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Mayhaps, but I shall put in my two bits anyway. Alrighty, so, there's this goomba, right? And he's skilled at the art of disguise and assassination, a top-trained Koopa Troop soldier. He infiltrates the Mushroom Kingdom disguised as...I dunno, a Toad, or a "good guy" goomba. He then proceeds to cause havok in the Kingdom by spilling false information about Bowser attacking Yoshi's Island or some random place in the Mushroom Kingdom that would distract Mario from the castle.
Then, while Mario is all out and about, Bowser could have made a pact with an ancient demon of some sort or perhaps have just gained a new power from training and whatnot to obliterate the castle and Toad Town, leaving blackened husks behind. Bowser then builds fortresses all throughout the Mushroom Kingdom and puts some trusted, powered up people of his in the fortresses. Of course, in his current state, Bowser is undefeatable. Mario must find a way to get rid of Bowser and restore the Mushroom Kingdom. And of course, no one suspects the Toad/Good Guy Goomba...and he can be all giving Mario false information all along the way, and add to plot twists and eventually give Mario a taste of betrayal, or perhaps switch sides himself after watching how valiantly Mario fights in the face of overwhelming odds or some pathos thing of that sort.
Mario could also recruit some friends along the way to aid him in the defeat of Bowser. And perhaps it could have some fancy-smanchy dual story thing going on, like, where you play as the goomba to sneak around the castle in the disguise and steal papers and stuff and leak information to Bowser as to where the majour weak spots of the Mushroom Kingdom lie, and then switch over to the parts where Mario plays his part. Hell, we can even throw Luigi in there trying to fend off a vengeful Boo army led by King Boo, who wishes to destroy the Mario brothers for ruining his plans during the events of Luigi's Mansion and lowering his overall status in Bowser's eyes. And this is a huge throw-off, but you could also throw a poor, forlorn Kamek into the mix, trying to become an almighty wizard to impress Bowser and put him back in his original position as Bowser's attendant, and to be rid of Kammy for good.
So I guess that was several ideas, or some that you could blend together as one super-adventure where several plotlines come together.
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Damn, now I want to write a fanfic about that.
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Rising from the ashes... Rising from the darkness... Rising from the fear...
He rages forth full of hatred, Vengence pumping throughout his veins, All hail this darkened King, As fire rains down from the skies...
~Exerpt from "Ultimate Koopa"
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