“Get back, creep!” Chun-Li shouted at Bowser as she kicked at his head. The koopa king ducked under the blow. “Now why were you chasing that poor, defenseless hedgehog?!”
“Defenseless?!” Bowser asked as he clawed at the policewoman. “That little shrimp was just playing innocent! If you had seen what he did, you’d be chasing him down as well!”
“Don’t compare me to you!” Chun-Li roared. “I’m above attacking civilians!”
“Yeesh. There’s just no getting through to you, is there?” Bowser asked.
Ever since Sonic had told Chun-Li about Bowser’s ‘bullying’, the policewoman had yet to give the king of koopas a break. Bowser wanted to finish his fight and continue to hunt down Sonic for the inadvertent elimination of Mewtwo. The rest of the fighters were staying back because they didn’t want to get caught in the crossfire.
“Look! Just let me go after that little blue punk!” Bowser said. “I have a score to settle with him!”
“You really think that I’m going to let you through?” Chun-Li asked. “You’ve got another thing coming, buster!”
Sankuro growled and swung his huge hammer at Galford. The blonde ninja jumped backwards and swung his sword, blocking Sankuro’s hammer and canceling out the attack.
“Why are you always this bad of a thorn in my side?!” Sankuro growled.
“You are but a lowly criminal, fool.” Galford replied coldly as he swung his sword again. “I cannot let any criminals go free, even the lowly thugs and petty thieves.”
“I resent that! I’m no mere thug!” Sankuro insisted. “I’m ringleader-worthy!”
“Look, I’ve dealt with you before.” Galford pointed out. “If I considered you ‘ringleader-worthy’, you’d be a bigger threat to me.”
“Hey!”
Suddenly, Sankuro was pushed forward. Galford lifted an eyebrow and stepped backwards.
“Excuse me!” A disembodied voice said as Sankuro was given an invisible punch to the face. As Sankuro staggered away, Leon Powalski materialized on the canvas.
Thinking the chameleon was on his side, Galford bowed politely. “I appreciate the assistance.” He said.
Leon smirked. “I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I’m not exactly on your side.” He said as he lunged at Galford.
“I was afraid of that.” Galford muttered as he held up his sword and blocked a blow from the reptilian assassin.
(Announcer’s Booth)
“Hey, SSBFreak?” Unknown1 asked.
“Yeah?”
“Why exactly did we invite the Stormtrooper back?” Unknown1 asked. “I thought we were inviting Darth Vader.”
“Vader declined the invitation in favour of entering that ‘Tournament of Legends’ Sonic Phantom is running.” SSBFreak explained. “Something about fighting the Soul Caliber characters to ‘prepare for the future’.”
“Prepare for the future?” Tinyrocket asked.
“Yeah. Vader’s going to be in Soul Caliber 4.” Unknown1 nodded.
(Dome; Recovery Room)
Vega growled as he left the Recovery Room. He couldn’t believe that he let that redhead she-elf get the better of him so easily and swore that he’d get revenge on her before the night was over.
“Well, now that that’s over, I suppose Bison would want to see me.” Vega mused to himself. “I’d better get back to him before he gets mad.”
Vega took two steps forward and froze when he saw two men blocking his way. Or rather, two elves.
Seeing the two newcomers reminded the matador of Ashelin, and he narrowed his eyes. “You’re friends with that redhead elf, aren’t you?” He asked.
“What if we are?” Jak asked, slapping a fist into his palm.
“Then I’m going to have to skin you alive.” Vega replied, pulling out his claw and readying himself. However, he wasn’t prepared for Torn to give him a hard kick to the face, knocking him down.
Torn shook his head. “Well, let’s see what we’ve got here.” He said.
“Hey, Torn. Look at this.” Jak said as he grabbed a locker key that was tied around Vega’s wrist. “This looks like a key for the lockers in the pool area.”
Vega’s eyes widened. “Don’t you dare take that!” He shouted, knowing what was inside the locker the key was for.
“Then it IS important.” Jak said with a smirk as he punched Vega in the face, rendering him unconscious. He easily took the key from Vega’s wrist and examined it. “I wonder what’s inside the locker that this opens…”
“Only one way to find out.” Torn said. “Come on, Jak. Let’s find the pool.”
“Right.”
With that, Jak and Torn turned and walked off, leaving Vega on the floor, unconscious.
(The Arena)
Li Xiangfei shoved her hand at Muscle Power, only for her palm to strike the wrestler’s thick forearm, doing no damage whatsoever. Muscle Power quickly grabbed the Chinese glutton and threw her aside.
This didn’t set too well with Xiangfei, as she jumped to her feet quickly and rolled up imaginary sleeves. “How can this guy be beating me so bad?” She asked herself. “I always thought he was a real pushover…”
Not being one to give up, Xiangfei charged at the blonde wrestler and swung her foot. Muscle Power took the foot to the face and staggered to the side as Xiangfei pressed the attack.
However, Muscle Power regained his footing in time to see Xiangfei charging at him. Holding out his hands, Muscle Power caught the Chinese girl and threw her over his shoulder, sending her flying into a turnbuckle.
“Sorry, kid. Looks like I’m going to keep surprising you.” Muscle Power said with a smirk.
Fuuma suddenly jumped in and laughed. “This is amazing!” He said. “We’re taking the tournament by storm!”
“What the crap are you talking about, Fuuma?” Muscle Power asked. “I’m the only one out of the two of us that’s gotten an elimination and you haven’t really done anything since you entered.”
“When did you get like this, man?” Fuuma asked. “I haven’t heard you say ‘I’m numbah one’ since you entered.”
Muscle Power narrowed his eyes in annoyance, grabbed Fuuma and threw him away, sending him towards the fight between Metaknight and Terry.
Metaknight slashed at Terry, but the elder Bogard jumped backwards and gave the sword-wielding puffball a kick, sending him over the ropes. Metaknight quickly spread his wings and flew back into the ring, slashing the surprised Terry with his sword.
“That’s cheap! You’ve got wings!” Terry said.
“I’m not complaining.” Metaknight replied as he jumped at Terry again.
“Get away from me, short stuff!” Terry shouted as he stepped to the side, letting Metaknight pass him.
However, Metaknight still completed his attack and slashed, but Terry was no longer in his path. Instead, Fuuma had just been thrown into his line of sight, causing the red-clad ninja to be attacked instead. The power from Metaknight’s attack sent Fuuma flying out of the ring.
Fuuma landed in Mace. The lead character saw him and pulled her huge hammer over his head.
Protoman shook his head in hopelessness as Huitzil swung a chainsaw-like arm above a terrified Luigi’s head as the green-clad plumber ducked. Protoman decided to help Luigi and rushed in with his shield in front of him.
“Hey, robot!” Protoman shouted as he rushed forward.
Huitzil momentarily took its attention off of Luigi and looked at Protoman. The helmeted robot rushed into Huitzil shield-first and sent the golden robot flying backwards.
However, this did little more than anger the golden robot. Huitzil quickly got up and stepped towards Protoman and Luigi again.
“That thing’s unstoppable!” Luigi shouted in fear.
“Meh. I’ve fought worse.” Protoman shrugged.
“Then how are we going to beat it?!”
“Just keep pressing the attack.” Protoman explained. “Something that big moves real slow.”
The two rushed forward, although Luigi was still a little hesitant. Huitzil swung its arms like clubs at the two of them, but Luigi backed away and Protoman leapt into the air, above the clubs. Protoman quickly struck Huitzil with his foot, making it stagger back.
“Get it now!” Protoman called down at Luigi. “While it’s stunned!”
“O-Okay!” Luigi said as he rushed forward and delivered is flaming uppercut, which was lethal at close range. Even with its huge bulk, Huitzil found itself flying up and over the ropes.
Huitzil landed in Crash Twinsanity. Nina saw it enter and decided to attempt to take it apart.
Sankuro groaned as he got to his feet, a victim of a throw (courtesy of Galford). Looking ahead, he saw the American ninja in a duel with Leon. Forcing himself to his feet, Sankuro heaved his hammer and rushed the two again, hoping to do some damage.
However, on his way over, Hsein-Ko landed in front of him, skidding to a halt after Mario threw her.
“Hey! Get out of my way!” Sankuro shouted down at the Chinese ghost girl.
“You’ve got a real attitude problem.” Hsein-Ko pointed out. “You should see someone about that.”
“Move before I squash you flat!” Sankuro threatened as he pulled his hammer into the air.
“You don’t wanna do that.” Hsein-Ko shook her head.
“Oh yeah? Just watch!” With that, Sankuro swung his hammer down at the smaller fighter.
Hsein-Ko shrugged and swung her claws, slicing through the handle of Sankuro’s hammer. The head of Sankuro’s hammer fell uselessly to the canvas, but Sankuro didn’t realize it until after he had bonked Hsein-Ko over the head with the handle.
“Ow!” Hsein-Ko whined, rubbed her head. “That hurt!”
Sankuro suddenly noticed that the head of his hammer was no longer attached to the handle. “What the-” He said.
That was all Sankuro could get out before Hsein-Ko grabbed him and threw him over the ropes. She then showed a surprising amount of strength by picking up the head of Sankuro’s hammer with ease and tossing it out after him.
Sankuro landed in a sea of oil in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The head of his hammer promptly fell on him.
Hsein-Ko nodded her head before turning to face Mario again. She saw the portly plumber throwing Aila out of the ring (sending the Karayan archer falling into Link’s Crossbow Training, where she easily plowed through the levels of difficulty). Hsein-Ko quickly rushed over to continue her fight with him.
Vanessa Lewis ducked under a kick from Ashelin and quickly grabbed the she-elf around the waist, bending over backwards and slamming her into the canvas. Ashelin roared in pain as Vanessa released her. Ashelin gripped her arm as Vanessa grabbed her again and slammed her into the mat.
“Can’t take it?” Vanessa asked with a smirk. “Bet you’ve never fought a woman of my strength before.”
“No. But I can beat Sig in a fight, and he’s stronger than you are.” Ashelin replied as she got to her feet. “I can still take you out.”
“I wouldn’t be so sure of that.” Vanessa said as she swung her foot (Ashelin ducked under it). “I think that the battle’s pretty much over.”
“Indeed it is.” Ashelin nodded with a smirk. “However, it’s over for you.”
The she-elf rushed forward, spiking her elbow into the taller woman’s stomach. Vanessa bent over in pain, providing Ashelin with an opening to give the dark-skinned fighter an uppercut to the face, launching Vanessa backwards.
Vanessa landed flat on her back, but she quickly shot to her feet again. However, this was what Ashelin was planning, and quickly jumped in with a punch to the stomach. Vanessa proved to be just as fast, blocking the blow. While Ashelin was distracted, Vanessa grabbed her arm.
“Looks like I win.” Vanessa said as she started spinning around to prepare to throw Ashelin from the ring.
However, while she was getting spun, Ashelin sprung into action and slammed her feet into the canvas while in the air, thus canceling Vanessa’s throw and catching her off guard. Ashelin quickly picked up where Vanessa left off and started spinning, throwing Vanessa out of the ring after a few seconds.
Vanessa landed in Mario Strikers Charged. The Boo with the ball turned invisible and shot through her, leaving her in the path of the three Hammer Bros. that quickly plowed her over.
Ashelin nodded and rotated her sore arms, starting to feel fatigued. She was about to continue on when she heard a familiar voice.
“WHAT IS IT WITH YOU PEOPLE ALWAYS TRYING TO STOP MY FIGHTS?!?!”
Ashelin turned and saw Bowser grabbing Crump by the scruff of his shirt.
“AND IT’S YOU OF ALL PEOPLE!! DON’T YOU KNOW THAT I HATE YOU X-NAUTS?!?!” Bowser screamed at Crump as Chun-Li stood aside.
“Uh…” Crump started.
Bowser didn’t give the overweight crony time to reply and pitched him out of the ring easily (where he landed in the node of Batman. The dark knight saw his getup and mistook him for a new villain in town).
(Dome; Hallway)
Sergei and Marilyn may not have been geniuses, but they knew that they were over their heads. Ganondorf connected a Gerudo Draon with Sergei’s face, knocking the huge rabbit backwards a couple of steps. Marilyn tried to attack the evil warlock while his back was turned, but Ganondorf proved to be too quick and spun in place, kicking the Shadow Siren in the face.
Marilyn growled and sunk into the floor, appearing behind Ganondorf and striking him in the back. Ganondorf spun around and stared down the overweight Shadow Siren.
“You seem to enjoy pushing your luck.” Ganondorf grunted as he pulled his fist back and charged up the Warlock Punch. Sergei stepped in front of Marilyn as Ganondorf threw the punch, but because of his bulky frame, Sergei’s muscles absorbed the brunt of Ganondorf’s powerful attack.
Standing aside, Gumshoe looked at Psymon and Max. “Why aren’t you guys going in to help them?!” He asked.
“It’s not part of the script.” Max shrugged, reading the papers in his hands.
“Screw the script! I’m going in there!” Gumshoe said as he rushed into the fight to help out.
Max continued reading the script. “Gumshoe goes into the fight, but receives a blow to the face.” He read as a loud punch was heard. “Ganondorf drives Gumshoe into the ground and charges the Warlock Punch, which he unleashes the instant Gumshoe is on his feet.” Another loud punch was heard, followed by Gumshoe shouting in pain. “While Gumshoe is stunned, Ganondorf drives his knee into Gumshoe’s crotch.” Another hit was heard, with a high-pitched scream following.
Suddenly, Gumshoe flew into the wall, collapsing.
“So how’d it go, sunshine?” Psymon asked with a smirk.
“Don’t disrespect the script, dude.” Max warned.
Sergei held his hands up, blocking Ganondorf’s punches long enough to find an opening and give the warlock a hard punch to the stomach. Because of Sergei’s immense strength, Ganondorf recoiled and flew into the wall.
“Ugh…Impressive.” Ganondorf noted. “Never have I seen such strength in a warrior. You may even be stronger than Bowser.”
Standing up to his full height, Ganondorf smirked and cracked his knuckles as he approached. “I’ve always wanted a challenge from someone other than Link.”
Evil warlock and giant rabbit clashed again. Marilyn sunk into the floor again, attempting to get the drop on Ganondorf while he was distracted with Sergei. However, Ganondorf was aware of her plan and thrust his fist into the shadow Siren’s face the instant she was above the ground. Ganondorf quickly spun around and swung his foot, striking Sergei in the side of the head.
While Sergei was stunned, Ganondorf jumped over the huge rabbit and kicked him in the back. Sergei, taken aback, stumbled forward and fell down, landing on the surprised Marilyn.
Ganondorf chuckled. “Amusing for a while, but the result was to be expected.” He said as he turned and walked off, leaving Sergei’s defeated body laying on top of Marilyn.
However, the instant Ganondorf was gone, Marilyn arose from the floor a few feet away from Sergei, looking mad.
“Guh.” Marilyn muttered, folding her arms.
“Well, THAT went over well.” Gumshoe sighed.
“Did the script say Ganondorf was going to win?” Psymon asked Max as he and Gumshoe helped Sergei to his feet.
“Dude, this is a votefic.” Max replied. “The results aren’t scripted. Only the initial fights.”
“To quote your friend Sam, ‘You crack me up, little buddy’.” Psymon chuckled.
(The Arena)
J. Talbain slashed his claws at Slayer, but the gentlemanly vampire easily stepped back and avoided the attack. However, J. Talbain pressed forward and shoved his foot out. Slayer took the attack to the chest and slashed his hand at J. Talbain, hoping to give him a blow to the head.
“That’s not going to work, vampire.” J. Talbain warned as he jumped backwards, allowing Slayer to miss. While Slayer was recovering, the wolfman lunged forward in a pulsing fireball, should first. J. Talbain rocketed straight into the vampire and sent Slayer flying ackwards.
Landing on his back, Slayer got to his feet again. As he did, the red cloth resting on his shoulder reverted into the form of a shadowy devil, which held its head. As quick as it appeared, the devil vanished, turning back into a shoulder cloth. Holding his own head for a few seconds, Slayer quickly recovered and smirked.
“An interesting trick, my friend.” Slayer admitted.
J. Talbain snarled. “You just wait to see my next one.” He replied.
With that, J. Talbain sprung to life and stampeded at Slayer on all fours. Slayer pulled his hand back, anticipating the werewolf’s movements. When J. Talbain got close enough, Slayer swung his hand, but struck nothing but air. This confused Slayer for a second, but his thoughts were answered when J. Talbain, whom had slipped around the vampire in the blink of an eye, kicked him in the back.
Slayer staggered forward and tried to regain his footing, but J. Talbain quickly jumped in and clawed his back, following up with another charging fireball.
“My, you’re persistent…” Slayner growled. “It’s going to be a real pain eliminating you.”
“You say that as if you’re going to win!” J. Talbain replied hotly as he slashed at Slayer again. The vampire was prepared this time, as he held up his hand to block the blow. This continued for several seconds.
Suddenly, J. Talbain spotted an opening. Slayer blocked another blow from the wolfman and attempted another swing, but J. Talbain was just as fast, ducking under the attack and leaving Slayer open. J. Talbain used this to his advantage, kicking the vampire out of the ring.
Slayer landed in Medal of Honor. While gunfire erupted all around him, Slayer slunk into the shadows to hide himself.
Li Xiangfei shoved her foot at Muscle Power, but the blonde wrestler blocked the blow, then grabbed the Chinese girl by the foot. Spinning in place, Muscle Power threw Xiangfei away (where she ended up fighting Sonic).
This left Muscle Power fighting Kazuma. The green-clad ninja in question quickly rushed forward and gave Muscle Power a hard blow to the head. It didn’t hurt the wrestler, but it still made him stagger to the side a couple of steps.
“You’re still trying to get rid of me?” Muscle Power asked. “You’ve been trying ever since you entered the ring.”
“What can I say?” Kazuma asked. “I like to finish what I start.”
“I guess I’ll just have to be the first person to make you fail.” Muscle Power replied with a grin as he rushed forward.
“That’s not going to work.” Kazuma said as he jumped into the air and kicked the passing Muscle Power in the back.
Although the attack stunned the wrestler for a second, it didn’t do much else. Muscle Power turned and grabbed Kazuma before he even landed on the ground. Throwing Kazuma over his shoulder, Muscle Power approached the fallen ninja as he landed on the canvas.
Kazuma grunted as he got to his feet. “Even your throws have strength in them.” The ninja noted. “This is going to be harder than I thought.”
Muscle Power smirked as he picked up Kazuma by the back of the neck of his outfit. “What’re ya gonna do about this, now?” He challenged.
Kazuma promptly kicked Muscle Power in the chest, making the wrestler let go of him and back away in pain.
“Not very ninja-like, but I’ll take it.” Kazuma noted.
“I’ll make you pay for that cheap shot!” Muscle Power growled as he rushed forward.
However, as Muscle Power got close enough, Kazuma stepped to the side and let the blonde wrestler pass him, running himself into the ropes. Kazuma quickly kicked Muscle Power in the back, toppling the wrestler over the ropes and sending him down into an elimination portal.
Muscle Power landed in Super Mario Kart. Toad drove into him, but it did little other than wreck his kart.
Kazuma was half surprised that he managed to get an elimination, but decided to celebrate later and turned around to start another fight. However, as he did, he saw Terry performing his Overheat Guyser and sending Hsein-Ko up and over the ropes (sending the ghost girl into Fatal Frame, where the lead character took a picture of her).
Leon Powalski landed on the canvas, but quickly sprung back into a standing position, preparing himself for anything Galford had up his sleeve. The American ninja in question approached the chameleon assassin cautiously, knowing that Leon was just as unpredictable as he was.
“It seems that I’ll need to try a different strategy to defeat you.” Leon noted as he cloaked himself again, vanishing into thin air.
“Not the best trick to use on a ninja, pal.” Galford smirked as he waited a couple of seconds, then shoved his fist to the left, catching the invisible reptile in the face and knocking him to the ground. Leon hit the canvas and materialized again. “I can hear footsteps no matter how light they are. All it took for me was a little concentration.”
“Indeed. An impressive move.” Leon noted. “The only one I’ve met that’s able to spot me while I’m invisible is Wolf.”
“What about that avian rival of yours?” Galford asked. “Falco Lombardi?”
Leon chuckled. “That bird couldn’t find an invisible elephant.” He replied. “But that aside, seeing as how my stealth won’t work on you, I’ll have to rely on the old-fashioned way.”
With that, Leon pulled out his blaster and opened fire on Galford. Although the sudden move took Galford by surprise, the American ninja held up his sword and deflected the shots fired at him. Galford pressed forward, managing to move towards Leon while the chameleon continued to shoot at him.
Within seconds, Galford was staring down Leon. The blonde man smirked. “Looks like you need to find a better alternative to fight.” He noted.
The chameleon assassin smirked darkly. “On the contrary, this has been a diversion to get you close.” He replied as he leapt into the air and overtop of Galford, surprising the ninja. Landing behind Galford, Leon drove his foot into the ninja’s back, stunning him.
“You have been entertaining to fight.” Leon noted as he picked Galford up, showing a surprising amount of strength for a chameleon. “But I’m afraid that my goal is to dominate the tournament, and that means you must be eliminated.”
Without giving Galford time to object, Leon threw him over the ropes and out of the ring.
Galford landed in the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. When he saw the caravan carrying Ilia and Telma being attacked, he charged in to vanquish the ‘evil Moblins’ responsible for ‘endangering the lives of the innocent’.
Bowser grunted in annoyance as Chun-Li’s foot soared into his open palm. The Koopa king pushed Chun-Li backwards, making her stagger backwards a couple of feet. Stepping forward, Bowser drove his horns towards Chun-Li in a massive headbutt, but he leading lady of Street Fighter managed to regain her footing and saw the attack coming, swerving to the side and driving her knee into Bowser’s face while he was distracted.
“Spinning Bird Kick!” Chun-Li shouted, turning upside down and spinning around, kicking with both feet. Bowser, being on the slower side, couldn’t avoid the attack in time and received several powerful kicks to the face. When Chun-Li finished, Bowser was launched backwards as the female fighter landed gracefully on her feet.
“Lady, you’re really pressing your luck.” Bowser growled. “Now stop moving and let me eliminate you!”
“You really think that’s going to get me to stop moving?” Chun-Li asked.
However, in the time Chun-Li took to talk, Bowser plowed into her with a shoulder-barge, sending her across the ring.
“That did!” Bowser called out with a smirk as he rushed forward.
Chun-Li slowly stood up, but before she could move, Bowser had grabbed her and had thrown her to the canvas. Standing over the female fighter, Bowser fell forward and landed on top of Chun-Li, flattening her.
Chun-Li was down, but not out. While she was underneath Bowser, she attempted another Spinning Bird Kick, spinning Bowser around and launching him off of her. With Bowser knocked away, Chun-Li stood up and cracked her knuckles.
“I’d say it’s time to teach you not to mess with me, turtle.” Chun-Li said as she rushed at her opponent.
His head spinning, Bowser sat up and held his throbbing head. However, he wasn’t paying attention as Chun-Li jumped at him and kicked him in the back rapidly, stunning him even further.
While Bowser was dazed, Chun-Li gathered up energy in her hands. “This fight is over.” She said darkly.
After gathering up enough energy, Chun-Li shot her hands forward and engulfed both her and Bowser in an orb of pulsating, blue energy. Bowser got pelted with seemingly endless amounts of energy, and when Chun-Li finally finished her attack, the Koopa king was sent flying from the ring, much to the shock of the crowd.
Bowser landed in a very familiar castle. Turning, he saw a pixelated version of himself breathing fireballs at a pixel-version of Mario. Bowser sighed and grabbed the axe by the bridge, dropping Mario into the lava.
“I sure wish I would have thought of that way back when…” Bowser muttered as he lumbered off.
“Yahoo!” Mario shouted as he performed the Mario Tornado, attacking Bald Boy, the latest TFS’er, with several punches. The finishing blow sent Bald Boy into the air, crashing down onto the canvas a few feet away.
Bald Boy grunted as he got to his feet. “I gotta keep telling myself that Mario’s no pushover.” He mused to himself. “I’m going to have to try harder to beat him.”
The TFS’er charged forward, shoulder first, and plowed into Mario, knocking the portly plumber to the ground. However, Mario was on his feet again instantly and delivered his ‘punch-punch-kick’ combo to Bald Boy’s chest, knocking him back further.
“Looks like I’ll have to start fighting like Brian Battler and use my football moves.” Bald Boy mused as he got into a football stance, as if he was preparing to charge.
Mario, in the meantime, stood in a defense stance, wondering what Bald Boy was doing. “I a-need to be a-prepared for anything.” Mario noted to himself.
Without giving Mario a chance to react, Bald Boy sprung into action and stampeded at him, tackling the plumber and knocking him to the canvas. While Mario was down, Bald Boy started punching him in the face.
Bald Boy managed to get four hits in before Mario sprung to his feet and performed his Coinbox Jump, delivering a powerful uppercut that looked like in generated coins with every attack.
After Mario delivered the last punch, Bald Boy saw an opening and pulled his fists into the air, smashing them over Mario’s head and sending him torpedoing into the canvas.
Mario slowly got to his feet, plans starting to form in his head about how to beat his opponent. Bald Boy, on the other hand, was wondering how he was actually surviving the fight against Mario.
“Here a-we go!” Mario said as he jumped at Bald Boy, taking the TFS’er off guard. Mario landed directly on top of Bald Boy’s head and bounced off, sending him onto his back.
Bald Boy got to his feet and narrowed his eyes. “It’s time for me to end this!” He shouted as he charged at Mario and prepared another shoulder-barge.
However, Mario swung his cape at Bald Boy, turning him around just before he hit. Mario took the opportunity while Bald Boy was recovering from his attack and grabbed him. Spinning around in place, Mario let go of Bald Boy and sent him flying out of the ring.
Bald Boy landed in NFL Blitz, where he unwittingly caught the ball and was forced to run from two angry teams.
In the ring, Mario suddenly noticed that he was without a fight and looked around for Sonic. He saw his eternal rival performing a Spin Dash and sending Li Xiangfei out of the ring (where she landed in Cooking Mama and started chowing down).
Mario smirked and advanced on Sonic, preparing for a fight.
(Dome; Restaurant)
“Are you done yet?” The restaurant owner asked as he leaned against the doorway leading into the kitchen.
Knuckles poked his head out of a drawer and jumped out with an emerald shard in his hands. “Yep. I got what I was looking for.” The echidna replied.
“What was that thing doing in the drawer, anyway?” The owner asked.
“These things have a tendency to turn up anywhere after the Master Emerald shatters.” Knuckles replied. “Thanks for letting me search the kitchen.”
“I’m just thankful you didn’t search the soup. I have to serve that stuff.”
Knuckles bid farewell to the owner and left the restaurant. After he was in the hallway, he concentrated.
“Let’s see where the nearest emerald shard is…” Knuckles said as he searched around with his ‘emerald radar’. After a few seconds, his eyebrow raised. “That’s strange. I’m picking up a huge reading of master emerald energy in one place and it seems to be moving. What gives?”
Scratching his head, Knuckles shrugged. “I’ll deal with that later. There’s an emerald shard closer.” With that, Knuckles was off down the hallway to resume his search.
(Dome; Hallway)
“That’s unusual.” Xaiver Pendragon mused as he picked up a green shard and observed it for a couple of seconds. “I’ve never seen a jewel such as this before.”
The blue-garbed warlock had a history of identifying gems, but this gem was beyond anything he had ever seen. Xavier pulled his hood back to get a better look at the unusual crystal.
“I wonder if I could study this in my room.” Xavier pondered. “I bet I could figure out what kind of jewel this is.”
Before Xavier could pocket the gem, he heard a loud thumping noise coming in his direction. Recognizing them as footsteps, Xavier looked up in curiosity, then got into his stance, knowing that whoever was making those big footsteps, they were coming in his direction.
Turning around, Xavier found himself staring down a darkened hallway.
“I know you’re down there.” Xavier said. “Come on out and show yourself or I’ll blast you with my staff’s energy.”
The figure in the hallway lumbered out into view, and when it did, Xavier’s eyes widened at the monstrous, yet familiar, figure.
“…T-Trident?” Xavier asked.
That was all the warlock could get out before a huge hand backhanded him, sending him flying into the wall and knocking him out. The huge figure scooped up the Master Emerald shard and absorbed its energy before lumbering off, leaving Xavier alone in the hallway.
(Hotel; Bison’s Room)
“I appreciate you coming on such short notice.” Bison said to a newcomer. “I am a little short on hands and I sense that there will be some people trying to stop me.”
The newcomer, a large, blue penguin with a huge hammer, placed one hand on his hips. “Meh. I was announced for Brawl too late and didn’t get invited.” King Dedede replied. “I needed SOMETHING to do.”
“I assure you that you will not be disappointed.” Bison said with a smirk. “My forces could use your strength, my friend.”
“Hey, need I remind you that just because I’m an antagonist in the Kirby games doesn’t mean that I’m a bad guy.” King Dedede warned. “You want me to help you? What’s in it for me?”
“Don’t talk to master Bison like that!” Birdie shouted as he approached the large penguin.
One swing of a hammer later and Birdie’s head went through the far wall. Reptile and Baraka looked at each other nervously, reminding themselves not to anger the penguin.
In spite of the recent happenings, Bison smirked. “I am aware that you would need to be bought, my friend.” He replied as he fished a piece of paper from his pocket. “Here. This is for you, but only if you agree to help me.”
“What is it?” King Dedede asked as he looked at the piece of paper.
“An official, yet blank, Smash Bros. invite.” Bison replied. “You can use that for the next game and send it to whomever you want.”
Thoughts started going through King Dedede’s head, imagining the possibilities of defeating Kirby if he invited someone he knew to even the odds…
“It looks perfectly legit.” King Dedede said with a smirk as he shoved the blank card into his pocket. “You’ve got a deal, pal.”
“Splendid.” Bison said, his smirk growing.
(The Arena)
Chun-Li rapidly kicked at Juan, kicking her foot four times a second. The blonde man, even though half asleep, proved to be just as aware and skillfully blocked every kick without breaking a sweat. During the split-second break between two of Chun-Li’s kicks, Juan shoved his palm out and caught her in the stomach. Chun-Li flew back a few feet, but landed upright.
“How did you do that?!” Chun-Li demanded. “You blocked all of my attacks and you look like you’re going to fall asleep!”
“Come to think of it, I AM a little tired.” Juan replied, yawning.
While Juan was yawning, Chun-Li rushed forward, sensing an opportunity. The female street fighter lashed out her foot, but the yawning young man held up his hand and blocked the attack without looking. Grabbing Chun-Li by the wrist, Juan threw her over his shoulder.
“Yeah. Definitely getting tired.” Juan noted, scratching his head.
“I’d hate to think of how well you’d fight while fully awake.” Chun-Li muttered, standing to her feet and rushing forward.
“Kikoken!” Chun-Li shouted, shoving her fists out and sending her trademark projectile at Juan’s face. Juan took the attack and stepped back, stunned.
Chun-Li was finished and pressed the attack. “Spinning Bird Kick!” She shouted, turning upside-down, spinning around and kicking with both legs. Because he was still stunned, Juan took several strikes to the face before snapping to his senses and drove his knee into the upside-down Chun-Li’s face, bringing her out of her attack and sending her to the canvas.
“Look. Nothing personal, but I’m going to have to eliminate you.” Juan shrugged as he approached the downed woman.
“That’s what you think!” Chun-Li shouted as she jumped to her feet again.
“Lady, I respect your skills, but you’re outmatched.” Juan pointed out simply. “I’ve been blocking your attacks and found openings whenever you’ve managed to land a hit.”
“That may be so, but at least I have some reassurance.” Chun-Li replied.
“And what’s that?”
“No matter how skilled you are, talking distracts you.”
Before Juan could react, Chun-Li charged forward and drove her foot into his chin, sending the narcoleptic bujitsu teacher over the ropes and out of the ring.
Juan landed in an open field in Kirby 64. Shrugging to himself, Juan laid down on the grass and went to sleep.
Kooper spun around Robert Garcia with hopes of striking him in the back. However, the rich fighter anticipated this and spun around, shoving his hands out and launching a fireball into the koopa’s face.
Flying backwards a few feet, Kooper landed on his back and slid a few feet further. Quickly jumping into the air, Kooper uprighted himself in the air and landed on his feet. After a couple of seconds, Kooper narrowed his eyes at Robert.
“Looks like I can’t use the element of surprise.” Kooper noted. “Let’s try head-on, then.”
Ducking into his shell, Kooper spun himself, launching at Robert with full force. The blue-shelled koopa crashed into Robert and sent the rich young man staggering backwards.
“That shell hits pretty hard.” Robert noted to himself as Kooper jumped out of his shell. “I’m going to have to try harder to take care of him.”
Kooper rushed Robert again and leapt into the air, swinging his short leg at him. Robert easily caught the oncoming koopa and threw him aside, sending Kooper into a turnbuckle.
“Just try to analyze the facts.” Robert informed. “I’m more than twice as big as you and overpower you greatly.”
“Yeah? Well, you know the saying ;the bigger they are, the harder they fall’.” Kooper replied as he rushed at Robert again.
“That’s not going to happen, pal.” Robert said as he pulled his hands back as Kooper ducked into his shell and continued spinning at him. “You’re fast, but I don’t think you’ll be able to avoid this one.”
Lashing out his hands, Robert sent a large fireball and connected it with the oncoming blue koopa shell. The force from the attack sent Kooper, still inside his shell, flying out of the ring.
Kooper landed in Boogie, where his shell helped him become a break dancing master.
Robert looked around to find another fight, and noticed that Luigi had just thrown Kazuma out of the ring (sending the ninja into Crash Team Racing, where Pinstripe started chucking bombs at him).
Robert suddenly saw Metaknight still fighting Terry. The rich young man smirked and charged at the fighting pair, hoping to eliminate both fighters in one blow.
However, while Robert was coming over, Terry saw him. He looked down at Metaknight, whom had his back turned to the oncoming man. “Looks like we’re having another interruption.” He pointed out.
The short knight glanced to the side and saw Robert coming. “Indeed. This will only take a second.”
Spinning in place, Metaknight spin around wildly, creating an orange tornado around him. Robert couldn’t stop in time and ran right into it, getting himself launched into the air. While Robert was in the air, Metaknight jumped after him and slashed him with his sword several times, sending the rich young man falling just past the ropes and out of the arena.
Robert landed in Zelda: Twilight Princess, where he found himself fighting off skeletons for the next ten minutes.
The Stormtrooper leveled his laser rifle at Protoman’s head and fired several shots. The red and white robot quickly held up his shield and deflected the shots, sending them in different directions. Several fighters were struck by the lasers, but others (like Metaknight and Leon) easily avoided them.
“Let’s see how well you enjoy getting shot at.” Protoman said as he aimed his arm cannon at the Stormtrooper.
The white clad foot soldier watched as Protoman fired a charged shot from his arm cannon. Throwing himself to the canvas, the Stormtrooper rolled underneath the projectile and shot back into a standing position after he had passed. Swinging his leg, the Stormtrooper smashed his leg across Protoman’s head, knocking Megaman’s big brother to the side.
“You pretty quick for an expendable grunt.” Protoman noted.
“Lord Vader only recruits the best of the best.” The Stormtrooper replied. “We must be at our peak condition to prove to him that he made the right choice.”
“And yet you fall like flies against a lightsaber.” Protoman said with a smirk.
Behind his mask, the Stormtrooper growled. “I’ll make you pay for that low blow.”
“Let’s see if you can.” Protoman said as he rushed forward with his shield in front of him. This caught the Stormtrooper off guard and the foot soldier received a hard and sharp blow to the face. Recoiling in pain, the Stormtrooper landed on his back and slowly got to his feet.
However, before the Stormtrooper could act, Protoman jumped in and swung his shield, striking the soldier in the chin like an uppercut and launching him into the air. Protoman jumped up after him and kicked him in the stomach, launching the Stormtrooper straight into the canvas again.
Groaning in pain, the Stormtrooper got to his feet and looked up as Protoman came falling towards him. Narrowing his eyes behind his mask, the Stormtrooper swung his rifle with perfect timing, striking the oncoming Protoman in the face and sending him flying away.
Landing on his back, Protoman slid backwards a few feet before jumping up again to stare at the Stormtrooper through his shades. When Protoman looked up, he saw that the foot soldier was rushing him, taking aim with his rifle again.
The Stormtrooper fired his gun, and this time, Protoman didn’t have time to pull out his shield. The laser flew into Protoman’s shoulder, making Megaman’s brother extremely thankful that he was a robot, otherwise, it would have really hurt.
Unfortunately, while Protoman was distracted, the Stormtrooper took the opportunity he had and booted the robot from the ring.
Protoman landed in Breakout, where he found that his shield proved to be an excellent way to deflect the ball and break through the blocks.
Hugo swung his dagger at Shingo Yabuki, but the young fanboy jumped backwards and avoided the blow. While Hugo was recovering from his own attack, Shingo jumped forward and drove his leg into Suikoden’s protagonist’s head, making Hugo stagger to the side.
“Hold still!” Hugo snapped as he leapt forward again, swinging his dagger three more times.
Shingo backed away and managed to avoid the first two swings, but the third swing was too close and cut a tear in his jacket. This did little to faze Shingo, as Kyo’s fan rushed the Karayan prince again.
“Shingo Kick!” Shingo shouted as he jumped at Hugo and swung his leg at him in a flying kick.
Hugo took the kick to the face and recoiled backwards, landing on his back. However, Hugo was quick to get on his feet again and sprung upwards. Eyeing Shingo as the fanboy rushed forward again, Hugo quickly charged his True Fire Rune and sent a few small fireballs at the oncoming youth.
“Ack!” Shingo said as he received the fireballs to the face and was sent to the canvas. “No fair! You can use fire!”
“Your point being?” Hugo asked.
“In the name of Kyo Kusanagi, I’ll defeat you!” Shingo shouted.
“I’d like to see you try.” Hugo replied with a smirk.
“With pleasure!” The energetic youth said as he charged at Hugo, swinging his fist in an attempt to punch the Karayan boy in the face. Hugo was prepared for this, and backflipped, striking the oncoming Shingo in the chin. While Shingo was in the air, Hugo started charging his True Fire Rune again.
“You’ve got potential, but you need to focus on being more your own fighter rather than trying to copy Kyo.” Hugo said as Shingo hit the canvas.
“N-No…Kyo is the only one I can-” Shingo started.
That was all Shingo could get out before Hugo cast his True Fire Rune, creating a pillar of fire underneath the youth’s feet. The force from the pillar rocketed Shingo into the air and sent him falling out of the arena.
Shingo landed in Crackdown. Once he got his hands on a rocket launcher, things didn’t get pretty.
Back in the ring, Hugo stood and spun his dagger in his hand a couple of times in satisfaction. Turning, the Karayan prince scanned the ring to see whom was left. Metaknight and Terry were still fighting, although it was looking more like a spar by now. Sonic was now able to fight Mario now that Bowser had been eliminated. Luigi was standing aside, looking like he didn’t want to get into any fights, and J. Talbain was standing aside to recover his fatigue. Ashelin and Chun-Li had now gotten into a fight (Ashelin may have insulted the size of Chun-Li’s thighs). The Stormtrooper was shooting his rifle around, obviously trying to shoot a cloaked Leon Powalski.
Before deciding to rush over and challenge J. Talbain, Hugo glanced up at the entrance curtain, knowing that the next fighter was due to come out.
FINAL SCORE: (13 votes on the main fight, 11 on the first bonus fight and 13 on the second)
(Live Votes: Die Votes) = Final Score
METAKNIGHT (SSB) (10:3) = 7 (Fuuma, Robert Garcia)
MARIO MARIO (SSB) (10:4) = 6 (Aila, Bald Boy)
CHUN-LI (SFA3) (9:4) = 5 (Bowser, Juan)
LUIGI MARIO (SSB) (10:5) = 5 (Huitzil, Kazuma)
LEON POWALSKI (SF) (8:5) = 3 (Galford)
STORMTROOPER (SW) (8:5) = 3 (Protoman)
ASHELIN (J&D) (9:6) = 3 (Vanessa Lewis)
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (StH) (10:7) = 3 (Li Xiangfei)
TERRY BOGARD (KOF) (8:6) = 2 (Hsein-Ko)
J. TALBAIN (DS) (9:7) = 2 (Slayer)
HUGO (S3) (7:6) = 1 (Shingo Yabuki)
(ELIMINATED)
ROBERT GARCIA (KOF) (7:6) = 1 (Kooper)
KAZUMA (GF) (7:6) = 1 (Muscle Power)
BOWSER (SSB) (9:8) = 1 (Crump)
HSEIN-KO (DS) (7:7) = 0 (Sankuro)
KOOPER (PM) (7:7) = 0
BALD BOY (TFS) (6:7) = -1
GALFORD (SS) (7:8) = -1
MUSCLE POWER (WH) (6:8) = -2
PROTOMAN (MM) (5:8) =-3
SHINGO YABUKI (KOF) (5:8) = -3
JUAN (S3) (4:9) = 5
AILA (S3) (4:10) = -6
SLAYER (GG) (3:10) = -7
HUITZIL (DS) (3:10) = -7
SANKURO (SS) (3:10) = -7
LI XIANGFEI (FF) (3:10) = -7
CRUMP (PM) (3:10) = -7
VANESSA LEWIS (VF) (3:10) = -7
FUUMA (WH) (2:11) = -9
BONUS MATCHES:
“Scripted Bout”
GANONDORF DRAGMIRE (SSB) beats down SERGEI (R:RR) and MARILYN (PM)
6 to 5
Down for the Count: Bowser is out. Can Sonic manage to overtake the koopa king’s KO count?
Smashin’ Good Time: Mario, Luigi AND Metaknight get two KO’s this section. Can they keep this up?