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Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin'

Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin'
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Compilation album by Various artists
Released December 3, 1991
Length 41:12
Label MCA
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Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin' is a compilation album released by Nintendo in 1991. In spite of the appearance of Mario on the cover, only the first song on the album has anything to do with the Super Mario franchise. The booklet enclosed with the CD featured a comic story based loosely on the Super NES game Super Mario World.

The comic book enclosed with the album was produced by Voyager Communications, parent company of Valiant Comics, who had produced the Nintendo Comics System. Over the course of the story, characters mention the titles of the songs on the album, prompting other characters to say "Song cue."

The story opens with Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach arriving for their vacation in Dinosaur Land, but the Princess, the only one who has thought to read the guidebook, suddenly vanishes. Mario and Luigi go searching for her, but they only find a dinosaur named Yoshi, who explains that "a big ugly turtle has been muscling in around here". Realizing that Yoshi is referring to Bowser, the Mario Bros. figure that he's kidnapped the Princess.

Over at his castle, Bowser is telling Peach about his plan to reduce Dinosaur Land to fossil fuel, and then join OPEC as an oil tycoon (despite her criticism that he's too ignorant for that occupation). Later, the Koopalings visit the Princess's cell, intending to torment her for Bowser's pleasure, but she instead reads to them from her guidebook, which they warmly accept because Bowser never reads to them. Peach later briefly escapes from her cell and steals a page from Bowser's spellbook, intending to make sure the Mario Bros. don't fall into Bowser's clutches.

Soon, the Mario Bros. and Yoshi find a large rock with a note from Peach, warning them to avoid the Valley of Storms. Luigi decides that he and Mario should split up and have Yoshi ferry further messages between them. Unfortunately for this plan, Yoshi has bad memory and doesn't know how to read or write, so Mario agrees to teach Yoshi how to do these.


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