Author's Note:

Feels weird to not write a Valentine's Day-themed chapter after the Super Bowl...eh. Let's answer some reviews:

"Is Cranky's date with Pauline gonna be in the next chapter? Can you add a scene of Elma interacting with Cammy? (Caitlin Glass voices them) will Tails or another scientist character end up being Cortex's roommate? Is Marin from Link's Awakening gonna have an ability to shapeshift into a seagull? (The game's ending hinted she became a seagull) and finally, have you noticed a lot of Nintendo games have a habit of giving the heroes dead moms? (Link, Samus, Marth, Lucas etc)"

Cranky's date with Pauline will be in next week's chapter. I can do that scene. Cortex's new roommate will be revealed in this chapter. Marin might not have that ability. And I've noticed that dead moms is a common trope in Nintendo games...though to be honest, I had no idea Marth's mom was dead. Please don't kill me. Up next is SniperLesley:

1. I know this is gonna sound far-fetched, but picture this: Masahiro Sakurai decided to go surf one day and discovered your fic. Let's say he was intrigued and decided to adapt it for a Netflix series. Question is: Why would Sakurai NOT adapt your fic into a slice-of-life anime? And on the other hand, why would Sakurai ADAPT your fic for audiences?
2. An adaptation of iCarly's iPsycho plot.
3. Probably for the next arc of this series, mind if it involves teenage Jennifer and Charles from the future who try to go back into the past-sort of plot?

1. Great question! I've always wondered if someone at Nintendo was reading this story. Why would Sakurai adapt my fic for a Netflix series for audiences? Maybe to introduce Smash to a broader and wider audience. Why wouldn't he adapt my fic? He'd probably feel intimidated by the high amount of characters, and perhaps by some of the content material as well. Emphasis on some.
2. I've watched iPscyho...twice. I can do an adaption of that.
3. Jennifer and Charles...from the future? Going back into the past? Um, uh...

...on to PinkRose4452!

1. Will we see some of the other pokemon trainer protagonists, like Ethan, Lyra, May, Lucas, Dawn, etc.? And maybe a Red and Ethan pokemon battle round 2 as well, since they both battled each other on Mt. Silver before.
2. Will Tifa join the mansion as a resident?
3. Now that the Lamborghini's destroyed, will Master Hand get another new car or will he get something else that he will really love? Also, will Crazy Hand also get something that he will really love as well?
4. Is Tom Nook going to be punished even more since he destroyed the Lamborghini? Also, will Master Hand start having heart attacks because of the Lamborghini?
5. How about Blue coming back to the mansion and having a pokemon battle with Leaf or Red.
6. This idea is inspired by the Piranha Plant all star mode glitch that corrupts your data. There is a new arcade or video game that is really hard to beat. Someone, maybe Sonic, Fox, or Falco, idk who, plays the game and doesn't leave til they beat the game. Someone else tries to get that person to stop playing the game. Near the end of the episode, when they are about to beat the final boss, their data gets corrupted and they have to start all over from scratch again, which makes them scream very and I mean, very loud and at the same time, they are not happy about it which gets them in a very bad mood for the rest of the week.

1. Yes, and maybe yes.
2. Tifa will be appearing as a recurring guest, not a resident.
3.
Master Hand will get another new car. And maybe Crazy Hand will get a car too.
4. Tom Nook will definitely be punished.
5. Blue will come back...don't know when, though.
6. Been hearing a lot about that glitch...but yeah, I'll use that idea.

Derick Lindsey has a question about the two guest characters in the previous chapter:

"...can you tell me who J.T. and Gerome are since I don't have a clue as to who they are?"

J.T. and Gerome...are "codenames" for the Los Angeles Rams quarterback and running back, respectively. You can google who those two players are. I'll have you know that I've been "bending rules" since chapter 35 - with or without regret. Moving on:

"Also are we ever going to find out the reason Robin has been avoiding the twins I feel like this plot point has been set up forever and we still don't really know much about that."

That plot point will be wrapped up shortly, hopefully near the end of the current arc. GreaterDoomerUKI has returned once more:

"Did I ever have a question about a candy shop? I never put a review about that..."

Nope, don't think you ever asked me that question. Let's see what you got for me:

1) Are you going to do a chapter about Yoshi's crafted world and Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn?
2) Cant Alph live in the mansion? He is a skin for oilman but that still isn't an excuse.
3) What are your thoughts on the upcoming Dr. Mario World?
4) Nintendo says they are previewing a new title for switch. What do you think it's going to be? Don't get your hopes too high for Super Mario Galaxy 3...

1) I'd be down with that.
2) Alph already lives at the mansion; he's roommates with Olimar.
3) I'm interested in seeing what this Dr. Mario World is all about - looks like it could be a lot of fun.
4) Perhaps it has something to do with the new Pokemon game? Got my fingers crossed...

Last person for today is SmartyPants001:

"So, I'm not entirely sure if you only go over the reviews for the people who aren't logged in, or if I just reviewed too late last week, so I apologize if I come off as desperate for attention. (If it's because I was too late last week, the first two suggestions don't have to be repeated, as they're repeats from my earlier review.)"

No worries, friend, I've already answered your review - my reply should be in your PM inbox. Let's check out your little suggestion:

"A chapter where someone leaves the pokémon sanctuary doors open and eevee and all of the eeveelutions spread out throughout the mansion and cause a bit of chaos, perhaps?"

I love doing chaotic chapters like those. I'll give it a shot.


Episode 164: Milestone

Tom Nook was in trouble. Big trouble. Big, deep trouble. A whole lot of trouble.

In the previous episode, Tom Nook was tasked with getting Master Hand's most prized possession, his Lamborghini, an oil change. At first, Master Hand was on the fence with asking the tanoki to fulfill the favor, but with Isabelle and Ayaha busy, the giant hand had no choice.

So, Tom Nook took up on the objective, knowing that getting the oil change served as a litmus test - to see if Master Hand would ever trust the tanoki, and put his grudge with him to bed forever. The task was simple, easier done than said.

But then a guest visiting the mansion, named Gerome, saw the Lamborghini, and was super excited at the very sight of it. In fact, he was so excited that he took the car keys from Tom Nook and took the Lamborghini on a joyride around down, claiming he had jurisdiction to do it because "he had a license". In the middle of the joyride, Tom Nook grabbed control of the wheel and drove the Lamborghini back to the mansion...only to accidentally crash the vehicle upon returning home.

While things were already heading south for Tom Nook, it got even worse when the buddy cops outright accused the tanoki of crashing the car on purpose, just so he could sell the remains for cash and use his monetary gain to bet on the Super Bowl. Disgusted, Master Hand ordered Petey Piranha to devour Tom Nook, to make him pay. And little did Tom Nook know that being subjected to Petey was only the start of his punishment...

"All this because that buffoon tried to take that Lamborghini on a joyride..." grumbled Tom Nook, as he was unclogging the toilet in the bathroom with a plunger. Wario had used that bathroom two minutes ago. "...how does he get away with it?"

"Dang it, I must've flushed my gift card down the toilet by accident!" frowned Wario, returning to the bathroom, only to find Tom Nook near the toilet. The fatso was momentarily left confused. "Uh, Tom Nook, isn't that Dark Pit's job?"

"I'm taking over for him, for the time being. I'm serving punishment for wrecking Master Hand's Lamborghini. Unfortunately, I have way more on my plate..." As Tom Nook expected, Wario pointed and laughed at the tanoki, falling unto the floor.

Tom Nook: I literally have a to-do list of objectives I must take care of today, most of which involve Master Hand in some manner or form. *takes out to-do list* Let's see what I got here..."2 o' clock, paint Master Hand's nails". Sounds impossible, but okay. "2:45, give singing performance for Master Hand and Crazy Hand". Don't know why, but that's just mean. "3:30, get spanked butt-naked by Master Hand." *furrows brow* Why is that an item on the list...?

"Oh yeah, I totally forgot you were the one who crashed the car!" said Wario, wiping away a tear as he got himself up off the floor. "Gotta say, you had a lot of guts to pull it off, and I mean A LOT!"

"To be fair, some bozo tried to drive around in the car, and I had to put him in his place," stated Tom Nook, having to hold his nose away from the toilet. Wario what have you done?! "I was only trying to park the car out of instinct."

"Well you surely missed the driveway, that's for sure...now we got a dark black patch on the front of the mansion. How do you think we're gonna cover it up? Just paint over it or something?"

"Excuse me, Wario, but are you busy?" asked Isabelle, poking her head inside the bathroom. Wario turned around, spotting the shih tzu. "Got some good news for you - Master Hand and I found your new roommate!"

"I got a new roommate? About time! No more sleeping by myself, hehe!" Wario felt pretty lonely after Ashley left for the tower; he missed seeing Ashley making her potions, and asking the young witch if she liked Young Cricket. "Well who is it?"

"Come follow me and you'll see!" So Wario hurried out of the bathroom, following after Isabelle. Tom Nook looked down at the floor and sighed, feeling solemn.

"Why did you have to be so busy, Isabelle..." the tanoki said, wishing that he and Isabelle had switched places in the previous episode, as he continued his task.


"So, can you give me any hints for who my new roommate is?" Wario asked Isabelle, rubbing his hands excitedly as he walked down the hallway. "Is it a man or a woman? Are they filthy rich? What's their tolerance level for flatulence?"

"All I can say is that your new roommate is a male," replied Isabelle, drawing a few doodles down on her clipboard. "And he has looks similar to yours!" Must be pretty difficult to look as ugly as Wario.

"What, my new roommate is equal to me in terms of handsomeness?" The only person in the world that would consider Wario "handsome", would be Wario. And perhaps Mona. "This I gotta see for myself!"

"You'll be moving in with him, in his room. Your old room will be used for new residents. We've already paired Jacky with Gil, since Akira and Takamaru left, so Jacky's old room will also be..."

"Yeah, yeah, I don't care about Jacky! What I do care about is seeing how handsome my new roommate is! Where's his room, are we there yet?"

"His room is just down the stairs! I know you two will get along very well, I can already tell! You're both going to be the best of friends..."

Isabelle and Wario went down the stairs, and arrived at the room - Wario's new room. After knocking on the door, Isabelle opened it, as Wario took a peek inside. The fatso expected to see a handsome hunk, sitting near the window and basking in his handsome glory...

...but instead, his jaw fell to the floor in disappointment, when he saw Cortex, sitting on the floor with his left pants leg rolled up, plucking his leg hairs with tweezers. Uka watched this, wishing he had better things to do.

"You can always pluck that long strand of hair another time, it's not like the end of the world," Uka said to Cortex, who was determined to pluck one follicle of hair off his leg. Cortex was putting a lot of effort into it.

"No, Uka, the strand of hair makes it feel weird whenever I walk with my pants...on," replied Cortex, before stopping what he was doing so he could look up and see Wario, mouth agape, with Isabelle happily standing by.

"Dr. Neo Cortex, meet your new roommate...Wario!" Isabelle introduced the evil genius to Wario, who was left disgusted as ever. Uka found this too amusing, as he was laughing up a storm.

Uka: Wario and Dr. Cortex, rooming in together? *laughs* This is too much, it's too comical! This is like Dumb and Dumber, but ten times better.

"Isabelle how liar, how could you do this to me?!" frowned Cortex as he stood up, rolling his pants leg down. "You claimed that my new roommate would match me in terms of genius and intellect!"

"What genius and intellect, you can't even stop your own arch-nemesis!" retorted Wario. The fatso and Cortex were already fighting, something Isabelle wished didn't happen so soon. "Bowser, Ganondorf, and even King Dedede has a better track record than you!"

"Hmph, debatable..." Cortex grumpily folded his arms, as he looked at Isabelle. He never knew it was possible to hate the shih tzu until now. "...certainly there were better candidates than Wario, right?"

"While that may be true, Master Hand was the one who made the final decision," replied Isabelle; Cortex would challenge Master Hand, but after seeing what Tom Nook went through, that might be a hard pass. "You'll just have to speak with..."

"Isabelle, Isabelle, it's a miracle!" Mario shouted down the hallway, reaching the shih tzu at the bedroom door. In his arms was Jennifer, and the infant was sucking on her thumb like any baby would. "My Jennifer, my baby girl...she can-a walk!"

"Yeah, that's good Mario." Downplaying Jennifer's milestone like it was nothing, Isabelle returned her attention to Cortex. "Anyways, Dr. Cortex, if you don't like your new roommate, then you can always ask..."

"Woman are-a you deaf, I said-a Jennifer can walk!" Mario aggressively grabbed Isabelle and turned her around, to face him. "This is a proud-a moment, for me and-a for Princess Peach...and you act-a like it's nothing!"

"Maybe she just won't believe it till she sees it," shrugged Wario, leading Mario to be inclined to agree. So the plumber gently placed Jennifer on the floor, standing her up. Jennifer just stood there, increasing the suspense.

"C'mon Jennifer, you can do it, show-a them what you can do..." Jennifer indeed showed Isabelle and company what she could do - by sitting on the floor with ease. Mario held his head down in defeat, feeling like the worst father in existence.

"It's okay, Mario, maybe she's feeling nervous," Isabelle assured the plumber, with a smile - about time the shih tzu started to care more. "Why don't you show us another time?"

"No, I cannot let-a this die...if she started-a walked today, she'll start walking for the rest-a of her life! I think a change-a in scenery might improve-a her confidence. To the living room!"


While Mario was showing off Jennifer walking for the very first time, Peach was at home, in her living room with Impa, Lana, Linkle, Daisy, and Yuffie. The five ladies were trying to jog Peach's memory, to see if she could remember the Seattle Stalker's identity.

"The Seattle Stalker...was it a man or a woman?" Yuffie asked Peach, giving the princess some time to think of an answer. She only had two choices, so she possibly couldn't mess things up. Or could she?

"I believe the stalker...was a man!" answered Peach, as Impa jotted the princess' answer down on a slip of paper. "No, scratch that, I think it was a woman. Or it could be a man, with long hair. Or it might be..."

"Man or woman, Peach, what's your final answer?" asked Impa, doing her best not to lose her cool. She understood that Peach lost her memory, so she had to be extremely patient.

"It was a man, definitely a man." That was Peach's final answer, as Impa wrote it down on her slip of paper. Peach didn't have much confidence in her answer, but it was something Impa and company would go by in the future.

Impa: We were this close to finding out who the Seattle Stalker was...but nope, someone had to fire darts at Mario, Peach, and Cilan, and make them forget that the court trial ever happened. Got a very sneaky feeling that the Seattle Stalker might have accomplices...

Linkle: How come nobody has ever asked the cameramen at the courthouse about the Seattle Stalker? Sure they might've been disallowed to enter the courtroom, but I know they heard everything from behind that wall.

"What about the Seattle Stalker's ethnicity?" inquired Daisy, as Peach dug deep into her memory banks. "Was it a walking, talking animal? Or an alien from out of space? What kind of species was it?"

"I think the stalker was very humanoid in appearance...he was hardly human," replied Peach, with Impa jotting this important information down. "I think he had pretty big hands, not to mention menacing eyes."

"Looks like we're actually getting somewhere..." remarked Impa, after she was finished writing. Soon Hunter showed up in the living room, baffled that the ladies were all wasting their time. He heard every single word spoken.

"Ladies, ladies, ladies..." the cheetah said, shaking his head in disapproval, as he caught the attention of Peach and company. "...why waste your time picking at Peach's brain, when the real culprit is right here?" Hunter pulled out a drawing from his back, a drawing of the real culprit. "Guy Swanson, here he is!"

"Hunter, I'm sorry, but that 'Guy Swanson' guy doesn't even exist," Yuffie kindly stated, leading Hunter to wonder what was wrong with the ninja girl. "Why can't you just let it go already?"

"B-B-But Impa said that Guy Swanson was real!" Hunter pointed at Impa, who facepalmed right on cue. "If she acknowledged that Guy Swanson was a real person, then that must mean..."

"Pretty sure Impa only said that just to make you feel happy," assumed Lana, as Hunter held his head down low and walked away. He passed by Spyro, who wanted nothing to do with this Guy Swanson fellow.

"Just give it up already, Hunter," Spyro told his best friend, before the doorbell rang. Spyro flew over to the front door, and opened it by pulling on the doorknob with his mouth. To his surprise, three ladies were standing on the doorstep...

...those ladies being Caeda, Mrs. Pac-Man, and Olimar's wife, whom we'll call Mrs. Olimar. Caeda was standing in the front, and she looked like that she meant business.

"Good afternoon, friendly purple dragon," greeted Caeda, as she knelt down closer to Spyro. Spyro didn't like that, feeling somewhat self-conscious about his height. "Is Mario at home?"

"Nah, he's over at the mansion talking up a storm about his baby," replied Spyro, as Sparx fluttered around Caeda and the ladies. Wanted to get a closer look at 'em. "He's been over the moon ever since his baby started walking."

"Oh I see...in that case, we'll just head on over then. Goodbye!" Caeda waved Spyro, who smiled as he closed the front door. Spyro furrowed his brow, as he looked back at Peach and company.

"The heck was that all about?" the dragon questioned. Caeda, Mrs. Pac-Man, and Mrs. Olimar...that was a weird trio of ladies.

Caeda: For years, we've been rejected multiple times by Master Hand to move into the mansion with our husbands...and now, we've grown sick and tired of it. Since Master Hand won't let us have our way...then maybe the former "man of the mansion" himself, Mario, could give us a chance!
Mrs. Olimar: But what if Mario also turns us down, what would we do then?
Mrs. Pac-Man: Well I'm not just gonna sit around and let my husband stay at the mansion without my company! I know he's fine the way he is right now, but he needs my company, and his kids!
Caeda: Settle down Mrs. Pac-Man, let's just focus on getting a way inside the mansion first. Then we can take care of everything else.


One of the more popular games in the gaming room was the golfing simulator - a swing-based simulator that made you feel like Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson. Almost everyone played the golf simulator, from Diddy Kong to Shovel Knight. The simulator had given birth to several friendly competitions, such as the one going on right now between Gerudo Ganon and Marth.

"Here goes nothing..." said Marth, taking a deep breath before swinging with the golf club with all his might. He looked on the projector screen as the ball flew up in the air...and landed in the bunker. Marth looked disappointed, as Gerudo Ganon laughed.

"Ha ha, what a terrible attempt!" taunted Gerudo Ganon, as Marth walked away in defeat with his golf club. "Lemme show you how it's done." Gerudo Ganon walked up to the fake grass, standing where the ball would be, and swung his golf club. The ball on the projector flew up high in the air...

..and landed a mere feet away from the hole. Marth was in complete shock, ready to fall down on his knees in utter disbelief, as Gerudo Ganon pumped his fist.

"You know what, I'm out of here," said Marth, already admitting defeat as he dropped his golf club on the floor with a heavy amount of salt. "Good game, Gerudo Ganon, you deserve the win."

"Quitting already, hero-king? Man, what a sore loser..." Still having an appetite for competition, Gerudo Ganon searched around the gaming room for someone to play golf with. As he searched, Cloud entered the gaming room with a resident from the tower, Nikki.

"This is your first time in the gaming room, isn't it?" Cloud asked Nikki, who was scribbling away on her 3DS. She was hardly listening to Cloud. "Hello, Nikki? Can you hear me? Earth to Nikki..."

"Oh, sorry Cloud, did you say something?" asked Nikki, momentarily looking up from her handheld device. Finally realized where she was. "So this is the gaming room...not exactly what I expected."

"Eh, I guess it's better than nothing..." Cloud took a few steps forward, and accidentally bumped into Gerudo Ganon. "Whoops, sorry Gerudo Ganon, I didn't see you coming by."

"It's nothing," replied Gerudo Ganon, who spotted Cloud with Nikki, and had more questions than answers. "Say, what are you doing hanging out with that Nikki chick? Trying to make friends now that your girlfriend Aerith's gone?"

"I was just showing Nikki around, that's all. She's been super obsessed with her 3DS, so I thought to myself, why not show her around the mansion?" Gerudo Ganon received this answer with some strong skepticism.

"Likely story, Cloud, very likely story...anyways, I've been looking for someone to play golf with, and you look like a worthy opponent to go up against. So Cloud, how about it?" Cloud was an expert at swinging, if his mastery of the Buster Sword was any indication.

"Yes, Cloud, you should definitely play golf against Ganon!" Nikki said to the swordsman, tugging on his pants leg. Cloud looked down at the woman, evaluating his options. Should Cloud go up against Gerudo Ganon in golf? He did have Nikki's support, at least.

"Sure, I'll play a game of golf with ya. But only one, okay? I might be a little rusty, just saying." Gerudo Ganon was delighted by Cloud's response, as he flashed a very toothy smile.

"Excellent! We'll start playing whenever you feel ready, Gerudo Ganon said to Cloud, as he walked away. "May the best golfer win!" Nikki was excitably clapping for Cloud, knowing that the swordsman would pull out a victory.

Cloud: What did I just get myself into...


Whenever he had the time to, Link was often fishing at the lakeside, fishing for the best fish Pokemon he could find (as well as an occasional Buizel). The Hylian was fishing right now with his fellow Hylian Champion Link, showing the champs the ins and outs of fishing.

"Man, I still can't believe you've never went fishing before," Link said to Champion Link, finding this rather shocking since Champion Link was more of a hunter than he was. "How do you even feed yourself?"

"I fish through many unorthodox ways...like tossing remote-controlled bombs into the river, for existence," replied Champion Link, impressing the other Link with his strong use of strategy. "Or I can just fire arrows. Either or."

"You, my friend, are truly an innovator..." Suddenly there was a tug on Link's fishing rod, meaning that the Hylian finally caught something. "Oh man, I think I got something! Come to papa..." Link reeled in his catch, reeling in with all his might...

...and seconds later, he pulled out a Dragonair, a dragon Pokemon. Both Links marveled at the catch, as Link brought the Dragonair to land.

"Woah, what kind of Pokemon is THAT?!" asked Champion Link, having never seen a Dragonair before. The dragon Pokemon was truly one of the more rare Pokemon in existence - same could be said for other dragon-types.

"That's a Dragonair...it's a freaking Dragonair!" exclaimed Link, as he was excitedly jumping up and down. "Wait right here, Champion Link, I gotta go tell the others! They won't believe it!" Link ran off, happier than a camel on hump day.

"A rare Pokemon in the lake, huh?" Champion Link looked at the Dragonair, who was looking directly at the Hylian. "Not gonna lie, you're a cute little critter...so precious and adorable..."

Dragonair wouldn't remain on land for long, when the dragon Pokemon flew up into the air and back into the lake. Champion Link watched this unfold, as he stood there like a buffoon and did nothing.

"No, wait, come back!" the Hylian called out to the Dragonair, falling to his knees at the edge of the lake. But it was too late, Dragonair had returned to its watery abode. To make matters even worse, Link returned to the lake, joined by Leaf, Paula, and Poo.

"I'm telling you guys, there was a Dragonair in the lake this whole time!" Link said to the group, before arriving at the lake. The Hylian saw that Dragonair was nowhere to be found, triggering him.

"Hehe...back so soon, Link?" Champion Link giggled nervously at the Hylian, who had his arms folded with a frown on his face. "Dragonair and I, uh, were playing a game of hide-and-seek, to pass the time..."

"Stop lying to me man, I know you didn't do that. Where the heck is Dragonair? He didn't fly away, did he?" Champion Link grew in nervousness, as he twiddled with his fingers with a nervous smile.

"He didn't really fly away, he just...dove back into the water." This greatly angered Link, as he took off his green hat in frustration and threw it on the ground before stomping it repeatedly.

"Well I knew this would be a waste of time, back to training," said Poo as he turned around and walked away, only for Paula to grab his collar and stop his progress.

"Champion Link you stupid idiot, why didn't you watch over the Dragonair until I get back?" Link snapped on the Hylian, making him feel bad about himself. "You thought he'd just stick around forever?!"

"To be fair, you never really told me to watch over the Dragonair," replied Champion Link, as Link got even angrier and pulled on the hairs on his head. "Even if you did, I would've done a sucky job..."

"It's okay Link, I believe that you caught the Dragonair," Leaf said to the Hylian, resting a caring, assuring hand on his shoulder. "No need to be made with Champion Link - he probably did the best he could."

Link: "He probably did the best he could..." Yeah, the best he could at being a terrible friend. I knew that Champion Link wasn't all that excited about the Dragonair, he was only pretending to be to make me feel good. And look good.

Leaf: Trust me, I know what it's like to have the chance to catch a rare Pokemon...and it just flees when you least expect it. Happens to the best of us. It's how you recover from a missed opportunity that makes you better in the long run.

"Thanks Leaf, I'll try again later today," Link said to the Pokemon Trainer, before glaring at Champion Link. "And Champion Link is going to pitch in, whether he likes it or not. He'll redeem himself."

"Don't you think you're taking this a bit too seriously, Link?" questioned Champion Link, only for Link to intensify his glare. "...I mean, yeah, we'll catch that Dragonair together, the two of us! Woo hoo!"

"Those fickle Hylians are only setting themselves up for disappointment..." Poo remarked in disgust, as Paula looked at him. "...they'll never catch that Dragonair."

"Well, Poo...if at first you don't succeed, dust it of and try again!" responded Paula, as Poo scoffed at the southern belle's remark. Safe to say that Poo was never a strong advocate for tenacity.


The threesome of Caeda, Mrs. Pac-Man, and Mrs. Olimar were now inside the mansion, and were looking for Mario...or they would be, if not for Ryu. Ryu, who let the three ladies inside the mansion, wanted to show them a new addition to the beauty salon.

"So ladies, what is your first impressions of this spa?" Ryu asked Caeda and company, who found themselves in a spa area of the beauty salon. "This was mostly my idea, and Ken's as well."

"Why is this a thing again...?" questioned Mrs. Olimar, finding this spa quite needless. Her lack of intrigue was of great concern to Ryu, who felt like he had the entire spa built for nothing.

"Because, Mrs. Olimar, it's a place where men and women alike can rest themselves together, in peace! Everyone will get to know each other in the water!"

"That's good and all, Ryu, but this is quite outrageous," Caeda offered her two cents, delivering a crushing blow to Ryu's confidence. "Also, we stopped by to speak with Mario, NOT check out your stupid spa."

"My spa is not stupid...and if you must know, Mario is busy at the moment. So why don't you ladies hang around, and give this spa a chance? It's free as charged..."


Cloud was set to go up against Gerudo Ganon in golf, and the swordsman felt like he wasn't ready yet. He felt like needed some practice in, so he could be at the top of his game. But who could he practice with, and how would practice be done? Maybe someone at the Assist Tower could be his golf coach.

"Why am I even doing this..." grumbled Cloud, after ringing the doorbell to the Assist Tower. The swordsman wouldn't have to wait long, for someone quickly answered the door - that someone being an Excitebike racer.

"Howdy," the Excitebike racer waved Cloud, who just smirked to acknowledge the racer's presence. "Judging by your face, I can't tell whether you're ticked off at someone, or just plain bored. So hard to read..."

"Keep that to yourself, buddy - all you do is wear that dumb helmet all the time." Dang, Cloud had to regard for the Excitebike racer's life. "I'm just looking for a golf coach...not a professional, per se, but someone who's really good at golf."

"Funny you should mention that, for there's this one guy who flat-out dominates on the golf simulator at the mansion." Just the kind of thing Cloud needed to hear. "Lemme go see if he's available." So the Excitebike ran inside the Assist Tower...

...and a few moments later, came back to the front door with Shovel Knight. Shovel Knight wasn't exactly the first person Cloud had in mind, but if what the Excitebike racer said was true...

"G'day, Mr. Strife!" Shovel Knight greeted the swordsman, holding his trusty shovel in his hands. That shovel was the most inseparable item in existence. "Excitebike racer here informed me that thou hast some desire to golf, no?"

"Yeah, I was challenged by Gerudo Ganon to a golf match," explained Cloud; Shovel Knight found Gerudo Ganon to be a worthy competitor, as he nodded his head with much intrigue. "I was thinking that maybe you could help me practice."

"Say no more, my spiky-haired friend! I have some spare golf clubs hanging up in my room - we'll just use those for our practice. We shall begin our practice soon!"

Shovel Knight: Cloud would be a great golfer, in my eyes - I've seen him in Smash battles before, first-hand, and the way he swings his Buster Sword is natural to a tee. And the composure he has...it's truly off the charts. Nothing unsettles him. Adversity means nothing to him! That's the attitude I love to see!


Fox had been feeling much better since the last two episodes. The pilot was no longer bothered by panic attacks, as he was able to return to his normal, daily life without fear or worry. He was in the Star Records room right now, hanging out with Big Top with his feet on the desk.

"Feeling much better, Fox?" Big Top asked the pilot, who was resting comfortably in his chair, with his arms folded behind his head. "You look a lot more like your normal self!"

"I am feeling better - feels like I'm on Cloud 9!" replied Fox, before spinning around in his chair. Yup, Fox was back to being Fox. About time. "Don't know why I was being so worried for..."

"It was because you were too afraid to admit your feelings to Krystal!" Fox stopped spinning around in his chair, and once he stopped, he looked straight ahead at a picture of Krystal, placed on the desk.

"Yeah...that whole couples' therapy really threw me in over a loop. Well, that, and the apology letter I wrote. And my behavior at Crazy Hand's cocktail party.

"Do you think you'll ever admit your true feelings to Krystal, now that she already read your letter?" This made Fox think for a second, remembering that Ema revealed the letter to Krystal. Fox took a deep breath, to offset another panic attack.

"I mean, I probably should, since it's the most sensible thing to do, but...it's complicated. You wouldn't understand." As Fox evaluated his options, Ribbon Girl entered the room, interrupting Fox's peace.

"Just got finished recording my last song - K.K. Slider said it was a hit!" the blonde said to Fox, who quickly turned around in his chair to face Ribbon Girl.

"Ribbon Girl, since you're a woman, can I ask you an obligatory question?" The nature in which Fox spoke to Ribbon Girl greatly caught the blonde off-guard. "Would it be a good idea to speak with Krystal?"

"Given everything that's happened between you two...I don't see why not. What's there to be afraid of?" Fox had plenty to be afraid of, as he was nervously biting his nails. Ribbon Girl smiled, seeing that things had yet to change.

"I dunno, you tell me." Slightly amused by Fox's reluctance, Ribbon Girl walked over to the pilot, to offer to him words of encouragement.

"Tell you what - how about you go speak with Krystal, and I'll be there to ensure things go smoothly." Fox looked up at Ribbon Girl, in disbelief that the blonde would do that much for him. But considering what she did with Cortex and Tiki...

"Really, you'd do that, for me?" asked Fox, as Ribbon Girl nodded her head with a smile. "Alright then...I'll take your word for it."


Mario was in the living room, determined as ever to make his daughter Jennifer walk on her own. Isabelle was there to witness this, as well as disgruntled new roommates Wario and Cortex.

"Why are we here again?" Uka whispered to Cortex, who was standing as far away from Wario as possible. "Didn't you once say that you never liked babies?"

"I thought that watching Mario's baby walk would keep us away from Wario," replied Cortex, looking at Wario with the corner of his eye. "But sadly, I was wrong..."

Master Hand: Wario and Cortex being roommates makes too much sense, in my eyes. They're both hideously ugly, they think they're smarter than they really are, and they both smell. Don't believe either one of them has showered in weeks, let alone months. If those two don't wind up being friends, then there must be something seriously wrong with the cosmos.

"C'mon Jennifer, you can do it, come-a to daddy!" Mario, knelt down, said to Jennifer, who was standing on her feet. Jennifer looked at Mario for a brief moment, before falling down on all fours and crawling to the plumber.

"At least she finally came over to you!" exclaimed Isabelle, looking on the bright side of things. Mario looked at Jennifer with a scowl, ready to give her up for adoption if she couldn't perfect the walk.

"It's simply not-a enough..." Mario picked up Jennifer, and placed her back at the original spot. Jennifer stood up valiantly, and made four big steps forward...before stopping and falling down on her butt. Mario held his head in defeat.

"Ah, I remember when my daughter started walking for the first time..." remarked Olimar, as he and Alph walked by carrying flower pots. "...she started walking in like, seven months! It was..."

"Nobody asked-a you, Olimar," Mario frowned at the astronaut, as the plumber grabbed Jennifer and placed her back at the original spot. Jennifer just sat there, much to Mario's dismay.

"Didn't you say that your daughter didn't start walking till her first birthday?" Alph whispered to Olimar, as the astronauts left the living room. Pretty long time for an infant to reach that milestone.

"We...we'll just keep that between the two of us," Olimar whispered back, wanting to keep this information hidden. Meanwhile, Jennifer continue to sit on the floor, not doing a single thing.

"Perhaps your baby needs a little motivation, hehe," Wario said to Mario he dug into his pocket, and pulled out a $50 bill. He stood next to Mario, and held out the $50 bill to Jennifer, who was hesitant to react. "Come here, sweet little princess!"

"Silly Wario, that tactic doesn't-a even...work," stated Mario, only to be proven wrong when Jennifer eventually got up and walked towards Wario, or more specifically, the $50 bill. Jennifer grabbed the dollar bill, and tried to put it in her mouth.

"Well would you look at that, it actually worked!" exclaimed Isabelle, as Wario and Jennifer were having a small tug-of-war battle over the $50 bill. Mario looked on, his mouth agape.

"Over here, Jennifer - I've got some churros!" Cortex called out to Jennifer, dangling a churro up high with his hand. Jennifer let go of Wario's $50 bill as she walked to Cortex, who kindly gave the baby the churro. Now Wario was the one whose mouth was left agape.

Cortex: Did you see that, Uka? Jennifer actually walked to me, without any slight hesitation! You know what that means? I must be her real dad!
Uka: Let's not get ahead of ourselves...

"I see...I see what must-a be done," said Mario, nodding his head, as he stood up on his feet. "Isabelle, watch-a Jennifer for me...now's-a my turn," the plumber said to the shih tzu, before departing.

"Wait, Sir Mario, where are you going?" Isabelle asked the plumber, as he was leaving the living room. Thanks to Wario and Cortex, Mario discovered what he was doing all wrong.


At face value, the very idea of Cloud practicing his golf skills with Shovel Knight as his mentor might sound preposterous to some. But frankly, that's what was taking place outside, as Cloud and Shovel Knight were near the lake doing golf activities.

"Remember Cloud...thou art the ball," Shovel Knight said to the swordsman, who was about to swing. Cloud had his eye on the golf ball in front of him, as he took a deep breath. "Thou art the ball..."

"Look Shovel Knight, if you're gonna repeat the same crap over again, at least make sure it makes sense," Cloud said to the knight, before returning his focus to the golf ball. Having readied himself, the swordsman swung his golf club and hit the ball with all his might, sending the ball up high...

...and into the lake, where it might never be seen from again. Cloud clenched his teeth, knowing that the swing probably wasn't his best.

"Ahh...thy swing was a bit too weak, Cloud," critiqued Shovel Knight, before pulling out another golf ball and tossing it unto the tee. Perfect landing. "Try it again, but put a little more 'Omph!' in it."

"Got it," replied Cloud, as he got himself in the zone once more. The swordsman swung a second time, sending the ball flying. Unlike the last ball, this ball didn't fall into the lake. But it did fly over the lake, and landed atop the head of Spring Man, who was flying a kite.

"Hey, I'm trying to fly a kite here!" an angered Spring Man yelled at Cloud, as he rubbed his head with one hand. The other hand couldn't hold the string attached to the kite much longer, and so the kite flew away. Spring Man screamed in terror, as he chased after the rogue kite.

"Sorry about that, Spring Man!" Cloud called out to the long-armed fellow, who was chasing after his kite. As Shovel Knight gave Cloud another golf ball, Paula and Poo showed up at the scene.

"Playing some golf with Shovel Knight, Cloud?" Paula asked the swordsman, who quickly took notice of the southern belle. Looked like Paula wanted to play.

"I'm just trying to get ready for my little skirmish with Gerudo Ganon," replied Cloud, as he readied his golf club. Couldn't swing while he was in the middle of a conversation. "Challenged me to a game of golf, with that golf simulator thing."

"I've challenged Ken and Heihachi to playing against me in golf before, but they do nothing but turn me down..." complained Poo, under the assumption that both Ken and Heihachi were intimidated by him. "...must be worried about dealing with defeat."

"...um, yeah, I just bumped into Gerudo Ganon earlier today, and he asked me if I wanted to play golf with him...and I obliged. Nikki had something to do with it. So far, my golf swings have been...crappy, to say the least."

"Practice does make perfect," stated Paula, instilling in Cloud a sense of confidence. "If at first you don't succeed, dust it of and try again!" Poo glared at Paula, profoundly disgusted by her optimism.

Poo: Why'd you have to say that to Cloud? He's a grown man, he doesn't need your empty words of advice.
Paula: Much like how Ryu and Ken don't need your rants on how you're supposedly a "better" fighter than them combined. *smiles*
Poo: I was just...telling them the truth...

After Paula and Poo left the premises, Cloud got back in the zone, and swung the golf club with all his might, hitting the ball. The golf ball flew up in the air, and landed on the other side of the lake, striking Link.

"Dang it Cloud, can't you golf somewhere else?" Link, who was fishing with Champion Link, snapped on his best friend as he rubbed the spot where he got hit, his right shin. "In case you can't see, I'm trying to catch a Dragonair!"

"Sorry man, you should've made that known to me earlier," Cloud called out to Link, who grumbled as he continued fishing. The Hylian refused to head back inside the mansion until he caught that Dragonair.

"Hiya Link, still fishing for that Dragonair?" Leaf asked the Hylian, coming over to see how things were coming along. Link wasn't responding, which led Champion Link to poke the Hylian repeatedly. "Hello, earth to Link?"

"Oh, sorry, I was too busy focusing on my mission since the rest of the world is out to get me." If Cloud was in the zone, then Link was REALLY in the zone. And it would seemingly pay off, as Link's fishing line was tugged. "Ooh, I think I caught it!"

"Are you so sure about that, Link?" Link was one hundred percent sure, as he was reeling in his catch like his life depended on it. Marth showed up at the lake, appearing calm and elated.

"Ah, I feel so much better about that golf game..." the hero-king sighed happily, as the salt from his defeat was gone forever. He saw Link, still reeling in his catch. "What's that you got there, Link?"

"YES, HERE IT COMES, COME TO PAPA!" Link shouted excitedly as he pulled out his catch from the water...a Whiscash. Not the worst Pokemon around, but not the most spectacular either. Link was shook, as the Whiscach dove out of the water and back into the lake.

"Any reason why Link looked disappointed?" Marth asked Leaf, as Whiscach - whose mouth still had the hook - dragged Link into the water with him. Link screamed as he was flung into the water, with Champion Link diving in to save his friend.

"His main focus is catching a Dragonair," replied Leaf, as a golf ball struck Marth in the head, making him wince. The hero-king angrily looked over at Cloud. "Needless to say, things haven't quite gone his way..."


Caeda, Mrs. Pac-Man, and Mrs. Olimar were far from completing their task, which was asking Mario to fulfill their requests for mansion residency. Right now, the trio of ladies were all receiving back massages from Akuma at the spa - something they never asked for, but got anyways.

"We'd love to leave today, Akuma, if that's alright with you," Caeda kindly said to the fighter, who was giving the princess a back rub. Compared to the other ladies, Caeda was the easiest lady to give a back rub to.

"No can do princess, Ryu won't let any of us leave until all three of you give the spa a positive review," said Akuma, who like Caeda and company wished he was somewhere else right now. "He'll value your opinions the most, since you're guests."

Akuma: That Ryu is such a copycat...I recommended building a spa in the mansion to Master Hand nearly two years ago, after our Disney vacation, but he shot the idea down...then a few months ago, Ryu makes the same proposal, and Master Hand gave it the green light! Not that I want to EVER play this card, but do I smell discrimination afoot?

"Well we won't be guests anymore, when we get approved for residency," said Mrs. Pac-Man, extremely confident in her - and the other ladies' - chances. "Whenever we get the chance..."

"Can't you just tell Ryu that we like the spa?" Mrs. Olimar asked Akuma, who mused for a brief moment. "He just wants a positive remark, is that correct? How much more could he want?"

"He never really specified how detailed your reviews of the spa should be, but..." mused Akuma, before realizing that he had way more important things to do. "...you know that, that's good enough for me. You ladies are free to go!"


Somehow under the assumption that he was Jennifer's real dad, Cortex was cradling Jennifer in his arms - at least until Wario argued that he was next in line to hold the baby. Cortex and Wario soon found themselves quarreling in the living room, while Jennifer innocently held Jennifer in her arms waiting for the quarreling to stop.

"Stop-a the complaining, I have returned!" announced Mario, returning to the living room with an object in his hand...a black belt. The kind you'd see people doing karate wear. "I have found-a the answer to my methods!"

"Mario give me back my black belt, you can't use it!" Lucario called out to the plumber, soon catching up to him in the living room. "I need that black belt to enhance my fighting abilities."

"Oh please, I hardly ever see-a you wear that thing." Mario turned his attention to Isabelle, who was doing a great job watching over Isabelle. Minus the whole Wario/Cortex beef. "Quick Isabelle, put-a Jennifer on the floor!"

"On it!" exclaimed Isabelle, as she placed Jennifer on the floor, away from Mario. Mario took out the black belt...only to realize that it was no longer in his hand, but rather in Lucario's.

"I'll be taking what rightfully belongs to me," Lucario said to Mario, as he walked away with his black belt. Mario lunged at Lucario, to retrieve the belt, and soon the two were fighting over said belt.

"Jennifer needs it more-a than you do!" Mario shouted at Lucario, as the plumber and the aura Pokemon were embroiled in a tug-of-war battle over the black belt.

"What, so she can suck on it the whole time? No way!" Soon Jennifer started to cry, and Isabelle was doing her best to shush the infant.

"Look-a what you've done, you've hurt my baby girl's-a feelings! Now you must make-a up for it, and give me the black belt!"

"What, that doesn't even make any sense! Why can't you just get something else to make your baby walk? Leave my stuff alone!"

"Well Cortex, are you just gonna stand there and let those two fight for no reason?" Wario asked the N head, who quickly fired back with a look of disgust.

"Oh yeah, well I don't see you quieting the baby!" retorted Cortex, and immediately the evil genius and Wario found themselves quarreling once again. Jennifer's cries grew louder, in response to commotion going on around her.

Uka: A bunch of men arguing pointlessly while the baby cries her eyes out... *grins* ...my favorite kind of chaos.

"Can you guys please keep it down, Lady Palutena is trying to cook," Zelda walked in from the kitchen, to alert those in the living room. Poor princess had no idea what she walked into, seeing the constant arguing going on.

"It's okay, Jennifer, this'll be over sooner than you know it..." Isabelle did her best to soothe the baby, who was still crying. Seeing the crying Jennifer, Zelda headed over to Isabelle, and grabbed her hand and walked away.

"Let's get Jennifer away from this nonsense..." the princess said to Isabelle, as she and the shih tzu left the premises with Jennifer in tow. Moments later, the fighting and arguing ended, once Wario and Cortex settled their differences, and Mario got the black belt...after snatching it from Lucario.

"No need-a to fear, Lucario, I'm giving this-a black belt back," Mario assured the skeptical Lucario, as he turned around...only to see that Jennifer was gone. The plumber panicked right away. "Oh my goodness, Jennifer disappeared!"

"Or maybe Isabelle just look Jennifer away to a quieter place," assumed Lucario, knowing that he was one hundred percent correct. But Mario wasn't willing to believe him, for some reason.

"Silly Lucario, Isabelle would never kid-a nap my precious Jennifer." Whoever said anything about kidnapping Jennifer?! And more importantly, why would Isabelle bother with kidnapping babies? "It's clear as-a day that Jennifer vanished! Just my luck..."


Because he and his pals were within vicinity of the mansion, Rayman had all the freedom in the world to pay the residents a visit, whenever he felt like it. The limbless hero was in the table tennis room, playing table tennis with Incineroar. Pit and Kirby were spectating.

"C'mon Incineroar, show Rayman what you got!" Pit called out to the heel Pokemon, who gave the angel a thumbs up and a wink. Rayman looked at Pit, shaking his head with disdain.

"Pit, you were literally rooting for me to win two minutes ago," the limbless hero frowned at the angel. "How many times are you gonna switch sides?"

"I'm sorry, it's just that it's hard to pick a winner when the game's evenly matched." Rayman shook his head once more, rolling his eyes, as he was ready to serve. He tossed the ball up in the air, and struck it with all his might...

...and sent the ball flying into Incineroar's chest. Which was a pretty inadvertent move, since Rayman accidentally triggered the heel Pokemon's revenge.

"Uh oh, Rayman's in for it now!" worried Kirby, as Incineroar's fur started radiating with an orange glow. "If he gets the ball past Rayman, it'll be a match point!"

"Yeah, and then I'll root for Rayman to win!" Pit cheered while pumping his fist, leading Kirby to sigh. "Always go for the underdog! Works all the time!"

With his Revenge turned on, Incineroar readied himself, as Rayman served the ball towards him. Incineroar struck the ball with the utmost strength, sending it flying back at Rayman. The ball caught on fire, and zipped past Rayman before he could even react.

"Woah Nelly, that was fast!" remarked Rayman, as he went to go retrieve the ball. He had to check to make sure that it wasn't hot to touch.

Rayman: That wasn't fair, Incineroar served that ball quickly because of his Revenge! He basically cheated, and nobody batted an eye! Is that how Revenge even works?

As Rayman returned to the table, ready to serve the ball with the table tennis game at a deuce, the limbless hero suddenly heard a baby crying. He looked out at the hallway, and saw Isabelle and Zelda, with the former holding a crying Jennifer.

"Yo, Pit, can you cover for me?" Rayman asked the angel, as he tossed the ball and his paddle to him and ran out of the room. "I'll be back!"

"Awesome, time to complete Rayman's underdog story!" cheered Pit, as he got up out of his seat ready to make Rayman proud. "Comeback of the century!"


With his golf practice finished, Cloud was ready to go toe-to-toe with Gerudo Ganon in golf. The swordsman returned to the mansion, joined by Shovel Knight. Marth was tagging along, for whatever reason.

"Thou hast come a long way, Cloud...and I must say, I'm very impressed," Shovel Knight commended the swordsman, wanting to shed a tear. He didn't even know why he wanted to. "Remember to apply what you've learned!"

"I'll make sure to remember that," said Cloud, before Marth walked to the swordsman, getting close to him. He then placed his hand on Cloud's shoulder, like he had something to get off his chest.

"Cloud, I know this won't mean much, but...win against Gerudo Ganon, for me," Marth encouraged the swordsman, wanting Cloud to avenge his loss from earlier.

"I'll...make sure to remember that as well," said Cloud, before gently taking Marth's hand off his shoulder. Marth backed away from Cloud, knowing that his fellow sword buddy could get the job done.

"Hey Marth! Hi Cloud and Shovel Knight!" greeted a certain princess, as Marth and company looked over and saw Caeda, Mrs. Pac-Man, and Mrs. Olimar. "What are you up to, Marth?"

"Oh, nothing - I was just hang around outside. Though I must ask...what are you ladies doing in the mansion? I was not made aware of your visit..."

"We're trying to seek residency in the mansion. Since Master Hand won't give it to us, we're gonna ask Mario instead. We were told that he was in the living room, but he's not there...any idea where we might find Mario?"

"I don't believe he's back at his house at the moment...I would have to guess that he's in the gaming room. But I could be wrong..."

"Wouldn't hurt checking that place out - everyone is always up in there. Mario better be present, if he knows what's good for him..." Caeda led her two lady friends away from the foyer, taking them to the gaming room.

Caeda: My goodness, Wario has no self-control...the very moment we stepped inside the living room, Wario came running up to me and started stroking my hand! Isn't he in love with someone?
Mrs. Olimar: *shrugs* Maybe Wario has a fetish for soft hands?
Caeda: And to make things even worse, Cortex saw what Wario was doing, with open eyes, and he left the living room like nothing was wrong! Ooh, the nerve of that man...
Mrs. Pac-Man: Dr. Cortex might've been busy, and was too much in a rush to save you from Wario.
Caeda:
Why must you two insist on defending those men...

Immediately after Caeda and company left, Link and Champion Link returned inside the mansion, with Leaf accompanying the Hylian friends. Link was looking mighty upset, and ticked off.

"I just about HAD IT!" the Hylian yelled, as he threw his fishing rod unto the floor with frustration. "That dumb Dragonair doesn't want to be caught? Well I'll let it have its own way! Screw that Pokemon!"

"Look on the bright side Link - you managed to catch a Whiscash!" Champion Link said to the Hylian, who frowned and slowly turned his head to his friend. "That was a pretty neat catch."

"This is all YOUR fault, you were supposed to keep watch of Dragonair!" Link got all up in Champion Link's grill, pointing at him accusingly. "But NOOOO, you had to be a stupid idiot and let that thing back into the lake!"

"Like I've said before, you should've told me to watch it." No matter what Champion Link said, he made Link angry enough to make his face turn red. "What did you think it was gonna do, just sit there?"

"GRAAAAH!" Link yelled with fury, as he picked up his fishing rod and broke it in two with the strike of his knee. The Hylian then threw the broken fishing rod pieces unto the floor, as he angrily marched away.

"Someone's feel pretty upset," Cloud had this to say about this best friend, as Leaf picked up the broken fishing rod pieces off the floor. She looked at both pieces, feeling like something had to be done.

"Anyone have any tape, or super glue?" the Pokemon trainer asked the others. Did Leaf want to fix the fishing rod? Or was she gonna finish Link's job for him?


Rayman followed the sound of Jennifer crying to the fifth floor of the mansion, near the Star Records room. There he found Zelda and Isabelle, with the latter holding a still crying Jennifer.

"She's been like this for a while now," Zelda said to Rayman, who hoped that taking Jennifer to the quietest place in the mansion would make the baby stop crying. "We don't know what to do with her!"

"A crying baby, eh?" said Rayman, as he stroked his chin...before snapping his fingers, when he knew what to do. "I know just the thing to settle her down!" Rayman reached into his pocket, and pulled out...a rattle.

"Rayman, why did you have a baby rattle in your pocket?" inquired Isabelle, who was feeling very judgmental of the limbless hero. The moment Jennifer saw the rattle in Rayman's hand, she immediately stopped crying.

"I...have my reasons." Zelda and Isabelle remained quiet, expecting an explanation from Rayman. "...if you must know, the rattle helps Globox go to sleep. Strange, I know, but it's Globox we're talking about..."

Rayman: Every time I use the rattle on Globox and make him sleep, he always sucks his thumb. Every time. Don't know if the rattle has special effects, or Globox is that childlike...

"Would you look at that, Jennifer stopped crying!" observed Zelda, being the first to see that Mario's daughter was no longer sad. The infant had her eyes glued to Rayman's rattle.

"I think she's attracted to the rattle..." noted Rayman, seeing how big Jennifer's eyes were. "Isabelle, would you mind putting Jennifer on the floor for me?"

"Sure thing, Rayman!" chirped Isabelle, as she placed Jennifer on the floor. Jennifer soon stood up...and walked over to Rayman, who held out the rattle to the infant. Jennifer took the rattle in an instant, and started to play with it.

"Ha ha, she really likes that rattle! I'd love to let her keep that rattle, but sadly I would have no other way to help Globox with his insomnia...perhaps I should call the sleep doctor."

"Do you mind if we borrow your rattle for a little bit, Rayman?" Isabelle kindly asked the limbless hero. "I think Mario could really use it...wherever he is."


With Mario searching for Jennifer, Cortex and Uka returned their room while they could, while Wario was busy enchanting Caeda. Cortex went back to plucking his leg hairs with tweezers, as Sonic and Crash walked by his room peering inside.

"Look Crash, it's your stupid arch-nemesis, Dr. Cortex!" Sonic pointed at the evil genius, who turned around and glared at the hedgehog. "How's it feel to be lonely, you big N head?"

"You don't know what you're talking about, hedgehog...for I got a new roommate!" Cortex fired back...leading Sonic and Crash to both laugh at the evil genius. "What's so funny, you two?"

"I'm sorry, we were just laughing at how much it must suck for the new guy to be roommates with you. I mean, your presence alone is enough to drive everyone out of this mansion!"

"My thoughts exactly," agreed Uka, as Cortex got so furious smoke was literally coming out of his ears. Must be a furnace burning inside that giant head.

"Ooh...just wait until my new roommate Wario gets here, he'll shut you boys up real quick!" Sonic and Crash stopped laughing, for the man of the hour showed up...Wario, who was holding a hot dog.

"Did someone mention my name?" asked Wario, before Sonic and Crash pointed and laughed at the fatso and made him angry. "Dang it Cortex, I don't know what's going on or why I'm being laughed at, but this is your fault!"

"It's always my fault..." sighed Cortex, holding his head low. It'll be a while until he and Wario are on the same page.


Cloud and Gerudo Ganon were embroiled in their golf match, at the golf simulator in the gaming room, and it wasn't really a full-fledged golf match to begin with - just a contest to see whoever got the ball in the hole first. Poor Cloud was under the assumption he'd be dueling against Gerudo Ganon in golf for almost an hour.

"You got this man, Cloud is nothing but barbecue chicken," Ganondorf encouraged Gerudo Ganon, with both of his hands on his fellow incarnate in encouragement. "Show him who's boss!"

"I will show him...once you get your hands off of me," responded Gerudo Ganon, who was ready to swing. Ganondorf backed away, as Gerudo Ganon swung with all his might. The ball flew high on the projector screen and landed a fair distance away from the hole.

"Nice shot, Gerudo Ganon," commended Cloud, who was standing by with his supporters - Nikki, Shovel Knight, and Marth. The swordsman would kill to have Aerith here, she'd be over the moon if Cloud won.

"Thanks...now, don't try to embarrass yourself," Gerudo Ganon sneered at Cloud, walking away as it was now Cloud's time to swing. Golf club in his hands, Cloud readied himself, as Shovel Knight's words replayed in his head:

"Thou art the ball, thou art the ball..." Strangely enough, Cloud could hear those words out loud...he turned towards Shovel Knight, who was calling out to the swordsman with a low voice. "...sorry for the distraction, Cloud," Shovel Knight apologized.

Gerudo Ganon: Cloud? Beating me? *snorts* That's unlikely as Tom Nook ever getting on Master Hand's good side.

Once he was ready, both mentally and physically, Cloud swung the golf club with all his might, like his entire life depended on it. The ball on the projector screen rose up high into the sky, seemingly breaking the laws of gravity. It would've taken an eternity for it to fall down. But when the ball fell down...

...it landed not in the grass, or the bunker, or even a pond, but rather in the hole. A hole in one! Shovel Knight, Nikki, and Marth all cheered, as they ran over to Cloud and celebrated with him.

"How about that, I actually won," smirked Cloud, with perhaps the most chill celebration in the history of man. Gerudo Ganon was left in shock, as he angrily tossed his golf club unto the floor.

"You can't win 'em all," Ganondorf said to Gerudo Ganon, patting his friend on the back, only for his hands to be slapped away. Gerudo Ganon pouted, while Shovel Knight, Nikki, and Marth celebrated with Cloud.

"See, Cloud, I knew you would win!" exclaimed Nikki, who had faith in Cloud from the very beginning. How do we know she was only just playing nice?

"Yes, I knew you would win too, Cloud!" added Marth, as he placed his hand on Cloud's shoulder. "You won not only for yourself...but for me."

"Get your hand off of me..." demanded Cloud, as Marth retracted his hand from Cloud's body. The hero-king stepped away from Cloud, for a brief moment...

...and saw Caeda and her lady friends, Mrs. Pac-Man and Mrs. Olimar, seated together on a couch. Marth came over to speak with his wife, wanting to know how things were going.

"That silly husband of mine claimed Mario would be here..." moaned Caeda, with her arms folded; the moment she saw Marth approaching, the princess changed her tune, appearing more affable. "...oh, hi Marth! What brings you here?"

"I was watching Cloud beat Gerudo Ganon at golf, and win one for me...I mean, himself," replied Marth, not wanting his wife to judge him. "Sorry if we were being loud from celebrating. Did Mario ever show up?"

"No he hasn't, we're still waiting on him. We can't afford to wait any longer..."


Fox was prepared, he was ready...to speak with Krystal one-on-one, and get his concerns off his chest. The pilot went to the tower, with Ribbon Girl tagging along, and was standing in front of Krystal's room. And apparently Falco tagged along too.

"Sure you don't need any time to rehearse?" Ribbon Girl asked Fox, who took a deep breath. It was now or never; he had no time to screw things up.

"No matter what happens, I will always be there for you, my man," Falco assured Fox, placing an assuring hand on his friend's shoulder. Fox furrowed his brow, as he turned and looked at Falco.

"Tell me again why you're here?" asked Fox, feeling that Falco's presence was completely unnecessary. Falco had been doing nothing but interjecting himself into Fox's little conundrum.

"Like I told you before, I'm your hype man - I'm the Lil Jon to your Michael Buble. You'd be nothing without me."

"Very weird analogy, but okay." Turning his head back to the door, Fox knocked on said door three times. It was now or never...

Ema: Do I have any regrets from showing Krystal that letter Fox wrote for her? Nope, I was just doing Fox's job for him. Wasn't like I expected Fox to lose it and have a panic attack. Poor guy takes things with Krystal way too seriously...

After knocking on the door, Phosphora would soon answer, opening the door wide and frowning upon seeing Fox. Phosphora was Krystal's roommate.

"Oh look, it's your stupid boyfriend..." grumbled Phosphora, seemingly calling out to Krystal. "What do you want, Fox - got some stupid jewelry to give to your stinking girlfriend?"

"Fox, is that you?" asked Krystal, as she walked to the door and quickly pushed Phosphora to the side. Her eyes met Fox's, and Fox was smiling like a G.

"Hey babe," the pilot grinned, as he took another deep breath. One that Krystal wasn't meant to see. Fox had to keep his composure.

"Hi Fox. Feels like it's been forever since we lost spoke...feeling better after that whole couples therapy session? The one you walked out on, for no reason?"

"Yeah, about that couples therapy...I just wanted to apologize for how I was acting." Fox apologizing to Krystal certainly made the vixen surprised. "I never should've deserted you like that."

"Well it's about time you owned up to your mistake. I thought you would never speak to me again, after that incident. But I'm glad that you've learned the error of your ways..."

"I'm also aware that Ema read you that letter...and writing that letter made me think about the cocktail party, and..." Fox couldn't speak anymore, for Krystal placed her finger on the pilot's lips.

"Save the rest for the Valentine's Day party," the vixen smiled at Fox, before backing away and closing the door. Fox just stood there, dumbfounded.

"Bruh what did she mean by that?" asked Falco, as he looked around for answers. "We're having a Valentine's Day party? How come we weren't aware of this?!"

"Guess we'll just have to wait and see," replied Ribbon Girl, as a smile slowly crept upon Fox's face. A step in the right direction for the pilot?


Sonic and Crash were in the gaming room, and they were still laughing at the fact that Wario was stuck with Cortex as a roommate. They were laughing their butts off, while Mario entered the gaming room.

"Man, Wario is gonna have a very rough time with Cortex..." Sonic giggled before taking sight of Mario, who walked by looking and feeling very sad. "Hey, Mario, why the long face?"

"My precious Jennifer disappeared-a and I can't see to find her..." Mario replied despondently, as he walked over to the golf simulator. He saw Cloud, who was busy working on his stroke.

"Don't bring your pity party over here, Mario," Cloud said to the plumber, before swinging his golf club. Mario walked away, and headed to the other side of the gaming room, where Caeda and her lady friends were at.

"If he doesn't show up in the next minute or two, we're gonna..." Caeda said to Mrs. Pac-Man, and Mrs. Olimar, before the three looked up and saw Mario. "...oh, Mario, there you are!" Mario didn't respond, as he plopped down on the nearest sofa.

"Something the matter?" Mrs. Olimar asked Mario, who had a thousand mile stare going on. Perhaps one of the more sadder stares in human history.

"Jennifer...gone...my child...gone...forever..." replied Mario, although it was hard to tell if he was listening to Mrs. Olimar or not. He was that disheartened.

"Hold up, did you say something about Jennifer?" asked Yashiro, who came over to speak with Mario. "I believe Isabelle and Zelda had Jennifer in their possession..."

"You mean they kid-a napped my baby?!" Mario snapped, as he jumped up off the sofa with his face as red as a tomato. "Those-a monsters! Why didn't you stop-a them for me?"

"You dolt, they didn't kidnap Jennifer...they just took her away from a noisy environment. At least that's what they said. Look, that must be them over there!"

Mario turned and looked at the gaming room entrance, and was overjoyed when he saw Zelda, Isabelle, and Rayman...but really, he was overjoyed when he saw Jennifer, still being held by Isabelle.

"There she is!" exclaimed Mario, pushing Yashiro to the floor as he ran over to Jennifer. The plumber snatched his daughter away from Isabelle, and repeatedly kissed her on her cheek. "I am never leaving you out-a of my sight again!" Yeah, good luck with that...

"Sorry we kept you away from Jennifer for so long, Sir Mario," apologized Isabelle, as Mario was busy rubbing his face against Jennifer. Hard to tell if Jennifer liked it. "It was hard making Jennifer pipe down."

Zelda: Hopefully with the time away from Jennifer, Mario will know what to do when his daughter isn't around...You said he was panicking, and threatened to take his own life if he didn't find Jennifer in time? Oh dear...

"Now that I have-a you back, let's try this one-a more time," said Mario, as he placed Jennifer on the floor away from him. When the plumber returned to his original spot, Rayman tapped him on the shoulder.

"You might wanna use this..." the limbless hero said to Mario, holding out the baby rattle. Mario smiled, as he took the rattle from Rayman.

"Come here Jennifer, come on-a girl!" Mario called out to the infant, speaking to her like she was a dog. Whatever worked best. He shook the rattle in his hand, as Jennifer quickly stood up.

And to Mario's insurmountable joy, Jennifer walked on her own two legs, over to Mario. Once the infant got real close, Mario hugged his little girl, and picked her up while beaming with a giant smile.

"Did you see-a that everyone, Jennifer walked-a to me!" announced Mario, as everyone looked at the plumber before resuming their usual business. "I said, JENNIFER WALKED-A TO ME!" Mario got the reaction he deserved, as everyone either cheered or clapped. Paula and Poo were one of those clapping.

"If at first you don't succeed..." smiled Paula as she looked at Poo, expecting her friend to finish the saying.

"Don't you even dare..." threatened Poo, who honestly had no idea why he was clapping. He partially blamed Paula, for doing it first.

"That Mario, so full of himself sometimes..." smirked Zelda, as Mario embraced Jennifer. Caeda and her lady friends approached the plumber, grabbing his attention.

"Oh! Caeda, Mrs. Pac-Man, and-a Mrs. Olimar!" exclaimed Mario, who stopped embracing Jennifer in an instant. "Must not have seen-a you ladies. My apologies. How have-a you been?"

"We're doing well, thanks for asking," Caeda smiled in response, holding her hands behind her back. "We were wondering if you could make us three residents here at the mansion, to be with our husbands. Master Hand shot our request down, but maybe you could overrule him..."

"Technically I can overrule-a Master Hand - he still considers me the man-a of the mansion, despite living on-a my own. I still help Master Hand make-a decisions from time to time. Anything else-a you would like?"

"No, we're just interested in residency. We all feel like it's been a long time coming, for the three of us." Mrs. Pac-Man and Mrs. Olimar both nodded in agreement.

"How about we discuss-a things further at the Valentine's Day party next week? You can be with-a your husbands, celebrating...love, and that'll give me some-a time to work some kinks-a out with Master Hand."

"We can afford to wait till next week, so you and Master Hand can be on the same page regarding the decision. Thanks for listening to our request!"


Pit and Kirby were walking through the hallway, with the former on Cloud 9? Why, you ask? Because he bested Incineroar at table tennis. While Incineroar was at the Pokemon sanctuary, swallowing defeat, Pit was acting like he was The Man.

"Did you see me beat Incineroar at table tennis, and complete Rayman's comeback story?" Pit asked Kirby, but only because Kirby had dozed off several times during the match.

"Partly - I've never seen so many deuces in a single table tennis game, let alone an actual tennis game," replied Kirby, who wished he could've slept through the entire tennis game. "You know how to drag a game out..."

"That was purely unintentional, to be honest." Pit and Kirby arrived in the foyer, where Leaf walked by with a fishing rod. "Hey Leaf, nice fishing rod you got there!" Pit called out to the Pokemon trainer.

"Actually, this is Link's broken fishing rod - I'm fixing it for him," replied Leaf, who was left wondering how the fishing rod received compliments. It was being held together by only Scotch tape. "Still a work in progress..."

Leaf: I'm very confident in Link's ability to catch that Dragonair. If he caught it once, who says he can't catch it again?

"I dunno, that fishing rod is looking mighty sexy..." said Pit, with Leaf cringing as she and Pit went their own separate ways. Pit and Kirby would soon walk past Master Hand's room...although Kirby stopped when he peered through Master Hand's door.

"No, what do you mean you're going to ban me?" a voice said from the room, as Kirby got a closer look at what was going on. He saw Master Hand, and Crazy Hand was there too.

"Psst, Pit, over here!" Kirby quietly called out to Pit, who looked at Kirby and turned around. He joined his pink friend at the door, and the two looked inside the room...and saw Master Hand and Crazy Hand speaking with Tom Nook.

"You heard what I said - I'm banning you for wrecking my Lamborghini!" boomed Master Hand, getting all up in Tom Nook's grill. "Destroying my most prized possession..."

"And what about my nephews, Timmy and Tommy...what are you going to do with them? Will you watch over them while I'm away?"

"We'll just BAN those two as well, those losers!" replied Crazy Hand, offending Tom Nook by calling his nephews losers. How Tom Nook wished to speak out. "They might've been ACCOMPLICES!"

"No they were not, they had nothing to do with the wreckage of the Lamborghini! I was minding my own business, about to take the car to the shop, when that guy showed up..."

"Tom Nook for the last time, you can't use that man as a fall guy. We've been over this. Now, do you accept your ban or not?"

"You're going to let me back inside the mansion, right?" Both Master Hand and Crazy Hand were in disbelief that Tom Nook would ask such a dumb question.

"Of course we are, you nimrod...we just won't let you back until I get a new Lamborghini. However long that'll take. That seems only fair, right Crazy Hand?"

"Yeah, and we're gonna HOLD OFF on buying the new Lamborghini, just to make you SUFFER!" cackled Crazy Hand, letting out an evil laugh. Tom Nook looked down at the floor, saddened.

"Don't look so down, Tom Nook, this is only indefinite - this will only teach you a lesson. Now take your nephews, and your belongings, and leave!"

So Tom Nook trudged out of the room, holding his head low. Upon exiting Master Hand's room, he saw Pit and Kirby, both sympathizing for the tanoki. And yes, it was possible to sympathize for Tom Nook. Don't let your experiences with him in Animal Crossing fool you.

"I'll be seeing you two later..." Tom Nook said to Pit and Kirby, before walking away keeping his head low. Pit and Kirby heard everything discussed in Master Hand's room, being the first to learn of Tom Nook's indefinite ban.

But would they let the tanoki be banned for so long? Not a chance...