After being sucked into a drain pipe, Mario and Luigi defend the Mushroom Kingdom from King Koopa.
In an icy castle somewhere in the North Pole of the Mushroom World, King Koopa, going by the alias of Koopa Klaus, is overseeing the production of toys being loaded onto a conveyor belt, only to be smashed by a machine resembling an evil nutcracker.
In Pasta Land, Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad attend a celebration in honor of chasing King Koopa out of the area.
Mario and his friends travel to Crime Land in the middle of the city's worst crime wave ever.
Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad arrive in Rap Land; King Koopa kidnapped Rap Land's king, and is attempting to take everyone's money by playing an eerie theme throughout the land.