Link whirled his sword around him and it caught Bowser and sent him high into the air. Little Mac immediately proceeded to KO punch Link. He went flying out of the stage faster than Sonic could dash toward Bowser to give the final blow after he landed. Link and Bowser had just lost their last stocks. Sonic and Little Mac sparred off for a while, attacking when they could, but Little Mac gave the final blow as the announcer called game.
Meowth watched the scene unfold on his screen as he remembered all of his failed attempts to enter the Smash Roster. Super Smash Bros 4 was coming out and he had finally decided that he was never going to get that invitation letter.
Just like Meowth, it was every character's dream to be part of the Smash roster. Everyone saw the broadcasts of the battles at some point, no matter the game they were in, and fighting in these battles was the only path to truly gain glory. But only the most prestigious of fighters could make it in.
Super Smash Bros 4 was about to be released and every fighter from every world eagerly awaited their letter of invitation, though most of them knew it would never arrive.
But for a lucky few, it did.
Every 5 or so years, things would change drastically in the Smash Castle. The rosters would change, and it was a sad thing when fighters had to say farewell to their friends, but it was intriguing to see who the new fighters would be, how they would act in the Smash Castle, and who they would be friends with.
They were all standing in a room not commonly used; it had a portal to and from other rooms. This door had never been opened without Master Hand's permission, and it was a fascinating thing to the newer fighters to see it in use. All of the fighters had said goodbye to their old friends that didn't make it past Brawl throughout the past couple of days. Some of the new arrivals, Palutena and Lucina being the first, had already arrived previously, as they were confirmed much earlier. But now Master Hand was about to bring in the last few additions.
"First to enter," Master Hand announced, "from Final Fantasy, we have Cloud!" A strong looking man with a gigantic sword entered the room and looked awestruck around the room.
"All of the fighters I've idolised so long!" He exclaimed.
"Well, you're one of us now, and people will idolise you if you fight well." Link shook his hand.
"The final two are brother and sister, so they shall enter together." Master Hand continued. "Please welcome, from Fire Emblem, Corrin and Kamui!"
Two beautiful white dragons entered through the doors. Now the others were amazed in return, as Charizard was the closest that they had to a dragon. Then the two dragons transformed into humans, a male and a female. Both had white hair and red eyes, and carried the same flaming sword.
Marth looked at Lucina. "Is that-"
"I can't believe it." Lucina said. "They're real."
"Lucina and Ike, you two will guide Corrin and Kamui respectively and show them around the place, as you are of Fire Emblem." Master Hand ordered. "Cloud, you will be guided by Link, as you are the only one present from your world. Link has been here from the beginning, so he knows his stuff."
"Link, it's so cool to meet you, you've always been one of my heroes!" Cloud said excitedly as they began walking to show him the Mansion.
"Well, you're going to get to fight that hero any time soon." Link explained, "We used to do these cheesy get to know you games, it was really kind of lame, but Master Hand decided the best way to get to know everyone was to fight them. I can guarantee that by the end of this week, you'll have fought everybody." He said.
"So how do these battles work exactly?" Cloud questioned.
"Well, we have a room that contains portals to every stage. Usually we choose when we fight, but occasionally we get called to." Then Link cautioned, "Just be ready for it, it could happen any time. But speaking of which, I'll take you to the stage room now."
They took a few more corners and walked some more hallways until Cloud was completely lost, and then they arrived in a huge room, full of doors, with symbols above every door. Cloud recognised The Legend of Zelda Triforce, the Metroid lightning bolt, Mario's mushroom, and a few others looked familiar but he couldn't place them.
"Do you learn what all these symbols go to?" He asked Link.
"You figure it out pretty quick." He replied.
Cloud pointed to a door on the far right, it looked like a green square, a circle, and a triangle smashed together. "What is that?" He asked, not recognising the symbol.
"Oh...those are the user created stages." Link shuddered. "We don't talk about those."
Cloud was confused but decided to dismiss it. "So which ones do you play the most often?" He asked.
Link pointed to the Super Smash symbol and said, "Battlefield and Final Destination seem to happen a lot. Other than that, it's pretty equal. Anyway, let's go to your room, shall we?"
They took some more hallways and arrived at a long one with several doors on both sides and other hallways branching out. "Each wing belongs to a different world." Link told him, "Just right here we've got my wing-" he gestured to the Triforce-"we all get one room to ourselves. But some that are alone, like you, you get a whole wing for yourself because there's nobody else from Final Fantasy." They stopped at the hallway marked FF and Cloud looked down it. "Right you are. And there's also Wario, he would have been grouped with the Mario folks, but he gets his own wing for special purposes. I'll show you if he's here."
They walked down the hall labeled with a W, and Link knocked on the last door.
"Who is ittttt?" A comical voice asked.
"Link, here to show a newcomer your collection."
The door was soon opened and they looked down to a short, chubby man in a plumber's suit with an oily moustache. He walked over to the next door over and unlocked it.
"Come in," Wario grunted. Cloud entered and beheld a sight that was definitely odd to him. It was a huge room filled with these...things. They had two wheels attached to metal frames with pipes sticking out the back.
"What...are these?" Cloud asked.
"Oh, you probably have never seen one where you come from." Link remembered. "We call them motorcycles." It was a large collection indeed. Motorcycles of several colours, all of them slightly worn out. "You'll see what they do in your first, and actually every battle with Wario." Link said, slightly exasperated.
"Why do you have so many?" Cloud asked.
"Heyyyy, I can't kill myself riding all of my bikes off of the edge." Wario complained.
Then a voice announced through speakers: "Cloud, report to the stage room. Opponents: Donkey Kong, Little Mac, and Shulk. Stage:Final Destination."
"You go fight, see my motorcycles later." Wario pushed him out.
Link took Cloud back to the stage room and left, saying the other competitors would explain it all.
They walked into the portal labeled with the smash symbol, and it said over the door to Final Destination: DK: Default Skin
Little Mac: Skin 8
Shulk: Skin 8
Cloud: Default Skin.
"Wow, again." Little Mac complained, pulling up his hood. "I can't ever see with this hood over my face."
"Yeah, baby!" Shulk exclaimed as he ripped his shirt off. "This is gonna be a party!"
They all walked in through the door, one after another.