Post by bobsnicket on Jan 5, 2008 14:43:00 GMT -5
Chapter 9: The Tournament
PART 2
Before Round I
(NOTE: I will list each match, the competitors, and describe the match. Some will be in more detail than others. For more details, see the tournament layout/match-up list.)
Everyone was gathered around the match-up sheet, shouting comments about the competitors and match-ups.
“I’m #46, against Shroob!” Luigi exclaimed.
“Oh, no! The Shadow Queen is on here!” Popo yelled.
“Roy, you’re going down!” challenged Young Link.
“Ha! Aipom is gonna get creamed!” Fox laughed.
These comments went on and on, and I’m sure you would get very bored if I tried to list them all. Instead you would probably prefer that I actually tell what happened next. The first match of Round 1 was about to begin. The competitors did not watch, but waited in one of several lobbies. Unbelievably, all of the last-minute entrants, or the characters who had just entered the city from the eastern gates and the F-Zero drop-off point, were grouped together in the same lobby. On one side was the door that lead into the arena. On the opposite wall behind them was a door that lead into a hallway which could sequentially lead outside, to other lobbies (which entry was forbidden to contestants), or the infirmary. If they lost, however, they would be permitted to join the stands. They listened as Wario, the unlikely commentator, welcomed everyone and hollered, “Let the first match begin!” Kirby, with a determined look, walked through the door into the stadium of screaming crowds.
“Match one!” Wario announced. “Kirby vs. Koopa!”
Round I
Match#1: Kirby vs. Koopa
Kirby glared across the flat clay field at his opponent, a Koopa with a bold red shell. Suddenly, the Koopa shrunk into its shell and shot straight towards him at break-neck speed. Kirby yawned lazily, then, just when the shell was about to slam into him, opened his mouth wide, sucked the shell in, and spat it back out straight into the wall of the field.
“Kirby wins!” Wario bellowed.
Match#2: Donkey Kong vs. Buzz
Donkey Kong’s old bee enemy, Buzz, was easily felled with two shots of his Coconut Gun.
Match#3: Yoshi vs. Yoshi
Yoshi was astonished. His opponent was his own metal form! It started pelting him with metal eggs, which hurt, believe it or not. Yoshi went into an egg and rolled around, avoiding Metal Yoshi’s attacks. But as he made to slam into Metal Yoshi, it ate him, spit him out straight into the air, and slammed Yoshi back down with its head, knocking him out. Another one for the infirmary.
Match#4: The Crystal King vs. The Goomba King
A royal clash. Unfortunately for the Goomba King, he didn’t stand a chance against the Crystal King’s swarm of ice crystals.
Match#5: Re-Dead vs. Super Toad
Who would have expected Super Toad to be so, well, super? Luckily, Re-Deads are already dead and so technically can’t be killed, so Super Toad didn’t break any rules by slicing it in half with his beam sword.
Match#6: Birdo vs. Mr. Game and Watch
Birdo spewed eggs at Mr. Game and Watch, unconcerned that he was collecting them into an oil bucket. She regretted her disregard when they were flung back at her in oil form.
Match#7: Dark Link vs. Bomberman
It was a very close match. Dark Link was kept busy avoiding Bomberman’s non-lethal bombs, but was victorious in the end when he knocked Bomberman down with his black boomerang and KO’d him with his strangely non-lethal sword.
Match#8: The Shadow Queen vs. The Evil One
It figures that Bowser Jr. would choose a name like The Evil One. Strangely, after the match in whom the one who was called The Shadow Queen only appeared in the form of a purple hand, Bowser Jr., or “The Evil One,” was nowhere to be found. For some reason, disappearing didn’t make the rule list. Bowser was furious after the match.
Match#9: Hammer Masta vs. Blaziken
It was actually quite entertaining to watch a Pokemon being smacked by a hammer. The Hammer Masta describes the victor perfectly.
Match#10: Boolossus vs. Captain Falcon
Apparently words can hurt. Captain Falcon insulted Boolossus so badly that it flew away crying. You would, too, if someone told you that you had a sheet for a mom and it was true.
Match#11: Goomba vs. Diddy Kong
One Jump…squash…”Diddy Kong wins!” What else can be said? Goombas suck!
Match#12: Lakitu vs. Magikoopa
They could both fly, but one had powerful magic spells; the other had live pointy rocks.
Match#13: Clubba vs. Raichu
While Raichu was the elder form of Pikachu, it just didn’t have the speed and agility to overcome Clubba’s earthquake stomps and hurled clubs. Also, electricity didn’t do squat to Clubba’s tough hide.
Match#14: Beaver vs. Popo
Same concept as Match #11. I mean, come on! Why did such a weak and vulnerable creature even enter the tournament?
Match#15: Fox vs. Falco
It was the best fight yet. Metal Falco was sturdy and powerful as well as fast, so most of the audience had given up hope on Fox. They zoomed around the field in a blur punching, jumping, and kicking each other. The crowd gasped when Metal Falco fired his deadly laser at Fox, but he reflexively reflected it and melted his opponent. The judges ruled it as legal since it was Metal Falco who shot the laser in the first place. Well done, Fox!
Match#16: Charizard vs. Mario Fan
The toad who called himself “Mario Fan” would have been better off staying home, where he wouldn’t likely have been burnt to a crisp.
Match#17: Chunky Kong vs. The Shadow
There he was, the hooded cloaked figure that had advised them to enter the tournament. But that wasn’t the first time he appeared in this story. Chunky Kong pounced and grabbed at the Shadow, but he was too quick for him. One time his hood nearly fell down, and Chunky saw spiky black hair before The Shadow hastily pulled it back up. Apparently done running, The Shadow stopped, pulled out a device that looked suspiciously like a gorilla tranquilizer, and put Chunky to sleep.
Match#18: Samus vs. The Master
It was a very tough battle. The Master was the legendary Toad from the original Paper Mario game. The battle lasted for a long time, and Samus, being sly and cautious, seemed to be winning. But then she got impatient and fired a fully-charged energy beam at The Master. Big mistake. The Master smiled triumphantly, and with a swing of his golden cape, reflected it unavoidably back at Samus. The crowd went wild.
Match#19: Iron Knuckle vs. Aipom
Monkey vs. fully armed and armored bulky knight: obvious. The poor Pokemon never stood a chance.
Match#20: King K. Rool vs. Ridley
Not-so-obvious. Ridley in his mocking laughter had no idea that the crocodile monarch always kept a stash of exploding oranges handy.
Match#21: Wolf O’ Donnell vs. Pokemon Trainer
Now this was an interesting battle. Ironically, the trainer’s two Pokemon were both wolf/dog-like: Mightyena and Houndoom. Wolf, who was no physical match for both a vicious hyena and a fire-breathing hound, avoided the two beasts. Eventually he found a way around the Pokemon and knocked out the trainer with one swipe. This just wasn’t a good day for Pokemon.
Match#22: Kremling vs. King Dedede
Hammer-wielding characters, on the other hand, seemed to be having great success so far. As elementary enemies as Kremlings are, they can pack a ferocious bite. So Dedede pounded the living daylight out of him so as not to take any chances. It’s questionable whether Dedede will be as lucky in his opponent selection in the next round, however.
Match#23: Shroob vs. Luigi
Since Luigi had previous experience with the purple mushrooms, he had no trouble pouncing on the doomed Shroob…with the use of a Copy Flower to make it more fun.
Match#24: Lanky Kong vs. Octorok
Lanky used his acrobatic skills to jump, handstand, and flip away from the Octorok’s pellet thingies. Then he used his extremely long and lanky arms to punch the octopus-like creature right between the eyes.
Match#25: Leon Powalski vs. Andrew Oikonny
Will Oikonny ever give up? Andrew was so pathetic that all Leon had to do was move aside when Oikonny was charging at him, and he smacked into the wall and collapsed. Amateur.
Match#26: Ness vs. Megaman
As high-tech and complex as Megaman was, he was no match for Metal Ness’s powerful psychic attacks.
Match#27: Ganondorf vs. Like-like
Apparently, Like-likes don’t know how to play tennis with a glowing, writhing ball of magical energy.
Match#28: Roy vs. Young Link
Ever since the F-Zero race, a burning rivalry was growing between these two swordsmen. The match took even longer than the one between Samus and The Master, and after about twenty minutes of ceaseless sword fighting, the crowd started to boo and yell, “Hurry up!” What finally ended the battle was when Young Link got smart and shot Roy in the head with his slingshot.
Match#29: Captain Bobbery vs. Lady Bow
The match was over before it started because Bootler, the butler to the Boo called Lady Bow, after a long and nearly violent argument, forced her to forfeit because it was “for your own safety, my lady.”
Match#30: Shy Guy vs. Panther Caruso
That Shy Guy tried everything from stilts to flying to deadly spears to even lighting itself on fire, but that, of course, is why Panther won.
Match#31: Metroid vs. Sonic
Sonic ran around and around the jellyfish-like monster in a blur, and finally landed a kick right in its membrane.
Match#32: Prince Peasley vs. Darknut
In the final match of Round I, Peasley proved that he didn’t brag about his sword fighting skills for nothing.
After Round I
“Move aside, move aside!” An odd group of strangers shouted as they made their way to the top box where Wario was commentating. Before Wario could say or do anything, Bottles pushed him out of the way, faced the crowd, and started speaking into the microphone in his squeaky voice.
“Everyone!” Thousands of faces stared at the bespectacled mole and the unusual group around him in the top box. “The whole of this city, no, the entire Nintendo World is in danger of the terrifying power of the evil Master Hand. We need your help to fend off this common enemy and stop him from invading the whole world! If anyone is willing, please meet us outside the north end of the colosseum after the tournament where we will explain¯”
Bottles was cut off as Wario angrily shoved him aside and started yelling into the microphone. “Don’t listen to these idiots! They’re all crazy! Eject these losers outside the colosseum where they can’t interrupt the tournament!” A guard compliantly pressed a button hidden under a seat, and a large trapdoor opened up right where the “intruders” were standing. The ones that didn’t fall in at first were pushed in by other surly-looking guards. Wario laughed as he kicked Bottles into the opening, then turned back to the excited crowd to announce the beginning of the second round.
Meanwhile in the lobby…
Everyone was feeling confident about the next round, encouraged by their first victory. Many of them would have been astonished if they had seen what was going on in the stadium.
Luigi and DK were heading to the infirmary to visit their fallen friends and question them about their matches. They found the door with the metal plate inscribed “INFIRMARY”, however, hopelessly locked.
"Hello!” Luigi shouted, while DK pounded on the steel door. “Anybody there?” Then came a high-pitched voice that was obviously fake, but sounded strangely familiar.
“Sorry, um… the losers need their rest and, um… must not be disturbed in any way. Please return to your lobby, um… dear.”
Puzzled, Luigi and DK returned to the lobby to prepare themselves for Round II.
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Character Locations
Fourside City (Colosseum): Luigi, Kirby, Mr. Game and Watch, Prince Peasley, Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare, Pichu, Jigglypuff, Popo, Young Link, Fox, Toad, Ganondorf, Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Tiny Kong, Lanky Kong, Bowser, Sonic, Wario
Fourside City (Infirmary): Yoshi, Bomberman, Roy, Chunky Kong, Samus
Fourside City (ejected?): Zelda, Link, Falco, Nana, Goombario, Shadow Sirens, Mario, Bottles, Banjo and Kazooie, Professor E. Gadd, Pit, Metaknight, Rito Postman
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End of Part 2
Did it surprise you that I listed every single match? I'm not quite sure why I did it, I guess just to express how vast this tournament is. And you may disagree with the results of all of the matches, and I'm not going to give a bologne sandwich's worth of care. Thank you!
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