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Super Ramayana Bros.


Story Idea 1: World 1, The Abduction of Sita
In the beginning of Super Mario Bros., Princess Peach is abducted by Bowser, resulting in Mario and Luigi setting out on a dangerous quest to save her. Similarly, in the Ramayana (after some exposition), Sita is abducted by Ravana, which means that Rama and Lakshmana have to chase him down to rescue her. Starting with Sita's abduction and her time in Lanka refusing to give in to Ravana, I think I can weave together a story that shows Rama and Lakshmana conquering minor beasts in an "easy world" as they "try to get their bearings in the game" that is the Ramayana. Once Rama and Lakshmana learn the controls and encounter different Mario / Ramayana cross-over elements that are new to them, I can move on to the next phase of the story, where the encounter an intermediate boss who tries to stop them.


Sources:
PDE Ramayana #35 - Ravana and Sita
PDE Ramayana #37 - Sita in Lanka
PDE Ramayana #39 - Kabandha


Story Idea 2: World 2, Ravana's Fortress
In the Mario video games, there is always a midpoint castle called a fortress that you have to defeat to move on. Additionally, Mario and Luigi can't do the whole journey alone - they are often helped along by their friend Toad. In Super Ramayana Bros, this middle point fortress will be Lanka, where Ravana is hiding out with Sita, and our third character will be none other than Hanuman. This will show Hanuman helping fight off Ravana, and when he succeeds, Ravana will flee with Sita to the final stage.

Sources:
PDE Ramayana #51 - Hanuman in Lanka
PDE Ramayana #54 - Hanuman and Sita
PDE Ramayana #57 - The Burning of Lanka


Story Idea 3: World 3, The Final Boss
Eventually, every Mario Bros. game leads to the final castle where Mario and Luigi must face off against Bowser in the final stage of the level. Normally this part of the video game is very hard to win, because Bowser is really powerful, can take many hits, and Mario and Luigi are pretty low on health. The same could probably be said for the characters in the Ramayana. I think a good way to tell this story will be to take the Ramayana ideas and add the fun and randomness of Mario games. Maybe Rama can find a mystery block with a celestial power up in it that brings him back from the edge of death. And when Ravana almost kills Lakshmana, I can make him physically shrink to indicate he is at his lowest health levels. Ultimately, the brothers need to beat Ravana to rescue Sita - I think it will be interesting to show how that might happen if there was a Ramayana video game in 2020.

Ravana has a lot of heads, which is good for showing the progress towards beating him in this new look game! Source: PDE Ramayana


Sources:
PDE Ramayana #68 - Ravana and Lakshmana
PDE Ramayana #70 - Battle of Rama and Ravana
PDE Ramayana #71 - Ravana's Death 

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