If the impulse outside the United States has been to treat children the way adults are treated, Hollywood films operate
by an entirely
different set of rules: here children must be spared the messy complications
of adult
life.
Instead
of fighting Bowser and his army
of Koopas, this time Mario, Luigi, Peach and Toad are placed in a similar, yet
different,
setting called Subcon (also known as «the land
of dreams»), that was once a lovely place for
living and a real wonderland, just like the Mushroom Kingdom, but it is now
ruled by the giant frog king called Wart, and peace is no longer residing in this area.