Match #154

The Question: Fire Emblem vs Earthbound – which heavily Japanese series is better?

The Fighters: Red Team (Marth, Roy, and Ike) vs Blue Team (Ness, Paula, and Lucas)
The Arena:
Item Ratio:
Lives: 2

Light Bear: Gooooooood day, everyone! Light Bear here with... actually, I guess this'll be my first match for the stadium. So... uh... darn it... well, Light Bear here with my first match, I guess. Erm, let's take a look at the video for this match.

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Ike, Marth, and Roy are sitting at a table in the lunch area.

Roy: So who's this Greil guy?

Ike: Excuse me?

Roy: You go around calling your group the “Greil” Mercenaries, but there's nobody in your team named “Greil.” I was just wondering why you're the Greil Mercenaries.

Ike: Well, Greil was my father, but he died at the hands of the Black Knight.

Sonic (passing by): The Black Knight, you say?

Ike: I doubt you know the one who I'm talking about. He was my father's student a long, long time ago.

Roy: If he was his student, why did he lose to him?

Marth: Certainly, Roy, it's possible for the student to surpass his teacher.

Ike: I suspect it's more because my father... well, he sliced off the tendons on his right arm when I was young. That was after the Black Knight and my father went their separate ways.

Marth: Why on earth would he do something like that?

Ike: He touched Lehran's Medallion – it's a medallion that can make the person holding it go crazy if they're not of pure heart. They also call it the Fire Emblem because it can make people-

Marth: Wait, wait, the “Fire Emblem”?

Ike: Have you heard of it?

Marth: I've heard of a “Fire Emblem”... but the Fire Emblem I know is a shield – my shield.

Roy: You have a shield?

Marth: Well, I only use it to seal evil.

Roy: But... you can't have the Fire Emblem. THIS is the Fire Emblem! *holds up sword*

Marth: Want me to go get it? It's sitting in my room!

Roy: But it can't be! That's impossible!

Marth: Are you calling me a liar?

??: Isn't it possible that each of your nations has a different “Fire Emblem”?

The three swordsman turned around to see Paula standing by them.

Paula: Certainly, multiple objects can be given the same name.

Ike: Excuse me for asking, but... who are you?

Paula: Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Paula Polestar, one of the Stadium's medics. I'm a friend of Ness.

Ike: I see... well, it's nice to meet you, Miss Polestar.

Roy: ANYWAY...

Marth: So you're saying a name as sacred as the Fire Emblem can be placed on multiple things? I don't think so.

Paula: Well, whyever not?

Marth: It's just too important a name. It's saying that something extremely sacred can easily be replaced.

Paula: The way I see it, the name is so sacred that each of your nations has its own sacred object that they call the “Fire Emblem.”

Roy: Okay, you're not understanding.

Marth: It can't be slapped onto multiple things like some common title. I guess you're just a bit too naive and young to understand something like this.

Ike: Whoa!

Paula: I... beg your pardon?

Marth: It's not your fault; you're just too young to understand something like this. You'll get it when you're older.

Paula: I...

Ness and Lucas run up.

Ness: Hey, what are you saying? Paula's probably more mature than the rest of us here!

Roy: You calling us immature?

Lucas: I don't think that's what he meant...

Roy: HEY! Butt out, kid!

Ness: Come on! Just because you're a group of powerful swordsmen doesn't mean that you can go around being jerks to kids like us! Besides, aren't you just a year or two older?

Roy: You little...

Marth: There's only one way we can settle this. Let's take this to the arena.

Roy: That includes you too, Ike!

Ike: What?! I'm just sitting here! Don't drag me into this!

Marth: Whose side are you on?

Ike: *sigh*... sorry.

Ness: It's okay. Lucas will help us out, too.

Lucas: Huh? Me?

Paula: To even out the numbers.

Lucas: Oh... I'm gonna regret this...

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Light Bear: So this leaves us with the question: Swordsman or PK Kid? Who's really the most mature? Which world has the wiser warriors? Now, since it's been a while since Paula's been in the arena herself, I figured it'd help to review her moveset before this match. Let's see...

  • STANDARD SPECIAL: PSI Rockin – Ness's signature move, taught in exchange for PK Thunder and PK Fire. It's like PK Flash, except it uses powerful sound blasts instead of light.
  • UP SPECIAL: PK Thunder O – A much more powerful version of Ness and Lucas's PK Thunder. The bolt of electricity is much longer, and it travels much farther.
  • SIDE SPECIAL: PK Ice – PK Ice is... wait, is it Ice or Freeze? I guess it doesn't matter... Anyway, PK Ice is like PK Fire, but it'll stop a foe it their tracks. She throws it a little farther than her companions.
  • DOWN SPECIAL: PSI Magnet – Just like Ness, this barrier in which she hides herself will absorb projectiles and convert it to health. Paula's shield has a much larger diameter than Ness's.
  • FINAL SMA-

    Light Bear: Wait, that's right, I have Smash Balls turned off for this fight. Nevermind. Well, just remember that Paula's fighting style is closer to Lucas's than Ness's in that she uses more PK instead of physical attacks – though she'll always be brandishing her trusty Frying Pan. Still, she's the lightest and physically weakest of the three PK users, so she'd better remember to watch out. Now, serving as my co-commentators today are Boney...

    Boney: Woof woof!

    Light Bear: ...and Lilina.

    Lilina: *speaks Japanese*

    Light Bear: I... don't seem to have thought this through...

    ??: Oh, honestly.

    Kumatora walks into the commentator's booth.

    Kumatora: Here, I have you covered. Keep going.

    Light Bear: Uh... thanks... anyway, this fight will be taking place at the Castle Siege arena.

    Lilina: {A castle? It looks familiar, somehow...}

    Light Bear: I believe Ike introduced it to SSS... anyway, everyone in this fight has two lives. Items are placed at low, but we'll be using items from the Earthbound and Fire Emblem worlds.

    Kumatora: I wasn't aware there were any items from the Fire Emblem world...

    Light Bear: I suggested a few in my pre-SP time, and I thought I'd give 'em a try today.

    Boney: Woof! Woof woof! (Cool! Let's get started!)

    Light Bear: Well, we need to wait for everyone to arrive... ah, look. Here come the fighters.

    Kumatora: Lucas is riding Mr. Saturn's coffee table onto the left side of the arena.

    Boney: Woof woof woof! (Ness is using PK Teleport!)

    Light Bear: And Paula... she's appeared in a flash of light, stars, and bubbles. What skill is that?

    Kumatora: Everyone has their own take on PK skills, so that is probably her version of PK Teleport.

    Lilina: {Lord Ike is using Warp Magic to enter the arena from the right.}

    Light Bear: Marth's also using Warp Magic.

    Lilina: {Roy is also using Warp Magic to enter the arena... Roy...}

    Light Bear: He's practically lunging into the stage.

    Kumatora: I guess you can't fault him for being shy.

    Lilina: {He's very brave...}

    Light Bear: Our music for today is “Attack.” Kinda puts you in the right mood for a fight.

    Boney: Bark bark! (Let's start!)

    Light Bear: 3!

    Boney: Aroo! (2!)

    Kumatora: 1!

    Lilina: {Begin!}

    Belly dancing for cheap! - Shantae
    Red Team
    Red Team
    Red Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Marth
    Roy
    Ike
    Ness
    Paula
    Lucas
    Lives: 2
    Lives: 2
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    Lives: 2
    Lives: 2
    Lives: 2
    0%
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    0%

    Light Bear: Ness starts off with a running blast of PK on Marth!

    Boney: Bark bark, arooo... (Lucas is trying to use PK Freeze, but Roy used his Double-Edged Blade to stop him...)

    Lilina: {Ike's Quick Draw seems to have sent Lucas flying away.}

    Kumatora: But Paula covers for him with a smack of her frying pan! Lucas is leaping back to the castle wall.

    Light Bear: While this is going on, Marth has dealt a Dolphin Slash to Ness, but Ness retaliates with a few kicks downwards.

    Boney: Bark bark, woof woof bark! (Lucas has returned to the fight, and he uses his stick to hit Roy while he's distracted with Paula!)

    Lilina: {Marth jabs his sword upwards at Ness, stopping his kicks... but Ness kicks again a second later anyway.}

    Kumatora: Paula uses her advanced PK Thunder skill on all three swordsman, but not before Roy uses his Blazer on Lucas!

    Light Bear: Ness and Lucas return to the fight with their respective PK Thunders, but neither of them hit their targets; they rolled away at the last second.

    Boney: Arf bark bark! Woof woof! (Ike uses Aether on Paula! She's sent flying!)

    Lilina: {Her PK Thunder O has returned her to the arena.}

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    Red Team
    Red Team
    Red Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Marth
    Roy
    Ike
    Ness
    Paula
    Lucas
    Lives: 2
    Lives: 2
    Lives: 2
    Lives: 2
    Lives: 2
    Lives: 2
    35%
    26%
    7%
    31%
    48%
    36%

    Light Bear: Wow, it's really hard to keep track of what's going on with six fighters... it's almost like a Me-

    Kumatora: If you make the pun I think you're about to make, I swear, I'll-

    Boney: Aroooo! Bark bark woof woof bark! (Wow! Ike's Eruption sent Paula and Lucas flying far!)

    Lilina: {But Ness's PK Flash has done a lot of damage back, too.}

    Kumatora: I see something falling...

    Light Bear: It's our first item, a Mr. Saturn!

    Boney: Bark bark! (Mr. Saturn!)

    Kumatora: A Mr. Saturn? It looks like Lucas grabbed it as he was falling.

    Lilina: {He threw it at Roy, but Roy Countered it, so it flew over towards Paula.}

    Light Bear: Geez, Paula's really taking a lot of damage... darn shame she's not getting an attack in edgewise.

    Kumatora: Marth is using his Dancing Blade technique on Ness.

    Boney: Bark bark bark! (But Ness breaks free and uses his yo-yo!)

    Lilina: {Roy's charging up his Flare Blade skill!}

    Light Bear: Paula is attempting to return from the far left side of the stage, but Roy's Flare Blade knocks her out!

    Kumatora: That's a KO for sure.

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    Red Team
    Red Team
    Red Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Marth
    Roy
    Ike
    Ness
    Paula
    Lucas
    Lives: 2
    Lives: 2
    Lives: 2
    Lives: 2
    Lives: 1
    Lives: 2
    39%
    31%
    25%
    67%
    0%
    58%

    Light Bear: Paula's coming back, and she does not seem at all pleased...

    Boney: Aroooo... bark bark. (She's thinking of something... I know that look.)

    Lilina: {Ness and Lucas are pushing Ike, Marth, and Roy over towards the far right side of the stage.}

    Kumatora: Paula's dropped down and seems to be preparing her Psycho Kinetics...

    Paula: PSI ROCKIN!

    Light Bear: !...?

    Kumatora: ...

    Lilina: {I don't see anything...}

    Boney: Bark bark bark... (I wonder if we're not supposed to see it...)

    Light Bear: But in the past people have been able to s-HOLY COW! SHE KNOCKED OUT BOTH MARTH AND ROY!

    Boney: Arroooouuuuu! Woof woof! (That was strong! Ike managed to make it back, but just barely!)

    Lilina: {I wasn't aware Psionics could be that powerful...}

    Kumatora: So that's the power of PSI Rockin... Huh, what a power!

    Light Bear: Paula looks pretty winded from that skill... It must've taken a lot of energy to charge it up that much.

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    Red Team
    Red Team
    Red Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Marth
    Roy
    Ike
    Ness
    Paula
    Lucas
    Lives: 1
    Lives: 1
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    64%

    Boney: Bark bark! (Ike performs an Aether on Paula, sending her high into the air!)

    Light Bear: Marth and Roy are returning from the restoration platforms, and they do not seem happy.

    Lilina: {Roy's Blazer and Marth's Dolphin Slash do a good job of knocking out Paula... she's out for the match!}

    Kumatora: I guess they just wanted her out for the fight.

    Boney: Grrrrrrrrrowgh! Rawgh! (*uneasy growling*)

    Light Bear: Hmm? What's going on, Boney?

    Kumatora: I think... I think the arena's falling!

    Lilina: {What?! But how will they fight?}

    Boney: Bark bark! Rrrrrraff! (They're still fighting in freefall! Ness and Lucas use PK Fire!)

    Light Bear: Ness hits Marth, but Roy does an aerial dodge.

    Lilina: {Roy uses his Double-Edge Dance and manages to catch Lucas in a combination!}

    Kumatora: Marth also uses a Dolphin Slash to strike back at Ness!

    Boney: Bark bark arf. Woof woof woof, arooo! (Lucas flies towards the edge of the arena but survives. The same can't be said for Ness, though!)

    Light Bear: Meanwhile Ike is slowly drifting towards the others... looks like he doesn't do too well in the air.

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    Red Team
    Red Team
    Red Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Marth
    Roy
    Ike
    Ness
    Paula
    Lucas
    Lives: 1
    Lives: 1
    Lives: 2
    Lives: 1
    OUT
    Lives: 2
    19%
    3%
    73%
    0%
    0%
    89%

    Kumatora: The two teams land inside the castle! Looks like there are a few giant statues sitting around in there.

    Lilina: {Ness returns to the fight as Ike, Roy, and Marth gang up on Lucas!}

    Boney: Bark, Aroooooooooooo! (But Ness is too late, as Marth and Roy keep up a Double-Edged Dance and a Dancing Blade to trap Lucas as Ike knocks him out with an Eruption!)

    Light Bear: While the swordsmen are distracted, Ness unleashes a PK Flash on the trio! None of them are knocked out, but they take a lot of damage.

    Kumatora: Hey, look, it's another item! It's a... what is it, exactly?

    Lilina: {It's a Vulnerary, a healing item from our world. Ike picks it up.}

    Light Bear: As Marth and Roy rush over towards the PK users with their swords held out, Ike quickly drinks all five fills from the Vulnerary, healing 50% of his health!

    Boney: Woof woof woof, bark bark! (Ike leaps up and hurls the flask the Vulnerary was in, smashing into Ness's face!)

    Kumatora: That just looks painful... Ness does a sidestep to dodge a forward slash from Roy, but Ike lunges at him with a Quick Draw anyway!

    Lilina: {Meanwhile, Marth counters an attempted bashing of Lucas's stick with a quick slash of his sword!}

    "Dr. Mario's Megavitamins: is there nothing they can't solve?"
    Red Team
    Red Team
    Red Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Marth
    Roy
    Ike
    Ness
    Paula
    Lucas
    Lives: 1
    Lives: 1
    Lives: 2
    Lives: 1
    OUT
    Lives: 1
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    Light Bear: Ness manages to break away! Rolling to the left, he finds an Assist Trophy.

    Boney: Roof roof, arf arf! (Lucas hops up and heads to the left, kicking down to keep away attackers!)

    Kumatora: Ness lifts the Assist Trophy over his head, revealing... Jeff Andonuts.

    Light Bear: This seems... a bit too obvious...

    Lilina: {As Lucas and Ness use their psionics to keep away the swordsmen, Jeff prepares his bottle rockets.}

    Kumatora: Jeff fires his rockets! Marth and Ike get battered about, but Roy dodges with a quick Blazer sweep!

    Boney: Bark bark! (Here comes the Big Bottle Rocket!)

    Light Bear: Lucas grabs Ike with his Rope Snake as Roy is hit with the Big Bottle Rocket!

    Lilina: {Meanwhile, Ness has prepared his PK Flash power and unleashes it on Marth! It looks like it knocked him out!}

    Bathe the whales! Wait, that doesn't sound right...
    Red Team
    Red Team
    Red Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Marth
    Roy
    Ike
    Ness
    Paula
    Lucas
    OUT
    Lives: 1
    Lives: 2
    Lives: 1
    OUT
    Lives: 1
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    56%
    0%
    34%

    Kumatora: Lucas throws Ike back a bit, right into Ness's bat! Ness sends Ike for a loop.

    Boney: Bark bark! Woof woof arf! (But Roy delivers a powerful forward slash! Lucas is nearly knocked out!)

    Light Bear: Lucas manages to return... but just barely.

    Lilina: {Ness stuns Ike with a jolt of PK Thunder, then kicks him offstage!}

    Kumatora: Lucas attempts to use PK Freeze on Roy, but Roy counters it!

    Boney: Arrrrooooo! (Lucas barely manages to make it back again!)

    Light Bear: While Roy is distracted, Ness approaches him from behind with a PK Thunder 2!

    Lilina: {Why is it PK Thunder “2”?}

    Kumatora: That's when the move is used to propel yourself forward. It changes from being an offensive skill to being a recovery move.

    Boney: Bark! Bark! Woof woof, arf bark arf! (Hey! Hey! While you were talking, Lucas helped Ness finish off Roy with a blast of PK!)

    Light Bear: Whoa! They took out Roy?! Well, I guess that puts us at one-against-two now...

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    Red Team
    Red Team
    Red Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Blue Team
    Marth
    Roy
    Ike
    Ness
    Paula
    Lucas
    OUT
    OUT
    Lives: 1
    Lives: 1
    OUT
    Lives: 1
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    0%
    0%
    68%
    0%
    54%

    Lilina: {Look! It's another Assist Trophy!}

    Kumatora: Ike hastily picks it up, dodging some punches and kicks from Ness and Lucas!

    Boney: Bark bark! ...aroo? (It's!... Jeff?)

    Light Bear: Again? That's odd... anyway, Jeff prepares his bottle rockets again.

    Lilina: {Ness is a bit startled and stops. This lets Jeff's Bottle Rockets knock Ness out easily!}

    Kumatora: Lucas quickly dodges each of the bottle rockets, including the Big Bottle Rocket!

    Boney: Bark bark bark, woof, bark bark! (Ike's Quick Dash is dodged, too, as Lucas takes to the air!)

    Light Bear: Lucas drops a little as he prepares to ram through Ike with a PK Thunder 2, but Ike catches him off-guard with a quick hop and a sword strike, sending Lucas flying!

    Lilina: {Will he make it back this time?}

    Kumatora: …no! He's out for the game! That's game!

    THE WINNER IS... “I fight for my friends!” “{Today, victory is mine!}” “{I will not lose!}” RED TEAM!

    Light Bear: Well, what a match today! It looks like the Fire Emblem warriors held out! Let's talk with our fighters. Navi?

    (The scene shifts to a hallway. Navi is in front of the three swordsmen.)

    Navi: Thank you. Ike, Marth, Roy, it looks like you managed a close victory.

    Marth: It's all thanks to Ike, here. If it weren't for him, we woulda lost out there!

    Ike: But I didn't want to-

    Roy: Yeah... looks like I'm still a bit rusty. More training for me.

    Marth: Don't take it so hard, Roy. As long as we have Ike here, it'll all be okay!

    Ike: Well, I guess, but that's only-

    Roy: Hmm... well, I guess you could be my sparring partner. Better than nothing, I guess.

    Ike: I didn't say... oh, how did this happen to me...?

    (Roy, Marth, and Ike head out. Navi turns to face the PK users. Jeff is also standing by.)

    Navi: Now, Ness, Lucas, Paula. That was a very close match, but in the end you guys lost.

    Ness: I think next time we should work on protecting Paula. She's really powerful, but... um... Sorry, Paula...

    Paula: It's okay. I know that I'm not so good at taking hits.

    Lucas: I'm just a bit surprised that Jeff appeared to help both us and the swordsmen.

    Jeff: Yeah... sorry about that. Stadium rules, and all.

    Ness: It's okay. I understand.

    Navi: Alright, that seems to be it on this end. Light Bear, back to you.

    (The scene shifts to the commentator's box again)

    Light Bear: Alright, that's the end of another match here with SSS! Our questions for today:

  • 1)How did I do commentating?
  • 2)How do you think the fighters did today?
  • 3)Is a three-on-three match too hectic?
  • 4)Did you like the Vulnerary item?
  • 5)Was it obvious that Jeff would come out of the Blue Team's Assist Trophy?
  • 6)Was it obvious that he would come out of the Red Team's Assist Trophy?

    Light Bear: Kumatora, thank you again for your assistance today.

    Kumatora: Just try to think things ahead next time, alright? (she teleports away)

    Lilina: (speaks Japanese)

    Boney: Bark bark!

    Light Bear: Ah, Kumatora, wait!