Hi, all! Here's my entry into pichuplayer's November contest! It's going to be a fun read!
In the Beginning
The year is 2001. The GameCube is Nintendo's best 3D console. And on that console is that wacky Smash tournament—Melee!
Melee is when the tier wars begin to heat up. It's also where a new special move, the Side-B, is introduced. But this will kick off a conflict like no other…
In this corner, cute and electric as always, is Pikachu. He builds up charge and flies sideways in a flash of lightning, shocking his enemies in every sense of the word. Behold, the Skull Bash!
Now, let's meet the challenger.
The battle is tense. The score is tied. Time is running short. This may go into a Sudden Death. One of the fighters hollers in joy and charges at his opponent, ready to finish him with a final blow. Big mistake. Said opponent, clothed in green, is concentrating hard, focusing his power and energy. He takes a deep breath, crouches, charges in place, and then—he lets go. Fiery orange trails him as he rams himself into the other cocky combatant, sending him soaring into the chasm below—and a bitter defeat. Thus, the Green Missile is born!
Luigi Mario walks the halls of the Smash Mansion with a lighter gait nowadays. He finally stars in his own game and has accrued a small fan base. Sakurai has blessed him with a sleeker, cooler moveset in Melee. He wavedashes like crazy across stages. He pokes straight forward with his palm to deal some serious hurt. And he takes to the sky with the Green Missile, plowing into anyone daring to challenge its power.
He loves his Green Missile, especially when it misfires. He loves it to the point of spamming it, plunging people over and over to their doom.
Pikachu sees this, and he's not amused. Neither is his pre-evolved form, Pichu. Luigi's acting like he has the coolest move in the roster, but it's obvious that it's just a remixed version of his move! Pikachu feels something foul stew inside him. One day, as Luigi passes by following a tough bout, the electric mouse can't take anymore. He cups his hands to his mouth and hollers at the top of his voice, "PIKA!"
Luigi turns. "Excuse me?"
"Pika, pika. Pika, pika, pika, pika!"
The green plumber's eyes widen. "You're calling me a copycat?!"
"Pika, pika, pika, pika, pika, pika! Pika, pi, pi, pika, pika, pi!"
"A—a carbon copy of Skull Bash, you say?! Skull Bash is the better move, you say?!" Poor Luigi is offended and hurt. "We'll see about that, Pikachu!"
"Pika, pika!"
"Bring it on, indeed!" And Luigi storms off in a huff.
Thus, a rivalry is born!
TBC
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