The Advanced

The Advanced are a group of 4 malicious entities, each residing in a copy of one of each of the Super Mario Advance games for the GameBoy Advance. They were made by @NuisanceNPC on Valentine's Day of 2024.
== Backstory (TLDR) ==
A guy makes a collection of all the Super Mario Advance games + Super Mario Bros. DX as an emulator. He attempts to report them back to GBA as a challenge. He is able to get it to work through connecting 4 GBAs together. SMBDX is unable to be ported back, so the man gives up, leaving the game in an unfinished state. After selling the game in a yard sale, 2 people attempt to play the 4-way GBA in their house, causing an electrocutional reaction. Because of the lack of completion in the code, as well as the sudden and intense power, 4 malicious entities are created through the corrupted code. They take the form of Peach, Mario, Yoshi + Baby Mario, and Luigi. The console they are in sucks people in through playing, whilst the entities hunt for the code of Super Mario Bros. DX, in order to reach "completion".
== Backstory ==
=== Creation ===
One day, Rory Lemmitems was feeling nostalgic. Rory grew up playing his GameBoy Advance, and he loved the Mario Advance games. Through research and decompiling of old GBA carts of the games he had around, Rory was able to port save files of all the Advance games into one collection that was emulated online as one big collection: "The Super Mario Advance Tetrology: Advanced!". As an addition, Rory even managed to add in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe from the GameBoy color into the collection he made after getting the cart from a friend who had a vintage GameBoy game collection. He posted his emulation online for people to experience. Eventually, he also decided to challenge himself and de-make all of his ports back onto their respective GBA carts, just for fun. In order to keep the collection as a collection, Rory combined 4 GBAs together via GBA Link Cables. His device looked silly, but it worked with ease. He was able to do this by inserting each re-ported cart into each GBA, which he color coded to avoid confusion. Pink was Advance 1, Red was Advance 2, Green was Advance 3, and Orange was Advance 4. He was able to do this with all the carts, except for Mario Bros. Deluxe. When porting SMBDX to online, Rory also decided to add on the Mario Bros. minigame just for fun, since the other 4 Advance games had it. However, when trying to port it back, the game wouldn't work because of it, so Rory gave up on porting it. Either way, he didn't really need it anyways, since he had made a flawless port of all 5 games online he could use. So his 4-way GBA rotted away as he played on. 
=== Continued (The Real World) ===
Eventually, years passed and Rory was moving out of the house he once lived in and was getting rid of some old stuff. He ended up selling his 4-way GBA to 2 siblings. They took this strange concoction of a system home, ready to play their GBA games on it. However, because of the years of disuse, the cartridges and link cables became old, withered, and unable to be taken out of the consoles. Despite this, they still pressed on and powered up the systems. However, in combination of the years of disuse, as well as the insane amount of power coming from the systems, it caused a massive electrical charge that shocked the siblings so bad, they passed out.
When they awoke, they were in a colorful world, yet somehow all the colors seemed so dull and bland. Once they glanced at each other, they both jumped back at what their sibling had become. One was a purple bird, and the other a snake. As confused as they were, they eventually realized what had happened. Somehow, they'd been sucked into their game world. With that knowledge, the 2 siblings decided to find Mario, as he was the hero of these games and could probably help. 
=== Continued (In-Game) ===
After being ported back into game carts, the code of the game was awaiting it's full power. Once all the code for each of the 5 games in the collection was present, it would be ready to play. But it never happened. Time passed, who knows how long, and the code for the games was never fully complete. Since, in the real world, Rory never was able to deport Mario Bros. Deluxe into the GBA, the code for this collection he made was "unfinished" as all the games were still linked via Mario Bros. The games were never ready to be played. At some point, there was power in the game. But it wasn't finished, so this caused the code of the game to freak out. With this freak out, it made 4 malicious entities, each taking form of a character from each of the games. The code's lust for being finished would carry over into these entities, and their goal would be in their blood. Reach completion, no matter what.
=== The Setbacks of Advancement ===
With the crazy power granted to the 4-way GBA, it gave the code some form of sentience. With it, the code could actually move the GBAs around in real life whether by floating them around or by teleportation. In addition, the games themselves were now really connected. The entities that the code created could travel into each game with the 4 GBA Link cables that connected the 4 consoles. With this power, the GBAs would randomly appear anywhere, from garage sales to just appearing in someone's house. More victims would end up turning on the game and being sucked in and hunted by the entities. This cycle would repeat until the game reached "completion". But, since there is nothing for SMBDX to be found or seen, this cycle will repeat forever, unless someone gains the knowledge to destroy the GBAs. But why would they do that? It's just a weird, 4-way connected GBA after all, what's just one game?
== Turn1p ==
"DON'T L̷̪͔̲̋O̶͓̗̮̝͒̿O̸̭̱̺̥̔͋K̵̦͇͙̪̈́ ̶̨̙̦͑Ă̸̲͖̥̹T̷̰̳͋͘͝ ̷̣̌M̵̳̽͐Ë̸͚̜̜"
- Turn1p, after being looked at
=== Appearance ===
Turn1p takes the form of Princess Peach. She inhabits a copy of Super Mario Advance. Her appearance and color palette remain mostly similar with a few differences. A dark substance stains the bottom of her dress, her gloves, crown and parts of her skin. The most notable difference is that she dons a distorted mask of a Shy Guy. The mask’s face has been mutilated with wide, scribbled, messy eyes and a wide, gaping smile. Without the mask, Turn1p looks more akin to Peach, with her red lips and oval-like eyes. Her left eye is overtaken with the substance, and her right eye has it leaking out. Her one iris is an oval with a X in the middle.
=== Attack Method ===
Turn1p inadvertently takes advantage of a victim's curiosity. She roams Subcon, not purposefully looking for victims, rather wandering and attacking if she sees any out of her own vision. Many victims happen to encounter her, and due to their curiousity, follow her to see what's up. 
=== Abilities ===
Turn1p has all the abilities of Princess Peach. She can float with her dress, however she has infinite hovering ability, unlike Peach who can only go for so long. She can pull items out of the ground from anywhere from any location and throw them where she pleases.
=== Weaknesses ===
Turn1p hates being looked at by anyone who isn't her friends, which is why she dons a mask most of the time. The reason this is a weakness is because if you simply do not look at her, she usually tends to leave you alone, granted you don't attract her attention in another way.
== 2uperworld ==
=== Appearance ===
2uperworld takes the form of Mario. He inhabits a copy of Super Mario Adavnce 2: Super Mario World. His appearance is almost 1 to 1 with SMW Mario, minus a few things. His gloves are drenched in blood. As well, his face consists of 2 bright, white eyes, a wide grin, and a stream of blood flowing out of his left eye and down his cheek. 2uperworld dons a cape, which has multiple eyes. 2uperworld is not Mario, but rather the aforementioned cape. The cape is connected to Mario, and can control his arms, legs, etc. However, if the cape is not, his limbs will be limp.
=== Attack Method ===
2uperworld is a stalker. He will hide in any crevice or background element he can find and stalk his prey. Those with observant eyes can spot him in quick glances. He studies his prey, then when the time is right, he barrages them. His most common method of killing is spinning and chopping the victim into 2. 
=== Abilities ===
2uperworld has all the abilities of Mario from Mario World. He can spin and float with his cape. He can also shoot fireballs. He can float around and is a master of stealth.
=== Weaknesses ===
2uperworld attacks most like an actual video game boss. He tends to go for the same attacks in a specific order, as if he is under a cycle. However he does switch it up every so often.
== Island3r ==
=== Appearance ===
Island3r takes the form of Yoshi. It inhabits a copy of Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi’s Island. Island3r’s face is of a demented Yoshi’s, with sharp, crimson red teeth. It also has the same substance that Turn1p has on it’s shell. It also has it engulfing one eye completely, as well as it having the substance on it’s tail and back spikes, making them sharper. Always following it around is an entity that takes the form of Baby Mario. The appearance is exactly the same, other than the fact that it has no face. These 2 entities are connected. The Baby vessel acts as a brain (but not the control center) of the Yoshi vessel.
=== Attack Method ===
Island3r is a brute, tending to attack on sight to anything it sees so much as move. Despite it’s beastly instincts, similar to a Yoshi at birth, it is very intelligent and can think and act fast if necessary. 
=== Abilities ===
Island3r has the abilities of Yoshi from Yoshi's Island, but cranked up. Its tongue is extremely long, and can grab things from very far distances. Its flutter jump goes high and far. It can create a mass amount of eggs out of almost anything it eats, and can throw them at high speeds. It is also extremely fast.
=== Weaknesses ===
Despite it's intelligence, Island3r is still quite reckless. It has a hard time slowing down after speeding up, and often crashes headfirst into walls. it is also easily distracted. 
== St4geplay ==
"¡Ay, caramba!"
-St4geplay, usually after one of his schemes fails
=== Appearance ===
St4geplay takes the form of Luigi. He inhabits a copy of Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. His appearance is that of Luigi donning a Frog Suit. The frog’s eyes are gaping open and bloodshot, as if it hadn’t slept for days. St4geplay’s eyes are non-existant and is instead replaced by a wide, toothy grin and shaggy hair. The body remains intact, minus some scars located on the frog’s belly.
=== Attack Method ===
St4geplay is the wildcard of all the entities. He pulls any trick he can to attempt to be successful at stopping victim’s tracks, whether it be barging victims head-on, or creating a cartoon-like trap 
=== Abilities ===
St4geplay can jump very high because of him not only being Luigi, but also donning the frog suit. He can run on water like how the Frog Suit can in Mario Maker 2, and he is an excel swimmer. 
=== Weaknesses ===
St4geplay, because of his brash plans, is often quite clumsy. He overestimates a lot of his ideas, and they either end up going wrong, or he fumbles in some kind of way.
== Other Quick Tidbits of Info about The Advanced ==
* One of the most notable things about The Advanced is how much they care for each other. If one is somehow hurt, the others will come to their aid. They're almost like 3 brothers and a sister. For example, when one of St4geplay's schemes fails, they don't tend to be all too mad at him.
* With their given sentience and being able to travel, The Advanced have been able to learn a lot about the real world. They are aware of many other entities, similar to them.
* They also know that people are getting sucked into their games. They don't care, as maybe one of them could be the key to finding Mu5hroom, and it's anything for completion. And if they're not, they were just another roadblock to finish the goal
==Trivia==
==== Turn1p ====
* Turn1p hates being looked at, and 2uperworld, Island3r and St4geplay get really pissed and defensive if/when someone does.
* Turn1p, even though she isn't really Princess Peach, still enjoys doing Peach things, like playing golf, and inviting her friends over for cake.
* She also loves having tea parties.
==== 2uperworld ====
* 2uperworld's name references Super Worlds from Super Mario Maker 2, since Super Worlds take their aesthetic (like the overworld map) from Mario World.
* 2uperworld acts like he's actually Mario, and the cape is just part of his look. (although he isn't really lying since he can control everything on Mario, mouth and all.)
* 2uperworld wishes he had a Cappy of his own after he discovered Super Mario Odyssey was a thing.
* He still likes spaghetti dishes.
==== Island3r ====
* Island3r does not speak, but he can still communicate with his friends clearly.
* He's the cleanup crew after a victim is killed, swallowing their corpse whole and turning them into an egg.
==== St4geplay ====
* St4geplay's name references the fact that Super Mario Bros. 3 is just a play theater show
* St4geplay's catchphrase is "¡Ay, caramba!"
* St4geplay gives nicknames to all his friends, despite them not reciprocating and giving him a nickname. Turn1p only calls him Klutz because of his clumsiness.
* He is in the frog suit as the code that created him took some code from Water Land from Super Mario Bros. 3.
== Gallery ==
Not much here as of now, but I will update it soon with more pictures whenever i can :)
File:The advanced feb 14 ref.jpg|The original drawing/reference for The Advanced, drawn by Nuisance
File:Advanced sprite art .png|Sprite art of The Advanced, made by @Pizzy_the_Real on Twitter
File:THE MU5HPIECE IS REAL.png|THE MU5HPIECE IS REAL
File:Turn1ps-picnic.jpg|Turn1p having a tea party with her friends
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Category:Mario-Based
Category:Peach-Based
Category:Yoshi based exe
Category:SMB Advanced based