Phantasmal Fog
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The Phantasmal Fog (also referred to simply as fog) is a type of colored fog produced by the Fog urn that appears in the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. In the game's Story Mode, Bowser and Dr. Eggman attempt to use the fog to prevent the Olympic Games from happening after not receiving invitations.
The Phantasmal Fog was originally located alongside the fog urn at an ancient ruin site, where its ability to produce Fog Imposters was used as a curse to deter looters, though was stolen around 300 years before the events of the game by the pirate William Kidd who used a magical seal to keep the fog within the urn and remove it from the ruins. When Dr. Eggman got hold of the urn, he designed the fog amplifying system to allow him to partially open the seal and release the Phantasmal Fog, but later got Bowser to have a Magikoopa fully break the seal to allow the fog's power to be fully utilised. He then had Omega transport the urn back to him after the fog was released, and then proceeded with his plan to use it to stop the Olympic Games.
In the story mode, the fog first appears in The Night Before, where Bowser and Dr. Eggman first use the fog amplifying system and Fog machines to produce blue fog at the Olympic Stadium, which scares off the characters setting up for the opening ceremony and creates the first fog imposters. Mario and Luigi investigate the fog alongside Toad and Omochao in Stadium Blues, finding out that the fog lifts when imposters are defeated, and manage to clear it from the stadium by breaking the fog machine in Foggy Foes, as well as finding out that it is something to do with Bowser. At the end of the episode, they notice that pink fog has appeared over Hyde Park and head there to investigate. Daisy and Amy come across the fog and a group of imposters in Morning in Hyde Park, and Peach, Blaze and a group of Toads also encounter the same thing, and follow the purple Toad's lead about seeing a bat around to find the cause. In The Mysterious Thief, they encounter Rouge who initially tries to trap the group in the fog, though after being defeated in an event is discovered to have been brainwashed by the fog. She leads them to a fog machine, which they break to clear the fog from the park, and reveals that Dr. Eggman has something to do with it at the British Museum when Mario, Luigi and Toad arrive. In Sonic Arrives, red fog appears at the Tower of London along with a pair of fog imposters, which Sonic and Tails defeat and also find out that the fog thins when they disappear, and in The Ghostly Tower, the pair destroy the fog machine and clear up the fog, concluding that Bowser is responsible as Boo and King Boo were guarding the machine. Orange fog appears around Tower Bridge and prevents it from being lowered in The Blocked Bridge, and after Yoshi defeats a pair of imposters, Sonic and Tails share their conclusions with Yoshi, Shadow and Silver and search for the fog machine. The machine is found with Jet's help being guarded by Bowser Jr. in The Wind Master, and after Bowser Jr. is defeated in Enter Bowser?!, the machine is destroyed and the fog is cleared, and Bower Jr. accidentally reveals that Dr. Eggman is also partially responsible for the fog. Jet mentions that there is still fog elsewhere in the city, and Sonic and Tails head to the British Museum to investigate it there.
