Mushroom Kingdom Map V3 (Final?) By Marhiin Watch

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Some time ago, a map from Mario Galaxy 2 surfaced on r/marioverse, and that turned my entire view of the Mushroom Kingdom on its head. Literally. How I thought it fit together before just didn't work with this new information, so I what was North before is now south, east is now west and the subway map is not as highly regarded as it once was. I'll brief you on why things has been placed where they are, and where other things have gone *cough* SMB3 lands *cough*



First off, North is upwards. Starting out in the heart of the Kingdom, marked by Peach's Emblem: here lies the royal castle. To the west stretches the Sun Beam Plains of Paper Jam, which also features as the first worlds of all NSMB games, save the Wii U version. This is all incorporated into the original Paper Mario map, with Doop Doop Dunes being merged with Dry Dry Desert. Mt. Brr has been placed on the same ridge as Gusty Gulch, as the mountain isn't actually physically connected to Gloomy Woods: you move between the two with the aid of a Flutter. It is however connected to the Desert.



South of the mountains and the desert lies the location of Luigi's Mansion (Boo's Woods) and Boo Valley, which not only serves as a golf course, but also features many of the Boo themed tracks from the Mario Kart Series.



Continuing on the west edge of Dry Dry Desert, the map from Paper Mario Sticker Star begins, as Drybake Desert infact is the same as Dry Dry. Rumble Volcanoes serves as the fiery lands in which Bowser's Castle lies in Paper Jam. In Warm Fuzzy Plains lies Decalburg. Cheepskipper Bay is an invention of my own, rather than typing out NSMB World 3. Cheepskipper is the boss there, FYI.



The most westward corner of the Kingdom houses Rogueport (not marked) and its surrounding areas, with the Delfino Ocean to north of it, due to the prevalence of Piantas in Rogueport. Also, if you are to overlay the intro map of the surrounding islands from Mario Sunshine, the flight path of the aircraft seems to come from the direction of Peach's Castle when linked up like this.



South of Warm Fuzzy Plains lies Diamond City, the home of Wario, hence his emblem. Just of the coast we have his personal island and Kitchen Island not far off.



South of Boo Valley lies another place I've named myself, again after the boss fought there, for want of better name (i.e. better than NSMB world 5). It connects to the Shiver Mountains of Paper Mario, which in turn encompasses Thwomp Volcano to the south and Frozen Glacier and Mushroom Gorge to the east. The entire world of NSMBU is pretty much untouched, save from the addition of "provinces" (i guess we could call them that) in the Layer-Cake Desert. Why are they there? Statues and Cakes: Sweet Sweet Canyon (not marked) I've placed on the verge between LCD and FG, and the next stop of the subway map is Bone Dry, and with it being a desert, then why not. The french name for Gritzy Desert (take that connection as you will, I'm rolling with it) is "Desert of the Statues", a feature prominent in both deserts.



Raven Woods and Windy Valley are both featured in Golf Games.



Evershade Valley is placed off, as the activity of Boos in the area is remarked upon by E. Gadd, stating that it is odd, so it cannot go close to other places Boos heavily terrorize. The unnamed inland sea in which Mario Land lies is a bit of an eye sore, but I wanted it close to Sarasaland, and the sea north of Sun Beam was already so crowded.



The Peaceful Woods are the location of Wario's Woods, while the Awazon Jungle is featured in Wario Land Virtual Boy. Although the Jungle is never labeled as such, since the location of the game (the Awazon River Basin) is a pun on the Awazon of our world, it made sense to have a Jungle to go with the river. The jungle also serves as a world in Donkey Kong '94, which is why Big-Ape City is marked just off the coast. Gabun Ocean is from Legend of Starfy. Yes, that is my canon.



Warping back at Peach's Castle and looking north we have the maps for Bowser's Inside Story, Partners in Time, Mario Rpg, as well as the maps from the Yoshi Games and Donkey Kong games, with a sprinkle of spinoff locations where there was room (Toad City from MK8 is marked by Toad's emblem). On the beach of Blubble Lake, the Mario Bros (until Luigi moved to Boo's Woods) has their house.



Star Hill was tricky to place, but in two of the three maps it appeared in, it turned up in its current position.



Finally: The SMB3 lands. I have shifted my View of them to be more of Vassal States of the Mushroom Kingdom, so they are on the southern half of the continent, to accommodate Iced Land: it now stretches towards the south pole instead of the north



It think the rest is pretty self-explanatory, but I might be wrong, so I you spot something you wonder about, or wonder where some places might go that I haven't placed on the map, don't hesitate to ask!

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Published : Jul 27, 2016