Top: Aaaaand it's a beautiful day in the Kazhan City Stadium, as we gear up for yet another bout of gargantuan proportions!
BottomBlue: Today, Mega Man, the Blue Bomber of more than 20 games, and Samus Aran, bounty hunter of Metroid fame, battle it out for a character slot in Super Smash Bros. 2!
Top: They will be battling in an arena with plentiful floating platforms and quicksand…
BottomBlue: Now, let's look at the mailbag.
LETTERS
Preston Moore: Now, this is a tough fight.
Brian Erb: Tough to call, but no contest when you get down
to it.
PRE-FIGHT VOTE COUNT:
Samus: 6
Mega Man: 7
THE ANYLISIS:
Top: This promises to be a verrry close fight, folks.
BottomBlue: However, Samus has a grappling beam, which will
help her in this arena- Floating platforms and quicksand pits sure make a
grappler come in handy.
Top: Samus' arsenal is nowhere near as big as the Blue
Bomber's, though.
BottomBlue: OK, OK, I get the point!
Top: Then there's the ally factor.
BottomBlue: Samus, on the other hand, has VERY few allies, if any, but she has her ship. Three words: Remote orbital bombardment.
Top: In short, Mega Man's biggest single advantage is his massive arsenal, and Samus' biggest advantage is her grappling beam.
THE BATTLE:
Top: Mega Man flies into the Arena on Rush, leaping down from a 20-foot height and landing neatly on his feet…
BottomBlue: Samus makes an equally impressive entrance, creating a massive "crop circle" on the Arena floor with her landing engines…
Top and Bottom: AND THERE'S THE BELL!
Top: Aaaand Samus whips her cannon up before Mega can blink and unleashes a salvo of Super Missiles!
BottomBlue: Mega, fully powered up for this fight (gold armor from the end of X3) uses his dash system to get the heck out of there, unleashes five or six uncharged shots from his Buster Cannon, and whips out a beamsabre!
Top: Meanwhile, Samus has leapt on top of one of the highest platforms in a single leap while readying a Charge Beam…
BottomBlue: Mega Man, seeing the threat, fires three blasts from Ice Penguin's heat weapon… Oh! Perfect shot- he just landed an ice blast right down the barrel of Samus' beam cannon!
Top: But…Samus has just activated some kind of heat aura! Evidently she's learned some new tricks since Super Smash Bros.- she fires!
BottomBlue: The Blue Bomber, sensing danger, turns and-HOLEY SMOKE! He deflected that blast with his beamsabre- Mega Man just blew up Samus' platform with her own Charge Beam!
Top: Samus tumbles-whoa! She's just caught onto another floating platform with her grappling beam and is firing her Wave cannon at Mega Man!
BottomBlue: Yowtch- he couldn't get out of the way of that
one.
Bottom and Top: ZERO!!!!!
Mid-fight vote count:
Samus: 8
Mega Man: 10
Top: Zero has just teleported into the Arena and is helping Mega back to his feet... Get some audio down there, I can't hear what he's saying.
Zero:…ackup arrives in three minutes. The mech in 5. Hang
in there.
BottomBlue: It appears that Zero has called in some sort of backup for Mega Man! He's up on his feet now, a bit shaken but alri-yi-YI!
Top: Samus is blasting Spazer beams at the duo! Zero's hit,
but… now he's blocking the Spazers with his beamsabre while rushing toward
Samus!
BottomBlue: He just cut Samus' grappling beam! Samus has fallen- no floating platforms to catch onto this time, but she uses her Space Jump to make a soft landing
Top: However, Rush, Protoman, and Roll have just teleported into the Arena- it's 5 on 1 now, things are looking pretty rough for Samus…
BottomBlue: Samus is using her Space Jump again- she's above the group that just teleported in and is dodging blasts like mad, taking a few hits now and then… What's she trying to pull?
Top: She's dropping…what looks like clusters of 6 Super Bombs held together with duct tape! Duck and cover, Bottom!
BottomBlue: *Koff, hack* Roll and Rush are out of this fight for *hack* good- that was quick- Protoman's on the floor- he can't get up, but he's still shooting.
Top: All three of the remaining robots are firing like nuts- Protoman and Zero are just using their normal cannons, but MM is using a sort of long-range acid spitter.
BottomBlue: Samus is charging up her Plasma beam while just standing there and taking the blasts…this could be it, that's her trump card…
Top: She's at full charge…!
FINAL VOTE COUNT:
Samus: 9
Mega Man: 12
BottomBlue: What th'…a…
Top: A MASSIVE set of Robot Ride Armor has just teleported into the Arena! Mega's backflipped to the cockpit… Samus is too stunned to fire. BottomBlue: NOW she fires, blowing an arm off of the mech, but it's too little, too late.
Top: Owtch.
BottomBlue: Good fight, good night!
