Act 1: To Luminous Tree
Mario and Psy Guy are seen walking through the forest to Luminous Tree. Mario and Psy Guy are really admiring the beauty of the forest though. As they move on, they run into Piranha Plants and Squigs. Mario jumps on them while Psy Guy blasts them with psychic energy. After awhile, they reach a town that has houses in the trees.
"What is this place?" asks Mario.
"This is Tree Top Village. The houses are in the trees, so when any enemies that attack the village, the villagers will rush up to their houses and hide," replies Psy Guy.
"Hey, maybe we should go to the shop and get some things," Mario suggests.
"Let’s," agrees Psy Guy.
So they head to the shop and buy some Mushrooms, a sack to carry the items in, and what looks like a super hammer.
"That will be 45 coins please," the cashier says.
Mario hands him the coins and puts everything in the bag, but keeps the hammer with him.
"Let’s get moving. Luminous Tree is not too far," says Psy Guy. But before they head for the door, they hear screams from outside, so they hurry out and check it out.
When Mario and Psy Guy get outside they see everyone running around and up the trees. Psy Guy looks below and sees a spiky Hammer Bro. Psy Guy points him out and Mario looks. Mario isn't at all happy with what he sees. This is the same Hammer Bro that he saw in Peach's Castle. Then a villager trips and the Hammer Bro sees a chance to hammer someone. He throws his hammer, but it is stopped by psychic energy. The Hammer Bro looks around and looks at the shop entrance. He sees that Psy Guy is responsible, but he really gets mad when he sees Mario. Mario and Psy Guy jump down, and the villager that tripped gets up and hurries for shelter.
"Well, look who we have here. If I recall, you were the one who ambushed us back at the castle!"
"And if I'm not mistaken, you’re Spike the Hammer Bro," replies Mario.
"So, you know who I am? But I never got your name," Spike says.
"I am Mario. And this is Psy Guy. We were about to go to Luminous Tree and get the Star, but looks like you’re in our way!"
"Really? I was just about to head for the tree too. Taboo is already on his way. I am here to stop anyone who tries to pass!"
"Well you’ve got us to deal with, so let’s get started!" yells Psy Guy.
BOSS: Spike
Mario and Psy Guy charge at Spike. Spike swings his arm and throws a hammer. Mario hits it back at him with the hammer he bought. Spike jumps over his own hammer and charges toward them. Psy Guy fires an energy ball at him, but he jumps up high. Spike starts to spin in the air and come crashing down with his head down. Mario and Psy Guy look up and see the spike he has on his head. Mario jumps up and hammers him. Spike goes crashing down to the ground even faster and hits his head really hard. Psy Guy moved out of the way just in time too. Smoke flies everywhere when he hits the ground. When it clears, there is a big hole where he landed. Mario lands and sees this too.
Then the earth under Mario and Psy Guy's feet begins to rumble. They look down and jump out of the way. From under the ground, Spike comes up and starts to spin again, but this time, he throws hammers. Mario does a spin of his own and start to swat hammers back at Spike, but he blocks them with his own hammers. Psy Guy then focuses and stops Spike from spinning. Spike struggles to get free, but no avail. Mario jumps and hammers Spike again. Sprike crashes to the ground, but gets up. Now he is madder than ever. He starts to spin again, but this time, his hammers have spikes on them. Mario still deflects them, but misses one and it hits him.
Psy Guy has been firing energy balls at the spiky Hammer Bro and has hit every hammer sent his way. Spike now changes tactics. He is still spinning, but now he is charging toward Psy Guy. Psy Guy runs, but runs right into a dead end. Spike planned this so he could corner him.
"SAY NIGHTY NIGHT, YOU LITTLE SHY GUY!"
Spike raises his hammer, a spiky one at that, and is about to hammer him when he is hit in the back of the head with a hammer. He turns and saw Mario. While Spike is distracted by Mario's appearance, Psy Guy fires an energy ball at him. The ball explodes on impact and Spike falls.
Mario and Psy Guy look at each other and smile for a job well done at defeating one of Merlevil's minions, the powerhouse at that. Mario and Psy Guy tell everyone that it us okay to come out. Everyone comes out and congratulates them. They disperse, but from the corner where Spike fainted, he is seen reaching into his shell and pulling out a communicator.
"Taboo, I have failed."
"WHAT?!" says Taboo from the communicator. "WHAT HAPPENED?!
"Well, that punk from Peach's Castle ended up on the island, and he teamed up with a Shy Guy that has psychic energy."
"What are their names?"
"Uhh... Oh, Mario and Psy Guy."
"Hmmmm. Report back to Merlevil and tell him your news. I shall be back later, hopefully with the Pure Star."
Spike hangs up and flips back to Merlevil's Castle.
Meanwhile, Mario and Psy Guy are seen walking through another forest that will take them to the Luminous Tree. On the way they meet more enemies, and beat them. But Mario has other things on his mind, like Luigi, Yoshi, and Peach. He even is concerned for Bowser; even though they are enemies, they teamed up in SMRPG and SPM. Anyway, he is worried for them. Psy Guy notices he hasn’t been talking much.
"You okay?" he asked.
Mario hangs his head. "I'm just worried about my bro, Yoshi, and Peach."
"Don't worry, we will find them! This I promise."
Mario smiles and looks ahead, and sees a light. "Hey, there's the exit!"
Mario points and they both rush to the exit. When they get out, all they can see is a giant tree.
"WOW! That tree is way bigger than the one I saw back at Boggly Woods!" exclaims Mario.
Mario rushes toward the tree. Psy Guy is about to advance as well but stops. He pauses and closes his eyes. He then opens them quickly. "MARIO! IT’S A TRAP!" yells Psy Guy. Mario stops and turns around. Then a giant, black hand comes out of the ground and grabs Mario.
"MARIO!"
"WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
From under the ground, a black Boo in a top hat comes out. The arm of the giant hand is attached to him. Psy Guy is mad.
"WHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I knew this trap would work! Although, I was trying to get you too... Psy Guy!" says the Boo. Psy Guy jumps a little. How did that Boo know his name? "I knew you would come, so, I waited for the right time, and BAM! I would pop out and stop you!
Psy Guy wonders how he knew all this. How did he know he and Mario were coming? He sees Mario struggling to get free. Psy Guy wonders if the Boo is able to use psychic powers. Psy Guy tries his own in an attempt to free Mario. But the Boo counterattacks with his own psychic energy. How? He is a lot tougher than Spike... Wait a second...
Psy Guy remembers what Merlon said. Those were Merlevil's minions. Taboo the Boo. Kemak the Magikoopa. Spike the Hammer Bro. And Mechanic Guy.
Psy Guy remembers that Merlevil hase four minions, and Spike and Taboo are two of them.
"You must be Taboo! Minion of Merlevil!" Psy Guy says. The Boo is surprised he knew his name, and his master.
"Wow, you are smarter than you look. Yes, I am Taboo. And this little hand right here is actually a mecha hand built by Mechanic Guy. You really think a Boo has hands this big?" says Taboo. "Anyway, Spike called. He said you beat him. So, I decided to take care of you myself! Now, watch as I crush Mario!"
Taboo uses the mecha hand to squeeze Mario. Mario turns purple. Psy Guy doesn't know what to do. If he tries to loosen the hand’s grip, Taboo will fight back. Then, Psy Guy forms a ball of energy and fires it at Taboo. Taboo wasn't expecting this. He is hit right in the face. He loosens his grip and Mario jumps right out. When he lands, he gasps for air.
"You all right?" asks Psy Guy.
"Yeah, I should be," Mario replies.
Taboo recovers and gives them a nasty look. He then lifts his hand and out comes two drops of dark energy. They hit the ground and form into a Koopatrol and a Dry Bones. "Whahahahahahaha! Let’s see you get past these guys! While you guys play, I'll be looking for the Pure Star!" exclaims Taboo. He heads toward the tree and goes right through it.
Mario and Psy Guy are face to face with the dark forms of a Koopatrol and a Dry Bones. Mario grabs his hammer and both he and Psy Guy charge in.
MINIBOSS: Dark Koopatrol and Dark Dry Bones
Mario heads for the Koopatrol and whacks the living daylights out of it, but the Koopatrol acts fast and charges headfirst into Mario's stomach. Mario falls back and is in pain. Psy Guy and the Dry Bones square off. The Dry Bones throws some bones at Psy Guy, but Psy Guy uses his powers to stop the bones and fuse them into one big bone. He then controls the bone and makes it hit the Dry Bones into the ground. Dry Bones then grabs his bone and breaks free. He then swings it and hits Psy Guy.
Mario and the Koopatrol are now hammering each other with powerful attacks. Mario then swings his hammer like a golf club and hits the Koopatrol into a tree, spike first. The Koopatrol struggles to get free, but Mario then grabs him and starts to swing him.
"HEADS UP, PSY GUY!" yells Mario. He throws the Koopatrol at Psy Guy, who moves and uses his powers to make the Koopatrol go faster. The Koopatrol hits the Dry Bones and they both go crashing into a tree. The Dry Bones shatters everywhere, and the Koopatrol is unconscious.
"That wasn't so bad," comments Mario.
"Not too bad, but not easy," explains Psy Guy. "Now let’s head for the Pure Star!"
They both head for the tree and head inside. But the Dry Bones and Koopatrol start to melt away, leaving behind dark energy, and that energy heads for Luminous Tree.
Mario and Psy Guy have just entered Luminous Tree. They look everywhere and see Punies, but these little guys don't have yellow balls on their heads, they have green balls. They walk around the tree and are greeted by every Puni they see. When they finally reach the top, they find the Puni Elder, who has a red ball and is a male.
"Welcome to our tree. I am the Puni Elder. What can I do you for?" The Elder sounds very calm.
"Yes, umm... We are trying to look for a Pure Star, and someone told us that it fell into this tree. Do you know anything about that?" asks Mario.
"Hmmmm... I do think I remember seeing one of the Punies showing me one the other day, so I told him to take it down to the bottom of the tree," the Elder tells Mario. "Why do you need it?"
"Let’s just say... it is a matter of life or death," explains Psy Guy.
"Very well, you can take me secret staircase." The Elder moves back and jumps a little. Then the floor where he was standing opens and reveals a staircase. Mario and Psy Guy head down and find lamps everywhere, which are needed because as they advance further down, it grows increasingly dark. Mario grabs a lamp and they continue. They finally made it to a doorway, but they hear laughter from the other side. It sounds very familiar to them. Mario and Psy Guy get worried looks on their faces. They look at each other and nod. They then charge through and find Taboo holding the Pure Star.
"AT LAST!" Taboo yells triumphantly. "I FOUND THE STAR! Now we just have nine more to go, and we can unleash the monster once again!"
"HEY! YOU’D BETTER GIVE US THAT STAR, OR WE WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!" yells Mario.
Taboo turns around and sees them. He then gets an evil smirk on his face. "So, you were able to defeat those dark forms. Well, I would like to congratulate you, but you didn't beat them," Taboo explains. Both Mario and Psy Guy have confused expressions on their faces. "You might want to look behind you."
They turn and see dark energy before them. "What in the-"
"World is that thing?"
Taboo lets out a very evil laugh. "This mecha hand isn't an ordinary mecha hand. Mechanic Guy built this bad boy from dark energy he found. Now that dark energy can form into anything or control anyone!"
The dark energy starts to jiggle and forms into what looks like a Hammer Bro with spikes.
"That... that..." stutters Psy Guy," that looks like..."
"Spike. Yes, he does. Now, before I return this to Merlevil, I shall defeat you. Once I do, we won't have any trouble finding the rest of the Pure Stars!"
"Psy Guy, we have to defeat this Boo!" Mario says. Psy Guy agrees and gets into fighting position. Both teams charge and start the battle.
BOSS: Taboo and Dark Spike
Taboo reaches out with his mecha hand and grabs Psy Guy. He puts his hand in front of Dark Spike. He starts to swing his hand and is about to smash Psy Guy, but before he can, Psy Guy closes his eyes and Dark Spike is stopped. He is lifted into the air and sent toward Mario. Mario pulls his hammer back and swings at Dark Spike. He is hit and sent into the wall. While distracted by Dark Spike’s beating, Psy Guy starts to take control of Taboo, and throws him into a wall. Taboo slowly gets back up and turns invisible. Mario grabs the lamp and shines it high. Taboo can be sent under the light and Psy Guy hits him with an energy ball. Taboo falls down and is mad.
Dark Spike charges toward Mario but Mario hammers him into the ground. Then Psy Guy finishes him off with an energy blast. The dark energy forms back into particals and heads for Taboo's mecha hand. The hand glows and grows bigger. Taboo charges toward them and slaps them into a wall. The hand then forms an orb of dark energy. Psy Guy quickly reacts by forming his own energy ball. They both fire and the orbs explode.
Mario gets up and jumps on Taboo while he is distracted from the explosion. Taboo falls and counterattacks by grabbing Mario and throwing him down to the ground. Taboo then surprises Mario and Psy Guy with an unusual attack. His hat floats up and seven cards come out. These aren't any ordinary cards, these are elemental cards. Each card has a picture, of fire, water, earth, nature, ice, wind, and electricity. Taboo taps the earth card and the card heads into the ground and causes an earthquake. Psy Guy and Mario try to endure it, but no avail. Taboo then taps the electricity card and Mario and Psy Guy are hit with lightning.
With only four cards left, Taboo chooses the water card and it fires a stream of water at Mario and Psy Guy with full force. They can't take much more. Taboo taps the nature card and a ball of trees, mud, and bushes is fired at them. It explodes and sends trees, mud, and leaves everywhere. Mario and Psy Guy are now hurting really bad. With only the fire and ice cards left, he chooses the fire card and sends a wave of fire that burns Mario and Psy Guy. They are down to their last breath now. With only the ice card left, Taboo taps it and a beam of ice is shot. Mario and Psy Guy get hurt and frozen. Now, for the grand finale, Taboo summons the seven cards again and they start to spin and form a beam. Taboo laughs at how fun this will finish them off.
"FIRE THE ELEMENTAL BEAM!" yells Taboo. The beam is fired and Mario and Psy Guy think they are doomed. Then Psy Guy tries one last trick. He closes his eyes and the ices starts to jiggle. The ice breaks and the ice shards surround Mario and Psy Guy. The beam is close, but Psy Guy waves his arm and half of the ice shards head toward the beam. They stop the beam and it explodes.
Taboo thinks he destroyed them, but thought wrong. Psy Guy sends the rest of the ice shards toward Taboo. He sees them approaching and gets an anime sweatdrop. The sharp ice shards pierce Taboo. Mario then grabs his hammer and rushes after the shards. After all the shards are finished, Mario jumps and hammers Taboo to the ground. The mecha hand hits the ground first, and starts to let off sparks. From both the ice shards and the fall he took, the hand can't take much more. Taboo turns to it and gets another anime sweatdrop. "Oh crud."
The arm explodes and Taboo blasts off through the tree and into the sky. He then comes crashing down along with parts of the hand and hits the ground like a meteor. Taboo is completely dazed. He slowly gets up and gives Mario and Psy Guy a mean look.
"Just you wait! I will have my revenge on you! I SWEAR!" states Taboo. He disappears in his own fashion.
"We beat him, but we didn't get the Star," Mario says sadly. Psy Guy looks up and sees an object falling.
"Oh, you think?" Psy Guy says. He points up and Mario sees the falling object. It gets closer and both Mario and Psy Guy know what is falling. Psy Guy uses his powers and grabs the Star with his powers.
"All right! WE GOT THE FIRST PURE STAR!" Mario and Psy Guy yell triumphantly.
With the first Star in their hands,
Mario and Psy Guy happily head back to Merlon's place and show them their
prize, but not without saying goodbye to the Punies.
"So let me get this straight," Merlevil says, a stern look on his face. "You both lost to this Mario guy AND lost the Pure Star?"
Taboo and Spike look at each other and sadly hang their heads. Well, the whole body in Taboo's case. "Yes," they both say.
Merlevil gets angry, but gets more angry when Mechanic Guy shows up. "WHAT DO YOU WANT?! CAN'T YOU SEE I AM REALLY UPSET?" yells Merlevil.
Mechanic Guy steps back a little after hearing Merlevil's yell. Merlevil gets really angry when anyone fails him. "I was just wondering if I could go out and search for the next Pure Star. I got my buddy all set and ready."
Merlevil calms down and closes his eyes. He then sees a Star. He sees it under a lake. "Ah, it looks like Merlon has sent a Pure Star to Lake Luminous. I am giving you full responsibility for this missionm Mechanic Guy. Don't fail me!"
"You got it, sir!" Mechanic Guy says confidently.
He disappears and Taboo mutters something
under his breath. "Let’s hope this one doesn't explode like that hand you
built me."
Somewhere in the dense forest, a figure is seen. This figure is green. He slowly gets up and looks at his surroundings.
"Where am I?"