“Mushroom Kingdom - Most Famous of All Kingdoms” In-game brochure , Super Mario Odyssey

The Mushroom Kingdom is the primary setting of the Mario franchise. It is ruled by Princess Peach and its appearance changes from game to game. Despite this, the kingdom consists of many similar recurring landscapes, such as plains, deserts, islands, forests, mountains, snowy areas, and volcanoes.

Despite being mostly peaceful, the Mushroom Kingdom is often the victim of numerous catastrophes, which include multiple attempted takeovers (mostly at the hands of Bowser), awakenings of great evil, a few pandemics such as the Blorbs, ruining of several festivals and traditions, alien invasions, and even the near destruction of the kingdom itself. Nearly all of these disasters lead to Peach getting herself in danger, leaving Mario and Luigi, the kingdom's heroes, as the ones to save her. While Bowser is mainly focused on conquest, other villains may try to destroy the kingdom and its inhabitants, leading him to team up with the heroes at times.

Overview [ edit ]

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. Mario and Luigi in

In Super Mario Bros. and the New Super Mario Bros. games, the Mushroom Kingdom is often portrayed as having eight differently-themed worlds (usually grasslands, desert, snow, etc.) that Mario has to travel through in order to rescue Peach from Bowser. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, where it is World 1[1], is the first game to show civilian life in the Mushroom Kingdom, something continued later in games such as the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi franchises. Mario Kart 64 and later Mario Kart games reveal that the Mushroom Kingdom has metropolitan areas in the forms of Toad's Turnpike, Mushroom City and other urban courses.

In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, the Mushroom Kingdom, most commonly referred to as "Mushroomland", is a central plot point in the show; the Mushroom Kingdom is apparently under the influence of King Koopa in the show. Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool spend the bulk of the series' episodes searching for someone or something that could free it from his grasp.

Leaping Lizards describes the Mushroom Kingdom as being deep under the surface of the Earth, which is used as an explanation for how Mario and Luigi can reach the Kingdom through a series of pipes in Brooklyn.[2]

The Mushroom Kingdom has inspired several stages in the Super Smash Bros. series. Two of these, both called Mushroom Kingdom, are based off of the kingdom as it appeared in the original Super Mario Bros., with usable Warp Pipes and POW Blocks in Super Smash Bros., and ? Blocks and Brick Blocks in Melee. Despite its name, Mushroom Kingdom II from Melee is based off of Subcon as it appeared in Super Mario Bros. 2. All three of these stages feature 3-D versions of stage elements, such as blocks and platforms, while any characters are portrayed as flat 2-D images.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee's Adventure Mode, the first stage is also called Mushroom Kingdom, where players have to get past Goombas, Koopa Troopas, and a team of Yoshis to reach Princess Peach's Castle, where Peach and either Mario or Luigi are fought. Two Toads also appear, one at the Yoshi arena and one at the endpoint.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl features Mushroomy Kingdom. This stage indicates that in the alternate world of Super Smash Bros., the Mushroom Kingdom was abandoned after Super Mario Bros. Familiar structures are now old, worn-down ruins and the entire stage appears as a barren desert and cave. The stage depicts replicated versions of either World 1-1 or World 1-2 when selected.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, a stage called Mushroom Kingdom U, based on the worlds from New Super Mario Bros. U, is featured.

The Mushroom Kingdom appears as a mushroom-shaped island in Super Mario Odyssey, although smaller than its previous appearances.

General information [ edit ]

Government [ edit ]

The Mushroom Kingdom is an absolute monarchy ruled by Princess Peach. The kingdom's capital is Toad Town. Here, Princess Peach resides in her castle. Early material also includes her father, the kindly Mushroom King, who is mentioned to rule alongside her. However, he does not seem to perform any administrative functions, and his presence is largely forgotten in the series.

Princess Peach keeps a hoard of Toad guards at her castle. However, Mario, Luigi, and many other heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom have fought to save it and its princess countless times before. Currently, Princess Peach staffs and supports Toad Houses in major towns near Toad Town.

Demographics [ edit ]

The Mushroom Kingdom's population is very vast, consisting of hundreds of species. Most prevalent are Toads, Koopa Troopas, Goombas, Yoshis, and Boos. Aside from Princess Peach and the Mario Bros., there appears to be very few humans living in the Mushroom Kingdom.

Currency [ edit ]

The current design of a Coin.

Main article: Coin

The Mushroom Kingdom mainly uses coins for tender, referred to as Mushroom Coins in the Beanbean Kingdom. Coins are often found scattered throughout the Kingdom. The coin has undergone several changes throughout the years; the three most prominent coin designs are the blank design, the star design and the "|" design.

Below is a table detailing the value of each type of coin.

Type of Coin Value Gold Coin 1 Red Coin 2 in Super Mario 64, Super Mario 64 DS and Mario Kart Tour, 1 in other games Blue Coin 5 in Super Mario 64, Super Mario 64 DS and Mario Kart Tour, 1 in other games 10-Coin 10 30-Coin 30 50-Coin 50 Giant coin 100 Crown Coin 1000

Cities, towns, and castles [ edit ]

Overall

Toad Town - The capital city of the Mushroom Kingdom Peach's Castle - The capital building of the Mushroom Kingdom

Mario Bros.' House - Mario and Luigi's house

Luigi's NEW Mansion - A mansion owned by Luigi

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Mushroom Way - A northern road between Mario's Pad and Mushroom Castle.

Bandit's Way - A southern road home to outlaw monsters.

Paper Mario series

Mario & Luigi series

Mario Kart series

Mushroom City - A giant city with many buildings Mushroom Bridge - A bridge near Mushroom City Moonview Highway - A highway in Mushroom City



Appearances [ edit ]

Names in other languages [ edit ]

Language Name Meaning Japanese キノコ 王国

Kinoko Ōkoku

キノコ 王国

Kinoko Ōkuni (Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!) Mushroom Kingdom



Mushroomland Spanish (NOA) Reino Champiñón (games)

Reino de los hongos (animated series) Mushroom Kingdom

Fungi Kingdom Spanish (NOE) Reino Champiñón (games and re-dub of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3)

Reino/País de las setas (animated series) Mushroom Kingdom

Mushroom Kingdom/Country French Royaume Champignon

Royaume des Champignons (early) Mushroom Kingdom

Kingdom of Mushrooms Dutch Paddenstoelenrijk Mushroom Realm German Pilz-Königreich

Königreich der Schwammerl (early translations)

Schwammerlland (early)

Pilze-Wunderland (animated series) Mushroom Kingdom

Kingdom of Mushrooms (Schwammerl (mushroom) is a dialectal word in Bavarian German)

Mushroom Land

Mushroom-Wonderland Italian Regno dei Funghi Kingdom of Mushrooms Swedish Svampriket The Mushroom Kingdom Portuguese Reino Cogumelo

Reino do Cogumelo (New Super Mario Bros. 2)

Reino dos Cogumelos (animated series) Mushroom Kingdom

Mushroom Kingdom

Kingdom of Mushrooms Russian Грибное королевство

Gribnoye korolevstvo Mushroom Kingdom Korean 버섯 왕국

Beoseot Wangguk Mushroom Kingdom Chinese (Simplified) 蘑菇王国

Mógu Wángguó Mushroom Kingdom Chinese (Traditional) 蘑菇王國

Mógu Wángguó Mushroom Kingdom Romanian Regatul Ciupercă / Regatul Ciupercilor (The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3) Mushroom Kingdom / Kingdom of Mushrooms Polish Grzybowe Królestwo / Królestwo Grzybów Mushroom Kingdom / Kingdom of Mushrooms

Trivia [ edit ]

Mushroom Kingdom coverage on other coverage on other NIWA wikis: SmashWiki

In Nintendo Monopoly, there is a ? Block card that reads: "Save the Mushroom Kingdom. Advance to Mario."

References [ edit ]