Faker, Joker, Ice Climbers, Ryu, Snake, Mega Man, Pichu, Duck Hunt, Isabelle, Lucas, Donkey Kong, PAC-MAN, Olimar, Marth, and Mario continued up the mountain after noticing the snowy storm was also gone. They suddenly looked to their right, seeing a vast solar system right next to them. The planets were rather small and connected by paths of light blocked by asteroids, but the background and landscape made it plausible for anyone to believe they have caught a glimpse of space.

"I see the path to the Galeem Void!" Faker told the group, noticing a line between the tiny planets that led all the way to the brightness of the Galeem Void, with the Northern Barrier glowing yellow and pulsing steadily.

"What's that over there?" Joker asked, noticing an abandoned ship near the edge of the landscape. As the fighters approached, they noticed it was the Great Fox, all ruined and turned into rubble.

"This baby shouldn't be too hard to fix!" a high-pitched voice spoke out from the team, clearly not part of the fighters. It was, in fact, the Slippy Toad Spirit the group rescued back at the power plant earlier. As the Werewolf had explained, this Spirit was obligatory despite how annoying he was.

"All it needs is a little tweaking!" Slippy continued, floating towards the destroyed Great Fox. The anthropomorphic toad floated through the walls and began repairing the wreckage from the inside. Only seconds had passed before the Great Fox was shaped up good as new.

"Let's go," Marth said, walking into the ship's steel door. The other Smashers joined him, and the ship closed shortly after. The Great Fox switched to auto-pilot mode and departed from the icy ground, ejecting into the space area. For a while, the fighters could relax again after traveling for so long.

Joker looked out into the stars, noticing the scenery itself was fake and the planets themselves were nothing more than large, flat discs. The Phantom Thief pressed his red-gloved hand against the thick glass window, and Mario walked in to his right.

"…You miss them, don't you?" Mario asked. According to the plumber, Joker had something on his mind that involved his past companions.

"…You know what happened to those that either fought or defended against the light, right?" Joker asked.

"Of course," Mario answered. "Everyone has been transformed into Spirits, with Normals accessing solid matter at will and Masters unable to touch anything without a vessel for possession despite having abilities for more powerful assistance. All of our friends were captured by the light, transformed into our Trophy forms, and used as cloning machines for Supporters: unique Shadow Bug clones that require Spirits to enhance their strength but are otherwise immobilized. With the Lock, which was crafted from our Smash Balls, Master Legendries – the most powerful Spirits out there – are bound to our bodies until death under Galeem's orders, making us Primaries. The Fighter Spirits are afterwards banished into exile, waiting for someone to reawaken and save them…"

"That was pretty dark, but I was just asking what happened to my friends," Joker answered.

"Oh," Mario noted. "They probably became what I described…"

"…Do you want to know how I really survived the Movement of the Light?" Joker asked.

"Movement of the Light?" Mario responded in question.

"That's the name I apparently came up with," Joker continued. "Before, I was lying to you people how I survived mainly because I thought you were spies and you didn't act friendly before… Now that I managed to gain your trust, I guess it's time to tell you how I did it…

"Back at Earth, I was just simply resting, ready for a busy day of finals the next week. I was also tired from traveling to the Metaverse and changing the hearts of wicked people by stealing their shadow-versions' treasures. As soon as I fell asleep, a light as bright as the sun shined through my window. At first, I thought it was daytime already despite my alarm clock reading 10:00 P.M., and the news on the TV were getting the same complaints as well. Everyone, including me, walked into the store streets of Tokyo and looked up into the sky to see what appeared to be a meteor shower shining as bright as the sun. However, before we knew what happened, the "meteorites" curved in towards us and attacked.

"There was nothing but a panic throughout the city. People being burned alive, children crying, church and temple bells around the world ringing that it was 'Judgement Day'. I tried to hide between the buildings and call my friends about the situation, but the moment I saw them through a face cam app, it was too late. I quickly ran off on my separate path instead of heading to the nearest airport and subway trains. Taping the app that took me to the Metaverse on my smartphone, I traveled to the parallel dimension of Mementos before the lights devoured me.

"I appeared in my Phantom Thief form, suddenly aware that the light beams were in Mementos too. They were that powerful. As the lights consumed all matter, I pulled out my Wild Card and used every Persona I had in my inventory. Both the Metaverse and the real world were being consumed by the light, and all of my Personas came up with a plan. All of the Personas left the Wild Card I was using to fight off the light, and Arsene was the only one to transport me to a gateway between Mementos and Earth: a place where the light could not reach.

"As soon as the light vanished, I woke up in a strange new world. My mask was by my side, and I saw Arsene was badly wounded by that time. I also saw the Wild Card was burned away, meaning I only had a few days left to use only one or two Personas at a time, excluding Arsene since he was bound to my mask, who all vanished shortly after I met you guys. I was met up by Piranha Plant and four other survivors, who found different ways of being consumed by the light.

"For the Piranha Plant, we had no idea how he really survived. That flower did not even have enough intelligence levels to write or even speak. The best guess we could come up with was hiding in a sewage pipe in time. Regardless, we departed from each other, and we hope to see each other again soon…"

"Incoming signal," Snake alerted the other fighters. On his radar, Snake noticed an enemy vehicle approaching the Great Fox.

"Identify the intruder and put it on-screen," Ryu commanded. With the best of his ability, Snake managed to adjust to the ship's complicated controls and quickly brought up the camera screen. What they saw was an Arwing attempting to barrel-roll through the ship's hull. The Arwing itself had no idea it was unsuccessful.

The camera zoomed in on the Arwing, and the Smashers pieced together that it was battered and busted, just like how it appeared when Galeem burned Falco through the starship he was traveling in. Despite having lost some major parts, like several wings and the roof of the cockpit, the ship somehow functioned on its own as though it was a zombie.

The camera zoomed in closer. As the fighters adjusted the ship's lens, they found out it was Falco Lombardi himself trying to break through the hull in a busted Arwing. The red eyes and white aura gave away the fact he was also under Galeem's possession as a Primary through the Lock.

"I'll go in to rescue Falco," Mario told his friends. "The rest of you all get rid of those asteroids." The red plumber started running towards the deck. However, when he arrived without assistance, there were no Arwings in sight. Irritated, Mario had to open the emergency airlock room next to the Arwing parking deck.

"I guess we'll do this the hard way then," Mario sighed, ready to jump out. The red plumber was starting to remember the days he traveled through space to rescue Peach and the Comet Observatory, and he did not rely on the usage of at least an astronaut suit to survive in space. After the airlock closed and a second door outside of the Great Fox opened, Mario quickly jumped out. As mentioned before, Mario was okay when he was floating in the strange space area, almost like he was the bottom of a pool.

Mario floated as fast as he could towards the broken Arwing, and the red plumber quickly grabbed onto the ship's hull. The Falco Primary stopped what he was doing and quickly noticed Mario trying to break into the Arwing. With a swing from his legs, Mario busted the cockpit window open. The Falco Primary immediately pulled out his blaster, but Mario quickly grabbed the captured fighter and tossed him out of the Arwing. The Great Fox stopped the engines for a while to see Mario grabbing the Arwing itself. Throwing the broken starship with immense force, Mario aimed for the Falco Primary, who was sitting on one of the disc-shaped planets at that time. The captured fighter quickly jumped out of the way, dodging the explosion from the Arwing.

Mario quickly jumped off another flat planet, trying to catch up with the Falco Primary in such low gravity. The captured fighter kept firing his lasers and kicking out its reflector, but the red plumber quickly caped the projectiles back at the Falco Primary. Mario grabbed the anthropomorphic bird, ready to punch once he saw what Master Legendary Spirit was possessing one of his friends this time. It was the legendary Pokémon Lugia, who was also one of the Pokémon freed from the Yggdrasil explosion a while ago in the form of a Spirit. Mario tossed the Falco Primary near the Great Fox, slamming the Star Fox mercenary into the hull. The two fighters kept attacking each other until they both got sucked back into the ship's airlock, which was still open during that time.

"A little help-a here!" Mario exclaimed, signaling his friends to cover him up as he kept fighting the Falco Primary. The ship's speakers quickly picked up the situation, and the whole group ran in to protect the red plumber.

Once the Falco Primary pinned Mario to the floor, he sat up on the plumber's body and pointed his blaster at Mario's head. Joker quickly pulled out his gun and fired straight for the captured fighter's cranium. After the bullet flew straight through the Falco Primary's head, the captured fighter fell limp and died, with none of the fighters getting the chance to go through the Spirit Roulette again. The Galeem Lock was broken, and the Lugia Spirit flew free. Falco Lombardi himself, despite being shot in the head, was healed and reawakened.

"…What happened?" Falco asked, clenching his feathery head. "I feel like I've got a splitting headache…"

"He he… my fault," Joker shyly answered, hiding the gun in his jacket. Mario quickly got up, patting the Star Fox mercenary's shoulder. During that fight with Falco, the Great Fox managed to clear the asteroids from the light path, and it was heading straight for the Galeem Void trapped in the Northern Barrier.


Inside the castle, Kirby, Pikachu, Piranha Plant, Yoshi, Villager, Jigglypuff, Sheik, Inkling, Mii Swordfighter, Little Mac, Captain Falcon, Wii Fit Trainer, Link, Dr. Mario, and Fox with the Eldest Fab Fairy began looking around for the target for their plan to overthrow Galeem. An ocean of lava covered the structure's floor, scalding the stone pathways to heating temperatures. Lava monsters swam in between the gaps, Dry Bones were walking in the distance, and other enemies from the Mushroom Kingdom plagued the way to Bowser's throne.

"I'm guessing these were what Bulbin and his men were dragging in, huh?" Little Mac asked.

"Oh my," the Eldest Fab Fairy Spirit said. "Don't worry if any of you get hurt. My spells will heal you back to normal… that is unless you cook in the lava first." As the fighters progressed through the castle, fighting various enemies like Koopas and Goombas, they suddenly stumbled across a pathway. There was nothing but air, but flimsy strings colored blue traced out a path to the next stone pillar.

Piranha Plant looked around to see what he could find. Much to his surprise, he saw a P Switch the same color as the lines just next to the path. Once the carnivorous flower spat out a spiky ball, it hit the P Switch and the blue-colored bridge appeared out of thin air. All of the fighters noticed what happened, and they knew how to solve this puzzle.

Traveling through the castle, each of the fighters attacked waves of Mushroom Kingdom enemies, and they were activating different-colored P Switches to access more bridges. For each bridge they accessed and each pipe they slipped through, each of the fighters were getting closer to Bowser's throne. All they needed to access was one more P Switch: one that was black and connected all the way to the throne.

"Almost there," Gilbert addressed. "Just need to touch that P Switch and we'll be on our way- are you kidding me!?" The Mii Swordfighter was just interrupted by the sound of a cage rolling down from the ceiling in chains, descending to the stone pillar that the fighters were standing on right in front of the black P Switch. As soon as the unlocked cage opened, a familiar pink slipper poked out.

"…Could it be?" Sheik asked. Walking out of the open cage was the Peach Primary. She had already plucked a handful of white turnips with different faces on them, and she was ready to toss them at the fighters. The Spirit that was possessing Peach through the Galeem Lock was the Shadow Queen from Mario's adventures through the Thousand-Year Door.

"Looking for someone?" the Peach Primary asked in a calm yet intimidating voice. By the moment she finished, King Bulbin and his Bokoblin army cornered the fighters by surrounding them throughout the stone pillar. The Peach Primary stepped in front, with a small group of Bokoblins behind her. Noticing that the Piranha Plant was the one that started the idea of jumping on P Switches, the captured fighter grabbed the carnivorous flower and vanished through a vortex. The other Bokoblin were ready to attack the other fighters.

Each Smasher was set to fight each incoming group of Bokoblins. With their skills and brawns, the fighters swatted down all of those Hyrulean monsters like flies. Punches and kicks flew around, and it was to the point where most of the Bokoblins that were either waiting for a turn to attack or lunged in for the kill were tossed into the lava by their own kind's bodies whacking into them. King Bulbin was ready to charge on his steed Lord Bullbo into the crossfire, but Fox quickly grabbed the Bokoblin's spear and kicked Lord Bullbo's face at the same time. Once the war hog was knocked unconscious, King Bulbin was tossed onto the ground by the accelerated force of his own weapon, and Link pointed the Master Sword at the king's neck.

"I see you have bested my forces," King Bulbin addressed. "I only serve those that have defeated me in battle, just so you know." When several more Bokoblin arrived, King Bulbin raised his hand, signaling his troops to hold their fire. Once everything seemed to have calmed down, Pikachu hopped towards the black P Switch and pressed it. The black bridge appeared, providing a path to Bowser's throne.

"Now that the Bokoblin clan has been defeated by the teamwork of your mighty powers, we will accept whatever quest you have for us," King Bulbin continued.

"Well first off, you can help take me back to my sister's," the Eldest Fab Fairy spoke up. "With my powers, I can already sense they are at the gate to the Sky Temple. However, I would like someone to show me the way." The Master Advanced Spirit floated towards the Bokoblins.

"How do we know if you're not going to take her away?" Fox asked, keeping his blaster next to his side.

"Like the Werewolf, we too deserve freedom," King Bulbin confessed. "We can't handle being under Galeem's control anymore, but we had stuck to our promise that I will serve those that have defeated me. Turns out you people were no different." The Bokoblin army then rode off from the castle, with the Eldest Fab Fairy floating behind them. As soon as both the Bokoblin army and the Fab Fairy have disappeared, a vortex appeared behind the fighters, and Piranha Plant carrying an unconscious Peach in his leaves appeared. The Shadow Queen Spirit floated out from the vanishing portal with the white mist of the Galeem Lock, and both of those mysterious entities floated right into Kirby. Another vision began inside the pink puffball's mind.


Kirby appeared back on the planet of Majikku, home of the Magic Rainbolement. The pink puffball saw that the Dragosmo students, who were all fully-matured adults, were already finished with their final technique at the roots of the giant tree, and the two generals walked towards the students to give his thanks.

"You did well, my students," Sozo congratulated. "You have spent the last ten years training and harnessing each of the seven Rainbolements within all of you. Hopefully you have also learned their morals. By this point, you are on the path to becoming true defenders of Arcus, meaning you may have to do you best for the Dragosmo festival this year, otherwise you will be stuck here for another ten years. Within a week after we get back home, we all expect you to improvise with your special skills, whether working alone or as a team. Now that our lessons are truly over, we will head back home to Arcus." Sozo and Hakai took off into the nighttime skies and flew all the way back to the Sky Temple Training Arena. All of the other Dragosmos were heading back, and Ultima stayed around for a while longer to wait for the Queen of the Winged Unicorns to trot towards her. The mythical horse herself was guarded by two centaurs.

"We will miss you terribly," the queen spoke telepathically. Ultima turned around and nodded in agreement.

"It really was an honor spending ten years in space and other planets, learning about the solar system's history," Ultima addressed. "Thank you for everything." The black dragoness was spreading her wings, ready to head back. However, the winged unicorn had something to say.

"I also wish good luck for your brothers, no matter how strong their conflict is," the queen noted. Ultima froze in place for a split second, remembering the Minister of the Plant Wyverns reminding her of the Queen of the Winged Unicorns having a solution to their problems.

"You… know about my brothers? Galeem and Phoenix?" Ultima asked.

"The Magic Rainbolement allows us to see the impossible," the magical horse answered. "Though they don't act like it, they will be a part of something greater." Ultima lowered her rainbow-spectrum wings back on her back, and she slowly walked towards the winged unicorn.

"Something… greater?" the dragoness questioned. The queen then tapped her front hoof on the soil, alerting Ultima to bow before her. The dragon willingly obeyed, and the Queen of the Winged Unicorns moved close enough so that her single horn touched Ultima's forehead. A bright light slowly gleaned between the two creatures, and the winged unicorn slowly backed away while neighing, trauma in her sparkling-blue eyes. The two centaurs bodyguards quickly laid hands on the queen, comforting her.

"What is it?" Ultima asked, getting up from her spot.

"Your brothers will fight one another eventually, and it would be more than just how many friends they have," the queen answered telepathically. "Your future will be grim and unpredictable, making it impossible to stop. All you can do is pray you survive the events."

"Survive? Grim and unpredictable? What's going on?" Ultima asked, a little terrified.

"They may have set aside their differences for now, but your brothers have their visions clouded with judgement over the darkness and light," the queen answered. "There may be arguments which could be valid at times, but they will eventually find the Mother…"

"The Mother?" Ultima asked.

"She is the true source of all insanity," the Queen if the Winged Unicorns answered. "Galeem and Phoenix will fight against each other for dominance over popularity, but the Mother will find ways to grant them power. The ancient writings will give your brothers ways to destroy everything and make us all perish. She will permanently corrupt them, and there would be nothing you can accomplish to undo their ways."

"You mean I have to… kill them at some point!?" Ultima asked, terrified.

"They will fall, and balance will be restored, but not by your fangs," the queen continued telepathically. "Only through summoning the warriors of the past will our legacy be able to survive. All you need is the hearts of the planets in our solar system, the stones of darkness and light, and a gift from an all-powerful deity; combine them all into one and you can draw in fighters of many universes. Hurry, before it is too late…" Ultima quickly flew back to the flying stadium, coming in by diving in from the top and landing on the arena's central stage. The blue barrier formed around the arena one last time, and the rockets boosted the building out of the planet. The dragoness rubbed her face, scared about the thoughts of her two brothers becoming corrupted by some ancient texts.

A great war that may doom the multiverse as a whole? A being that will secretly change how their brothers behave? Balance and stuff? What kind of gibberish had that winged unicorn been cooking up? Ultima refused to believe that queen was telling the truth, but from her last years spent in Majikku, all creatures here never find this kind of shit that had hit the fan. Sooner or later, Galeem and Phoenix will fight, but not like any other family of dragons, and she could do nothing to stop their decisions. Something, or someone, more sinister was ready to play the cards, and she was waiting for the dragoness to fold.

If what that winged unicorn said was true, then I have the darkest of times for my future, Ultima thought. The dragoness watched the stars from above start to slow down, and the rocket engines purred quieter. As soon as the blue barrier dropped to reveal the clear-blue skies of Arcus, Ultima charged up the Air Rainbolement inside her and flew off as fast as the wind. The black dragoness left the Sky Temple Training Arena before any of the other Dragosmos, including Phoenix and Galeem, could even depart from the stadium after ten long years.

Ultima looked down on the land below her. She noticed the land looked slight more green than when she first saw it. Arcus and its colorful skies did not even look a day different. She saw the Civiltatula in the distance in all its glory, admiring how all those huts and stone buildings decorated the City of Dragons. Kirby was riding on her back this whole time, undetected due to the fact that it was a vision.

Now that Ultima had harnessed the power of all seven Rainbolements, it was easier for her to trace a way back to the nest she and her brothers were born in. As Ultima flew as fast as lightning to her home, Kirby's vision was glowing white, meaning it was over for now.


The pink demon squinted his eyes, his body adjusting to these visions at random. Princess Peach poked his squishy face, waking him up.

"Kirby?" Peach asked. "Are you okay?" The pink alien nodded in response, quickly standing up.

"We better get a move-on," Fox told the gang. "Our only chance is to head to that throne and meet our opponent." The Star Fox mercenary then ran across the black bridge, with Kirby, Link, Piranha Plant, Dr. Mario, Sheik, Villager, Inkling, Little Mac, Yoshi, Wii Fit Trainer, Jigglypuff, Lucario, Pikachu, and now Peach following after him.

The fighters got to the stairs of the throne pillar, where torches were lit up on the sides. In front was a throne covered in various bull horns, and sitting in it was the Bowser Primary himself.

"So… you made it all this way to my castle," a deep voice spoke from the captured fighter. "You know how much Lord Galeem hates to wait for his opponents…" The fighters were already locked in their battle positions, ready to take on the Koopa King that had fallen under the Seraph of Order's power.

"If you want to know who is possessing your villainous friend here, I'll give you a hint," the voice addressed. With a snap of his fingers, the Bowser Primary lowered three cages from the ceiling. In there were different Mii Fighters; though they were under Galeem's control, the Bowser Primary emitted purple flames from his claws. The captured Miis' faces started glowing white, and their faces were ripped off. The Bowser Primary then stuck the faces back on the Mii's just for a demonstration of his powers.

"Of course," Gilbert told his friends. "This is the Dark Lord we're up against, and he was a major threat in an unknown world known as Miitopia. That would probably explain why the Fab Fairies hold such a strong presence here…" The Bowser Primary, under control of the Dark Lord, noticed the Piranha Plant.

"I didn't think I would run into one of Bowser's most loyal minions here," the Bowser Primary snarled, pointing at Piranha Plant.

"He may not seem like it, but Piranha Plant is the spiritual reincarnation of Petey Piranha!" Link exclaimed.

"But do you know why he is in this form…?" the Bowser Primary continued. "Let's take a leap into his long-forgotten memories, shall we?" The Bowser Primary then caused the Piranha Plant to jerk and spasm chaotically, letting him drop to the warm stone floor. The fighters saw a moving image of a budding flower rising from the ashes, looking exactly similar to the flower Sonic the Hedgehog had stumbled upon while he was searching for his friends. A gloved hand from the blue blur touched it's soft, delicate stem.

"Don't worry, little buddy," Sonic said to the flower in the memory flash. "We'll make this end soon. I'm sure of it. You'll grow up to be the first and the most beautiful flower to ever survive the Subspace Apocalypse." A tear landed on the bud, and it bloomed into a beautiful white flower as soon as Sonic was gone.

"As you can see, that flower is, unbelievably, Piranha Plant," the Bowser Primary said. "Ten years after the events of the Subspace Emissary, Petey Piranha was one of the fallen bosses. However, his legacy was not forgotten by the Mushroom Kingdom enemies. Early prototypes for a revival machine powered by the Phantom Ruby and Shadow Synergy Stone were planned for the Subspace Army. However, a freak accident occurred when both stones were unstable, since they did not originally have a vessel, and all that remained was a seed of the once-powerful Piranha Plant.

"He was reincarnated in the form of a perineal flower, one of whose species was undiscovered by any intelligent species ever. Repeating itself in a cycle for ten years. Untouched. Until that blue hedgehog that caused everyone's troubles to begin with woke it up from its dormant sleep. That tear on its petals was that of a warrior who was unaffected by a trophy transformation, so a spark of light triggered inside the flower.

"Petey Piranha regained his memories, but he was unable to act until Galeem destroyed everything. The flower itself had survived through the planet's drastic change. After Joker and four other warriors crash-landed on Gallia, they stumbled across the plant. Interested in his care, they took him in and he grew up into nothing more than an ordinary Piranha Plant. The process of change itself took five long years before they were all detected by Galeem's forces and they went their separate ways."

"Five years?" Wii Fit Trainer asked. The Bowser Primary growled in guilt, knowing he had spoiled the team's time.

"When you have gained the knowledge of Galeem, you know just about everything," the Bowser Primary continued. "And five years waiting for someone to bring your Spirits their bodies back is an eternity. Once Kirby arrived, the Forgotten Resistance emerged from the shadows, now having their chance to strike back. To that pink puffball, it was only a minute." Kirby was surprised by what that Warp Star of his managed to accomplish – time travel into the future. None of the other Smashers could believe anything. They still stood their battle positions as the Bowser Primary got up from his throne.

"Was that too much of an information dump?" the captured fighter finished. "Don't worry: I'll make this quick." The stone pillar everyone was standing on started rumbling, and it quickly accelerated into the air. The ground itself shaped into the Final Destination layout like for all the other Primaries. This time however, the Bowser Primary did not grab a random opponent and draw them in through some vortex. The background changed to mimic a scenery of clouds in the daylight.

"Let me show you what happens when you double-cross a boss that protects the Galeem Void!" the Dark Lord inside Bowser's body said. Bowser's body then started clenching his body in pain. Somehow, the Spirit of the Dark Curse was triggering some sort of transformation inside him. Through a light-green flash, his own body grew larger, and his shell became more intimidating. Bowser's body became mutated in ways unimaginable, and his face spelled out nightmares. It was Giga Bowser. This abysmal creature roared out terror in the faces of the fighters.

Fox began coating his own body in flames, rising up and through Giga Bowser. Once the boss slammed his body down on the stage, all of the fighters jumped out of the way. Dr. Mario and Wii Fit Trainer threw whatever projectiles they had at the monster, hoping they could hold him back. Apparently, Giga Bowser also had super armor, making him hard to punish. Kirby, Villager, and Piranha Plant quickly jumped onto Giga Bowser's shell, jabbing as ferociously as they could. The boss felt the three fighters attacking on his shell, so he started spinning like his Whirling Fortress move but complete with ice particles, knocking them onto their feet.

This was the chance for Fox and Captain Falcon to attack, and they began rapidly punching and kicking at Giga Bowser's feet. The boss suddenly started breathing long streaks of fire at the Smashers. Link luckily ran in and blocked the flames with his Hylian Shield, protecting Fox and Captain Falcon. Fox McCloud jumped over Link and pulled out his reflector, sending Giga Bowser's flames back at the beast. Though he did not flinch from the reflected attack, Giga Bowser received a consecutive amount of damage.

Little Mac, Inkling, and Mii Swordfighter began dodging Giga Bowser's flaming-black claws, attacking when there was a window available. Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Yoshi, and Lucario all lunged towards Giga Bowser's face and clawed at him. Trying to coat his shell with lightning, the creature's vision was blurred and violet flames curled up between his horns. Kirby quickly saw what was going to happen next if his friends didn't stop immediately and quickly ran up towards the beast.

As soon as Giga Bowser was ready to use his smash attack, all of the fighters quickly jumped behind the boss due to how slow he really was, allowing Kirby to pull out his flaming hammer. With one mighty swing to the head, the pink demon knocked out Giga Bowser. Pieces of the boss's head flew in separate directions, and there was an aura inside the abysmal beast's skull. The glowing-white aura revealed Bowser himself inside the boss, freed from a peculiar position of the Galeem Lock. All of Giga Bowser's fragments of the Smash Ball in the white mist and the Master Legendary Dark Lord Spirit all flew into Kirby. Another vision sparked up inside the pink puffball as he saw the Final Destination falling back into the castle with waves of lava pushed outward, the Smashers running close to Bowser's body, and Giga Bowser's corpse collapsing.


Kirby touched the Smash Ball on his forehead again, noticing the golden eyes and rainbow Aura around his pink body. The nest Kirby was in looked rather familiar as he looked around the cave, with a bonfire providing light in the comfortable home. The two dragons Metallio and Toropikaru waited outside in the middle of the night for their children, knowing they can use their sense and magic to find their way back home.

Ultima was the first one to arrive, and she appeared in the blink of an eye right in front of her parents. As the bonfire provided enough illumination, Metallio and Toropikaru were unfamiliar with one of their children after ten years of training. What once was their perfect little angel without a care in the world grew up into a strong and beautiful dragoness. Her raven-black scales dully reflected the light of the stars, with her golden eyes glowing faintly with the special powers of the Rainbolements bestowed upon her. Her wings shaped like glowing prisms arranged in a rainbow stretched twice as long as her body, and she was as big as her parents.

"Ultima?" Toropikaru asked. Ultima's eyes welled up with joy. She sighed in happiness, knowing she was finally back home after ten years. She sat on her hind legs and hugged her parents lovingly. Galeem and Phoenix also happened to arrive shortly after. Toropikaru and Metallio noticed their sons here as well, and the mother and father invited the two brothers in for a family hug.

"You did it," Metallio wept, embracing the comfort of his reunited children with Toropikaru. Galeem and Phoenix entered the den, starting to regain memories of home. Ultima was glad that everyone was back together at last.

"You three grew up fast," Toropikaru addressed, rubbing Ultima's face gently with her own claw. "It's amazing…"

"Of course it is," Ultima chuckled, whisking her mother's claw away. "I thought about Arcus every day we were at the camp."

"And it seems like the teachings of the Dragosmos finally helped you and your brothers become one of them," Metallio said.

"Not quite," Ultima answered. "Within a week, the Dragosmo Solstice begins. By that time, any dragon that has trained within the flying stadium will have to participate or spend another ten years stuck in the arena. Galeem, Phoenix, and I would have to work together in order to pull this off. To make both of you proud." Toropikaru draped a wing over Ultima's shoulder.

"We already are, regardless if you succeed or fail," Toropikaru said. Ultima nodded, walking into the den. She saw her brothers having fun as they were, and each one of them was messing around with their powers.

"Hey, hey!" Galeem laughed. "Look what I can do!" Galeem's eyes flashed a faint white before crisscrossing lines appeared in thin air. They covered a small radius, but they were big enough to reach Ultima. The black dragoness quickly ducked to avoid the glowing lines. Shortly after they had activated, they vanished.

"Take a look at this," Phoenix answered with a smug look non his face. Phoenix laid on his back and began shooting a fountain of purple bullets into the air. Once he was done, Toropikaru walked in.

"Outside. Now," the mother dragon answered strictly. "We don't want you to destroy our home." The two brothers willingly obeyed, walking outside of the den. Ultima followed them outside.

As soon as the three siblings were outside, Ultima dived towards her brothers and began hugging them tight. Galeem, Phoenix, and Ultima laughed as they rolled on the soft midnight grass, all three of them looking up at the stars.

"It's interesting how far we've come," Galeem told his brother and sister. "We've just traveled through space for ten years, and we couldn't even message our parents back home." Ultima then started thinking about what the Queen of the Winged Unicorns said about some sort of terrible faith. She the sat up and looked at her brothers Phoenix and Galeem.

"Phoenix? Galeem?" Ultima asked, looking down on the ground.

"Yes, Ultima?" Phoenix asked.

"Have you two gotten over your problems with how many friends you have?" Ultima asked.

"Of course we have," Galeem answered. "Our tutors taught us we were just overreacting. Why would you ask?"

Ultima sighed as she stared at her two brothers uncomfortably. "I… fear something may go horribly wrong if you two fight. I'm a bit worried about you…"

"It will be alright, Ultima," Phoenix responded. "Friends until the end, remember?"

"…I know," Ultima continued. "However, if you two are about to give in to your troubles, please don't fight over that. It could lead to more than just fighting for popularity…"

"It won't happen, Ultima," Galeem said, lying on his side while keeping his head upright. "You two are all that matter in my life…" Ultima cuddled close to her brothers, knowing that they can survive whatever threat that was warned of them. Kirby saw the environment glowing white again, and he instantly woke up.


The pink demon found himself waking up in Sheik's arms, and Peach was singlehandedly dragging Bowser's unconscious body. As you can tell, all of the fighters were escaping from the castle since Giga Bowser's corpse was rigged with a Subspace Bomb, and the explosion was swallowing everything.

All of the Smashers managed to escape from the castle and quickly took the waterfall back to take the wall to the light fissure bridge from before. Kirby quickly jumped out of Sheik's arms to see the violet explosion of Subspace engulf the whole castle, and it was dragging in everything in its radius. Bowser managed to wake up in time to see what happened.


Mario and his crew were finished clearing the last asteroid that cluttered the space zone without signs of other fighters. Suddenly, Snake and Joker saw on-screen that another vortex was sucking the Great Fox to itself, ready to kill off all its passengers.

"Something's happening!" Marth exclaimed. "Some sort of force is dragging us in!"

"Use all rockets and make sure they're blasting at maximum overdrive!" Falco answered, pressing buttons to start up the engines.

"Nothing's working!" Joker yelled, mashing as fast as he could to blast the engines. The Slippy Spirit, who was powering the Great Fox this whole time, abandoned the ship since there was nothing to do. As the Northern Barrier was being stripped apart by more pieces, the whole crew inside the Great Fox was ready to die, but Faker quickly grabbed Falco, Ice Climbers, Ryu, Snake, Mega Man, Pichu, Duck Hunt, Isabelle, Lucas, Donkey Kong, PAC-MAN, Olimar, Joker, Marth, and Mario. Using whatever powers she had, she blasted the whole team out of the ship, flying them all out of here with use of the Air, Thunder, and Magic Rainbolements to create a super-speedy warrior.

As Faker managed to save the whole gang from being sucked into Subspace, they all landed on the snowy mountain. From a safe distance, the fighters on that team all saw the Great Fox itself being dragged into a large explosion of Subspace, alongside hexagon-shaped pieces of the Northern Barrier. Once things seemed to have settled down and the Subspace blast vanished, all that remained was the Northern Barrier, which was now glowing red and pulsing faster.

"Looks like-a our friends managed to tear a bigger hole to the Galeem Void," Mario said to his friends. Afterwards, the Smashers saw the Eldest Fab Fairy flying to the gateway to the Sky Temple all the way west, unaware that she was accompanied by King Bulbin and his Bokoblin army.

"Now all we have to do is clear the light fissure and let our friends on the other team do the rest of the job," Mega Man said. "Let's go…" The team started climbing down the mountain, ready for the next step in their plan.


Deep in the Galeem Void, there was more light brightening up the black sky, and Galeem himself was watching with an eagle's eye. Not only had his only defenses been weakened, but the leader of one of the common enemies in Hyrule had turned against him. Enraged, the Search of Order slammed his glowing fist on the sleeves of his crystal throne.

It seemed the Super Smash Brothers were beating the Lord of Light at his own game.