Mario, Yoshi and Toad walked back into the underground cave and used the key they got from Bowser to unlock the gate that they saw earlier, and the doors opened up. The trio walked inside slowly, not sure what awaited them on the other side.
Bob Omb Village
On the other side of the door wasn't a very pretty sight. Mario and Co. were now in a desolate village with only a few bob ombs living there. Some houses were destroyed, windows were cracked, the area itself was dark, gloomy, and deserted.
Mario: Wh-What happened here?
Toad: I don't know but… this place gives me the creeps…
Mario: It's actually kinda depressing to me. I wonder if Rashay had something to do with this.
Yoshi: Hey, what's that over there?
They headed in the direction Yoshi was pointing and saw a massive meteorite in the right side of the area. This wasn't any meteorite though. This was the same large meteor that fell out of the sky alongside the two small ones back when Yoshi first arrived. This was where it landed.
Mario: Mamma Mia!
Toad: That thing is huge!
Yoshi: I guess this is the cause of all this destruction on the village.
Mario: So Rashay IS responsible for this! He's gonna pay!
?: And not only that…
The heroes looked behind them and saw a sad looking Bob Omb Buddy.
Bob Omb Buddy: That meteor destroyed our power supply and most of our houses… Also, the old rocket station got taken over by some shadowy presence. Most of us got scared and moved out, because of that.
Toad: A shadowy presence? That doesn't sound good.
Mario: We should look around town and see if there are some stars around here. Because I doubt we'll be able to get in that station easily.
Yoshi: Good idea. Let's get to exploring.
The trio looked around the desolate town. Mario came across a warp pipe, but it's entrance was barred off.
Mario: Hmm… if only there were a Vanish Cap around here…
Toad: Hey guys! I found something!
Mario and Yoshi followed Toad to see that there was a crack on what appeared to be a wooden dumpster.
Toad: That crack looks suspicious, don't you think?
Mario: Yeah, you're probably right, Toad. Let's a go!
They all ground pounded in. They were expecting to enter some sort of dumpster or sewer level, but instead were met with what looked like a gamer's basement. The walls were made of stone bricks, a single lightbulb illuminated the room, there were all sorts of gaming merchandise all over the room. There was a Paper Mario decoy on the wall in front of the trio, a poster depicting three Chaos from the Sonic series saying 'Chao in Space: Collectors Edition' on the right wall, and the left wall had a wooden shelf with three layers and they were filled with all sorts of video game items: the top layer had a red kart with Mario's logo from Mario Kart DS, the Star Cup trophy from Mario Kart: Double Dash, a Yoshi doll and the game box of Super Mario 64. The middle layer had DS game cartridges, the Nintendo 64 symbol in a 3D model, a normal NES cartridge and a golden one with The Legend of Zelda game, a 3D model of a Red Shell and a N64 cartridge. The bottom layer had a DS game cover, a 3D model of an 8-bit Item Block, a N64 game cartridge, a DVD set of the Pokémon anime, the game cover of Super Smash Bros Melee and a Game Cube with another N64 game cartridge. On the floor next to the shelf were various objects which included a treasure chest and the Triforce from the Zelda games, and a Game Boy.
But that wasn't all: on the corner of the left wall was a wooden TV stand with a small TV showing the Super Mario Bros game. The TV stand had of course the NES console with a R.O.B. toy placed in front of the TV holding the controller as if it was playing the game. Above the TV was a 3D model of a POW Block and on the wall was a poster saying 'Nintendo ULTRA 64'. Finally, there was a homework desk placed on the wall in front of the heroes and resting on the desk's side was Luigi's Poltergust 3000 from Luigi's Mansion.
Mario: Wow! Look how decked out this room is! Whoever owns this room must be a true gamer.
Toad: I could SO live down here!
Yoshi noticed that something was off about the homework desk, he jumped on it and was sucked inside in a similar manner to the cage leading to Big Boo's Haunt. Mario and Toad followed.
Gloomy Ambience
Mario and the gang were shrunken down, and were standing atop an open pencil case.
Toad: Woah! We're so tiny!
Yoshi: I guess we gotta get a star to change back.
Mario: Let's a go!
The table's surface acted as lava, so they had to cross various supplies to get to the star. These included a white mug with pencils that had Mario's symbol printed on it, a pencil case, colored pencils, an exercise math book, a sellotape, scissors, and finally a calculator. Just for fun, Toad tried inputting 2+2, and to his surprise, it actually said 4.
Toad: The calculator WORKS?! Woah!
Mario: Come on, Toad!
Toad: Oh, sorry. Coming!
The star sat right there, and they claimed it.