Author's Note:

In the spirit of Hyrule Warriors, with its Definite Edition released today, I've included a few characters from the game. Would've included more, but I kept it at a minimum, just to be safe. Onto the guest reviews:

"Has Dillon from Dillon's Rolling Western appeared yet? Can you add the Neptunia characters? (Since they just announced that it's getting a game for the Switch) is Cortex's personality based on his Crash Twinsanity personality? How soon will the Tales characters meeting chapter show up? And finally, what games are you excited to see revealed at E3?"

Not yet. I may add some Neptunia characters. Cortex's personality is based on his Twinsanity personality (my favorite version of Cortex). The Tales chapter should happen this year, that's all I can say. Right now, the games I'm looking forward to at E3 are Super Smash Bros and Kingdom Hearts III, the Spyro remake, and maybe Metroid Prime 4. This other guest review managed to catch my attention...

"you're another idiot who thinks that the kiss of sonic and elise was disgusting at all was one of the most beautiful things in video games"

Ehhhhhh...I beg to differ. What question does Derick Lindsey have for me today?

"I'm wondering if Birdo is ever going to wake up soon since it has been a while since she went into that potion induced coma so I was wondering when that will start to wear off?"

You'll see what'll happen with Birdo soon. Let's just say that it might have much to do with the grand scheme of things...


Episode 126: Look-Alike

There was nothing like a good night's sleep, to get you all well-rested for the next day. Eight hours of sleep was all that was needed for a regular person to feel refreshed and ready for next day's journey. And if you went over and below the eight-hour requirement...well then, the more power to you. Just hope that it doesn't come with any setbacks in the future.

At the Smash Mansion, nobody was enjoying their sleep more than Link, sleeping away in his room as the morning sun rose up in the bright Seattle sky. He slept peacefully, like a little baby, and his roommates Cloud and Sora - who shared a bunk bed, much to Cloud's disgust - were sleeping away as well. As the sunlight from the bedroom window shone its brightness upon Link's face, the Hylian woke up, and stretched out his arm, yawning as he was bracing himself for another day at the mansion.

But little did he know, that he would be joined by a guest...a blonde, pig-haired lass who happened to be on the bed with Link, over his covers. Almost like she was sleeping with the man.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Link screamed, like any person would do in this given situation, as he leaped out of his bed and fell unto the floor. He looked up at the blonde girl, who was smiling happily, as he backed away towards the bunk bed. "Wh-Who are you and how did you get here?!" Link questioned, pointing at the girl.

"Good morning, sleepyhead - didn't mean to startle you like that!" the blonde girl apologized, sitting up on Link's bed so Link could get a full view of her. She was wearing green, just like Link - one could say that she was almost a girl version of the hero of Hyrule himself. "The name's Linkle, and I've been in your room since last night. Got here pretty late in the morning, but better late than never, amirite?"

Linkle: So how did I get here, and how did I get inside? Can't really remember how I got to the mansion - my memory's a little fuzzy, since I was very sleepy. But I do remember a man opening the front door, after I had knocked, and he was holding what appeared to be a glass of milk in his hand. One good look at me, and his eyes widened and he fainted to the floor. And with the door opened, I just sneaked my way inside and...well, the rest is history!

Captain: Just saw a girly verison of Link last night...tried telling the others, but nobody would believe me... *shakes his head* ...man, this Zelda timeline just keeps getting more and more confusing...

"Okay then 'Linkle', why did you steal my name and bastardized it by making it sound more girly?" Link asked the blonde, rising up to his feet. Linkle would only respond with a giggle. "Don't even play your mind games with me woman, you're messing with the wrong Hylian..."

"Can you pipe down Link, I'm trying to catch some last minute Z's here..." mumbled Cloud, rolling over in his bed as he turned to his right. He would open his eyes, and see Linkle sitting on Link's bed, and quickly sat up. "Woah, Link, you managed to bring an unwanted girl to this room...that's actually pretty impressive."

"Cloud, get your Buster Sword and get this woman out of our room!" commanded Link, pointing aggressively at the smiling Linkle. But Cloud juts outstretched his arms, before getting out of his bed and putting on his bedroom slippers. The swordsman would put on his housecoat, but he was honestly too cool for that.

"You want me to kick that chick out of our room? That's pretty sexist, Link, especially from a guy like you. It's not like that girl is killing anyone, she looks harmless to me. I'd say we..."

"Dude, this woman stole my name and added two letters to it to make it all feminine and crap! Not only is she stealing my likeness, but she's also disparaging my image! My reputation! We have to do something!"

"Hey guys, it's time to get up already?" asked Sora, who just awakened from his slumber. The Keyblade wielder, who was forced by Cloud to sleep at the top of the bunk bed, looked down and saw Linkle. "Oh man, is that a new girl? Is she new? Hi there, I'm Sora..."

"Go back to sleep," ordered Cloud, and Sora did as he was told as Cloud redirected his attention to Link. "Here's the deal - we'll just leave the girl hang around for a good while, and then we'll give Master Hand the 411. Capiche?"

"You're letting me stay at the mansion?" asked Linkle, greatly pleased and delighted by the offer. "Aw, that's so sweet! Although I do feel like I came here for something important...like I'm supposed to share some important information..ah well, it'll come to me eventually."

"Do you see that Cloud, that woman has memory loss, which means she cannot be trusted," stated Link, strongly advocating for Linkle to be kicked out of the mansion for good. Nobody stole the Hylian's name and got away with it. "That right there is a good enough reason to..."

"Shut up Link, let's just let this whole thing play out," said Cloud, as Link grumpily folded his arms. "If the girl acts accordingly, we'll let her stay. And if she doesn't, then we'll kick her out. Sounds fair enough to me..."


While Link was startled to see Linkle in his own room, the Hylian wouldn't be the only one to be greeted by a surprise guest that morning. Mario, seeping cozily in his bed with Peach, was sleeping soundly until his alarm clock went off. Said alarm would go off two seconds later - right before Mario could even turn it off! The plumber, who was awakened by the alarm clock, would wake up wondering why his alarm ended so abruptly, and he would seemingly find his answer...

...when he saw a bluenette smiling brightly at him, with her blue eyes peering deep into Mario's soul. You know what transpired next.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Mario screamed, falling out of his bed and unto the floor, faceplanting in the process. The bluentte looked down at the plmber, feeling bad for scaring the overalls off of him.

"Oopsie daises, sorry for scaring you..." she apologized to Mario, her hands held together as Mario lifted himself off the floor. "But I did turn off your clock! I think it was going to kill you. I think...I'm Lana, by the way. Nice to meet you!"

Lana: Been staying at this house overnight. Was gonna sleep in the nursery, but there was a baby present and I didn't want to startle her, so I slept on the rug of the room upstairs. Surprisingly, the door was left unlocked! So kind for that funny talking hat to let me inside this home...

Cappy: *looks down at the floor* As much as I hate to say this...I'm afraid that I've developed a strong fetish towards blue-haired girls. Surfing the internet past 2 A.M. will do wrack your mind worse than depression will. Take it from me.

"Mario what's the matter, did you have another bad dream?" Peach asked her husband, awakened after hearing Mario scream loudly. "Did the Ku Klux Klan come chasing after you and Luigi again? It was at that Holocaust Memorial Center, just like last time, wasn't it? For the last time Mario, they're not...after..." Peach immediately stopped, when she saw Lana, waving to the princess.

"Hi, I'm Lana, nice to meet you!" Lana greeted, as a dumbstruck Peach stared at the blunette, blinking her eyes. "I came all the way from Hyrule, stopped by this house because...I just liked how it looks, with the red design and all. I just adore the color red. Although blue is more of my thing..."

"Mario, Peach, thanks to Poochy's grotesque appetite we've completely ran out of baby cleaning supplies!" alerted Cappy, flying inside the bedroom with a crying Jennifer. Where can I find necessary materials to change Jennifer's...diaper?" The talking hat would see Lana standing in the bedroom, as Mario rose up to his feet. "Ah, so I see you've already met Lana! Isn't she such a cutie? Gah, why am I saying that? I'm supposed to be disliking blue-haired chicks..."

"Cappy do you know-a this girl, is she a friend-a of yours?" asked Mario, putting on his bedroom slippers. Happy, cheerful, and bright...Lana definitely had to be a friend of Cappy's. However, that wouldn't be the case.

"No she's not a friend, she's just a passerby that I've let inside the house last night, while you were asleep. Like anyone else, I wouldn't have let her inside, but unfortunately my fetish prevailed. Which, in turn, taught me a lesson to never browse the Internet late at night again. I nearly came close to throwing away the home computer, so I wouldn't be tempted."

"You let a stranger in-a side our house?!" frowned Mario, easily angered by Cappy's actions. "Peach, call-a the cops - tell them to take-a this Lana chick away!" But Peach refused to call anyone; Lana was too nice of a gal, so she deserved a chance.

"Maybe Lana ran away from Hyrule for some specific reason, and is looking for a new home," assumed Peach, unsure why Lana was even here in the first place. But Lana played along, as she nodded along with what the princess said. "We can let her stay! We'll just give her our guest room, like we did with Lara!"

"Her and Lara do have-a similar names...fine then, we'll let Lana stay, provided Bowser doesn't develop a crush-a on her. Lana looks to be around-a Link's age, so if Bowser starts-a liking her, then he has become-a desperate and he should give-a up on life. Even then, I won't allow-a it to happen!"

"A guest room, just for me?" smiled Lana, clapping her hands together as she was all smiles. "Ooh, that's just lovely! Don't know how long I'll stay, but I'll make the most of it. I do remember coming to this city to address someone, or something...but I'll do that later. Get the fun stuff out of the way." Funny, that was the same objective Linkle had...

"Yeah that's great and all, but...IS ANYONE GOING TO CHANGE THE BABY'S DIAPER?!" boomed Cappy; if Jennifer's crying wasn't at an all-time high, it would be raised up ten decibels thanks to Cappy's outburst.


As agreed with Cloud, Link had to let Linkle stay over at the mansion...but it came at a price. The price of Linkle pretty much following around Link everywhere he went - from the bathroom, to the laundry room, and now to the dining room, where breakfast waited. Waffles on the house, courtesy of Dunban.

"Hey Link, who's that hot babe, cheating on Zelda already?" sneered King Dedede, who was speaking with Felicia and Flora, as he watched Link and Linkle walk by. "The hero of Hyrule, cheating on the job...awesome way to make Hylia proud, man!"

"Shut up..." grumbled Link, carrying a plate full of waffles and eggs. And Linkle...was also doing the same thing. Linkle was straight up copying Link, and at some point it was bound to get annoying. Link and Linkle took their seats at the breakfast table, with Link inching away from Linkle as much as possible.

Dunban: Some woman that looks and dresses almost like Link showed up with Link and asked for breakfast. And she's never been here before. If this is the start of some new creepy cult, then I'm out.

"So anyways, as I was saying, Bandana Waddle Dee would easily best Knuckle Joe in a fight," King Dedede said to Felicia and Flora, listening attentively to the penguin about his hypothetical fight. "Knuckle Joe may have the power and the skill, but the guy's overtly dedicated, and over-dedication can kill you. Just look at what happened to Heath Ledger."

"But I've heard that Knuckle Joe has a Vulcan Jab, which according to some people is as strong as the Falcon Punch, if not stronger," stated Felicia, and King Dedede, upon hearing this, laughed hysterically as he banged his fist on the table. "...is that not true?"

"Not even close! The Vulcan Jab is super overrated - so weak, it can't even kill a house fly! But the Smash Punch though...that's the one move people should look out for. As a Smash veteran, I should know - that bad boy will knock you into Bolivian! Or even farther than that!"

"I sure hope it would, since Bolivian refers to a South American country," grinned Flora, as King Dedede suddenly realized the error he made. "I do suppose it would be better than being knocked into oblivion..."

"Sup good-lookin', what's cookin'?" asked Dark Pit, as he took a seat next to King Dedede and company. King Dedede looked at the doppelganger, feeling all sorts of confused.

"Y-You're not talking to me, are you?" asked an uncomfortable King Dedede, sitting back in his seat to distance himself from Dark Pit for good measure. "I mean, I know I'm good-looking and handsome and even cute, and everybody knows it, but to hear that coming from you...makes me feel so...so..."

"King Dedede you idiot, I wasn't talking to you! I was talking...to her." Dark Pit pointed at Flora, and now the maid was the one who was feeling uncomfortable. "The most attractive girl at the breakfast table. Bet it hurt when you fell from heaven, huh Flora?"

"Doggone it, Dark Pit, we don't need your silly romantic one-liners! I was busy telling the maids about how much better Bandana Waddle Dee is than that overrated bum Knuckle Joe, and who want to interrupt me?! How about you interrupt someone else, and let me be great?"

"Fine then, have it your way...I'll go and let you be something you'll never aspire to be." Dark Pit got up and walked away...before looking at Flora and giving her a wink and a smile. A wink and a smile that made Flora even more uncomfortable.

Dark Pit: Like I've said before, I've finally gotten over my breakup with Flora...and now I'm back in the groove and ready to repair our relationship! Begrudgingly, I asked Wolf what I should do to get back with Flora, and he gave me all the pointers and one-liners I needed. It'll take some time and patience, but I know Flora will come around eventually. The moment Flora and I hook back up again will be the happiest fairy tale ending in all of existence.

A short distance away from the dining room, Zelda was adjusting the temperature on the thermostat, turning the temperature down just a few degrees. It wasn't that often that one felt hot during the Seattle spring, but Zelda was particularly feeling hot today.

"I see you've wet your pajamas again, Pit..." Zelda would say to the angel, whom she caught walking towards her with the corner of her eye. Pit, whose pajama bottoms had a wet stain near the crotch area, went to the thermostat and brought the temperature up to what it was, much to Zelda's dismay. "Pit, what was that for?"

"Silly Zelda, everyone knows you don't need to adjust the thermostat during the spring in Seattle, that's just crazy!" replied Pit, with Zelda frowning at him. "And besides, we have to keep the temperature as it is, since Snake and Heihachi are both dealing with high-blood pressure. If you're hot, just sit on an ice pack or something."

"What if you're feeling cold, what would you do then?" asked Wario, as he approached Pit. The fatso was wearing a housecoat that was too small, even for him - the housecoat belt was really suffocating the poor guy!

"Well I don't know...go jump in a volcano in Hawaii? But I wouldn't do that if I were you, those volcanoes have been pretty active lately. I was just saving Zelda some trouble, before Master Hand goes ham on her. So no hypothetical questions, okay?"

Now learning that the thermostat was off-limits, Zelda sighed as she returned to the dining room...and once she arrived, she saw Link, seated with Linkle, with the female Hylian trying to strike up a conversation with the hero of Hyrule. But to no avail, as Link ignored Linkle with his emotionless stare.

"Busted..." sneered Ganondorf as he walked by, taking his seat, as Zelda just stared at Link all dumbfounded. Wanting answers, Zelda angrily marched over to her man, who was eating his plate of waffles when he saw Zelda towering over him, with folded arms.

"Link, would you like to explain who this is?" Zelda questioned her boyfriend, pointing at Linkle. Linkle immediately stopped talking when she saw Zelda - the angry expression written on the princess' face told her to remain quiet, before tempers flared.

"Her name is 'Linkle', and honest to Hylia, she randomly showed up in my room this morning," explained Link, hoping Zelda would see this through. However, her angry stare was still prevalent. "She was on top of my bed, so I hope that she wasn't..."

"OOOOH LINK'S A CHEATER, LOOK AT THE SHAME HE HAS BROUGHT TO THE GODDESS HYLIA!" shouted King Dedede, bringing everyone's attention to Link. Everyone just stared at the fat penguin, who kept quiet when he saw that no reaction was elicited from a single person in the dining room. "...that is all, carry on."

King Dedede: Now I've never had a girlfriend before, which is quite a mystery considering my awesome good looks, but I know when to sympathize with a woman when her man has the audacity to cheat on her. Cheaters are the worst kind of people on this earth, along with murderers, rapists, terrorists, and bad drivers. No offense to the entire state of Montana.

"So what you're trying to tell me is, this Linkle chick sneaked inside the mansion without permission," said Zelda, as she took a seat next to Linkle. The pressure was now on Linkle - she knew she had to say the right things, to avoid further scrutiny from Zelda. "Tell me, Linkle...how did you find your way inside the mansion?"

"Uh, some middle-aged man in pajamas let me inside, he was very kind," replied Linkle, with a smile; near Linkle and company, Captain Falcon started feeling guilty all of a sudden. "I think he was wearing a helmet, but I'm not sure why...maybe it helped him have better dreams!"

"Oh I bet he does..." Zelda, knowing who the culprit was given the description Linkle provided, gave Captain Falcon a look as the sweat started pouring down the racer's face. What if Falcon allowed more people inside the mansion - people associated with Linkle? Zelda would definitely have a word with him then.

"Yeah I bet that helmet makes me have better dreams...I mean, him, have better dreams!" sputtered Captain Falcon, not doing much to help his cause.

"You're free to hang around with Link all you want, but let's make one thing clear..." Zelda got close to Linkle, looking at her face-to-face and making her nervous. "...you DO NOT make a single move on him. Got it?"

"Heard you loud and clear!" And on that remark, Zelda pulled away from Linkle and got out of her seat, her eyes still fixated on the blonde Hylian. Having witness the entire conversation go down, Link stared with a confounded face, before quietly resuming eating his waffles.


Once breakfast was done with, it was time for Straight Fiyah to start rehearsing. Roy gathered his bandmates in the front yard, so they could rehearse and everything else; Straight Fiyah would have done their rehearsing inside the mansion, but Master Hand did the right thing and banned the rehearsals from taking place indoors. Now all the giant hand had to do was convince Roy to put an end to his k-pop band, and peace and order in the universe would finally be restored.

"Did you hear that Roy apparently 'made some deal' with a rabbit last week?" Berkut asked Marth, as the bandmates were all waiting outside for Roy to come. "Makes me wonder if this rabbit has anything to do with those rabbit fellows flying around town..."

"Yeah, Roy told me about this meeting - said that the rabbit's name was Topper, and also added that Topper promised to make Straight Fiyah 'the next great thing'," replied Marth, as he stroked his hand through his fabulous (and girly) blue hair. "Topper said he'll go all out to make Roy's k-pop band the 'greatest boy band of modern times'. So either Topper has an ulterior motive that Roy is frankly obvious to, or he's dedicated to make Roy's idiotic delusions a reality."

"I'd say it's the former, I can't for the life of me think of anyone who would be desperate to take a chance with Roy's band. Topper's just trying to milk some money out of Roy, I assume, and he's gonna milk poor Roy dry..."

"You can't milk money out of something that's forever destined to be crap, we all know that Berkut," Alm said to the paladin, who was silently questioning why he hadn't killed Alm yet. Or why Alm wasn't dead, for that matter. "Unless it's that football team up in Cleveland. But other than that..."

Berkut: This Topper fellow sounds like he's great at negotiations. Perhaps I can negotiate a deal with him that would lead to Alm finally being killed.

(In the background of Berkut's talking head segment is Sonic, frowning to himself as he furiously writes something down on a notepad)

After waiting, the Straight Fiyah members would finally be greeted by their leader, Roy, who exited the mansion carrying some kind of device. The device was foreign to Alm and Berkut, but familiar to everyone else.

"Is that some kind of Dynatox thingy?" asked Corrin, who recognized the device from 2016's Secret Santa festivities. It was the same device Kirby and Mr. Game and Watch used to this very day.

"Well, it's something similar to the Dynatox device..." replied Roy, showing off the device to everyone. It looked like a voice modifier, except it came with straps so it looked like a backpack. "Crash and I met this rabbit guy named Topper, and he heard me talk about my k-pop group, Straight Fiyah, and then he gave me this voice modifier device! Said that it'll make our wildest dreams come true!"

"That's dandy and all, but what good will that device be for us?" asked Marth, left with more questions than answers. Same could be said about some of the others. "Will it magically help us know and speak the Korean language?"

"Not exactly, but it can help Crash speak intelligibly! Let me show ya...Crash, come over here my man!" Crash would head over to Roy, as Marth exchanged looks with his fellow Straight Fiyah members. If he and the others didn't know the Korean language, then what was the point of starting up a k-pop band in the first place?!

Once the device was strapped unto Crash, Roy took out a remote that came with some buttons. It strongly resembled a Game Boy Color, as it came with a screen. Time for the swordsman to do some demonstrating.

"This right here is a remote that can easily control everything Crash says...or rather, sings," Roy explained to his bandmates, who either rolled their eyes or wasn't paying attention at all. "Allow me to demonstrate...how about some Elvis Presley?" Roy pressed a button on the remote, and it caused Crash to spaz out, like he was Mr. Crocker from Fairy Odd Parents. The others looked in concern, before Crash rose up to his feet...

"You ain't nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time..." the bandicoot then started singing, but not with his own voice...he was singing with Elvis Presley's voice, and he sounded exactly like the late singer. The Straight Fiyah crew, who expected to me unimpressed, suddenly found themselves intrigued. "...Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine!"

"As you can see, the device allows Crash to sing any song, from any singer, using the singer's own voice," Roy continued explaining, allowing Crash to keep on singing the rest of the song. It should be mentioned that there was also music playing from the voice modifier. "And with this here remote, you can determine what song Crash sings. There is also a option to turn the music on or off. How about we have Crash sing another song? Let's try this one out..." Roy pressed some buttons, scrolling through a list of songs, before selecting a new song. Crash spazzed out again, ready to sing another tune.

"Take on me...take on me!" sang Crash, as he was singing a-ha's 80s hit single, "Take On Me". The bandicoot was even doing some dance moves, for effect. "Take me on...take on me! I'll, be, good...in a day or TWOOOOOOO!" Crash hit the high note, and the others were easily impressed.

"Question: can Crash sing with a female voice?" Corrin asked Roy - now that would be something funny, depending on what the song was. "The mere possibilities with that voice modifier seem endless?"

"I'm glad you asked that Corrin...for I have a song just for you!" replied Roy, scrolling through the list of songs yet again and finding a song perfect for Corrin. Crash spazzed out once more, before clearing his throat. The others braced themselves...

"You are the ocean's gray waves, destined to seek life beyond the shore just out of reach..." Crash sang "Lost in Thoughts All Alone" to his heart's content, and with Azura's own voice. Corrin watched on and listened, as Crash's rendition of the song was enough to make the prince of Nohr tear up. "Yet the waters ever change, flowing like time, the path is yours to climb..." Corrin, overwhelmed with emotion, wiped away a tear.

Ike: Yo, I've heard that "Lost in Thoughts All Alone" song many of times before, and I've never cried...Corrin is one big softy.

"This seems like a good song for Crash to sing," said Roy, as he selected another song from the list, making Crash spaz out once more. Once the bandicoot was back on his feet, a tune started playing that made some of the Straight Fiyah members nervous...the song was "She Wolf" by Shakira. Hoo boy.

"There's a she wolf in your closet, open up and set it free..." sang Crash, dancing in a way that would make Shakira proud...while at the same time disturb anyone and scar them for life. "There's a she wolf in your closet, let it out so it can breathe."

"Okay I'm done, I'm gonna head back inside the mansion so I can preserve my eyes," stated Robin as he hurried back inside the mansion, while Crash danced to the music in a somewhat seductive manner. The rest of Straight Fiyah immediately followed suit, leaving Roy and Crash outside.

"Hey where are you guys going, I'm not done demonstrating yet!" Roy said to his retreating bandmates. "We haven't even gotten to that song about anacondas!" Hopefully it's not the one you might be thinking about...


Inside their house, safe from having Roy disturb them with Crash's...dancing prowess, was Mario, Peach, Jennifer, Poochy, and Cappy, as well as their temporary guest, Lana. The bluenette, who was let inside Mario by Cappy last night (you know Cappy was gonna get those hands from Mario soon) was messing around with a microwave - a technological contraption she never saw before - while Mario read through her spellbook.

"Leave the microwave alone-a Lana, you might-a cause a fire hazard!" Mario called out to the bluenette, before resuming the reading of the spellbook. "You think we should-a try out these spells ourselves?" Mario asked Cappy, who was also reading the spellbook himself.

"I dunno, some of these spells look pretty complex to me," replied Cappy, as he squinted his eyes at most of the spells written. "I also doubt that these spells will even work for us. One more thing - who would we try out these spells on?"

"Wario is a universal punching bag, so we could-a try out the spells on him. Or Bowser, since nothing can kill-a that guy, apparently. He must have made-a some deal with King Boo that allows-a him to live forever; Tails asked me about-a that on Saturday."

"So you can put anything in this thingamajig, correct?" a curious Lana asked Mario, leaning over the counter and inspecting every square inch of the microwave. It was a good thing the microwave wasn't close to the stove; Lana would somehow turn the stove on by accident, and catch on fire.

"Just as long-a as it's food. Anything else will probably burn-a this house down, and I don't have enough-a insurance to cover for such a mess. Or enough-a money. All thanks-a to Master Hand..."

Lana continued inspecting the microwave, when suddenly the doorbell rang. Placing Lana's spellbook on the nearby table, Mario got off the couch and answered the door, seeing Fox and Falco standing together. The two pilots were standing too close, too close for comfort.

"Good afternoon-a fellas, nice seeing you again as-a always," Mario greeted the space pilots, wondering why they were standing so close to one another. Surely it had to feel uncomfortable to an extent. "...any reason as to why-a you're standing so close together?"

"Some evil magician cursed us both, and now we're stuck together for eternity and until the very end of time," stated Fox. "Or at least until we die." Mario furrowed his brow, turning around and glancing at Lana, who was now fiddling with the dishwasher. "Nah, I'm just kidding. Someone who just stopped by the mansion wanted to see you. You might remember her from last year's Valentine Day party."

"So you don't want-a me to see her...that must mean-a that she's a kind-a of a big deal. I can't recall-a anyone from the party that was-a treated as such...though Alisa Bosconovitch was a close-a contender. Still unsure how Meta Knight hooked-a up with her. Enough from-a me, just show me who it is."

Fox and Falco quickly moved out of the way, to the side, and in the process they revealed to Mario a Sheikah - one with white hair tied up in a long ponytail and a red eye symbol through her left eye. Her very tanned skin and red eyes were physical traits that all Sheikahs possessed. At first glance, Mario recognized who the Sheikah was...it was Impa, a well-known Sheikah whose incarnations have taken care of many incarnations of Princess Zelda. The long line of Impas basically consisted of bodyguards and nannies, depending on whichever way you look at it.

"Ah, Mario, we meet again..." Impa said to the plumber, who was surprised to see her. "...or have we already met before? I do recall seeing your face at that party, the one I was forced to attend, but I don't believe I spoke to you. I see you haven't changed much since the last time I saw you...but you do have eyes on your hat now, for some reason. But I won't question it...for now. May I come in?"

Impa: I fully regret the last time I came to this city...that seemingly needless "Valentine's Day" party at the mansion that I was invited (or in this case, forced) to attend. All thanks to Wolf...kept showing me around to everyone, and made a big fool out of himself by slipping unto the floor and nearly knocking down the punch bowl. He was much, much worse than I believed he was. Now that I'm back in the city, but this time around, I have some serious matters to discuss...

Being the gentleman that he was, Mario allowed Impa inside his house, and even treated the Sheikah to some tea in the living room. Fox and Falco stayed around, but only they could have some tea themselves. And as you may know from Subspace Emissary, Fox sure loved a good ol' cup of tea.

"Hey Mario, what does this do?" Lana asked the plumber, holding up a blender. Not a dangerous kitchen appliance to mess around with in the slightest, but there was still room for concern. "Do you use this thing to mix together magical potions and stuff? Goodie, because I know a thing or two about..."

"Oh for the love of...Lana, please put that back down, we don't need you hurting yourself," commanded Impa, as Lana sighed and placed the blender back in its original spot. Impa then turned her attention to Mario, seated on a couch between Fox and Falco. "so Mario, have you noticed anything...strange occurring lately?"

"As in like-a this city?" Mario perked up, as Lana moved on from the blender to the carrot peeler. Watch carefully, as the bluenette cuts herself. "Nope, nothing out-a of the ordinary...everything's been-a mundane ever since that Dr. Eggman fiasco."

"I see...so everything is fine? No questionable objects or people in sight?" Mario mused over Impa's questions, as the Sheikah expected an answer or two from the plumber. "I didn't come here just for show, you know..."

"Link did-a tell me about some rabbits flying around-a Seattle, up in some air-a ship. Haven't seen these rabbits in-a person, but I did see some-a pictures of them. They don't look-a that threatening, at least-a to me."

"Well to be fair, I can't for the life of me think of any rabbit that would be taken seriously. But the fact that they're flying over Seattle, it does create a level of concern. Where have these rabbits allegedly been spotted?"

"Usually in the vicinity of-a the mansion? They're called-a the Broodals, I believe. Tried telling Master Hand to investigate-a them, but he was all-a like, 'Get Layton and Luke to do investigate, that's what they're for!'...Layton and Luke are-a detectives, by the way."

"Um, Mario, is there by any chance that you have a first-aid kit?" Lana asked Mario, making the plumber scream in panic when he saw that the bluenette accidentally cut herself, with the carrot peeler. Mario would rush to the rescue, while Impa facepalmed at Lana's ignorance; Fox and Falco were too busy enjoying their tea to feel any concern for Lana. Those jerks.

"You keep Lana stabilized like I get the first-aid kit!" Cappy told Mario, as he left the plumber's head to find the kit. He would return with a first-aid kit a moment later, as Peach came down the stairs with Jennifer in her arms.

"I just heard Mario scream, what on earth is going on?" the princess questioned, grateful that Jennifer wasn't disturbed and started crying. Peach would see Mario bandaging Lana's fingers (yes, fingers) with some gauze, while blood remained on the kitchen counter. "Lana, did you really cut yourself with that carrot peeler? Were you going around the kitchen, fiddling with foreign objects? Not sure why you'd want to mess with that peeler, I'm sure it's very common in Hyrule..."

"It's not my fault the peeler had to look some complex..." murmured Lana, after Mario was done bandaging her. "I just wanted to see if it was an automated knife..."

Lana: Why is it that your own curiosity can hurt you?

"Don't go around around touching things in the kitchen without permission, who knows what else you could've done," Peach advised Lana, as she grabbed the carrot peeler and rinsed off the blood in the kitchen sink. All while holding Jennifer, no less; Peach was already a pro mom. "Our worst-case scenario would have resulted in possible...ooh, who's this? Is that a guest I spy?" Peach was delighted when she looked in the living room, and saw Impa, who was calmly enjoying her tea when she Peach smiling at her. "Impa?"

"Hey," Impa flatly responded, before she resumed drinking her tea. As you would believe, she met Peach through her best friend, Zelda. "Nice kid, by the way."

Impa: Peach got pregnant and gave birth to a newborn daughter...all while I was away. Guess I have a LOT of catching up to do...

"Lana you've been at this home since the start of the day, right?" Impa asked the bluenette, who quickly nodded her head. "Have you told Mario and Peach about the threat of Calamity Ganon?"

"Calamity who?" Lana raised an eyebrow, much to Impa's chagrin, before widening her eyes once she realized whom Impa was referring to. "Oh, yeah, Calamity Ganon! That's what I was supposed to warn Mario and Peach about! Was I supposed to do the same with Mario's brother, Luigi, and his wife? Meh, Mario can share the info with them himself."

"Sweet mother of Hylia, you're such an embarrassment..." Impa facepalmed once more, while Mario and Peach felt concerned after hearing the mere mention of Calamity Ganon. They had only known one Ganon in their lives (Ganondorf) and the very thought of a Ganon more powerful than Ganondorf gave them a good enough reason to be afraid of their (and everyone else's) livelihoods.

"Might you explain-a to us who this Calamity Ganon fellow is?" Mario implored Impa, wishing to know as much details as possible, so he could be prepared. Calamity Ganon wasn't the type of monster you'd want to mess with.

"Calamity Ganon isn't a fellow, but rather an evil force that has ravaged Hyrule for many years. Thankfully I haven't seen this Ganon in person, but I was forewarned that he might show up on this earth. For what reason, I don't know, but I can always fill you in on what exactly this Calamity Ganon is. Just take a seat, and I'll tell you all you need to know..."

So Mario and Peach both sat down in the living room couch, and at the exact moment they sat down...both Fox and Falco got up. Those pilots were gonna miss out on some good stuff.

"Fox and I quietly discussed among ourselves, and we both agreed that the story you're gonna tell will be long, tedious, and most importantly, boring," Falco explained to Impa, who made a questioning face. "Which is why we're heading back to the mansion." The pilots' decision to leave literally screamed impromptu. "We'll catch you on the flipside!" And with that, Fox and Falco left the house, not wanting to hear anything pertaining to Calamity Ganon. Perhaps they were lowkey scared...


Link and Linkle stood outside the storage room with Dark Pit and Sonic, with the former having some keys. Fourteen keys in total, to be exact. For whatever reason, Dark Pit was given keys to the storage room, and several other venues in the mansion, since he was the "only" person Master Hand could trust.

"Woah Dark Pit, that's a lot of keys you got there," Sonic said to the doppelganger, shuffling through his keys until he found the right one on his key chain.

"The bigger the key chain, the stronger the man," Dark Pit smirked cockily, as he found the storage room key. "Proven scientific fact." Wolf was probably the one who taught Dark Pit that "scientific fact", trying to give the doppelganger as much pointers as possible. "A man strong enough to win back his ex-girlfriend's heart!"

"Whatever, just open up the storage room so I can get my bomb arrows," Link rushed Dark Pit, seeing how close Linkle was to him. The fact that the blonde Hylian was smiling didn't do much to alleviate Link's uncomfortability. "My archery training needs to start right away...like right away..."

"Okay, okay, give me some time, don't rush me! Man, you people can be so impatient sometimes...and they say I'm the impatient one" Just when Dark Pit was about to stick the storage room key into the keyhole, Pit ran by and snatched the key chain from the doppelganger.

"Sorry Dark Pit need to borrow the keys I locked myself out of my room okay bye!" Pit called out to the doppelganger as he ran down the hallway; Dark Pit gritted his teeth as he chased after his roommate. He would fly, but flying indoors was forbidden.

"Why did Master Hand give the key chain to that kid..." wondered Link, before feeling something - or someone - bump into him. It was Linkle, standing closer to Link than ever before. Was she making the Hylian feel uncomfortable on purpose? Or was she enamored with him? "Girl, what is your problem?"

"I don't have a problem - but I do think it's you who has the problem yourself," replied Linkle, as Sonic watched the interaction between Link and Linkle closely. "You don't see me getting all irrationally angry!"

Sonic: Right now, Itsuki and Tsubasa are the least of my concern...however, every dang near relationship in the mansion is the most of my concern. Why do I need to focus on one measly couple, when I can focus on everyone else? I fully identify as an everysexual - I am everyone's concern. And everyone's problem. Tails may think my ways are wrong, but to each their own.

"So Link, do you and this Linkle chick go out a lot?" inquired Sonic, wanting to know more information about Linkle. To the hedgehog, Linkle was more interesting than all the four Hyrulian champions combined. "Like, do you go out to movies? Been to a fancy restaurant in town? Ever traveled on horseback together?"

"Shut up Sonic, I just met Linkle today, and we've done nothing together," replied Link, as Zelda walked by carrying some Hyrulian books when she spotted Link and Linkle. "She just follows me around like a creeper, and nothing I can do repels her. It's infuriating."

"Link, may I speak with you for a minute?" Zelda asked her boyfriend, grabbing him by the ear and pulling him away to a location where she could talk to Link in private. Link immediately knew what was coming for him. "You better not pull off something silly, you hear me?" Zelda whispered to Link, in an almost angry manner.

"What are you talking about, Linkle's the one who's making her advances on me!" Link whispered back, as Sonic popped out around the corner to eavesdropping the ensuing conversation. "I think she has a message she wants to tell me, but she's just not telling it..."

"Then what are you waiting for, get her to spit it out! Midna told me that everyone assumes you're cheating on me, and the last thing I want is for gossip to start back up in the mansion. We can't have that. So get Linkle to spill her beans, so she'll leave you alone!"

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy - Linkle loves to twist conversations around, in her favor. I might get the better of her soon, but until then, I'll just have to..."

"Link, Sonic, where are you?" Dark Pit called out, following up his response with the sound of keys jingling about. "I finally got the key chain from Pit, so do you guys still want your bomb arrows and chili dogs or not?"

"This whole matter will be resolved soon, I promise," Link promised to Zelda, returning to the storage room. Zelda gave her boyfriend a half-hearted smile as he walked away before seeing Sonic, the blue hedgehog sheepishly retreating after he was spotted by the princess.


Fully content with how the Mother's Day weekend went down - despite an occasional interference from Master Hand or two - Rosalina was in the laundry room, folding up the laundry with Aerith while her dear Luma floated at her side.

"What are you going to do for next year's Mother's Day weekend, mama?" Luma asked Rosalina, wondering if her mother had any bright ideas in store. A trip to a Washington beach would be swell, but that would be "been there, done that" thing for the residents. Rosalina would have to step out of the box.

"We do have the teleportation device at our disposal...so we could go to Paris," replied Rosalina, mulling over the idea. Barring an incident that would get the Smash Mansion banned from the country of France, Paris would be an enjoyable vacation for Mother's Day.

Rosalina: The Mother's Day weekend I planned last week was planned mostly on short notice - didn't have much of a budget to work with, as Master Hand only gave me ten bucks. An amount of money enough to buy a burger from Five Guys. Next time around I should have a much, MUCH bigger budget for the next Mother's Day weekend, and all I have to do is weasel some money out of Master Hand...doing favors for him might do the trick. Just gonna have to bear Isabelle's burden, for at least a year.

"I've been seriously worried about Cloud..." Aerith spoke with Rosalina, wanting to tell the mother of Lumas about her concerns. "All he has been doing this week is calling some man, and asking him 'when the time is coming'. It must be Professor E. Gadd - must be asking him about that device."

"The same device that bought you to our universe?" asked Rosalina, as Aerith gave a nod of confirmation. "Cloud's persistent phone calls must tell me that he's not ready to let you go. He's been very close to you, after all...almost like he did a complete 180 when you came around!"

"You're right - people like Mario even said that I've been a beacon of happiness for Cloud. But unfortunately I can't stay with you all forever, since Sora and I have to return to our own universe. Our friends must be worried sick about us!" Au contraire, Aerith...Sora never had any friends! At least according to Cloud.

"I'm sure they are, Aerith...but I wouldn't blame Cloud for being paranoid about you leaving. Ganondorf would be the same way, if I had to leave the mansion and return to the Comet Observatory to watch over the Lumas. He'd be acting the same way..."

"Yeah...wait, why would Ganondorf be acting paranoid for? Does he even like you?" Quite clear that Aerith was oblivious to Ganondorf's love for Rosalina...the flower girl had a lot of catching up to do, before heading back to her universe.

As Rosalina and Aerith resumed folding their clothes, Mario entered the laundry room, looking for his clothes. Whatever he was looking for should already be in his closet, but this is Mario we're talking about...anyways, Mario rummaged through the pile of clothes Aerith and Rosalina hadn't folded yet, and found what he was looking for...

"Aha, finally found-a it!" exclaimed the plumber, holding up a red-and-blue singlet. Aerith and Rosalina looked at the singlet, then exchanged judging looks with one another. "What, you've-a never seen a singlet before? It's for-a my exercises!"

"Hate to break it to you Mario, but nobody wears wrestling garb when they're working out," stated Rosalina, though Mario apparently begged to differ. "You sure you don't have anything better to wear?"

"That's a lot coming from a woman who-a hardly exercises...there's always method-a to my madness, and maybe one-a day my methods will teach you. Who knows, We'll-a see..." On that remark, Mario happily exited the laundry room, where Impa was standing near the door with her arms folded.

"Came all the way to the mansion just for that...that," Impa said to Mario, unsure to make of the singlet as she too found herself judging the plumber. "That thing looks very ill-fitting on you, judging by the look of it."

"Weird, Peach has been saying the same-a thing about my singlet...I guess most women have-a pretty bad taste." If Mario was just another guy, Impa would kill him ruthlessly, with little to no disregard. "So what-a where you telling me?"

"As I've been trying to tell you, you need to address the residents of the mansion about Calamity Ganon. You know, make them aware so they'll be ready when the time strikes. I'll be lurking around the mansion, doing some reconnaissance, while you address the others."

"Sounds like a good-a plan. Just let me know-a when you're done." Impa nodded to Mario, as she dashed away embarking on her mission. However, Mario couldn't help but feel that Impa might be bothered...

Mario: Last thing I would-a want is for Impa to be distracted, especially doing some-a thing that has major implications attached-a to it. So before I address-a the issue of Calamity Ganon, I'll do my best-a to steer everyone away from-a our favorite Sheikah. "Our favorite Sheikah"...do you think Impa would appreciate that? I'll ask-a her later.


Mario would bring all the residents of the mansion to the meeting room, bringing a white board and some markers with him. As expected, Linkle was seated with Link in the meeting room, as Zelda watched the female Hylian closely. Elsewhere, Itsuki was seated as far away from Tsubasa as possible, and Tsubasa looked at her man wondering why.

"I suspect Itsuki is lowkey giving Tsubasa the cold shoulder, to force a gradual process of them breaking up," Sonic whispered to Falco, while Mario got his materials ready. "Take it from me...I've been watching them closely. Like how a fat slob watches his pizza in the microwave!"

"Okay bruh, don't be a creeper, keep that to yourself," replied Falco, who too was paying close attention to Itsuki, as he pushed Sonic away. Once Mario was done preparing, it was time for the meeting to begin.

"Hello everyone - sorry for this-a impromptu meeting," Mario greeted, addressing the residents who were A) already bored, or B) had much better things to do. "But like-a any other meeting, this meeting is very important, and substantial to-a the mansion as a whole."

"So that meeting you had about pranking the All-Star Manor with cowpies was very important, and substantial for the mansion?" asked Pac-Man, raising his hand, as Mario gave him a pained facial expression. Know what what the All-Star Manor was? Episode 10 might jog your memory.

"...the meeting in store for today has-a much to do with an unknown evil that might-a show up in the city one-a day. But before we can get-a to that, we must first discuss-a someone who warned me about this-a evil...Impa. By a show of-a hands, who does not-a know Impa, or have never seen-a her before?" As Mario figured, the idol singers, Leia, Asuka, Layton, Luke, Crash, Coco, and Cortex all raised their hands. "Excellent. Allow me to draw a picture of what-a Impa looks like."

So with his markers at his tow, Mario furiously drew up a picture of Impa, drawing aggressively and with power, like he was a starving artist finally discovering a grand idea and drawing it out in motion. Once he was done, Mario presented his drawing of Impa to the residents, though no one was impressed.

"I'm sorry Mario but that's not Impa...that looks like a mutilated orange somehow experiencing a bad hair day," K.K. Slider analyzed the drawing, unsure if it even constituted as a drawing or not. Mario looked at his drawing, understood what K.K. said, and quickly erased his pathetic drawing, grunting in the process.

"Aw phooey...for those of you unaware-a of Impa, someone will show-a you a picture. Let's get back-a on track...Impa is in-a the mansion as I speak, doing reconnaissance...no Pit, I'm not going to define-a reconnaissance just for you." Pit, who had his hand raised, slowly put it back down. "Impa is doing reconnaissance, and to guarantee-a that she won't be distracted, I have one-a rule, and one rule only..."

With his black marker, Mario wrote "Don't bother Impa" in big letters, before writing a circle-backlash symbol through the text with a red marker. The plumber hoped the message would be clear and effective, but it turns it out that it wasn't.

"Why is there a circle with a red line going through the text?" questioned Asuka, as Mario looked at the ninja girl like she was born yesterday. The plumber almost felt insulted, even.

"The circle and red-a line means don't. Don't do it. Haven't you seen Ghostbusters, Asuka? They never showed-a it at the Hanzo Academy, did-a they? Oh, you poor, poor ninja girls..."

"I dunno Mario, it's like you're saying that we should bother Impa," Kohaku offered her two cents, as Mario gave her the same look he gave to Asuka. "Might even count as a double negative. Or a double positive, rather."

"No, you see...eh, you might be-a right." After taking a good look at his board, Mario erased "don't", and was left satisfied. "There-a we go. My apologies." Mario then wrote "don't", again in big letters, next to the circle-backlash symbol. "Is everyone-a happy now?"

"'Don't don't bother Impa'...makes sense," Donkey Kong read the message on the board, making Mario even angrier. The plumber took out his red marker, and wrote a giant slash through the word "don't".

"I'm done-a for now, I can't possibly make-a the message any clearer. So we'll all agree not-a to bother Impa, while she's doing her-a thing."

"Why can't we bother Impa?" questioned Cortex, who already knew Impa was girl from the start when he heard her name. "She might need some lovin' in her life..." Cortex raised his eyebrows in a romantic manner, as Uka turned away and rolled his eyes.

"Because she might be working for some-a high-ranking Sheikah, like perhaps an Impa much-a older than her. What if she goes-a back to her tribe, and gives a bad-a report about us? It would make us look-a bad to the Sheikah clan."

"That would never happen, unless someone snitched on us," said Lloyd, like any resident would ever see the Sheikah tribe, let alone a single Sheikah in person. "I mean who's gonna tell on us, Geno?"

"Me telling some grandma Impa would be quite hilarious," stated Geno, the mansion's resident snitch, as you knew already. "I could see the headline for it...'Star Warriors Informs Elderly Sheikah About Loser Mad Scientist Stalking Her Underling'." Some of the residents chuckled at Geno's headline, while a pouting Cortex stared Geno down.

"No, it won't-a be Geno, but it will-a be someone else," affirmed Mario, as the chuckling started to die down. "It's some-a one in this very room. Someone very, very close-a to Impa. Even closer. But I won't out-a them in front of everyone. I'll respect-a their privacy, for the greater good. For unity."

"Mario can we please get a move on with the meeting, we have crap to do you know," pleaded Red the Pokemon Trainer, needing to return to his daily Pokemon training. "If I return to the sanctuary, and find out that Charizard is flirting with Blue's Gardevoir again..."

"Okay, okay, don't rush-a me!" With this section on Impa finally out of the way, it was time for Mario to move on to the next subject. "The main reason - the real-a reason - why I had this meeting, is to discuss a possible threat-a to our mansion...a threat by the name-a of Calamity Ganon."

The mere mention of Calamity Ganon was enough to strike intrigue within the meeting room. The residents quietly murmured with one another about this Calamity Ganon threat, and they could tell by how Mario said the name that this particular kind of Ganon meant business!

"I don't understand what all the fuss is about, this Calamity Ganon can't possibly be any better than I," remarked Ganondorf, with his arms folded. Way to be humble. "Honestly sounds like some crappy Ganon costume some kid wore for Halloween. I saw one last year, actually."

Ganondorf: I couldn't care less about this "Calamity Ganon" fool...but to see everyone all worked up, it just puts a big smile on my face. Everyone freaking out, acting like an apocalypse is on the horizon...it's like music to my ears.

"By a show-a of hands, who has heard of Calamity Ganon before?" Mario asked the crowd, as nobody bothered raising their hand...until one hand rose up in the air. It belonged to Linkle, the only guest in the meeting room. "I'm-a sorry, but have we met-a before?"

"Well I haven't really gotten to know anyone here, so I'll just...do a little formal introduction," replied Linkle as she stood up, as everyone gave the Hylian their uninvited attention. The sight of seeing so many eyes on her nearly gave Linkle butterflies in her stomach. Thank goodness that's not a real ailment. "Um...hi, I'm Linkle, I'm from Hyrule, as you might know from my point ears...I'm a Hylian, though that's obvious as well...and I'm a shepherd!"

"She's also Link's new girlfriend - Link is cheating on Zelda!" shouted Sonic, as everyone stared at him. Link and Zelda, on the other hand, glared at the hedgehog. "You heard it here, folks!" A stern look from Mario did enough to make Sonic pipe down.

"Anyways, I was told to come to the Smash Mansion, to spread the news about Calamity Ganon, but it appears that I've been beaten to the punch. Or so it seems. For those of you wondering, Calamity Ganon is...is very strong and powerful, and, uh, wants to take over the world, and...and he's also very strong and powerful! So yeah, that's Calamity Ganon for ya..."

"Wow, so he's basically like any other Ganon incarnation on the Zelda timeline," inferred Gil, not at all impressed. Acting like he had heard a much similar story before, in the past. "Sooooo informative..."

"Leave-a her alone Gil, she did the best-a she could," Mario defended Linkle, and he couldn't help but wonder if Linkle was a diehard Link fangirl or something. The name really threw him off. "In the event Calamity Ganon strikes-a the mansion - or the city, for that-a matter - we must be well-a prepared, and stay on our toes..."

"Thanks, but no thanks - you can count me out," Samus spoke up, getting up out of her chair and heading towards the meeting room door. "I've seen the same crap happen TWICE last year, and by no means will I be a part of some "world is at stake" scenario ever again. For that reason, I'm out..." Samus left the meeting room, slamming the door along the way and spurring a moment of awkward silence.

"...if you want, Mario, you can have Linkle take Samus' place when Calamity Ganon comes around," suggested the Black Knight, making this suggestion only to soothe the awkwardness prevalent in the meeting room. "Sure she might not have the Power Suit or the fancy weapons...but she might have magic! And that's just as effective, if not more!"

"Shut up, Black-a Knight, the last thing we'd want to have-a on our hands is some magic-technology debate," said Mario, wanting to resume the meeting. "We all remember how the last-a one went down...so many chairs-a thrown in so little time. Evidently Linkle came-a to warn us, which makes me believe-a that the girl who stopped-a by my house wished to do the same..." That same girl, a certain bluenette, would stop by the meeting room, opening the door wide. "...Lana?"

"Did I come at the wrong time?" Lana asked Mario, dumbfounded that she came all the way over from his home. The bluenette then turned her attention to the residents, who were all looking at her. "Ooh, are these your friends? Wow Mario, you sure know how to get around!"

"H-How did you know I was here, did you follow Impa and-a I in secret?" Mario could tell that Lana was holding something behind her back - likely her spellbook.

"I wouldn't say I followed you in secret...I just followed the trail of crumbs you left behind, from those cupcakes you were eating. Left behind some pretty big crumbs, I'm afraid. Speaking of cupcakes..." Lana took out a plate of cupcakes, which she held behind her back. "...who wants some?!"

"Alright, free cupcakes, that's what's up!" cheered Shulk, as some of the others found themselves cheering or clapping in excitement. "The ultimate payoff for attending this meeting! Thanks for the cupcakes, random blue-haired chick we never saw before!"

"No probs! Just follow me!" So everyoen got out of their seats and followed Lana out of the meeting room, to indulge in some cupcakes; would it be funny if there weren't enough cupcakes for everyone? That was very much a possibility. Only person that remained in the meeting room was Mario, who found himself stroking his chin.

"Now what were those-a cupcakes for..." Mario wondered in thought, before widening his eyes in realization. "...they were-a for my baby shower! Lana, wait!" Mario ran out of the meeting room, running faster than a gazelle.


At the meeting, you may have noticed that Master Hand was absent, and it was for either two reasons - he paid Crazy Hand a visit, or he forced someone to go on a joyride in his Lamborghini. It was actually the latter, as Link and Cloud learned, when Master Hand returned to the mansion, with a stranger pulling up on the driveway in his car...

"Is that...is that a stranger riding Master Hand's Lamborghini?" Link asked Cloud, eating his cupcake, as the two swordsman stood at a window and watched the man exit the Lamborghini. The man would toss his car keys to Master Hand, before giving the giant hand a handshake. "Master Hand seriously allowed that bum to..."

"Master Hand started going around town, asking people if they wanted to take a ride in his Lamborghini for five hundred bucks," explained Cloud, who didn't want a cupcake. Maybe the swordsman wasn't hungry. Or perhaps his own angst acted as a conscience, preventing him from consuming something that exuberated joy. "He started that scheme in the hopes that the random driver might kill themselves in a car crash, and Master Hand can steal that person's life insurance. Seriously doubt that man outside will get his payday."

"Hey Link, would you mind having a cupcake?" Linkle approached the Hylian, with two cupcakes in her hands. "Saved one just for you!" The smile on her face was telling Link to say no, but alas, the hero of Hyrule had to say yes.

"Yes do I mind having a cupcake...for I'm eating one right now," replied Link, holding up his cupcake for Linkle to see. Linkle saw and gave a knowing head, holding her head down, as Link looked across the foyer and saw Zelda and Midna from a distance, the former bearing a stern look. Link would give a reassuring thumbs up to Zelda, as Zelda's look softened just a tad.

Zelda: I've given Link an ample amount of time to fix this whole conundrum involving him and Linkle, and yet he has done nothing, from what I've seen today. Guess I'll have to take matters into my own hands...


After denying the man that rode his Lamborghini of any payment, Master Hand returned to the mansion to bother some residents, because that's one of the things he did best. He would find his victim in Lucina, who was speaking with Kamui and Coco in the dancing room.

"Marth told me that the leader of the Rabbids, suspiciously named 'Topper', gave Roy some kind of device that allows Crash to sing," Lucina explained to Kamui and Coco, as Master Hand magically appeared behind the princess. Kamui and Coco saw the giant hand, but were too timid to alert Lucina. "How it works, is that Roy chooses a song on some remote, and Crash sings the selected song. Unsure how it will work in regards to..."

"BOOGALA BOOGALA!" boomed Master Hand, causing Lucina to scream in terror. The princess jumped in fright, and turned around and saw Master Hand, laughing at her expense. "Hahaha, got you good! Don't say otherwise, you'll make me a liar..."

"For goodness sake Master Hand, don't scare me like that ever again..." Lucina you live with Master Hand day in and day out, you should be used to being scared. "...you nearly gave me a heart attack!"

"Oh please, Lucina, if I gave you a heart attack, you would be dead by now. Just admit your defeat. So, what are you ladies discussing that's so important that it can only be discussed here? Do tell!"

"We're just talking about Roy and his lame k-pop group, 'Straight Fiyah'," explained Kamui; the more the residents said that name, the more disgusted they felt inside. Left a bad taste in their tongue. "Roy received a device from the Broodals, and we know that those rabbits are up to no good."

"Did you just assume that the Broodals are EVIL?! For shame, Kamui, for shame! Oh those poor Broodals...they feel triggered right now, and they don't know why! Talking crap about a bunch of folks you've never met before..."

"Well if you ask us Master Hand, flying around the mansion on a flying airship IS pretty suspicious behavior," stated Coco, though that didn't change Master Hand's mind one bit. "What do you have to say about that?"

"Maybe the Broodals are looking to become new residents, and they're just shy. I wouldn't fault them for flying around in the sky, playing their music as most people have claimed. You just have to give them a chance! Life's all about giving chances, right ladies?"

"Yeah...can you go away, Master Hand, you're really cutting into our time," Lucina said to the giant hand, who sighed deeply as he disappeared. With Master Hand finally gone, the meeting finally continued. "I spoke with Raven on the phone, and she came up with a surefire plan that will derail Roy's plans, and put his crappy k-pop boy band dreams to an end. Here's what she had planned..."


"Again with the stupid paint...I seriously need to tell those Inklings to stop having their paint battles on the roof. I hope they know there's a park in Seattle for them to play at."

Mega Man said this to himself, as he was tasked with cleaning off the mansion's roof after yet another paint battle, courtesy of the Inklings. Rooftop paint battles have become quite a common occurrence, and Mega Man grew increasingly tired, cleaning after the Inklings' mess.

As the robot was cleaning, he would bump into Impa, who was busy snooping around the mansion. Remembering what Mario said at the meeting, Mega Man walked away from Impa, with his arms up in the air, like he committed a basketball foul. The robot then went back down to the mansion, leading Impa rather confused.

"Hmm, must be a shy one..." the Sheikah could only say, as she resumed her reconnaissance work. But there was almost no point in doing so, for the roof was still splattered with paint. "...and he didn't even finish his job! Pathetic..."

Impa: I know I haven't done much interaction, ever since I started by reconnaissance, but I can't help but feel like that I'm being watched...

Indeed, Impa was being watched, for a familiar flying ship descended to the mansion to greet the Sheikah. Impa turned around, and saw the Broodals flying down to her on their ship, laughing their tails off. Impa immediately knew that those rabbits meant trouble.

"Heh heh, look at what we have here..." cackled Topper, as Impa quickly got on the offensive. Had her sword out, and all ready to go. "...before you start swingin' your sword at us, how about we introduce ourselves? See if we can get on an even page...I'm Topper, this is Harriet, that over there is Spewart, and the lanky one behind us is Rango. You can call us...the Broodals!"

"Yeah, that's good and all, but may I ask what business you have here?" asked Impa; Topper's question would determine whether or not the Broodals would receive a beatdown at the hands of Impa. But you all know those rabbits will get one regardless.

"Our business is none of your concern, lady! Nosy peon! But since you look like a persistent one, we'll just tell ya...only if you tell us your name!" Unfortunately for Topper and the Broodals, Impa wouldn't budge.

"My name is none of your concern - tell me what business you have, and I'll let you off easy. Don't make me rip your entire ship into smithereens..."

"Rip our ship into smithereens? With THAT sword?" Topper and company would find themselves giggling at Impa's threat, as the Sheikah intensified her glare. "Woman you make me laugh! What else are you gonna do - whip us with your ponytail and send us crying to our mommies? Give me a break!"

"I think we should put this lady to sleep, she just keeps talking too much!" said Harriet, turning to Topper to see if he was down with the idea. "Whaddaya ya think, Topper- da woman needs some shuteye, huh?"

"Anything to stop that mouth of hers...Spewart, would you like to do the honors?" Topper turned to Spewart, who rubbed his hands together in excitement. "Time for our little miss to go nighty night..."

"One sleepin' beauty, comin' right up..." replied Spewart, as he exhaled a poisonous gas at Impa. The Sheikah, caught in the cloud of poisonous gas, suddenly found herself dazed as the gas attacked her lungs and sinuses, before fainting to the ground. The Broodals could only laugh, as they peered down at the unconscious Impa.

"Good work Spewart, that should keep her down for a while...can't have anyone interfering with the boss' plans!" Clearly the Broodals were working for someone...any good clue as to who it was?


For the past few episodes or so, Itsuki has been acting rather differently, almost like he was doing a complete 180. The young man, who was in love with his girlfriend Tsubasa, found himself seemingly at a crossroads in his relationship. Whenever someone asked him about Tsubasa, Itsuki would never give a positive answer...nor did he give a negative one at that. This has obviously led to some growing suspicion, especially for Fox and Falco.

Speaking of Fox and Falco, the two pilots were in Itsuki and Touma's bedroom, raiding the closet...no, they weren't stealing clothes, or the like, they were just looking for Touma's helmet, for his Force Five superhero suit. Touma wished to do some superhero martial arts training for his show, but he refused to do said training unless he had on his helmet. "For optimal experience", he claimed.

"All this junk in this dumb closet...Itsuki and Touma must be filthy pack rats or something," grimaced Falco, as he and Fox went through the closet, tossing clothes onto Itsuki's bed. "I'd hate to see them when they get married and move out on their own."

"I suspect that their kitchens will be absolute pigsties, judging from what we've seen so far," added Falco, almost done with the pile of clothes he was tossing unto the bed...until he found something, hanging up in the closet. "Yo, check this out...it's a suit!" Fox pulled out a suit - which was placed in a garment bag - out of the closet, and showed it off to Falco.

"A suit hanging up in the closet?" Falco quickly snatched the suit away from Fox, like it belonged to him. "I'm totally copping this..." The avian pilot wouldn't be able to cop anything, when he glanced at the suit and saw a name card on the garment bag. "...'Itsuki Aoi'? Bruh, this suit belongs to Itsuki! This is Itsuki's suit!"

Fox: *holding Itsuki's suit* First Little Mac being a "chauffeur", then that map, and now this suit...not to mention those Victoria's Secret magazines we found on the Star Records bank statement. Is Itsuki ditching Tsubasa for good, and going on a date with a Victoria's Secret model?
Falco: Nah, Itsuki's smooth, but he's not that smooth. He's definitely going to some lingerie contest. Should've bought us tickets...

Putting the suit back in the closet, Fox and Falco resumed their search, finally finding Touma's helmet and leaving the room afterwards. They didn't feel like putting the clothes back in the closet - that was Itsuki and Touma's job, not theirs. The moment the pilots left the room...

"Fox, Falco, do you two have a minute?" Roy approached them, standing with none other than Crash. Both Fox and Falco legitimately wanted to cry. "Now I know what you're thinking - you both believe that I should stop pursuing my goals to start a k-pop band, and I should put this whole boy band thing to bed."

"Yup, that's completely what is on our minds," confirmed Fox, looking at Falco who gave a nod of confirmation. Telling Roy "no" would be too hard for the pilots, especially given how far Roy has come.

"Excellent! Knew that was the case. So far, so good. But before you can ask questions, I would like to present to you...the new and improved Crash!" Roy, taking out his remote, pressed a button, and caused Crash to spaz out. Fox and Falco felt bad for Crash, until the bandicoot returned to normal...

"I saw you dance...from a corner..." Crash sang, singing "The Night Begins to Shine" as he rocked his body to the beat, while pointing at Fox and Falco. Understandably, both pilots were creeped out. "I caught your name...in a conversation...playing hard to get...but I can't understand..."

"Crash is singing because of a device, that allows him to sing any song of any choosing. All I have to do is select a song on this remote, and Crash sings it, just like pure magic! Crash has to wear the device on his back, for it to be effective."

"That's pretty cool, using a device that makes Crash sing, let alone speak the human language," Fox offered his take, giving Roy a sense of optimism. "But I have one little nitpick. With this device, will Crash be able to sing original songs?" Roy crinkled his nose when he heard this.

"What do you mean by, 'original songs'?" At this moment, Falco could tell that Fox's conversation with Roy might get rocky.

"I mean it's nice that Crash can sing songs, but he should also sing songs from your band, Straight Fiyah. What's the point of singing a song from some TV show, if he can't even sing a song created by you? That's what I'm trying to get at."

"I don't understand, Crash is singing original songs - it's not like he's singing a cover. Crash singing is all I need for my band to be a success, because he's the lead singer, our go-to guy. If he falters, then we all falter along with him."

"Told you Roy's k-pop fascination was making him subsequently dumber," Falco whispered to Fox, who found himself frowning and pinching the bridge of his nose. Roy was but a lost soul; it was only a miracle that his bandmates didn't buy in, and end up lost like him.

"For the last time Roy, Crash has to sing songs BY Straight Fiyah, and Straight Fiyah only," Fox restated his point, hoping Roy would eventually understand. "You can't just have him recycle songs by other k-pop bands, that's no way to make money. How do you expect to keep your dreams alive by singing other people's songs?"

"Well Fox, if you want to be such an egregious hater, then all the power to ya - but don't act all surprised when Straight Fiyah makes it big," retorted Roy, apparently missing the point Fox was making somehow. "Right, Crash..." During the argument, Roy failed to notice that Crash was singing...for the bandicoot was gone! "Crash, where'd you go? And where the heck is my remote?"


By now, you'd think that Link finally got rid of Linkle, right? Wrong. Alas, for our favorite Hylian, he was still stuck with Linkle, seated in the lounge as the female Hylian kept blabbering her mouth. Zelda peered inside the lounge, seeing how irritated her man was.

Zelda: I know Link wants to stand up to Linkle...I think it's just that he's too afraid to tell her how he feels. He must've respected women for so long, that he never speaks up to them. Always going with their flow. I'll do Link a favor, but just this once...

"So yeah, all the Cuccoos on my farm adore me!" gleamed Linkle, while a bored Link rested his chin in the palm of his hand, looking perfectly done with life. "I've experienced little to no problems whatsoever!"

"Easy for you to say, all the Cuccoos hate me..." mumbled Link; just thinking about Cuccoos nearly gave him PTSD. Heck, just thinking about chickens in general nearly gave him PTSD.

"What's wrong Link, you sound pretty sad...almost bored, even." Girl, you honestly have no idea. "Something in your mind, something you need to spit out?" Link would slowly turn to face Linkle, his facial expression still intact.

"There is something that I need to get off my chest...something I've been needing to say for most of the day. What I want to say is..."

"It must have been love, but it's over now..."

Link and Linke found themselves looking around in confusion, as a voice - a woman's voice - was heard. Linkle then looked at Link, and by the look of her eyes, she was feeling pretty upset.

"You think...you think that I'm in love with you?" the female Hylian frowned at Link, who was looking around all guiltily. "Have I ever said at all today that I was in love with you? You really must be that dense, huh?"

"How can a person like me care for you? Why do I bother when you're not the one for me? Is enough enough?"

"I was NEVER the one for you, and YOU were never the one for me!" Linkle was getting angrier, and Link found himself in quite a predicament. "Why on earth did you assume that we were in love?!"

"Although we've come to the end of the road...still I can't let go...tt's unnatural...you belong to me...I belong to you..."

"That is IT! If you honestly think, for a second, that we'd have a chance together, as boyfriend and girlfriend, then you're the most idiotic moron I've ever met! This whole day, I was just trying to be your friend - and share some impeding bad news as well - but you, Link, have thrown me to the edge! Now I can't even stand to be in your presence anymore...we're through!"

Linkle would finish off her rant as she aggressively slapped Link, before storming out of the lounge pouting. Link rubbed his now red face, as Zelda entered the lounge along with Crash. In the princess' hand was a remote - Roy's remote.

"You were the one who played those songs and made Linkle think I was 'breaking up' with her, weren't you?" Link asked Zelda, who found herself smiling. Safe to say Linkle, on the other hand, wouldn't be smiling anymore today.

"All thanks to some device Roy attached to Crash," replied Zelda, as she patted Crash on the head. The big smile Crash made indicated that the bandicoot enjoyed the pat a lot more than he should have. "It can make Crash sing any song. Just have to use this remote to make the device work." Zelda would show the remote to Link, who saw a rabbit logo on the back. The Hylian didn't think that much of it, though.

"It does look like something Roy would use, that's for sure...quite amazing seeing that dude grow more and more desperate over time. It's kinda fun...yet equally sad at the same time. Letting him watch that New Year's thing was a mistake."

"Agreed - we'll just have to ban him from next year's festivities. Master Hand will probably force Roy to show up, but we can work our way around it, somehow."

"You're right...oh, and by the way, thank you for saving my butt. Don't know what I would've done without you..."

"Take what you can get...because this is the only time I'm doing you a favor. Next time, it'll be you who'll do the butt saving. Understand?" Zelda would leave the lounge, taking Crash with him, as Link looked on with a heartfelt smile.


Mario: Unfortunately I was unable to retrieve-a all of the cupcakes...or any of the cupcakes, rather. King Dedede sucked-a up the remaining ones with that giant mouth-a of his. I'm sure everyone-a enjoyed their cupcakes, and I hope that they did what I told-a them to do, and not bother...hold-a on a second, Peach is-a calling me...

Mario ran downstairs to Peach, who was standing at the front door with Jennifer. At the princess' feet was a large box, one possibly filled with tons of goodies.

"Look at what the mailman brought today!" Peach showed the box off to Mario, who was inspecting the box along with Cappy. "According to the shipping label, it came all the way from Korea...wonder what it could be?"

"Ooh, a box from a faraway land?" gleamed Lana, nearly knocking Mario down to the floor as she got a peek at the box. That bluenette will geek out for anything she sees and touches. "How fascinating! Can we open it? I say we should open it..."

"Not now, the contents of the box-a could be dangerous," warned Mario, slapping Lana's hand away. Mario and Peach never did any online shopping (unless Cappy was suspect), so a package from Japan was already questionable. "Ninjas could be hiding in-a that box, ready to strike..." Suddenly, a knock at the front door. "Who could-a that be?"

"Mario, Peach, can you open up?" Mega Man's voice was heard from behind the front door. "It's a bit of an emergency!" Peach rushed to the front door, opened it...

...and found herself gasping when she saw Mega Man, holding a still unconscious Impa in his arms. Mario, Cappy, and Lana also got a good look of Impa, in her current state.

"I went up to roof of the mansion, to clean up the mess the Inklings left behind, and I saw Impa lying unconscious, not moving," Mega Man explained to Mario and company, all relieved that Impa was still breathing. "Did my best to wake her up, but my efforts were futile. You want me to take her in?"

"You don't have to ask-a that twice - put her on our-a sofa!" ordered Mario, and Mega Man did as he was told. The robot got Impa situated, and everyone looked at the Sheikah, as Cappy tried to wake her up.

"Impa, it's me, Cappy, can you hear me?" the talking hat said to the Sheikah, tapping her on the face and on her shoulder. "Give us a response! Who did this to you? We need answers, and we need names!"

"The...Broodals..." Impa answered, lifting her eyes open for only a moment, before falling back into unconsciousness as she sprawled out all over the sofa. Her answer did nothing but raise the suspicions of Mairo, Peach, and Cappy concerning the Broodals.

Seemingly, those dastardly rabbits have already left their mark...