AN :alright, to begin with... I don't own any of the awesome Nintendo characters portrayed in this story. Just so you know. I also don't own the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and I don't care how many of you love Meatwad.

Prologue

Mario's Pad- The Mushroom Kingdom- 2:43 PM

NOTE! For the sake of your sanity and mine, Mario and Luigi will not be playing the role of the stereotypical Italian. Every other word out of their mouths will not have an unnecessary extra "a" at the end. I repeat, no ridiculous Italian accents. Enjoy!

(Feel free to whistle the Super Mario Bros. theme while reading for extra realism.)

"Ah! What a wonderful meal! Luigi, you make the best pasta!"

Mario pat his stomach with a big grin on his face. As an afterthought, he wiped the rich red sauce off his mustache and burped. Luigi rolled his eyes.

"Mario! Do you know how hard it is to get sauce stains off of these white gloves?"

Mario burped again. "No."

Luigi opened his mouth to shoot a remark at his slovenly brother when the door to their house slammed open. Toad came running in, panting and sweating.

"Mario! Th...there's an emergency! Ya gotta come quick!"

Mario did not move from the couch.

"Hurry? You mean like right now?"

Toad was practically jumping up and down.

"Yes!!!"

"Aww... but I just ate!"

Luigi shook his head. "Arghh! I'll go!"

Toad avoided Luigi's eyes. "Well... yea, I'm sure you'd be great and all... but it'd probably be better if Mario came..."

Luigi jumped up. "Anything that lazy bum can do, I can do better!" With that, he grabbed Toad's arm and dragged him out of the house.

Mario sat there for a moment, wondering if he should follow them. "Nah. I'm sure Luigi can handle it."

Mushroom Town Square- Mushroom Kingdom- 3:01 PM

Luigi dragged Toad into the middle of the town square.

"So, where is this emergency?"

"O...over there!"

"At one side of the plaza, a goomba had backed a group of Toads into a corner.

Luigi's jaw dropped. "This is your emergency?"

"See? Isn't it horrible! We shoulda brought Mario!"

Luigi wordlessly approached the goomba. Making sure everyone was watching, he preformed a light hop and crushed the renegade mushroom beneath his boots. Toad stared at Luigi in disbelief.

"Wow! How did you do that?! You Mario brothers are amazing!"

Luigi groaned as all the Toads began jumping up and down around their new hero.

Mario's Pad- Mushroom Kingdom- 3:15 PM

Mario turned off the TV. "Hahaha! That Shake is hilarious! He should just douse that meat guy in gasoline!"

Suddenly the TV turned back on. Mario jumped up. "What the hell?"

Out of the TV came three strange looking apparitions.

"W...who are you guys?"

The first ghost, noticeably Japanese, Mario realized, spoke.

"We are the executives of Nintendo!.... We are your gods, simple plumber!"

"Gods?!"

"Yes..... that is what I said...."

The second ghost came up.

"We have come with news. There will be a tournament! All of you simple video game creatures shall battle!"

The third ghost coughed lightly. "At least all the ones we own. Listen... we're putting out a new fighting game with you guys all in it. We need the money."

The first two ghosts glared at the third. Then the first one spoke up.

"We have painstakingly created a roster for this grand battle...."

The third ghost coughed again. "Actually... we pulled the names out of a hat...."

The second ghosted screamed. "Will you shut up! You've ruined our entire speech! We can't take you anywhere!"

The third ghost appeared hurt. "Well... sorry. Fine! I can tell I'm not wanted!" And with that he disappeared back into the TV screen.

The two remaining ghost looked at each other. "Now that that's over with.... Where were we...?"

Mario looked slightly put upon. "You know... the great tournament?"

"Oh yes! Prepare yourself!!! The great war will begin tomorrow!"

And the two ghosts disappeared, leaving Mario to ponder the words that were spoken.

"......... I wonder if there's any pasta left."

AN: Well, that's the setup! Here's the roster for this tournament. And yes, the names were in fact pulled out of a hat. So I don't want to hear anything about favoritism.

Mario vs Yoshi

Jigglypuff vs Bowser

Peach vs Link

Falco vs Pikachu

Samus vs Zelda

Dr. Mario vs Kirby

Luigi vs Captain Falcon

Donkey Kong vs Roy

Pichu vs Gannondorf

Young Link vs Ness

Fox vs Marth

Ice Climbers vs Mr. Game and Watch