After Brawl, Master and Crazy Hand had decided to host a fourth smash tournament. Naturally, they decided that, after the success of the previous tournament, they wouldn't change the roster size. And as the 36 smashers (Popo and Nana are 2 people, Zelda/Sheik is one, Zero Suit Samus and Samus are one) returned to the Smash Mansion, the hands didn't take much notice when a couple of the smashers disappeared.

After all of the smashers, including Bowser, Capt. Falcon, Dedede, Diddy, DK, Falco, Fox, Game and Watch, Ganondorf, Ike, Jigglypuff, Kirby, Link, Lucario, Lucas, Luigi, Mario, Marth, Meta Knight, Nana, Ness, Olimar, Peach, Pikachu, Pit, Popo, Red, ROB, Samus, Snake, Sonic, Toon Link, Wario, Wolf, Yoshi, and Zelda arrived, Master Hand began to address the smashers.

He said, "Now, Smashers, welcome to the Fourth Smash Tournament! Now, as you all know, there will be a slightly strange bracket this year. Since there were so many of you last year, we won't make any changes! We'll just start in alphabetical order, then go on down the line like that."

Crazy Hand butted in, "Hahahaha! Bowser and Captain Falcon have to go first!"

Master Hand continued, "Yes, thank you for announcing that. So tonight, get a good night's rest, and—"

The lights went out.

"ROB, light up your eyes! We need you to see so we can put the lights back on!" cried Crazy Hand.

Master Hand added, "He's our serviceman these days."

But ROB was nowhere to be found.

Lucario called out, "I'll search out his aura!"

Lucario attempted to find the aura of the robot, but something was wrong.

"He's not there! We'll need to turn on the electricity ourselves!" called out Lucario.

"Pi Pi ka!" Yelled Pikachu as he send out a few sparks from his cheeks.

The Hands followed the yellow mouse down the halls as he led them to the fuse box.

"CHAAAA!" yelled Pikachu in horror as he saw the corpse of ROB near the fuse box.

"Drat! The box exploded, killing ROB in the process…" commented Master Hand. "Crazy, go with Pikachu and turn on the backup generator."

The electrical mouse and maniacal hand went off together to the basement, while Master Hand returned to the main hall of Smash Mansion to share the grave news with the rest of the Smashers.

Master Hand sadly stated, "It is with a heavy heart that I tell all of you that one of our fellow smashers has passed. ROB was found charred near the fuse box. We have a backup generator that will be turned on soon, courtesy of Pikachu and Crazy Hand."

As if on cue, the lights went back on. The Smashers were relieved to find that not a single Smasher had disappeared besides ROB.

Master Hand continued, "Now, that brings us to 35 smashers instead of 36. Samus, who would have battled ROB in the first round, will now get a bye until the second round. The rest of your schedules will remain unchanged. Head off to bed. Bowser is in Room 2A, Captain Falcon in 2B, King Dedede in 2C, Diddy Kong in 2D, DK in 2E, Falco in 2F, Fox in 2G, Mr. Game and Watch is in 2H, Gannondorf in 2I, Ike in 2J, Jigglypuff in 2K, Kirby in 2L, Link in 2M, Lucario in 2N, Lucas in 2O, Luigi in 2P, Mario in 2Q, Meta Knight in 2R, and Nana in 2S. On the third floor, Ness is in 3A, Olimar in 3B, Peach in 3C, Pikachu in 3D, Pit in 3E, Popo in 3F, Red in 3G, RO—wait Samus in 3H, Snake in 3I, Sonic in 3J, Toon Link in 3K, Wario in 3L, Wolf in 3M, Yoshi is in 3N, and Zelda in 3O. Everyone happy? Good." Master Hand ignored the protests of Nana, who wanted to be on the same floor as Popo.

"Hey Ness, you wanna switch rooms?" Ness asked.

"Sure!" Nana replied.

"NO SWITCHING ROOMS!" yelled the angry hand.

"Oh well then…" Ness commented.

What Happened to ROB? Was it an accident? Or something more sinister?