Mario followed Toad down the hallway in Peach's castle. Toad had been telling him about this new device he had been working on for quite some time. His other colleagues around the many dimensions had also been working on it as well. But he still didn't tell Mario what it was. The two finally reached the end of the long hallway and Toad took a key out of his vest.

"You're going to like this," said Toad. Mario was very confused. What was this thing Toad had been working on for so long that he couldn't tell Mario about? Toad unlocked and opened the door. Mario gasped. There was a large machine with six chairs attatched to it. Each chair had a helmet on it. "What are you waiting for?" asked Toad, "Sit." Mario obediently sat in the chair, still very confused as to what was going on.

"What is this thing?" Mario asked.

"This, Mario, is my life's goal. I have finally created a machine where one can mentally enter a world where all dimensions may meet. Of cousre, I only gave the design to safe realms. We wouldn't want the corrupt dimensions getting in on this."

Mario shifted uneasily. "You're going to zap me into another world?"

"No, no!" exclaimed Toad, "You will simply be there mentally. Just put on that helmet." Mario did so. "Now get ready!"

Everything went dark for Mario. He opened his eyes. He was on top of the castle. "Mama mia!" he yelled, "Toad! I think you miscalculated your--" he cut himself short. He saw three copies of himself jumping over the main tower of the castle. But they were different. One was dressed as Wario. Another was in brown and silver. And the third was in his original clothes: Blue shirt and red overalls, as opposed to the inverted scheme he wore now.

Toad came in on a loudspeaker. "Mario, you must test your skills here. These copies of you are relatively weak. You should be able to beat them easily."

Mario looked up as a fireball hit him in the face. "Ow!" he exclaimed, "But none of them have a fire flower!"

Toad spoke up again: "Oh... I guess I messed up a bit there. You have most of the powers here that I have ever seen you use, but you can use them freely here. The fire flower actually shoots fire of its own! You don't need it."

Mario extended his arm and threw a ball of fire. It bounced off the ground and hit the Wario-Wannabe in the stomach. As he keeled over, Mario picked him up and threw him back on the ground. The Blue Mario started punching him, so Mario punched him square in the jaw. Blue Mario flew back and off the edge of the castle. A bright flash of light flew up from the ground and absorbed him. Brown Mario threw Mario around in circles off the edge of the castle, but Mario jumped up just in time. Suddenly, a rumbling sound was heard. The two remaining Mario clones quickly jumped to the opposite side of the castle roof. Mario looked up. There was a giant Bonzai Bill. He tried to jump on top of it, but it drilled into the castle and exploded. He was thrown into the castle tower's wall. He blacked out.

Mario awoke later in a daze. He did not know how long it had been, but the two marios were kicking and punching him. A heart stated to fall from the sky. "What's this?" he asked. Mario picked up the heart. He suddenly felt so much stronger. He tripped the clones and punched them both off the side of the stage.

He felt himself fade out of that world and into a long hallway. The second door on the left had his name on it. He walked in.