"Hmmm..." Mario stated as he was looking at a bunch of balloons floating in the air just outside of Princess Peach's castle.
"What's wrong, Mario?" Toad asked as he and the others gathered around the red capped plumber.
"What do we do with these balloons?" Mario asked as he pointed at the different colored balloons.
Peach gasped as she clapped her hand. "Oh, we could ride on them!"
"I don't know, that sounds dangerous..." Luigi gulped as he felt nervous just thinking about it.
"Yeah, besides, wouldn't it pop on us?" Yoshi added as he was eating a bunch of berries.
Princess Daisy laughed as she leaned over Yoshi. "Oh come on! There's nothing wrong with wanting to ride on a balloon! People ride in balloons all the time!"
"Actually, they ride on the baskets connected to the hot air balloons," Toadette corrected as she was eating some cupcakes, burping as she blushed and giggled.
"Wah! What good use are balloons gonna be to us?" Wario scoffed as he was scratching his butt.
"Nyeh, I agree! Why do we want balloons, anyway?" Waluigi added as he impatiently folded his lanky arms together.
"Because balloons can give you extra lives!" Donkey Kong exclaimed in excitement as he posed while flexing his muscles.
Bowser slapped DK across the back of his head. "They only do that for certain type of balloons at your island, stupid!"
The group of Mario characters began arguing with each other regarding the balloons, with Toadette farting loudly by accident as she apologized, causing the arguments to briefly stop as they resumed. Behind a couple of different colored striped hills, Dry Bowser and the Big Bob-omb watched on as they were wondering what this whole balloon predicament could mean.
"You think we should invade and destroy all their balloons right in front of their eyes?" King Bob-omb curiously asked Dry Bowser.
Rubbing his bony chin while thinking about it, Dry Bowser shook his head as he snapped his fingertips. "No, I got a better idea... let's make these fools fight for their right to the balloons."
"Ooh, now that sounds like a plan!" The Big Bob-omb King chortled as he rubbed his orb shaped hands together, with him and Dry Bowser leaving the scene as they planned their plan.