The smashers sat in the lobby of the mansion, bored. They had nothing to do. The new tournament was about a month away and no one could think of anything to do.

Master Hand then came in and said, "I have great news that may just rid you all of your boredom!"

Instantly, every smasher showed interest.

"You're giving the tournament early?" Toon Link asked.

"No," Master Hand said, "Even better."

All the smashers, even the villains, looked like they would die if they didn't hear what it was.

"It is," Master Hand said, "A game!"

Some of the smashers just sat back, losing interest. Most of them, however, were willing to do anything that was somewhat entertaining.

"But not just any game," Master Hand said, "It's a virtual reality game called Last Man Standing."

The few who lost interest regained it at the name.

"The object of the game," Master Hand explained, "Is to survive the longest on a crazy highway."

The smashers were most interested by now.

"There are a few principles," Master Hand said, "First, you are in a stick figure-like form. Second, you start out in your own doombuggie. You may jump out of your doombuggie and onto another vehicle. Third, if the vehicle you're riding reaches the end of the road, it will turn around 

and go the opposite way. Fourth, there are several ledges scattered throughout the course. You may jump onto these for safety, but if you stay for longer than three minutes, you will fall apart and return here. Fifth, speaking of which, if you receive any fatal blow, you will fall apart and lose. Also, if you touch the road at all, you'll lose. Sixth, there will be three trials. Only those who survived the last trial will qualify for the next. Any questions?"

No hands rose, so Master Hand continued, "There are a few rules. First, a barrier is put to make the use of magic impossible. Second, no weapons and/or anything that could give you an advantage. Third, you are welcome to help each other, but if you directly cause someone to lose, you will lose and that person will take your place. Fourth, you will all be given equal strength and agility, so everyone can dodge things just as well. Any questions?"

Seeing none once again, Master Hand said, "Meet at the laboratory in one hour."

Everyone was very excited about this new game. Even Ganondorf and Bowser had trouble controlling their excitement.

When the hour was up, everyone rushed upstairs to the laboratory. There were 40 capsules, some with unique shapes and sizes.

"One more thing," Master Hand said, "We will need to follow up on the rules and confiscate your weapons. Please line up in alphabetical order."

With that, they did. All smashers who didn't have weapons went to their capsules. Captain Falcon took off his Falcon gloves and boots and slipped on regular ones that were available. Diddy Kong gave up his 

peanut popguns, and barrel jetpack. Dr. Mario put down his gloves and cape. Falco put away his helmet, blaster, and reflector that also cause phantasm and Fire Bird. Fox did the same. Ganondorf put down sword. The Ice Climbers put down their Ice, hammers, and belay wire. Ike put down his sword. King Dedede gave up his waddle dees and hammer. Kirby gave up his hammer. Link gave up his sword, shield, bow, arrows, bombs, boomerang, and hookshot. Luigi gave up his gloves. Mario gave up his gloves, cape and FLUDD. Marth gave up his sword. Meta Knight gave up his sword and cape. Mr. G&W gave up his frying pan. Olimar gave up his pikmin. Peach gave up her toad, racket, golf club, parasol, vegetables and pan. Pit gave up his bow and deflector. Pokémon trainer gave up his Pokémon. Roy gave up his sword. Samus, though, had a problem. She had to take off her power suit and her blaster she had underneath, revealing her jacket and jeans. Snake gave up his grenades, missiles, Cypher, and C4s. Toon Link gave up his bow, boomerang, sword, shield, and bombs. Wario gave up his bike. Wolf gave up the same as Fox and Falco. Young Link gave up his sword, shield, bow, arrows, bombs, and boomerang. Zelda transformed into Sheik and gave up her chain, sword and needles.

"These capsules," Master Hand said, "Will allow you to enter the game. You will not be harmed in any way during the game or by entering or leaving the game. Good luck and may the best smasher win."

As all 40 smashers went into the game, they appeared in doom buggies. They were stick figures indeed. Their heads looked the same as to in the real world, but their body color varied depending on that of the real world. Their surroundings were CG and almost looked real.



Instantly after entering, a voice began to count down, "10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… GO!!"

Instantly, traffic appeared out of nowhere and sped towards and past the smashers, who started their doom buggies and sped off.

Dr. Mario, however, was too slow to adapt to this new, fast-paced reality and, in just a few seconds, drove right into a pickup truck! The doom buggy and he fell apart.

"DR. MARIO: GAME OVER!!" The countdown voice said. Then, the game began.

Sorry if the chapter's kinda lame, but tell me what you think of the idea. Just in case you're wondering, I got the idea from a dream I had once that had a reality identical to the one in the game.