After three months of waiting and guessing, the ARMS character is... Min Min! I'm actually really happy about it, as she was basically my most wanted pick from the game.
Interesting tidbit as well... Min Min and I are both Chinese. You might see me typing Min Min's dialogue in Chinese on occasion.
I really haven't done one of these since January, goddamn.
"Excuse me, who ordered the duck noodles?"
Min Min stepped out of the kitchen holding a platter of food, and she looked around the inside of her family's incredibly busy ramen shop, the Mintendo Noodle House, before looking down at the ticket that the order was written on and muttered to herself, "Right, Table 17," walking over to the table and giving the customer their meal.
Before she could walk away to give out the rest of the orders, however, the customer asked, "Excuse me, miss?" As Min Min turned around, the customer continued, "You're Min Min from the ARMS Grand Prix, right?"
"...Yes, I am."
The customer lit up excitedly and said, "My children are really big fans of you!" Holding up a plush of one of her signature ARMs, the Dragon, she asked, "Can you sign this one, please? It's for my youngest."
「当然我可以！」Setting the platter aside on an empty table, Min Min took out a marker from her apron and signed the plushie before handing it back to the customer. Grabbing the platter of food, she walked over to the next table and gave that customer her order.
After a very busy day at work, the most notable event being a visit from the champion of the ARMS Grand Prix, it had finally reached closing time, and Min Min was in charge of locking up. After making sure that the ingredient storage was properly sealed and that the kitchen was tidy, Min Min made some final checks in the main dining area to make sure that there was nothing out of place before locking the restaurant's doors.
While before the ARMS World Grand Prix, she was mainly interested in helping her family's business, she had found life as a competitor to be incredibly exhilarating, and once the tournament had finished, she wanted to both compete and help her family at the same time, which was why she had invested her winnings for reaching a Top 3 position in the Grand Prix towards renovating and expanding her family's restaurant.
Putting on her hoodie, Min Min walked back to her apartment a few blocks away and took the building's elevator up to the fourth floor. Putting her elevator key card back in her pocket, Min Min checked her floor's mailbox, and used a key to unlock the one that corresponded to her room. Within the sea of fanmail she had gotten in recent times as a result of being an incredibly popular competitor in the Grand Prix, there was an envelope with a distinct red wax seal. Looking at it curiously, Min Min placed it on top of the pile of letters, muttering to herself, 「这是什么？」
Opening the door to her apartment, Min Min set the massive pile of letters down and closed her door before taking the topmost letter and opening it. Inside, there was a letter that read:
To Min Min,
Congratulations! You have been selected as one of the fighters of our esteemed Super Smash Bros. tournament!
In this tournament, you will meet champions, warriors, heroes, and villains from many, many different realms, and will duke it out in battles of various forms and gimmicks to claim victory!
In our fifth installment of this prestigious tournament, known in a multitude of universes, we have brought back every single person who has competed in any one of our tournaments at any given point. As such, with such a large and unique roster, we have given each and every one of you unique, stylized Fighter's Passes that will serve as a form of identification at any given point in the tournament.
Please note that if you so desire, your earnings from partaking in the Smash tournament can be converted to your realm's currency if you so wish when the tournament is over.
We hope to see you soon! Your Fighter's Pass is also contained within this envelope.
Sincerely,
Master Hand
Min Min reached into the envelope again, and she pulled out a small card that was decorated in orange and yellow markings while having a large black 78 on the front. A dark vortex suddenly opened itself in the middle of her room, catching Min Min off guard, but she quickly recovered and went to pack a bag of supplies, including three of her most important ARMS. Once she was sure she had packed everything, she took one last look around her apartment and said, "See you later," stepping into the portal.
Min Min came out on the other side of the portal and found herself standing in front of a particularly luxurious mansion, not unlike the one Twintelle had invited her and the others to stay in when they had to travel to Cinema Deux for the Grand Prix. Slipping on her mask, which immediately wrapped her arms in yellowish bands that peculiarly resembled ramen noodles, Min Min pushed open the door to the mansion, calling out, 「有没有人在这里？」
She got no response, which worried Min Min. Before she went to check out the other rooms, Min Min saw something on a table in the foyer, which she walked towards. On that table were five envelopes not unlike the one she had received, as well as six small black buttons, each of them corresponding to a letter with the lone exception of one on the far left of the table. Picking it up, Min Min's curiosity got the better of her, and she pushed the button, being immediately whisked away to a cliffside that was overlooking an ocean. In front of her was a massive vortex that crackled with black lightning on occasion. Though she was unnerved by the vortex, Min Min steeled her resolve, tightened the strap on her bag, and hopped into the portal.
When the darkness from the portal cleared, Min Min found herself up in the air before landing on a heavy metal sheet which made a loud noise when she made contact with it, causing her to quietly curse, 「该死的！」
As she attempted to walk away, she was accosted by what appeared to be a blue, bipedal jackal who held a spiked paw to her face while said paw was glowing with a mysterious blue light. Just as Min Min began to reach into her bag for an ARM to defend herself with, she heard a voice say, "Wait, Lucario! Ask her for a Fighter's Pass."
The bluish light on the jackal's paw disappeared, and he lowered it before telepathically communicating to Min Min, "My apologies for my behavior just now. May I see your Fighter's Pass if you happen to own one?"
Min Min replied, "Sure," digging through her bag to receive the card that had come with her envelope. Retrieving it, she passed it to the jackal, who she had learned was called Lucario.
Lucario looked at the girl's Fighter's Pass thoroughly before looking back at the girl herself, before returning the card back to her and saying, "Follow me." Lucario led her back to the campsite that Mario and the others had set up, while Marth came back to his side, silently chastising him for intending to attack first instead of asking questions. After a small pause, Lucario called out, "Hey, Mario!"
"What-a is it, Lucario?"
"I think we may have found one of Master Hand's super late tournament invitees."
From behind Lucario, Min Min looked over his shoulder at the group of strangers in front of her, and she quietly waved, saying, "Hello."
One of them, a short man in plumber's overalls and a red cap, cheerfully replied, "Oh hello, it's-a good to meet you! My name's Mario, what's-a yours?"
"Min Min."
"Nice to-a meet you, Min Min!" At that point, Mario's stomach growled, causing him to flush slightly while behind him, Bowser suppressed a snort of laughter.
Min Min, having heard said growling, set her backpack down and looked at the others in the group, which consisted of a quiet blonde kid, a masked puffball holding a serrated blade, a young man with wild spiky hair, a muscular blonde man in a hat, a sleeping pink balloon, and a large dragon turtle. Attempting to break the ice a bit, Min Min asked, "Are any of you hungry?"
The dragon turtle and the blonde man seemed to be the only ones to react to her question (both had nodded), and Min Min quietly pulled out cooking supplies from her bag until she had created a crude makeshift kitchen by the fire that the others had gathered around.
"Do you want any of-a us to help? We can if you want us to."
Min Min shook her head at Mario's offer, though she did appreciate the gesture, and stretched her arms out before getting to work on making ramen.
After dropping off each the four Heroes, Terry, and Byleth in either tense situations or in the middle of a fight, I thought it'd be a nice change of pace to have Min Min come in at a relatively peaceful moment for one group.
Also, side note, her being a cook might lead to me overdoing it a bit when it comes to food in the main story, just let me know in World of Light if the cooking gets too excessive.
Translation note(s):
当然我可以！means "Of course I can!"
这是什么？means "What is this?"
有没有人在这里？means "Is anyone here or not?"
该死的！means "Damn it!"