The Legend

"The Legend" is a two-page mini-story released in the Nintendo Comics System series in Super Mario Bros. Special Edition #1. It is a short adaption to the story of Super Mario Bros., explaining the backstory and how the Mario Bros. began their adventures as heroes.

Plot synopsisEdit

In the magical Mushroom Kingdom, the Mushroom People live in peace, ruled by the Mushroom King and Princess Toadstool, until King Bowser Koopa starts attacking and kidnaps Toadstool. When Mario and Luigi hear Toadstool crying for help, they go to the Mushroom Kingdom and defeat Bowser, who vows to come back.

GalleryEdit

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Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning
Finnish	Legenda^[1]	The legend
French	Légende^[2]	Legend
German	Die Legende^[3]	The Legend
Portuguese	A lenda^[4]	The legend
Swedish	Legenden^[5]	Legend

ReferencesEdit

^ Nintendo-lehti (1990-1994, Finnish)
^ 1992. Super Mario Bros. n^o 1. Glénat (French). ISBN 2-87695-184-3. Page 3.
^ Super Mario Bros. Video-Comic-Magazin
^ Super Mario Bros. n° 3
^ Nintendo Magasinet Nr 1 1990

[Edit] Nintendo Comics System
Comics	Short stories	"The Legend" • "Dear Princess Toadstool" • "Koopa's Health and Beauty Tips" • "Koopa's Believe It or Else!" • "Mario Bros. Museum of Plumbing" • "Koopa's High School Yearbook" • "Fryguy High Yearbook -- Activity Page!" • "Family Album 'The Early Years'" • "Koopa-Kola" • "In the Swim! Fun and Sun Fashions" • "Get Kooped Up With the Nicest People" • "Koopatone" • "Family Album 'Summer Camp'" • "Kitchen Kraziness" • "Public Service Announcement" • "The Mario Bros. Guide to Grooming Your Moustache" • "Throne Out" • "Weight Up"
	Full stories	"The Fish That Should've Gotten Away" • "Mutiny on the Fungi" • "A Mouser in the Houser" • "Just Deserts" • "The Adventures of Dirk Drain-Head" • "You Again?" • "Piranha-Round Sue" • "Cloud Nine" • "Magic Carpet Madness" • "The Kingdom Enquirer" • "Bedtime for Drain-Head" • "Love Flounders" • "Betrayal Most Proper" • "Beauty and the Beach" • "Fins and Roses" • "Duh Stoopid Bomb!" • "Cloud Burst" • "The Buddy System" • "It's Always Fair Weather" • "Elect Mario for Man of the Year" • "The Revenge of Pipe Ooze!" • "Minor Defects" • "The Doctor Is In... Over His Head" • "Bowser Knows Best" • "Tanooki Suits Me"
	Foreign-exclusive	"A casa do Toad" • "Der sprechende Abfluss" • "Die Mario-Brüder und der Super-Sauger" • "Die unglaubiche Erfindung"
Characters		Benny (It's Always Fair Weather) • Benny (Just Deserts) • Bertha • Chef Spore • Clarence • Dirk Drain-Head • Dr. Waldo Bloom • Elliot • Fluffy • Flurry Mushroomland • Gary • Iggy • Jason • King Koopa • Larry • Lemmy • Ludwig • Luigi • Mama Mario • Mario • Moonfungie • Morton • Mouser • Mushroom King • Mushroom People • Papa Mario • Piranha Sue • Pookie • Princess Toadstool • Roy • Shrubs • Smookers • Stanley the Talking Fish • Stopwatch • Tanooki • Toad • Truffle Toes • Wart • Wendy • Wooster
Enemies		Baby Cheep • Beezo • Birdo • Boomerang Brother • Bob-Omb • Bullet Bill • Clawgrip • Cobrat • Flurry • Fryguy • Goomba • Gunion • Hammer Brother • Hoopster • Jelectro • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Lakitu • Ninji • Nipper Plant • Ostro • Pidgit • Piranha Plant • Shyguy • Snifit • Spark • Sparky • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Stretch • Trouter • Tweeter • Virus
Locations		Burger World • Fryguy High • Fryguy Kindergarten • Kaboomka Fireworks Factory • Koopa Kingdom • Koopamart • Mario Bros. Museum of Plumbing • Mario Bros. Plumbing • Mushroom Kingdom • Mushroom Kingdom General Hospital • Pipe Land • Princess Toadstool's Castle • Royal Art Gallery • Snooze World • Subcon • Water Land • World 1-1 • World 1-3 • World 5-1
Items, objects, vehicles, and misc.		♩ Block • Airship • Bomb • Bowser Suit • C. Mentum's Famous Sticky Juice • Cheese • Chuckberry • Cloud Nine Mattress • Coin • Green Gecko Gem • Koopa-Kola • Magic wand • Mask Gate • Plumber's Log • Reporters Hand Book • Sacred Cylinder of Cheese • Smart Bomb • Standard Military Issue Double-Charge Bomb • Stupid Bomb • Super Leaf • Tanooki Suit • The Mona Mushroom • Vitamin • Warp Pipe