Narrator + Text shown on black screen: [Once Upon a Time…]
EXT. HYRULE FIELD. A gameplay of Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time sees Link on his horse Epona galloping down the Hyrule field with the sunset overlooking them in the background.
The following series of retro games (Super Mario Bros., Pokemon Red and Blue, Super Metroid, Star Fox, Kirby Super Star, Super Mario Kart, Street Fighter II Turbo, CastleVania, Pac-Man, Tetris, Mega Man X, and Final Fantasy VII) sequences flashes across the screen as the narrator voice is heard.
Narrator: (V.O) [There was a video game that took the world by storm. Selling over 2 millions copies worldwide, and it features a whole series of video game characters from across video game worlds]
Its name: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
But…the Smash Brothers… are not just video game characters.
SCENE CUTS TO BLACK
Narrator: (V.O.) They're real. And so is their world.
Mario: (V.O) Helloooo? Hello?
As if eyes opening from sleep, camera starts to fade in and focuses on Mario gazing over. Mario smiles at camera and jumps back.
Mario: Why hello there, paisano! It's-a-me, Mario!
Luigi: (pops up in front of Mario, facing the camera) And I'm-a Luigi!
Mario: (pushes Luigi away) Hey, come on Luigi. You're-a-scaring him.
Scene switches to a blond Anime young man, staring at Mario and Luigi.
Young Man: (SCREAMS)
Mario and Luigi: (SCREAMS ALONG)
Text: MEET HUNTER LONG, GAMER!
(Live Action)
NEW SCENE - EXT. TOKYO JAPAN. Panoramic view
A blond Asian young man wearing glasses gazes over skyscrapers towering before him.
Hunt: (V.O.) My name is Hunter Long. Gamer. And I'm a HUGE Nintendo nerd. And when I mean huge, I mean HUGE. You might call me a connoisseur, or a fanatic.
Scene Sequences
Hunt attending social cosplay events, gaming conventions, carrying tons of Nintendo goodies, dressing up like Mario, or Peach, Pikachu, Isabelle from Animal Crossing, or even Pyra from Xenoblade;
Hunt on his computer cyberstalking Reggie and Sakurai.
Hunt is seen lurking outside Aonuma's Japanese home, waving hi and carrying a poster that says daisukidesu! With a watercolor fan art of Link and his phone number and email address.
Hunt: (V.O.) But don't call me a fanatic. Or I'll bite you.
A look of uncertainty crossed Hunt's face.
Hunt: (V.O.) And this is the story about how I found myself trapped inside a video game.
NEW SCENE - EXT. MUSHROOM KINGDOM
Camera pans over to Toad Town and Peach's Castle overlooking the town. Toads are seen walking down street corners and enjoying life.
Hunt: (V.O.) And no, I'm not talking about Super Mario Bros.! Although that was wicked cool!
Mario (V.O): The princess is inviting us for cake!
Peach reading over some manuscript held by Toadsworth at the castle balcony.
Toadette giving a Toad a gift.
A Luma doing jump rope with a green Toad and a Blue toad.
Bowser appears in his Clown Copter.
Bowser: Did you forget my invite, Princess?
NEW SCENE - INT. HYRULE KINGDOM
Camera pans over Hyrule Castle town with Hylians enjoying life also in on a busy market street.
Hunt: (V.O.) Or The Legend of Zelda, though that was wicked awesome!
Navi (V.O.): I just love the town of Hyrule. There's so much to do here! Don't you think so Link?
Link is seen, nodding to Navi next to him and smiling.
NEW SCENE - SOME BATTLEFIELD IN THE FIRE EMBLEM WORLD
Hunt: (V.O.) Or Fire Emblem
Camera zooms to Marth with his sword in his clutches, in deep prayer, then he opened his eyes with full determination.
Camera switches to Ike raising his own blade and letting out a war cry.
Ike: FOR CRIMEA!
The army he faced followed with their own war cry.
Hunt: (V.O.) Or even Pokemon
NEW SCENE - LENTAL REGION FROM POKEMON SNAP
Hunt and two Anime characters are taking pictures of wild Pokemon
NEW SCENE - SOME POKEMON GYM
Ash Ketchum: (raises a Pokeball toward his opponent) I CHALLENGE YOU TO A GYM BATTLE!
Pikachu: (tags along) Pika!
His opponent is seen to be Hunt, who pulls out a sneaky smile.
Hunt: (V.O.) No, I'm talking about how I ended up in the many video game worlds of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. With a target on my back.
Hunt stares at Rathalos in the Fire Emblem World Coliseum stage. Rathalos roars and then charges at him. Hunt starts to run but then stops at the edge of the platform. He turns to see Rathalos shoot a fireball at him.
Hunt: SCREAMS
Hunt's eyes flies open and he sat up. He is back in the live-action real world on board a plane.
Girl next to him: Hey you're okay? …You had a nightmare!
Another scene with Hunt and the girl he was with
Hunt: I'm telling you Serena. It felt so real! Like I was lucid!
Another scene with Serena, Hunt and someone else in some secluded room.
Serena: (laughs) Oh come on! It's not like there's another world out there.
Hunt: (laughs along, then looks away and stops laughing to make a face)
Hunt: (V.O.) Oh dear sister. You'd be surprised.
Text: MEET JACEN RIDERS, SOCIAL MEDIA ICON!
NEW SCENE - EXT. LOS ANGELES. Panoramic view
A brown-haired young white man appears on camera, "Yooo! What is going on ladies and gents—"
Jace: (V.O.) …my name is Jacen Riders. But you can call me Jace. Or WhiteKnightJace.
Jace comes in on a Kawasaki sportsbike in slow mo, then stops in front of the camera, flips the visor of his helmet to look up.
Jace: (V.O.) …I have a huge social media following. YouTube, Twitter, Insta. I'm a sexy model. An actor. An athlete.
Scene Sequences
Jace is taking fangirls' autographs at a red carpet.
Jace is taking pictures with a hot girl at a photoshoot event
Images of YouTube, Twitter, IG and the numbers of followers climbing up.
Shirtless pics of Jace is seen popping up, posing for the camera, jumping in front of a moving car with a gun on hand, running down a track with athletes following behind.
A thinking look crosses Jace's face.
Jace: (V.O.) Okay, maybe not all of that…
Jace's face suddenly lights up and out of the blue grabs a game controller, puts on his headset and his game face on. Seven other players appear on the screen with their game faces on too.
Jace: (V.O.) …BUT I'm definitely a gamer, well known for my skills in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate where I can defeat 7 players without losing 1 life point!
Jace scores a win "YEAAH!" he yells, pumping a fist in the air. The other seven players drop their controllers in utter defeat.
Jace pulls out that GQ magazine with his face on the cover and shrugged to the camera.
Jace: (V.O.) …As long as I'm gracing the cover of every celebrity magazine that is.
The camera backs away to reveal he was on a YouTube video all along, being watched by Serena and a group of girls at a coffee shop.
The Girls: "Awwww…" (giggling)
The cocky look on Jace's face changes to a sinister look.
Jace: (V.O.) …but that is NOT who I am.
Text: MEET JACEN RIDERS, SOCIAL MEDIA ICON!
(Text erases RIDERS, SOCIAL MEDIA ICON! with typewriter sounds)
Text: MEET JACEN DIM, GAME CHARACTER ?!
Scene cuts to a knight clad in white and green riding on a horse, crossing the Eldin Bridge in the Legend of Zelda World.
The knight stops in front of the camera and removes his helmet. He gazes up with a look of determination on his face.
Jace: (V.O.): My real name? Jacen Dim. Smash Brother of the Wind.
Cut to Jace, surrounded by enemies on top of a building, posing DBZ style and transforming into a Kamen-Rider style armored hero.
Jace: (V.O.): And I have a mission to fulfill. And that is to save my home in the Nintendo World.
Scene Sequences
Armored Hero Jace is throwing kicks and punches at some Nintendo Ninjas.
Armored Hero Jace drops from Samus' airship to the top of an Arwing ship.
Armored Hero Jace pulls out a sword and swings at a few Dragon Riders from the Fire Emblem World
Armored Hero Jace tells a Mega Charizard X to shoot out a Fire Blast at a Palkia who blocks its with a downward swipe of its claw.
Armored Hero Jace is seen running and shooting at enemy machines in a Metal Gear Solid World, only to be surprised from behind by an explosion. Walls crumbled before him and he turns around to face the unknown enemy.
Jace, without his armor, throws a punch at Zangief's face. Barely bruised Zangief turned to face him again, angrier than before. Jace grasped on his wounded fist, "Ouch! Damn, what is your face made of, cement?"
Zangief growls.
INT. TEMPLE OF TIME
Ganondorf smirks at Jace who is walking toward him.
Ganondorf: Jacen Dim. Just the little gnat I was hoping to see.
Jace: Sorry I'm late.
Jace: (V.O.) Got held up by traffic. A traffic of Nintendo Ninjas and Light Demons.
Scene Sequences
Ninjas charge at Armored Hero Jace. One ninja threw a shuriken at him but he dodged and throws a kick back at him. Then two more ninjas dove at him with knives and he dodged their attack. One ninja sneak behind him with his knife but Jace used his Beam Blade with his JoyCon R and swung at him.
Jace without his armor is facing two monsters. Monster 1 appears behind him. Monster 2 gives him an punch that sent him flying toward Monster 1 who uppercuts him through an elevator ceiling.
Battered and bruised Jace inside the elevator is found trapped inside. The two monsters charge at him and he summons a shield formed over the elevator hole with his JoyCon L. The monsters lands on the shield and angrily start stomping on the shield, trying to break it.
Cuts back to Jacen facing Ganondorf.
Jace: It was a bitch.
Text: TOGETHER, THEY MUST SAVE THE NINTENDO WORLD!
Text: AND KEEP THEIR REAL WORLD SAFE!
INT. INSIDE SOME SPACESHIP HUB
Hunt and Serena are standing up, facing a sitting down Jace
Hunt: So you mean to tell me that the Nintendo World is actually REAL? Like Donald Trump became President in 2016 REAL?
Jace: (smiles) Uh-huh. And it's spectacular!
INT. HALL OF GAMES. Setting looks like TEMPLE OF TIME but without Master Sword and all the walls are filled with portraits of game box arts.
Jace: (stretch out a hand) Hop in.
Hunt and Serena jumped into a portrait of Super Mario Bros NES Japanese version game box art.
The siblings scream as they fall into a series of swirls and whooshing.
They shoot out of a NES-styled green pipe and hit a garbage box the shape of a yellow ? block. They emerge out looking 8bit like.
Hunt: (pulls his head out of the box) Ew!
EXT. SCENES TRANSITIONING INTO OTHER SCENES. HUNT AND SERENA TRANSITIONING INTO DIFFERENT FORMS BASED ON THE SCENES.
8-BIT MUSHROOM KINGDOM
8-BIT DREAM LAND
16-BIT MUTE CITY
32-BIT MIDGAR
SMASH ULTIMATE HOME RUN CONTEST STAGE
Serena: (taking it all in) Whoa…
Text: AND KEEP THEIR REAL WORLD SAFE
EXT. WORLD OF LIGHT CINEMATIC SCENE
Jace (V.O): Galeem has consumed the World of Light…
Galeem as the Light Lord is slaughtering all the characters with his light beams.
INT. KINGDOM OF NINTENDO AUDIENCE CHAMBER
Jace (V.O): …and is plotting to consume your world too…
The double doors flew open, startling a large crowd of people to its direction. Human Form Galeem shows up as a clone of Hunt with an evil smile on his face.
Hunt: Galeem.
Evil Hunt/Galeem: Hello brother.
Hunt stares in shock
Hunt (V.O): …He's my brother?
INT. INSIDE THE SPACESHIP HUB
Jace: The King… (opens his palm to reveal a Smash stone with a moving spirit inside) I saved him. He's inside.
(different scene, same location)
Serena: (sadly) So you're not Jacen Riders?
INT. INSIDE JACEN RIDERS' APARTMENT
Jace (V.O.): He was killed this morning.
A demon swung his claw at the real Jace. Real Jace trips and falls back.
Same demon plunge its arm through Real Jace's chest.
Jace (V.O.): I took his body.
INT. INSIDE THE SPACESHIP HUB
Jace: (nods over to Kirby) Thanks to Kirby.
Kirby, the only 3D animated character in the scene waves
Kirby: Hi!
Hunt: (groaned in amazement) Ohh!
Serena: (groaned in sadness) Aww…
Text: FROM THE THREATS OF DARKNESS AND LIGHT ACROSS GAME WORLDS
EXT. FOREST FROM ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD
BoTW Animated Hunt and Serena faces off against Bokoblins, protecting harmless BoTW Link in a forest.
EXT. BUSTLING HYRULE TOWN FROM ZELDA: MINISH CAP
Young Link is seen walking down the busy street from a bird's eye view.
Serena (V.O): I can't believe we're in the Kingdom of Hyrule!
Scene Sequences
Twilight Princess Zelda is seen praying at a shadowy temple
Link holding on to the Master Sword and closing his eyes
Pig Ganon roaring as flames surrounds him
EXT. FEDERATION BASE FROM METROID PRIME III
Hunt (V.O): Fighting Space pirates in Metroid!
Samus is shooting at invading Space Pirates from the infiltrated base.
EXT. DRACULA'S CASTLE FROM CASTLEVANIA
Serena (V.O.): Castlevania…
Simon crosses a long corridor with tall curtains, not noticing a vampire following close behind.
EXT. SUZAKU CASTLE FROM STREET FIGHTER
Hunt (V.O): Street Fighter…
Ryu and Ken having a sparring match
Serena: XENOBLADE!
EXT. SCENES TRANSITIONING INTO OTHER SCENES.
GAUR PLAINS FROM XENOBLADE
SILVALUM FROM XENOBLADE CHRONICLES X
GORMOTT PROVINCE FROM XENOBLADE 2
Hunt, Serena, Jace and a few Xenoblade Chronicles characters are running through these scenes from a bird-eye view, moving past monsters.
Serena pops up besides Shulk, all flirtatious. Shulk blushes.
The titan Gormott let out a huge roar
EXT. WORLD OF LIGHT STAGE
One Winged Angel plays in the background as Sephiroth makes his descent before Cloud and everyone else. Hunt stared at him in awe.
Hunt: Sephiroth.
Sephiroth drew his blade. Cloud also drew up his blade.
Cloud: I got it. He is mine.
Sephiroth smirks.
Text: AND FACING OFF THE ULTIMATE GAME OVERLORD
Evil Hunt/Galeem is seen with an evil smirk; then scene transitions to the real Hunt, with a worried look, in deep thought.
Jace (V.O.): Galeem is evil.
Hunt (V.O.): …but he's my brother. And he's out there somewhere!
Scene switches to Jace and Hunt talking
Jace: So he's misunderstood?
EXT. EVIL HUNT/GALEEM FACES BOWSER, GANONDORF, KING DEDEDE, KING K ROOL, AND WART
Wart: (taunting) Oh Great King Galeem. Just where the Hell were you all these years?
Galeem plunged a whole arm through Wart's chest. Wart croaked and dropped to the ground as Galeem pulled out a heart from him.
Evil Hunt/Galeem: (Holding Wart's heart in his hand) Anyone cares to defy me?
The Villains surrounding him shook their heads.
Another scene of Galeem visiting his father's grave, on his knees.
Evil Hunt/Galeem: (V.O.) Here I am, father. You should be proud of me by now.
Evil Hunt/Galeem is now seen standing next to the grave with a dark scowl on his face.
Evil Hunt/Galeem: …FINALLY, gotten rid of that plague that was you!
(Scene of World of Light intro with Galeem, as the Lord of Light, killing all the Smash characters)
(Scene of one of Galeem's lights going after Jace, but Jace is quickly rescued by Kirby)
(Next Scene)
Text: BASED ON THE BEST SELLING
VIDEO GAME PHENOMENON
(Smash Bros Ultimate main theme song plays in the background)
A series of short scenes flashes back and forth
Mario (V.O): If we don't-a do something, Galeem will consume your world too!
Galeem shoots a laser at Bowser. Bowser transforms into Fury Bowser from Bowser's Fury, and towers before Mario.
Scene of Calamity Ganon facing off against Link and Zelda in Breath of the Wild
Link (V.O): We can't let that happen!
Scene of Ridley attacking Mario, Megaman and Samus. A remix of Ridley's reveal.
Scene of the villagers in Animal Crossing throwing a party, the statue of Galeem in the middle of town.
Scene of Pyra and Mythra facing off Shulk
Jace: (faces Hunt, an army of Nintendo characters behind him) "Hunt, we need to talk."
Hunt: "About my brother, we can't let that happen."
Galeem orders his soldiers to have Palutena executed at Skyworld. Pit cries out in panic.
Scene of Simon Belmont facing off against Dracula.
Scene of the Ice Climbers facing off a polar bear.
Scene of Team Rocket facing off against Ash and his Pikachu
Scene of Mario and Link facing off Bowser and Ganondorf at the same time.
Hunt: (V.O.) I will make sure my brother gets punished for his crimes! But I will NOT deny him redemption!
Scene of Cloud and Sephiroth battling
Scene of Edelgard, Dimitri and Claude from Fire Emblem Three Houses facing off in battle at the Battle of the Eagle and Lion.
Hunt: (V.O): For all the Game Worlds' sake. And… for my family's sake. Let's save the universes."
Jace: (shouting) Let's Smash! (then pumps his fists as if about to transform DBZ style)
SUPER SMASH BROS.
GAME WORLDS
EXT. SKYWORLD
Palutena: Everyone. I'd like to introduce you to… a few characters.
Mario, Luigi, Link, Zelda, Pit, Megaman, Simon Belmont and Donkey Kong all are staring face to face at their 90s Cartoon versions.
Kid Icarus: It's a pleasure-icus!
Pit: Sheesh, do you HAVE to say "-icus" in every sentence?
Cartoon Simon: (admiring himself in the mirror) He sure does.
Simon: (staring at Cartoon Simon) What a weirdo…
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