Mushroom Kingdom
The is a fictional principality in Nintendo's "Mario" series. It is the setting of most main-series "Mario" games with an inconsistent presentation. There is no established canon regarding the topography of the "Mario" universe, and many areas are not certain to be part of the Mushroom Kingdom. Overview. The Mushroom Kingdom is a principality ruled by Princess Peach as head of state. In the instruction manual of "Super Mario Bros." (1985), Peach debuts as the princess of the kingdom. Toadsworth is her steward. A minority of humans like Princess Peach, Mario, and Luigi live in the  kingdom. It is mostly populated by Toad citizens. There are colonies of Yoshis, Goombas, and Koopas. Other creatures in Peach's territory include Boos. The kingdom's most famous currency is various colors of coins. Dispersed across the land are brown brick blocks and golden "question-mark blocks", which may contain coins or power-ups. The main mode of transportation in the Mushroom Kingdom is warp pipes. Some pipes merely travel a short distance (such as over and underground), while some pipes are linked to entirely different worlds. New warp tools and areas have been introduced in games since including  the secret "warp whistle" in "Super Mario Bros. 3" and cannons in "New Super Mario Bros.". Locations. Princess Peach's Castle is a large Central European-style red-and-white castle decorated with a stained-glass above the main doors representing the princess. Inhabited by the princess and her Toad retainers, the castle first appeared in-game in "Princess Toadstool’s Castle Run" (1990) but is really depicted in "Super Mario RPG" (1996) and is the central hub in "Super Mario 64". Its design has remained relatively consistent since, in games such as "Mario Kart 64", "Paper Mario", "", "Super Mario  Galaxy", and "Super Mario Odyssey" (where it is the Mushroom Kingdom's capital city), and the "Mario Kart" series. Peach's Castle is generally located in the center of the kingdom. It can serve as the final world or as headquarters, as a navigation hub or a feature access point. Mario's house is the home of Mario and his brother Luigi. It is located close from Peach's castle. Toad Town is the capital of the Mushroom Kingdom as seen in the "Paper Mario" and "Mario & Luigi" series. It is generally located next to Peach's castle. Several species  reside in the city, in particular Toads. Bowser's Castle is the abode of Bowser, arch-villain of the "Super Mario" video games. The castle has often been destroyed and rebuilt and appears different in each game that it appears in. It is usually filled with lava pits, booby traps, and Bowser's minions. Variations on Bowser's Castle appear in nearly every "Mario" game, and every "Mario Kart" game features at least one track titled "Bowser's Castle". Sometimes Bowser takes over Peach's castle and makes it look like his own. Landscapes. The Mushroom Kingdom has been revamped  several times over the course of the "Mario" games, similar to the kingdom of Hyrule in "The Legend of Zelda" series. In "Super Mario Bros.", for example, the Mushroom Kingdom encompasses 32 different levels of varying terrain. "Super Mario Bros. 3" expands on this concept with a map screen to add topography to the kingdom. The games do not follow these landscape variants exactly, but still are recurring themes in the "Mario" series. For example, even though "Super Mario World" is set in Dinosaur Land, its geography was very similar to the Mushroom Kingdom. The paintings that lead to the  different levels in "Super Mario 64" follow this idea. Blogger Natalie Grigson noted that the grassy fields, mountains, waterfalls, and red-and-white mushrooms seen in the area around Princess Peach's Castle best compares to Oslo, Norway. Section::::"New Super Mario Bros. U". "New Super Mario Bros. U" depicts the Mushroom Kingdom as a land composed by 8 worlds: Section::::"Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle". "Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle" depicts the Mushroom Kingdom as a land composed by 5 worlds. In other games. The "Super Smash Bros." series includes four different arenas based on the Mushroom Kingdom. The original "Super  Smash Bros." includes the unlockable stage "Mushroom Kingdom" which is graphically based on the original "Super Mario Bros." "Super Smash Bros. Melee" includes a re-vamped "Mushroom Kingdom" which omitted piranha plants and warp pipes from the original stage, and its stage "Mushroom Kingdom II" is based on the Subcon setting of "Super Mario Bros. 2". "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" includes the level "Mushroomy Kingdom", which primarily appears as an abandoned, derelict version of "World 1-1" of "Super Mario Bros." In "Super Smash Bros. for Wii U", the "Mushroom Kingdom U" stage is based on "New Super Mario Bros.  U". Reception. The Mushroom Kingdom is depicted as a location from the "Mario" series. The fictional land will be in the Super Nintendo World park. GamesRadar+ wrote a humorous article listing the "Top 7 most disturbing things about the Mushroom Kingdom", listing facts such as "the kingdom's greatest hero is a dumpy plumber", "the political system is a complete mess", and "everything is alive" as examples. Animation Domination High-Def ran a short titled "Real Plumber in Mario World." "Game Informer" lauded the fact that "Super Mario Maker" allowed players to "build the Mushroom Kingdom of [their] dreams", writing  since Mario first won the hearts of gamers across the world in the early '80s, fans have been sketching up their own ideas for Mario" levels on paper and imagining what sort of worlds they could create for the iconic plumber to explore." Theyab Al-Tamimi created a comedy fanbook, "Science of the Mushroom Kingdom", exploring the species of flora in the Mushroom Kingdom; this was later recommended to readers by "Kotaku". Screen Rant stated that the Mushroom Kingdom "is a place full of mystery". A fan-created mod of "" titled "Super Skyrim Bros" turns the game environment into the  Mushroom Kingdom.