Chapter 1: Entrance Ceremony
The time had finally arrived. The name call for the list of competitors in the new Super Smash Bros game, or SSB for short, was beginning. The main casts of all Nintendo's most famous games had gathered here, protagonists and antagonists alike. Everyone was standing with other members of their game series, with the exception of the fighters of the first games. They were all sure-ins, so they grouped together. I could see Zelda and Mario game people. They were almost certain to get in themselves. The Pokémon "people" were even more likely. There were also people from games including: Kirby, Star Fox, Kid Icarus, Yoshi, F-Zero, Banjo-Kazooie, Mega Man, Turok, Ice Climbers and many more. However, more of those won't get in then the ones that will, most likely. As for my series, you've probably heard of it if you're a Nintendo fan. My name is Marth, and I'm from Fire Emblem. I'm here with Roy to see which one of us made it through. We were told that "someone form Fire Emblem WILL be in the game." That meant either me or him.
I vaguely listened to the names being called out, waiting for him to get to the Fire Emblem section. The names I heard were names I recognized. You couldn't get into a SSB game without a degree of fame. I heard one in every few names the commentator read out.
"Zelda…. Yoshi… Popo and Nana… Falco…" The list went on like that for a time until…
"Now announcing Fire Emblem characters." My head shot up and I straightened in my chair.
"From Fire Emblem is Roy." I slumped back down. It could be years until the next game.
"Also from Fire Emblem is Marth." Roy and I stared at each other. Somehow it hadn't occurred to us that "someone" might've meant more than one actual person. Roy, with his ridiculously vibrant personality leapt over and hugged me in my chair.
"We both made it!" he blurted out, probably without thinking.
"You realise this means it's more than likely that we'll have to fight each other soon?" I commented in a flat tone, wanting to see what his reaction would be.
"I look forward to it." I had thought as much. I have to admit, I myself was more than satisfied that we had both made it in.
The name call had ended, and our preparation day began. This was a day to meet other competitors, practice our moves, and test the effects of items and so on.
"Come on Marth!" Roy was tugging at my arm. "I want to go meet Link and Zelda." Characters generally didn't play video games; Roy was one of the few who did. And The Legend of Zelda was a major exception anyway. We were in a social room, conversations and arguments were going on everywhere.
"Roy, I'm not sure if our series is popular enough to just walk up to people from The Legend of Zelda and say hello." If a series was a certain amount less popular than another series, then it became a big deal when the less popular game characters treated the more popular game character as an equal. Of course, many people ignored it.
"Hey, you two are Roy and Marth right? From Fire Emblem?" Roy spun around, which allowed me to see past him as well. The LoZ characters were standing in a group. Well, when I say in a group, I mean Link and Young Link were standing side by side at the front, trying to engage us in conversation, while Zelda and Ganondorf were arguing behind them. Although, it was less of an argument, and more of Zelda yelling stuff at Ganondorf constantly, while he said one-liners to argue his own point.
"Uhh, will those two be okay?" I asked Link, pointing to the two in the back.
"Yeah, there not allowed to do anything to each other outside of a game. Anyway, you guys are swordsmen too right, just like me? Anyone up for a match?" He asked, with a mischievous grin. Roy made a similar expression.
"If you're not too scared." He retorted. They ran off to the arena to fight each other. I could tell that those two would get along great. Young Link and I looked at each other in silence for a few seconds, then held out our hands and shook on mutual understanding.