Our story takes place on a dark and stormy Halloween night in Brooklyn, New York. It is 11:59 and the rain is coming down like a waterfall. The windows are rattling in a huge skyscraper in Brooklyn. Mario and Princess Peach, who live here with many other Nintendo characters, are trying to make the best of this unpleasant night with some relish hamburgers and fries. Mario is gorging on one of the juicy burgers, while Peach daintily sips a milkshake on a bearskin rug. In the middle of their midnight snack, Mario stops eating, closes his eyes, and places his hand on the princess' cheek. She closes her eyes as well and they both lean into each other…
They were seconds from kissing when a giant lightning bolt and a boom of fire strikes the building. Peach drops her milkshake and wraps her arms around Mario. It is pitch black, with only their faces barely visible. They start to sweat, not from warmth, but from panic.
"Don't worry, Princess-a Peach. It's just a power outage. We just have to go down to the basement," Mario reassures.
"But I'm so scared! Ever since I was a little girl, I've been terribly frightened of the basement!" Peach replies.
"Then I'll-a go. I was an electrician before I-a was a plumber, you know!" Mario insists as he lit a candle.
"Be careful! I've heard of monsters lurking down there. Don't be long!"
"I'll-a be back in two minutes tops. You can just rest in front of the fireplace, Princess. Just-a try to save some of the burgers for me!" Mario promises. He slowly creeps down the stairs…
"What is the Princess talking about? I don't see any monsters! Except for that Scaredy Rat! Ahahaha!" he chuckles to himself as the rat scurries up the wall.
"Aha! This-a should be the room with the fuse box." He inspects an old, wooden door.
"Hiii!" Mario suddenly turns around to find a pink puffball with rosy cheeks accompanied by a young lad in a green tunic.
"Oh, hi-a Link! Hi-a Kirby!" Mario greets. "Are you here to investigate the power outage, too?"
Link nods. Suddenly they hear strange whispering in the room next to the fuse box room, which is marked with a noticeable blue W. It sounds unnatural and otherworldly. Link and Kirby tremble.
"Wario lives there! What is he up to now?" Mario wonders.
Mario motions for Link and Kirby to come with them, but they shove him in, obviously too scared to go themselves.
"And you-a call yourself the wielder of the Triforce of Courage, Link…" Mario grumbles to himself, but what he sees soon catches his eyes and almost makes his heart stop. It's a monster party!
The gang's all here. Jason, Chuckie, Leatherface, and many other mummies, zombies, and skeletons are having a meeting. At the table sits Wario and a goat-like demon named Abigor.
"Hearrrr myyy wordssssss, Warioooooo. I haveeeee a favorrrrrr forrrr youuuu. Asss youuuu knowwwww, it'ssss Halloweennnnnnnnnn nightttttt. Asss middlemannnnnnnnnn offf theeee Underwhereeeeeeeeeee, I'veeee gotttt myyy eyeeee onnn thisssss littlllllle skyscraperrrrrrrrrrr offf yoursssss. Myyy monsterssssssss needdddd a newwww homeeeee. Youuuu, asss theeee caretakerrrrrrrrrr offf thisssss hotellllll, havvvve theeee keysssss necessaryyyyyyyyyy tooo opennnnn alllll theeee roomsssss! Sooo…emptyyyyyy themmmmm! Youuuu comicccccc Nintendooooooooo characterssssssssss arrre a thornnnnnn innn myyy eyeeee! Let'sssss kickkkkk themmmmm outttt andddd makkkke wayyyy forrrr theeee creaturessssssss offf theeee Underwhereeeeeeeeeee!" Abigor explained.
"Wa-ha-ha-ha! Not-a bad, Abigor! A diabolical plan! But what's-a in it for me? You know the deal-I scratch your back-you scratch mine!"
"Wellllll, isss ittt truuuue thattttt you'vvvvve hadddd yourrrrr heartttttt setttt onnn Princessssssssss Peachhhhhh?"
"I couldddddd manipulattttttttte herrr brainnnnnn. Thennnnn she'ddddd onlyyyyy likkkke youuuu, andddd thisssss bumpkinnnnnnnn Marioooooo wouldddddd beee historyyyyyyyy tooo herrrr. Justtttt imaginnnnnnne hissss faceeeee whennnnn Peachhhhhh finallyyyyyyyy dumpssssss himmmm! Whattttt dooo youuuu thinkkkkkk offf myyy littlllllle plannnnn, Warioooooo?"
Wario's eyes flash…
He imagines Peach lovingly embracing Wario while he literally kicks Mairo to the curb. He laughs menacingly…
"Plusssss, she'sssss a princessssssssss. She'sssss undoubtedlyyyyyyyyyyyyy wealthyyyyyyyyy."
Wario's greed knows no boundaries. The thought of Peach drives him to madness... "GIMME! GIMME!" he begs.
Wario, without hesitation, scribbles his name on the Underwhere middleman's contract. The fate of the apartment dwellers appears to be sealed…
Abigor laughs maniacally.
"Yessss, YESSSS! Youuuu areeee makinggggggg sureeeee youuuu signnnnn ittt clearlyyyyyyyy andddd cleanlyyyyyyyy. I ammm impressedddddddddd!"
"These are the keys to my apartment. Hope you and your demonic buddies have a good time. Wa-ha-ha-ha!"
"I ammm eagerrrrrr tooo distributtttttttte the keys."
Mario, Link, and Kirby can't believe it. The already crazed Wario has made a deal with a demon. What has he gotten himself into. "I-a th-think there's a luh-luh-lot c-co-coming f-for us!" Mario said, paralyzed with tear.
The chaos has just started. Werewolves, skeletons, mummies, zombies, and the rest of the undead are ready to take their keys to their apartments. Their diabolical enthusiasm knows no bounds…
The peaceful inhabitants of the Nintendo Skyscraper surely don't want to know of the hell that is about to befall all of them. The only eyewitnesses anre Mario, Link, and Kirby…
Link was in a panic. He had battled countless demons before, but this one felt like a nightmare to him.
Mario felt the same. "Peach is-a up there! If the monsters get to her, she'll-a…she'll-a…"
He was interrupted by Kirby. "Over here! This crate has a name written on it. Too bad I can't read…"
"Hmm…'Van Helsing'." Mario read. "Wait a moment, isn't-a that the guy who killed Count Dracula?"
Exactly! Completely by accident, Kirby has discovered the legacy of the legendary vampire hunter. Our three friends are about to open the box...
It's filled with armor! Mario gets a fedora and a cape, while Kirby gets a leather jacket, and Link gets some chain mail marked with a skull.
At the bottom are three vials of serum. Mario and Link are uneasy about drinking them, but Kirby pops it right into his mouth.
"Wait-a, Kirby! Don't drink that! It might be dangerous!"
Suddenly, Kirby's eyes grow yellow and raging, and he grows devilish, blood-stained fangs in his normally toothless mouth. Mario and Link do the same, getting green skin and bloodshot eyes. A fiery sword magically appears in Link's hand, and a bullwhip in Mario's. The normally amicable friends turn into a gang of aggressive ghost hunters! One look into their vicious eyes betrays over a thousand words. They are prepared for the worst. Make way for the heroes of the century!
Meanwhile, Donkey and Diddy Kong are watching a horror movie in their apartment, which was invaded by Chuckie. He and his monsters demand for the Kongs to leave their apartment. Diddy clings to his uncle as their movie seemingly comes true…
All of a sudden, some guys rush into the room! It was Mario, Link, and Kirby!
Mario is unstoppable. The thought of Princess Peach's safety makes him a fearless fighter!
Kirby hasn't ever felt so much anger in himself! Whether it be zombies, ghouls, or chainsaw-wielding monsters, he is not afraid anymore!
And Link? He is definitely not afraid. The already-courageous hero is just waiting to stab all the monsters from the Underwhere with his fiery blade. With this weapon, he feels stronger than ever before.
Mario starts by lashing at a blue-skinned zombie with his whip, while another, more feminine monster watches in horror. Kirby starts to do what he does best-inhale all of his enemies! His main opponent is none other than Jason Voorhees! Link does a spin attack on a bunch of monsters surrounding him, and then slashes at a mummy resembling the Gibdos he's fought in the past. Then Mario angrily stomps on a small devil creature, and hits a strange figure in a fedora with his whip! After Kirby flies around hitting some goblins, he uses his Fire copy ability to burn down Pinhead!
The fight is short-lived. The monsters have no way to counter the combined power of our three friends. They start to return from whence they came. Even Abigor is nowhere to be seen…
"Fantastico! We-a got rid of all of the Underwhere creatures out of the apartment! Wahoo!" Mario exclaimed.
"Ook ook! Good job, pals! Diddy and I could have beaten them up in half that time...but that wasn't so bad, for amateurs! It was fun watching you!" DK replied.
As they shed their armor and the serums wore off, Link asked Mario if he was sure they should put Van Helsing's equipment away, since Abigor and his monsters might return.
"True, but-a for now, we should hide these in a dark corner where no one can-a ever find them. They'd-a be dangerous in the wrong hands." Mario insisted.
Kirby yawned. "I sure am tired after all that hero stuff. Whaddya say we split up and hit the hay?"
Link nodded, and Mario said through yawns, "I sure-a need a power nap too. Plus, Princess-a Peach must be worried sick. I need to check on her!"
So the three went their separate ways as Mario gave them their reclaimed room keys. The lights in the hotel were back on, now that the demonic presence was cleared.
Mario opened the door, expecting to find Peach having nightmares about what happened to him. Instead, she still sat in her armchair with her back toward Mario.
"Princess-a Peach? Princess? Princess?"
"Why-a aren't you saying anything? Did you-a fall asleep reading?"
When there was no reply, Mario slowly turned her head around, to reveal a white, cracked face and hollow eyeholes. Peach had been turned into a zombie!
