Now it’s up to Yoshi to rescue Princess Peach, Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi from the castle’s paintings and walls! Maybe Mario and his friends have been captured in the paintings, too! According to Toadsworth, Bowser has stolen the Power Stars guarding the castle and locked Princess Peach into the walls and paintings. Upon entering the castle, Yoshi discovers that no one is there. I’ve baked a cake for you."Īt the invitation of Princess Peach, Mario, accompanied by party crashers Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi, enter Princess Peach's Castle.īut when the four don’t come out of the castle for a long time, Yoshi decides to check up on them. Eventually, Yoshi starts collecting Power Stars, rescuing Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, and Bowser's brother Bowsoriton along the way, and the five continue to collect the Power Stars in order to save Princess Peach from Bowser's grasp. He also concludes the last time he saw the heroes is when they jumped into the Bob-omb painting. Toadsworth informs Yoshi that Bowser and his army have kidnapped Princess Peach and stolen the Power Stars. No one's home! Now scram-And don't come back! Gwa ha ha!". When Yoshi finally goes inside, he hears a voice from Bowser telling him, "Welcome. After Yoshi grabs the rabbit, the rabbit gives up the key to him.
says that he saw a rabbit with the key in his mouth. Yoshi tries to enter the castle, but the doors are locked. Yoshi is seen to be asleep on a house's roof the entire time, only to be awakened by the Lakitu Bro., who reveals that the others have not returned yet immediately, Yoshi decides to locate them. The four make their way to the castle entrance.
Mario arrives outside the castle through a Warp Pipe, followed by Luigi, Wario and Waluigi. Princess Peach writes a letter to Mario, telling him to come to her castle because she baked a cake for him. This letter is assumed to be a clever forgery from Bowser, who guesses that Mario and his friends would come looking and so employs the Koopa Troop to capture them beforehand.