Unlucky number 13. But is this unlucky? Probably not.
So last time, our heroes have entered the dark woods and rescued the Duck Hunt dog. Now, they will be heading into the power plant to shut it down.
Also we got our next DLC character being Minecraft Steve.
MINECRAFT STEVE.
Love or hate Minecraft, you can't deny that Minecraft is one of the biggest games in the world. I kind of wanted Steve just to see how Sakurai would do it. He actually looks pretty cool and his kit looks pretty strong especially with how good his edgeguarding game looks to be. There's also Alex, Zombie, and Enderman as alts too, which is nice. Banjo and Kazooie, Terry Bogard, and Byleth amiibo also confirmed. I'm a little sad there's not going to be a female Byleth one, but oh well. We're only getting Eleven for the Hero amiibo, so this makes sense. On the bright side, that means my wallet has to suffer a little less. We also have Bomberman as a deluxe costume and he even comes with alts as if he were an actual character and unfortunately Travis Touchdown as also become a Mii Costume. Sorry to you Travis fans who wanted him as a character.
Steve is also sort of the first indie game fighter, though I don't consider Minecraft as indie anymore since Microsoft bought Mojang. With Sans, Cuphead, and Steve if you count him, there's still a good chance for Mii Costumes of Freddy Fazbear, Bendy, or Hat Kid or maybe even Shantae as a fighter. Since Bomberman got a costume, Shovel Knight could also get one too.
As for this story, like Min Min, I'm not exactly sure where I'll put the Fighter Pass 2 characters. Do I do something like what I'm doing with the Fighter Pass 1 characters? Do I save them for the final battle? Do I have them be in an epilogue? Maybe not that last one since that's lame. I'm kind of leaning more to do the same thing with them as I'm doing with the first batch of DLC fighters. Since I do plan on including alt characters in this too, along with Steve will be Alex, Zombie, and Enderman. Just need to figure out where they will go. Actually, I think I have a place for Steve if I go with the first idea and just have them be scattered around like the first 6 DLC fighters.
To respond to reviews you guys left:
3 Question Marks: I could do that, though I already have a plan for the DLC fighters. Will I do it? Well, you're going to have to wait for the next chapter to find out.
Ben: Okay, I had to look up where Mimi and Nyami were from. Apparently they're from a rhythm game from Komani called Pop'n Music. Your spirit battle is good. I'll see where I can put it if I remember.
Super Buddy: Okay, Incineroar Jibanyan is good. Maybe include a metal Incineroar or one holding a Killing Edge to reference Jibanyan's variations like Robanyan or Shogunyan (those are the only ones I remember. I only really know Yokai Watch from the anime based on the games). For the Warriors of Fate guy, you said Mii Brawler, but what stuff does he have? And your last one is Pentaro from Parodius. I've heard one thing about Parodius and that it's freaking weird.
KoopalingFan: It means a lot that you actually reading my stuff. Glad you're liking this so far. Yeah, the Kira and Darz parts are meant to be like little breaks in the story to explain stuff. And for fourth wall breaking meta commentary and stuff. Good on you for supporting Villager. As a current Isabelle main, I played a lot of Villager in Smash 4. I think he was one of my Smash 4 mains with Robin before Corrin was added. Also I agree that Link should be one of the first characters you save. I think it's even weirder that he's not even required to get. Even weirder that Zelda, Ganondorf, and Young Link are required along with Sheik if you choose her. Oh yeah, Bandana Dee was one of spirits I had Kirby start with since he's a good friend to him and when I played World of Light for the first time, I scanned in some amiibo so I had some spirits to start with. One of those was Waddle Dee, but since regular Waddle Dee is a spirit you fight in World of Light, I made it the enhanced bandana wearing one. Yeah, I remember Denizen of Dreamland. Haven't heard from her since she left the forum. Hopefully, she's doing fine where ever she is. It will probably be a while when you read this since you seem to do individual chapter reviews. Or who knows, many you're all caught up. Also, for the rest of you reading, KFan and I participate in a Smash Bros. RP forum called Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (The Forum). Right now, it's really just him, me, and two other people. If you guys wanna check it out and join, you can.
CRAZYSMP: Oh, so you've been here for a while then. Glad to see you actually made an account so I know it's you. I already have a plan for the Fighter Pass 1 characters. The Fighter Pass 2 ones are the ones I might just shove into the Final Battle since, well we only know two out of six and the pass is supposed to be done by 2021, though COVID-19 probably pushed plans back since Sakurai and the team have to work from home. I'll make note of your new spirits and I'll try to remember to include them.
mirica199: Thank you. Nice to hear that.
phantomzombie: Oh my god, I actually forgot that. I guess I could continue that. I think I'm up to Simon or Richter? I remember I did Ridley at least. So yeah I have a story where I write my own Palutena's Guidances and I started this before Smash 4. Even after it was confirmed there was in Smash 4, I still made one for every character, even the missing ones and DLC characters. Now, Joker, Hero, Banjo and Kazooie, Terry, Byleth, Min Min, and Steve all don't have one so I can do those along with the others I have to do. Maybe go back and edit some of the other ones too.
Current Party: Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Yoshi, Kirby, Fox, Pikachu, Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Peach, Bowser, Sheik, Dr. Mario, Marth, Snake, Olimar, Lucario, Villager, Mega Man, Wii Fit Trainer, Pac Man, Mii Swordfighter, Duck Hunt, Ryu, Inkling
"Kids! Your brother has another package for you!" called out the father.
"Already?" said Kira. "We just got his last one a few days ago."
"Who cares. More toys to play with." said Darz.
Inside the box was a figure of Min Min from ARMS.
"An ARMS character? Alright then." said Darz. "Well, he did get Byleth, so this probably isn't too surprising he's getting more recent characters. What's next? Rex and Pyra? A Sword and Shield Pokemon?"
"Darn. I had a spirit battle planned for Min Min already. She was going to be an orange Corrin." said Kira. "Oh well." She then read the letter accompanying it.
"Dear Kira and Darz, I have another series of packages containing more fighters for you guys to add to the roster. Though, they may be coming in a bit slowly because of the pandemic going on. Hopefully you don't get this too late. This is Min Min from ARMS. They finally made merch for these guys and I just couldn't help myself. I was contemplating on if I should get Spring Man or Ribbon Girl or Min Min or Ninjara, so I just waited for the results of the Party Crash Bash. Min Min won that, so I picked her. The other one in there is a Minecraft figure 4-pack."
"Hold up, did it say Minecraft?" said Darz.
Looking in the box, there was indeed a Minecraft 4-pack containing figures of Steve, Alex, a Zombie, and an Enderman along with tools and blocks for each.
"Cool! He wants us to finally add Minecraft too, huh." said Kira. She then continued reading the letter.
"Yes, you heard me. Minecraft. I know you guys loved watching me build stuff in Minecraft, so I finally caved in and decided to get them too. Not only did I get Steve, but also Alex, a Zombie, and an Enderman. If Steve were a fighter, I'd imagine Alex would also be one too since she's Steve's female counterpart. As for the Zombie and Enderman, they sort of came with them but if you wanna make them fighters too, go ahead. I mean I sent you guys a Piranha Plant as well, so random mobs as fighters isn't too farfetched any more. Have fun with them and the others I'm sending too. Stay healthy and always wear a mask when going outside."
"So, uh. How are we going to include Min Min?" said Darz.
"I think I got something." said Kira. "So they were holding a tournament over who gets the Smash invitation..."
"And that concludes the Party Crash Bash!" announced Biff. "And here's your champion and newest Smasher, the Ramen Bomber herself, Min Min!"
"Congrats, Min Min!" cheered Ribbon Girl, running up to Min Min.
"Yeah, that match was awesome!" said Spring Man, also happy for Min Min winning.
Her opponent, Ninjara, took losing well and also congratulated Min Min. All the other ARMS fighters also shared their congradulations.
"Thank you, everyone." said Min Min.
Biff then came up to her.
"As the winner of the Ultimate Party Crash Bash, I formally present you your formal invitation to Super Smash Bros!" said Biff, holding the envelop stamped with the Smash logo.
Min Min took the envelope and raised it up high for all to see.
Her fellow ARMS fighters also posed with her as Biff took out a camera.
"Alright, this ones for the media. Say cheese everyone!" said Biff about to take a photo.
After a few pictures, a loud cracking sound was heard.
"What was that?!" said Kid Cobra.
"That sounds like it came from... The sky?" said Lola Pop.
Indeed there was a large crack in the sky.
"That shouldn't be scientifically possible!" said Mechanica.
"Fascinating." said Dr. Coyle.
The cracks then grew.
"Ugh..." said Twintelle.
"This looks bad." said Min Min.
The cracks grew and grew before a bright light erupted from it.
"Woah." said Ninjara while Master Mummy covered his eyes.
One pillar of light came flying toward the fighters and Springtron was the first to get captured.
"AH!" Misango has he was right next to Springtron.
"Let's get out of here!" said Kid Cobra.
"No, we gotta help the audience!" said Max Brass.
"Affirmative." said Byte as he went over to help the fleeing fans. Biff and Helix were the next to get vaporized by the light.
One by one the AMRS fighters got captured. Some trying to save others. Some trying to save themselves.
Next was Misango, then Twintelle, then Lola Pop, Master Mummy, Dr. Coyle, then Byte and Barq. Max Brass sacrificed himself to by the remaining ones more time. Ninjara was next, then Mechanica, then Kid Cobra, the Ribbon Girl, and finally Spring Man.
Min Min, to no one's surprise was the last to get caught. Though unknown to her, the fact she had the Smash invitation would save her.
"Cool story. And Steve?" asked Darz.
"Hmm... Well..." said Kira.
It was night in the Minecraft world. Steve and Alex were currently leaving their mine with lots of materials in hand. Iron, Redstone, Gold, Lapis Lazuli, and even a couple diamonds. They also found four strange papers with red stamps on them. Steve found two and Alex found two. Unbeknownst to them, these were Smash invitations. Being night, there were hostile mobs also following them.
Spiders, Zombies, Skeletons, and Creepers were all after them.
Steve was running backwards, diamond sword in hand and slashing while Alex had a bow. They were heading to a nearby village as their houses were nearby and they could get the local Iron Golems to fight the mobs as well.
The Iron Golems did start fighting the mobs while gave the two builders time to retreat to their houses. They couldn't sleep and skip to day as their there still hostile mobs following them. Grabbing weapons and such, the two fought back. Meanwhile, there was a young female Enderman watching from afar. Curious, she followed to watch the builders fight the Zombies, Skeletons, Spiders, and Drowned coming after them.
Steve had his sword out and was facing a Zombie with held a wooden sword. They were about to fight when a bright light shined in the sky. At first, Steve thought this was the sun rising, but the sky was still dark as night. A Creeper blew up and killed an Iron Golem, which was near Steve and the Zombie, launching both to the ground.
As for Alex, she ran out of arrows, so she took out her sword, only to meet the small Enderman. Knowing Endermen turn aggressive if looked at for too long, she looked away hoping for the Enderman to teleport away. This one didn't. It pointed up at the sky in which it looked like it was cracking. The crack in the sky burst open as beams of light swooped down and vaporized all they they touched. Buildings, trees, mobs, nothing was safe from the light.
The builders and the mobs had all scattered to save themselves. Steve ran the bell in the village to alert the sleeping Villagers of the danger, but some got instantly slain as a light laser landed on them. Alex and the Enderman both got caught together. Despite Alex dying, she didn't drop her items. Steve was running with the same Zombie and the two were also captured together.
"And that's about it." said Kira. "Anyway, I just need to figure out where I want to put them on the map. Oh, I can also use them for Spirit Battles too."
"Oh yeah. Who could fit being Min Min or Steve anyway?" asked Darz.
"I'll think of something." said Kira.
Upon entering the plant, the Smashers were greeted by Off the Hook's song, Acid Hues blasting from the speakers.
"Galeem has a good taste of music to say the least." said Marina.
"I'll say." said Inkling Boy before dancing to the music.
"You can dance later." said Fox. He then pointed to some tiny puppets of Sonic running towards them. "We've got company."
Fox and Agent 4 both battled the team of small Sonics, which wasn't a hard task as they were easy to launch.
While that pair was gone fighting the Sonics, Jigglypuff engaged a fight with a Pikachu puppet. Said puppet would shift between metal and normal. After defeating it, the spirit of Morpeko was freed.
Next opponent was a puppet of a metal Mii Brawler dressed up as Spring Man. Said spirit inside was actually that of Spring Man's robot doppelganger, Springtron. The Mii Swordfighter, wearing the Assassin's Creed outfit, engaged in combat with the puppet. The battle took place on Spring Stadium, a stage the Mii was unfamiliar with. Despite that, the Swordfighter beat out Brawler and freed Springtron's spirit.
"Oh hey, Spring Man?" asked Mii Swordfighter.
"Yeah?" said Spring Man.
"Well, I just fought the robot version of you and-" said the Mii.
"You mean Springtron? What about him?" said Spring Man.
"It's not about him per say, actually it was the stage. It looked a lot like Spring Stadium, but that's not a Smash stage." said Mii Swordfighter.
"Huh. Well, it's cool my stage gets to be the Smash stage. I figured they would have used Ramen Bowl." answered Spring Man.
"Hold up, what do you mean by that?" asked the male Wii Fit Trainer.
"Well, before Galeem captured all of us, we were holding a tournament over a Smash invitation." said Ribbon Girl.
"So one of you got a Smash invitation?" said Yoshi.
"Who won?" asked Mega Man.
"It was Min Min." said Ninjara. "She won the invitation and it's likely that because she became a Smasher, Galeem made clones of her as well."
"So you think Min Min could be somewhere around this world?" asked Marth.
"If-a she is, we have to-a rescue her and get her to-a join us-a too." said Mario.
"Hopefully she's safe, where ever she is." said Ribbon Girl.
"So there's a Piranha Plant, some magic swordsman, and now Min Min... How many other Smashers could be out there?" asked Peach.
"Well, Banjo and Kazooie are possible candidates as we found a Jiggy spirit and so is someone from King of Fighters as we found others from there too." said Fox.
"Geez, what's next? Another Fire Emblem character? Minecraft Steve? Ha!" said Bowser.
Continuing with battling the puppets protecting the power plant, the next opponents were a Wario puppet in blue and pink and a Pikachu puppet wearing Brendan's headband. The fake Pikachu used Thunder Jolt and it hit Peach, dragging her and the closest person to her, who happened to be Mario, into the spirit battle. It was on the Safforn City stage. Wario got blown up by an Electrode coming out of the building while Pikachu got forward aerialed by Mario. The spirits trapped inside were of Dribbles and Spitz, dog and cat taxi drivers from WarioWare.
After beating them, the party found what looked like a place to plug in a giant lightbulb.
"Hey, this looks like where you'd plug a Zapfish." said Inkling Girl.
"Is that so?" said Snake. He then looked over at the electronic bridge and the bottomless pit. "You suppose there are any nearby?"
"Is that it?" said Donkey Kong, pointing to a Zapfish guarded by a yellow Kirby puppet.
"Yup, that's one, though we need beat that guard first." said Inkling girl. She then threw a Splat Bomb at the puppet to imitate the battle. It turns out that the spirit in the guard was Watt, a Lil Sparky who was one of Mario's Partners in the first Paper Mario.
"Now, we just take this..." said Inkling Boy unplugging the Zapfish. "And put it here." He then put in into the outlet near the bridge. This activated the bridge, creating a path.
There was a second Zapfish and a place to plug it in. Guarding this one was a puppet of Mr. Game and Watch. Lucario Force Palm grabbed him to start the battle. During the battle, the puppet only ever really did up aerials. This was because the spirit was Spitball Sparky.
Plugging in the Zapfish and crossing the bridge, the party came across the spirit of Dr. Light, Mega Man's creator, possessing a false Dr. Mario. With him was a fake Mega Man. Ryu fought him and freed him.
I would try to do a reunion segment with Mega and Dr. Light, but I'm not familiar with that series and those characters, so I won't.
Crossing the electrical bridge, there was a puppet of Duck Hunt as a Dalmatian with three Villagers. The false Duck Hunt Dog launch a Trick Shot can at the group. It exploded on Bowser and Pac-Man to initiate the battle. The duo got sent to Fourside for the battle.
The first one out was one of the Villager clones, but then the Duck Hunt puppet suddenly got Super Star invincibility. Also at the same time, an assist trophy of the Squid Sisters spawned in.
"Hey! No fair!" said Bowser as he had to avoid both the enemies and the shrinking blast zone borders. Pac-Man was unfortunate and got grabbed in one of the Villagers nets as the blast zone shrank, KOing both of them. Bowser as shielding the Duck Hunt's attacks when the Star wore off. With the Squid Sisters' effect still active, Bowser pulled off a parry and grabbed the cloned dog. Said clone dog was then thrown into the still small blast zone.
After the battle was over, Pac-Man was revived and the Duck Hunt clone shattered, freeing the spirit of K.K. Slider in his DJ K.K. outfit. K.K. was also guarding another Zapfish, which Inkling Boy picked up.
The party then crossed an iron beam bridge. Waiting for them on the other side was a Donkey Kong puppet. Mega Man landed the first attack by throwing a Metal Blade at the puppet. The two then were teleported to the Big Blue stage. The DK was faster than the original, but was easily beaten. The spirit trapped inside was Billy, a simian like alien who became an F-Zero racer.
Another fight was going on at the same time, this one between Link and a puppet of Marth partnered with a puppet of Chrom. The spirit trapped in this puppet was Itsuki Aoi, the main protegonist of Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE#, with the Chrom representing Mirage Chrom. This battle also went smoothly and the party continued forward.
Crossing another iron beam, another puppet guarding the plant attacked, this one being a team of Mr. Game and Watches being lead by a Giant Game and Watch. Engaging in the battle were Donkey Kong and the male Villager. The small Game and Watches were easy to defeat, the big one toke a little more punishment and even defeated DK, but Villager defeated it by dropping a tree onto him. The spirits of several Jinjos were freed.
"Okay, I'm 100% certain Banjo and Kazooie are fighters now. First a Jiggy and now the Jinjos. They have to have gotten an invite if stuff from their world is showing up." said Donkey Kong. "I'm so excited to see them again!"
With the guards gone, Inkling Boy plugged in the Zapfish. A bridge activated on the group's left. As they were about to cross, Peach and Sheik got ambushed by two puppets. These two being of Pac-Man and Charizard. The two female fighters found themselves on the Battlefield form of Brinstar Depths. The floor of the main platform was electrified, though that wasn't an issue due to Dr. Light's presence. After defeating the Pac-Man and Charizard puppets, the spirits of Regieleki and Regidrago, two new Regi golems recently discovered in the Crown Tundra in the Galar region, were freed.
Crossing the bridge, there was a Pichu puppet that Duck Hunt then defeated. The spirit inside was that of the Pokémon Dedenne.
"Okay, dilemma time." said female Wii Fit. "Which way do we go?"
"I say right." said Mega Man. "We need another one of those Zapfish to cross over there." He then pointed to a far off platform on the left path. There was indeed another place to plug in a Zapfish leading to another lonely platform where two puppets of Greninja and Fox were.
So the group took the right path and encountered a puppet of Zero Suit Samus. Kirby took her on and the two were teleported to the Kalos Pokémon League stage. Also making an appearance was Phosphora's Assist Trophy. Though, Kirby just so happened to have Pyra equipped, so the Assist was easily dealt with. The ZSS was also soundly defeated, freeing Phosphora's spirit.
They then crossed the already active bridge and found another Zapfish. Inkling Girl unplugged it only for the bridge they just crossed to close.
"Oops." said Inkling Girl.
"Maybe we should hold on to it." said Snake. "We might need it for later."
"So uh, which way do we go now?" asked Yoshi.
"How about-" said Marth before he was suddenly attacked by a metal Meta Knight puppet.
"I guess we'll-a go that-a way." said Mario.
"Shouldn't we wait for Marth to come back?" asked Lucario.
"He can catch up. Let's move." said Bowser.
As for Marth, he was suddenly on the Halberd stage against a fake Isabelle and metal Meta Knight. Isabelle wasn't too hard to deal with, but the metal Meta Knight was hard to kill. Marth had to spike him at 170% to make sure he couldn't flap back through the stage. The spirit this turned out to be was Susie Haltmann, one of Kirby's friends.
"Oh, you're back." said Fox.
"Poyo!" said Kirby in response to seeing one of his friends rescued.
"Yes, nice to see you too, Kirby." said Susie.
"So where are the others?" asked Marth.
"Oh they went up ahead while you were caught up fighting Susie." said Mega Man. "We stayed in case you lost."
It was hard to catch up as they were also waiting for another spirit battle to end. Inkling Girl, who had the Zapfish was taking part.
"So who was the clone?" asked Inkling Boy.
"It-a was some guy with a blonde ponytail, a cap-a, a vest and-a t-shirt, and-a jeans." said Dr. Mario.
"Yeah, and he yelled out his attacks like Captain Falcon does." said Jigglypuff.
"He came out of no where yelling "Burn Knuckle" and hit the squid girl as she was about to plug the Zapfish in." said Captain Falcon.
"Did you say Burn Knuckle?" asked Ryu.
"Yeah." answered Captain Falcon.
"And he had a cap, vest, and jeans?" continued Ryu.
"Where-a are you-a going with-a this?" asked Dr. Mario.
"I know who another one of these extra Smashers is. His name is Terry Bogard. He's kind of like Ken to simpify things." said Ryu.
"Okay, so we got a Piranha Plant, and magic swordsman who none of us knows, Banjo and Kazzoie, this Terry Bogard person, Min Min..." said Fox. "How many others do you think are out there?"
"I'm thinking 12. Don't know why." said Mega Man.
"12 seems like a lot." said Snake.
"Yeah, in Smash 4, we only had only 7 extra challengers and 3 of them were returning veterans." said Sheik.
As for Inkling Girl, she was fighting a puppet of Terry Bogard, not that she knows who that is. She was also on the King of Fighters Stadium stage, which was also unfamiliar. This was also a stamina battle. While they were fighting, the Inkling used her Splat Roller to bury the Terry puppet near the invisible wall. She then forward smashed him with her Ink Brush to deal more damage, but ended up launching him through the invisible wall, resulting in a ring out KO.
She returned, having freed the spirit of Rock Howard, biological son of Geese Howard, adopted son of Terry Bogard.
Ryu saw the false Terry disintegrate.
"That was definitely Terry." said Ryu.
"Okay, I won?" said Agent 3.
"You sound surprised." said male Wii Fit Trainer.
"There was this invisible wall on the stage I was on and I smacked him through it." said Inkling Girl. She then plugged in the Zapfish to activate the bridge.
On the other sight was a treasure chest. Olimar walked up to open in, only to get punched in the helmet by a green R.O.B. puppet that was hiding inside, initiating the battle. Olimar won using Joe the Blue Pikmin to Meteor Smash the fake R.O.B. into the abyss. The spirit imprisoned and freed was Auto, a robotic ally of Mega Man.
With nothing else of importance, the group went back to the other path. Inkling Girl toke the Zapfish again as they needed it to leave this portion of the plant anyway. Going to the northern most point of the power plant, Ryu fought a clone of Pikachu Libre. The spirit trapped inside was that of the Robot Master, Elec Man.
The next spirit battle was against a team of Olimar clones. Dr. Mario almost got KOed by one of them using End of Day, but he was able to beat the three fake Olimars. The spirit stuck within them was that of the President of Hocotate Freight. He was guarding a second Zapfish, Agent 3 taking this one too. As they reached a dead end, they went back to do the other path that they needed a Zapfish for. Inkling Girl plugged one of them back into it's socket so they could cross the bridge. Heading back to where Dedenne was, they crossing the iron beam on the left path.
Waiting for them on the other side was a green puppet of Samus, who had a fully charged Charge Shot ready and fired it at an unlucky Smasher. This just so happened to be Pikachu. Pikachu used the constantly spawning Motion Sensor Bombs to win. The spirit freed was that of Kanden, one of the bounty hunters from Metriod Prime Hunters.
Next was the Mach 8 kart as a puppet of Luigi on Mario Circuit. The one to fight and defeat this spirit was Snake. After that was Lotus from Warframe possessing a puppet of Bayonetta. The battle took place on Frigate Orpheon and there was also an assist trophy of Gray Fox. Jigglypuff landed a Rest to win.
As Jigglypuff was fighting, Inkling Girl plugged in the second Zapfish to open the path that the Fox and Greninja puppets were. Bowser was the one to fight them. The Greninja kept running away while the Fox was the main one fighting. Bowser KOed both of them at the same time using his Final Smash. The spirit behind this battle was that of Slippy Toad.
As they cleared this wing, the group headed back to take care of the right side. Inkling Boy took any Zapfish plugged into not needed anymore bridges along the way. They reached the other side of the plant where there was a place to plug in a Zapfish.
"Okay, let's just put you in here-" said Inkling Boy before Fox stopped him.
"Wait a moment. Look at that." said Fox. He then pointed across the bridge where a puppet of Incineroar was waiting. This puppet had a powerful, menacing aura around it. The puppet was cracking it's knuckles and smirked.
"That one seems very powerful. I can sense it from here." said Lucario.
"Yeah, maybe we can do that later." said Inkling Boy.
Taking the wrap-around path, they instead fought a puppet of Dr. Mario. The doctor himself didn't really fight, but rather the Zero Suit Samus puppet that was protecting him. This spirit was that of Shantae's uncle Mimic as Dr. Mario with the ZZS puppet as a stand-in for Shantae herself. Captain Falcon fought them and won.
Agent 4 then plugged in the Zapfish to open the path forward. They then went directly right to grab a treasure chest. However, it was guarded by another very powerful spirit. This one being of someone no one knew. They couldn't see much details as the puppet was metal, but they could tell that he was a tall young man in a coat with long tails and a dagger in his hand. They didn't know this, but this puppet was that of Joker.
"So uh, are we going to fight him now?" asked Yoshi. "We have no idea who that's even supposed to be!"
"You know what sure. Let's get this over with." said Donkey Kong. He ran up to the puppet who attacked back and their attacks clashed, starting the battle.
The battle was tough, as this was a Legend spirit and the Joker puppet had super armor. To defeat him, Donkey Kong had to first destroy one of the watchtowers on the Shadow Moses Island stage to make the side blast zone available. Then he landed a fully charged Giant Punch, which was powerful enough to break the super armor and launched the puppet into the side blast zone. The spirit turned out to be Raiden.
With the guard dispatched, Donkey Kong helped himself to the treasure, which was more skill points.
Continuing forward, Mario fought another Pikachu Libre puppet who was assisted by an Incineroar puppet. Mario suddenly found himself on the Mementos stage, surprised by the new location. The winds weren't an issue due to Latios and Latias, but the giant Incineroar was. Mario used FLUDD to push the fake Libre off as she was using Quick Attack.
The spirit saved was Morgana, a cat like being from Mementos. He seemed to recognize the Smashers right away.
"No way! I knew Joker was invited to join you guys, but I didn't think I'd meet you all too!" said Morgana.
"You know us?" asked Peach.
"Joker? Invited?" said Captain Falcon.
"Of course, the Super Smash Bros. tournament is famous across worlds you know." said Morgana.
"That is true." said Ryu.
"So this "Joker" is a friend of yours?" asked Fox.
"Yeah, he's our fearless leader of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts and he found an invitation to join you guys. Was that beam of light a part of the initiation or something?" said Morgana.
"No, that was Galeem's doing. She is a being of light who destroyed all our worlds and reformed them to make a world of order." said female Wii Fit Trainer.
"Kind of sounds like Yaldabaoth." said Morgana. "So you guys have a plan to take her down?"
"Well, she has an army of clones of all of us powered by the spirits of everyone else obliterated in her attack. As for why only us Smashers were spared, I don't know." said Fox.
"So she might have made clones of Joker too?" asked Morgana.
"She did. The puppet I was imprisoned in was of your friend." said Raiden.
"Is that him over there?" asked Mii Swordfighter. He pointed to the chained up Joker trophy at the end of the hallway.
"That's him! You guys need to save him!" said Morgana.
"Oh, that's how you're going to include the extra fighters Big Bro sent?" said Darz.
"Yeah. Might as well include them into the story too rather than save them for an epilouge." answered Kira.
"You're right. Like when he forgot about Jigglypuff, Toon Link, and Wolf in the Subspace Emissary so he just said "Oh they sort of showed up and joined after Tabuu died." said Darz. "That was pretty lame and wasted potential."
"We just need to beat him to break Galeem's control. So what can he do?" asked Lucario.
"Well, he as a gun." said Morgana.
"How come he gets to have a gun?!" said Snake.
"You have grenades, a rocket launcher, and C4. You have enough firepower as is, Snake." said Captain Falcon.
"As I was saying, he has a gun and dagger as his weapons, but Joker's main thing is his Persona, Arsene." said Morgana.
"A Persona?" said Mega Man. Kirby and Duck Hunt also looked confused.
"A Persona is basically a manifestation of your personality." explained Morgana. He then summoned Zorro. "This is my first Persona, Zorro! Joker's first Persona is called Arsene and he's really strong."
Challenging Joker was Kirby. He found himself on Mementos against the Phantom Thieves leader. Like the other controlled fighters, Joker had a white, feathery aura around him. Part way though the battle, Kirby inhaled him to get his Copy Abilty of Joker's Gun. As Kirby was playing with his new toy, Joker used Rebel's Guard to use the damage to call upon Arsene. With his Persona, Joker became more powerful, but Kirby finished the match by using his Hammer Flip move.
Joker's trophy fell to the ground. Galeem's strings on him vanished. Link tapped on his stand to revive him. Joker came back, rubbing his eyes as the last thing he remembers seeing was Galeem's blinding light.
"Joker! You're okay!" said Morgana.
"What happened, Mona? Last thing I remember was those lasers catching up to us as we were escaping that palace." said Joker. He then took in his surroundings as the other Smashers and spirits were also present.
"You're-a Joker, right?" asked Mario.
"Oh my god!" said Joker, excitedly shaking Mario's hand. "I am! And you're THE Mario! Big fan of yours."
"Oh course he is." said Bowser.
"And you're Bowser! It's really cool to meet THE King Koopa as well." said Joker. "Do any of you mind if I have your autographs?"
"Well, anything for a fan." said Bowser.
Joker then searched his coat pocket for a paper but pulled out his Smash invitation.
"Oh right, I got one of these." said Joker. "So do I turn this in to you guys or..."
"Hold onto it for now. We got bigger things to handle first." said Fox.
"That being?" asked Joker.
"You know that light that engulfed us after we took that envelope? Well, apparently it was from some godly being called Galeem. She has created this world using the remnants of lots of other ones." explained Morgana.
"And we're going to defeat her. So, will you join us?" asked Marth.
"Of course I will! I'd love to fight along side you guys!" said Joker. "So where are going now?"
"Right now, we're clearing out this power plant of Galeem's puppets." said Marth. "The spirits of others are sealed within clones of all of us."
"Cutting up her forces one by one huh?" said Joker. "Point the way."
The first puppet they encountered after saving Joker was a giant R.O.B.
"You sure you want that to be your first battle?" asked Inkling Boy. "It's a giant."
"You know what they say, the bigger they are, the harder they fall." said Joker. He and his spirit team then jumped at the R.O.B. to start the battle.
The R.O.B. wielded a Super Scope, but Joker used the blasts to build up his rebellion gauge using Rebel's Guard. With this he summoned Arsene in which he was then able to use Makarakarn to reflect the shots back at the R.O.B. to KO him. The spirit feed was that of Formula, a SKELL unit from Xenoblade Chronicles X.
The next puppet Joker fought was a default orange Inkling girl on Mushroomy Kingdom Battlefield. There was also an assist of Dr. Wily in his Wily Capsule as well as lots of Boss Galagas spawning in. Joker used a Boss Galaga to carry the Inkling puppet off the top. The puppet released the spirit of Futaba Sakura.
Like a lot of the spirits when freed, Futaba was a little dazed at first, but she then saw Joker and Morgana.
"Joker? Mona? We're alive? What happened after that flash of light?" asked Futaba. She then saw the rest of the Smashers and spirits. That's when her inner fangirl broke loose. She starting going around to everyone being all excited like a kid in a candy store.
"Is she okay?" asked Peach.
"She's just a fan." said Joker. "A very big fan."
"Normally she's quite shy around others." said Morgana.
"Her inner fangirl must supersede her shyness. That and we've been helping her handle social situations ever since she joined the team." said Joker.
"Huh, we do look very much alike." said Futaba to Agent 3.
"Yeah, you're like a bigger, more anime version of me." said Inkling Girl.
"I guess that's why Galeem stuffed me into a clone of you.
The group continued forward after Futaba calmed down. Inkling Boy plugged in a Zapfish.
"So we're going straight right?" asked Agent 4.
"There's more enemies over here!" said Joker. "Let's clear them out first."
So instead of forward, they went right.
The next battle was against a puppet of Toon Link in his Dark Link skin. The stage was Flat Zone X. The Toon Link liked using his bombs, some of which Joker used to fuel his Rebellion Gauge for Arsene. There were also Timers spawning, which the Phantom Thief also used to his advantage. He grabbed on to slow down time for his enemy. This left the Toon Link puppet open to an F-Smash from Joker and Arsene. This spirit was that of Wonder Black.
Next puppets that Joker fought were of Fox and Falco. The fight took place on the Corneria stage. Also joining Joker in this fight was Duck Hunt. They got the false Falco stuck on the bottom gun of the Great Fox, which then destroyed him. Fake Fox got his Final Smash and landed in on both Joker and Duck Hunt, but both lived, abet at a high percentage. Joker then got his Final Smash and landed it on the Fox. It only had him and Morgana in it as the other Phantom Thieves were still missing and Futaba doesn't really fight, but she was still there as support.
"Time for an All-Out Attack!" cheered Futaba.
"Quiver in fear!" said Morgana.
This instantly KOed the Fox as he was over 100%. The spirt of this battle was an Arwing.
"Uh, how can this thing be a spirit?" asked Joker.
"Yeah, wouldn't it need to be alive or conscious to have a spirit?" asked Futaba.
"How many times have we had this discussion?" asked Lucario.
"A lot-a." answered Mario.
Next was that Legend spirit Incineroar from earlier.
"So I guess later is now." said Inkling Boy.
"I'll take him on." said Joker.
"Hold up. That is a very powerful one. Maybe it's best to bring a teammate." said Lucario.
"Hmm... Snake, you wanna join me?" asked Joker.
"Me? Alright, kid. Show me what you can do." said Snake.
So the two M-rated game protagonists battled the Incineroar puppet. The pair found themselves on Prism Tower Battlefield. The Incineroar puppet threw down a Poke Ball, sending out a Victini, granting him a Final Smash. He then used it immediately. Joker was the unfortunate victim of the initial grab and the following Max Malicious Moonsault.
"Hang on, kid!" said Snake, placing a C4 on the ground.
Joker used his grappling hook to get back onstage and hit the puppet with Eiha for the residual damage. He then got Arsene after Snake took some heavy damage. Snake then denonated his C4 as the false Incineroar was standing on in. This sent him flying up where Snake back aired him to the left. Joker with Arsene then jumped off stage and spiked him, winning the battle. The spirit inside was that of the mythical Victini.
With another powerful ally, the party went back to the other path which leads to the main generator of the plant. On the way to the generator, they were confronted by a puppet of Lucario. Once again, Joker, being the new guy, battled him. He used an Ore Club that just so happened to spawn near him to win. This spirit was that of Kicks, a skunk shoe shiner and seller of shoes, socks, and backpacks in Animal Crossing.
While he was doing that, Bowser and Link were fighting the puppet that seemed to be powering the plant. It was a giant Pikachu wearing a green headband. The floor was electrified, but thanks to Phosphora and Dr. Light, our two fighters were save from harm. With a punch from Giga Bowser, the puppet was defeated and the spirits of the Great Zapfish as well as smaller Zapfish were freed.
With it's main power source gone, most of the plant shut down. Some monitors shown outside locations shown electric gates that were blocking pipes were gone. The was another one blocking the path to a stadium and in front of the stadium...
"It's Little Mac!" said male Wii Fit Trainer.
"So that's where we're going next?" asked Joker.
"Hold up, what about my baby?" said Pikachu Libre. She was actually saying this the entire time, but majority of everyone here don't speak Pokémon, so her requests were lost in translation.
"Oh. I completely forgot! My apologies for not telling everyone." said Lucario. "Pichu is also somewhere in this plant. She is most likely the secondary source of power here since there still is some."
"Yeah, we should save her too." said Sheik.
"I believe the way is near the entrance." said Marth.
"I'll get the Zapfish just in case." said Inkling Girl.
Back at the start with 2 Zapfish to spare, the group was back at the start heading right to where Pichu was. The first obstacle was a group of Mega Men puppets using only their Flame Sword move. Fox beat them up to reveal Sword Man as the spirit.
Agent 3 placed a Zapfish into it's station to activate the bridge so they could progress. The next guardian on Pichu's path was a Mario puppet. Duck Hunt fought the puppet on the Boxing Ring and won the Stamina match. This spirit was actually Von Kaiser, a boxer from Germany in the WVBA.
Inkling Girl plugged the last Zapfish in to open the path to Pichu's trophy. The last thing standing in between the Pika parents and their baby girl was a giant metal R.O.B. and some small metal Pichu clones. Pikachu, partnered with Joker, battled the team of metal mimics. The Pichu puppets were easy to get rid off because they were tiny, and Pichu. The R.O.B. was harder to deal with as it was much bigger, and metal. Luckily, Joker had a workaround for that, being his All-Out Attack.
"Beat 'em up!" cheered Futaba.
"The show's over!" said Joker as he tugged on his glove, ending the attack. The clone of R.O.B. then exploded from being over 100% at the end of the attack. The spirits behind these clones were the mythical Pokémon Meltan and Melmetal.
They finally reached Pichu's tied up trophy.
"Don't worry, sweetie. Mama's here." said Pikachu Libre. "She'll set you free." She was the one to activate Pichu's Fighter Battle.
Pichu had the red eyes and white aura as you'd expect from a Galeem controlled fighter. The battle between mother and daughter was close, but Libre won out by getting her Final Smash first. With Volt Tackle, she bested her daughter to free her from Galeem's grasp.
With Pichu defeated, she turned to a trophy again as the blue strings bounding her vanished. Her father tapped the stand to revive their daughter.
Upon reviving, Pichu jumped straight into her parents arms.
"Mama! Papa!" cried Pichu. "I was so scarred!"
"It's okay, sweetie. We're here. We're together again." said Pikachu. "Let it out."
"Mama and Papa missed you so much. And now we found you!" said Pikachu Libre. "And we'll show that Galeem that you shouldn't mess with us!"
"I'm strong too!" said Pichu. "I wanna fight that meanie Galeem too!"
"That's my girl!" said Libre.
"Of course you're strong, just like Mommy and Daddy." said Pikachu.
"Aww!" said Peach, anamoured at the cute reunion happening.
"Can we cut this sappy reunion and move on, please?" said Bowser.
"Come on Bowser, we all know you'll be like that when we find Junior and the Koopalings." said Donkey Kong.
Bowser then growled at the ape. "You're right and I hate it. I'll be waiting near the exit." Bowser then left.
"Is Bowser always grumpy like that?" asked Futaba.
"Always has-a been." said Mario.
With Pichu having joined the party, the group exited the power plant, now completely devoid of power and were planning to head back to the city to get Little Mac. At the northeast exit of the forest, there were copies of male Robin and Ike waiting. Pichu and Joker battled the two. Defeating them freed Soren, a member of the Greil Mercenaries and close friend of Ike.
Back in Lumiose, the party made it back to where the electric gate was. The path to the stadium did have some puppets that needed to be defeated first. First was of Min Min along with some Mii Brawlers wearing costumes of Ribbon Girl and Ninjara.
"So Min Min did get clones." said Spring Man. "I wonder who that really is."
"So anything we need to know about Min Min?" asked Mega Man.
"Well, as you can guess, she's got long reach with her ARMS." said Ninjara. "The three she mainly uses are the Dragon, which can shoot lasers, the Ram Ram, which works like a boomerang, and the Megawatt, which is slow but powerful."
"So she's a long ranched fighter?" said Marth. "She'd be a tricky opponent for sure.
Pichu, not paying attention to the adults talking, charged a Skull Bash and flew herself at Min Min's clone, starting the battle.
The battle was on Spring Stadium with the Miis and the fake Min Min staring Pichu down. A Spring Man assist also joined in to add to the challenge. The assist trophy was the first to go as Pichu picked up a Bullet Bill and used it to remove Spring Man from the game. Next was the Mii Brawler dressed as Ribbon Girl as she was KOed by Pichu using the spring boards to attack. Lastly, she used Volt Tackle to defeat the remaining Mii and Min Min. As the false Min Min disintigated, the spirit of the ARMS League announcer and commentator, Biff was freed.
Next was a puppet of Donkey Kong representing Mr. Sandman, a boxer from the World Circuit of the WVBA. His fight was on the Boxing Ring with slumber floors on the sides outside the ring. Joker battled him and used Eiha and then Eigon when Arsene was called upon to use damage over time to win.
Lastly, the group reached Little Mac, tied up in blue rope like everyone else sans Kirby. Pichu took one the Bruiser from the Bronx on a match on Boxing Ring Omega. He had the same red eyes and white aura all the other captive fighters had as you expect. This battle was fairly anticlimatic as Pichu grabbed Mac and threw him off-stage, carried him close to the side blast zone with f-air and just to rub it in, spiked him.
After being absolutely destroyed, Little Mac was revived.
"Welcome back, Mac." said Captain Falcon, helping the teenager up.
"Who's the new guy?" said Little Mac, pointing to Joker.
"He's an extra challenger who shown up a little late, like me, Cloud, Corrin, and Bayonetta in Smash 4." said Ryu.
"Oh. Nice to meet you." said Little Mac, holding out his hand for a handshake.
"Nice to meet you too." said Joker, shaking Mac's hand. "Oh and you mind if I have your autograph?"
"I don't mind at all. You got a paper and pen?" said Little Mac.
Joker then pulled out a book and pen. After Mac signed it, the group headed back to the woods.
"So how many other extra fighters are we going to meet?" asked Little Mac.
"Don't know. Not counting Joker, there are at least 5 more confirmed." said Donkey Kong. "There could very well be more. Mega Man guessed at around 12."
"Wow." said Little Mac.
New Characters: Pichu, Joker, Little Mac
Yup, we got our first DLC character joining the roster. I decided to go with Joker since out of the three I'm putting on Galeem's side, he fits the best in the Power Plant.
Joker's fighter battle is basically the same as the others. His stage is Mementos Omega and the BGM is Last Surprise.
I decided to include Galeem's attack on the ARMS and Minecraft worlds like with the Fighter Pass 1 characters. With these ones, I'll just include them as they're introduced. Also yes the Enderman is a female. I figured I'll make it one since the odd numbered alts are Steve and the even numbered ones are Alex. The Zombie is based on Steve and is an odd numbered alt, so it's male. The Enderman is the eighth one, so I made it female too. As for why it's smaller, I dunno. Maybe it's a young Enderman or something.
Also something I'd like to say is the transition from the overworld to a spirit battle is like the transition between the map and battle scenes in Fire Emblem games. That comparison just popped into my head. And yes, I know if you do two player Spirit battles, if one of you dies, you both lose, but I changed that.
Also also something I've done is went back and added the rarities and effects of made up spirits and added some new spirits to Chapter 3. So you can go back and see those.
New Spirits:
Wisps (idea from Stripe the Hedgetiger)
Origin: Sonic the Hedgehog series
Main Fighter: Sonic Team (x17)
Stage: Windy Hill Zone
Conditions: Timed Stamina Battle, Hostile Assist Trophies will appear (Starfy)
Music: Reach for the Stars
Rarity: Novice Support
Effect: PSI Attack up
Springtron
Origin: ARMS
Main Fighter: Metal Mii Brawler (male with Spring Man's outfit)
Stage: Spring Stadium
Conditions: The enemy is metal, Hostile Assist Trophies will appear (Spring Man), the enemy's fist and elbow attacks have increased power.
Music: Sparring Ring
Rarity: Ace Support
Effect: Made of Metal
Watt
Origin: Paper Mario series
Main Fighter: Kirby (yellow)
Stage: Living Room Battlefield
Conditions: The floor is electrified, Only certain items will appear (Hotheads)
Music: Paper Mario Medley
Rarity: Novice Support
Effect: Electric Attack up
Spitball Sparky
Origin: Game and Watch series
Main Fighter: Mr. Game and Watch
Stage: Flat Zone X
Conditions: The enemy favors up aerials, The enemy loves to jump
Music: Flat Zone 2
Rarity: Advanced Support
Effect: Aerial Attack up
Billy
Origin: F-Zero series
Main Fighter: Donkey Kong (red)
Stage: Big Blue
Conditions: The enemy has increased movement speed.
Music: Climb Up! And Get Your Last Chance!
Rarity: Novice Primary
Effect: Neutral Primary with two slots
Itsuki Aoi
Origin: Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE#
Main Fighter: Marth (black alt)
Other Fighters: Chrom (purple alt)
Stage: Kalos Pokémon League (hazardless)
Conditions: Defeat the main fighter to win, All fighters weapon attacks have increased power
Music: Code Name: F.E.
Rarity: Advance Primary
Effect: Attack Primary with two slots
Enhancement: Itsuki Aoi (Carnage Form), Ace Attack Primary with Sword Attack Up trait
Regieleki and Regidrago
Origin: Pokémon series
Main Fighter: Pac-Man (blue alt)
Other Fighters: Charizard (purple)
Stage: Brinstar Depths (Battlefield)
Conditions: The floor is electrified, The enemy moves fast and can't stop easily (Pac-Man only), The enemy's special moves have increased power
Music: Victory Road - Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
Rarity: Ace Primary
Effect: Grab Primary with two slots
Phosphora
Origin: Kid Icarus series
Main Fighter: Zero Suit Samus (blue shorts)
Stage: Kalos Pokémon League (Battlefield)
Conditions: The enemy moves fast and can't stop easily, The enemy's electric attacks have increased power, Hostile Assist Trophies will appear (Phosphora)
Music: Thunder Cloud Temple
Rock Howard
Origin: Fatal Fury series
Main Fighter: Terry (black alt)
Stage: King of Fighters Stadium
Conditions: Stamina Battle, All fighters have reduced jump power, The enemy's special moves have increased power
Music: Big Shot - Fatal Fury 3
Rarity: Advanced Primary
Effect: Defense Primary with three slots
The President
Origin: Pikmin series
Main Fighter: Olimar (red alt)
Other Fighters: Olimar (default), Olimar (Louie)
Stage: Distant Planet
Conditions: Certain items will appear more frequently (Hocotate Bombs), The enemy will charge up a powerful Final Smash
Music: Stage Select - Pikmin 2
Effect: Ace Primary
Rarity: Neutral Primary with 2 slots
Uncle Mimic
Origin: Shantae series
Main Fighter: Dr. Mario (green alt)
Other Fighters: Zero Suit Samus (yellow shorts)
Stage: Mushroomy Kingdom (Omega)
Conditions: Defeat the main fighter to win, The enemy tends to avoid conflict
Music: Route 10 - Pokémon Black and White
Rarity: Advanced Support
Effect: Shooting Attack up
Raiden
Origin: Metal Gear series
Main Fighter: Metal Joker (white alt)
Stage: Shadow Moses Island
Conditions: The enemy is metal, The enemy has super armor and is hard to launch or make flinch, The enemy's weapon attacks have increased power
Music: Yell "Dead Cell"
Formula
Origin: Xenoblade Chronicles series
Main Fighter: Giant R.O.B. (NES gray)
Stage: Midgar (hazardless)
Conditions: The enemy is giant, The enemy starts the battle with a Super Scope
Music: Xenoblade Chronicles Medley
Wonder Black
Origin: The Wonderful 101
Main Fighter: Toon Link (Dark Link)
Stage: Flat Zone X
Conditions: The enemy favors down specials, Only certain items will appear (Timers)
Music: ST01: Roll Out, Wonderful 100!
Rarity: Advanced Support
Effect: Bob-omb equipped
Arwing
Origin: Star Fox series
Main Fighter: Fox (green and white alt)
Other Fighters: Falco (light blue and white alt)
Stage: Corneria
Conditions: The enemy will suddenly have a Final Smash, The enemy can use their Final Smash twice in a row
Music: Corneria - Star Fox
Meltan and Melmetal
Origin: Pokémon Series
Main Fighter: Metal R.O.B. (NES gray)
Other Fighters: Tiny Metal Pichu 5x (Team Skull)
Stage: Kalos Pokémon League (Steel Chamber)
Conditions: The enemy is metal, The enemy's punching and elbow attacks have increased damage, Only certain items will appear (Metal Boxes)
Music: Pokémon Gym/Evolution Theme
Rarity: Ace Primary
Effect: Defense Primary with 3 slots and Fist Attack up trait
Biff
Origin: ARMS
Main Fighter: Min Min (yellow)
Other Fighters: Mii Brawler (female, Ribbon Girl wig and outfit), Mii Brawler (male, Ninjara wig and outfit)
Stage: Spring Stadium
Conditions: Hostile Assist Trophies will appear (Spring Man), Defeat an army of fighters
Music: ARMS Grand Prix Official Theme Song
Rarity: Novice Support
Effect: Fist Attack up