Editing Super Mario-kun Volume 15

{{italic title|''Super Mario-kun'' Volume 15}}
{{publication infobox
|title=''Super Mario-kun'' Volume 15
|image=[[File:Kunissue15.jpg|200px]]
|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]
|label=Coro Coro Comics
|artist=[[Yukio Sawada]]
|release={{flag list|Japan|January 27, 1996|France|August 23, 2017|Spain|September 18, 2018}}
|series=Super Mario-kun
|previous=Super Mario-kun Volume 14
|next=Super Mario-kun Volume 16
}}
'''''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' Volume 15''' is the fifthteenth volume of the manga series. It concludes both the ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''  and the ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' arcs that started last volume. The latter arc also includes elements from ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Afterwards, it is followed by an anticipation chapter for the ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' arc (which highlights the new mechanics) and the first part of the arc itself. The volume's extras include various puzzles and a special chapter with 4-komas based on ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''.
==Contents==
===Chapters===
====Stage 1====
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{{ruby|全|ぜん}}{{ruby|員|いん}}{{ruby|集|しゅう}}{{ruby|合|ごう}}！　クリスマスの{{ruby|雪|せつ}}{{ruby|上|じょう}}{{ruby|決戦|バトル}}!! (''Everyone gathers! A Christmas battle in the snow!!'')

It is Christmas. [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Yoshi]], and [[Baby Mario]] are taking a stop during their travel in the middle of a snowy mountain. Mario quickly puts together a house where they can rest and, most importantly, give [[Santa Claus]] a place where to bring gifts for them. While Mario, Yoshi, and Baby Mario celebrate, Luigi is disappointed that they are not thinking about [[Baby Luigi]], who is still trapped in [[Bowser's Castle]].

Later that night, [[Kamek]], dressed up as Santa Claus on a sweet potato stand pulled by [[Fly Guy]]s, arrives at the house. After entering, Kamek spots Baby Mario and tries to kidnap him. On their way to his futon, Yoshi nibs on his legs, dreaming of food, while Mario and Luigi kick him in their sleep. Despite everything, Kamek stays quiet and takes the Baby, but sets off a Santa Claus trap, waking everyone up. Mario mistakes him for Santa and Kamek keeps playing along, telling him to take their present inside the sack. Mario opens it, only to find [[Jumping Piranha Plant]]s. Panicked, Luigi bashes a wall, and the heroes slide down the hill.

Having reached a shack, Yoshi takes some skis and gives two pairs to Mario and Luigi, so that they can slide down quicker. While Mario and Luigi slide down with the skis tied up incorrectly, Yoshi tries to show off how to do it. He almost crashes onto a tree, but he executes a [[Flutter Jump]], avoiding the crash, but landing butt-first on a pointy rock. Their slide is interrupted when the heroes crash into a [[Sluggy The Unshaven's Fort|fortress]]. Inside, they are face to face with [[Sluggy the Unshaven]]. Understanding that the hairy heart is its weak spot, Yoshi starts throwing [[Yoshi's Egg|eggs]] at it, but Sluggy dodges them by shapeshifting, then, after shapeshifting into a hand, grabs Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi.

Kamek arrives riding his broom and compliments the boss. Yoshi, noticing Baby Mario outside the slime, points to a frozen [[Super Star]]. Kamek laughs: they cannot resort to [[Superstar Mario|Powerful Mario]], with the star encased in ice, but as he soon realizes, some [[Shy Guy]]s are having a campfire in the room, and the fire is melting the ice. Before he can do anything, Baby Mario grabs it and then charges at Kamek, the Shy Guys, and Sluggy, punching them all together. The punch is so powerful that all the enemies are hit, Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and the castle blow up, and everything lands on a nearby spruce tree, becoming the decoration of a Christmas Tree, much to Baby Mario's enjoyment.

====Stage 2====
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ハクション！　{{ruby|赤|あか}}ちゃんマリオがカゼひいた!! (''Achoo! Baby Mario has caught a cold!!'')

Baby Mario has caught a cold, and his nose is bloated with mucus. This is a problem, as his baby twin telepathy is now not working as well as before, and tracking down Baby Luigi and Bowser's Castle will no longer be possible. The baby then starts to hiccup and, with some back pats, he spews out a [[key]] he previously ate by mistake. Yoshi finds a [[Key Door|locked door]] and uses the key on it, finding themselves in front of a fortune telling house palace. Suggesting asking the staff for Bowser's Castle location so to not rely on the sick Baby Mario, the group enters, happy to know that with just the admission fee they have unlimited fortune-telling. The trio pays the fee, unaware that the cashier was Kamek and the palace is another one of his schemes.

The group first goes to a Shy Guy tarot reader, but he just plays {{wp|Old maid (card game)|old maid}} with the tarots. Next is a [[Spear Guy]] expert in "Dance Fortune Telling", but the trio is not convinced by it; then the horoscope run by a [[Stretch (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Stretch]], who predicts pain in Mario's future after hitting him on the head with a mallet; and lastly another Shy Guy with fortune-telling dice used for party games. Sick and tired, the group is about to leave, when a [[Dangling Ghost]] takes and leads them to the "most interesting room": [[Grim Leecher]]'s room, where it predicts the future with a [[Crystal Ball]].

Mario is already about to leave, but when the Leecher questions the ball, Kamek (with a hidden intercom in the sphere) states in their voices that Yoshi is growing tired of carrying Baby Mario and Luigi wants to get rid of Mario to be the protagonist. Mario asks his friends if this is true: Yoshi denies it, Luigi states "just a bit", and the crystal ball, in their voices, manifests their alleged thoughts of killing Mario. As Mario yells at them in anger, Kamek orders the Grim Leecher to release the [[Fuzzy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Fuzzies]], which land on Luigi and Yoshi's heads, turning them angry and violent.

Scared and confused by their sudden behavior, Mario grabs Baby Mario and tries to reason with his friends, but they just hit them, so Mario throws a [[fireball]] at Luigi, burning him and the Fuzzy attached to him, freeing from its control. He then tries to do the same with Yoshi, but he eats the fireball and spits it back at Mario, then lunges at him for the kill. Baby Mario jumps on Yoshi to stop him, but he shoves a [[Watermelon]] in his mouth. Just then, Baby Mario sneezes, riddling Yoshi with seeds, knocking out Yoshi and the Fuzzy. Just then, Mario notices Kamek and the Grim Leecher tiptoeing away, but he grabs them, beats them up and turns them and the Fuzzies into a kite.

The chapter ends with Baby Mario (healed from the cold) playing with the new kite, while Yoshi asks Mario why he looks so tired and bruised, much to his frustration.

====Stage 3====
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{{ruby|突|とつ}}{{ruby|入|にゅう}}クッパ{{ruby|城|じょう}}！　{{ruby|赤|あか}}ちゃんルイージとの{{ruby|再|さい}}{{ruby|会|かい}}!! (''Rush to Bowser's castle! Reuniting with Baby Luigi!!'')

While riding [[Helicopter Yoshi|Yoshi in helicopter form]], the group is getting closer to [[King Bowser's Castle (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Bowser's Castle]] and, after crashing into a poster sign and landing on a [[Harry Hedgehog]], the group crashes through its doors, scaring [[Bowser]] and Kamek, especially when they realize they are out of [[Bowser's Minions|minions]] to throw at them. As the group barges in, Bowser has the time to make one last thing: converting the castle into a kindergarten. As Luigi retrieves Baby Luigi, Mario asks Bowser what he is up to, but he explains that he has realized he cannot beat them, so he might as well accommodate them.

In reality, Bowser's plan is to lower their guard so as to strike them when they least expect it. When the five of them come closer for a group hug, Bowser attempts to bury them under some toy blocks, but they fall around them, creating a block fortress. For his next plan, he intends on serving the adults some milk in which he put laxatives, but Mario refuses, accidentally spilling his cup of milk in Bowser's mouth, who then tries to rush to the bathroom, but Baby Mario kicks him in the belly, making him soil his shell.

After finally putting the adults to sleep with a (horrendous) lullaby, Bowser tries to squash Baby Mario, but he rolls against the block fort, finding a [[POW Block]] between the blocks. Scared, Bowser asks him to not hit it, but Baby Mario does it anyway, causing Bowser's body to convert into so many [[Star (Yoshi's Island series)|Stars]] that all is left of him is a [[Baby Bowser|baby version of him]], since Bowser was using baby talk to stop Baby Mario.

After the heroes wake up, Baby Bowser joins the play date with the Baby Mario brothers, while Kamek conjures up a plan to turn the situation in their favor.

====Stage 4====
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{{ruby|巨|きょ}}{{ruby|大|だい}}ベビークッパ{{ruby|現|あらわ}}る！　{{ruby|Ｗ|ダブル}}{{ruby|赤|あか}}ちゃん{{ruby|大|だい}}{{ruby|活|かつ}}{{ruby|躍|やく}}!! (''A giant baby Bowser appears! The double babies are in action!!'')

With the babies rescued, all that is left is to bring them home to the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] and return to the past, but Mario and Luigi first let them finish playing with [[Car Yoshi]] at Bowser's daycare. Kamek returns and asks where they put Baby Bowser, and Mario points to a garbage bag ready for pickup, since he was being annoying. Kamek lets him out, and he runs to Yoshi, wanting to ride him too, but he stretches his wheels, dodging Baby Bowser and making him crash into a wall. Furious, he executes a [[Ground Pound]] that sends the wheels flying and the transformation runs out, with Yoshi having his limbs scattered all around. After failing to put him back together, Yoshi hits him with a rubber mallet and then takes the helicopter form to leave with the four Mario Brothers.

Before departing, Mario takes the time to mock Kamek and Bowser for how their plan was unsuccessful. Angry, Kamek casts a magic spell that turns Baby Bowser into a [[Mega Baby Bowser|giant monster]] shrouded in darkness. The heroes hear the transformation and turn in time to see the monster burst out of the palace and then burn them with his [[Fire Breath]],causing them to crash down. Using a [[Magnifying Glass (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Magnifying Glass]], Yoshi reveals the monster's identity, and the big Baby Bowser starts screaming that he wants to ride the Yoshi.

Despite Luigi protecting his friend, Mario passes Yoshi to Baby Bowser, who squashes him under his weight. Mario then pumps Yoshi with air like a balloon, making him big enough to be a plushie for Big Baby Bowser, but he bursts him with his claws. Baby Bowser then runs towards Baby Mario and Mario manages to shove his younger self away from being squashed, while Kamek suggests Baby Bowser to insist on playing with the baby, in order to kill him and erase Mario from existence.

Big Baby Bowser starts throwing [[boulder]]s, but Mario still protects Baby Mario with all his might. Luigi asks what to do next, and Mario proposes to "use the main gameplay mechanic": let Yoshi eat him and turn him into an egg, but as Yoshi points out, he is too big for that. Unbothered, Mario tosses him at Baby Bowser, and, after being sucked like a pacifier, he tries to [[swallow]] Baby Bowser, but he remains stuck halfway through. Just then, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi arrive armed with Stars in their Powerful form. With their strength combined, the babies shove Big Baby Bowser in Yoshi's mouth, making him lay a gigantic egg that the Shy Guys immediately go to cook, while Kamek tries to stop them.

The heroes return to the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]]' village to celebrate, and then they will proceed to send the kids home and later themselves to the present.

====Stage 5====
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ブーブーブー！　{{ruby|空|そら}}{{ruby|飛|と}}ぶブタは{{ruby|手|て}}{{ruby|強|こわ}}いぞ!! (''Oink, oink, oink! The flying pigs are tough!!'')

It is Christmas: on the [[Gangplank Galleon]], the [[Kritter]]s are decorating the ship, but [[King K. Rool]] yells at them to hold the celebrations until they destroy Mario and the [[Kong]]s (despite him wearing a [[Santa Claus]] outfit). He has, however, hired new enemies from ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'': a swarm of [[Hogwash the Flying Pig|Hogwashes the Flying Pigs]]. One Kritter is impressed by the army of winged pigs, but after being electrocuted by their snouts, he changes his mind.

Onshore, while climbing down the mountain, [[Donkey Kong]] notices the Gangplank Galleon and rightfully supposes that the [[Kremling Krew]]'s leader is on the ship. Before proceeding, [[Diddy Kong]] asks [[Yoshi]] where he is storing the [[Giant Banana]]s they retrieved, and he lays them like they were eggs out of his bottom. With the bananas now exposed, the Hogwashes swoop in and take them, giving them to a [[Necky]] to bring to the king. To further humiliate the heroes, the Pigs defecate on them and their feces then explode like bombs. Diddy is the only one to avoid them, but almost gets pushed off a cliff before saving himself in time.

Donkey Kong tries to take them down with some [[barrel]]s, but the pigs zap the barrels and Yoshi into pieces. Using a [[morph bubble]], Yoshi turns into a car and then skids away, much to Mario's confusion. During his absence, the pigs form a ball by grouping together and then roll at Mario, flattening him. Yoshi returns, armed with a [[Fire watermelon|Red Watermelon]] that he gives to Mario, and with his fire breath, he roasts the Flying Pigs to death. The heroes proceed to enjoy a Christmas feast; while the Kritters watch enviously from the galleon, K. Rool prepares another plan.

====Stage 6====
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{{ruby|毒|どく}}ガストラップ!?　マリオが{{ruby|赤|あか}}ちゃんに!! (''A poison gas trap!? Mario turns into a baby!!'')

After a quick new year meal, the four heroes enter a cave that leads to the beach. Inside the cave, Yoshi finds a strange object shaped like a posterior on the wall. The object releases a gas that hits Yoshi and Mario. When the smoke clears, DK and Diddy discover that it was de-aging gas, as Mario has turned into a baby and Yoshi returned into his egg, but he quickly hatches back. DK immediately thinks of abandoning Baby Mario in a cardboard box, but Yoshi yells at him, making him fumble into a [[Message Block]], which reveals that the moles have a potion that makes the user grow. Just then, [[Hard Hat]] pops out from the ground, but when Yoshi approaches him, he smacks him with his boomerang helmet and then escapes underground.

Grabbing a morph bubble and turning into a [[Mole Tank]], Yoshi starts to chase Hard Hat. After taking too many wrong turns, Yoshi, Baby Mario, and the Kong finally find Hard Hat and demand to have his potion. In response, Hard Hat pulls out the potion and drinks it, becoming giant. He then traps the Kong under his helmet and starts chasing Yoshi and Baby Mario. Yoshi gets shoved and drops Baby Mario onto a POW Block that Mario hits, turning Hard Hat (and DK's face as well) into a bunch of Stars.

Diddy finds in between the Stars a potion and gives it to Baby Mario. Mario returns to his normal age, but he also grows in size. After a long while, the group leaves the cave.

====Stage 7====
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{{ruby|氷|ひょう}}{{ruby|上|じょう}}の{{ruby|戦|たたか}}い！　いかりのネッキーに{{ruby|大|だい}}{{ruby|苦|く}}{{ruby|戦|せん}}!! (''A battle on ice! A tough fight against raging Neckies!!'')

Finally at the beach, right in front of the Gangplank Galleon, the heroes dive into the sea to reach it, only to find out that due to the cold temperature of winter, the sea has frozen. While Yoshi and Diddy start ice-skating, DK takes the opportunity to go ice fishing. Something takes the bait and DK pulls it out: it is [[Master Necky]]. Angry that his underwater nap was disturbed, Master Necky starts bombarding them with [[coconut]]s. Mario orders DK to do something and he jumps at him, but ends up being knocked out.

After suffering from another barrage of coconuts, Mario suggests fleeing, since the boss is restrained to one place, but he effortlessly follows them and emerges in front of them every time they try to run away: not even splitting up seems to do anything. K. Rool, from his vessel, looks pleased in seeing the comeuppance of his enemies and orders to return to [[Crocodile Isle]], only to realize that the ship is stuck in the ice.

Diddy comes up with a plan: using the [[Team up]] move to toss DK to the boss, but as he lifts DK, the ice under them cracks and they fall in, freezing in a block of ice. While Master Necky laughs, Mario and Yoshi try to pull them out, but they lack the strength to pick them up. Right then, [[Dixie Kong]] arrives, and, with her ponytail, grabs his frozen friends and tosses them at the boss, defeating him. Mario thanks her and, pushing the two frozen Kongs, reaches the Gangplank Galleon.

K. Rool tries to stop them by tossing [[Klobber]]s at them, but Yoshi eats a red watermelon and Mario prepares his fireball, setting the barreled Kremlings ablaze. The heat melts the surrounding ice and warms the water, creating a thermal spring. Seeing the heroes bathing in relaxation, K. Rool grabs his bathing items and is about to join them, when a Kritter reminds him he should prepare for the final battle instead.

====Stage 8====
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{{ruby|最|さい}}{{ruby|終|しゅう}}{{ruby|決|けっ}}{{ruby|戦|せん}}！　キングクルールをぶっとばせ!! (''The final battle! Beat King K. Rool!!'')

Finally on the [[Kremling Krew]] ship, Mario, Yoshi, DK, and Diddy Kong are ready for the final battle, while K. Rool is disappointed to see that the Kritters have all caught a cold and are unable to help him. Mario and DK laugh at his misfortune, and he throws his crown. The heroes dodge it, but when it comes back, it hits all of them, and also K. Rool in the belly. The King then proceeds to press a button to release a bunch of [[cannonball]]s on them, but they end up flattening him.

With victory apparently ensured, Mario, DK, and Yoshi take the Giant Bananas stolen by the Hogwashes and are about to leave, but a giant K. Rool blocks their path. Initially scared, Mario notices that, due to being flattened, his figure is only bigger in appearance. A Kritter proceeds to inflate him with an air pump, and K. Rool is back on the attack, punching and kicking the four heroes. DK tries to run for it, but he falls into a trap and gets caged by a Klobber.

King K. Rool then grabs a cannonball and attempts to crush it onto Mario, but [[Rambi]] appears, stopping the ball with his horn. Mario jumps on his back and orders him to charge at K. Rool, but with the heavy cannonball stuck on his horn, Rambi loses his balance and trips. [[Enguarde]] and [[Winky]] also jump onto the ship, but with the former flopping on dry land, and the latter still sleepy from his hibernation, they too are useless to Mario.

While K. Rool grabs another cannonball to squash Mario with, Enguarde passes Mario some [[animal token]]s, leaving him confused. The items then react to Mario's touch and turn him into [[Golden Mario]], a variant of his [[Invincible Mario|invincible form]]. With a powerful punch, Mario punctures through K. Rool's belly, and he flies away like a popped balloon.

Later, [[Cranky Kong]] and [[Funky Kong]] thank Mario for helping them retrieve the [[banana hoard]], and the latter offers him and Yoshi a passage to the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] with his [[Jumbo Barrel]]. The chapter ends with Funky taking off with Mario and Yoshi, while Diddy, Cranky, and Enguarde take the bananas back to land, forgetting to release DK from the cage.

====Stage 9====
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スーパーマリオ{{ruby|新|しん}}{{ruby|世|せい}}{{ruby|紀|き}}！　６４ってなんだ!? (''A new Super Mario era! What is the Nintendo 64!?'')

Mario and Yoshi are relaxing at the [[Mario Bros.' House]] when Luigi arrives from his trip with a gift: the newly released [[Nintendo]] home console, the [[Nintendo 64]], complete with the launch title, ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. As Mario confusedly asks if the "64" stands for his exaggerated age, Luigi proceeds to show off the gameplay on the TV, and even showing in the outside world the new elements: he first pulls out a [[Wing Cap]] that Mario uses to fly around, crashing on every wall, and then the [[Metal Cap]]. Yoshi asks why the focus on the hats, and Luigi explains that Mario is also able to lose his [[Mario Cap|cap]] in certain situations, prompting Yoshi to ask Mario to show what he looks like without his cap. Mario obliges, using a bald wig to prank Yoshi.

Luigi then shows off the controller, discovering that the real Mario responds to the inputs, running in circles, doing [[somersault]]s, and Yoshi is even able to make him stretch and breathe flames, something that Luigi points out he is not able to do in the actual game. The attention is then pointed to the [[Lakitu]] [[Lakitu Bros.|cameramen]] that will direct the game camera, who are also present in real life. On the TV screen, Bowser's face appears, scaring them, thinking they are safe, until they realize the Lakitu is pointing the camera to the Koopa King, who has arrived at their house to steal the console.

Mario tries to stop him, but Bowser sets him on fire with his fire breath. Noticing that the controller has been unplugged from the console, Luigi takes the cable and plugs it into Mario to control him. Before Bowser realizes, Luigi controls Mario and makes him grab Bowser's tail, swings him around, and then flings him. Due to an improper input, Luigi forgets to make Mario let go of the tail and gets flung with Bowser. With a couple of forced somersaults and [[dive]] jumps, Mario returns home, bruised from head to toe.

The chapter ends with Mario plugging the controller to take control of his brother and Yoshi and make them go through what he has been through, while also posing with a [[Power Star]] he collected. Meanwhile, Bowser crashes on his castle's wall, promising revenge and coming up with a plan using what he has discovered.

====Stage 10====
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{{ruby|新|あら}}たなる{{ruby|旅|たび}}へ！　ケーキを{{ruby|求|もと}}めて{{ruby|幾|いく}}{{ruby|千|せん}}{{ruby|里|り}}!! (''A new journey! Travel thousands of miles for cake!!'')

[[Princess Peach]] has invited Mario to her [[Peach's Castle|castle]] for a date involving a [[cake]]. Leaving an envious Luigi at home, Mario takes a [[Warp Pipe]] to the castle, but something does not seem right once he arrives: the palace is empty and an ominous voice tells him that no one is inside, inviting him to return home, followed by an evil laugh. As Mario looks around in confusion, he gets startled when a hand pops from behind a wall and beats it up, only to realize it is [[Toad]], hidden behind a fake wall. He explains that Bowser attacked the castle and trapped everyone but him behind some [[painting]]s. Just then, Mario notices that some noises are coming from behind a painting picturing marching [[Bob-omb]]s. Toad kicks him inside, and the painting warps Mario to [[Bob-omb Battlefield]].

Mario is amazed by the landscape, so much that does not realize he is stepping on a [[Chain Chomp]] that is about to eat him, but an explosion saves him, courtesy of a [[Bob-omb Buddy]] named [[Red Bob-omb (character)|Red Bob-omb]], ready to assist the plumber in his adventure. Mario gladly welcomes his help and asks him if he saw a crowned person around. Red Bob-omb points to the top of the nearby mountain and Mario, slightly injured by the Chain Chomp's fangs and the explosion, starts climbing, avoiding the incoming [[Metal ball|iron balls]], until a flying feces hits him in the face, making him lose focus and get rolled over by the balls. Severely injured, Mario reaches the top, where Red Bob-omb is waiting, thanks to the [[Warp|Warp Point]] near the base, angering the plumber.

His frustration is bound to grow when he discovers that the crowned person Red Bob-omb was thinking about was not Princess Peach, but [[King Bob-omb|Big Bob-omb]], the mustachioed ruler of the Bob-ombs. He explains that Peach is not in the area, but if he manages to beat him, he will reward him with a Power Star which will grant him access to other paintings inside the castle. Accepting the challenge, Mario lifts Big Bob-omb to drop him down the mountain, but due to the injuries suffered while climbing, he is too weak. Red Bob-omb even notices his empty [[Health Meter|Power Meter]], but states that a [[Spinning Heart]] should refill it, but he cannot find one in his {{wp|Doraemon (character)|fourth-dimensional pocket}}.

As Big Bob-omb starts tossing Mario around, Red Bob-omb suggests trying to romantically think of Peach to cartoonishly make a heart appear and use that. Mario tries, but all he can think about is the promised cake until he gets squashed by Big Bob-omb's body. As he yells Peach’s name in pain, a heart flies out of his body, with Mario running to get it. Big Bob-omb tries to stop him, but he trips and falls when Red Bob-omb stretches his limb. Mario gets the heart; his Power Meter is refilled, and his injuries and bruises are gone. He lifts Big Bob-omb and kicks him down the mountain like a soccer ball. Big Bob-omb returns to the top to congratulate Mario for his victory, but reveals that the fall shattered the Power Star he stored in his pocket. The chapter ends with Mario and Red Bob-omb using tape to put the Star back together.

====Stage 11====
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{{ruby|超|ちょう}}パワーアップ！　はねマリオは{{ruby|強|つよ}}いぞ!! (''Super power-up! Winged Mario is strong!!'')

Mario returns to the castle with his first Power Star and, after some mishaps with the [[★ door]]s, he finally manages to unlock a door with the number 1 written on it, leading him to the painting of [[Whomp's Fortress]]. Mario proceeds with his search, but while walking up a slope, a [[Bomp|Pushy Wall]] shoves him onto a sleeping [[Piranha Plant]] which bites him for being awoken. After getting past the Pushy Walls, Mario is squashed by a [[Thwomp]].

About to give up, Red Bob-omb appears and offers to beat the Thwomp for him, but gets scared when more Thwomps appear. Mario comes up with a plan and throws Red Bob-omb at the Thwomps, blowing them all up. He then orders the crumbles of a Thwomp to reveal the location of the Power Star and it explains that it is in possession of the [[Whomp King]] at the top of the fortress. Mario and Red Bob-omb first try to use a nearby [[cannon]] to quickly reach the top, but after overshooting Mario onto the other side of the fortress, they proceed safely afoot. Two [[Whomp]]s try to scare them off by showing off their ability to flop face-first, threatening to squash them, but they just walk over them as they demonstrate.

Once at the top, the duo looks for the Whomp King, only to be terrified by his imposing size, one they realized they just walked under him without even noticing it and then his ugly face. Whomp King takes offense to their last statement, but offers them his Power Star if they manage to fix his face. Mario takes a chisel and a hammer and gets to work, but ends up worsening the situation and the Whomp King attempts to squash the plumber.

Red Bob-omb notices the two giant crossed bandages on the back, correctly guessing that it must be his weak spot. Mario tries to [[Ground Pound]] it, but Whomp King turns around and he almost lands in his mouth: he instead only manages to bite his cap, turning it into stone. Due to the weight, Mario loses balance and falls to the ground, becoming easy prey to Whomp King's flops. Red Bob-omb manages to get Mario away by taking control over him with a Nintendo 64 Controller and making him [[Crouch|crawl]] away, then pulls out a [[Cap Block|Red Block]] from which Mario gets a [[Wing Cap]] that turns him into [[Wing Mario]]. After taking off, Mario flies around the Whomp King and lands with his hip on his back, crumbling him into pieces.

Whomp King is defeated. While looking in his rubble for the Power Star, Mario finds two strange pearls he initially mistakes for the Power Star (thinking that in this world they take another shape), but Red Bob-omb finds it. As the Whomp King whimpers, he explains that those are his testicles.

====Stage 12====
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{{ruby|無|む}}{{ruby|敵|てき}}メタルマリオ！　その{{ruby|弱|じゃく}}{{ruby|点|てん}}とは!? (''Invincible Metal Mario! What is his weakness!?'')

Mario is bravely approaching a swarm of [[Snifit (Super Mario 64)|Snifits]] that bombards him with their pellets, only to be shocked in seeing Mario uninjured by their attack, revealing his new invincible form: [[Metal Mario]]. Right then, Toad wakes Mario from his afternoon nap so that he can continue the search for the Power Stars and Peach. As Mario puts away the futon, he tells Toad his dream, and he reveals that the Metal form is actually real: they just need to activate its [[Cap Switch]] located in the [[Hazy Maze Cave]], which can be reached through a painting in the basement.

The two depart for Hazy Maze Cave, and following Toad's directions, they arrive at an underground lake with a [[lift]]. From the water, a monster emerges, scaring Toad, but his sudden yell also scares the monster that presents itself as [[Dorrie]]. Toad asks if it knows the location of the Cap Switch, and it answers that it is just on the other side of the lake; it even offers them to ride on its back to cross the lake. After numerous bumps on the rocks, Dorrie reaches the other shore, where it drops off Mario and Toad. The two arrive at the [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]], where they spot the Cap Switch.

A bunch of Snifits appears, riddling Mario with pellets and draining his Power Meter. A pellet in the bottom sends Mario straight into the switch, activating it and filling all the [[Dotted-Line Block|semi-visible blocks]] with green blocks, scaring the Snifits. Mario hits one and gets the Metal Cap, turning into Metal Mario. Now impervious to their pellets, a Snifit takes the water from the nearby river and spits it onto Metal Mario, rusting him and immobilizing him. As the Snifit prepares to empty Mario's Power Meter for good, Dorrie, in its continuous bumping against rocks and walls, crashes its head inside the Metal Cap course.

Mario asks it for help and Dorrie eats him. With its tongue, he manages to remove the rust, but spits him out in the form of a disk. Dorrie then has the idea of tossing "[[Medal Mario]]" like a frisbee against the Snifits, defeating them. The chapter ends with Dorrie taking Mario and Toad back to shore by the lift, parting ways. As Metal Mario already fantasies on the heroic actions he will take with this new form, the lift does not budge due to his weight, forcing him to wear it off.

====Stage 13====
[[File:SMKun 15 chapter 13.png|thumb|150px|left]]
{{ruby|巨|きょ}}{{ruby|大|だい}}ウツボは{{ruby|執|しゅう}}{{ruby|念|ねん}}{{ruby|深|ぶか}}い！　マリオも{{ruby|大|だい}}{{ruby|苦|く}}{{ruby|戦|せん}}!! (''The giant eel is relentless! Mario has a tough fight too!!'')

Next stop is [[Jolly Roger Bay]], accompanied once again by Red Bob-omb. Once again, there is no sign of Peach, but Red Bob-omb reveals that there is a Power Star in the sunken shipwreck at the bottom of the bay. While underwater, Mario starts drowning due to the lack of air, but Red Bob-omb saves him by farting a [[bubble]] for him to breathe (only to reveal after that he can replenish the Power Meter with [[coin]]s). Approaching the ship, a [[Maw-Ray|Unagi]] lunges at them from the ship. Mario tries to lure it out to access the cargo hold, but his plan of using a mermaid costume fails, so he uses Red Bob-omb as bait, making the Unagi bite him, detonating him in the process.

Now inside the ship, the duo finds four [[treasure chest]]s. Mario goes to open one, but gets electrocuted. A nearby sign explains that the chest must be opened in a specific order in order to access the treasure. After a lot of trial and (painful) errors, Mario finds the correct combination: the water inside the ship drains and the Power Star appears on top of some platforms. Mario jumps on them, but due to the moss, he slips and slides down the tilted hull. Once at the bottom, the Unagi returns, using the few inches of water left to crawl inside, biting Mario in the bottom, making him jump in pain to Red Bob-omb's platform.

The Unagi lunges again at the two, breaking platform after platform and, in one of the attacks, it gulps down the Power Star. Standing on the last platform left, the smallest, Red Bob-omb kicks Mario in the Unagi's jaws, hoping to calm his hunger (and as a revenge for being used as lining bait before). Luckily for Mario, inside the Unagi, he finds a green block, grabs the Metal Cap and bursts out of the Unagi's body, defeating it and retrieving the star. Back on shore, Mario starts kicking around Red Bob-omb, angry at his stunt.

====Special stage====
[[File:SMKun 15 extra.png|thumb|150px]]
マリオカート６４コマギャグバトル (''Mario Kart 64 4-koma battle'')
#'''マリオ{{ruby|VS|たい}}クッパ①''' (''Mario VS. Bowser 1''): Mario tries to hit Bowser with items, but he keeps dodging. Frustrated, Mario keeps tossing items, until he finds himself sitting on the asphalt: in the rush, he accidentally tossed his kart parts.
#'''ヨッシー①''' (''Yoshi 1''): to surpass Mario, Yoshi resorts in eating him, getting disqualified.
#'''{{ruby|新|しん}}{{ruby|記|き}}{{ruby|録|ろく}}''' (''New record''): Yoshi is behind Mario and he tells him that he is hungry. Worried about how Yoshi is licking his lips, Mario puts the gas to the pedal, getting chased by a hungrier Yoshi, to the point that they both end up achieving a new record of speed.
#'''ピーチ{{ruby|姫|ひめ}}の{{ruby|車|くるま}}''' (''Princess Peach's kart''): Mario and Yoshi comment on how the [[Pipe Frame]] is not a good kart for a princess and start remodeling it into a more fancy and sumptuous car, much to Peach's annoyance.
#'''ルイージ①''' (''Luigi 1''): Luigi crosses the finish line first and he is on cloud nine, stepping out of the kart to celebrate. When Mario arrives and still drives forward, he asks him why he is not stopping, only for him to respond that this is only the first lap and he is losing the advantage.
#'''レースクイーン''' (''Race Queen''): Mario and Luigi cannot wait to see Peach in her revealing racing queen outfit, only to be extremely disappointed and angry when [[Wario]] arrives in a one-piece swimsuit, punching him for getting their hopes up.
#'''アイテムボックス①''' (''Item Box 1''): Mario collects an [[Item Box]], but it does not have anything, and the next one he takes contains 1-year’s worth of items, slowing him down, much to his displeasure.
#'''アイテムボックス②''' (''Item Box 2''): Bowser takes an Item Box, but no item is released. Yoshi suggests that he roll it like a die. Bowser follows his suggestion, only to get an insult on the face it lands on.
#'''マリオ{{ruby|VS|たい}}クッパ②''' (''Mario VS. Bowser 2''): Mario and Bowser are neck and neck with each other. To surpass each other, the two use fireballs and punches before starting to fight and bicker on the road, forgetting about the kart race.
#'''マリオ{{ruby|VS|たい}}クッパ③''' (''Mario VS. Bowser 3''): Mario wins, and on the podium, he sprays Bowser with the champagne. Bowser responds by tossing a bucket of water at him, leading to another fight.
#'''ルイージ②''' (''Luigi 2''): hoping to take back first place, Luigi tries to use a [[Dash Mushroom]], but accidentally takes a [[Super Mushroom]], causing him to [[Super Mario (form)|grow]], destroying his kart under his large size.
#'''{{ruby|激|げき}}{{ruby|突|とつ}}''' (''Crash''): Bowser and Toad end up crashing into each other, and when the dust cloud disappears, it is revealed that the two have merged together.
#'''ヘンなコース''' (''Strange course''): Peach is starting to notice that there are too many enemies on the course and are all ganging up on her: that is because they all want to go on a date with her.
#'''おれだよ、ワリオだよ''' (''It's a-me, Wario''): Wario tries to set up some traps on the course: first he tries to dig up a hole, but ends up being too deep and he is unable to leave it. Next, he tries to cut a rope bridge, but the planks under him break, making him fall down.
#'''ヨッシー②''' (''Yoshi 2''): Yoshi has won, and on the podium, he gets hungry from the excitement: he drinks up the champagne, then eats the cup and then the podium, angering the other racers.
#'''ラストラン''' (''Last race''): Mario has finished first in all races and beaten all racers; he is now done. Happy to hear that, the others decide to have a new race without him. As Mario tries to convince the others not to leave him out, the narrator tells the reader that they can now challenge Mario in the game.

<gallery>
SMKun 15 4-koma 1.png|Mario VS. Bowser 1; Yoshi 1
SMKun 15 4-koma 2.png|New record; Princess Peach's kart; Luigi 1; Race Queen
SMKun 15 4-koma 3.png|Item Box 1 & 2; Mario VS. Bowser 2 & 3
SMKun 15 4-koma 4.png|Luigi 2; Crash; Strange course; It's a-me, Wario
SMKun 15 4-koma 5.png|Yoshi 2; Last race
</gallery>

===Puzzles===
マリオスーパー{{ruby|迷|めい}}{{ruby|路|ろ}}・パズル・クイズ (''Super Mario's puzzles, mazes, and quizzes'')
#'''ボム{{ruby|兵|へい}}の{{ruby|戦|せん}}{{ruby|場|じょう}}めいろ''' (''Bob-omb Battlefield maze''): Don't go through where the Bob-ombs are, and go get the Power Star.
#'''まちがいさがし''' (''Spot the differences''): If you compare the pictures above and below, you'll notice there are seven differences. Can you spot them?
#'''テレビクイズ''' (''TV quiz''): Bowser is taking pictures of Mario and friends with a TV camera. So, which of the following TV screens is the correct one?
#'''パワースターめいろ''' (''Power Star maze''): Collect all four Power Stars and reach the goal. (Don't take the same path twice).
<gallery>
SMKun 15 puzzle 1.png|Bob-omb Battlefield Maze
SMKun 15 puzzle 2.png|Spot the differences
SMKun 15 puzzle 3.png|TV quiz
SMKun 15 puzzle 4.png|Power Star maze
</gallery>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Baby Mario side image 5 SMKun.png|[[Superstar Mario|Powerful Mario]]
Sluggy SMKun.png|[[Sluggy the Unshaven]]
Horror House SMKun.png|[[Boo]], [[Spooky (enemy)|Spooky]], and [[Little Skull Mouser]]
Spear Guy SMKun.png|[[Spear Guy]]
Stretch SMKun.png|[[Stretch (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Stretch]]
Dangling Ghost SMKun.png|[[Dangling Ghost]]
Grim Leecher SMKun.png|[[Grim Leecher]]
Luigi and Yoshi fuzzied SMKun.png|[[Luigi]] and [[Yoshi]] [[Fuzzy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|fuzzied]]
Harry Hedgehog SMKun.png|[[Harry Hedgehog]]
Naval Piranha SMKun.png|[[Naval Piranha]]
Baby Bowser SMKun.png|[[Baby Bowser]]
Mega Baby Bowser SMKun.png|[[Mega Baby Bowser|Big Baby Bowser]]
Mario Bros and Winged Yoshi SMKun.png|[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Baby Mario]], and [[Winged Yoshi]]
Magnifying Glass SMKun.png|[[Magnifying Glass (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Magnifying Glass]]
DKC cover 2 SMKun.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' arc cover
Necky SMKun.png|[[Necky]]
Hogwash SMKun.png|[[Hogwash the Flying Pig|Hogwashes the Flying Pigs]]
Message Block SMKun.png|[[Message Block]]
Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong SMKun.png|[[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]]
Mole Tank tunnels SMKun.png|[[Mole Tank]] tunneling
Hard Hat SMKun.png|[[Hard Hat]]
Kongs SMKun.png|[[Donkey Kong]], [[Diddy Kong]], and [[Dixie Kong]]
Golden Mario SMKun.png|[[Golden Mario]] and [[Animal token]]s
SM64 cover 1 SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario 64]]'' arc cover
Peach Yoshi and Mario SMKun.png|[[Mario]], [[Yoshi]], and [[Princess Peach]]
Bob-omb Battlefield SMKun.png|[[Bob-omb Battlefield]]
King Bob-omb SMKun.png|[[King Bob-omb|Big Bob-omb]]
Spinning Heart SMKun.png|[[Spinning Heart]]
Big Boo's Haunt side image SMKun.png|[[Big Boo's Haunt]]
Whomp's Fortress SMKun.png|[[Whomp's Fortress]]
Red Bob-omb SMKun.png|[[Red Bob-omb (character)|Red Bob-omb]]
Whomp SMKun.png|[[Whomp]]s
Whomp King SMKun.png|[[Whomp King]]
Winged Mario SMKun.png|[[Wing Mario]]
Snufit - Super Mario-kun.png|[[Snifit (Super Mario 64)|Snifits]]
Hazy Maze Cave SMKun.png|[[Hazy Maze Cave]]
Dorrie SMKun.png|[[Dorrie]]
Metal Mario - Super Mario-kun.png|[[Metal Mario]]
Medal Mario SMKun.png|[[Medal Mario]]
Jolly Roger Bay SMKun.png|[[Jolly Roger Bay]]
Unagi SMKun.png|[[Maw-Ray|Unagi]]
Mario with Power Star SMKun.png|[[Mario]] with a [[Power Star]]
</gallery>

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