Author's Note:

This part two of...well, you know, and it features content from the new Switch game, Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Oh, and there's also Persona 4 Arena Ultimax going on as well. Sadly, not all the P4AU characters could make the final cut, but I did what I could. Guest reviews:

"Since Magolor sent Mario and the others to the other world with an envelope that summons a giant star to take them elsewhere, doesn't that foreshadows Kirby and the Forgotten Land due to the location they're sent to?"

Yes...yes it does. David with some questions:

"How will the entire Smash Mansion residents react to the big Naoto reveal coming up? A WrestleMania chapter later on? Will a Monster Hunter Rise DLC chapter happen in June? How do Phosphora and Arlon feel now that Viridi no longer harbors hatred toward humans? Has Morgana ever held meetings regarding the residents to get more sleep? And finally, what are your thoughts on Cody Rhodes signing back with WWE and is set to appear at WrestleMania?"

No Naoto reveal. No Wrestlemania chapter either. A Monster Hunter Rise DLC chapter may happen in June. I think those two might feel neutral about it. Morgana has never held such meetings. And as someone who considers himself a fan of Cody Rhodes, I'm interested in how WWE will handle his return. Still gotta get rid of that ugly neck tattoo, though. Up next, TIME TO GO:

"Just trying to nitpick here, but doesn't it felt weird to have everyone surprised if Naoto is a girl? She already said it (remember this is the Ultimax chapter, it was WAY past her reveal in P4), she's not hiding the fact, and it has been like what, almost 3 years since she live in the mamsion? It'll felt stupid for someone who doesn't realize the fact already. Just have someone said "We know" and move on. It's not gonna be a big reveal like it is in the game."

Come to think of it, you have a point there. Everyone would have figured it out by now. Ending things off with Memory Memory:

"...would anyone else have a Shadow Self?"

Would Dark Link count as Link's Shadow Self. And I know that Mario has a Shadow Self. That's about all that I can think of.


Episode 327: SaintPatrick's Part 2 (NewWorld)

Sonic made a huge mistake when he unknowingly let Sho Minazuki (then disguised as General Teddie) inside the mansion. Using whatever knowledge of the mansion he had gained, Sho infiltrated Mini Mementos and freed the doppelgangers - shadow versions of the Shadow Operatives and Investigation Crew.

While many of the real selves were out shopping and whatnot, it was up to Link and Zelda to work together and round up the doppelgangers before they became a problem. But as they would later find out, it was more of a hassle than it seemed. Especially given what they would have to work with.

"Stay away with your loincloth, you freak!" Wario shouted at Shadow Kanji, armed with a broom, as he chased the doppelganger through the foyer. Shadow Kanji was annoying Wario, showing off his loincloth, and Wario retaliated with violence.

"Yes! Hit me harder, I insist!" Shadow Kanji implored Wario, who was smacking him repeatedly with the broom. As Wario chased Shadow Kanji down the hallway, Shadow Akihiko was in the hallway beating up a defenseless Kazuya.

"Keep it up, Akihiko - show him what you're made of!" Shantae cheered on for Shadow Akihiko, as he punched a bruised Kazuya in the face. Kazuya was lying against the wall, unable to fight back. How rare.

"And one more for good measure..." said Shadow Akihiko, as he delivered a final blow to Kazuya; it didn't knock Kazuya out, but it still left him in a lot of pain. Shantae cheered in response.

"Nice one, Akihiko!" Shantae was all smiles, as Shadow Akihiko came over to her and picked her up. The half-genie was cradled in Shadow Akihiko's arms. "Oh my goodness!"

"I don't think I've fully shown you what I'm capable of...wanna see another example of my strength?" It seemed like Shadow Akihiko was going around beating up random residents - and Shantae was apparently fine with it.

"Ooh! Show me! Show me!" So Shadow Akihiko carried Shantae away, smirking as he looked to find another victim. Kazuya watched as Shadow Akihiko left, his face bruised and bloodied.

Cloud: A lot of the Persona folk have been acting out of the sort lately. Junpei is going crazy with a baseball bat, Yukiko is saying inappropriate stuff, Akihiko is beating up random people for Shantae's...affection, or whatever, and Kanji really wants me to see him wearing his loincloth. Hope he's not sending me any weird messages with that thing on...

Diddy Kong: I thought that the Persona guys and gals had gone out shopping. Most of them, that is. When did they get back so soon, and why do they all have yellow contacts?

As Kazuya tried to pull himself up to his feet - albeit struggling a bit - Sonic came speeding through the foyer. In a rare act, the blue hedgehog tripped as his feet got caught in the rug at the center.

"Woah!" yelled Sonic, maintaining his balance as he skidded to a halt - right before he crashed into the wall. He let out a sigh of relief, before turning around and saw Kazuya who was halfway up. "You saw nothing, Kazuya."

"Can't fool me, hedgehog...I've seen everything," replied Kazuya, who winced in pain as he got down on one knee. Sonic, seeing how battered Kazuya was, offered to help the businessman up to his feet.

"Woah! Who did you get in a fight with? You and Heihachi fought over another cinnamon roll?" Sonic took the time to dust off Kazuya's suit, as Kazuya fixed his collar.

"No...and for the record, it was a cinnamon bun. It was the last one...had my eyes on it! But if you must know, Akihiko was the one who pummeled me."

"Well, Akihiko does love to fight, so I can't blame him for..." As Sonic took a few steps away from Kazuya, he saw Yukari opening the trapdoor in the middle of the foyer and going inside.

"You two didn't see anything!" Yukari pointed at both Sonic and Kazuya, covering the trapdoor with the rug before slamming the door shut. The young woman did nothing but make Sonic super curious.

"...uh, Kazuya? Can you do me a favor?" Sonic asked the businessman, as he found his curiosity leading him to places that he shouldn't be going to.

"Does it have to do with the last cinnamon bun left available in the kitchen?" asked Kazuya; he was serious about his cinnamon buns, and he made sure not to miss any of today's batch. "Because Lady Palutena promised that I would have it."

"uh, no...promise me you won't tell anyone that I went through this trapdoor." On that note, Sonic opened the trapdoor and went through the entrance. "For the record, I'm not going to Mario's bunker!"

"Your secret is as good as mine." So Sonic went down into the tunnel, closing the trapdoor behind him, as Kazuya stood there furrowing his brow. "Wait, Mario has a bunker underneath his house...?"


Where on earth did Mario, Luigi, Kirby, Snake, and Hal end up? Based on the events of the last episode, one might believe that the five were warped to a different universe. No way would Luigi be able to buy that wagon for Charles if that was the case.

When Mario and company got sucked up into the giant star in the sky, two unfortunate cameramen got sucked up with them. The cameramen were with Mario and the gang, as Mario was lying on what appeared to be some kind of beach.

"Hello? Mario? Earth to Mario!" Cappy shouted into the ear of Mario, who was the only one that was seemingly unconscious. Everyone else was up and alert, standing over Mario. "Why does this happen with me every time..."

"I know something that'll wake him up," Snake smiled mischievously as he pulled out a taser gun; Hal put his arm in front of Snake, preventing him from giving Mario quite a shock.

"Don't worry, gentlemen - I know just the thing!" Cappy cleared his throat, then leaned in close to Mario's ear and belted out the following: "Mario, Bowser found your baby pictures and he's selling them online!"

"SAY IT AIN'T SO!" shouted Mario, finally waking up as he sprung up to his feet. The plumber had his dukes up like he wanted to fight someone, only to cool off as he got a sense of his surroundings.

"Yippee! You're alive!" Luigi rejoiced at Mario as he gave his twin brother a hug; the green plumber was the only person with a slither of concern that Mario might've been dead. What a negative ned.

"Of course he's alive, you dolt," Snake said to Luigi as he broke up the hug, tired of seeing the brotherly sappiness going on before him. "Now where are we?"

"It appears that we've landed on a beach," observed Kirby, seeing the ocean behind him and some forestation up ahead. It was as if the five were shipwrecked, yet there was no ship involved.

"Wait, so that star in the sky that sucked-a everything up..." said Mario, attempting to summarize what had gone down moments before he and the others wind up at the beach. "...did it take-a my car too?!"

"Nobody cares about your car Mario, quite frankly," Hal kindly said to the plumber, who was convinced that his vehicle was likely gone forever. "What we should care about, however, is..."

"This is no bueno...I need to call-a my car insurance agent." Mario frantically took out his cellphone and was about to dial a number, but immediately had a brain fart. "Luigi, what's my agent's number?"

"Why do you think that I know?" asked Luigi, before he heard his own cellphone ringing. The plumber took out his phone and soon feared for the worst when he saw Daisy's name in the caller ID. "Um, hello Daisy?" Luigi nervously said into the phone after answering the call.

"Hiya Luigi! Did you and Mario make it to the store?" Daisy asked Luigi, who didn't know what to say as he nervously bit his knuckle. "And why do I hear ocean sounds in the background?"

"Those-a ocean sounds...that's just my cellphone being faulty." Fortunately for Luigi, Daisy believed him as she didn't say a single thing in response. "Why are you calling?"

"Just checking in, since your car is still parked in the driveway. Mario's car is still there." Since Mario's car remained, then Mario had nothing to worry about.

"Oh, well, uh...Mario and I decided to walk-a to the store. Save some gas, because-a you know...high gas prices, hehe." So far, Daisy was buying every little thing that Luigi told her; it was working like a charm.

"That's understandable. Make sure you get home soon, so I can wrap up that wagon!" How would that even be possible? Did Daisy have a big enough box for the wagon to go in?

"Princess Daisy, I regret to inform you this...but your deer meat was past expired," Snake spoke into the phone, believing that Daisy reserved the right to know about her food. Luigi and Hal both frowned at the former spy.

"Wait a minute, is that Snake I hear? What's going on?" Daisy sounded awfully angry, and that was Luigi's cue to promptly end the call before her wife lost it. Luigi placed his phone back in his pocket.

Yuffie: I see that Luigi isn't driving his car... *smirks, then turns her head to Luigi's Charger* ...I've been meaning to go on another joyride these days. This is a perfect time!

"Well, Kirby, this seems like your neck-a of the woods," Mario said to the pink puffball, as Cappy reassumed his position at the top of the plumber's head. "Therefore, you will lead-a the way."

"Why me, is it because this place looks 'cutesy' to you?" questioned Kirby, as he was not a fan of Mario throwing all the leadership authority upon him. As well as the fact that he described the setting as "cutesy".

"Whoever said-a anything about that? Are you not a jungle person? The kind-a of guy that flies through the jungle, screaming at the top-a of your lungs and banging your chest? I know you do that in-a private."

"...let's just go." Refusing to argue with Mario, Kirby assumed his duties as the leader as he led everyone into the forestation. Mario and Luigi followed after Kirby, while Snake and Hal trailed behind.

"What do you think of Mario delegating leadership to Kirby?" Hal whispered with Snake as he had a close eye on the plumber in question. "Seems like a red flag to me."

"Mario is sometimes a lazy leader," Snake whispered back, having first-hand experience of Mario either coming up short or disappointing himself in certain perilous situations. "I'll give him about an hour until he starts taking charge..."


As Sonic told Kazuya, he wasn't going through the trapdoor to access Mario's bunker (which Kazuya apparently didn't know about). No, the hedgehog instead wanted to check out Mini Mementos. He had seen Minato and Yukari going through the trapdoor in secret and wanted to know what their secret hangout spot looked like.

"This place looks pretty dope!" exclaimed Sonic, checking out the sights and sounds of Mini Mementos as he took a few pictures here and there. "How did they fit a train station in this joint? And they got a movie theater, too?!"

Sonic had poked his head inside the Mini Mementos movie theater, spotting the circular beds that were at the front. The hedgehog sped to the front of the theater and hopped on one of the beds, bouncing away.

"Man, this is like a trampoline...but only better!" grinned Sonic, trying to bounce as high as he possibly could. Can't bounce too high and hit the ceiling - getting concussions isn't cool. "Best movie theater ever!"

"Hello! I take it that this is your first time in Mementos?" a woman in the movie theater asked Sonic, adorned in blue, as another woman also adorned in blue was standing with her. Sonic brought the bouncing to an end, as he hopped off the circular bed and landed spectacularly on his feet.

"Oh cool, you must be the theater attendants!" Sonic checked the women out, seeing one with short white hair and the other with longer hair. Both ladies had gold eyes. "One quick question for ya - what kind of movie snacks do you serve here?"

"We are no theater attendant...I am Elizabeth, a former attendant of the Velvet Room." The woman had Sonic completely lost with her introduction.

"And I am Margaret, also a former Velvet Room attendant," the other woman introduced herself to Sonic, who was still lost. "We were once Igor's assistants, and now we have found ourselves within this version of Mementos."

"...okay, so do you serve movie snacks here or not?" inquired Sonic; he wouldn't stop asking until his question was answered, and also he had more questions on the way. "Is outside food allowed? Am I allowed to eat chili dogs in this theater?"

"Chili...dogs?" Elizabeth crinkled her nose, showing how little of the outside world she knew. "I have honestly never heard of that kind of canine breed before. You must not be a dog person!" Never before has Sonic pitied a stranger so much until now.

"Yeah, I hate to say it, but you two kinda suck at your jobs. May I speak to your manager or something?" Sonic looked around for the supposed manager of the movie theater...but instead found Yukari, standing at the theater entrance.

"Sonic?! What are you doing down here?" Yukari frowned at the hedgehog as she hustled her way down the movie aisle. "And why are you bothering Elizabeth and Margaret?"

"You never said that I couldn't follow you." Once she got closer to Sonic, Yukari bonked the hedgehog on the head letting him know how incensed she was with him. "Hey! I can keep a promise, right?"

"Speaking of promises - where is Minato, Yukari?" Elizabeth asked the young woman, as Sonic was apparently amazed that Elizabeth and Yukari both knew each other. "You said that you would let us see him."

"Oh! You must know the Phantom Thieves and all those cool cats." Sonic pointed at Elizabeth and Margaret, as Yukari smacked her forehead; neither Elizabeth nor Margaret had any familiarity with the Phantom Thieves, so they just smiled.

"We may have a wrinkling of who they are." Elizabeth's smile quickly faded, as she realized that she might've said the wrong word. Which she did. "Twinkling? Sprinkling? I give up..."

"Some of them are acting kinda crazy, though. Mitsuru won't stop going on about how she wants to execute people. Rise's walking about in her swimsuit and refuses to change. And Yu is shirtless, which is kinda pointless since he has no abs..."

"That's what I wanted to stop by and tell you about," Yukari said to Elizabeth and Margaret as she pushed Sonic to the side, believing that Sonic had said enough. "Sho Minazuki infiltrated Mini Mementos, and let our Shadow selves out..."

"Oh dear, that is simply not ideal..." fretted Margaret, who had first-hand knowledge of just how crazy and insane the doppelgangers were. "...that is quite the crisis to have on your hands."

"I got it now! You're no theater attendants," shouted Sonic as he pointed at Elizabeth and Margaret, finally understanding what their true role was. "You're the older sisters of Caroline and Justine! Of course!"

"Why yes, we try to be the best big sisters that we can be." Taking ownership of being the twin wardens' older sister, Elizabeth smiled as Yukari grabbed Sonic and shoved him away.

Sonic: Caroline and Justine have two older sisters in Elizabeth and Margaret, and they leave them both to rot underneath the mansion. That's messed up.

"Anyway, I was thinking that maybe you two can round up the doppelgangers," Yukari offered to Elizabeth and Margaret, whom she saw as the biggest available help at the moment until the others returned from their shopping trip. "How does that sound?"

"We are willing to be of as much assistance as you need," replied Margaret, happily agreeing to lend a helping hand, before looking past Yukari and seeing Sonic inspecting one of the circular beds. "Is that hedgehog coming with us?"

"These bean bags look pretty expensive - if that's what you even call 'em," remarked Sonic as he poked one of the circular beds, trying to poke a hole in it. "How much do they cost?"

"Eh, I'd say leave him here," replied Yukari, letting Sonic have his fun as she led Elizabeth and Magaret away. Even with Yukari and the former Velvet Room attendants out of the movie theater, Sonic was still messing around.

"Gotta let someone know about this place..." said Sonic, leaving the circular bed alone as he took out his phone. He was going to spread the word...Joker, Yu, and Minato would not find that ideal.


There was a wrestling watch party in the living room, complete with wrestling (of course), party snacks, and Pit's friends. What was meant to be viewing of NJPW with only Pit and Ryuji now involved Viridi, Dark Pit, Phosphora, and Magnus...oh, and Yu was there, too. Shadow Yu.

"This looks so fake..." Dark Pit sighed deeply, forcing himself to watch two Japanese wrestlers striking one another with punches. A few chops to the chest were also thrown into the mix.

"You know, Dark Pit...you might be on to something," Pit said to the doppelganger, as he was watching the wrestling footage very closely. A highly shocked Dark Pit did a double-take, while Ryuji was discreetly grinning from ear to ear.

"He's getting closer to finding out the truth!" Ryuji quietly said in excitement, almost on the verge of geeking out. He might even give Pit a big fat hug soon.

Joker: I gave Viridi a day off today just so she could crash the wrestling watch party. I figured that this viewing of New Japan Pro Wrestling could finally bring Pit and Ryuji together and make amends...and I want Viridi to be there to make sure that happens. Incineroar, sadly, had to be the odd man out.

"Here comes Rise..." alerted Shadow Yu as another doppelganger joined everyone in the living room...Shadow Rise. Shadow Rise was wearing nothing but a bikini, and she was flaunting it.

"Why watch a bunch of men play-fighting, when you could be watching me instead?" the doppelganger asked those sitting on the couch, as she stood in front of the television. She refused to leave until someone admired her looks.

"It's not play-fighting, Rise, it's..." Pit frowned at the doppelganger, as Ryuji looked towards the angel eager about what he was going to say. "...dang it, I lost my train of thought!"

"Move it, we're watching something here!" Magnus barked at Shadow Rise, trying to look past the doppelganger so that he could see the television. "I wanna see somebody get their head punched off."

"Now that's the spirit!" Ryuji enthusiastically gave Magnus a thumbs up, admiring how much the warrior was into the wrestling footage. It was clear to Shadow Rise that no one wanted to give her their attention.

"Hmph...have it your way," said Shadow rise, turning her nose up as she stormed out of the living room. She wouldn't stop until her looks were appreciated.


Until their husbands got back home, Daisy and Peach focused on getting stuff ready for Charles' birthday party. Meanwhile, Yuffie was left to watch over Charles and Deanna...although Yuffie ultimately gave the responsibility to Spyro and Hunter, since they hadn't left yet.

"So weird...Charles doesn't seem to like this baby rattle," observed Hunter, who was shaking a baby rattle in front of Charles. Charles showed zero reaction, as he was more focused on playing with his toy blocks.

"That's because he isn't a baby anymore," stated Spyro, as he grabbed the baby rattle from Hunter and tossed it away. The purple dragon then saw some Lego pieces lying on the floor. "Why not build some Legos with him?"

"I don't know, these blocks look far too advanced for Charles." Hunter picked up a small Lego piece, believing that it was too complex for any kid around Charles' age to use. Spyro shook his head, before noticing a play kitchen in the living room.

"What about the play kitchen? He wouldn't mind playing with that?" Much to Spyro's chagrin, Hunter wasn't a huge fan of the play kitchen either.

"But play kitchens were strictly girl toys. Kinda messed up what you're trying to do to Charles!" Giving up all hope, Spyro groaned and sat on the couch in defeat. Daisy, who was observing from the kitchen, related with Spyro and how he was feeling

Daisy: Been keeping a close eye on our guests. As much as he would hate to admit it, Spyro would make for a great dad! As for Hunter, on the other hand...it's a good thing that cheetahs and rabbits are incapable of breeding with each other. Hope that Bianca doesn't have adoption on her mind anytime soon.

As Daisy and Peach were working together on Charles' birthday cake (in secret), they heard the doorbell ring. With Spyro and Hunter tied up with Charles, and Yuffie nowhere to be found, Peach ultimately decided to answer the door. Standing on the doorstep was a sharply dressed yet unkempt man.

"Hello! You look like a familiar face," Peach said to the man, who for a sharply dressed man had some very suspect body language. Almost like he forgot to do his morning routine. "What is your name?"

"Tohru...Tohru Adachi," the man replied; Adachi was back at the mansion premises, the first time since Boxing Day in 2019. Still not an American holiday, by the way. "I've come by to...is Luigi here?"

"Adachi, of course! Saw your face at the hospital. Did you stop by to wish my nephew Charles a happy birthday?" Peach put Adachi in a tough corner - either Adachi had to appease Peach, or turn the other way and risk being seen as a heartless jerk.

"Sure, why not?" So Adachi followed Peach inside Luigi's home, and went to the living room so he could say the following to Charles: "Happy birthday, Chuck! And, uh...congratulations, I guess."

"You were speaking to my daughter just now..." Daisy informed Adachi, who mentally slapped himself upon realizing that he was talking to Deanna, and not the birthday boy, Charles. "...also, his name is Charles."

"Sorry, ma'am, I've been watching too much basketball as of late." Adachi finally recognized Charles and patted him on the head, as Daisy stood there dumbfounded by Adachi's remark.

"Peach, did you really have to let this loser in?" Daisy asked Peach, as she resented Adachi's company the last time he was in the Luigi household.

"He seems fair," smiled Peach, watching as Adachi took a seat on the couch next to Spyro...only to trip along the way. "If not rough around the edges."

"Hey buddy, watch it!" Spyro frowned at Adachi, who nearly fell on the purple dragon and squashed him. Wouldn't be his first time being squashed.

"Excuse me, my shoelace tripped me up," Adachi apologized to Spyro...even though his shoes came with no shoelaces. The police detective rested his feet on the couch, his feet too close to Spyro. "So, any of you know anyone named Sho Minazuki?"

"I know a Sho Minamimoto," answered Hunter, who had a chance encounter with the Wicked Twisters during the holiday festivities. "His math-related phrases are the WORST!"

"Well, this Sho is way more dangerous. I've been tasked with capturing him, and as I expected, I was led to the site of the mansion..."


While Adachi was on the hunt for Sho, Sho was on the hunt for Gray Fox, who had taken one of his twin katana. Left with only one katana in his possession, Sho snooped around the mansion for Gray Fox, wherever he was. Gray Fox using his camouflage didn't make things any easier.

"YOU!" Sho shouted at E. Gadd, whom he saw sitting in the lounge all by himself. E. Gadd was glossing through some stuff he had previously written when he looked up at Sho. "Have you seen a one-eyed freak with a sword anywhere?"

"I have seen a cyclops, if that is what you mean," E. Gadd responded with a slight chuckle, although Sho clearly wasn't in a laughing mood. "But that was only in my dreams."

"Stupid old man...thanks for nothing." Grunting, Sho took off down the hallway as he resumed his search. Moments after Sho left, Gray Fox deactivated his camouflage, as he was standing next to E. Gadd.

"Thank you for keeping my cover, professor," the ninja assassin thanked E. Gadd, who nodded in response as he returned to his writings. A journal that Gray Fox had a keen interest in. "Mind if I ask what you're reading?"

"Just a few writings of mine." E. Gadd offered a sample to Gray Fox, who was reading E. Gadd's writing with heavy intrigue. "Most of it was spurned from a journal that I had obtained."

"A journal, hm? Must be the same one that Snake and Hal have..." Gray Fox, after he was done reading, handed the writings back to E. Gadd. "...hope you don't mind me hanging around a bit more."

"No, not at all, you're fine!" E. Gadd was happy to have company over...even if Gray Fox had to keep himself camouflaged ninety-nine percent of the time.


During the contract negotiations with Star Records, one of the things thrown around during the discussions was a separate home for the talent to stay at. While Itsuki was down with the idea, Fox and Falco weren't so keen.

"You guys are acting pretty selfish right now," Fox said to the idol singers, as he and Falco were putting down the home idea as much as possible. "Think about the homeless people who live on the streets every day."

"Fox, if you're gonna use the homeless people as your argument, then you have already..." Itsuki said to the pilot, only to be silenced when Fox placed his hand over his mouth. Fox refused to be undeterred.

"Here you guys are, negotiating for more money when you wanna use said money to build a needless home. Got any idea how silly that sounds?"

"Whoever said that we wanted more money?" asked Tsubasa, who was fine with how much money she raised during her time with Star Records. "We just want new contracts...and other things."

"I'm not entirely imposed to having more money," stated Ashley, the only Star Records talent to express her desire for a raise. Wanted to get every single penny out of Fox and company possible.

Ashley: Sometimes during negotiations, if you can't get what you want, you act cute to make your superiors submit. I don't think of myself as cute, and I would never stoop to that level either, but when all else fails you have to use force. *takes out her wand and smacks it in the palm of her hand, eyes glowing red* Everyone knows how much I love to use force...

"Woah!" shouted Crash as he crashed the contract negotiations (no pun intended), crashing into the table where everyone was seated at. Aku accompanied the bandicoot, only because he sadly knew of no other way to spend his time.

"How's it coming along, boys?" Aku asked Fox, Falco, and Itsuki, as only one of the three Star Records heads was willing to give a positive response. "Crash and Cortex just got done with their...joint workout."

"My abdomen, how much it aches!" Cortex was heard from afar screaming in pain, sounding like a woman going into labor. "How can one measly sit-up put me in so much agony?"

"...as you might infer, they had to call it off early. Surprised it didn't end sooner." Although the workout was short-lived, the fact that Crash and Cortex even worked out together was remarkable.

"I wish that these negotiations can end sooner," remarked Fox, who found himself burdened by many of the perks that his talent thrown out. "These cats are literally asking us to give them their own place! Can you believe that, Aku?"

"I see nothing wrong with it; I think that's a lovely idea!" Aku offered his two cents, as Crash shared the floating mask's sentiments by nodding his head. Fox stared at Aku and Crash in disbelief, before slamming his head against the table.

"Nice one - you prompted my friend to give himself a concussion," Falco scolded both Aku and Crash, hoping that Fox was okay; he was taking the slam more seriously than anyone else. "Screw your wrong opinions..."


With Elizabeth and Margaret out of Mini Mementos, Yukari brought the former Velvet Room attendants to the computer room where Minato and the others were. Upon arrival, Yukari saw that she had some unwanted company over...Shadow Akihiko.

"Why aren't you fighting back?" Shadow Akihiko questioned Link, whom he had in a chokehold as he banged his head repeatedly against the computer desk. "Show me your desire to fight!"

"I can't, I don't even have my Master Sword on me!" Link cried out, as Minato, Zelda, Samus, and X were standing to the side for their own safety. Shantae was also there, cheering on for her "man".

"That's right, Akihiko, you show Link who's the boss!" the half-genie cheered on for Shadow Akihiko, who refused to stop harassing Link until the Hylian showed some kind of resistance. If only Link didn't leave his sword behind.

"So, uh, yeah, this is pretty much what we're dealing with," Yukari said to Elizabeth and Margaret, letting her know how much her work was cut out for her. "Do what you must with them."

"As you wish..." Margaret said to Yukari, as she took out a bunch of Persona cards. She threw the cards at Shadow Akihiko, who took notice as he released his hold on Link's neck.

"What the..." said Shadow Akihiko as the cards struck the doppelganger; in a matter of seconds, Shadow Akihiko suddenly teleported away along with the cards, as he was gone for good.

"Well done!" Elizabeth commended her sister, giving her small applause; Link was relieved, clutching his neck as the others were now safe from harm. Minato saw Elizabeth clapping, and was startled.

"Elizabeth?" Minato uttered the woman's name as he came over for a closer inspection, making sure that he wasn't seeing things. "What are you..."

"AKIHIKO!" Shantae cried out, convinced that her crush was now gone forever as she almost fell to her knees. She was truly crushed. "Why did you have to make him go away?"

"Somebody called my name?" asked the real Akihiko, as he heard Shantae screaming from outside the computer room. Shantae gasped out of joy, as she ran out of the computer room past Yukari and company and saw Akihiko. "Oh boy..."

"Oh, thank goodness! Knew you didn't disappear forever." Seeing what Shantae was all about, Akihiko turned around and ran for his life. Shantae refused to let Akihiko get away from her, as she ran after her crush. "Hey, why are you running away?"

Shantae: So the Akihiko that I was with was an evil clone? Guess that explains a lot. But no matter...I'll make sure that the real Akihiko vies for my affection as the fake one did!

Akihiko: *sighs deeply* ...being admired by women is the worst.

"Yukari, what's going on?" Minato asked his girlfriend, as the confusion that he once had made its rousing return once he saw Elizabeth. "Why is Elizabeth here, and is that her...her sister?"

"This is the secret that I wanted to show you!" Yukari replied with a smile, having brought the secret to Minato. Albeit not at the place she originally intended. "Found Elizabeth and Magaret in Mini Mementos one day. They don't know how they ended up down there either!"

"Interesting...good to know that there are still secrets under the mansion." Minato smiled as most of his confusion went away, as Link was now the only person that was confused.

"We have a 'Mini Mementos' under this mansion?" Link whispered to Zelda, as X ran to the computer that he was using. He was delighted to see that the security cameras were up and working

"Looks like the cameras are live again," announced X, as Samus joined the robot at the computer. A few of the cameras showed the doppelgangers doing their dastardly deeds. "Is that...why is Kanji wearing a loincloth?"

"Kanji's doppelganger, you mean," Samus corrected X, watching the security footage of Shadow Kanji showing off his loincloth to the ladies in the beauty salon. As well as encouraging them to beat him up.

"That disappearing card trick you did...can you do that for the other doppelgangers?" X asked Margaret, having no idea of where the woman had sent Shadow Akihiko. Maybe she sent him back to Mini Mementos...which in a way would be counter-intuitive.

"It's more of a teleporting card trick...but yes I can," replied Margaret, who had enough cards to make the doppelgangers vamoose. Refusing to go alone, Margaret turned her attention to Elizabeth. "Would you like to come with, sister?"

"Don't forget about us!" Yukari said to Margaret and Elizabeth, linking her arm with Minato's as she took out her phone. "Samus can text us where we can find the doppelgangers. It'll be easy!"

"I never even agreed to do this, but okay..." muttered Minato, left with no other choice but to tag along with his girlfriend. And the two former Velvet Room attendants that his girlfriend wanted him to see.


Why don't we see how Mario and the gang were holding wherever they were? The five were traversing through the island, which seemed more like an abandoned city the further they traveled. They saw a bunch of tall abandoned buildings, many of which were covered in forestation.

"Starting to feel-a like I'm in an episode of Lost," said Mario, somehow able to draw a few parallels as the group was now inside an abandoned mall. Snake frowned, trying to hold his tongue.

"I remember that one episode when they found the Others," reminisced Hal - who knew he watched stuff other than anime? The hacker looked around, hoping that no island inhabitants would jump out and attack him. "Those guys gave me the creeps!"

"They gave-a you the creeps?" Luigi snorted at Hal, thinking of the hacker as a coward - the pot calling the kettle black on this one. "Ha! I was only scared-a of that moth...meh, that's not any better."

"Bunch of nerds..." Snake muttered under his breath, as the group made their way through the abandoned mall. Kirby soon took notice of a blue creature trapped underneath some rubble.

"Look at that!" Kirby bought everyone's attention to the blue creature, who was struggling to pull himself from the rubble he was stuck under. "That fella could use our help."

"Eh, I'd say leave him be," said Snake, choosing to stay behind while Kirby and the others ran over to save the creature. However, they stopped in their tracks when two fox-like enemies appeared. "Tried to warn ya..."

"Let me try and capture one-a of them," said Mario as he threw Cappy at one of the enemies...only to somehow miss even though his target was right in front of him. "Aim must-a be off today."

"I'll handle this..." said Kirby, doing what he did best as he opened his mouth and inhaled to suck in the enemies. At the same time, he was also sucking in a buggy-like car. So once he sucked in the enemies...

...he inadvertently sucked in the car along with them. And the end result? Kirby wrapped around the car and looked comfortable in the state that he was in.

"That is disgusting," commented Snake, as Kirby was clearly unable to speak with his mouth engulfing the car. Who knew that his mouth could even stretch that far? "Stop it, I've seen enough..."

"I don't think-a he can stop it," said Luigi, only for Kirby to prove the green plumber wrong as he quickly spat out the car. "Well, what do I know..."

"Surprised that my mouth still works after that," remarked Kirby as he ran over to the blue creature to save him from his predicament. The pink puffball took away the rubble, freeing the creature...and then did his patented Kirby dance. The creature even danced with him.

"Is that dance really necessary?" questioned Snake, who was probably jealous of Kirby's dance moves. Either that, or he was blinded by his cuteness. "All he did was save that squirrel...thing."

"It's only necessary for Kirby," replied Mario, as Kirby and the blue creature ended their dance routine. Couldn't end the routine without performing the signature Kirby pose.

"Phew! You saved me! Thank you," the creature thanked Kirby, showing the pink puffball his gratitude. Poor guy must've been trapped under the rubble for an awfully long time. "So...your name is Kirby? I'm Elfilin! Nice to meet you!"

"Likewise!" responded Kirby, before bringing Elfilin's attention to his amigos accompanying him. Luigi and Hal didn't mind Elfilin, while Mario and Snake on the other hand felt skeptical. "These are my friends - Mario, Luigi, Snake, and Hal."

"You and I are friends? Debatable," murmured Snake, leading Hal to nudge the former spy in his side. Snake never knew how to play nice.

Snake: Just what Cappy needed...a stupid companion. I can already tell that he and that blue squirrel will hit it off. *pauses* Or is it a honey glider? I can hardly tell...

A few seconds later, a Warp Star appeared outside beyond the nearby mall exit. Seemed almost convenient for it to show up at a time like this. It could send the others back home, but that would be too much wishful thinking.

"That Warp Star might take us to Waddle Dee Town," Elfilin said to Kirby; this Waddle Dee Town might be the only source of civilization in the land. "You and your pals should stop by!"

"If it will get us back home sooner, then so be it," said Kirby as he and Elfilin went over to the Warp Star. Snake and Hal went to the star, and Luigi was about to do the same...only to stop and turn around at Mario.

"Some-a thing wrong, bro?" Luigi quietly asked Mario, able to tell that his brother was feeling some type of way about Elfilin. The skeptical look on his face remained.

"Afraid so...this Elfilin isn't passing the smell-a test," replied Mario, who was having serious doubts about Elfilin and his true character. Had a feeling that the blue creature was cooking something up.

"You don't actually think-a that he's secretly evil...do you?" If his attitude was anything to go by, Mario definitely believed that Elfilin was some kind of villain. "What makes-a you think that?"

"He's cute-a and friendly...that's all you need-a to know." Elfilin being cute and friendly made him appear suspicious? Luigi had to do a double-take at Mario for that one.

"You boys done yet?" Snake called out to the Mario Bros, as he was on the Warp Star with the others. Elfilin was next to him. "Hurry up...this thing is starting to infect me with his cuteness!"

"Coming!" shouted Mario as he and Luigi ran to the Warp Star before hopping on. Mario realized that two folks were missing - the cameramen. "Uh, make-a some room for the cameramen!"


Sonic wanted some company in Mini Mementos, and so he texted one of the residents to join him down in the crafted metaverse. He didn't bother with Tails, fearing that the fox might tell on him, and he figured that Knuckles was too busy to come. So he had no choice but to reach out of the box...

"What is taking him so long?" wondered Sonic, who was standing within the trapdoor tapping his fingers impatiently on the floor. His mood would brighten when he saw Villager heading to the foyer, along with the Luminary. "About time!"

"Sorry I didn't see your text earlier," Villager apologized to Sonic as he held up his Nook Phone. Must've gotten it upgraded to send and receive text messages. "I was too busy counting my sea bass collection."

"Seriously? A sea bass collection? Why you gotta be so one-dimensional, man?" As Villager lowered his head in shame, Sonic turned his attention to the mage standing next to Villager. "Sweet, is the Luminary coming too?"

"I just wanted to ask Villager a quick question," stated the Luminary, who wanted to ask his question so bad that he followed after Villager. "But he was too busy...well, you know."

"Ow! Why do you have to whip so hard?" frowned Wendy Koopa, who was strangely crawling her way to the foyer while being whipped at. The person whipping her? Shadow Chie, who was riding atop Wendy while wielding a red whip.

"Because you're a bully - and bullies deserve to be punished!" replied Shadow Chie, cackling evilly as she whipped Wendy to her heart's delight. She brought the Koopaling to a stop once she saw Sonic and company. "Hello, boys."

"Weird fetish you got going on there, Chie..." the Luminary said to Shadow Chie, unaware that he was speaking to an evil clone. "...or is this Wendy Koopa's fetish instead?"

"Don't make me throw my heels at you!" Wendy threatened the Luminary; it was too bad that she couldn't reach her feet, given the predicament she was in.

"Nice contacts!" Sonic said to Shadow Chie, as he was allured by the doppelganger's golden eyes. "Noticed that your friends are all wearing the same ones. Where did you get them from?

"Maragidyne!" a voice shouted, as a small burst of fire was fired at Shadow Chie sending her off of Wendy. As Shadow Chie tried to stand back up, three Persona cards were fired at her, teleporting her away.

"Good work, Elizabeth," Margaret commended Elizabeth, the person who cast the fire spell, as the two sisters emerged in the foyer along with Minato and Yukari. Happy that she was no longer being dominated, Wendy stood up and dusted herself off.

"Before I forget..." the Koopaling said as she took off one of her heels, before throwing it at the Luminary's head. The Luminary yelped in pain, as Wendy grabbed her shoe and walked away.

"Hey guys, that wasn't cool!" Sonic scolded Yukari and company, as the Luminary was left massaging the part of his face that Wendy struck him at. "I was just about to ask Chie where she got her contacts from."

"That wasn't actually Chie, Sonic..." Yukari informed the hedgehog, seeing that Sonic had missed the gist of what was being discussed down in the Mini Mementos movie theater. "...it was only a doppelganger."

"It was? Ah, got it. Wait, is that what you and those sisters were talking about in that movie theater? Hope that theater comes with some snacks!"

"How does Sonic know about Mini Mementos?" Minato asked Yukari, who smiled nervously; by the tone of his voice, it was hard to tell if Minato was peering, ticked off, or both.

"I might've led him down there by mistake..." Yukari guiltily admitted, and now Sonic was about to invite Villager and the Luminary. Minato oughta stop Sonic soon or his secret hangout spot might be crowded in the future.

Sonic: The place is called Mini Mementos? Makes sense, it looks almost the same as the real deal! Speaking of Mini Mementos, guess what else I found in there? Hot springs! I would've been more hype about it if it wasn't for my aquaphobia.

"Me and the boys are gonna kick it in this Mini Mementos, so I'll catch you guys later," Sonic said to Yukari and company, as he let Villager and the Luminary through the trapdoor. The hedgehog then slammed the door shut, as Minato groaned.

"Our secret hangout spot may no longer be a secret..." lamented Minato, putting all the blame on his girlfriend and her...leading ways. A key for the trapdoor would be extra handy. "...off to find the next doppelganger."


Adachi planned on stopping by the mansion later, to find and capture Sho Minazuki...but for now, the police detective remained at Luigi's home. He had a few photos of Sho Minazuki, which he wanted to show to Daisy and the others.

"He's a delinquent in every sense of the word," Adachi stressed to everyone, showing them the most menacing pics of Sho out of the bunch. "His twin katanas are no joke!"

"What kind of crimes did he commit?" asked Hunter, who was not feeling Sho's attire; the green Yasogami High School uniform didn't sit well with the cheetah. "And how many of them were fashion crimes?"

"I'll do you one better...why aren't you stopping Sho yet?" Spyro asked Adachi, who nervously pulled on his collar unable to muster an answer. "Bet you're just gonna sit around and let him kill everyone."

"Sho Minazuki is dangerous; I know that first-hand," stated Adachi, who had a past encounter with Sho and was fortunate to have made it out alive. "I would be a fool to deal with him alone!"

"Well, if you wanted a partner, you could've just asked!" said Daisy, who was up for the challenge as she whipped out her trusty frying pan. "I'll whip this Sho Minazuki into shape."

"No offense, but...I wanted your husband instead." Just like that, Daisy's mood was killed, as Spyro and Hunter were both laughing at Adachi. "Why are you two laughing?"

"I know Luigi too well - the man can hardly bring himself to kill a cockroach!" said Spyro, slandering Luigi in front of his wife and two kids. His family knew that Spyro was speaking the truth anyway.

"Yeah, pretty messed up to have Luigi murdered on his son's birthday," said Hunter, as he and Spyro continued to laugh away. Daisy was now even more dissatisfied with Adachi, as she put her frying pan away.

"I'm sure that Chuck wouldn't mind..." assured Adachi, only to realize the mistake that he made - one that was more pronounced in the presence of Daisy, who took her frying pan back out. "...I mean, Charles! Phew..."


Master Hand was making rounds in the mansion, going about asking people about Dimentio. Cloud was one of the residents that Master Hand spoke with, and the swordsman now saw Master Hand speaking with Meta Knight.

"You must know a thing or two about jesters," Master Hand said to Meta Knight, who had some stuff to do - particularly playing chess. Cloud was speaking on Master Hand from the corner of the hallway. "You know Marx, right?"

"Only through Kirby, if that's what you mean," stated Meta Knight; he and Marx had almost nonexistent interaction with one another, which may or may not be a huge surprise. "Why do you ask?"

"I dunno...just caught wind that an evil jester may be afoot. Dimentio is his name. He and Marx might be in cahoots!"

"And you can confirm this to be true? What honestly makes you believe that the two are working together?"

"Well, you said that you knew Marx through Kirby! Do bad guys not keep tabs on other bad guys anymore?"

"You should know...sometimes you're a bad guy yourself." Meta Knight walked away from Master Hand, as he had a chess match with Rodin to get to. With Meta Knight gone, that was Cloud's cue to approach Master Hand.

"Master Hand, I need to talk to you," Cloud said to the giant hand, preventing him from floating down the hallway or disappearing altogether. "It's about Dimentio..."

"Oh ho! Look who finally decided to cooperate," chirped Master Hand, hoping to get more out of Cloud this time around than the first time. "What would you like to share with me, Mr. Strife?"

"The truth of the matter is..." Cloud made a big sigh, bracing himself for the big confession he was about to make. "...I was responsible for letting Dimentio out of Subspace."

Cloud: No point in running away and feeling guilty all over. Time for me to admit my past mistakes. Gotta be the bigger man.

"I don't believe you," Master Hand immediately responded, and that was the kind of answer that Cloud expected. Only because he had yet to elaborate.

"You see, back when I was doing that...Aerith Revival Project..." Cloud was about to explain himself, hoping that Master Hand wouldn't put him on blast at any point during his explanation. "...I had Uka power on that time machine. The Rift Generator."

"Okay. And what does Uka have to do with any of this?" To Master Hand, it seemed like Cloud was putting all the blame on Uka - when the swordsman was trying to do anything but.

"To power on that machine, he had to use a lot of that power. But in doing so, he opened up multiple rifts through time and space..."

"Alright, I'm listening...and you believe that one of these rifts somehow opened up in Subspace?" That was the inference that Cloud had, after that interrogation Link and Zelda had with Boo.

"I mean, it would explain how Cyrus got out...Red did say that he was stuck in the distortion world." And for what it was worth, Cyrus found his way out at the same time - and the same away - that Dimentio did.

"This sounds good and all, but...I find it too hard to believe." Master Hand had heard enough from Cloud as he floated away, but he appreciated the swordsman for opening up more. "Unless you have evidence or a second-hand testimony, I will remain in disbelief."

"Have it your way then..." As Cloud watched Master Hand float away - to go and harass another resident - the swordsman took out his phone and sent the following text message:

Hey, Sonic. Got a minute?


Contract negotiations with the idol singers (and the other talent) were still ongoing at E. Gadd's mansion, and everyone really wanted that house outside the mansion. Everyone except for the pilots, Fox and Falco.

"Is this house really the only thing you want?" an exasperated Fox asked the idol singers, as no offer he could make to them was able to sway their minds. "What about more advertising? New features? Your own personal butlers?"

"I ain't paying no personal butler," said a defiant Falco, knowing that any personal butler's salary would come straight out of Star Record's pocket. Fox shushed the avian pilot.

"How is it coming along?" asked Cortex as he stopped by the table, fully recovered from his aching abdomen. How the man was in so much pain from doing sit-ups was a mystery.

"These cats apparently want to move out of the mansion," Falco explained to Cortex, who gasped out of shock; whether his shock was genuine or not was hard to tell. "Just so they could live at their own place..."

"You all want a big fat house to live in?" Cortex asked the idol singers, as a few of them nodded their heads. How did the evil genius feel about the idol singers' humble request? "What took you so long? If I were you, I would've asked for that years ago!"

"Thank you for seeing it how it is, Dr. Cortex," Yashiro thanked the evil genius, as Fox slammed his head against the table a second time. Do that one more, and he might end up breaking the table in half!

"Hope you enjoy my friend giving himself CTE," Falco muttered at Cortex, convinced that Fox had given himself another concussion. "Bet you must have a lot of that yourself."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Cortex questioned in a whiny tone, as Uka came over after he had heard Cortex's whining. "It's not because I have a big noggin, is it?"

"No, it's because you have a track record of failure," quipped Uka, as Cortex started feeling subconscious and began rubbing his giant chrome dome. "Someone might think your brain's damage, which how much you come up short!"

"Uka, do you think that my head is big?" Cortex would ask Uka that question periodically, and this was one of the few moments that Uka chose not to answer. "You can be honest..."


Unfortunately for the cameramen that were stuck at the abandoned land, there was no room on the Warp Star that led to Waddle Dee Town. So they had to find Waddle Dee Town by themselves on foot, and they got there eventually.

What was Waddle Dee Town, you ask? As the name obviously implied, it was a town where a bunch of Waddle Dees lived. It was more of a settlement, per se, but it still had a bunch of attractions.

"This place is wonderful!" gleamed Hal, as he and the boys were strolling around town past the Waddle Dee settlers. "It has it all. A movie theater? A weapons shop? A gacha machine alley?!"

"Write-a that down, write that down..." Mario whispered to Luigi, who was asked by his twin brother to write down a list of attractions. Being in Waddle Dee Town clearly inspired Mario.

Mario: Joker isn't the only person that can make-a innovations to the mansion. Watch out - I'll be the one-a to show him up! What exactly will I prove? *shrugs* Nothing wrong-a with bragging rights.

"Easy there, tiger," Snake said to Hal, fearing that his anime-loving friend would spend too much time at the gacha machine alley. "Besides, aren't gacha machines for little kids only?"

"But they have them at Japanese nightclubs," Hal stated matter-of-factly, as Snake stopped in place and gave the hacker a weird look. "Most of which are anime-inspired! Yeah..."

"Let me guess, they play those anime songs that nerds like you go gaga over. Like what, Golden Wind? If I even see you break out into that dance..."

"Howdy boys!" a voice called out to Snake and company, who looked around and saw nobody speaking to them. Not like any of the Waddle Dees had mouths. "Over here!"

"Is that..." said Elfilin, the only one in the group who recognized the voice, before looking over and seeing a Waddle Dee wearing a black scholar's cap. He was sitting on a bench. "Of course! Wise Waddle Dee!"

"No way that was-a him speaking," remarked Mario as Wise Waddle Dee was waving, beckoning everyone to come over. Kirby led his group to Wise Waddle Dee, who had a book in his hand. Probably wanted to show off how smart he was.

"I recognize that face!" Wise Waddle Dee brightened up when he saw Kirby, able to recognize the pink puffball from a mile away even without his glasses. "You must be Kirby!"

"That Waddle Dee can talk?! Impossible!" shrieked Snake, seeing Wise Waddle Dee as a threat as he pulled out his rocket launcher. "Kill him now!"

"Please put that away..." Hal frowned at Snake, wrangling with him over the rocket launcher. Snake accidentally pulled on the trigger, firing a rocket that struck Waddle Dee Town's colosseum.

"...he did it." Snake handed his rocket launcher to Hal, before holding his hands behind his back as he assumed innocence. Hal dropped the rocket launcher on the ground...as yet another rocket was accidentally fired.

"My word, so many rockets!" remarked Wise Waddle Dee as he shook his head, grateful that no structural damage was done. On a big scale. At least. "I can tell that these friends of yours are not from these parts, Kirby."

"We're from-a Seattle, Washington," said Luigi, and Wise Waddle Dee didn't respond - leading Luigi to give an in-depth description. "It's in the Pacific Northwest, very decent-sized population, the best-a barbecue in the States..."

"Best-a barbecue? Have you ever been-a to Kansas City?" Mario questioned Luigi; no city in America could beat Kansas City when it came to barbecue. "Haven't been there myself, but..."

"I-It's a matter of opinion, okay?!" Luigi snapped on Mario, as there was tension brewing between the Mario Bros. Luckily Wise Waddle Dee was there to ease the rising traction.

"Settle down, you two!" Wise Waddle Dee shouted at Mario and Luigi, and cooler heads prevailed as the two plumbers put aside their differences. "I reckon that you should get back home quickly before you start turning on each other."

"It's just like that episode of Lost," remarked Hal, as Snake smacked his forehead rueing the fact that his best friend was a total nerd. "The one episode where Hurley and...gah, what was that guy's name?"

"Nobody knows, because nobody cares," replied Snake, before turning his attention to Wise Waddle Dee - the biggest help at the moment, quite frankly. "Alright you mouthless freak, how do we get back home?"

"By traveling on a Warp Star, of course!" Wise Waddle Dee responded as he let out a hearty laugh, which Snake and company weren't amused by. "But not just any Warp Star, mind you. You'll have to find the right one."

"Should be a couple just beyond this town," Elfilin said to the others, willing to serve as their guide. From the looks of it, he knew the land better than anyone.

"Some trial and error might be involved, but I'm confident that you'll be back home in no time. The only advice I can offer you is to trust your instincts!"

"We'll do our best, Wise Waddle Dee," Kirby assured the Waddle Dee, as he and his group walked away from the bench. "Thank you for your kind words!"

"Of course, he would know about the Warp-a Stars outside of this town..." Mario murmured to Luigi as he kept a close eye on Elfilin, anticipating the blue creature stabbing everyone in the back later. "...sounds suspicious."

"I would hope-a he knows since he lives here..." responded Luigi, before coming to a stop as the others walked on ahead. Luigi was frozen by revelation. "...wait, so Elfilin isn't a girl? Why is he so cute then?"


Mr. Game and Watch had gotten new windows for the mansion, which were meant to be indestructible. But as the 2-D man found in in the last episode, they were only ninety-five percent indestructible. Randall, the man who replaced the windows, patched up the window that he broke so that he could let Magolor sneak his way inside the mansion.

"Sorry, Mr. GW...I lied," Randall admitted his fault to Mr. Game and Watch in the foyer after he was done fixing the window from outside. "That 'fully indestructible' bit was only a promotional tactic."

"Think that's obvious now..." said Mr. Game and Watch, who received a small sum of cash from Randall as recompense from the broken window. Cloud came down the stairs to the foyer, before accessing the trapdoor.

"If Aeiths ever asks where I am, tell her I went out to get a haircut," Cloud instructed Mr. Game and Watch and Randall as he went through the trapdoor, before shutting the door behind him. Mr. Game and Watch and Randall both exchanged looks with one another.

"He's gonna get THAT cut off?" asked Randall, now under the assumption that there was a secret barbershop underneath the mansion. "That poor barber..."


Although he couldn't swim in the hot springs due to his fear of drowning, Sonic brought Villager and the Luminary to the hot springs anyway. The blue hedgehog was standing to the side, letting his two guests have their fun.

"Come on Sonic, hop on in!" the Luminary encouraged Sonic, as he was floating in one of the swimming holes. Wasn't wearing any swimwear, but that didn't faze him. "The water's just fine."

"You can't pay me enough to jump in," Sonic said to the Luminary with his arms folded, before looking over at Villager...and seeing him casually fishing in the hot springs. "Villager, you're not gonna relax in the water?"

"These hot springs might have some rare fish!" chirped an optimistic Villager, as Sonic felt an extreme amount of pity on the young lad. "Specifically anything that isn't sea bass."

"Really that desperate, huh?" As Sonic continued to take pity on Villager, he suddenly heard some nearby footsteps. More company was afoot, no pun intended.

"Hey, Sonic, I made it," announced a certain swordsman, as Cloud showed up at the hot springs; he looked around, as he was overwhelmed by an odd sense of familiarity. "Why does this place look like..."

"Oh man, I didn't think that you would follow my directions!" Sonic ran up to Cloud, happy to see the swordsman after he had texted him the directions. "Welcome to Mini Mementos!"

"Did Joker put all of this together? First Cafe Leblanc, and now this..." If only Cloud knew that it was Mini Mementos that was constructed before Cafe Leblanc.

Cloud: So you're telling me that Joker built Mini Mementos in 2019, and two years later...you know what, indulge me, if you will. Tell me what other kinds of stuff that Joker had built.

"So I assume that you wanted to speak with me," Sonic said to Cloud as he was all ears, tapping his left foot in strong anticipation. "What's up?"

"Promise I won't hold up for long," Cloud promised to Sonic, before looking past the hedgehog to see if Villager and the Luminary were eavesdropping. "Did you know that Dimentio's out and about?"

"Yeah, I heard about that from Mario! Dimentio had found his way inside Snake's head or something like that. Wonder how he made it out of Subspace."

"I believe that I might be responsible...remember that Rift Generator fiasco and all those rifts opened up?" Being that Sonic had gone through these rifts as he traveled through time, he most definitely remembered.

"Yup, totally! You think that one might've opened up in Subspace?"

"That's my hunch. Tried to tell Master Hand that, but he wouldn't believe me."

"So I guess that means I'll have to vouch for you, huh..." Sonic was confident carrying out his task, smiling as he flexed his fingers. He would be more than happy to help Cloud's argument.

"That would be nice. So are you coming with me, or what?" The look on Sonic's face indicated that the hedgehog wanted to stay put in Mini Mementos.

"Instead of going to Master Hand, why don't we bring Master Hand...to us?" Master Hand was going to be in Mini Mementos? Uh oh...


After he had given that mysterious envelope to Kirby, Magolor remained at the mansion as he was keeping a low profile. The alien had gotten a snack out of a vending machine, and as he exited the vending machine room...he bumped into Sans, who was still dressed as a leprechaun.

"ah, we meet yet again," Sans smiled at Magolor, who shrieked out of fright as he jumped back. So much for keeping a low profile. "irish i had a drink right about now."

"H-How did you find me? Leave me alone!" Magolor commanded Sans, attacking the skeleton as he threw his bag of chips at his head. Sans was undeterred.

"long story short, joker booted me temporarily from the cafe." Good on Joker for showing a little bit of backbone to Sans. Makoto probably made him do it. "oddly enough, i got a good kick out of it."

"Please don't annoy me with your lame puns!" Magolor turned away from Sans, as he had his hands covering his ears. Then suddenly, he and Sans heard what sounded like machine gun sounds coming from down the hallway. And some evil laughing.

"EVERYONE RUN AWAY, THIS CHICK IS CRAZY!" shouted King Dedede as he ran past by, with bullets being fired at him. Magolor turned back around, as he and Sans saw Shadow Mitsuru and Shadow Naoto coming up.

"Your aim appears to be off..." Shadow Mitsuru said to Shadow Naoto, who was armed with a machine gun. The two doppelgangers soon reached the vending machine room, where they saw Sans and Magolor at the entrance.

"happy st. patrick's day, ladies," Sans clicked his fingers at the two doppelgangers, who saw the skeleton as their next potential victim. "now tell me...who's your paddy?"

"Enough talk," Shadow Naoto said to Sans, as she pointed her machine gun at the skeleton and Magolor. Magolor was left shaking in fear. "Any last words you two have?"

"Why are you pointing that gun at ME?!" Magolor questioned Shadow Naoto as he had his hands held up, like the criminal he was. "You're supposed to be on my side!"

"We don't care about picking 'sides' in the name of execution," replied Shadow Mitsuru, unsure of which individual she should have Shadow Naoto kill first. She was leaning slightly towards Sans. "It's all just a matter of..."

Before Shadow Mitsuru could finish her sentence, several Persona cards were thrown at her and Shadow Naoto, teleporting the two doppelgangers away. Those cards came from Margaret, who came down the hallway along with Elizabeth, Minato, and Yukari.

"You guys okay?" Minato asked Sans and Magolor as the group stopped by the vending machine room. The young man frowned when he saw Magolor. "Wait a minute... are you...?"

"I've been spotted!" panicked Magolor, turning away and cowering in fear as he had his back turned to everyone. And yes, he was shaking too.

"Those were doppelgangers you were speaking with, Sans," Yukari explained to the skeleton, grateful that she stopped Shadow Naoto in time before she could actually kill someone. "Trying to round them all up."

Mr. Game and Watch: My mood was killed when I learned that those windows weren't a hundred percent indestructible. Now I'm hearing from Ryu that Naoto apparently found a machine gun, and was firing bullets at random people. So now I have to deal with bullet damage as well. Hope that everyone's safe though; I can't think of anyone that I would personally want to be hurt. I'm no sadist.

"doppelgangers, huh? he might know a thing or two about that," said Sans as he alluded to Magolor; Magolor stopped shivering, as he turned his head and looked up at Sans. "said that they were supposed to be 'on his side.'"

"I never said that! He's lying!" fibbed Magolor, only for Elizabeth to grab the alien and hold him up in the air. Magolor tried to fight out of Elizabeth's grasp, but to no avail.

"Why don't you come with us?" Elizabeth said to Magolor, keeping the alien as a hostage for now. "You've got some explaining to do later..."

"A whole lot of explaining," remarked Minato, as he and his pals headed down the hallway now with Magolor in tow. Magolor was in big trouble, now. "Catch you later, Sans."

"shamrock on, you guys," responded Sans, as he heard a few audible groans; the skeleton laughed to himself, proud of the pun he made. "That one cracks me up every time..."


Sonic made contact with Isabelle, asking the Shih Tzu to bring Master Hand to Mini Mementos (sending her the same instructions she gave to Cloud). While getting Master Hand to fit through the secret tunnel was hard, getting him to find Sonic was even harder.

"I never knew that this place was under my mansion," Master Hand said to Isabelle as he wandered through Mini Mementos, allured by the sights and sounds. "It's like a whole other world!"

"It's so well put together," remarked Isabelle, who was also seeing Mini Mementos for the first time. The Shih Tzu took out her phone, opening up a text message from Sonic. "Sonic says he's at the...dance floor?"

"Sonic wants me to dance with him?" As Master Hand and Isabelle went deeper into Mini Mementos, they heard some bumping party music. "Well, I'm no Julianne Hough, but..."

"This must be the spot." Isabelle saw an entrance up ahead and several flashing lights from inside. The Shih Tzu and Master Hand went through the door...

...and arrived at the dance floor, where Sonic, Villager, the Luminary, and Cloud were. Sonic was doing some breakdancing moves, Villager did the Shrunk Funk Shuffle, and the Luminary was...well, he was doing his best. Cloud was the only one not dancing.

"Show us your dance moves, Cloud!" Sonic encouraged the swordsman, who was keeping to himself as he let the others have their fun. "Kasumi claimed that you were a good dancer."

"My moves are for Aerith's eyes only," stated Cloud, remaining steadfast, only to look up and see Master Hand and Isabelle near the dance floor. "Uh, Master Hand...we meet yet again."

"Looking for a dance partner, Cloud?" asked Master Hand, who was willing to tango with the swordsman; he would happily carry Cloud to stardom if he had to. "Lucky you, because you're looking at the perfect one!"

"That's not what I called you here for, Master Hand," Sonic said to the giant hand, as he stopped his breakdancing. The hedgehog went over to a music player and pressed the stop button, as the music and lights died down.

"Then what is it, then? You boys needed a chaperone?" Master Hand never before was asked to be a chaperone - only because of how sneaky and untrustworthy he was. "Cloud turned you down?"

"It has nothing to do with that," replied Cloud as he approached Master Hand, with something that he wished to say. "About our conversation from earlier..."

"Oh yes! Dimentio. Did you find any evidence in...whatever the heck this place is?" Master Hand wanted to refer to it as Mementos, and he wouldn't be too far from the truth.

"You said you wanted a testimony, so..." Cloud grabbed Sonic by his shoulders and held the hedgehog in front of him. Sonic smiled and waved at Master Hand. "...Sonic can key you in."

"Cloud claimed that Dimentio got out of Subspace thanks to some rift...is this true?" Master Hand asked Sonic, wondering how the hedgehog of all people would know about Dimentio's escape.

"You mean THIS kind of rift?" asked Sonic as he pulled out his phone and showed Master Hand a photo. It was a selfie of him flashing a peace sign, in front of the rift in 18th-century Romania. Picture perfect.

"You recall Tawna Bandicoot, right?" Cloud asked Master Hand, who was suddenly reminded of the butt-kicking bandicoot. Who had yet to return to her universe, mind you. "Fox said she made it into our world thanks to the rift in that picture."

"A whole bunch of them were popping up," added Sonic, unable to imagine how many rifts were opened up. "We were jumping through different time periods like crazy!"

"And you hold yourself responsible for this, Cloud?" Master Hand asked the swordsman, who feared whatever punishment was in store for him as he lowered his head in guilt.

"Made Uka do it...during that whole Aerith Revival Project," answered Cloud, seeing how much collateral damage his project had done. All that work he put in, just to revive a dead friend of his...

"Pardon my ignorance, but who's Dimentio?" inquired the Luminary, being the only person present that was unfamiliar with Dimentio. The name sounded foreign to him.

"Just an evil jester guy that likes to smile a lot," replied Sonic, as the hedgehog's description resonated something within the Luminary. And Villager, too. "Anyone who smiles like that is obviously psycho!"

"Wait, Gray Fox mentioned that Snake and Hal's target was a jester," Villager discussed with the Luminary, as he recalled the conversation he had with Gray Fox last week. "What if that jester was Dimentio all along?!"

"Seeing as how Master Hand was bothering us about him, could be so," replied the Luminary, as everything was lining up; Snake and Hal really were misunderstood, as Gray Fox had said.

Luminary: Yes, I was one of those who were asked about Dimentio. At first, I thought that Master Hand was talking about some rare kind of dementia! It's bad enough that we have rare forms of cancer - learned the other day that anal cancer was apparently a thing. I prefer to call it butt cancer... *giggles, then looks serious* ...but I digress.

"Guess those two weren't in the wrong, doing their investigation," Isabelle had this to say about Snake and Hal; she was asked by Master Hand to keep tabs on the two friends. "Wish they weren't being so secretive, though."

"So Master Hand, what will it be?" Cloud asked Master Hand, curious as to how he would be punished. He knew that playing a big role in Dimentio's escape wouldn't go without consequence.

"Well..." Master Hand began as Cloud was all ears...then for a moment, it seemed like Master Hand backed out as he had remembered something. "...oh, my word! I totally forgot about Star Records. The idol singers' contracts have to be renewed today.

"Should I go get the money from Anna?" Isabelle asked Master Hand; from the looks of it, Master Hand was ready to head out. Much to Cloud's surprise.

"No need, I'll ask her myself." So Master Hand floated away, as Isabelle followed after him. Cloud stood there, dumbfounded. "Isabelle, directions!"

"Hold that thought, I'm getting a call..." Isabelle saw her phone ringing as she left the premises, and she answered the call. "...yes? Hello? No, Kazuya, that cinnamon bun is not yours! Leave it alone!"

"I'm surprised...she should've at least given me something," remarked Cloud, startled that Master Hand was leaving him off the hook. Which he thought that he didn't deserve.

"He's probably too scared to punish ya," Sonic assumed with a shrug, as Cloud chose to await Master Hand's decision - if it would ever come. "Maybe he respects you too much."


Daisy and Peach were done with baking the cake, and now their current task was icing it. Until the princesses were done, Spyro and Hunter were tasked with keeping Charles entertained.

"Sure is taking them a long time to find that wagon," said Peach as she iced the cake, wondering where on earth Mario and Luigi were and hoping that they were both safe.

"I hope that wagon isn't sold out or anything," replied Daisy, who was decorating the top of the cake; the princess gasped when she heard someone sticking a key into the doorknob. "That must be them!"

"Thank goodness," Spyro sighed in relief, as he was growing tired of watching over Charles and Deanna. However, the purple dragon and everyone else were shocked when the front door was opened...by Yuffie.

"Hey guys, I'm back - and I got noisemakers!" Yuffie announced to everyone, holding a bag of party favors in one hand - and a key in the other, which she held up. "And look! My key finally worked!"

"Ha! You owe me five bucks," Hunter said to Spyro, smirking with vindication as he held his hand out to Spyro. Spyro looked confused in response.

"Why do I need to owe you five bucks?" questioned Spyro, and Hunter didn't know how to answer as he retracted his hand. His opportunity of being five dollars richer was ruined.

"Oh, and guess who's here," said Yuffie, before moving to the side...as E. Gadd meekly stood on the doorstep. E. Gadd saw Charles and was all smiles.

"How's my birthday boy doing?" the professor gleamed at Charles as he ran to the youngster and embraced him. Daisy watched from the kitchen, frowning as she reached for her frying pan.

"Let's not hurt the elderly..." Peach advised Daisy, who was holding in the indignation to hurt E. Gadd for being near her son. "...remember, you made a promise weeks ago!"

"Promises are meant to be broken," muttered Daisy, her left eye twitching as she watched E. Gadd pick up Charles and embrace him even more.

E. Gadd: I'm perhaps the closest thing that Charles and Deanna have to a grandpa since Luigi has no family to speak of, outside of Mario. Sadly, I don't think that Princess Daisy approves.

"Just wanted to see how my 'grandson' was doing on his 5th birthday," stated E. Gadd, placing Charles back on his feet as Yuffie closed the front door. Daisy's eye twitched a bit more, only for a few seconds.

"In that case, you should've brought him a birthday present," said Peach, seeing that E. Gadd only had his notes; Daisy glanced at Peach, giving her a look that told her not to encourage E. Gadd.

"Actually, princess, I was only stopping by to speak with Hal about a particular matter. But the truth is, I haven't seen him all day!"

"He's too busy looking for...deer meat, or whatever," informed Spyro, who was still left wondering why Snake and Hal needed deer meat in the first place. "Snake-related shenanigans."

"Thank you for taking me to this house, professor..." a voice said, and it sounded like a certain cyborg ninja. Everyone looked around before Gray Fox deactivated his camouflage and made his presence known. "...it's the perfect hiding spot."

"Oh! Gray Fox! You came to wish Charles happy birthday, too?" Peach asked the ninja assassin, as Daisy instinctively grabbed her frying pan looking to beat Gray Fox's head in. "Now Daisy..."

"You never said that I couldn't beat up cyborgs...or unwanted strangers," Daisy said to Peach, taking a few steps closer to Gray Fox - only to stop when Gray Fox put his hand out.

"Not another step," Gray Fox commanded Daisy, who was forced to hold in her fury as she held her frying pan tightly. "I come in peace - I am hiding from someone."

"Well, don't bother coming into the kitchen." Daisy backed away from Gray Fox, before placing her frying pan back on the kitchen counter. "Peach and I are still icing the..."

Suddenly a loud crash was heard, as Sho broke through one of the windows and crashed inside the living room. The young man sliced at Gray Fox with his katana, bringing him down to the floor.

"Had a feeling you were with that crusty old man..." Sho smirked at Gray Fox, who had dropped Sho's other katana after he was attacked. Sho picked up the katana off the floor, as he was back to wielding two katanas.

"Okay Daisy, I think that using your frying pan is completely warranted now!" Peach said to the princess, who grabbed her frying pan. Daisy said she wanted to whip Sho Minazuki into shape, and now she got her chance.

"Back off - I'm just following orders," Sho barked at Daisy, who was looking at the young man all over for any noticeable weak points. "Don't make me have to hurt a lady..."


Mario and company were on the hunt for Warp Stars, and they managed to find one in the outskirts of Waddle Dee Town. The Warp Star was in the middle of an abandoned city...and it was guarded by monsters.

"Blade Knights, Sir Kibbles...a whole lot of them," observed Kirby, as he and the others were hiding behind some scaffolding. These monsters were out and about, patrolling the area.

"That dumb Waddle Dee didn't mention anything about this," grumbled Snake, who didn't expect to see any company in the city. The land wasn't as abandoned as he thought it was.

"He never said that reaching the Warp Stars would be easy, Snake," Hal said to the former spy, who was ready to give up hope and accept being stuck forever. As he looked around, Kirby saw a car a couple of feet away.

"Everyone get in that car over there," commanded Kirby, bringing everyone's attention to the car; not a single movement was made. "I said get in!"

"Okay, okay, we're movin'!" said Mario, as everyone ran to the car in question and hopped right in - except for Kirby and Elfilin. Luigi was in the driver's seat.

"Erm, how do I turn-a the car on?" asked Luigi, seeing that there was no button to turn the car on. Sticking a key in ignition would be a no-go.

"Don't worry about that," replied Kirby, before positioning himself at the hood of the car as he opened his mouth wide. "Everybody sit tight..."

"Don't tell me..." fretted Snake, and soon Kirby started inhaling as the car was drawn into his mouth. Snake panicked as he held unto Mario for dear life. "...he's gonna eat us alive!"

"Get a hold of yourself, man," frowned Mario as he pushed Snake away, only to panic when he saw the insides of Kirby's mouth. Almost like a bottomless pit. "MAMA MIA, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"

No, nobody died...but for those inside the car, there was nothing but darkness. Then the sound of the engine turning on was heard, as everyone felt movement.

"Is he...is he moving the car?" wondered Hal, able to feel the car driving down the street. Peculiar sounds were heard along the way as if a bunch of folks was being run over. "With his mouth...?"

"If so, then I stand by what I said - this is disgusting," stated Snake, and soon the car ride came to an end. Darkness was no more, as Kirby spat the car out.

"You're welcome," Kirby said to the others as they got out of the car; Mario looked down the road, and saw that the monsters were no more.

"Good-a job, Kirby!" Mario commended the pink puffball, before turning around and seeing the Warp Star. "And you led-a us right to the Warp Star!"

"This one looks bigger than the last star," analyzed Elfilin; the cameramen should have no problem finding any room available on this one. "Everyone hop aboard!"

"Right!" shouted Luigi, as everyone got on the Warp Star. A few seconds passed, and then a couple, and nothing happened. "Uh...what-a gives?"

"This star might have a weight limit," assumed Snake, looking at the other riders to see who was the most expendable - and the heaviest. "Sorry Mario, we'll have to cut bait with you. Nothing personal."

"This Warp Star just needs a teensy bit of magic..." said Elfilin, focusing his attention on the Warp Star as he charged up power. An aura surrounded the creature, as the Warp Star was slowly lifted up...


Thanks to Elizabeth and Margaret, many of the doppelgangers running amok in the mansion were dealt with. So far the only doppelgangers left to be captured were Shadow Kanji, Shadow Yu...and Shadow Rise, who was encountered outside the living room.

"I won't move until you acknowledge how beautiful I am!" Shadow Rise frowned at Minato and company, willing to flaunt her body if she had to. "Do it!"

"Yeah...no thanks," Minato replied in a monotone voice, before clicking his finger at Margaret. "Margaret, you know what to do." Margaret fired her Persona cards at Shadow Rise, as she made the bikini-clad doppelganger teleport away.

Minato: Shadow Rise isn't really all that. Regular Rise isn't all that either. *eyes around* Yu might have a different opinion, though.

"Would you look at that...your 'allies' keep going away, one by one," Elizabeth said to Magolor, the alien that she was still holding by the hat. Magolor had a front-row seat seeing the doppelgangers dwindling in numbers.

"Just you wait - my boss is gonna make all of you pay!" Magolor vowed to the group, before covering his mouth as if he had said something bad. "Maybe I shouldn't have said that..."

"I hear a commotion coming from the living room," said Yukari, as she led everyone inside the living room. There, she saw Shadow Kanji and his loincloth self, begging Pit and friends to beat him up. Many times Ryuji had to pause the television.

"Those moves on the television, do them on me!" encouraged Shadow Kanji, who would love nothing more than to get his chest chopped. Or even be at the end of a vicious chokeslam. "Just one will do..."

"Can we do this another time?" asked Ryuji, trying to watch some wrestling without being distracted. And speaking of distractions... "Also, you should really take off that loincloth."

"But why? It makes me feel complete!" Why hasn't anyone told Shadow Kanji to put on a shirt or something? "Now, one punch to the face, please!"

"How about no..." Minato said to Shadow Kanji, who saw the bluenette gathered with the ladies and hissed. Not at Minato, mind you...only Yukari, Elizabeth, and Margaret.

"You associate yourself with those awful women?" A question like that was enough to get Yukari riled up. "Women are the worst...truly the scum of this earth!" And that statement really did Shadow Kanji in.

"MARGARET!" Yukari shouted at the top of her lungs, and Margaret teleported Shadow Kanji away with her Persona cards. Got what he rightfully deserved. "Good riddance..."

"Good riddance?" Shadow Yu said to Yukari, rising up from the armchair as he held the wrestling belt around his waist. "What do you mean, 'good riddance?'"

"Well, he was clearly saying some sexist stuff..." stated Phosphora, who wished that she had a chance to smack Shadow Kanji for his comments. She could still smack the real Kanji if she really wanted to.

"I'm not talking about that. The man clearly wanted to experience pain...and yet you deny him of that opportunity?"

"It's not that big of a deal, Yu..." Dark Pit said to Shadow Yu, and that's when Minato knew that he had to clear a few things up.

"That's not Yu, Dark Pit..." stated Minato, as Dark Pit furrowed his brow at the bluenette before staring long and hard at Shadow Yu. "...that's a doppelganger of his. Just like that Kanji creep."

"...what?" As Dark Pit reminded puzzled, Pit stood up from the couch and looked at Shadow Yu, staring at him in the eye. A sense of understanding was with Pit at the moment.

"Know what? That Kanji fake deserved nothing," Pit told Shadow Yu, telling him how it was; Viridi had never seen the angel so confident before. "And you wanna know why?"

"Why is that?" asked shadow Yu, interested in what Pit had to say. Ryuji was just as interested, if not more, as he was sitting at the edge of his seat.

"Because wrestling...is FAKE! Or scripted. Either or." And there it was...Pit finally admitted what pro wrestling's true nature was. Almost as if a ripple effect occurred in the living room, as a shocked Ryuji sat back in his seat.

"He finally admitted it..." Viridi said in awe; in her own mind, all those years of convincing Pit that wrestling was fake had finally paid off.

"I mean, how can a guy take a beating one week, and show up next week without a scratch? It makes no sense! Like, the dude takes a hard power slam to the mat, and is able to leave the ring like it's nothing?"

"Yeah, Pit, you keep spitting that knowledge!" Ryuji egged the angel on, liking what he was seeing...however, the same couldn't be said for Shadow Yu.

"How about I show you how real it is, then..." Shadow Yu snarled at Pit, dropping his title belt to the floor as he took a few steps towards Pit. Once Shadow Yu got close enough...

...Margaret fired her Persona cards at the doppelganger and teleported him away. Just like that, the mansion was now doppelganger-free...well, there was Dark Pit, but he doesn't count.

"That takes care of that," Margaret said after a job well done, as Shadow Yu's title belt was lying on the living room floor. "Thank you for coming along, Elizabeth."

"Glad that I could offer a wit of assistance...I mean, fit," Elizabeth tried to correct herself, while Pit went over to the title belt on the floor and picked it up. Pit, fancying the belt, tied it around his waist.

"Hehe...another belt for the collection," smiled Pit, already a fan of his new belt; Ryuji walked up to the angel from behind, putting his hand on his shoulder.

"You really meant everything you said back there?" Ryuji asked Pit, wanting to make sure that he wasn't hearing things - or that Pit wasn't making stuff up.

"Every single word. That Japanese wrestling stuff was a real eye-opener. But which one describes wrestling better...fake or scripted?"

"Doesn't matter man...I'm just happy that you finally saw the light." Ryuji wrapped his arm around Pit, embracing him like never before. Viridi liked what she saw - and Joker, Kirby, and Incineroar would all feel the same way.

Pit: Wait, so since wrestling is fake, does this mean I can do all those wrestling moves on Dark Pit? They always say "don't try this at home", but I think that's just a suggestion.

"So what's our next course of action?" Minato asked his group, figuring that one last thing must be taken care of before calling it a day.

"Totally not stopping Sho Minazuki from hurting Master Hand," Magolor tried to dissuade Minato, only to fail miserably; he knew he goofed up too, as he covered his mouth.

"Thanks for the info..." replied Yukari as she grabbed Magolor from Elizabeth, tossing him towards Pit and friends like he was hot garbage. "...you guys have fun with Magolor. We got some local authorities to call!"

"No, wait, I lied! You don't have to..." Nothing that Magolor said could work, as he watched Yukari and company leave the living room. Magolor turned around and saw Pit standing over him. "Uh oh..."

"Magolor!" shouted Pit as he pointed at the alien in question, intimidating him. Rarely was anyone ever intimidated by Pit. "You made Kirby feel hurt with that hypnosis stunt you pulled on Master Hand. For that, you're gonna pay!"

"Too bad you can't use wrestling moves on me 'cause wrestling isn't real...right?" Quite frankly, Pit didn't need any wrestling moves...for he took out his blade. "Yup, I'm screwed..."


Tension was building up at the Luigi household, as Daisy was in a showdown with Sho. Neither person had made a single move, as Sho was willing to let Daisy strike first. Show him what she's made of.

"Spyro, Hunter, Yuffie...grab the kids," Daisy said to the three, instructing them to take Charles and Deanna and taking them out of the living room at once. "This might get pretty ugly..."

"Can I stay put and watch the action?" Hunter asked Daisy, refusing to move a single inch. Before Daisy could respond, the sound of a toilet flushing was heard, followed by the sound of water running in a sink.

"Heh, that'll teach me to never eat churros before bed!" exclaimed a certain police detective, as Adachi emerged from the bathroom. He returned to the living room and froze in place when he saw the man that he was after. "Sho Minazuki?!"

"It seems that our paths have crossed yet again..." Sho said to Adachi as he pointed one of his katanas at the police detective. Adachi was quivering in fear, his legs slightly shaking.

"Th-That's him, that's Sho Minazuki!" Adachi shouted at Peach and Daisy, pointing at Sho like a madman. A fearing madman, that is. "He's the man that I gotta bring to justice!"

"So, you wanna bring me to justice?" Sho smirked at the frightened Adachi, seeing him as a worthless prey with how he was acting. "I'll make sure you won't be a man of your word..."

Sho shifted his focus to Adachi, dropping his blades to the floor as he looked to pummel the police detective with his fists. But before the first fist could be thrown...a Warp Star crashed through the ceiling and landed on Sho.

"A-Are we back home?" asked Luigi, the first person to stand up to his feet as he recognized his own house. The green plumber was smiling. "Hurrah! We made it back, safe-a and sound!"

"Luigi? Where have you been?" Daisy questioned her husband, ready to badmouth him for not bringing the wagon. Everyone else that was on the Warp Star - Mario, Kirby, Snake, Hal, and Elfilin - got off, as Sho was lying on the floor in pain.

"Listen, the craziest thing happened," Snake said to Daisy, as he had quite the story to tell. A story that was worth telling for months on end. "Kirby had this envelope, right..."

"Wasn't speaking to you..." Daisy shut down Snake, as she had all on her focus on Luigi. "...where's that birthday present, Luigi? And why did you crash through the ceiling on a Warp Star?"

"I didn't get the present because..." Luigi nervously replied, twiddling with his fingers; thinking fast, he grabbed Elfilin and showed him off to Daisy. "...because I found-a something even better! Say hello to Elfilin."

"Don't get nervous..." Elfilin said to himself, psyching himself up before finding the courage to speak to Daisy face-to-face. "...hi, I'm Elfilin! Nice to meet you!"

"Since Charles' pet-a fish died recently, I thought about getting him another companion." Very slowly, Daisy was warming up to Elfilin as the anger she had towards Luigi gradually vanished. "But this one is price-a less!"

Luigi: It was my fault, I killed-a the pet fish. Supposedly. I accidentally flushed-a him down the toilet while giving him a bath. That's all I'm gonna say for now.

"You went out to get a new pet for Charles?" Daisy asked Luigi, before needing further confirmation as she looked at the men her husband had gone with. "Boys, Is he telling the truth?"

"Yes, absolutely!" replied Kirby, as the others gave out similar answers. They all feared Daisy, almost as much as Luigi did. "I helped him make the final decision."

"Aw, really? That's so sweet, Kirby!" Daisy was now a hundred percent satisfied, as Kirby and company all let out sighs of relief. "Luigi isn't the best at picking gifts, so I really appreciate it."

"Erm, here's-a your new pet, Charles!" Luigi said to his son as he presented to him Elfilin - while looking over his shoulder at Daisy. "Happy birthday!"

"Hi, Charles!" Elfilin greeted the five-year-old, who clapped his hands and smiled. It delighted Charles to know that he now had a talking pet. "I will be your best friend!"

"This feels so wrong on many levels," Kirby quietly said to Mario, thinking that he should be Elfilin's best friend instead. Felt unnatural to him. "Guess he just has to roll with the punches."

"Poor Charles, he's gonna die soon," Mario offered this bleak outlook, still under the impression that Elfilin was secretly evil and malicious. He saw Elfilin murdering Charles and his entire family from a mile away.

"My...back..." Sho writhed in pain, his back aching too much for him to get up. Adachi, taking out a pair of handcuffs, knelt down at Sho and handcuffed the young man.

"Looks like I'm a man of my word!" Adachi said to Sho, before breaking into a small laughing fit. Sho groaned, feeling defenseless due to how much pain he was in. "Oh, I crack myself up sometimes..."


Securing the money he needed from Anna, Master Hand made a quick visit to E. Gadd's mansion. Why don't we see how the contract negotiations were coming along?

"I can't believe that I'm gonna lose our homegrown talent over this..." Fox shook his head, almost on the brink of despair as his talent was pushing hard for their own special house. Fox and Falco wouldn't budge.

"Homegrown talent? We literally came from Fortuna Entertainment," stated Mamori, as Master Hand quietly arrived at the living room and observed in silence.

"Just give them what they want, you two, it's not that hard," Itsuki told Fox and Falco, as the pilots' stubbornness was affecting the vibe of the contract negotiations. That's when Master Hand decided to come in.

"Oh, goodie! You're still having talks," said Master Hand as he floated over, being a sight for sore eyes to Fox and Falco. "I got the money, so let's make the..."

"Master Hand! It's about time," exclaimed a relieved Falco, who never before was this incredibly happy to see Master Hand. "You will not believe how crazy our talent is."

"Yeah, apparently they want their own separate 'house' to live in," explained Fox, expecting Master Hand to scoff at the idea or laugh his butt off. But Master Hand did no such thing.

"Yes?" Master Hand spoke up, believing that Fox had a bit more to say. But Fox said all that Master Hand had to know.

"Come on, Master Hand. You're supposed to say that their request is a dumb one, and they should feel bad for making it."

"I never said that it was a dumb request." Much like Crash, Aku, and Cortex before him, Master Hand voiced his approval for the idol singers' house - and he had the most final say out of anyone. "We can have one built where Impa's shrine used to be."

"That's a perfect spot," said Itsuki, as a completely done Fox flipped the table over and stormed off in anger with Falco chasing after him. "Shouldn't take up too much space."

Falco: Fox, after giving himself two concussions, just flipped a table. *pauses* Now I hear him screaming angrily. CTE is no joke, kids.

Fox: *eye twitches* These cats are gonna force me into early retirement. Why must our talent be so demanding? And who the heck is gonna build this stupid house? Not like the Carpenters will work for free.

"So who wants to sign their new contract first?" Master Hand asked the idol singers and other Star Records talent, as Itsuki repositioned the table. "Better not see any chicken scratch on the dotted lines..."


Life at Cafe Leblanc was much sweeter without Sans, as folks could enjoy their coffee and curry without having to worry about being bothered by St. Patrick's Day puns. Although Joker had Sans removed from the cafe, it was Caroline and Justine who kicked the skeleton out themselves.

"A shame that we had to do the dirty work for you," Caroline said to Joker, as she and Justine were at Cafe Leblanc. Joker was still hanging out with Makoto, and he now had Yusuke and Haru to keep him company.

"Hm, I think we missed something..." Yusuke said to his friends, feeling that he had missed out on some action that he could've been a part of.

"Probably nothing important," replied Haru before taking a sip of her curry, as Yusuke's suspicions slowly died down.

"You have a point there," Makoto said to Haru, out of the loop with any mansion happenings with how long she was in the cafe. Soon enough, Yusuke's suspicions were no more.

"What happens in Mini Mementos...stays in Mini Mementos," Sonic said to Villager and the Luminary, as he led the two inside the cafe. The mention of Mini Mementos garnered the attention of Joker and his friends.

"Did you just say...Mini Mementos?" Justine asked Sonic, as she and Caroline were staring down at the blue hedgehog. Sonic looked nervous, taking a few steps back.

"Maybe you misheard me..." Sonic knew that he was in trouble, as the warden twins looked like they wanted to give him a beating. The hedgehog gulped out of fear, as Villager and the Luminary felt nervous by association.


Randall had left the mansion after replacing the broken window, and Mr. Game and Watch hoped that the window wouldn't be broken again. But when Pit and Ryuji brought a battered Magolor to the foyer...

"Out the window you go!" Pit shouted at Magolor, as he and Ryuji tossed the alien out of the window that was just fixed. The sound of glass breaking was misery to Mr. Game and Watch's ears.

Mr. Game and Watch: Don't tell me that the window... *groans* ...I'm seriously considering early retirement.

"Gotta say, Pit, we make for a good team!" Ryuji said to the angel, smiling as he put his hand on his back. "Your blade and my punches..."

"Fake punches, you mean," quipped Pit, as he and Ryuji laughed together; once the laughing stopped, Ryuji felt the sudden need to make amends with Pit.

"Uh, about those times I mocked you for liking WWE...I apologize. If that's what you like, then that's cool. I have no problem with it."

"And I have no problem with whatever wrestling company you prefer." Pit was ready to call a truce with Ryuji, as he held his hand out. "Friends?"

"Eh...why not! Friends!" Ryuji shook hands with Pit, as he and the angel put their past differences behind him. Soon the front door opened, and guess who returned from shopping? Yu...the real one. Along with his male Persona buddies.

"Yu! You made it back!" Pit was happy to see the real Yu, running up to him and giving him a hug. Yu, holding a few shopping bags, was caught off-guard.

"Yes, I would hope that I could make it back..." replied Yu, feeling uncomfortable with how Pit had his arms wrapped around his waist. "...also, why do I see Adachi and a bunch of police cars outside?"


With Sho in handcuffs, Adachi called the police over to Luigi's house so that they could take the young man away. Minato and Yukari made contact with the police as well, as the couple was outside with Mario.

"Adachi interrogated him before the cops-a came," Mario said to Minato and Yukari, giving them the details of the interrogation. "Turns out that Mr. Minazuki wanted to kill-a Master Hand."

"No way he's doing this for himself," said Minato, as the police officers brought Sho inside a police car. "He was clearly hired by someone."

"He did mention a name...Dimentio." Sho was following orders from Dimenito? Now it all made sense. "Princess-a Peach almost freaked out at the mention of his name."

"He must sound very scary," remarked Yukari; scary was one way to describe how insane Dimentio was. And it was lightly putting it.

"Very much-a so - he's an evil jester with very little regard-a for humanity. Make of that what you will."

"Erm, Minato and Yukari?" Elizabeth approached the couple, "with a pressing matter that she had to address. "I see folks entering the trapdoor...I think they're trying to access Mini Mementos."

"They're what?" frowned Minato, taking things personally as he grabbed Yukari's hand and followed Elizabeth back to the mansion. "This is all your fault, Yukari..."

"It was an accident!" Yukari defended herself, as she and Minato entered the mansion along with Elizabeth. Minato could be heard yelling at Diddy Kong before the front door was closed.

Sonic: *nursing a black eye* The warden twins wanna be militant about Mini Mementos, huh? Well, I text everyone that I could about that it! See how they like those apples.

Yu: Mini Mementos is no longer our big little secret...and needless to say, Minato isn't very happy about it. Oh, and I just learned that Yukari found Elizabeth and Margaret in Mini Mementos, apparently.

Elizabeth: Think that my sister and I will confine ourselves in Mini Mementos for the time being. We could stay with our younger twin sisters, but we would have so much catching up to do! If we had a relationship to speak of.

"Is that the twins' older sister?" Cappy asked Mario, as the blue attire and golden eyes of Elizabeth made him inquire a bit.

"If so, I hope she's-a nicer than her little siblings are," replied Mario, his backside feeling sore as he rubbed it with his hand. "Those twins kicked-a my butt because I asked-a for a refill at Cafe Leblanc!"

"Thought it was because of those ugly overalls you wore." Mario seemed to disagree with Cappy, as he furrowed his brow at the talking hat. "Keep telling you man, 90s vintage overalls are no longer in season..."

Elsewhere, Snake and Hal were having a word with E. Gadd. E. Gadd told the two friends about how he found their journal, and how he tried to give it away.

"I knew that there was some scary info in that book, which was why I gave it away to Ventus," E. Gadd explained to Snake and Hal, letting them know that he had the right intentions. "Sorry for messing with your belongings."

"We got our journal back, so it's all good," responded Snake, only to look over and see Gray Fox approaching. Gray Fox was fully recovered from that attack Sho laid on out him.

"Kept that red-haired crook away from Master Hand while you were away," Gray Fox said to Snake and Hal, not expecting either of them to give him their thanks in return. "Master Hand may have a target on his back..."

"Does this mean that I'll have to be on Master Hand watch duty soon?" Snake's question earned a collective laugh out of Hal and E. Gadd, although Snake clearly wasn't feeling it. "I'm dead serious...


Watching the scene of police cars from afar was Dimentio, who was joined by Magolor. Due to how beaten up he was, it took Magolor a while to even reach Dimentio.

"I see that my 'volunteer' failed..." Dimentio said to Magolor after he sensed the alien's presence, sounding disappointed in tone. "...how did the envelope thing turn out?"

"Snake and Hal were sent far away, along with Kirby," Magolor gave out the details, as Dimentio expected the alien to end his explanation with good news. "But I saw them outside Luigi's house on my way here."

"Which means that our attempt to keep them away was a failure...hmph, no matter." Dimentio smiled, keeping his focus on the present - and the future. "There is always time for redemption."

"What do you mean by that, boss?" Magolor watched as Dimentio floated away, and he chased after the jester wanting to hear more.

"I'll have you know...my revenge tour is on the cusp of starting. And once it begins, it will be...glorious."

When would this revenge tour begin? Dimentio, and only Dimentio, had the final say...