, can surround herself with a column of water and charge at the player when she is attacking, and toss out clouds which slowly pursue the player when she is supporting.
Once five hits have been delivered to the two together, their attacks become more powerful. The fireballs from Goombaki's jump leave flames on the ground, and his light pillars will move around the area. Meanwhile, Goombei can create a larger column of water and toss out faster-moving clouds.
Koopa Dragon 	Hidden Crystal Cave 	This giant, vaguely dragon-like Koopa will stand inside a ring of platforms. He initially attacks by lobbing spikes from his shell, but will then breathe fire, causing flames to spread out of the ground at various points. He then becomes exhausted, summoning a series of platforms which leads to his shell, allowing you to ground-pound the fragile segment on his shell to deal damage.
A total of seven hits are needed to defeat the dragon. After each hit, however, he can lob more spikes per attack and hold his flamethrower out for longer. After the fifth hit, he will also lob a few spikes at the player while they try to ground-pound his shell.
Captain Cheep 	Clearest Sea Expanse 	The supposed leader of the Lightning Pirates, this enemy swims around while shooting small, controlled electrical pulses which bounce off the walls of the cabin. Sometimes, however, he will launch an uncontrolled pulse which splits into several lightning bolts, which then wildly travel across the water. To deal damage, the player must, while exploring the area using a shell, grab a Fire, Ice or Spark flower and attack the fish with projectiles.
After twelve hits, Captain Cheep will start to swim around faster and have smaller fish, including Cheep Cheeps, Deep Cheeps and Eep Cheeps, creep into the area. It will only take another twelve hits to beat him, however.
Disaster Blaster 	Unknown Pyramid Tunnel 	This robotic system is intended to drive intruders out of the Bullet Bill Fortress. A series of platforms will appear over a large floor of spikes, disappearing after some time. Meanwhile, the Disaster Blaster will slide along a provided rail while attacking with Bullet Bills, mixing normal Bullet Bills with homing Bullet Bills.
At the end of the path, the Disaster Blaster stops and gets ready to fight head-on, now with three blasters which can shoot either a normal Bullet Bill, a homing Bullet Bill or a wave of three smaller Bullet Bills. To deal damage, the player must pick up a provided Shell and throw it to attack. Each cannon has three health points - once they are gone, that cannon is destroyed. When all three cannons are destroyed, the Disaster Blaster will be defeated, revealing the room where the Star is kept.
Master Bro 	Illusionary Snow Peak 	This creature considers himself the leader of the Hammer Bros, Fire Bros and similar creatures in the general area. At first, he jumps high in the air and begins to slowly descend while summoning enemies. In the order of the groups summoned, he will summon one Hammer Bro, one Fire Bro, two Ice Bros, two Boomerang Bros and finally one of each of the Hammer Bro, Fire Bro and Boomerang Bro. The player must defeat all of these creatures before Master Bro touches the ground, or else this part must be repeated.
After the summoned creatures are defeated, Master Bro will hop around, sometimes attacking with a hammer, fireball, boomerang or snowball (attacking more frequently the further into the fight he is). A single jump will damage him, causing him to make the arena larger before the next phase starts. A total of five hits are needed to defeat him.
Great Sea Boo 	Rescue in the Water Void	A subordinate of Yerui, who is holding Luigi captive. During this fight, the Great Sea Boo controls your ability to survive underwater, giving a time limit to defeat him. While the player travels using a shell, the enemy will float around, trying to sneak up on you. Looking at him causes him to teleport away from you, forcing you to ram at him from behind in order to deal damage. After he takes a point of damage, the Great Sea Boo becomes temporarily invisible, and will shoot a number of homing blue fireballs before re-appearing.
After a total of four hits, the Great Sea Boo brings the fight to a smaller battlefield, although the risk of a time limit is no longer in play. During this phase, he will no longer teleport or turn invisible, but can now shoots homing fireballs at any point. Another four hits will defeat him, draining the water in the room and giving a key needed to rescue Luigi.
Ghost Princess Yerui	Yerui's Sea of Ice 	The ghost princess' first battle has her stand in a circular battlefield surrounded by a magic barrier. If either the player or Yerui enters the barrier, they will emerge on the opposite side of the battlefield.
During her fight, Yerui uses four attacks in random order before becoming tired - it is possible to jump on her once she gets tired. Yerui's first attack involves shooting a flower-shaped formation of snowballs. She can also shoot a ring of eight icy tornadoes, which will fly inwards in curved paths when they reach the edge of the arena. Her third attack involves creating a vortex from which several icicles are tossed onto the battlefield. Another attack used by Yerui involves creating three spirits which spin around the area while setting up ice crystals, before having these crystals fly inwards all at once.
After Yerui is attacked, she throws Haunt as a homing projectile which will fly back to her after some distance. With every attack she takes, her attack gets stronger - her snowball attack has more projectiles, she can fire additional rings of ice tornadoes, her vortex summons more icicles, and she conjures more spirits. Haunt also becomes stronger, leaving a sparse trail of ice spikes as he flies. After three hits, Yerui makes her escape, leaving behind a Platinum Star.
==Outfits==
===Mario===
Hat 	Clothing 	Description
Mario's Cap 	Mario's Suit 	The outfit that Mario most frequently wears.
Tennis Hat 	Tennis Gear 	Mario's outfit from Mario Tennis Aces.
Captain's Hat	Captain's Suit	Based on the Captain's Hat in Super Mario Odyssey.
Wedding Hat 	Wedding Tuxedo	Based on the outfit Mario wears in the endgame of Super Mario Odyssey.
===Peach===
Hat 	Clothing 	Description
Peach's Tiara	Peach's Dress	The outfit that Peach most frequently wears.
Tennis Crown 	Tennis Dress 	Peach's outfit from the Mario Tennis games.
==Special Thanks==
*: For providing the art for the Winged Star and Glass Star.
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