Mushroom Kingdom

The Mushroom Kingdom is the primary setting of the Mario franchise. It is ruled by Princess Peach, and its appearance changes from game to game. Despite this, the kingdom consists of many similar recurring landscapes, such as plains, deserts, islands, forests, mountains, snowy areas, and volcanoes.

Despite being mostly peaceful, the Mushroom Kingdom is often the victim of numerous catastrophes, which include multiple attempted takeovers (mostly at the hands of Bowser), awakenings of great evil, a few pandemics such as the Blorbs, ruining of several festivals and traditions, alien invasions, and even the near destruction of the kingdom itself. Nearly all of these disasters lead to Peach getting herself in danger, leaving Mario and Luigi, the kingdom's heroes, as the ones to save her. While Bowser is mainly focused on conquest, other villains may try to destroy the kingdom and its inhabitants, leading him to team up with the heroes at times.

## History

### *Mushroom Kingdom Fusion*

The Mushroom Kingdom is the first world in Mushroom Kingdom Fusion. It is Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi's home world. Bowser is the World Boss. The majority of the levels in the Mushroom Kingdom are original levels, done in a classic Mario style similar to either *Super Mario Bros. 3* or *New Super Mario Bros.*, although there are a handful of levels scattered throughout that are modeled directly after specific levels throughout the *Mario* series. This world is divided up onto 8 "lands", areas with levels based on a specific environmental theme. Each "land" has it's own separate screen on the map, except the last one, which takes up two.

The Mushroom Kingdom also counts as the game's "hub" world; not only does the player start here, but they also must return here after completing each other world in order to open up the route to the next. After returning to World 1 after completing a different world, the game will indicate a specific level that has started undergoing the Fusion effect while the player was away. These levels contain "World Exits", special secret routes containing a mini-Fusion level related to the world it connects to. By completing a World Exit, the player will gain permanent access to the warp pipe leading to that particular world.

### Grass Land

*Lush grassy fields with a few block field levels*.

* World 1-1: The Entryway
* World 1-2: Goomba Mines/World 2 Exit
* World 1-3: The Transitway
* World 1-G1: Boo Mansion
* World 1-F1: Grassland Outpost
* World 1-S1: Subcon Panic!
* World 1-S2: Tree Zone Trek

### Desert Land

*Mostly desert-themed levels*.

* World 1-4: Lake of Amnesia
* World 1-5: Beneath the Sands
* World 1-6: Desert Hill/World 7 Exit
* World 1-F2: Birabuto Bash
* World 1-S3: Dinosaur Mountain

### Ocean Side

*Island-themed levels with plenty of water and swimming.*

* World 1-7: Lakeshore Paradise
* World 1-8: Shroom Lagoon
* World 1-9: Koopa Cove
* World 1-G2: Banshee Boardwalk/World 4 Exit
* World 1-10: Muda Madness
* World 1-F3: Dire Dire Docks/World 3 Exit
* World 1-S4: Rice Beach

### Sky World

*Levels that take place high in the clouds. Very little to no solid ground here.*

* World 1-11: Rift Valley
* World 1-12: Sky Tower/World 8 Exit
* World 1-13: Sky Scurry
* World 1-14: Stormy Sprint
* World 1-F4: Castle in the Sky
* World 1-S5: Tiny-Huge Valley
* Yellow Switch Palace

### Ice Land

*Snowed-over wintery region with many icy slippery areas.*

* World 1-15: Frosty Flight
* World 1-16: Glacial Caverns
* World 1-17: Frozen Plateau
* World 1-F5: Frost Palace/World 6 Exit
* World 1-S6: Hammer Bro Hideout

### No Man's Land

*This region of the Mushroom Kingdom has started undergoing fusion of realities, resulting in various areas combining Mario's world with various other worlds. All levels in this section are Fusion levels.*

* World 1-17: Mushroom Forest
* World 1-18: Storm Canyon
* World 1-19: Isle of Mystery/World 5 Exit
* World 1-20: Foul Fungi
* World 1-F6: Fortress of Traps
* World 1-S7: Mystic Abyss
* World 1-S8: The Crossroads

### Koopa Kingdom

*Levels here include volcanic gauntlets and lots of lava pits. Expect to run into Bowser's military on the way to Bowser's castle.*

* World 1-22: Barren Badlands/World 9 Exit
* World 1-23: Bay of Flames
* World 1-F7: Dungeon O' Doom
* World 1-24: Savage Stretch
* World 1-25: Molten Underpass
* World 1-F8: Dry Bowser's Crypt
* World 1-WB: Hell Prominence

### Removed Levels

*Levels featured in earlier versions of Mushroom Kingdom Fusion but have been scrapped in recent updated versions of the game.*

* Airship Armada (originally part of Koopa Kingdom; merged with Bay of Flames)
* Nighttime Icecapades (originally part of Ice Land)
* Sandy Oasis (originally part of Desert Land)
* Sky World Medley (originally from Sky World; replaced with Stormy Sprint)
* Tiny/Huge Island (originally from Grass Land; revamped into Tiny-Huge Valley)
* Turtle Zone (originally from Ocean Side; revamped into Koopa Cove)
* Zero Falls (originally from Grass Land; demo level from the Hello Engine 3 Mario Editor)