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BGM: Have a Nice Talk (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)
Pit walked around the Smash Mansion, humming to himself before he came across two huge doors. He pulled out a piece of paper which was a drawn out map of where he was, which was Dark Pit's room, and towards the library. "This should be it." He said and walked inside the large library.
"Let's see, Pittoo mentioned Sonic being in here…" He mused, walking around the library as he turned his head down an aisle to see Reflet reading a tome by herself. He waved to her but she didn't seem to notice him as he shrugged and kept walking. He spotted Tharja leaning on a desk as he paled and walked around her.
"Honey, do you have to grade homework here instead of at home? You know how chaotic it gets here." Tharja said.
Robin chuckled. "Oh, I know. I kinda prefer the chaos over the quietness. Helps me concentrate more!"
Tharja chuckled. "Oh, I love it when you talk like that."
Pit shuddered at Tharja's flirting. "Ugh… what does Robin see in her?" He groaned and kept walking, before he came across Sonic sitting in a chair with a group of friends. Well, if you can call M. Bison a friend, that is.
"I don't know about you, but the way the author wrote this book was purely… garbage." Sonic said.
"I agree. It was written terribly and the main character never made sense." M. Bison agreed.
"Okay, I'll admit. The book I chose this week was a little… weak." Zangief admitted.
"A little?!" Sonic scoffed. "Dawn of the Yoshis was more than a little weak!"
"It's strange… I've heard great reviews on this book and I thought it would be perfect for us to read!"
"I never trust reviews." M. Bison grumbled.
"Hmm… I wonder how our friends at the arcade think of that book…" Zangief mused. "Shame they couldn't make it."
"Ahem!"
The three of them turned to Pit. "Ah! Little angel friend! What can we do for ya?" Zangief asked.
"Sonic, I need a favor."
"What, do you want me to get you some floor ice cream?" He teased.
"No, I need you to…" He gulped. "Teach me how to read."
M. Bison let out an amused smirk. "Oh? Palutena's great commander doesn't know how to read?"
"I thought you knew how to read." Sonic said. "Whatever brought this up? You want to impress Ruby with some impressive words or something?"
"Well…"
"MAYDAY! MAYDAY! This looks like the end! I NEVER LEARNED HOW TO READ!"
"I just want to impress her, that's all."
"Don't worry! We can help you with whatever help you require!" Zangief grinned, taking Pit's arm. "Come now, the three of us will help you!" He exclaimed and took off running with Sonic.
"WHOA!"
M. Bison chuckled. "This should be mildly amusing." He said and walked off.
Don't worry, Ruby… I'll impress you a lot! Speaking of which, where is she?
End BGM
With Ruby…
BGM: Jungle Japes (Donkey Kong 64)
"Achoo!" Ruby sneezed.
"Bless you!" Squawks said.
"Thanks… must be the ocean air or something." She said and looked up to see Donkey Kong swinging on vines. "Or maybe it's just his fur."
Donkey Kong landed on a platform and spotted a switch that had his face on it. He curiously tilted his head and slammed his fist into it to break it, and then the gate in front of them opened up. "Squawk! What'd you find up there, DK?" Squawks asked as Donkey Kong hopped off and explained what happened via his own language. Ruby just stared with a tilted head. "I see!" Squawks turned over to Ruby. "It turns out that during Gruntilda's reign of terror here, she put switches all over the place in resemblance of the Kongs!"
"What? Who would do something like that? That doesn't make sense! Why would anyone want to put in a switch that has one person's face on it? That makes a puzzle completely easier and has no satisfaction when you figure it out through trial and err-Oh my goodness, I'm turning into Weiss… or maybe Pittoo rubbed off on me? Ugh, I hope it's the former."
"Yes, but look on the bright side! At least we won't have to scratch our heads and wonder what the heck we're supposed to do!" Squawks pointed out.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Ruby nodded as they walked through a cave and saw some blue beavers walking around, with the huntress noticing Donkey Kong charging up his DK punch. "What's with him?"
"Those are Gnawties. They're quite nasty beavers… although DK can take care of them easily."
"Gnawties? Oh good heavens, don't let Yang find out about the name…" Ruby groaned as one Gnawty ran around Donkey Kong and charged straight at Ruby. "Ack!" Ruby yelped as she brought out her Crescent Boomerang, pressing the button to bring out the blade and threw it, cutting through the Gnawty to immediately kill it and then the boomerang returned. "Phew, close one!"
"Whoa! You threw that like a natural! Do you have a boomerang at home?"
"I have a Boomerang Flower. I practiced with my scythe!"
Squawks sweatdropped. "Your scythe? That's… not terrifying at all."
"Eh, you get used to the idea." Ruby shrugged as they walked into an open area where the path splits up, but to Ruby's dismay, the other path was blocked off. "Aww… so much for splitting up." She sighed.
"I'll take a look around, you guys try to find some Golden Bananas for the banana horde!" Squawks turned to Ruby. "Could you believe it, they stole DK's Banana horde again!"
Ruby sweatdropped. "Oh joy…" She groaned as Donkey Kong didn't look completely amused by this. "Don't worry, DK! We'll get your bananas back! We just need to figure out where they are though." She said as Donkey Kong nodded in agreement. The two of them started climbing a tree, DK climbing up normally while Ruby had some difficulty, but she got to the top anyway and DK helped her up. The two of them swung on the vines and climbed another tree, where they noticed a hut up ahead. The two of them walked over to it curiously.
Pause BGM
"Snide's HQ?" Ruby tilted her head. "Who's Snide?" She asked as DK shrugged at this, then they walked in. As they walked in, they saw a weasel looking through a box of some kind.
"Dag blasted sniffled fringle…"
"Uh, hello?"
"Huh?" The weasel turned around. "Well! I wasn't expecting company here. The name's Snide, revenge is my game!"
BGM: Snide's HQ (Donkey Kong 64)
"Revenge? Why do you want revenge?" Ruby asked.
"Well, I'm glad you asked, my red friend! You see, I'm the chief technician of K. Rool's Blast-o-Matic… or at least, I was. After I completed the first prototype and watching it obliterate an exact model of DK Island. I decided to tweak it a bit until it was perfection! Next thing I know, he kept using it on replicas for his Final Smash! The more he used it, the more happy he was… and the more paranoid he got, so he got rid of me and now I've been chilling here on DK Island ever since!"
"Why did he get rid of you?" Ruby asked.
"He was paranoid that I would betray him."
"Oh, that's rough…"
"Tell me about it! However, he made a big mistake… because now I want to sabotage him!" He smirked. "You see, I had the blueprints for the Blast-O-Matic, so if I used the blueprints, I can stall for time. I stop them from blasting this island to smithereens, you guys go in and kick his butt, the Blast-O-Matic will be defunct and the only thing he'll be blastin' are those replicas! Mwahahaha!"
"That sounds fun! So do you have them?" Ruby asked.
"Ah, you misheard me. I had the blueprints. Those blasted numbskulls stole 'em from me!"
"Oh…"
"Yeah, and I have no idea where they are. Last I heard, a Kasplat probably had them but he probably gave them to someone else, so who knows where they are!"
"We'll find it for ya! I'll just have to relay it to everyone else when we save them." Ruby said.
"Well, I heard a cry of a chimpanzee nearby. As for your friends, I think I heard a heard a kitty purring or something… purring something about "smut" or something… Also I think I heard a bird and a bear walking around… I'd be careful if I were you. Bears are bad news! I recommend bear spray. In fact, I've got bear spray right here!" Snide pulled it out and gave it to Ruby.
"Aheheh, I think I'll pass. I have a boomerang… I can probably knock it out with this." She said, handing Snide back the bear spray.
"Alright, but if you change your mind… it's here if you need it!" He said.
Ruby nodded. "Well, DK… we should be heading ou-… where'd DK go?"
"Oh, he left as soon as I said 'chimpanzee'."
End BGM
Resume Jungle Japes BGM
"Oh, okay. See ya!" Ruby ran out. "Kitty purring… that's Blake! Where could she be?" She wondered. "But wait, where's DK?" She asked and then climbed up the nearest tree and hopped off.
"Hnngh! Hrrrgh!"
Ruby followed the source of the grunting and saw Donkey Kong pulling out the cage containing Diddy and then once he fully pulled it out, he held it high into the air and threw it across the jungle into the air. Donkey Kong then beat his chest a few times. "Oohoo hoo!" He exclaimed and then turned around, as Diddy ran out and tackled his best friend into a hug. DK gave his best friend a noogie while returning the hug.
"Aww, that's so cute!" Ruby giggled. "Come on, let's go find the others!" She said as the two Kongs nodded in agreement, but then Diddy looked up at the mountain in front of them. He rubbed his chin before quickly running up the mountain. DK and Ruby looked at each other in confusion and then they ran after Diddy, going up the hill and going inside to find a mine inside the mountain.
Donkey Kong caught up to Diddy and asked him what was wrong. Diddy responded with some monkey noises in return as DK's eyes widened and turned to Ruby, motioning her to come with them and they ran off. "Hey, wait up!" Ruby yelled and chased after them. Diddy spotted some Zingers up ahead with some Kritters, so Diddy pulled out his Peanut Popguns and shot the Zingers down while Donkey Kong punched the Kritter's daylights out. Ruby caught up to them and threw her boomerang at a Kritter to knock him out, then ran off to catch up to the Kongs.
Diddy screeched to a halt and jumped up and down, excited to know that he was right about something and turned to Donkey Kong, which he nodded in response and turned to Ruby. "What? What are you going on about?" Ruby asked and then saw what they were looking at. She let out a gasp. "Blake!"
Blake was sitting against a wall, reading Ninjas of Love to occupy the time. She looked up from her book and her eyes widened. "Ruby!" She smiled and got up. "Oh thank goodness you came! Let me guess, you got captured too?"
"Yeah, but DK saved the day. Let me guess, your weapon was taken too?"
"How'd you know?"
Ruby pulled out her Crescent Boomerang. "Take a wild guess."
"Oh, great…" Blake sighed. "At least they didn't take away my book so I wouldn't be completely bored in here."
Ruby saw the book that she was reading. "…Blake… you're reading that filth again?"
"It's my guilty pleasure…" Blake blushed a little bit. "Wait, how do you know it's filth?"
Ruby paled a bit. "Uh… well…"
Some time ago…
Ruby walked around the Smash Mansion and spotted Blake's book that she left on the couch, since she was busy with a Smash match. "Oh, this is Blake's book! …Wouldn't hurt to see what she's reading, right?" She looked at the cover. "Ninjas of Love, huh?" She wondered and then opened the book to where it was bookmarked. "Oh… oh my!" She gasped, continuing reading with a giggle and then a picture rolled out and she looked at it fully. "Ooooh my goodness, now that's a katana all right!"
"GAME! Blake… wins!"
"Oh crud!" Ruby exclaimed, putting the book down and used her semblance to run away.
Back in the present…
"…Uh… internet?"
Blake raised an eyebrow. "Uh-huh… okay, I believe you." She sarcastically said while rolling her eyes. That would explain the rose petals on that one page. "So, care to get me out of here?"
"Sure!" Ruby nodded and tried to pull open the gates. "Hrrrgh! Mmmph! Aaargh!" She grunted, but to no avail. Donkey Kong gently pushed Ruby out of the way and pried open the gates with ease. Ruby blushed in embarrassment a bit and looked away, folding her arms. "I weakened it for you…" She grumbled as Blake casually walked out.
"Great. Now, let's go find the others." Blake said, unaware that Diddy took her book away from her hands and curiously opened it up. DK joined his little buddy to see what he was reading as the two of them tilted their heads, wondering what this text meant or what these ninjas were doing to each other. "Hey, do you hear buzzing, by any chance?" Blake asked, then noticed her hand was free of any book as she had a mini panic attack and saw Diddy and DK reading the book. "H-hey! Give me that!"
"Come to think of it, I do… did we get rid of all the… crud, what are these called again? Hey Squawks, what are the-… oh right, he flew off somewhere."
"Who's Squawks?"
"A parrot."
"Huh, okay then." Blake saw a massive Zinger approaching them. The Zinger in question was red compared to the other Zingers. This was none other than Queen B.
Donkey Kong and Diddy looked at her in surprise and looked to the girls, attempting to explain who this Zinger was. "…Can you understand them?" Blake asked.
"No, I'm not like Mario who can understand Yoshi pretty well." Ruby sighed. "I'm guessing you met this thing before?" She asked as the two of them nodded. "Aaaaand it's dangerous?" They nodded again. "We need to take it out?" They nodded a third time. "Alright, let's go!" Ruby pulled out her Crescent Boomerang while Blake attempted to bring out Gambol Shroud, but remembered she didn't have it on her.
End BGM
"Oh… right…"
BGM: Snakey Chantey (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
Queen B dive bombed them, attempting to attack them with her stinger but they rolled out of the way as Donkey Kong jumped up and punched her in the face, knocking her back as she glared at him angrily and flew up, shooting out Orange Grenades at him. Donkey Kong quickly avoided the attacks before getting tackled by the queen. He held her off with his hands as it tried to sting her but Diddy Kong quickly activated his jetpack and fired at her with his peanut popguns to distract her.
The Zinger looked up and flew over to Diddy, attempting to sting him but he flew out of the way and shot more peanuts at her, then she got cut up by a boomerang and glared at Ruby. "Blake, use this!" She handed Blake an Orange Grenade to her.
"What do you want me to do with it, eat it? That's kinda not a good idea right now!"
"No! Pull the pin and throw it!"
"What good will that do?!"
"Trust me!"
"Okay, if you say so!" Blake exclaimed and then threw it at Queen B right as she dive bombed at them, where it exploded in her face and knocking her unconscious. "It explodes?!"
"Yup!"
"Well, I guess exploding oranges have to do! Give me a couple more!" Blake requested as Ruby tossed her a few. "Thank you." She said and then smirked at Queen B who was getting shot at by Donkey Kong's Coconut Gun. She recovered and headbutted Donkey Kong, then flew up and shot grenades from her stingers, forcing them to dodge while Diddy Kong flew up in the air and shot at Queen B, dodging her headbutts and stinger. Ruby threw her boomerang to catch Queen B's attention, then she dive bombed at the two teenagers, giving Blake the opportunity to throw another exploding orange at her, knocking her down.
"Nice throw!" Ruby exclaimed, then noticing Donkey Kong rolling his shoulders and had a nasty scowl on his face. "Uh oh! Stand back!" She exclaiemd as Donkey Kong jumped through the air and landed in front of the girls before turning around to the dazed Queen B and pulled back his fist, then unleashed Jungle Rush on him, beating her to death with his punches and unleashed an uppercut that knocked her straight to the ceiling and then she fell to the ground, exploding in sparkles in defeat… and out came five blueprints as a result.
End BGM
"Well that was… something." Blake said, putting the oranges in her pockets. "What are those things that that… thing dropped?"
"I dunno, but it looks like blueprints!" Ruby said, picking one up. "Yeah! These are blueprints!" She exclaimed as Donkey Kong grinned at this. "Come on, DK! Let's take these back to Snide!"
"Who's Snide?" Blake asked.
"A weasel! He used to work for K. Rool!" Ruby responded as she and DK took off, with Diddy behind them.
"A weasel… used to work for K. Rool? Why do I have a bad feeling about this…" Blake sweatdropped before walking after them.
Meanwhile, with JNPR…
"You want me to join the Assist Trophies?" Vince asked, busy working on a painting.
"Yes." Pyrrha nodded.
"I don't know. What good will I bring to the table?"
"Well… you can bring your art creations to life." Jaune said. "I mean, if Junior can do it at Delfino…"
"Hmm… use my art creations to bring them to life in the battlefield…" Vince stroked his beard in thought. "Actually, I have a better idea. I turn the Smashers into my art creations for a few seconds and they take damage!"
"…No offense, but that sounds stupid." Nora said.
"It made more sense in my head. I'll use my art creations to attack the Smashers! But… on one condition!"
"What is it?" Ren asked.
"I open up my own art studio in the Smash Mansion where the Smashers can freely paint whatever they desire."
Jaune pulled up the piece of paper that held the Assist Trophies and read the small print on the bottom of a page.
"I am open to any conditions they bring up!"
"You got yourself a deal!"
"Excellent!" Vince chuckled. "This art studio hasn't been doing well recently anyway. Time for a fresh coat of paint!" He said, picking up his easel. "Let us go to the Smash Mansion!"
"Wahoo! That was easy!" Nora grinned.
"Here's hoping the next one will be easy." Ren chuckled with the rest of them nodding in agreement.
Meanwhile, somewhere else…
BGM: Lon Lon Ranch (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
A lone man was alone in a bar, drinking a shot. The man in question was blonde and had a long ponytail. He wore a white undershirt with a red jacket over it. He also wore blue jeans and red sneakers. He heard the door open behind him and he turned around to see Ken. "Heh, fancy meeting you here."
"I could say the same thing." Ken chuckled, walking over and sitting down next to him.
"What brings you here?"
"Oh, I was sparring with Ryu and Chun-Li when I took a look at the Smash Mansion and thought to myself "Man, I think he'd have a great time in a place like this."
"So you thought of me?" The man chuckled. "Ken, I'm flattered."
"So I talked with Master Hand and he was on board with the idea." He said and handed the man a letter.
The man took the Smash Invitation and opened it up. "Dear Terry Bogard, you are hereby invited to come Smash with us in the Ultimate tournament. Hope we see you there!"
"Well, do you accept?" Ken asked.
The man, Tery, let out a chuckle, pulling out his cap that had "Fatal Fury" on it and he put it on. "Okay!" He exclaimed.
"I knew you'd accept!" Ken smirked, the two of them fist bumping.
"Let's get to Smashing!" Terry exclaimed, then he pulled out his phone. "Hey. I'm joining Smash Bros. Do you want to come? Okay! Bring everyone along as you could. Including her. I bet she'll have a great time." He said and hung up.
"Who was that?"
"A few friends. I bet they want to see me fight in the Smash tournament."
"Well, I imagine a few friends wouldn't hurt." Ken chuckled as the two of them walked toward the door.
"Ready to get beaten again? The score is still 30-70!"
"No, last I checked, it's tied up." Ken argued with a smirk. "With me having a two point lead."
"Keep telling yourself that." Terry said as the two of them laughed while they walked out of the bar together.
Sorry for the wait, I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with a game that's a Collect-a-Thon. After discussing it with my friends, I finally figured out what to do with the collectibles! I'll show that off once we get to the main boss of Jungle Japes. You just got a taste of it with the Mini Boss of World 1. Just what am I up to? ;)
Now... before I talk about Terry, I need to explain my thoughts of Luigi's Mansion 3 since i've completed it a few days ago.
Luigi's Mansion 3 is freakin' AWESOME! King Boo was on top of his A game in this and he was actually terrifying when he wasn't sporting his iconic grin. I do question Hellen's sanity... I mean, really... what's with this one-sided obsession with King Boo? Good heavens, lady!
I think this was also the first time we've ever seen Mario despairing. He was all "Bro! Bro! You gotta help me! Please!" Nearly made me tear up seeing my favorite plumber (...Well, second favorite. Luigi's number one, after all!) despairing over Peach.
I do have one complaint... aside from E. Gadd being an asshat in this game. Aiming feels a bit... off. Was it just me? The aiming just didn't feel... there. You aim the plunger, Dark Light, flashlight and even the Poltergust and sometimes it doesn't really connect. It was perfect in the original, Dark Moon and the remake, so i'm not sure what happened here...
Now, onto Terry!
...Fifty. FIFTY. FIFTY SONGS?! YOU GOTTA BE FREAKING KIDDING ME! That's... that's a crap ton of songs! Not just from King of Fighters and Fatal Fury either!
As for Terry... HOO BOY, this man is fun to use! After trying him out, he instantly became my main. (Man, I have a lot of mains in this game...) I love this man! He's amazing and completely insane. The amount of shenanigans i've seen people do with this man online is insane...
Because of this, I miiiight have gotten too excited and brought Terry into this series first instead of Joker. Ah well, what can you do! *laughs* Care to take a guess when Terry said "Bring her too"? ;)
Anyway, take care!