Super Mario Dreamscaped

Super Mario Dreamscaped is a Platform Game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Nexus and Nintendo Switch in 2025. An entry in the Super Mario series, it follows Mario entrapped in a Dream World where must stop Bowser's and the returning Wart's plans to rule both world's at once. The game returns to the 3D Platform Gameplay featured in Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Odyssey while acting as a narrative spiritual sequel to Super Mario Bros 2 and Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.

In the game, Mario explores various Dream Worlds and collects Power Catchers hidden inside them, used to fight of against nightmares. Based on Bowser's Fury, the main gimmick of the game involves the world changing into a "Nightmare" after a few minutes, involving stronger enemies and unique effects.

Development for the game began in 2021 right after Bowser's Fury release at Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development Division and was aimed at both casual fans of the series and core fans while additionally showing the capabilities of the Nintendo Nexus.

Super Mario Dreamscaped after an initial delay from it's Holiday 2024 release date released on July 4th 2025 and received critical acclaim with reviewers praising the game's graphics, gameplay, story, soundtrack and originality but with divided responses given to the decision to use full voice acting and the difficulty with the Switch port in particular being panned. It has been cited as One of the greatest games of all time and sold over 7 Million copies.

Plot
Bowser has a dream where Wart (Who has been trapped in Subcon's Prison after the events of Super Mario Bros 2) tries to tell Bowser to free him in the Dream World to have vengeance against Mario and his friends. Bowser agrees and invades Subcon, freeing Wart and his subjects to spread chaos across Subcon, capturing all the inhabitants including the King. The Prince of Subcon, the returning Prince Dreambert, escapes and returns to "an old friend".

Meanwhile, Mario has a dream of a staircase leading to a mysterious door to a mysterious place. A voice, who is Dreambert, identifies the world as the dreamland of Subcon, and asks for Mario's help in defeating the villainous frog named Wart and his friend Bowser who have taken over Subcon and have even captured Mario's friend additionally citing how they've stopped them before. Mario gladly agrees before being taken to Subcon once again. He sees that the world and his friends are entrapped in Nightmare energy which created by the Nightmares of the people around the world and in Subcon that can be used for any evil purpose. To cure the nightmares, they must collect Power catchers, special Dream Catchers.

Mario and Dreambert explore various Dream Worlds, collecting Power Catchers and saving various inhabitants and their friends along the way (Including Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Toad and Toadette), while batting various of Bowser's/Wart's minions powered up by the Nightmare energy.

Eventually after freeing the Dream World from the Nightmare energy, Mario and his friends confront Bowser and Wart (Who constantly argue over why they keep failing) in the world of Terrors. Wart double crosses Bowser and uses all the Nightmare energy to power himself up growing giant in the process. Seeing the odds stacked against them, they power up Bowser using the Power Catchers collected throughout the game. After defeating Wart, Subcon is saved from the actions of Bowser and Wart, who along with his minions are imprisoned once again and the group return home.