Super Mario Advance (book)
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| Super Mario Advance | |
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| Series | Game Boy Advance |
| Writer | Craig Wessel[1] |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
| Original language | English |
| Release dates |  September 2001[1] September 2001[1] |
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Super Mario Advance is a gamebook based on the Super Mario Bros. 2 portion of the game of the same name. It is the first gamebook in the Game Boy Advance book series. The book was written by Craig Wessel, and it was released in September 2001. It stars Luigi, Mario, Princess Peach, and Toad and details their adventures through the land of Subcon as they attempt to go and defeat Wart. It is an interactive gamebook that allows the reader to make choices that affect the outcome of the story as Mario and his friends battle Wart and his minions to rescue the people of Subcon.
The book begins with Mario having a dream about climbing a staircase, until he reaches the top, which has a closed door. Mario opens the door, and he sees the land of Subcon before him. The next day, he goes on a picnic with Toad, Luigi, and Peach, and they all find a door that leads them to the world of Subcon once again. However, their book A Traveler's Guide to Subcon, which they randomly find, gets blown away. The heroes, minus Peach, debate over who should retrieve the guidebook. The reader then selects a character to do so, starting the adventure.
As with Chooseco's Choose Your Own Adventure gamebooks, after selecting a character, the reader must flip to different pages throughout the book to correspond with the choice they pick at the bottom of each page, until they reach one of the endings.
If the reader gets a bad ending, the book tells the reader to flip to another page, where the actual ending is described: Mario, Peach, Toad, or Luigi wakes up and wonders what happened. However, something then happens that causes them to get out of bed and start their day, forgetting about their dream as the people of Subcon lose hope and are doomed to be under Wart's control.
The book's good ending involves reaching Wart for the final battle. However, Mario, Toad, and Luigi are easily trapped by Wart's bubbles. While this occurs, Peach manages to retrieve a vegetable from the Dream Machine (simply called a vegetable machine) and throws it into Wart's mouth, to which he reacts negatively. She does this several more times, dodging Wart's bubbles all the while, and he eventually disappears. A voice representing the people of Subcon tells them that it is within their power to grant them all a wish, but the group of four simply smiles and Mario tells them that they do not need a wish as they have each other, to which the voice responds that their names will be forever remembered in Subcon and they await to meet them in their dreams again. After they awaken, the group members meet at Mario's house and talk about their adventure, but Mario receives a letter from a messenger stating "It's not over yet — I'll be back! Signed, Wart." Mario proclaims that Wart does not stand a chance as long as they are together, and they toss the letter in the trash to celebrate their victory.
Blurb[edit]
Choose Your Own Adventure!
Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Peach are about to set off on their adventures—and you get to choose them! Help Mario and his friends try to save the land of Subcon and defeat the evil Wart.
Choose your adventure wisely—but remember, there's more than just one ending. You get to decide what happens every time you read the book!
