AN: Okay, I don't own these Nintendo characters. (sorry, I felt no need to come up with something witty here. No one really cares anyway) On with the first round of the tournament!

Mario v Yoshi

Yoshi's Island- Dinosaur World- 11: 15 AM

A large green warp pipe burst out of a quiet patch of greenery. Out jumped Mario, who preformed a double summersault and landed on his feet. He looked around for some applause. All he saw was two Koopa Troopas who were merely thankful that Mario hadn't landed on them. Mario hung his head and sighed.

"My talent is wasted on idiocy. Anyway... I wish they woulda told me who I was fighting... Oh well. I should just probably head to Iggy's castle. Bet I'm up against Bowser..."

Mario jumped on one of the Troopas, knocking the unfortunate turtle out of his shell. He threw the shell forward with as much force as he could muster. The shell slid forward, and Mario jumped on and rode it like a skateboard.

About halfway through the level, a green eggshell sprouted out of the ground. Mario crashed into it and flew off, landing on his face.

"Owww! What the hell was...?"

The egg hatched and a dumb looking green dinosaur popped out, making an unintelligible noise. Mario groaned.

"You? Oh well. Good. I have a bone to pick with you."

The more Mario advanced on Yoshi, the further back Yoshi crept.

"Just who do you think you are? You've gotten more popular than me and Luigi, you replaced Toad... and I saw you at a restaurant with Peach AND Daisy! You even have your own video games! You were the newcomer! You can't even talk!You're just a big dumb dinosaur! Who do all of these girls like you?!"

Yoshi shrugged and shot out his tongue, able to practically reach Mario from several feet away.

"Augh! Gross!"

He shook off the author's horrible sexual joke and sprang into action. He grabbed Yoshi's tongue and swung him around into a fast arc. Yoshi crashed into a wall and began softly sobbing with his weird noises. He turned to the side and saw a red Koopa Troopa walking around. He lashed out with his tongue and trapped the turtle in his mouth. He stood up and spit out the shell, which had somehow turned into three big fireballs.

Mario pulled out his yellow cape and smacked the fireballs back into Yoshi. Yoshi slammed into the ground, still smoking. He looked around wildly, and spotted what he was looking for. Walking further down the path was a blue Koopa Troopa.

Yoshi scrambled forward, Mario quick on his tail. He scooped the blue shell into his mouth, sprouting wings. He took to the air and flew off, out over the big bottomless pits. But Mrio jumped out after him, landing on the big red saddle on his back. He waited till Yoshi was far enough out over the pit, and then punched the back of his head, causing the dinosaur to spit out his shell, and lose his wings. Mario jumped off, using his cape to float to safety, while Yoshi plummeted to his doom, making those dumb sounds all the way down.

When Mario's feet touched ground, he heard the voices of the ghosts.

"Congratulations, plumber! You have advanced to the next round! Proceed!"

A warp pipe burst out of the ground. Mario hesitated for a moment, and then jumped in.