Mario and Starfox found themselves on opposite platforms in the gigantic 'Pokemon Stadium' arena. At first they didn't know where they were, but once they saw the pokeball decoration on the ground, they realised that they were in Hoenn's biggest stadium, and they would be it's fiercest battle. Mario stood in a battle stance, and Starfox glanced angrily at his enemy, and in all fairness, you couldn't blame him for being angry. This was his first ever fight in his first ever tournament, and he'd been matched up in his very first round with Mario.

Wasting no time in starting, Fox shot lasers at Mario from his wrist-armour, and the portly plumber had to jump off his platform and roll along the ground to avoid the attacks. Mario swung his cape out from behind his back, and deflected one of the lasers back at Fox, who saw it too late to dodge, and was hit head on.

Fox was blown back, but jumped back onto his feet and fired more lasers. Mario deflected more and more of them, until finally, one was deflected back at Fox's wrist armour and it started to malfunction. Desperate to cause damage, Fox slid off his wrist attachment and threw it at Mario, before it exploded, sending shards of metal all around, but to Fox's distaste, when the small amount of smoke cleared, Mario was unhurt, hiding back under his cloak.

Mario shot a few fireballs at the vulnerable Fox and it was his turn to dodge attacks. He regularly had to jump on and off of the platforms to avoid the flames, and once, when he was forced to land clumsily, one of them did more than just singe his fur.

Fox cursed and got down on all-fours, before deciding to try and use his agility to his advantage. He ran between attacks and shot a punch at Mario, and the plumber was taken by surprise and ended up sprawled against the ground.

Fox used this chance and pummelled Mario with more punches until the battle looked finished. Fox picked up Mario and threw him far over the edge of the arena, and waited for his victory announcement, but it never came. Instead, he turned around to see Mario flying back up with his cape, and unfortunately for the fox, he turned just in time to see Mario's two boots connect with his face.

Fox was momentarily knocked out, and Mario picked him up and threw him to the edge of the arena instead. Fox staggered and fell, and this time it looked like Mario had won, until a few minutes went by with no announcement of his victory. He went to the edge, where he had thrown Fox to his doom, but saw him hanging on by the thread of his tail.

Fox regained his composure just in time, and swung back up, taunting "I learnt that from Diddy Kong". Mario looked around desperately, and saw a loose pokeball and throwing it at Fox replying "I learnt this from Ash!"

The pokeball struck Fox and opened, revealing an angry, terrifying… Goldeen? The hopeless fish writhed on the floor, unable to attack, and after a few seconds of bewilderment and surprise from the two fighters, Goldeen was returned to his ball, which promptly disappeared. Fox got back into the fighting spirit first, swinging his tail around to hit Mario, who responded by swinging his cloak around knocking Fox flat.

"That's it…" muttered the unhappy rodent, who pressed a button on part of his leg armour, before the stadium began to shake. The platforms collapsed, and both fighters tumbled to the ground, but before long, Mario could see Fox's plan. The Great Fox spaceship itself had been transported in, and it hung majestically in midair. It was the size of the arena itself, and it's menacing guns started to flicker. Fox grinned, and jumped into the cockpit, before tapping a few buttons and jumping out again.

The engines roared, the guns were bright, and Mario ducked. Hundreds of shots were fired at the ground, and dust rose everywhere. If this wouldn't stop the mushroom man, nothing would. Fox laughed victoriously as the smoke cleared, but to his amazement, Mario remained there. He had hidden under his cloak.

"But… how…"

Mario grinned and quickly said to Fox, "Titanium Cloak. Not wool." Fox gasped as Mario deflected some shots from the Fox's own spaceship at him. He could dodge, but only just. He had to jump back into the cockpit just to avoid the blasts, but he emerged a second later. The Great Fox ship fired a torpedo which shook the arena with a huge explosion.

When Fox looked up, he saw that Mario's cloak was in three thin pieces now, and Mario was holding the pieces sadly, before his anguish turned to anger and he jumped at the Fox. After a few punches and kicks, Mario pulled the threads of his cloak and tied the Fox's arms and legs together with them. With a grin, he picked up the Fox and threw him back over the arena edge, and this time, the Fox's tail couldn't save him.

"FIGHT OVER! WINNER: MARIO!"

Next up, Cranky Kong VS Bowser!