Game Story

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Chapter 1-Madness in the Mushroom Kingdom
Summary: The game starts in the Mushroom Kingdom as Mario appears from a pipe close to Peach's Castle, upon reaching the castle, a cutscene plays. The scene shows Bowser in front of the castle and has kidnapped Peach with the help of the Broodals. As Mario looks closer, he realizes that Tiara is on Peach's head. He then realizes what this means and Cappy appears, telling Mario that there isn't time to explain, and Cappy returns to Mario's hat, to Bowser's anger, this then activates a boss fight with Bowser. After fighting with Bowser, he jumps back and escapes onto his ship with the princess and flies away. Cappy explains what has happened with Bowser kidnapping both the princess and his sister, and realizes that they need to follow Bowser. He then presses a controller and the Odyssey appears. First, Luigi gives Mario a cool new item, the Encyclopedia, which helps Mario keep track of his play time, document his captures and enemies, and much more. Then they are ready to follow Bowser, but then he comes back to throw the Odyssey into the distance, which he then does to Mario and Cappy.

Part 1-Fossil Fools
After being launched through the air, Mario and Cappy, as well as the Odyssey, will crash in the Cascade Kingdom. More specifically, the central area of the kingdom, Fossil Falls. After looking at the Odyssey, Cappy will notice that it is completely destroyed, and needs a certain battery to fix it. This will start the first mission where Mario must travel to the top of Fossil Falls (Where he battled Madame Broode in the first game) to find the battery that Cappy had lost. Mario has to reach the area, in a manner almost identical to in Odyssey. At the top, Mario notices the battery is being held by a Nabbit, who taunts Mario and says that if he wants the battery, he will have to catch him. Nabbit then jumps off to another area and leaves a power moon. Mario will obtain the power moon which creates a vine bridge to a new area in the Cascade Kingdom. Downfall Jungle.

Part 2-Chase through the Jungle
Upon crossing the vine bridge, Mario receives a short cutscene showing Downfall Jungle, a dense, temperate rain forest full of dinosaurs and other enemies. Cappy will notice nabbit's footprints on the ground which give away where he went. The area must be crossed with the help of several new captures, including the Bramballs, which are similar to Uproots, and long neck dinosaurs, which help Mario reach much higher platforms. He must also watch out for Pterodactyls, which will swoop down and attack him if he stays put for too long. At the edge of the jungle, Nabbit will be standing in a small battlefield, which activates a miniboss fight. If Mario beats him, he drops a power moon and flees again.

Part 3-Among the Prehistoric Plains
Next, Mario will have to chase Nabbit through a vast flat plain that is crawling with dinosaurs known as Drizzle Desert Canyon. The only objective here is to reach the other side of the plains without being attacked by the T-Rexes. Along the way, Mario will also come across a small town, inhabited by a species known as Cascadians. This is also where the Crazy Cap of the kingdom is now located. At the end of this, Mario must reach a ledge high above by using a new dinosaur capture that lets him break through walls. Once out of the canyon, Cappy spies a long river that reaches all the way to a gigantic tree. Mario has to go down this river slide, avoiding enemies along the way, after this long ride, the river will spill out into a lake known as Clear River Marsh. Mario will see Nabbit again, who flees further into the marsh. This marsh will lead Mario south to a final new area known as South Fossil Falls. An area similar to the first part of the Cascade Kingdom, with an enormous tree in the middle. Inside the giant tree, there is a puzzle which Mario will have to solve. It involves using different types of dinosaurs to scale to the top of the tree. Once he reaches the top, a warp pipe will take him to the tree canopy.

Part 4-Tree Top Trouble
Once Mario reaches the top, he will find himself on a large tree canopy. Nabbit is standing there with his back turned. When he notices Mario he freaks out and tries to flee, only to realize he is trapped on the tree. All of a sudden, the the leaves of the tree open up and a giant creature comes up from inside the tree. It is an enormous T-Rex like creature. It uses its tail to smack Nabbit out of the way, causing it to drop the battery. The T-Rex will roar at Mario starting a boss fight. After defeating Tree Rex, Mario will get another multi moon and the battery back, letting him go back and fix the Odyssey. Afterwards, Cappy will tell Mario that Bowser has been spotted in the Luncheon Kingdom, and he will set course for there.

Part 1-Return to Mt. Volbono
Mario and Cappy will fly across the sky, using up all the energy in the Odyssey to crash down at Mt. Volbono, where Bowser had been spotted. The Odyssey, used up falls into a pit of lava, leaving Mario and Cappy without a vehicle. Cappy will exclaim that they need to find a new vehicle, but finding Bowser is more important as of now. He will instruct Mario to go to Peronza Plaza to ask the residents if they have seen Bowser. Once Mario gets there, he can ask around and the residents will tell him that Bowser was seen here with Peach to find the Broodals, who were visiting on vacation, and then he flew off to the Cloud Kingdom. Cappy tells Mario that there is a very specific part that needs to be added to the Odyssey to bring it to the Cloud Kingdom. But first things first, Mario needs a new ship. The mayor of Peronza Plaza will tell Mario that there is a mechanic at the foot of Mt. Volbono who could make Mario a new ship. Mario can find a small shop at the foot of the volcano and the mechanic inside will agree to make Mario a new ship. After a cutscene, Mario will enter his new ship, but then, disaster strikes. Cookatiel swoops down and grabs the ship.