Super Mario Heroes - Mystery of the Missing Heroes

Super Mario Heroes - Mystery of the Missing Heroes is the sequel to the game Super Mario Heroes - Time's at Stake!, which centered around the Mario Bros. saving the world from the doom of the demon Kind Darkness's plans by using the Elite Heroes to destroy all worlds.
== Plot ==
This time, Peach and the seven Elite Heroes have gone missing, and Mario and Luigi must once again go on an adventure to save them. Hero is still able to leave a message for the Bros. saying that they have all been kidnapped by strange people. He is able to warn that many new dangers are out in the worlds. He also says he overheard people talking about bringing a dark force back into the worlds. Hero is convinced they mean Tara and that the Bros. must hurry if they wish to prevent chaos from striking the worlds. So the Bros. go off on yet another adventure to save the worlds. After the Bros. successfully free the Elite Heroes from being kidnapped and forced to work for the demon, and proceed to reach their way to Princess Peach to rescue her. Before they can, Peach is possessed by a dark soul and proceeds to fight the heroes. If the player can defeat Demon Peach, the soul will reveal herself, and proceed to fight the heroes herself. Once defeated, the demon says this whole thing was just simply a charade to free Tara back into the world, and by killing the demon, the heroes fulfilled this. The demon then dies, and Tara magically appears in the room. The game ends with Tara using her magic to send everyone back to the Mushroom Kingdom, and prevents them from using the portals again. The game ends on this cliffhanger.
== Mechanics ==
As opposed to the last game, where the Bros. jumped between video game worlds, this time they travel between the typical New Super Mario Bros. world themes (Grass World, Desert World Ice World, etc.) but with two more worlds: Lab World and Rainbow-Happy World...?, which, after the game is beaten in it's Best and True Ending, is termed as Magic World. Most enemies are brand new enemies, which are later revealed to have been made in Lab World. This game plays differently than the last one, as to get the Best and True Ending, several conditionals must be met.
First, the player must find Hero's diamonds, which are scattered around the first seven worlds and are found in rainbow order. Second, the player must find a secret room in each of the seven levels of the Lab World, and place the color-corresponding diamond in that room. The hint is the color of the spotlight shining on the pedestal. For example, in 9-4, a green spotlight is shining on the pedestal, signaling that the player must put the green diamond on that pedestal. Finally, a new level will open in the world the diamond is found and placed, which is where one of the Elite Heroes is being held. For example, Tails is found in the second world after the diamond is found there and the diamond is placed correctly. If all of the Elite Heroes are not freed, then the game goes into it's Good Ending, which is okay, but not the Best and True Ending. If all the Elite Heroes are freed, then the Rainbow-Happy/Magic World is opened, and the player can rescue Peach.
==Characters==
===Major Character===
*Mario - The main protagonist as well as the savior of the Mushroom Kingdom and the world of Elite Heroes.
*Luigi - The underappreciated brother of Mario. He plays a decent role in the game, as he can be used for different purposes
*Princess Peach - Ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom. She safely resides in Bowser's Castle for the story of the game, while her castle is repaired.
*Toads - Seemingly incompetent workers of the Mushroom Kingdom, but if needed, they are reliable. In this game, Toads are optional collectables in one level per world, and unlock shortcuts between levels in the world.
*Hero/Donald the Dreamer - The leader of the Elite Heroes. He appears to be one of the smartest of the Elite Heroes in battle, as he's the only one who can't be counter struck and he even acknowledges this. He is now working for Princess Peach.
*King H.D. - One of the strongest members of the Elite Heroes. He is a reincarnate form of Hyper Drunk from Bubble Symphony. He rules the Other World, an alternate dimension accessible only by a few that weren't born there, such as Mario and Luigi from the last game.
*Tails - The technology-savvy member of the group, being a genius with an IQ of about 400 or greater. He provides the weapons needed for taking down the world.
*A.D. - Leader of the minions at Hero's utility. He fights with a fire-wielding staff and an arsenal of powerful "bottles" hidden in his hoodie. His initials stand for Arch Drunk, being the leader of the minions.
*Cutsia - The only girl of the group. Her powers can range from fire to ice, lava to icy cold water. She is one of the two to only use natural powers as their only weapons. Part of her story is trying to remember who she was before all of the troubles with Tara and the demon, King Darkness.
*Dimentio - Being reincarnated by Hero, he this time vows to stay faithful to him, unlike he was to Count Bleck. Since his magic couldn't carry over from death to life, Hero injects him with new abilities such as a tornado strike, transformation into anything he has seen, and a "world editor" mode; as well as his transportation, duplication, and lightning abilities.
*Skel - As the biggest of the group, and a reincarnate of Skel Monsta, he is one of the more powerful members of the group. He uses natural abilities in fights, as he has a laser eye to zap foes with and a ginormous mouth to bite enemies with.
*King Darkness - The demon who kidnaps the Elite Heroes and Peach to use them for his ultimate plan to bring Tara back from the Underworld. His plans turns out to be a decoy in order to get the Bros. to kill him as part of a prophecy needed to bring Tara back from the dead.
*Tara Pride - The demon who was banished to the Underworld by Hero from the previous game. She throws the Bros. and the Elite Heroes back into the Mushroom Kingdom Dimension and prevents them from using the Dimension Portals again while she plots her new scheme.
===Minor/Referenced Characters===
*Alphys - She comes in once in the game to give a call saying that she can't bring Cosmo, Tails's crush, back from the dead because she can't find her soul anywhere on her radar.
*Dreg - The shopkeeper who travels through dimensions.
*Taru P.
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