"When you're a down on your luck plumber, born on the wrong side of Brooklyn, you start to take appreciation for what life gives you, and hold on to what you got until the felt on your white gloves starts to chafe. For me, that meant my brother, my business, my boots an' my dame. I couldn't believe I lucked into her. She's a real peach, sweet and soft. I don't know what she saw in a guy like me. But life has a funny way of throwin' the blue shells at ya'. Turns out, this scaly creep wanted her badly enough to take her, some low-life that's been after her before. This ain't the first time I've had to rescue her from some hopped-up gorilla, but this lizard's on a whole other level. Those toadies at the cop shop tell me she went with him willingly, that she's in another castle now, but I don't believe 'em for a moment. It'll be me against the world, Koopah and army a' mooks and goombahs, but I'd do anything for my gal'. Still, I got a nagging voice telling me, like a distant echo in the back of my mind; 'Mario, what if she really did go with him? This seems to happen a lot more than it oughta. A dame like her is too good for a low-rent plumber like you.' But the thought of her in his arms...No time to doubt. Time to call up the ol' crew--Luigi, Yoshi and a few other friends--and tell 'em, 'Boys...



Let's-a-go. We got a princess to rescue.' "