The End of E3 (Featuring Crossovers!)

The End of E3 (Featuring Crossovers!) is a fanfiction short written by MarioFan65. It is about all the video game characters reacting to the end of E3 after years of cancellations and lack of game company support. It was released on December 19, 2023.
==Characters==
*Mario
*Sonic
*Crash
*Spyro
==Transcript==
(At a convention center, Mario, Sonic, Crash and Spyro with Aku Aku and Sparx hang out in the office while checking on the internet for related gaming news)
*Mario: Mama mia. I wonder what's on the internet.
*Sonic: Damn. I can't believe SEGA is going on a power surge and no, the power didn't go down in their company. They got lot of new games in development!
*Crash: Woo.
*Aku Aku: That's great to hear Sonic. Look like your company is gonna rock on with these games when they come out due to the success of Frontiers and Superstars.
*Sonic: Can't live a life without rings and chili dogs.
*Spyro: Yo yo yo! Me and Crash are collaborating again for Crash Team Rumble season 2.
*Sparx: Nice. Look like we got our game on.
*Mario: Mama mia. It would be cool if me and Sonic get another Olympic-themed game for next year in time for the Paris 2024 Olympics!
*Spyro: Funny thing that the last Olympics was in 2021 when it was suppose to be held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
*Sonic: Speaking of which, I wonder what is going on with E3.
*Aku Aku: I heard the Game Awards 2023 was held and receive mixed reviews by the public.
*Crash: Ooh?
*Sonic: Ooooh, ouch. Never thought all these game developers that won their games only have little time to speak and make a speech before they move on. What's with the practice?
*Sparx: Probably how short the awards went this year and didn't have time for winners to make their speeches about their wins and go with trailer after trailer.
*Mario: Well that's not nice. Let's go back and see what's with E3. *read the news about E3 being cancelled* Oh no!
*Sonic: What do you mean oh no?
*Mario: Guys, bad-a news. E3 has been cancelled!
*Crash: Whoa!
*Aku Aku: Cancelled? I thought E3 was cancelled three times in a row.
*Mario: No! It's gone. Forever! It's finished! No more! They pull the plug on the gaming expo event.
*Spyro: Oh no. No no no. This is bad. This is very bad.
*Sparx: This is an outrage!
*Sonic: It can't be! How could this happen all a sudden.
*Mario: Oh no. Oh man. This is the end of the road. The world will no longer held E3 anymore.
*Sonic: The last E3 we got was in 2021. It was the last one and no one even liked it due to lack of trailers from hyped games and yada yada yada boring nonsense.
*Mario: It's over Sonic. E3 is dead and down on the road.
*Spyro: It seems that we will never get another E3 in years anymore. Ever.
*Mario: *stand up and walk back* Follow me.
*Crash: Who?
*Aku Aku: Where are we going, Mario-san?
*Mario: I'll tell everyone about this.
(At the gaming news conference, video game characters like Kirby, Link, Master Chief, Kratos, Shantae, Bambadee from Club Penguin, Alex Tiger from Webkinz, Rayman, Pac-Man, Pikachu, Ratchet, Clank, Jak, Daxter, Sly Cooper, Steve from Minecraft, Samus, Solid Snake, Cuphead, Donkey Kong, Sans, Freddy Fazbear, Shovel Knight and Sackboy are present as Mario, Sonic, Crash and Spyro show up as they wonder what is going on)
*Kirby: Hi!
*Master Chief: Guys, they're here.
*Kratos: The gods have spoken.
*Shantae: Heya guys. How is E3 doing? Is it going forward?
*Mario: Mama mias. We have-a some sort of-a bad news to tell. E3 is cancelled, forever. *shock everyone*
*Everyone: Aww...
*Bambadee: No! That's terrible! How could this happen?!
*Alex: This is a mistake.
*Cuphead: No! This is bad news to hear.
*Samus: And I thought we lost three E3s in a row.
*Sonic: When we all read the article, according to Wikipedia: "The pandemic further accelerated the use of standalone presentations by individual publishers and media outlets to promote upcoming games directly to consumers, development timelines usually aligned around the convention had been disrupted, and publishers were increasingly concerned over the costs of exhibiting at E3. E3 2023 was cancelled after all major publishers pulled out of the event, and E3 2024 was cancelled in September 2023 in order to evaluate plans for 2025. The ESA ultimately announced on December 12, 2023, that E3 would be permanently discontinued." Meaning E3 would no longer continue in the future.
*Ratchet: Aw man. This is upsetting.
*Clank: It is disappointing I say.
*Jak: Oh well. I guess we have to find a new gaming format to see the announce of Jak and Daxter 4 somewhere.
*Sly Cooper: And I still haven't gotten my fifth game yet.
*Daxter: I feel ya Sly Cooper.
*Kratos: No! *furious* THIS IS NOT WHAT THE GODS WANTED!
*Master Chief: Damn it. We had high hopes for it to return, only for it to be shelved.
*Sans: I guess this is a bad time to speak for ourselves.
*Freddy Fazbear: Wasted down into the garbage.
*Crash: *sad* Aw!
*Aku Aku: The end of a era.
*Spyro: All these gaming companies went to make their own little Nintendo Direct things for now.
*Sparx: At least, we got the Summer Gaming Fest.
*Sonic: I feel ya Mario. We're never gonna live a peak year whatsoever.
*Mario: I'm done. I should just give up on life for now. *sit down on his throne and depressed.
*Sonic: Thank you E3 for the memories.
*Crash: Aw.
*Aku Aku: We will miss you for all the memories and gaming announcements you gave us.
*Spyro: You changed our lives with your wins.
*Sparx: It was top notch and spectacular.
*Mario: *look at a picture of him and Luigi with Cappy at Princess Peach's castle* There goes another one. The one gaming event has come to an end. *sobs*
THE END
R.I.P. E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo)
1995 - 2023
Thank You For the Memories
==Trivia==
*The short was made in wake of the discontinued of E3 on December 12, 2023.
Category:Fan Fiction
Category:MarioFan65's Fanon Stuff
Category:Fanon
Category:Crossovers