

When they enter this cave, to their great surprise, there's a stairway leading up, up and up. After arriving at the picnic area and looking at the scenery, they see a small cave nearby. They decide to go to a nearby mountain for a picnic. To clear his head, Mario talked to Luigi, Toad and the Princess about the strange dream he had. He awoke with a start to find himself sitting up in his bed. Stunned, Mario lost his footing and tumbled upside down. Please help us! At the same time this was heard, a bolt of lightning flashed before Mario's eyes. The curse Wart has put on you in the real world will not have any effect upon you here. Please defeat Wart and return Subcon to its natural state. We have been cursed by Wart and we are completely under his evil spell. When he strained his ears to listen, he heard a faint voice saying "Welcome to 'Subcon', the land of dreams. As soon as the door opened, he was confronted with a world he had never seen before, spreading out as far as his eyes could see. He dreamt of a long, long stairway leading up to a door. The text itself is taken from the instruction booklet for the game Artwork used as the cover art for the game's 1992 Japanese release.
