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We now return to Drake and Ashley, looking happy.

"Anddddd we are back with another chaotic round!" Drake grinned.

"Thus the par for these King of Smashers rounds." Ashley shrugged. "We actually don't have anything to announce here."

"Well, actually we DO have a couple to announce, but not at the start." Drake said. "But let's cross that bridge when we get to it. First things first, let's go over the people who have gotten an elimination, but fail to make the cut."

RIDLEY

NODE: SUPER SMASH BROS/METROID

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 229

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

"Already off to a… Weird start is Ridley." Ashley frowned. "After being a part of a… Non-Limit Break combination attack…?"

"Yeah, that would be what I best describe it." Drake nodded. "After being hit by Pudding's attack, he and his ally, the Contessa, were trapped in a… Well, pudding."

"To add insult to injury, Pudding's ally, Chowder literally ate his way through it." Ashley winced. "And while we never saw what exactly happened, it was enough to send Ridley flying into Xemnas from Kingdom Hearts, knocking him out of the ring."

"Oof… Even his elimination is one of his allies." Drake winced before sighing. "Yeah, this is not the best section for the villains."

INKLING

NODE: SUPER SMASH BROS/SPLATOON

ENTERED IN: Section 10; Number 202

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 2

"She's a kid, she's a squid, and most importantly, she is a fighter!" Drake grinned. "Going off from her impressive first elimination that was almost a QUADRUPLE elimination!"

"Well said. In this case, she was double-teamed by Gang-Il and Choi, both from King of Fighters XIV!" Ashley smiled. Said smile then vanished. "...Skilled fighter or nothing, I don't how I feel about the Inkling being double-teamed by two grown men. ...Well, age-wise, anyway."

"Well, it clearly didn't do much to slow her down as she managed to dispatch Choi, anyway!" Drake smirked.

"Indeed." Ashley nodded before sighing. "And to be fair, her elimination was far from her fault. But I am getting ahead of myself."

LUNA LOUD

NODE: THE LOUD HOUSE

ENTERED IN: Section 5; Number 108

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 9

"Well, realistically, she has to leave eventually…" Drake frowned. He then brightened up. "But what a place to leave on!"

"Indeed, she has gotten a NINTH elimination. She has officially overtaken Goofy in THE MVP for the Tournament of Kikai!" Ashley nodded.

"And her elimination wasn't just a stroke of good luck." Drake said. "No, it was a proper one of Corrin from Super Smash Bros, using her Smash Ball to stun her long enough to get her out of the ring."

"She even helped her ally at the time eliminate THEIR opponent, but again, I am getting ahead of myself." Ashley said. "Do you think anyone would even come close to getting to her record?"

"Well, it is not out of the question, but it will be VERY close during how long the tournament will go." Drake pointed out. "Point is, Luna Loud has earned herself the title of a returnee Mystery Fighter for a second Tournament of Kikai!"

"OR have Nickelodeon Super Brawl Universe come as a returning node." Ashley noted.

Drake paused. "Or didn't you hear? There is going to be a console Nickelodeon game."

Ashley's eyes widened at this. "No lie?"

"No, it was literally revealed over a week ago!" Drake pointed out. "It even have rollback netnode! Something that even SMASH doesn't have!"

"Oh, wow." Ashley said in awe. His face then fell. "And I take it that Luna isn't in it."

"Well, it is very early on. However, yeah, the main Loud sister to be represented seems to be Lucy." Drake nodded.

"Oof, well, THAT is awkward." Ashley said. "Especially for those who will not be appearing in the game."

"Yeah, it sucks." Drake said before growling. "But I am glad that I don't have to face the cartoon version of Kid Danger. Say what you want about the live-action version, but the cartoon was a complete insult to that show."

"Well, what's done is done." Ashley shrugged. "In any case, while this IS an interesting topic to talk about, this is the Tournament of Kikai recap, not the Luna Loud recap."

"Yeah, yeah…" Drake said. He then made sure that his back was turned to Ashley and typed something on his phone. "Cacey, change Nickelodeon… Title. And send."

THE FLASH

NODE: DC COMICS/THE FLASH

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 214

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

"Is it me or are the original Justice League not doing too hot right now?" Ashley frowned.

"Yeah, you would have thought that at least one of them would be able to get more than one elimination so far." Drake noted (while hiding his phone). "...Then again, DC Comics actually have a surprisingly poor standing so far."

Ashley shook his head. "Well, to be fair, it is not like they aren't getting eliminations, which is what the Flash did to Ryu from Street Fighter V. The latter may have experience fighting fast opponents, but the Flash isn't just your ordinary speedster."

"And to be fair, one could argue that he got eliminated by a cheap shot." Drake noted.

RYUJI YAMAZAKI

NODE: KING OF FIGHTERS/FATAL FURY

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 216

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

"Damn, I knew that Yamazaki was a threat, but getting unlucky not once, but TWICE on the wheel and still managed to do well." Ashley said in awe.

"See, what did I tell you?" Drake smirked. "For context, Yamazaki's punishments are having his Orochi powers sealed AND losing his sight. Do you think that would stop him? Hell no!"

"Indeed, using his knife skills and his… Lack of sanity, he managed to overpower the equally insane Painwheel from Skullgirls." Ashley said. "...I am still in awe of someone who gets unlucky twice and STILL makes it in."

"What did I tell you!? This isn't his first rodeo!" Drake gloated.

JERRY

NODE: TOM AND JERRY

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 228

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

"And while this is arguably HIS first rodeo, that still didn't stop Jerry from getting an elimination!" Drake smirked.

"Indeed. He was up against Pichu from Super Smash Bros, who despite being a BABY Pokemon, is much stronger than he looks. Even when the wheel handicapped him!" Ashley said. He then paused. "The wheel DID handicapped him, right?"

"Technically, basically, Pichu has been given the same shock collar that Kagome has gotten which will shock him whenever he uses an electric attack.." Drake said. "But considering that not only is Pichu's an ELECTRIC Pokemon, but his attacks also cause recoil damage."

Ashley paused. "...Monokuma is ironically getting unlucky with the unlucky fighters, isn't he?"

"Pretty much. But despite this, Jerry overpowered Pichu and eliminated him." Drake said. "Not bad for someone up against someone who was in the Final 4 at the second Megamix Tournament."

PROTOMAN

NODE: MEGAMAN

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 230

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

"Heh. Not going to lie, I didn't expect Protoman to get an elimination of all people." Ashley said in awe. "Especially compared to Megaman and Roll."

"Yeah, and over BOWSER of all people too." Drake mused. "Normally, I would bet on him to win."

"The issue wasn't that you betted on Bowser over Protoman." Ashley said, rolling his eyes. "The issue is that you betted that you were the one to break the curse."

Drake winced. "C-Cut me some slack."

"Oh, while I won't elaborate right now, Protoman got tossed not too soon after!" Ashley reminded.

"Considering what happened to other people in this section, he wasn't tossed THAT soon." Drake muttered.

"Quit making excuses and let's move to the next fighter!" Ashley scolded.

RAMON

NODE: KING OF FIGHTERS XIV

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 233

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

"Heh, what a coincidence, Ramon is the latest fighter revealed for King of Fighters XV and here he is with an impressive showing." Drake smirked.

"Granted, he didn't get much screentime in his elimination of his nodal companion, Iori, but he still managed to show off his stuff against his opponent, even if he was eliminated by them." Ashley noted.

"Also, he got lucky by the wheel and got to steal a weapon from someone. But considering what happened with Isaac, he wisely chose not to." Drake said.

"After setting him up like that, I wouldn't trust that "reward" either." Ashley muttered.

ALICE

NODE: KING OF FIGHTERS XIV/FATAL FURY

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 239

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

"And from one King of Fighters rep to another is Alice!" Ashley noted. "Though it is a less traditional elimination."

"Yeah, it turns out that Psycho Mantis jackass hijacking Rosalina from Super Smash Bros' mind had a more drastic effect on her than we initially thought." Drake frowned. "Trust me, I know how that feels."

"Drake…" Ashley said, sympathetically.

"But yeah, between that and being caught in that quintuple elimination has taken a lot out of her." The vampire said. "So she asked one of the nurses to eliminate her."

"Alice does so…" Ashley said before sighing. "We are going to the people who actually survived the section. Normally, we wouldn't do it this way, but it is impossible to do it CONSIDERING who eliminated her."

PRINCESS DAISY

NODE: SUPER SMASH BROS/SUPER MARIO BROS

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 240

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 1

"...Not too long after Alice eliminated Rosalina, Daisy eliminated her." Ashley sighed.

Drake frowned. "...You would think that Daisy would have waited a few more seconds until Alice was ready."

Ashley just rolled his eyes. "Well, that's Daisy for you. She is not the type to wait around."

"Still not a good way to get an elimination. Especially going into the next round." Drake noted. "Then again, Wolf did a similar thing to Lucas and he survived the upcoming section."

BENTLEY

NODE: SLY COOPER

ENTERED IN: Section 10; Number 210

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 3

Ashley looked in awe. "Okay, I know that Bentley was tough with his previous eliminations of Rainbow Mika and Auron. But even Ganondorf from Super Smash Bros too?"

"I am just as stunned as you." Drake noted. "Especially since I thought that Ganondorf would at least get one elimination."

"But that is the nature of these tournaments, right?" Ashley asked before smiling. "Someone you see big upsets and I can't even think of a bigger upset like this."

"Yeah, and he has officially become the sole Sly Cooper MVP!" Drake grinned. "Not surprising that the main Cooper trio is doing well!"

"Do you think Sly will do just as well when he comes out?" Ashley asked.

"Um, duh? It is Sly freaking Cooper!" Drake smirked.

ZANGIEF

NODE: STREET FIGHTER V

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 221

OVERALL ELIMINATION: 2

"Heh. Anyone surprised that the Red Cyclone made it!" Drake smirked.

"With a decent showing so far." Ashley added. "Sure, he ended up being knocked into a fight by Donkey Kong and Tom, but he quickly recovered to help Rosalina & Luma and Even from Kingdom Hearts against the latter's nodal companion, Xemnas."

"When Even finally got enough data to create several shadow copies of Xemnas, Zangief and Even decided to settle who gets to eliminate him the old-fashioned way." Drake said before smirking. "And knocking the living lights out of each other."

"Of course, Ridley, more or less beat them to the punch at this point, but eh." Ashley shrugged. "Zangief won even though we didn't see much of the fight."

"But we DID see more of him AND Ramon against each other. Classic wrestler versus luchador wrestler!" Drake grinned. "And in the end, Zangief won out with the classic Spinning Piledriver!"

"Even if it is because of the King of Smashers round, it is still rare for a Street Fighter character to get double eliminations." Ashley nodded.

TOM

NODE: TOM AND JERRY

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 220

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 2

"Well, I am!" Drake grinned. "Tom actually pulled one over on Jerry!"

"Yes, even though his elimination of Inkling from Super Smash Bros was by complete accident as he was spending most of his time in the arena running away from Donkey Kong, he makes up for it by finally getting one over on Jerry!" Ashley added.

"Granted, it was a cheap shot, but let's be fair. Tom wouldn't have won in a fair fight." Drake shrugged. "You gotta do what you gotta do."

"I want to say that after eliminating Jerry, he shouldn't have much to worry about." Ashley mused. "But knowing Tom's luck, it is just the tip of the iceberg. But for now, let's let him bask in his victory."

PUDDING FONG

NODE: TOKYO MEW MEW

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 224

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 2

CHOWDER & KIMCHI

NODE: CARTOON NETWORK: PUNCH-TIME EXPLOSION/CHOWDER

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 225

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 2

Ashley raised an eyebrow. "...Huh. That is the shortest fighter skip we had thus far. We only had to do Tom first."

"Yeah, but otherwise, it is impossible NOT to pair these two together." Drake said. "I mean seriously, they enter around the same time around the Contessa from Sly Cooper!"

"And they have proven just as… Irritating to fight against as they were in the Side Battle." Ashley noted. "Not even having Ridley from Super Smash Bros as a partner could help."

"Or having the Contessa being thrown a bone thanks to the wheel and given a laser gun and decided to do a Limit Break with each other." Drake said. "Not that it wouldn't do any damage, but the two thought quickly and did their own Limit Break."

"In the end, the kids' Limit Break overpowered the villains' own." Ashley nodded. He then took a deep sigh. "Next, we get to Pudding's second elimination aka the first expulsion ever in the history of UVR history."

"Basically, you know how Palutena would give Pit guidance during not only Uprising, but also in the "Palutena's Guidance" of Super Smash Bros." Drake noted. "However, Pudding literally walked to Pit, who was currently fighting Beetlejuice and…"

"Okay, time out! YES, Pudding is as hyper as Pinkie Pie, but she doesn't have the fourth-wall awareness that Pinkie does!" Ashley scolded.

"Well, she IS becoming friends with Chowder." Drake shrugged.

"Yeah, but Chowder doesn't have THAT much fourth-wall awareness either!" Ashley pointed out.

Drake frowned. "...I think you should let it go. Because I don't think you are going to get an answer any time soon."

Ashley just scoffed. "Fine… So anyway, getting a rulebook… Out of nowhere. She told Xero that Pit was cheating by having outside help from Palutena. Now I admit that I said some… Less than positive things about Xero, but when he gets serious, he gets serious."

"Yeah, he was so pissed at Pit that he disqualified him from the tournament. Like he didn't even make him jump into an elimination portal." Drake winced. "He straight up made Pit make a shameful walk up the ramp."

"Beetlejuice, who was the only one who saw Palutena from the start, wasn't happy that Pudding got the… Elimination of Pit." Ashley said. "However, he was immediately distracted by Chowder flicking a beetle out of the ring. Beetlejuice… Being Beetlejuice jumped out of the ring, but didn't fall into a portal because he… Stood over it?"

"But Chowder has eliminated him by literally spitting out an… Anchor at Beetlejuice?" Drake asked in disbelief. "But yeah, I knew those two would make the section."

Ashley rolled his eyes. "And did they ever…"

SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG

NODE: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 226

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 2

"Ah. Unsurprising that Shadow is off to a good start." Ashley smiled.

"Indeed, he is already proving why he keeps calling himself the Ultimate Life Form by outfoxing THE Pumpkin King, Jack Skellington from Kingdom Hearts." Drake noted.

"He also eliminated Yamazaki from King of Fighters XIV, which we unfortunately didn't see much more." Ashley frowned.

"That is to be expected in a King of Smashers round and it is not that we didn't see either fighter in action." Drake shrugged before sighing. "Though I am STILL disappointed because Yamazaki not only had his Orochi powers sealed, but also his literal sight."

"I could see what you mean. That fight would be great to watch. Ah well." Ashley shrugged.

SPYRO THE DRAGON

NODE: SPYRO THE DRAGON

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 232

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 2

"Okay, show of hands? Who is surprised that Spyro made the next round with two eliminations to his name?" Drake asked.

"Indeed. Granted, he DID start his run late into the tournament." Ashley noted. "In fact, he was actually watching Wolf from Super Smash Bros and Bean from Sonic the Hedgehog."

"However, he got impatient and just straight out rammed Bean out of the ring." Drake noted. "Wolf didn't like that and tried to fight him."

"The two fought hard, but overall, Spyro was the superior out of the two." Ashley said. "Showing out his hard head and elemental breaths!"

RATCHET & CLANK

NODE: PLAYSTATION ALL-STARS BATTLE ROYALE/RATCHET & CLANK

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 222

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 2

"I know that I am going to sound like a broken record, but is anyone surprised by this outcome?" Drake asked.

"Indeed, just like their eternal rivals, Jak & Daxter before them, they are one of the only ones of their node who have gotten two eliminations in the same section." Ashley said. "Granted, the first one is ANOTHER cheap shot, wow, there are a lot of those in this section and used a suction gun to literally suck in the Flash from DC Comics and use him as a projectile."

"The attack didn't connect and even if it did, nine times out of time, it will be either the Flash or the intended target, Dark Pit from Super Smash Bros would have gotten the elimination instead." Drake shrugged.

"To be fair, their elimination of said dark angel is much more impressive." Ashley noted. "When Dark Pit was going to use his Smash Ball, Ratchet & Clank reacted by getting out the RYNO V and easily overpowered him."

DONKEY KONG

NODE: SUPER SMASH BROS/DONKEY KONG

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 242

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 2

"And to no one's surprise, this is the last time, I promise!" Drake offered. "DK shows why he is the first member of the DK Crew!"

"Indeed." Ashley nodded. His face then fell. "However, he DID have a weak start by running around the arena, trying to get Tom and ended up interrupting several fights and knocking people into others. Heck, that is how Gang-Il was King of Fighters XIV was eliminated."

"True, but his elimination of Protoman from Megaman is much more impressive." Drake said. "Even when the robot had Corrin's sword aka the CHAINSAW SWORD. However, it was just a replica as DK promptly showed and he ended up using his Final Smash."

"Yeah, but now HE'S cursed!" Ashley pointed out. "HE has Luigi's Smash Ball!"

"So? I think he would be the one to break the curse!" Drake shrugged.

"You also said that BOWSER would be the one to break the curse." Ashley retorted. "Now only HE got eliminated, but so did Wolf and even Beetlejuice. Now even HE is immune to the curse!"

Drake winced. "Y-Yeah, but…"

"But nothing. Also, may I remind you that it was XERO and his WHEEL that supplied that Smash Ball?" Ashley asked.

"Okay, so sure Xero didn't have an outstanding streak thus far…" Drake sheepishly, admitted. "But if it IS his fault, what did he do?"

"Rolled it under a ladder? Had a black cat crossed it? Chuck it at a mirror?" Ashley asked.

Drake blinked twice. "...Dude, you are losing it."

"Not as much as DK in the section!" Ashley snapped.

Drake rolled his eyes.

YURI SAKAZAKI

NODE: KING OF FIGHTERS XIV/ART OF FIGHTING

ENTERED IN: Section 11; Number 237

OVERALL ELIMINATIONS: 2

Drake's eyes lit up. "Now THIS is something nobody saw coming!"

"For context, at both Battles of the Luminaries and the Okron Tournament, Yuri has failed to get a single elimination." Ashley noted. "However, not only did he manage to get one, but also TWO AND the top slot!"

"Indeed, granted, the first elimination was more of a team effort." Drake admitted. "Remember what we said about Luna Loud's Final Smash? While it also affected Yuri's opponent, her nodal companion, Mature."

"However, her actual elimination of the rocker girl Loud was more impressive." Ashley said. "Especially since Luna has fought nine different people and managed to overtake each and every one of them. And yet in the end, it was Yuri. Someone who hasn't had recent eliminations. Overcame any and all odds and defeated Luna."

"I can't think of a more deserving person to take the top slot." Drake smiled.

"Speaking of saying goodbye to Luna, we also say goodbye to Rosalina & Luma, Wolf, Bowser, Beetlejuice, Jack, Inkling, Painwheel, Ryu, the Flash, Yamazaki, Jerry, Ridley, Protoman, Ramon and Alice!"

With that, he started to pant heavily.

"And we say hello to Tom, Zangief, Ratchet & Clank, Pudding, Chowder & Kimchi, Shadow, Spyro, Yuri, Daisy and Donkey Kong." Drake said.

With that, he started to pant heavily as well. Then, his eyes bugged out in realization.

"Ash…?" Drake asked.

"Yes, Drake?" The wizard said.

"Have you noticed that the only person who lasted more than one section is Bentley?" The vampire asked.

"Yes and in a King of Smashers round as well." Ashley noted.

"Woah… It is as if this is because of the wheel and it is telling us "You want to beat or even tie Luna's record, y'all gotta work for it!" Drake said before smirking.

Ashley chuckled. "Indeed. If she didn't already set a high bar before… Anyway, onto the stats."

CURRENT MVPS

STREET FIGHTER V: Sakura Kasugano - 4 (Eliminated)

KING OF FIGHTERS XIV: Joe Higashi - 3 (Eliminated)

SUPER SMASH BROS: Rosalina & Luma - 6 (Eliminated)

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: Big the Cat - 4 (Eliminated)

SPYRO THE DRAGON: Agent 9 - 5 (Eliminated)

SLY COOPER: Bentley - 3 (Still in the ring)

KINGDOM HEARTS: Goofy - 8 (Eliminated)

PLAYSTATION ALL-STARS BATTLE ROYALE: Jak & Daxter - 4 (Eliminated)

MEGAMAN: Napalm Man - 1 (Eliminated)/Megaman - 1 (Eliminated)/Protoman - 1 (Eliminated)

DC COMICS: Clayface - 2 (Eliminated)/Raven - 2 (Eliminated)

TOKYO MEW MEW: Kisshu Ikasatashi - 4 (Eliminated)

SKULLGIRLS: Parasoul - 3 (Eliminated)

BATTLE ARENA TOSHINDEN: Eiji Shinto - 1 (Eliminated)/Sofia - 1 (Eliminated)

CARTOON NETWORK: PUNCH-TIME EXPLOSION: Blossom - 2 (Eliminated)/Mojo Jojo - 2 (Eliminated)/Chowder - 2 (Still in the ring)

MYSTERY FIGHTERS: Luna Loud - 9 (Eliminated)

"Luna's high elimination count may be the highlight, but we cannot forget that Bentley has gotten his node out of the 2s." Drake noted.

"Unlike Megaman and CN: PTE." Ashley frowned. "They are just going to get stagnant stats at this point…"

"Well, at least Chowder has a strong chance of breaking the trend." Drake said. "As for Megaman… I can't tell you. I think the only one to break it is Roll. Even Megaman only got one elimination."

"Right…" Ashley sighed. "But anyway, despite getting the top slot, Yuri is unable to choose an envelope because the only one is "Unleash the Despair"."

"Well, to be fair, realistically nobody will willingly pick it and after what nearly happened to Wario, nobody would want to make that mistake of picking one at random." Drake nodded. "So yeah, I doubt Junko is going to wait."

Ashley rolled his eyes. "We will be right back. The major stars will be gone, but there is a lot to go over."

"And then some!" Drake smirked.

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