Presenting….
The cast of
SUPER SMASH BROS: MELEE
In:
CHAIN OF EVENTS
A Saturday afternoon in the timeless realm Nintendoland was quickly approaching. There was Samus Aran in Metroid County, Donkey Kong living (relatively) peacefully in DK County, Link and Zelda in LOZ County, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Very rarely did the inhabitants of Nintendoland ever wonder what went on in the real world. All they cared about was getting a part in another Nintendo game. Naturally, when the crazy programmers at Nintendo of Japan Ltd. Conjured up the legendary "Super Smash Bros.," every digitalized character within the computer-banked world of Nintendoland was ecstatic. After all, who wouldn't want to be a 3- D Polygon in a smash-hit title? Sadly, when the twelve characters were picked for the game, it left the remaining Nintendoland inhabitants feeling quite rejected. "Why Samus?" One would ask another. "Who would want to play as Pikachu?" The other would ask. Soon, when the glimmer of novelty wore off, the tenants of Nintendoland went back to their own respective carefree imaginary lives.
Mario was relaxing peacefully in his soft squishy armchair sofa. He had his feet up on the rest and a bottle of Mountain Dew in his hand. "Mama-mia," he sighed, "I have to clean up my den sometime," he said as he looked around his plain living room. Dirty laundry and other miscellaneous papers were strewn helter skelter all around the floor and tables. Mario yawned and stretched out. "Probably I shouldn't a-had that triple-pepperoni Pizza with the Mega-Milkshake for lunch," Mario sleepily yawned and closed his eyes.
Mario was whisked away to sleep, a dreamy sleep chalk-full with old memories. Mario slightly grinned when his mind remembered the time he invited Peach, Bowser and Luigi to his house for a quaint supper, when the clumsy Luigi slipped on a wet spot on the linoleum floor and just so happened to cling to Peach to keep himself from falling. It wasn't until Peach grew angry that Luigi realized he used Peach's chest to stop his tumble-- Mario could barely fight back the outburst of laughter as he helped his brother up and apologized to Peach on his then-babbling bashful brother's behalf.
Then, Mario's dreaming brain took him to his own adventures in the Mario Bros. series. After dunking Bowser in the pit of lava in the first Super Mario Bros. game, Mario pulled him out and took him for a drink at the bar with the rest of the Mario Bros. cast. Mario remembered telling the Nintendo Storyline ambassador to Nintendoland that having Super Mario Bros. 2 being just a big dream was an absurd idea, but they went ahead and used the protested plot anyway.
Suddenly, Mario's bright and sun-filled dreams turned a tint darker. He dreamt of the time he nearly erased himself from data-created Nintendoland with a stray real-world magnet. Also, he remembered the time when he made his appearance on the ill-fated Virtual Boy. By now, Mario was tossing in his sleep.
Mario awoke with a jolt, and he found himself lying flat on his back on a cold hard surface. "What a-happened?" Mario asked himself, sitting up. He looked around, and nearly suffered a heart attack when he saw where he was.
It was a pitch black endless void, with him standing on some sort of long, rectangular floating platform in the mysterious star-spotted abyss. Two smaller platforms hovered above him, one on either end of the strange stage, with a third propped high above all of the rest. "What is this place?" Mario asked himself. Mario walked cautiously toward the edge of the platform, knelt down, and peered over the rim of the platform. It was nothing but a foggy bottomless pit all the way down. Mario willed his gloved hand to catch fire, and shot a flaming fireball down into the void. Second after silent second passed, Mario waiting with nearly non-existent breath to hear a thunk of any kind to tell him how far down it was until the bottom. After a minute, Mario concluded that he was trapped on top of this strange stag with no way to get off and go home. "What kind of a crazy place is this?" Mario asked aloud, his sharp voice echoing all over the endless starry void.
Suddenly, the ground shook violently beneath Mario's feet, and a resounding thud boomed from behind him. When Mario turned around and took a glimpse of what was behind him, his jaw dropped wide open with surprise. "B-B-Bowser!"
Bowser snarled. This was unlike the friendly Nintendoland dweller Bowser that he knew. After all, they were enemies in just the games. "Bowser!" Mario said cheerfully. Bowser's neck only twitched. "It's a-me! Mario!" said Mario happily. Bowser grunted again. It was just then that Mario noticed that Bowser's eyes had fully rolled back in their sockets, and Bowser was slightly moaning an eerie hum. "Bowser, you a-don' look to good," said Mario cautiously.
"K-k-k-k-k…" Bowser softly stuttered.
"Eh?"
"Kiiiiiii-"
"Bowser?"
"KILL YOU!"
With that, the droning Bowser roared and charged Mario head-on. Mario barely had time to somersault over the lumbering beast and avoid being smashed into the endless black void. Bowser stumbled near the edge of the platform, and pulled himself away from he bleak point of a disastrous doom. Within moments, Bowser had spun around and rushed Mario again. Mario dove out of Bowser's way again, just in time to narrowly avoid him. "Bowser!" Mario gasped, "What's-a gotten into you?"
"Juszzzt dieMariojuzzsszz' die!" Bowser babbled with an ear-shattering roar, sucking in a deep breath, and violently exhaling a stream of flames from his mouth at Mario. Mario quickly leapt up onto one of the two middle- level platforms above him, letting Bowser's Fire Breath swoosh below him.
"Bowser! What's a-happened to you?" Mario asked with a yell. Bowser only glared at Mario on the lower main platform with his blank eyes.
Suddenly, Bowser took to the air with a jump, and then magically thrust himself up with another jump, as if he leapt against a solid floor of nothing, and threw himself down in a Bowser Bomb when he was above Mario. Mario quickly dove from the platform and onto the stage below, letting Bowser's tremendous weight shake the whole stage as he landed with a deafening thud.
"Fight me Mario!" roared Bowser, hopping off the levitated mini-platform and landing on Mario's level.
"Bowser! What's-a wrong with you?" Mario asked worriedly.
"Fight me!" Bowser demanded again.
"Bowser, is there something wrong?" Mario asked. Bowser only snorted flames from his nostrils. "Bowser?" Bowser remained still. Cautiously, Mario tiptoed towards the maddened beast.
Suddenly, Bowser came to life once more. "Die!" Bowser declared, rushing at Mario again. Before Mario could even blink, his belly met Bowser's snout with Bowser's brutal Hammer Head attack. Mario was sent flying, far clearing the platform and sent spiraling helplessly into the endless emptiness. Mario tried to scream for help, but a deep musky air in his belly constricted his voice. He suddenly felt a dark blanket of coldness wrap over his body as he plummeted through the empty void. Suddenly, a blazing bright light flashed before Mario's eyes as the last few seconds of his consciousness deserted him.
The cast of
SUPER SMASH BROS: MELEE
In:
CHAIN OF EVENTS
A Saturday afternoon in the timeless realm Nintendoland was quickly approaching. There was Samus Aran in Metroid County, Donkey Kong living (relatively) peacefully in DK County, Link and Zelda in LOZ County, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Very rarely did the inhabitants of Nintendoland ever wonder what went on in the real world. All they cared about was getting a part in another Nintendo game. Naturally, when the crazy programmers at Nintendo of Japan Ltd. Conjured up the legendary "Super Smash Bros.," every digitalized character within the computer-banked world of Nintendoland was ecstatic. After all, who wouldn't want to be a 3- D Polygon in a smash-hit title? Sadly, when the twelve characters were picked for the game, it left the remaining Nintendoland inhabitants feeling quite rejected. "Why Samus?" One would ask another. "Who would want to play as Pikachu?" The other would ask. Soon, when the glimmer of novelty wore off, the tenants of Nintendoland went back to their own respective carefree imaginary lives.
Mario was relaxing peacefully in his soft squishy armchair sofa. He had his feet up on the rest and a bottle of Mountain Dew in his hand. "Mama-mia," he sighed, "I have to clean up my den sometime," he said as he looked around his plain living room. Dirty laundry and other miscellaneous papers were strewn helter skelter all around the floor and tables. Mario yawned and stretched out. "Probably I shouldn't a-had that triple-pepperoni Pizza with the Mega-Milkshake for lunch," Mario sleepily yawned and closed his eyes.
Mario was whisked away to sleep, a dreamy sleep chalk-full with old memories. Mario slightly grinned when his mind remembered the time he invited Peach, Bowser and Luigi to his house for a quaint supper, when the clumsy Luigi slipped on a wet spot on the linoleum floor and just so happened to cling to Peach to keep himself from falling. It wasn't until Peach grew angry that Luigi realized he used Peach's chest to stop his tumble-- Mario could barely fight back the outburst of laughter as he helped his brother up and apologized to Peach on his then-babbling bashful brother's behalf.
Then, Mario's dreaming brain took him to his own adventures in the Mario Bros. series. After dunking Bowser in the pit of lava in the first Super Mario Bros. game, Mario pulled him out and took him for a drink at the bar with the rest of the Mario Bros. cast. Mario remembered telling the Nintendo Storyline ambassador to Nintendoland that having Super Mario Bros. 2 being just a big dream was an absurd idea, but they went ahead and used the protested plot anyway.
Suddenly, Mario's bright and sun-filled dreams turned a tint darker. He dreamt of the time he nearly erased himself from data-created Nintendoland with a stray real-world magnet. Also, he remembered the time when he made his appearance on the ill-fated Virtual Boy. By now, Mario was tossing in his sleep.
Mario awoke with a jolt, and he found himself lying flat on his back on a cold hard surface. "What a-happened?" Mario asked himself, sitting up. He looked around, and nearly suffered a heart attack when he saw where he was.
It was a pitch black endless void, with him standing on some sort of long, rectangular floating platform in the mysterious star-spotted abyss. Two smaller platforms hovered above him, one on either end of the strange stage, with a third propped high above all of the rest. "What is this place?" Mario asked himself. Mario walked cautiously toward the edge of the platform, knelt down, and peered over the rim of the platform. It was nothing but a foggy bottomless pit all the way down. Mario willed his gloved hand to catch fire, and shot a flaming fireball down into the void. Second after silent second passed, Mario waiting with nearly non-existent breath to hear a thunk of any kind to tell him how far down it was until the bottom. After a minute, Mario concluded that he was trapped on top of this strange stag with no way to get off and go home. "What kind of a crazy place is this?" Mario asked aloud, his sharp voice echoing all over the endless starry void.
Suddenly, the ground shook violently beneath Mario's feet, and a resounding thud boomed from behind him. When Mario turned around and took a glimpse of what was behind him, his jaw dropped wide open with surprise. "B-B-Bowser!"
Bowser snarled. This was unlike the friendly Nintendoland dweller Bowser that he knew. After all, they were enemies in just the games. "Bowser!" Mario said cheerfully. Bowser's neck only twitched. "It's a-me! Mario!" said Mario happily. Bowser grunted again. It was just then that Mario noticed that Bowser's eyes had fully rolled back in their sockets, and Bowser was slightly moaning an eerie hum. "Bowser, you a-don' look to good," said Mario cautiously.
"K-k-k-k-k…" Bowser softly stuttered.
"Eh?"
"Kiiiiiii-"
"Bowser?"
"KILL YOU!"
With that, the droning Bowser roared and charged Mario head-on. Mario barely had time to somersault over the lumbering beast and avoid being smashed into the endless black void. Bowser stumbled near the edge of the platform, and pulled himself away from he bleak point of a disastrous doom. Within moments, Bowser had spun around and rushed Mario again. Mario dove out of Bowser's way again, just in time to narrowly avoid him. "Bowser!" Mario gasped, "What's-a gotten into you?"
"Juszzzt dieMariojuzzsszz' die!" Bowser babbled with an ear-shattering roar, sucking in a deep breath, and violently exhaling a stream of flames from his mouth at Mario. Mario quickly leapt up onto one of the two middle- level platforms above him, letting Bowser's Fire Breath swoosh below him.
"Bowser! What's a-happened to you?" Mario asked with a yell. Bowser only glared at Mario on the lower main platform with his blank eyes.
Suddenly, Bowser took to the air with a jump, and then magically thrust himself up with another jump, as if he leapt against a solid floor of nothing, and threw himself down in a Bowser Bomb when he was above Mario. Mario quickly dove from the platform and onto the stage below, letting Bowser's tremendous weight shake the whole stage as he landed with a deafening thud.
"Fight me Mario!" roared Bowser, hopping off the levitated mini-platform and landing on Mario's level.
"Bowser! What's-a wrong with you?" Mario asked worriedly.
"Fight me!" Bowser demanded again.
"Bowser, is there something wrong?" Mario asked. Bowser only snorted flames from his nostrils. "Bowser?" Bowser remained still. Cautiously, Mario tiptoed towards the maddened beast.
Suddenly, Bowser came to life once more. "Die!" Bowser declared, rushing at Mario again. Before Mario could even blink, his belly met Bowser's snout with Bowser's brutal Hammer Head attack. Mario was sent flying, far clearing the platform and sent spiraling helplessly into the endless emptiness. Mario tried to scream for help, but a deep musky air in his belly constricted his voice. He suddenly felt a dark blanket of coldness wrap over his body as he plummeted through the empty void. Suddenly, a blazing bright light flashed before Mario's eyes as the last few seconds of his consciousness deserted him.