Match #108

The Question: Four major franchises, four teams, four heroes, four sidekicks. Which is the best?

The Fighters for Big Blue
Red TeamBlue TeamYellow TeamGreen Team
Mario Luigi Sonic Tails Megaman Rush Link Navi

Lives: Two
Items: Bob-ombs, Pokeballs, Party balls, Food, and Mr. Saturns.

Digi: Another beautiful day at Super Smash Stadium, and as you may notice, this isn't part of the Triforce Tourney. Instead, we have for you a good filler match that I promise will be entertaining. Four teams of two from your big realms will be slugging it out today to see which one's the big one. Joining me today in the booth is a fellow Superpower himself both on the arena floor and in the Stadium office. Please welcome Metal Man!

Metal Man: Ah, yes. Hello. It's been a while since the last time I commented chronologically, even though this isn't too far past then. This match looks to be quite a crazy one.

Digi: Let's go to Navi for the scoop of the--wait, she's fighting today?! I coulda swore Zelda would be Link's teammate for this match!

Metal Man: I can already hear the cries of 'LOOK!' 'LISTEN!'...

Digi: Well, looks like we're going to have to handle all of this ourselves.

Metal Man: And that's not bad at all. Because I've just been itching to commentate on... something.

Digi: Lemme guess, airline food?

Metal Man: You mean invisible food? Nah, I want to comment on some brutal beatings, just like the ones we're gonna see come this match.

Digi: But of course. We have four great teams, including two combatants who don't normally appear at SSS as fighters, one of which is Navi, whom I already mentioned, but then there's Rush, who's going to be Megaman's partner. How do you think they'll fare?

Metal Man: Well, in my limited experience, Megaman seems to have been the master of jumping. Perhaps he can take out the other people after his previous loss. Navi... ehhh... she's a wildcard.

Digi: But sometimes wildcards are pretty good. Let's see. 2003 Marlins, 2005 Steelers--oh right, you don't follow that stuff. But they get the point.

Metal Man: My version of football replaces the football with a grenade and the opposing team with armed gunmen. So... yeah... there's not much time to watch that.

Digi: (chuckles) Right. So, enough of these silly Earth sports, it's time to announce the rules for this match. May we have thine holiest of ruling documents?

Metal Man: Um, right. Let's see... 2 lives at Big Blue with maximum items, set to include only Bob-ombs, pokeballs, Party balls, food, and... Mr. Saturns?

Digi: Sounds great, boing! Now, for everyone except Rush and Navi, the crowd knows what everyone else's attacks are. They can follow them along on just about any ol' match. Rush and Navi equal a different story. So, we shall tell you what their repertoire consists of!

Metal Man: Oh, right. Sure. Okay, Rush would have Rush Coil for his up+B move, in which he'd attack the enemy with a spring that appears from his back. With Side+B, he can attempt to tackle the opponent while boosted by jet boosters. With down-B he would hurl around some bombs. And for B he could shoot a spread shot of lasers...out of his mouth. Yes, an interesting array of moves, indeed.

Digi: Navi's moves, on the other hand, can be found here.

Metal Man: So, with all of that duly noted, it's about time we got down to the smashin'!

*DING!*


Digi: The arena is going to absolutely cluttered with eight fighters occupying ground at the same time! They've landed on the racers as Luigi goes in for a quick first strike, blazing up Sonic and Link with some fireballs!

Metal Man: And Sonic refuses to take the fireballs sitting down! He Light Dashes towards Luigi, while Navi fires a Magic blast at Mario, and Rush attempts to tackle Link!

Digi: No margin for error can be made here with the lack of space. Mario smashes Navi around a bit while Link decides to light a bomb on Tails! He throws it, and explodes right in the fox's face!

Metal: Sonic doesn't like that! He's flying into Link with a spin jolt. And then Navi retaliates with a sword blast right back to Mario!

Digi: We promised items to the maximum, here ya go... *throws in a Party Ball on the group of cars on the bottom and a Pokeball on one of the floating platforms following the race* Sonic goes for the Party Ball!

Metal: And he picks it up and hurls it into Megaman, who has been sitting around this whole time! Ow! It's an exploder! Meanwhile, Tails is punching Mario in the face, and... Navi is trading shots with Rush!

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Mario
Luigi
Sonic
Tails
Megaman
Rush
Link
Navi
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Digi: Megaman realizes the "vulture" strategy isn't going to work, so he picks up Mario and slams him into...looks like the White Cat, and then he pulls the Mega Slide on him!

Metal: But Sonic manages to spindash into both him and Mario from behind! Navi, noticing Mega's bad shape, hurls a Deku Nut into him and the others around him!

Digi: Here comes Rush into the mix. He goes for a Spread Shot on Navi and also gets in a stray hit on Sonic as well! Navi is zapped twice! Megaman continues to attack her, going at her hard with the Upper! She's gonna get some air time.

Metal: And Navi is thrown backwards, while Link literally stabs Megaman in the back with a Master Sword spin attack! Ooh, that's gonna hurt!

Digi: Now it looks like fox-boy--err, Tails, wants to get into the action! He goes for the Mr. Saturn I tossed in while you were speaking and chucks it at Luigi...it's enough to get his attention. Luigi rushes in but with a fast swat, Tails knocks him back to the edge stage right!

Metal: And Sonic team-attacks the green plumber, kicking him in mid-air! As that happens, Navi struggles to get back to the arena, and Megaman approaches Tails from behind.... Rush is also moving near Tails.

Digi: I hope nobody's driving skills will be impaired... *tosses a Party Ball towards the front of the chain of cars* We have a taker and it's Mario, but Megaman is thinking, "Kill!" He smashes him onto the road! Mario, obviously, can't keep up and that's the first KO! Party Ball opens and it's open picnic on the machines...

Metal: *Tosses a Mr. Saturn into the mess by the cars* Megaman then moves towards Tails... only to be continually hit by the Mr. Saturn, which Tails has picked up! And Rush nears Tails... only to be hit from behind by an enraged Navi! Sonic takes this time to taunt.

"Golden Coin Man: WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE, PREFERABLY DEAD, BUT WITH EVERYTHING STILL INTACT" --Wario
Mario
Luigi
Sonic
Tails
Megaman
Rush
Link
Navi
Lives: 1
Lives: 2
Lives: 2
Lives: 2
Lives: 2
Lives: 2
Lives: 2
Lives: 2
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15%
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26%
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56%

Digi: Surprisingly, many of the fighters are avoiding the food. Unsurpringly, Mario's going for it--I mean, that's pretty good strategy, having nothing to heal yet taking it away from others...

Metal: Navi did the wrong thing this time. Rush turns around and hurls some bombs into her face, causing her to fly over Mario and onto the pavement! Luigi, meanwhile, crashes into Megaman with a Green Missile attack.

Digi: Mega's armor prevents from flying as far as others but it won't prevent him against a Bob-Omb that Link happened to toss in what seems to be an act of revenge! Mario goes for Sonic now, knowing that the Mobians have the current advantage. Mario snatched some coins from the hedgehog as he goes spinning, but more than likely, it'll still take a bit before Sonic is KO'ed.

Metal: Tails knows when to defend his partner. He leaps up and shoots Mario in the back, only for Rush to fly up and hit him with a multishot laser barrage, knocking him into range of Mario! Luigi goes out and finds Navi near the edge... BLAM! He hits her with a flaming coin punch! And she flies off the arena!

Digi: Speaking of flames... *throws in another Party Ball and a Pokeball* They'll never suspect that I packed four Bob-Ombs in that sucker. Anyways, Mario now goes for the Pokeball and he tosses it onto the Fire Scorpion. Ironically, it's Blastoise, but he doesn't care! He's shooting out some serious Hydro Pump at Link...

Metal: Link gets knocked nearly to his doom, but he manages to leap up and stab Megaman from above! The blue bomber goes flying! As he does, though, Luigi teams up with the Blastoise and chucks green fireballs at both Sonic and Tails, who are being battered by Hydro Pump blasts.

Digi: Yes! Navi picks up the Party Ball and throws it down on the Falcon Flyer. She sees what I put in there and tosses one down to the bottom, hitting Tails and Luigi! Tails is gonna get KO'd off the left side and Luigi lands on the road, yet was so far down that he was able to jump his way back on...

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Mario
Luigi
Sonic
Tails
Megaman
Rush
Link
Navi
Lives: 1
Lives: 2
Lives: 2
Lives: 2
Lives: 1
Lives: 2
Lives: 2
Lives: 1
10%
60%
46%
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28%
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Metal: POOM! Tails finishes flying off of the arena, as Navi reappears and Blastoise vanishes. Rush begins shooting multishot lasers at Sonic, who seems to be dodging them all.

Digi: *tosses two food items in* Those other three Bob-Ombs have harmlessly blown themselves up. Luigi goes for that TV dinner I dropped in and Link goes for the fish...now he goes for Sonic again! Two major swipes make Sonic start to reel around a bit, and he calls Navi over! She readies up a Magic Blast and takes Sonic's first life just like that!

Metal: But Megaman's really angry... he walks over and begins punching the back of Link's head! Ow! He Mega Slides Link away and steals some food! Rush then pursues the flying Link and hits him with an upwards-moving spring!

Digi: And now it's the Sonic and Luigi show! Sonic Jolts up Luigi and stuns him around a bit! Luigi retaliates with a fireball and a couple of quick punches, but Sonic backs up a bit and charges that Spin Dash! He lets go and Luigi is swept off his feet, maybe off his life, too.

Metal: The flying Link lands near Sonic and begins slashing at him, and Luigi attempts to recover his standing... he tries to attack Link, but his Green Missile misfires and he flies right over both of them, off of the arena! Boom! Navi dukes it out with Rush mid-air as this occurs.

Digi: *tosses another Pokeball in* Mario is now suddenly being ambushed by Link, with a Spinning Sword and a bomb to boot! Mario gets back at him with his Tornado move and is suddenly blown from behind by Tails' Bazooka! How he's able to use that without his Cyclone, nevermind conceal it that well, is beyond me...

Metal: Navi is kicked back by a furious Rush, who then drops bombs on Tails from above. Sonic jolts Rush in retailiation!

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Mario
Luigi
Sonic
Tails
Megaman
Rush
Link
Navi
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Lives: 1
Lives: 1
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Lives: 1
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Lives: 2
Lives: 1
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Digi: Now it looks like Sonic's making the correct move and wants Link's first life done for! He Spin Dashes around him a bit and, look at this! He smashes him out the arena!

Metal: Indeed, Link's about to fly out... ohhhh!!! He manages to land on a car just barely! And he returns the favor, catapulting Sonic backwards into Navi, who hits him into the air! The hedgehog's become a pinball!

Digi: You are kidding me! I'm surprised he was able to hang that one out! Okay then... *tosses in another Pokeball* Now it looks like Luigi wants in on Link! He charges the Missile and it will not misfire this time! Link will lose that life.

Metal: Or will he? Again, Link is nearly hit, but rolls out of the way at the last moment, causing Navi to be hit instead! He then makes some swipes at Rush, only to be knocked onto the pavement by a sliding Megaman! POOM! That's it for his life, folks.

Digi: I prejudge waaaaaaaaay too fast. Now it looks like Mario's in on the Pokeball, and he throws it down. Ahh, swarm of Unown! This will make the fight exciting as they rush across the stage.

Metal: Luigi runs up and starts punching out Tails, who is also being beaten up by Unown. But then Navi begins pummeling him from behind too! Rush, on the other hand, is knocked into the pavement and into traffic by the Unown!

Digi: I don't think Rush may be able to take much more for now...indeed. Tails wants in on even footing and shoots a Cannon shot right out at him! He's taken a lot of hits, and it looks like he may--I won't say will--lose this life.

Metal: Navi is on a mission. Angry at the Unown, she runs over to Mario and fires several electric blasts into him! Also, Tails knocks Luigi to the side before flying over the fighting of Navi and Mario and then blasting Mario from behind! Mario goes flying, as Rush fires some laser projectiles into an airborne Luigi.

Digi: And it looks like Rush had barely survived that life, he did. However, Sonic sees him and does that Jolt on him! Rush is dazed and Sonic is calling Tails over again! The fox charges up what looks to be another of those tail whips and spins 'em around! This one will do Rush in!

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Mario
Luigi
Sonic
Tails
Megaman
Rush
Link
Navi
Lives: 1
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Lives: 1
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Metal: After Rush is knocked away... hmm... *Hurls a Bob-omb into the arena* Sonic sees Mario's weakness, and Jolts him! Then Navi begins punching out Megaman. And Tails and Luigi exchange cannon blasts and fireballs. ...Oh dear... that Bob-omb has lit itself, and is marching near Link!

Digi: Stop it, Mr. Saturn! *hurls one towards where the Bob-Omb is* Link just jumps out of the way again! Now, Megaman charges up the Buster and zaps Navi a good one. Meanwhile, Link decides that he wants in on Tails! A Spinning Sword always does the trick.

Metal: And Mario punches Sonic away. He leaps on over to another car, only to be hit by the Bob-omb! Ooh! And Rush reappears to hit Navi from behind as Megaman pummels her face. Link chases a flying Tails and shoots some arrows into him.

Digi: We're looping back around to where this match began, actually a bit past that point--and Luigi wants the new guy outta there! He is after Rush with a Flaming Jump Punch and it connects, but Rush retaliates right back with a tackle.

Metal: Mario is sent flying over to a car with Link on it, who obliges into hurling him into the street. He's down for the count, folks. Ouch! And Luigi violently punches Rush out of his way.

Digi: *tosses two pieces of Food and a Party Ball to opposite sides* I surely didn't expect Mario to be the first guy out of this match. Navi sees what her buddy did and looks like she wants to follow Link's lead. She runs over to Luigi but he kicks her out of the way before she can attack! Now it looks like she's rerouting for Sonic.

Metal: Luigi is lookin' mad, as he chases Navi and Green Missiles her, before running up to Sonic and flailing his fists at him. Sonic jolts him in the face for this, though. Rush turns around and hurls around some bombs, only hitting the Party Ball and activating it.

Digi: And in that Party Ball is one of each type of item...Sonic goes for the Bob-Omb and just throws it completely out of the arena! Surprising move there, but you never know...anyways, the Mr. Saturn is taken by Rush and Navi gets the Pokeball.

"The best. The bravest. The most heavily armed. The Questers." -Metal Man
Mario
Luigi
Sonic
Tails
Megaman
Rush
Link
Navi
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Metal: Navi chucks the pokeball at the back of Tails' head and Sonic jolts Megaman around. Rush claws at Link, only to be stabbed in the face.

Digi: Navi gets a Snorlax and this may be her best--oh! The fact that this stage is moving had prevented a lucky break for her! Snorlax does his Body Slam but so much time has passed that it won't affect a soul!

Navi: *yelling at Tails* HEY! TAILS! LOOK! YEAH, LISTEN TO ME! I DIDN'T KNOW SNORLAX WORKED LIKE THAT!

Digi: And Tails goes flying off, and it's not his will to do so! Apparently, that has as much potency as Jigglypuff's Nightmare!

Metal: Tails is driven insane by Navi's yelling. He runs up and starts smacking her silly with his Tails!

Digi: *tosses in a Mr. Saturn* Meanwhile, Sonic has been trading blows between himself and Megaman. Mega goes for the Slide on him and Sonic's tossed, but Sonic gives him a smash right back!

Metal: Mega's gone flying, and Luigi sends him into the pavement with a flaming coin punch!

Digi: Luigi has been clutch with that move today. Tails grabs the Saturn and smacks Rush upside the head with it. Link comes back with a Hylian bomb to Luigi, and it looks like he's signaling to Navi to take him out.

Metal: Navi, however, has some wisdom for Link instead. She ignores Luigi, who starts beating on Link in return for the bomb.

Navi: *yelling at Link* LOOK! DANGER! TAILS IS POWERFUL! Avoid his Volkan Cannon with your shield!

Link: Ow! Ow! Why couldn't you have hit Luigi instead?

Digi: Sonic goes in to Spin Dash Megaman, but all of a sudden, Link crashes the hedgehog's party! A stab and it's all over for Sonic!

Metal: Tails, in continuing his rampage, angrily chases Link and shoves him into the pavement too! And he's out just like Sonic. Megaman takes advantage of this to smash Navi out of the arena simultaneously!

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Mario
Luigi
Sonic
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Megaman
Rush
Link
Navi
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Digi: As the Hylians officially finish in 4th, Megaman and Rush are now the only twosome left out on the arena. *tosses in some more food* Luigi takes it and heals up a few points as Tails goes up to Megaman and blasts him with the Bazooka!

Metal: Luigi and Tails appear to be in an unofficial alliance of sorts, as Luigi abuses his flaming coin toss move to blast Megaman! Unfortunately, Rush pegs him with a few bombs. Tails picks up the rest of the food, though!

Digi: Yeah, Nintendo and Seg--I mean, here comes Luigi, going for that Cyclone manuever and catches both Megaman and Rush with a small flurry apiece. But Rush has had enough of this. He runs up to Tails from behind and Coils him! That could do it!

Metal: Tails flies near the edge... but then uses his flying ability to get onto the stage! The crowd oohs as Megaman punches Luigi, Luigi punches Rush, and Tails shoots Megaman into the street instead! Will the master of jumping recuperate?

Digi: A lot of near-deaths in this match as Mega just hangs on! Rush signals him to come over but Tails is fluttering from above and gently drops down. He sets up the Volkan, he aims...

Metal: And Megaman gets blasted to his doom! Rush turns on Tails, exposing himself to Luigi's green Missile... then Tails knocks him back to Luigi... he's like a ping-pong ball!

Digi: One more Bob-Omb to make it interesting! *tosses it, but not near any of the fighters* Luigi runs back from Rush and it looks like he's searching for it...he does, and barely gets to it before it would have started to stroll around...

Metal: Hmmm... Luigi picks up the bomb, and goes to throw it... but Rush runs into his face! They both explode! And they fly out of the arena! Amazing!

Digi: Oh my goodness! Tails somehow hangs on and that is it! *almost out of breath* That is it! I don't think a single fan watching this would be sitting down for the end of that one.

GAME! THIS MATCH'S WINNERS ARE: SONIC AND TAILS!


Metal: That was quite interesting. Let's get down to the contestants and see who they say... hmmm... we don't have Navi. What do you think, Digi?

Digi: Sure, not a problem. I'll go talk to Megaman and Rush. Their take should be interesting.

Metal: I'll see what the winners say, myself.

Digi: Yeah, we'll see if we can get in anyone else after that... *Walks to where Megaman and Rush are* You guys fought a decent fight and then just got ganged up in the end in the crazy finish. Your thoughts?

Megaman: We'll call it a tie for second. Yeah, I mean, for a while, Rush and I were considerably better on health than the other two and thought we could handle our own and probably win it. Just got a bit unlucky there with Luigi a couple of times. Great job to him, though, for holding out so long after Mario got taken out.

Digi: And, of course, Rush, who never even really fought here in SSS before today's match. You did very well considering that.

Rush: Oh, appreciate it. Mega practically covered everything, I just didn't realize Luigi had that Bob-Omb ready to go. That's all I can really say.

Digi: Well, good fight for both of you and we'll be seeing you whenever. Metal, back to you.

Metal: And here we have the winners, who, needless to say, rejoice in their victory.

Sonic: We beat those posers into the ground! They never had a chance!

Tails: Sonic! Remember, I only won through a fluke. If that Bob-omb hadn't have been thrown so badly... we could have lost.

Metal: So, then, what was your cut of this battle?

Sonic: A bit too chaotic, even for a speedster like me. While I got a chance to run around, there were always items in the way.

Tails: It came in handy, though!

Sonic: I prefer one-on-one battles.

Metal: And there you have it. Back to you, Digi, I'm sure you have another team to interview.

Digi: Thanks, and, uh, here I am with the Hylians, whom I can trust since I've worked with Link before--

Link: Oh, don't give me that...

Navi: Oh, come on Link!

Digi: Anyways...oh boy, uh, you guys were looking pretty good for a while, and then all of a sudden, it seemed as if Navi's--

Navi: YEAH! MY BIG MOUTH GOT ME INTO TROUBLE!

Digi: Are you guys looking forward to your next fights or such?

Link: You kidding me? Bowser beats my brains out in a match that you hosted for the Triforce, and now this? I gotta do something to shape up or something.

Digi: Well, alright. I'm outta here... *faces the camera, exhales deeply and walks out*

Metal: And... umm... I've got the Mario Brothers on screen here. Luigi looks angry.

Luigi: I-a could have-a won if it wasn't for-a pasta-brains here!

Mario: I-a did my best. What did-a you expect?

Luigi: You-a to last more-a than ten seconds!

Metal: All right, all right. Just answer one question before punching each other. What was the deciding factor in this match?

Mario: There wasn't-a enough pasta!

Luigi: He was too busy looking-a for pasta... he got defeated too quickly!

Metal: All right... and that's it for me, too. Metal out. *Camera turns off*

*the two SPs return back to the booth*

Digi: Well, a very crazy match today that ended with quite a shock of an ending. Metal, good working with an SP for a change!

Metal: Sure thing.

Digi: And now we've got some questions for you out there! 1) Did we put in way too many items?

Metal: 2) Do dual-SP matches make you feel hungry?

Digi: 3) Was the ending a bit cheesy and/or cheap?

Metal: 4) Will Mario win in his next match?

Digi: 5) How in the world can Link recover from two losses like that?

Metal: 6) Is Megaman still the 'Master of Jumping?'

Digi: I think six is plenty for the fans to ponder over. Well, on behalf of Metal, yada yada yada, goodbye Newman, no-Samus-doesn't-have-man-hands, we're outta here!

Metal Man: TO BE CONTINUE!!!