TOADSTOOL CASTLE, MUSHROOM KINGDOM — Just after the stroke of midnight, eight airships invaded the sky above Toadstool Castle. In the aftermath, the Mushroom Kingdom’s seat of power was a pile of smoking rubble, and Princess Peach Toadstool was gone.

King Bowser Koopa quickly claimed responsibility for the devastating attack and subsequent kidnapping. On-the-ground witnesses confirm that the airships were of Koopa design, while Royal Guard reports contain numerous accounts of battles against Koopa Troopas, Goombas, and other Koopa-affiliated troops.

Koopa is expected to issue his demands shortly.

The attack and Princess Toadstool’s abduction mark a major escalation…