Super Smash Bros. Part 1: The Fighters Gather Chapter 2: The Training Ends

Mario kept to this training schedule every day, pounding bricks over and over again in Grass Land. Except, of course, Mario spent more time on technique, but still pounded almost as much. One time he almost pounded a young Toad boy who was sleeping between two bricks. Another time he pounded a ? block and out popped a Mushroom. Mario ate it and pounded more than he had been. It was the seventh day of training. Today was the last day. Once, he considered fighting with Luigi, but he decided to stick with his training method. He would stop at about seven o'clock P.M. to travel home to get a good night's rest before the big tournament. In Grass Land, he began to pound bricks. He pounded for two hours, rested for thirty minutes, worked on technique for an hour, rested for fifteen minutes, pounded two more hours, rested fifteen more minutes, worked on techique for an hour, rested for fifteen etc. In no time Mario looked down at his watch to see seven o'clock on it. He started to jog home at a steady pace. Soon, he saw a warp pipe back to Mushroom Kingdom. He sprinted from then on, and panting, he jumped in. He was soon at home putting on his pajamas and climbing into the top bunk of his red-and-green bunk bed. Mario wasn't going to bring his hammer to the tournament, there were already going to be special items, and a similar item to his hammer. He dreamt that night of Fireballs and Super Jump Punches.

When he woke up, it was six o'clock A.M. The tournament would begin at twelve o'clock. Mario picked up his hammer and went outside. He decided he would get in a two-gour training session until eight, when he would rest until eleven-fifteen, when he would leave. Mario figured his biggest competition would most likely be Donkey Kong, and Mario hoped they wouldn't have to fight. Donkey Kong was very strong. Mario rested at eight o'clock A.M..

Luigi woke up at eight. Luigi only trained for an hour and rested until eleven-fifteen. Mario and Luigi left at the same time and began to walk towards the pipe marked with the new SSB symbol. This was just a pipe that was about one millimeter apart from the main NintendoLand pipe on the mainland, so Mario really didn't see the point. Mario jumped in anyway and Luigi followed.

They popped up on the mainland, a place currently filled with activity. The activity surrounded a pipe that was marked with a SSB Logo, with a Master Hand Logo alongside it. This was obviously the pipe that led to the arenas. Pipe travel was rather complicated, and the best scientists had configured this one to be able to transport everyone to the various arenas, including the fans, fighters, and officials. Come twelve, Mario lent his hat to Samus, who was picking the name of the challenger. There were eight pieces of paper with each fighters' symbols, a mushroom, a DK-logo, a Triforce, a circle with a lightning bolt through it, an egg, a star, a fox, and a Pokeball. A hush ran through the crowd as Samus sifted through the hat, shuffling the papers and shaking the hat. Finally she pulled out a piece of paper and held it up. Television cameras zoomed in to project the symbol over a screen. Lo and behold, it was a mushroom. Mario had been selected.