New Super Mario Bros. Fallen Overworld: Redux

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***New Super Mario Bros. x PAC-MAN: Fallen Overworld Redux***, also called ***NSMBPACFO***, ***New Super Marios Bros. 7*** and ***PAC-MAN World: Fallen Overworld***, is a crossover, the seventh main installment of the *New Super Mario Bros.* series and fifth main installment in the *PAC-MAN World* series developed by Goomba Games for the Nintendo Switch. With a Nintendo Switch Online membership, players can play Cooperatively with three other players online and up to eight players in a Multiplayer mode.

It was released in 2023 with the Japanese version releasing on April 28th, the North American version releasing on May 12th, the European version releasing on May 19th and then a worldwide release on May 26th. Nintendo distributed the game in Asia and Morningwood Arts distributed the game worldwide, as per the partnership between the two companies. It was developed using the Goomba game engine.

*Fallen Overworld* follows the Mario brothers as King Bowser kidsnaps Princess Peach once again to marry her and inherit the Mushroom Kingdom to rule. The Mario brothers go to rescue her, but after doing so, experience a very noticeable change in the Overworld. The Mario brothers and Princess Peach learn of an ancient threat that was imprisoned long ago and seeks to cause chaos across the Overworld.

## Characters

 File:PacmanSSB4.png**Pac-Man** | A well-known Pac-Person, Pac-Man has always saved the Pac-Village from the Ghosts and anyone else who appear to be "bad guys" to the Village. Now suddenly lost and found within the Mushroom Kingdom, Pac-Man joins forces with the Mario bros. to fight against the Fallen Emperor and his army.

## Gameplay

### Allies

Occasionally during gameplay, the Mario and Wario bros. will come across Toads fighting against Fallen Toads, and after Act 5, Goombas and Koopa Troopas are also encountered fighting their Fallen counterparts through the Kingdom.

When players come across these Toads, Goombas and Koopa Troopas, they can recruit them as Allies and instruct them to do various actions, except directly walking off edges. *You cannot kill them, they're friends too!*. For an Ally to do an action, the player needs to pick up them and use their D-Pad to select an action. D-Pad Up tells them distract a Fallen enemy, tapping D-Pad Right tells them to locate an Item or Power-Up for the player, holding D-Pad Right tells them to locate an Item or Power-Up and use it on themselves, D-Pad Down tells them to take out a Fallen enemy by bumping into them, sacrificing themselves, and D-Pad Left tells them to follow the player. To recruit an Ally, players simply jump on their heads; this would not kill them. Ally recruitment does not occur until the completion of Act 5.

### Enemies

*Fallen Overworld* introduces a new type of enemy: the Fallen who are also essentially just the same enemies as any other *Super Mario* enemy. However, a distinctive difference is that the Fallen appear to be corrupted, glowing with a purple aura and are stronger than their un-corrupted counterparts.

* **Fallen Toad**: formerly residents of the Mushroom Kingdom, these Toads are no longer the friendly little guys you know and love. Now as Fallen, they serve only one master, the Fallen Emperor.
* **Fallen Goomba**: once under the service of Bowser, these Goombas are now corrupted and under the control of the Fallen Emperor. With Fallen energy, they can survive more than one stomp to the head.
* **Fallen Koopa Troopa**: As corrupted servants of the Emperor, the Koopa Troopas have more stronger shells and are much more intelligent than before, using their shells to their advantage.
* **Fallen Piranha Plant**: When the Fallen Emperor escaped, he released Fallen energy into the Overworld and eventually this energy corrupted many Piranha Plants in the Kingdom.
* **Fallen Buzzy Beetle**: under the influence of Fallen energy, the Buzzy Beetles no longer recognize the Bowser as their leader and instead look towards the Fallen Emperor to lead and command them.
* **Fallen Dry Bones**: like most of the Koopa Troop, the Dry Bones species became corrupted with the Fallen, altering their physical appearances and becoming more stronger.

All other enemies encountered in the series also appear, however they are Allies.

## Modes

In *Fallen Overworld*, there are three modes that players will see upon getting to the Main Menu.

* Story Mode - Only allows one player
* Cooperative Mode - Unlocked after completion of Story Mode Act 5
* Multiplayer Mode - Unlocked after completion of Story Mode Act 6

### Story Mode

The Story Mode is a one-player only mode where players will be able to play through the *Fallen Overworld* story. In total, there are eight Acts.

The story starts off with Bowser invading Peach's castle, causing an explosion and breaking in, eventually kidnapping Peach from her chambers and leaving quickly as possible as he always did countless times before.

After sending the Mario brothers to rescue Peach, Toadsworth orders other Toads to repair the damage caused by Bowser and becomes very concerned upon finding out that the dungeon collapsed and immediately reassigns most of the Toads to repair it before a very dangerous prisoner escapes.

* Act 1
* Act 2: Nightfall
* Act 3
* Act 4
* Act 5: Alliance
* Act 6
* Act 7
* Act 8: Finale

### Cooperative Mode

After completing Act 5, the Cooperative Mode will unlock.

### Multiplayer Mode

After completing Act 6, the Multiplayer Mode will unlock.

## Trivia

* The "Fallen Starman" and "Fallen Coin" resemble most of items and Power-Ups corrupted by the Fallen energy.
* The idea that the Fallen Emperor wants to use the power of the Golden Fruit parodies Thanos using the Infinity Stones as the power source of the Infinity Gauntlet.