Editing Super Mario-kun Volume 6

{{italic title|''Super Mario-kun'' Volume 6}}
{{manga infobox
|title=''Super Mario-kun'' Volume 6
|image=[[File:Mario-kun-06.jpg|200px]]
|publisher=Shogakukan
|label=Coro Coro Comics
|artist=[[Yukio Sawada]]
|release={{release|Japan|March 27, 1993|France|September 23, 2015|Spain|June 20, 2017}}
|manga=Super Mario-kun
|previous=Super Mario-kun Volume 5
|next=Super Mario-kun Volume 7
}}
'''''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' Volume 6''' is the sixth volume of the manga series. It concludes the ''[[Super Mario World]]'' story arc, with elements from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.

The first six chapters, much like in the [[Super Mario-kun Volume 5|previous volume]], take place before the events of [[Super Mario-kun Volume 4|volume 4]], since [[Princess Peach|Peach]] is still being held hostage by [[Bowser]] in his still standing [[Bowser's Castle|castle]]. After chapter 6, the events of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' story arc take place, but those are narrated in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 8|volume 8]]. From chapter 7 onwards, the events take place after the ending of volume 4, with Peach just being rescued from the [[Valley of Bowser]], only for her to be kidnapped again and taken to the [[Special Zone]].

The last chapter is an anticipation of the next story arc, ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''.

This volume's extras are puzzles.
==Contents==
===Chapters===
====Stage 1====
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{{ruby|大|だい}}{{ruby|怪|かい}}{{ruby|獣|じゅう}}{{ruby|決|けっ}}{{ruby|闘|とう}}！？　ヨッシーＶＳバトラハナチャン！！ (''Great Monster Duel!? Yoshi VS Battra Wiggler!!'')

[[Bowser]] and [[Kamek]], aching and hurt by a past duel with [[Mario]], find themselves waiting for him in the [[Forest of Illusion]], where Kamek explains that they will destroy him with the help of the kidnapped [[Wiggler]]. When Mario, [[Luigi]] and [[Yoshi]] arrive, Bowser and Kamek, hidden in some bushes, remove Wiggler's flower from her head and quickly replace it with a [[Muncher]], creating a [[Battra Hanachan]], an evil Wiggler with a prickly body. Bowser unleashes the Battra Hanachan on Mario.

Mario is bit by Battra Hanachan, while Yoshi is trapped in silk spit by her. Luigi notices the Muncher and tells Mario to remove it to turn her back to normal, but the Muncher bites Mario's hand. Battra Hanachan then cocoons herself and is reborn as a giant moth that spits electric rays. Mario and Luigi jump behind Yoshi's silk ball, though Battra Hanachan destroys the ball and Yoshi with one of her rays.

After collecting Yoshi's pieces, Mario gets an idea. While Bowser is yelling at Battra Hanachan for accidentally making some rocks fall on him, Mario defeats a bunch of enemies and Luigi grabs two [[Yoshi's Egg|eggshells]]. Mario puts enemies and Yoshi's remains between the two eggshells and closes them, creating [[Star Yoshi]]. With a giant monster on their side, Mario's party is ready for a fair fight.

Even though Yoshi continues to take hits, he wins by destroying Battra Hanachan's wings and then tears the Muncher from her head, turning her into a normal but flowerless Wiggler. Furious, Wiggler chases Bowser and Kamek, while Star Yoshi is rewarded with some back massages and a big enemy feast.

====Stage 2====
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スフィンクス{{ruby|出|しゅつ}}{{ruby|現|げん}}！？　{{ruby|地|じ}}{{ruby|蔵|ぞう}}マリオで{{ruby|謎|なぞ}}を{{ruby|解|と}}け！！ (''Sphinx Appears!? Solve the Mystery, Statue Mario!!'')

Mario has just defeated [[Lemmy Koopa|Lemmy]] and the [[Hae Yoshi]] and, after having fun with the [[Koopalings]]' ''[[Mario Paint]]'' copy, he and his friends continue to explore the castle, where Bowser just placed a new trap: the [[Sphinx Zō]]. The giant Sphinx blocks the path and gives them a riddle to solve, otherwise, they will suffer the consequences. The riddle is a simple "find the intruder": who is out of place between a lion, a panda, an octopus and an elderly woman? Everyone, logically, points to the woman, but they fail: since the woman is named Suzuki Kuma ("Kuma" means "Bear"), that makes her a land animal, so the octopus, being a sea creature, was the intruder.

The Sphinx Zō punishes the party: Luigi is turned into stone, when Mario's turn arrives, he manages to grab a [[Tanooki Suit]] and turns into [[Statue Mario]], avoiding the punishment, but now he cannot revert from the statue form (Yoshi, meanwhile, is spared since the stone spell does not work on "stupid kids''). Mario asks the Sphinx if there is a chance to make it withdraw the stone spell, and the Sphinx says that if they manage to walk through a hall full of [[Bowser Statue]]s, then it will consider it.

Mario and Yoshi enter the hall, since Luigi cannot move, but Mario can hop. Thanks to his stone body, Mario passes through the flames of the statues. They then come across a statue with multiple arms, armed with many weapons, but they notice that it is just a row of two-armed statues hidden one behind the others. With a domino effect, the statues topple over and Mario and Yoshi finally exit the room, but the Sphinx does not keep its promise: since Luigi did not go with them, they failed.

Angry, Mario attacks the Sphinx by tossing his staff at it, but the Sphinx Zō grabs it. Then, the Sphinx flies above Mario and crushes him. Then, with its [[Spinner]] tail, hits the Mario Bros., making Mario's head fall from his body. Yoshi launches Mario's head to the Sphinx, but it hits him back. Mario then grabs a [[Rotating Block|block]] with his teeth and jumps towards the Sphinx, who eats him. Ready to finish Luigi and Yoshi too, the Sphinx explodes: inside the block that Mario hit inside the beast's belly, a [[vine]] sprouts out and bursts out from the Sphinx, destroying it.

The [[Koopa Troopa]]s, who have been watching the fight from some cameras, are worried and try to inform Bowser, but he is busy playing ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''. Meanwhile, Yoshi creates an elephant statue with the pieces of the Sphinx Zō.

====Stage 3====
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サーキットの{{ruby|猿|さる}}！？マリオカートで{{ruby|大|だい}}{{ruby|激|げき}}{{ruby|走|そう}}！！ (''The Circuit Primate!? A Big Mario Kart Race!!'')

While continuing to explore [[Bowser's Castle]], the party arrives to a [[Bowser Castle 1|kart circuit]]. Suddenly, a kart pilot wearing a balaclava challenges Mario with a kart race. Mario accepts, but he first wants to know his face. The masked pilot refuses, but when Luigi drops some [[Banana]]s, the pilot jumps at them, losing his balaclava, revealing him to be [[Donkey Kong Jr.]]

Mario and Junior prepare to race. Right from the starting line, Mario realizes that this race will be full of cheating and traps: Lakitu slams him with the traffic light right by the start, walls appear from the ground, Junior's [[Pipe Frame|kart]] has gadgets that hit Mario, and when he is finally in first place, Lakitu grabs him with his [[Fishin' Lakitu|fishing rod]], stalling him.

A [[Blargg]] tries to attack Mario, but he clogs the monster's mouth with many [[Red Shell]]s, losing the chance to hit Junior. When they are crossing the [[Thwomp]]s section, Mario is almost crushed, but Luigi tosses Yoshi under one of the Thwomps, blocking it thanks to his hard skull, but then Mario crashes straight into another Thwomp. Junior laughs, but Mario comes out, holding the front wheel axle with his mouth and the back wheel axle with his feet.

Junior then prepares the last trap: [[Spike Trap]]s on the floor, but Mario passes over a [[? Panel]], obtaining a [[Cape Feather|Feather]], which he uses to jump over it. Junior is so shocked by it that he goes off-road, falling into the lava, and Mario wins. Later, Bowser punishes Junior, leaving him to ponder on his failure.

====Stage 4====
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{{ruby|氷|ひょう}}{{ruby|上|じょう}}レース！！　{{ruby|氷|こおり}}の{{ruby|海|うみ}}でアイテムを{{ruby|探|さが}}せ！！ (''Ice Race!! Find an Item in the Sea of Ice!!'')

Mario's party arrives in a cold room of the castle, where there is [[SNES Vanilla Lake 1|another circuit]]. The three have fun with the snow, even creating a chubby snowman of Mario. Suddenly, a trio of Koopa Troopa pilots appear, but they all crash into the Mario snowman. The heroes then have fun with the Koopas' karts, even if Yoshi slides off on the ice and falls in a cold pond. Mario then tows him on a sleigh.

Another racer arrives: a [[Mega Mole]] (whose weight continuously breaks the ice of the track). Scared, Mario abruptly hits the brake, sending Yoshi flying into the Mega Mole's face. While the enemy is distracted, Luigi passes a [[Poison Mushroom]] to Mario to use it against the Mega Mole. Mario tosses the Mushroom, but the Mega Mole slaps Yoshi from his face, hitting the mushroom that lands right in Mario's mouth, shrinking him. Mario is not crushed as [[Mini Mario]] and grabs a Red Shell, but Yoshi eats it. Mario gets angry, but comes up with a plan.

Yoshi is tied to the back of Mario's kart and uses fire breath to melt the ice behind them and around the Mega Mole. However, the Mega Mole's kart goes into hovercraft mode and jumps on them, crashing them under the ice. Under the cold water, Mario notices some frozen icebergs with items inside and grabs the [[Lightning]]. After putting his [[Caped Mario|cape]] on the kart, he jumps out of the water and uses the Lightning to shrink him. Sad that he got reduced to a [[Monty Mole]]'s size, the Mega Mole pleads to be large again, and Mario, feeling generous, puts him inside a Mega Mole snowman, much to his dismay.

====Stage 5====
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キャサリン{{ruby|登|とう}}{{ruby|場|じょう}}！！　きのうの{{ruby|敵|てき}}はきょうの{{ruby|恋|こい}}{{ruby|人|びと}}！？ (''Birdo Appears!! Yesterday's Enemy is Today's Lover!?'')

During the preparation of the upcoming [[Super_Mario-kun_Volume_4#Stage_Three|New Year Festival]] at Bowser's Castle, a strange package arrived at the castle from the sky: inside, Bowser found [[Birdo]], some [[Shy Guy]]s, and some members of the [[8 bits]]. As a Koopa rightfully guessed, the package was supposed to be sent to [[Wart]], the [[Subcon]]'s nightmare king, but arrived in the [[Valley of Bowser]] instead. Bowser is not happy of having such creatures in his castle, but with how strong [[Birdo's Egg]]s are, decides that she could be a challenging adversary for Mario.

Some time later, while exploring Bowser's Castle, Mario's party stops for a lunch break, but the three are suddenly kidnapped by a [[Bob-omb]] on an [[Albatoss]] and taken into a room where Birdo is waiting for them. Due to her strange face, they do not take her seriously. Angry, Birdo sucks Mario's face in her snout. Mario frees himself and Birdo orders a group of Shy Guys to attack them, but Mario notices that they are near Bowser's vegetable garden. Mario uproots some [[turnip]]s from the ground, scaring the Shy Guys, but Yoshi eats all the vegetables. Mario is angry, but then lays Yoshi on the ground and stomps on his belly, making him spit all the turnips, hitting and defeating all the Shy Guys.

Birdo sends in some [[Flurry|Flurries]] that freeze Mario and Luigi in two [[Ice Block]]s. Yoshi saves himself thanks to a warm futon and some [[Yoshi Cookie]]s. The two reptiles fight, launching their respective eggs at each other, but then Birdo starts to spit flames, so Yoshi jumps in her snout, clogging it. Suddenly, a [[Flying ? Block]] appears from nowhere and tosses five [[Cherry|Cherries]] at Mario. With them, Mario becomes [[Invincible Mario|invincible]] and defeats Birdo with one punch, also helping Yoshi out from her snout.

Birdo falls on top of Yoshi and, when she regains consciousness, falls for him due to the "great kiss" they shared, while Yoshi is not pleased to have a clinging girlfriend. While helping his brother out from the ice block, Mario asks who sent him those cherries. The last panel of the chapter shows [[Toad]] in Subcon, who happily smiles towards the sky.

====Stage 6====
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マムーからの{{ruby|刺|し}}{{ruby|客|かく}}！！　{{ruby|変|へん}}{{ruby|身|しん}}カメーンルイージ！？ (''Wart's Thugs!! Masked Luigi's Makeover!?'')

Birdo has joined Mario's party, and she is helping them in their journey through Bowser's Castle. After entering one of the rooms, the four meet [[Mouser]], who is busy punishing the Shy Guys for not letting them know they ended up being delivered in the wrong place. Mouser then scolds Birdo too and orders her to come back to Subcon, but she refuses, saying she found the love of her life. While the two are busy fighting and bickering, Mario and his friends try to leave, but are attacked by a [[Phanto]].

The mask attaches itself to Luigi, making him violent and brutish. Mario tries to stop him with a [[Yoshi's_Cookie#VS_Mode|Panic formation]] with Yoshi Cookies, but only manages to put Phanto-Luigi against Mouser too. Angry, Mouser tosses four [[bomb]]s to Luigi, but he grabs all the bombs and tosses them to everyone else in the room, defeating Mouser. One of the walls explodes, revealing Bowser, who yells at Birdo for her betrayal. Bowser, to stop the furious Luigi, pulls out a [[Carrot]] he recently bought and eats it, but instead of a rabbit, Bowser turns into an ox. Embarrassed, Bowser blames the [[Wario|seller]], who runs past the heroes with a kart, almost running them over.

Luigi still punches everyone. A Shy Guy arrives to help Mario, by passing him a [[Stopwatch]]. Everyone and everything, but Mario and the Shy Guy, stop at the activation of the Stopwatch. Mario finally manages to pull away the Phanto from Luigi's face and tosses it away. When the time runs again, Mario asks himself where the Shy Guy went, but he is suddenly distracted by Yoshi: the Phanto landed on his face, and now he is the one possessed. Meanwhile, it is revealed that the Shy Guy was [[Princess Peach|Peach]] in disguise, but was promptly taken away in her chambers by a Koopa Troopa and a [[Paragaloomba|Flying Goomba]].

====Stage 7====
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{{ruby|新|あら}}たなる{{ruby|冒|ぼう}}{{ruby|険|けん}}！！　スペシャルゾーンに{{ruby|突|こつ}}{{ruby|入|にゅう}}せよ！！ (''A New Adventure!! Break into the Special Zone!!'')

Minutes have passed since Peach has been rescued. Bowser, who was tied and dragged, was left in a ditch. Peach starts feeling hungry and, since Yoshi refuses to let her eat his eggs, sees in the distance a house made of sweets (just like the Witch house in ''{{wp|Hansel and Gretel}}''). However, when she enters the house, it starts to fly thanks to a rocket booster under it. It was all a trap created by [[Kamek]]. Mario tries to save Peach, but he is burned by a [[Burner]]. Before the house disappears, the party notices that the smoke left behind by the flying candy house wrote "[[Special Zone]]" in the sky. Yoshi explains that it is a hidden region of [[Star World]], full of difficult and perilous levels.

After reaching the Star World, Mario reaches the Special Zone and they enter the first level: [[Gnarly]]. Luigi and Yoshi start climbing the [[vine]]s, but Mario tries to skip the level by flying with the cape. Suddenly, Mario is attacked by the [[Hard Block]]s and the Vines. This is what makes the Special Zone difficult: even the course elements are against them. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi are coiled by the vines. After being strangled to unconsciousness, Mario is tossed to the ground, but lands on a [[Hidden Block]]. The Block decides to help him, sprouting out a [[Fire Flower no Tsuta|vine of Fire Flowers]]. Mario uses the [[Fire Flower]]s to turn into [[Fireball Mario]] and burns down the vine and the blocks (alongside Luigi and Yoshi).

The chapter ends with Kamek's flying candy house arriving at the [[Funky (level)|far end of the Special Zone]], where Bowser and the Koopa Troop are building the new Bowser's Castle. However, with their current resources, they can only create a dog kennel.

====Stage 8====
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{{ruby|風|かぜ}}まかせ{{ruby|風|ふう}}{{ruby|船|せん}}{{ruby|旅|りょ}}{{ruby|行|こう}}！？　{{ruby|Ｐ|パワー}}バルーンで{{ruby|空|そら}}を{{ruby|飛|と}}べ！！ (''Sailing Balloon Trip!? Fly in the Sky with a P-Balloon!!'')

While the Koopa Troops are trying to improve their kennel with a cardboard cutout of Bowser's Castle, Mario's party has reached [[Tubular]]. Mario, unfazed by the athletic level, attempts to skip it by flying, but a [[Koopa Paratroopa]] steals his cape. Yoshi promptly saves Mario from falling with his tongue. Mario curses at the Paratroopa and, while he mocks Mario, backs off and hits a [[? Block]], revealing a [[Power Balloon]] inside. The heroes take it, become [[Balloon Mario|balloons]], and float towards the end of the level.

Suddenly, a [[Warp Pipe]] attacks them by shooting nails at them, hitting Luigi and Yoshi, making them fly away into the air, presumably towards their demise. Mario, angry, avenges them by destroying it with a tackle. Balloon Mario then encounters a [[Jumping Piranha Plant]] who bites him, but he manages to patch the holes with some band-aids, then defeats the Piranha Plant by tossing a Power Balloon at it, making it float away.

After that, Mario encounters two [[Passin' Chuck]]s standing on two Rotating Blocks. One of them tries to attack Mario, but the football bounces on Balloon Mario's belly, hurting the Chuck instead. The other one then pulls out a spiky football. Mario tries to escape, but he is hit and falls into a pipe. While the Chucks cheer, Mario comes out from the pipe, which is revealed to be friendly and also a [[Pipe Cannon]], shooting [[Dangan Mario]] against the Chucks and a block from which Mario gets another Power Balloon.

Balloon Mario arrives at the end, where he finds Luigi and Yoshi alive and well: it turns out that they landed on the opposite side of the cliff. Mario gets near the Tape of the [[Giant Gate]], but the [[wind]] starts to blow him away.

====Stage 9====
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{{ruby|熱|ねつ}}{ruby|砂|さ}}の{{ruby|大|だい}}{{ruby|攻|こう}}{{ruby|防|ぼう}}{{ruby|戦|せん}}！！　{{ruby|死|し}}の{{ruby|砂|さ}}{{ruby|漠|ばく}}を{{ruby|脱|だっ}}{{ruby|出|しゅつ}}せよ！！ (''The Great Battle of Boiling Sand!! Escape to the Desert of Death!!'')

The party is traversing a scorching desert to reach the next level. It is so hot that Yoshi has to remove his skin from his body to endure it. Sweaty and hungry, the trio finds an oasis. In there, they find some {{wp|Takoyaki}}s, but when they try to eat them, they discover that those are disguised Bob-ombs that explode in their faces. After that, Luigi notices the oasis is fake as well: it is just a poster.

Meanwhile, at Bowser's Castle (now a dump of furniture), Bowser is enjoying Mario's torture, but Peach, unnoticed, finds a Flying ? Block in the junk and, with a kiss of encouragement, asks it to bring Mario an item.

The trio finds a lake. A nearby sign asks visitors to cover themselves with sand if they want to dive in the lake and, too hot to question it, they partially follow the instructions. After diving in, though, the Mario Bros. realizes that it is a trap: they cover themselves with bread crumbs and dove into a lake of frying oil. The two brothers manage to jump out, but Yoshi is breaded. Then, a [[Blargg]] emerges from the frying oil and bites Yoshi, then goes for Mario.

Peach's Flying ? Block arrives and gives Mario a [[Reitō Power-up Kinoko|Frozen Super Mushroom]]. As [[Water Stream Mario]], Mario defeats the Blargg and Peach rejoices. Bowser is upset with her, so Peach, to make up with him, offers to burn the trash, burning the so-called "castle" in the process.

====Stage 10====
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{{ruby|湖|みずうみ}}の{{ruby|秘|ひ}}{{ruby|密|みつ}}！？　ウルトラプクプク{{ruby|大|おお}}{{ruby|暴|あば}}れ！！ (''The Secret of the Lake!? Ultra Pukupuku Rampage!!'')

While training in synchronized swimming in a pond, Bowser is informed by a Flying Goomba that Mario is getting closer and closer. Bowser is not worried, explaining that the next level he will have to face is very difficult.

Finally out of the desert, Mario's party has arrived at [[Mondo]], a level with low water. However, a few meters in, the three are submerged by a high tide. Mario takes his [[Frog Suit]], but then is hit by something that destroys his suit: a [[Cheep Cheep]]. The Cheep Cheep continues to fight and gives the trio a difficult time, but the low tide then comes, making the Cheep Cheep gasp for air, but he returns in full strength every time the tide rises.

Yoshi notices a cork on the ground and attempts to take it out, but he is bitten by nearby [[Muncher]]s. Quickly, Mario pulls out the cork and the entire water drains down. The Cheep Cheep gasps for air, but he suddenly becomes larger and powerful and grows a pair of legs: he is an [[Ultra Pukupuku]] and the water was holding back his actual power. Mario tries to defeat him with a cape twirl, but the Ultra Pukupuku does not even flinch. With a tail swipe, Mario is sent flying into a rock.

Luigi and Yoshi are scared, but Mario gets out from the rock, inside which he found a [[3-Up Moon]], in the form of [[3UP Mario]]. Using the Moon on his cap, Mario stabs the Ultra Pukupuku, and the sparks shrink it into the size of a goldfish. Mario humiliates the "no longer Ultra" Pukupuku, while Bowser, who has watched the fight via cameras, is getting more and more worried.

====Stage 11====
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{{ruby|宿|しゅく}}{{ruby|命|めい}}の{{ruby|対|たい}}{{ruby|決|けつ}}！！　ドンキーコング{{ruby|Ｊｒ.|ジュニア}}{{ruby|最|さい}}{{ruby|後|ご}}の{{ruby|挑|ちゅう}{{ruby|戦|せん}}！？ (''Confrontation of Fate!! Donkey Kong Jr.: The Final Battle!?'')

At Bowser's Castle (now a cave shaped like Bowser's face), Bowser meets with a [[Monty Mole]]: a [[SNES Donut Plains 1|new kart track]], full of traps, has been prepared for Mario. Bowser intends to give Donkey Kong Jr. another chance and sends him to have a rematch. While Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi reach the track and are having fun, Junior, driving his kart, arrives and challenges them to a rematch race.

During the first strait of the race, Junior slams on a Pipe, while Luigi is assaulted by the Monty Mole (who was instructed by Bowser to help Junior) and crashes against Yoshi, destroying their karts. Mario is the only one left, so Junior tries to make him slip on a [[Banana]] peel, but Mario manages to not skid with the help of a [[Dash Mushroom]]. Junior then throws [[Triple Red Shells|three red shells]] at him. He misses Mario, making him laugh at Junior, but then the Shells change direction and hit him, making him lose the lead.

Trying to use a jump line, Mario tries to jump over Junior, but he hits his kart, making him land on a ? Panel, from which Mario obtains a Lightning. Using it, Mario shrinks Junior, crushes him, and wins the race.

====Stage 12====
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マリオ{{ruby|ＶＳ|たい}}クッパ！！　{{ruby|白|はく}}{{ruby|熱|ねつ}}の{{ruby|風|ふう}}{{ruby|船|せん}}{{ruby|割|わ}}りバトル！！ (''Mario VS Bowser!! Incandescent Balloon Battle!!'')

Mario and his friends are having fun on another kart track when Bowser suddenly appears to challenge Mario to a [[Battle_Mode#Balloon_Battle|Balloon Battle]]. Mario refuses, but Bowser captures Luigi and Yoshi and ties them with a [[Piranha Plant]] tongue: if Mario still refuses, they will be eaten. Bowser explains the rule: whoever pops the opponent's [[balloon]]s will win; if Bowser wins, Mario will have to give up on rescuing Peach. Mario accepts and starts popping Bowser's balloons with a needle, but both Bowser and Luigi explain to him he can pop them from his own kart and with an item.

The battle starts: Mario is the first one to pop a balloon with a [[Green Shell]], however, from Bowser's popped balloon, a bunch of Monty Moles jump at Mario. Distracted by them, Mario has two of his three balloons popped. With the [[Fireball Mario]] form, Mario gets rid of the Monty Moles, but he is now at risk: he only has one balloon left. Mario tries to get near the back of Bowser's kart, but with a giant fan, Bowser keeps him away.

Bowser then attacks with a bunch of Green Shells, which Mario stops with his mouth. Mario goes to the pit stop but, being run by Koopa Troopas, the workers put a ball and chain on Mario's kart. Bowser is about to strike with another Green Shell, but Yoshi uses his tongue and attaches to Bowser's face, covering his eyes. Bowser flinches and accidentally hits his own balloon. Mario, to trick Bowser, draws his face on his balloon, to confuse him, and it works (even though Mario's face is smashed by different shells). Bowser then presses a button that makes his kart spiky.

Mario attempts to escape, but he skids, slipping over a ? Panel and crashes on a rock wall. Bowser charges at him, but Mario disappears and Bowser's crash creates a landslide. Bowser's last balloon pops, while Mario is uninjured: he got a [[Boo]] from the Panel and became invisible and intangible. When Mario goes to hug his friends, now free from the Piranha, he discovers he was turned into an actual ghost, scaring Luigi.

====Stage 13====
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ピーチ{{ruby|姫|ひめ}}を{{ruby|救|すく}}え！！　マリオとクッパの{{ruby|共|きょう}}{{ruby|同|どう}}{{ruby|作|きく}}{{ruby|戦|せん}}！？ (''Rescue Princess Peach!! Mario and Bowser Join Forces!?'')

At Bowser's Castle (now fully finished), while waiting to be rescued, Peach finds "Bowser's secret room" and sneaks in, revealing a bunch of girly and lavish items. In a basket, Peach finds {{wp|Roasted sweet potatoes}} and eats them. Later, Bowser is informed by a Flying Goomba that Peach transformed into an anthropomorphic baked potato. Bowser reveals that those potatoes were poisoned and were meant for Mario, but also reveals that the far ends of the Special Zone grow [[Pretty Kinoko|Pretty Mushrooms]] that can revert Peach to her normal form.

Mario and his friends, riding a tandem-kart, encounter Bowser and the Flying Goomba on the [[Koopa Clown Car]], but they ignore them. The heroes stop Bowser, asking him where he is going in such a hurry, also ignoring the enemies he tosses at them. Bowser explains the situation and explains he is headed to search for the Pretty Mushroom. Mario decides to succeed against him in this hunt, but the kart is destroyed by a [[Metal ball|Big Steely]], so Mario transforms Yoshi into [[Yoshi Kart (form)|Kart form]], fusing him with a Mushroom and the kart parts.

While hindering each other, the two teams bump onto a giant evil mushroom, that Bowser explains to be the Pretty Mushroom they are looking for, turned giant and evil thanks to his fertilizer. Being mauled by the Mushroom, Bowser and Mario decide to cooperate and decide to lure the Mushroom towards a minefield of Bob-ombs, but Bowser is knocked out after bumping his head on a pipe.

Mario jumps on Yoshi Kart and is being chased by Mushroom and, approaching the minefield, puts [[Yoshi Wings|Wings]] on Yoshi and flies off, and the Mushroom, not having time to stop, runs in the minefield, exploding and losing all its evilness. Bowser is defeated, so Mario and his friends tie him up, take over his castle, and save Peach.

====Stage 14====
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{{ruby|強|きょう}}{{ruby|敵|てき}}ワリオ{{ruby|現|あら}}る！！　マリオランドをとりもどせ！！ (''The Powerful Enemy Wario Appears!! Take Back Mario Land!!'')

At the new Bowser's Castle (now renamed "[[Peach's Castle]]"), Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Peach are watching TV, where Bowser found a job as a TV comedian. Suddenly, the broadcasting is interrupted by a special announcement: [[Mario Land (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Mario Land]], the island that Peach gifted to Mario, has just been taken by a mystery villain. The villain enters the TV station and presents himself: it is [[Wario]], Mario's childhood friend and rival.

Mario is angry and decides to go back to Mario Land and take it back. Luigi and Yoshi, instead of accompanying him, wish him good luck, while Peach gives him a Super Mushroom. With a [[Lakitu's Cloud]], Mario returns to Mario Land and meets two [[Flying Goomba]]s that reveal they are on Wario's side. Mario hits them, and the Flying Goombas eat his cloud. Mario falls on a ? Block, obtaining a sentient [[Carrot]] that turns him into [[Bunny Mario]]. Using his rabbit ears, Mario flies and whips the Flying Goombas.

The Carrot offers to help Mario to kick Wario out of Mario Land, but they are attacked by a [[Ragumo]]. Mario tries to burn it with a [[fireball]], but misses. A [[Bopping Toady]] latches its tongue on Mario, restraining him. Carrot tries to help him, but gets knocked out by the Ragumo, ready to drill Mario. Mario stops the drill-nose with the rabbit ears, then uses Peach's Super Mushroom on them, making his ears big. With this strength, Mario crushes the Ragumo's nose and defeats the Bopping Toady too.

Carrot puts herself together (literally), and congratulates Mario. Wario, from [[Mario's Castle]], mocks Mario and tells him that if he wants to fight him, he will need to collect the [[6 Golden Coins]] from the six regions of Mario Land, to access the castle. Mario accepts the challenge and throws his fist into the air while jumping, hitting his head on a tree branch.

===Puzzles===
マリオスーパー{ruby|迷|めい}{{ruby|路|ろ}}・パズル (''Mario Super Maze: Puzzle'')
#'''マリオカート{{ruby|迷|めい}}{{ruby|路|ろ}}''' (''Mario Kart Maze''): Take coins and power up. Get the most coins through your path to the goal where Bowser is. How many can you get? (You can't go through the same place)
#'''{{ruby|足|あし}}あと{{ruby|追|つい}}せき{{ruby|迷|めい}}{{ruby|路|ろ}}''' (''Footprints chase maze''): Follow the footsteps and let's catch Bowser ● If you come inside, you can only move in the footprints' direction.
#'''ニンジン{{ruby|迷|めい}}{{ruby|路|ろ}}''' (''Carrot maze''): Which path can take you to the Carrot?
#'''がけっぷち{{ruby|迷|めい}}{{ruby|路|ろ}}''' (''Cliff edge maze''): Who will reach Princess Peach: Mario or Wario?
#'''ヨッシーのクッキークイズ''' (''Yoshi Cookie quiz''): Fake cookies are mixed in the one baked by Princess Peach. Look for her real [[Yoshi Cookie]].
#'''まちがいさがし''' (''Find the differences''):
**Take a closer look at the picture below. Now let's take a look at page 178.
**Look for the differences from the picture of page 164. There are seven differences in all. If you can find them without looking at the previous picture, you're a champion! Amazing! If you don't find all the differences, don't worry: feel free to take a look at the previous picture.
<gallery>
SMKun 6 puzzle 1.png|Mario Kart Maze
SMKun 6 puzzle 2.png|Footprints chase maze
SMKun 6 puzzle 3.png|Carrot maze
SMKun 6 puzzle 4.png|Cliff edge maze
SMKun 6 puzzle 5.png|Yoshi Cookie quiz
SMKun 6 puzzle 6a.png|Find the differences
SMKun 6 puzzle 6b.png|Find the differences
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*Chapter 1's final fight between [[Battra Hanachan]] and [[Star Yoshi]] is a nod to ''{{wp|Godzilla vs. Mothra}}''.
*In chapter 6, [[Bowser]] is transformed into an ox, a nod to the {{wp|Bull Demon King}}, the inspiration for Bowser's character and appearance.
*The [[Yoshi Kart (form)|Yoshi Kart]] form makes [[Yoshi]] resemble the future [[Turbo Yoshi]].
{{Yukio Sawada's manga}}
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