Chapter 4: Battle on Brinstar
The portal brings me to an all-too-familiar dark level with yellow acid below. Sure enough, Samus appears to challenge me.
"Hey, Samus! Haven't seen you in a while!"
Not even Samus answered me. This is getting suspicious. Could it be that I'm not fighting the action figures at all, just some random other-dimensional version of them? And if so, why?
In any case, Samus doesn't pose much of a challenge. Her new missile attack is irritating, but of course my cape easily averts that threat, along with her regular energy ball. Her screw is more interesting, but still not too painful, and the acid is just as unforgiving as ever. I got an interesting item, though. It was like the beam sword, but shorter, and it elongated when I swung it. It was interesting, but an unnecessary change, in my opinion.
In any case, after beating Samus, I hear a shrill alarm sound. I am teleported to another area, and it seems like there's nowhere to go but up. I jump up a lot, and encounter no real difficulties along the way. Sometimes, a platform is too small and I miss it, but nothing major. I clear the level without realizing what I had accomplished, until after I enter the portal I hear a loud explosion behind me. That seems like an unnecessary effect. I idly wonder if Samus-if it was Samus-was OK.
When I come out of the portal I find myself once again in front of a tree with a face, with Kirby challenging me. I notice briefly a bunch of blocks on either side of me before Kirby charges. I am about to dodge, when he turns into a fireball and knocks me over! What the-
As I get up, I see a mushroom traversing the level behind him. I quickly jump over him and pick it up. But I shrink instead of growing! Now Kirby is about my size.
Before he sucks me up to take my power, I smash him. He flies away, and I shoot a fireball for good measure. He moves out of the way, but it hits a block that has a bomb on it. The result is a huge explosion that sends Kirby flying easily.
Suddenly, three Kirbys appear: one with DK's ability, one with Falcon's, and one with Yoshi's, judging by their headgear. Anyway, the battle is similar to the Kirby Team of the last tournament, with a few abilities I didn't recognize. I wasted no time trying to identify them, though; I just smashed them all away easily.
I'm not done yet with this level, though. A giant Kirby appears on the platform above me, and so does a Metal Cap. I react too slowly, and Kirby picks it up. Hmm…a giant, metal Kirby. What fun.
I Super Jump Punch and Mario Tornado, and then Kirby Final Cutters to send me away. He then pulls out a tiny hammer and smacks me with it. This is new, but I pay no attention. He sucks me up and launches a fireball, but I use my cape and it hits him instead. Then, I smash up and jump, and flip kick him. His damage is climbing, and I figure a smash or two should do him in. Just then, a Super Scope appears. Ha. Never mind.
I stand still and charge it up, as Kirby lumbers forward, being the huge, slow puffball that he is at the moment. Just as he reaches out to punch me, I release the blast and send him flying. Finally, the portal appears, and I go to the next area.
I find myself now aboard the Great Fox, facing down Fox. Hmm…if I remember the last tournament correctly, Fox is damn annoying to kill. As soon as the battle starts, a cloaking device appears, and I grab it eagerly. This should tip the advantage in my favor.
A bewildered Fox wanders the stage as I smash and Tornado him. Eventually, the device wears off, just as he reaches forward, grabs me, punches me, and slams me into the ground. I retaliate with a throw of my own, backward. His Fire Fox thing, or whatever, is barely sufficient to save him, but my down-smash finishes him.
Just then, I hear voices. They seem to be coming from the air. I look up, and three Arwings are flying toward me. They're probably Fox's friends. Sure enough, Fox appears again, wearing red this time, and immediately I am attacked by laser fire. Luckily, Fox's friends seem to be pretty stupid; they are also hitting Fox. I manage to force a few smashes through the laser fire, and that is quite sufficient to kill him. I eagerly enter the portal.
Now, I find myself on a green field with a familiar red-and-white ball in the middle. Sure enough, three Pikachus appear. Oh boy, what fun. Another team. This time, though, a Pokeball appears almost immediately. I grab and throw it, and a letter-like Pokemon appears. Soon, a storm of them follows, and eliminates three or four mice. The screen behind me says that eight remain. Isn't that nice. Another Pokeball appears, this one yielding a plantlike thing that shoots leaves at the rodents. Before I can even think about smashing, another ball appears. The Pokemon inside this time is a dramatic fiery multi-colored bird that flies into the air and sends a HUGE blast of fire down onto the remaining Pikachus. I hope I never run into that Pokemon in a dark alley.
Huh? A portal already? That was easy. I didn't even have to do anything. Oh, well, we'll see what I have to do next.
(A/N: Yes, I know I kind of breezed through these battles, but Adventure Mode is too long to describe everything in detail. Besides, these battles aren't really very interesting.)
