Score: 10
"": The Thwart of Wart.""
date: June 21, 2009
With the series drawing to dramatic close, The Rise of the Mushroom Kingdom series finally shows the climactic battle between Mario and Wart. No fucking around this time, because this time, we just jump right into the action. There isn't a title screen once it starts, however it doesn't really matter, considering we start right where we left off... Mario entering Wart's castle, to kick some ass. Between awesome references to Donkey Kong, and other games, we get a glimpse at Princess Preach and her quest to find the 1-UP mushroom, which obviously is used to revive Luigi. I kind of enjoy that Peach is actually doing something, and not sitting on her ass. But what really steals the show is the action scenes, and animation, it's some of the most smoothest, and slickest sprite animation I have ever seen. The scene where Mario grabbed onto the side of the walls when he was falling down that narrow hole just seemed to surprise me. The ending is great, and it contains jokes that feel more appropriate for the scenes that they were shown. To sum it all up, Rise of the Mushroom Kingdom has it's ups and downs. It brought creativity, and entertainment to more than a million viewers, and branded itself into the portal of history. To simply state, RotMK is a great series overall, but Part 4 seemed to steal the show... Good Job, can't wait for the next big saga.
10/10
