Plot Summary of Nexus of Shadowed Crystals

This page describes the plot of *Story Mode: Nexus of Shadowed Crystals.* For reading convenience, the plot is split into chapters.

## Prologue

*This prologue takes place before the events of the story, and is seen in optional cutscenes.*

Long ago, the multiverse was one singular world. However, one day, darkness spread across the lands, turning the world's inhabitants to trophies. To combat this, an ancient society created a crystal guardian, whom they named Crystolace. They had Crystolace absorb the darkness, returning the world's inhabitants to normal, saving the world.

However, the darkness slowly began to overtake Crystolace, corrupting him. Crystolace began attacking the villages, and the ancient society devised a plan to stop him.

The ancient society confronted Crystolace, and began restraining him. The darkness began pouring out of Crystolace, as the ancient society begins using their power to encase Crystolace in a crystal of light. In a last ditch effort, Crystolace shatters itself, shattering the world in the process.

## Chapter 1: Darkness Rises

The story begins with the defeat of Galeem and Dharkon at the end of World of Light. As Galeem and Dharkon fall, the fighters find themselves fading from the World of Light, transported back to their respective universes.

Meanwhile, in a dark void, a crystal of light is seen cracking, and darkness begins to overtake the light.

The story then cuts to the Mushroom Kingdom, as the sky is overtaken by darkness. Mario is awoken by a panicking Toad, and heads off towards Bowser's Castle. This leads to the first Story Mission, *Mushroom Kingdom.*

As Mario approaches Bowser's Castle, he suddenly becomes dizzy, collapsing onto the ground, and ending the stage.

Meanwhile, in Dream Land, a similar crisis is going on. The sky is turning dark, and Kirby decides to investigate, followed closely by Bandana Waddle Dee. This begins the second Story Mission, *Dream Land.*

Upon completion of Dream Land, Meta Knight appears, instigating the first Miniboss Battle.

After Meta Knight is defeated, the first fully voice acted cutscene plays out.

**Meta Knight:** "I am sorry, Kirby, but you mustn't go to Castle Dedede. If you do, the entire multiverse may have lost its greatest hope."

Afterwards, Meta Knight flies off, ending Chapter 1.

## Chapter 2: Multiversal Peril

Samus is seen flying through space in her gunship, towards a mechanical planet.

**Samus:** "Mission log. Zebes has mysteriously reappeared. Investigating now."

As Samus approaches Zebes, she is suddenly surrounded by dozens of Space Pirate ships. She attempts to fly past them, but is suddenly shot down, crashing into Zebes.

After Samus crashes into Zebes, she finds herself outside of the Space Pirate Mothership, with her Power Suit destroyed. Samus heads towards the Mothership, beginning the third Story Mission, *Space Pirate Mothership.*

After completing Space Pirate Mothership, another cutscene plays.

**Samus:** "This is so weird... I'm getting an odd sense of déjà vu."

Suddenly, Samus notices a large amount of electricity coming from a doorway, and decides to investigate. Upon entering, she finds that the ship was being powered by Pikachu, trapped inside a glass cage.

**Samus:** "Okay, this has definitely happened before."

Samus fires a missile at the cage, destroying it and freeing Pikachu. She then turns to leave, Pikachu following close behind, when the door suddenly shuts, and the lights go out. When the lights reactivate, Mecha Ridley appears, and the cutscene ends, giving access to the first Boss Smash Mission.

Upon Mecha Ridley's defeat, another cutscene plays where the ship begins to explode. Samus and Pikachu escape the ship, but have no way off the planet, and decide to delve into the caverns, starting the fourth Story Mission, *Planet Zebes.*

Upon reaching the lower reaches of Norfair, Samus and Pikachu are ambushed by the real Ridley. Samus fires a paralyzer shot at Ridley, proving ineffective, as Ridley lands in front of her, letting out a loud roar, ending the cutscene and giving access to a Miniboss Battle.

Upon defeating Ridley, he flies off into a wormhole above the arena, which swiftly closes. Samus and Pikachu proceed to a nearby room, where they find blueprints for her Power Suit.

**Samus:** "What the-? Where'd Ridley get these blueprints?"

Pikachu stares up at her in confusion.

**Samus:** "Whatever, let's get out of here. These caverns are too hot, and I think the lava is rising."

Samus and Pikachu leave the room, as it slowly fills with lava, ending the cutscene.

Meanwhile, a horde of Greninja are seen chasing Pokémon Trainer, who sends out all three of his Pokémon to attack.

**Pokémon Trainer:** "Squirtle! Ivysaur! Charizard! Triple Finish! Now!"

The combined might of the three Pokémon is enough to fend off the Greninja, but not without launching the Pokémon Trainer backwards, destroying his Pokéballs in the process.

The three Pokémon continue to defend the trainer, until they realise that the Pokéballs were broken. Upon noticing this, they run off, assuming they had been released, as the horde of Greninja return.

The Pokémon Trainer closes his eyes as he prepares to be attacked, when suddenly, the Greninja all fall asleep mid-air, falling to the ground. In the center of the pile of Greninja lies a Jigglypuff. This starts the fifth Story Mission, *Saffron Siege.*

Upon completion of Saffron Siege, a cutscene begins where, at the top of Silph Co., Giovanni is found looking over the city.

**Giovanni:** "Do you see, puny trainer, how worthless your endeavours are? No matter how much you try to spread good around the world, evil will always be there."

Pokémon Trainer gives a somewhat angered, somewhat puzzled look.

**Giovanni:** "What's that? Confused why I'm here after you stopped me oh so long ago? Well, the Multiverse can be a confusing thing, can't it? I come from a world in which you never existed. A world where I won. A world where Team Rocket never disbanded. And now, I have exacted control over the entire world!"

The Pokémon Trainer has a shocked expression, as Jigglypuff begins to puff up in anger.

**Giovanni:** "Honestly, I'm surprised you made it this far with that puny little Jigglypuff. But let's see how you handle this."

A wormhole opens behind Giovanni, sucking everything in the room into it, as the screen turns black. When Pokémon Trainer awakens, they find themselves in Ultra Deep Space.

**Giovanni:** "Your puny Jigglypuff may have gotten past my elite forces, but let's see how it handles a Legendary Pokémon!"

As the cutscene ends, another Miniboss Battle is unlocked, this time against Mewtwo. Upon Mewtwo's defeat, another cutscene plays, showing Giovanni recall Mewtwo into its Pokéball.

**Giovanni:** "So you defeated Mewtwo. It doesn't matter. Mewtwo was the least of your worries."

As Giovanni says this, Nihilego lowers down behind Pokémon Trainer, letting out a loud cry, and beginning the second Boss Smash Mission.

When Nihilego reaches half health, it flies into the background, where another wormhole opens up, revealing Lusamine. Nihilego assimilates Lusamine into itself, making the latter half of the fight against Mother Beast Lusamine.

Upon Nihilego's defeat, Lusamine is freed from its clutches, and another wormhole opens beneath the characters, sending them across the multiverse.

Meanwhile, Fox and Falco are aboard the Great Fox.

**Fox:** "Peppy, any idea where that wormhole sent us?"

Peppy shakes his head.

**Falco:** "Of course. We're lost in the middle of space, all because of some weird wormhole. This is why you don't fly into wormhol-"

Suddenly, the ship begins shaking.

**Slippy:** "Ahhh! We're under attack!"

**Fox:** "No, Slippy, we're not under attack! That's a flare! Someone's trapped on that planet!"

The Great Fox redirects itself towards the direction of the flare, landing on Planet Zebes, where they find Samus and Pikachu.

**Falco:** "How'd you two get trapped on this deserted planet?"

Samus points to her destroyed Gunship.

**Samus:** "And for your information, this planet is far from deserted. It's crawling with space pirates. What we should be asking is, how'd you get down here without being shot down by a Space Pirate Ship?"

**Fox:** "None of this matters, let's just get off this planet before anymore ships get destroyed."

The Great Fox flies off, ending Chapter 2.

## Chapter 3: Worlds Collide

Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee are seen continuing towards Castle Dedede, ignoring Meta Knight's warning, when a large burst of energy envelopes the area, and the pair are blown backwards. The pair find King Dedede holding a strange crystal, seemingly possessed by it. King Dedede sends his army after Kirby, instigating a Miniboss Battle against a horde of enemies, followed by King Dedede himself. Upon defeating King Dedede, another cutscene begins, where King Dedede recovers from being knocked out and begins charging at Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee. Just as King Dedede is about to crush Bandana Waddle Dee with his hammer, Meta Knight returns, slicing the crystal into bits.

**Meta Knight:** "I told you not to proceed, and look what happened now!"

Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee look to the ground, when suddenly, the dark clouds above are absorbed into the shattered crystal.

**Meta Knight:** "Hmmm... perhaps these crystals are what cause the dark skies. Come to the Halberd. We have some work to do."

The four heroes walk into the sunset, as two mysterious figures enter the scene, with one of them picking up the shards of the crystal.

Meanwhile on the Halberd, Meta Knight is explaining the situation.

**Meta Knight:** "Recently, reports of strange wormholes opening up have been spreading. I'm sure you've witnessed odd things as well. Creatures you don't recognize, odd looking people. Those sorts of things."

Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee think back to their battle with King Dedede's army, where they briefly fought a creature they didn't recognize - a Bokoblin.

**Meta Knight:** "Well, my crew has figured out a way to create these wormholes. We've been using this power to go to other realms, and we've witnessed similar calamities transpire there. Now that we know how to stop these calamities, it's about time that we begin fully utilising these wormholes."

The Halberd takes off, firing a laser that opens a wormhole, which it begins to fly into.

**Meta Knight:** "First stop, Mushroom Kingdom."

The camera fades to black as the cutscene ends, unlocking the sixth Story Mission, *Dark Mushroom Kingdom*. Completing this mission starts a short cutscene where Toad joins Kirby's party, and unlocks the seventh Story Mission, *Bowser's Castle.*

Upon completing Bowser's Castle, Kirby's party is confronted by Bowser, holding another strange crystal.

**Bowser:** "So, get this. This crystal fell out of the sky, right? I picked it up, and the sky turned dark!"

Meta Knight stares at Kirby, unamused.

**Bowser:** "I was wondering what the crystal could do, when I saw Mario approaching. Suddenly, he collapsed onto the floor! When he woke up, he was covered in some sort of dark aura! And now... he's my slave! Mario! Attack these intruders!"

Mario crashes down in front of Kirby's party, possessed by the crystal. This starts a Miniboss Battle against Mario.

Upon the defeat of Mario, another cutscene plays, where out of rage, Bowser absorbs the dark power from the skies above the Mushroom Kingdom, turning into Giga Bowser, destroying his castle and causing volcanoes to erupt out of the ground surrounding the castle ruins, starting the third Boss Smash Mission.

Upon Giga Bowser's defeat, the crystal shatters, draining Bowser of the dark power and returning him to normal.

As the lava begins to rise, Kirby's party quickly begins to escape, as Bowser orders Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings to gather the crystal's shards and leave immediately. Bowser sits on his throne, allowing the rising lava to envelope him completely. The cutscene ends with a bony hand reaching out of the lava, as the screen fades to black.

Meanwhile, at Peach's Castle, the toads are celebrating as the dark skies begin to disappear, while Peach worries due to how long Mario took.

Kirby's party arrives at the castle, recruiting Luigi to their resistance, when suddenly, a crystal falls through the roof of the castle into Peach's hands. Before anyone can say anything, dark power erupts from the crystal, taking over Peach's body. Peach is then dragged into a wormhole, ending the cutscene.

Pokémon Trainer and Jigglypuff wake up in an unfamiliar location - a power plant. As the pair walk through the power plant, they encounter a scared Pichu, who immediately attacks them and runs away. Pokémon Trainer runs after the Tiny Mouse Pokémon, giving access to another Story Mission, *Abandoned Power Plant.*

Midway through the level, another cutscene plays, where Pokémon Trainer holds his hand out to the Pichu, who rummages through the Trainer's pockets and hits the button of one of his Pokéballs, willingly being caught. The Pokémon Trainer then decides to find a way out of the power plant, ending the cutscene and continuing the level.

After completion of the level, a cutscene plays, where Pokémon Trainer finds the exit to the building, only for an alarm to begin blaring.

**PA:** "Warning. Warning. Intruder alert. Intruder alert. Activating security measure 'duo'."

Pokémon Trainer, Jigglypuff, and Pichu begin panicking, attempting to run out the exit, when a large robot falls from the sky, crashing through the roof of the power plant and landing right in front of the trio. This instigates the fourth Boss Smash Mission, a battle against Duon.

Upon the defeat of Duon, Pokémon Trainer begins to celebrate, only for Duon to regain power and immediately resume its assault. But when all hope seems lost, an explosion occurs, blasting Duon to bits. However, when the dust settles, all that remains in the room is two cardboard boxes. Confused, Pokémon Trainer leaves the power plant.

Meanwhile, on the Halberd, Meta Knight is seen pacing back and forth.

**Meta Knight:** "Very peculiar. These crystals appear to fall from rifts in space, straight into the hands of others. Those with evil hearts are powered up, while those with pure or neutral hearts are possessed by the crystal. However, if a heart is pure enough, it has no effect at all."

Mario and Luigi are seen pondering.

**Meta Knight:** "A large energy signature has been found in the land of Hyrule. I'd advise you all prepare yourselves for battle."

The Halberd takes off, firing a wormhole laser, and ending Chapter 3.

## Chapter 4: Stranded in a Kingdom of Darkness

In the skies above Hyrule, a wormhole opens, transporting the entirety of Palutena's Temple into Hyrule.

**Pit:** "Lady Palutena! Something's happening!"

**Palutena:** "Let me guess... a wormhole opened up, transporting my temple into another location?

**Pit:** "How'd you-"

Before Pit can finish his sentence, the temple begins shaking.

**Pit:** "We're under attack! Siege on Skyworld!"

Without orders, Pit flies out of the temple, preparing to fend off the attackers.

Meanwhile, the Halberd is seen crashing into the temple.

**Meta Knight:** "Hold on, everyone! It seems another wormhole opened in this exact location at the same time we were going through!"

Kirby, Luigi, Toad, King Dedede, and Bandana Waddle Dee are seen panicking, while Mario stays calm.

Suddenly, an arrow of light blasts through the ship.

**Meta Knight:** "The inhabitants of that temple must think we're attackers! Brace yourselves!"

More arrows are fired through the Halberd, causing it to crash into the ground below.

Meta Knight finds himself separated from the rest of the group, stuck in the woods. Meta Knight begins looking for a way out of the woods, starting another Story Mission, *Hyrulian Forest.*

Upon completion of the mission, a cutscene begins where Meta Knight finds himself at the edge of the forest, when he's suddenly ambushed by Sheik. They spar, when suddenly, Pit joins the fray, believing Meta Knight to be evil due to his mask matching up with the face of the Halberd, and joining up with Sheik.

**Pit:** "It's game over for you!"

**Meta Knight:** "There must be some mista-"

Pit suddenly charges at Meta Knight, who deflects the attack.

**Meta Knight:** "If you refuse to listen to reason... I have no other choice but to fight."

As the cutscene ends, a Miniboss Battle begins, which has Meta Knight face off against both Sheik and Pit simultaneously.

After the battle concludes, Meta Knight holds Galaxia to his foes' necks.

**Meta Knight:** "Do you recognize this blade?"

Pit suddenly begins to have a rush of memories flood his head, remembering the events of both Subspace Emissary and World of Light. The same happens to Sheik.

**Meta Knight:** "A dark power has infected the multiverse. We need all the help we can get to return the multiverse to normal."

Suddenly, Palutena descends, with the other members of Meta Knight's party in tow.

**Palutena:** "I found some old friends in the sky. Seems that the explosion of the Halberd launched them all up to the temple's doorstep."

Pit rushes to Mario, glad to see his old ally again.

**Palutena:** "Oh, and Pit? Next time, wait for my orders before you start attacking anything that seems to be a threat. You haven't quite been yourself since the worlds split."

**Meta Knight:** "Wait... you didn't forget everything that happened before the split?"

**Palutena:** "I'm a goddess, I know everything. For example, I knew that you weren't a threat from the moment you crashed into our temple, but alas, Pit just couldn't wait for his orders."

Pit looks to the ground with shame.

**Meta Knight:** "Well, we need someone as powerful as you for our quest. We're headed off to Hyrule Castle, and we need someone to protect us from the crystal's influence."

**Palutena:** "Those crystals are an odd thing, aren't they? Sometimes they affect you, sometimes they don't. There's little consistency. Sometimes the power goes to one person, sometimes there's enough to power a whole army. I'm afraid not even I are pure of heart enough to protect you from the Shadowed Crystals, however. But luckily for you, it seems you have someone pure enough to absorb the energy with no negative effects."

**Meta Knight:** "Is that a... no?"

**Palutena:** "I'm afraid I cannot intervene just yet. I'll send Pit with you. Keep an eye on him, okay?"

The cutscene ends, and another Story Mission is unlocked, *Hyrule Field.*

Partway through Hyrule Field, Meta Knight's group comes face to face with three dark swordsmen. The central swordsman turns around and swiftly fires an arrow, striking Meta Knight's mask. This begins a quick Miniboss Battle with Dark Link, Dark Young Link, and Dark Toon Link. After the battle is complete, Dark Young Link and Dark Toon Link disintegrate, revealing them to be mere copies, while Dark Link turns back into normal Link, joining the party and heading back towards Hyrule Castle.

At the end of Hyrule Field, Kirby looks up to the sky, where he notices a figure standing high above Hyrule Castle, ending the mission, and starting the next Story Mission, *Hyrule Castle.*

Before the party reaches Hyrule Castle's Sanctum, they come face to face with the figure that Kirby had spotted previously.

**???:** "Well, well, well. It sure would be a pity if my plans were foiled so quickly, wouldn't it, Pitty?"

**Pit:** "No... it can't be!"

**Hades:** "You really thought you could vanquish this darkness with a few puny friends? How cute. We'll see how your little group fares against the god of the Underworld!"

This begins a Miniboss Battle against Hades. Unlike most mission battles, this one allows six different characters to participate instead of one, but in addition, Hades will be nearly invincible, taking no knockback until 300%. Regardless of the outcome of the battle, the following cutscene will play out.

Hades laughs at the defeated group, as a wormhole opens behind Meta Knight's party.

**Hades:** "Truly pathetic, aren't you. So many of you, and yet you could barely even hurt me! Now, let's see how you enjoy a land of nothing!"

Pit smirks.

**Pit:** "Wanna bet?"

Suddenly, Meta Knight sneaks up behind Hades, slashing him in the back and launching him into the same wormhole Hades planned to send the group through, trapping Hades in the dimension of nothingness.

Meanwhile, the group continues towards the Sanctum, where they find Ganondorf.

**Ganondorf:** "Ah, so you've made it past Hades. Truly a pathetic excuse for a god, wouldn't you say?"

Link draws the Master Sword, preparing to face off against Ganondorf.

**Ganondorf:** And would you look at that. All three pieces of the Triforce, gathered in one room!"

Ganondorf bolts across the room, grabbing Sheik and Link simultaneously. Meta Knight attempts to attack Ganondorf, only for Ganondorf to deflect it using Link's own Hyrule Shield.

**Ganondorf:** Zelda... why don't you take off that disguise of yours? We all know it's you."

Sheik attempt to kick Ganondorf, only to be thrown against the wall. Link attempts to swing the Master Sword, only for Ganondorf to tighten his grip on him, causing him to drop both his sword and shield.

**Ganondorf:** Darkness shall spread, and there is nothing you can d-"

Suddenly, a flash of light appears from the corner of the room, as Zelda drops her disguise. She begins using the Triforce to attempt to seal away Ganondorf, but it only weakens him, instigating a Miniboss Battle against Ganondorf.

Upon defeating Ganondorf, he reveals that he is in possession of a Shadowed Crystal, and uses its power to absorb the darkness from the sky into himself, transforming into Ganon, and instigating the fifth Boss Smash Mission.

Upon defeat of Ganon, Meta Knight destroys the crystal, and Zelda seals Ganondorf away, ending Chapter 4 with Meta Knight's group still stranded in Hyrule.

## Chapter 5: Land of Blades

Flashbacks are shown, showing Marth leading an army to defend a castle from an army of crystalline soldiers. Marth's army is easily wiped out, forcing Marth to fight the horde on his own. He attempts to slash at the soldiers, but they are unaffected, and quickly capture him. Flashback ends.

Marth is shown sitting in a dark room, with crystalline restraints, before being freed.

Marth walks out of his cell to find himself in a Colosseum. He stops briefly, before being shoved forwards by a guard onto the main platform.

**Announcer:** "Round 1... BEGIN!"

Suddenly, a blaze of fire erupts in the arena, revealing Ike and Roy. The pair have crystals attached to their arms and legs, overriding their brain. A Miniboss Battle starts where Marth has a 2v1 against the pair.

Upon defeating the pair, a cutscene plays where they are launched into the pit underneath the arena.

**Announcer:** "WE HAVE A WINNER! ROUND 2... BEGIN!!"

Next, three figures emerge, Robin, Corrin, and Byleth, which begins a 3v1 Miniboss Battle against the trio of avatars.

Upon defeating the trio, they are launched into the pit, just as Roy and Ike were.

**Announcer:** "Incredible! Our challenger is taking on unbeatable threats! Let's send in the reining champion!"

Marth's vision begins to go blurry as the gate opens for the champion, who turns out to be Cloud. Cloud, possessed by a Shadowed Crystal, takes the opportunity to run at Marth, preparing to strike, when suddenly, his attack is parried.

**Announcer:** "What's this? It appears we have a new challenger!"

Cloud is launched into a wall, and the camera reveals Sora, being cheered for by the audience. Cloud gets up again. The screen suddenly turns blue, showing Cloud striking Sora while his back is turned. The screen turns back to normal, and Cloud charges at Sora, when suddenly...

**???:** "Back Slash!"

Cloud is launched into yet another wall, and Shulk is revealed to have protected Sora. Cloud gets up again, but this time, Sora and Shulk are ready. This begins a Miniboss Battle against Cloud.

Upon defeating Cloud, the crystal is shattered, and the crowd cheers. However, the crystal guards continue to operate, and refuse to let Cloud, Sora, Shulk, and Marth, who is still unconscious, leave.

The four are thrown into a cell, restraints reattached, and left to rot.

Meanwhile, several fighters who had been defeated in battle at the Colosseum, including those who lost offscreen, are seen working underneath the arena. As they work to build weapons, a spark lands on the crystal situated on Roy's arm, shattering it. A shard is then launched downwards, hitting the crystal on his leg, and shattering that one. Roy is released from the crystal's control, and the other fighters instantly take notice of this, starting a Miniboss Battle against a horde of fighters.

Upon completion of the Miniboss Battle, Robin, Corrin, Byleth, and Ike are freed from the crystal's control, while the other characters evaporate into a crystal-like dust. This begins the next Story Mission, *Colosseum Escape*.

Partway through the stage, the group comes across Cloud, Sora, Shulk, and Marth in their cell, freeing them from their chains and continuing alongside them.

After escaping the Colosseum, a cutscene plays that has two figures watch over them.

**???:** (In Japanese) "Well, well. Seems these nine aren't facing enough despair. Let's make sure to change that."

**???:** (In Japanese) "Oh, how I thirst for their bloodshed. They shall be destroyed!"

The cutscene ends with the two shadowy figures following behind the group.

Afterwards, another Story Mission begins, *The Land of Blades.*

Midway through The Land of Blades, one of the shadowy figures is revealed to be Sephiroth.

**Sephiroth:** (In Japanese) "Well now, your escape wouldn't be fun without a little bit of despair, now, would it?"

Cloud and Sora draw their blades, motioning for the others to run.

**Sephiroth:** (In Japanese) "The time... IS NOW!"

This begins a Miniboss Battle against Sephiroth.

After defeating Sephiroth, he hunches over as dark energy engulfs him, then vanishes. Suddenly, he reappears above Sora, piercing his chest with the Masamune. Sora collapses after the blade is removed, and fades into light. Cloud is shocked by this, and immediately charges Sephiroth down, ending the cutscene and continues the level.

After completion of the stage, the remaining group is faced with the second shadowy figure, who is revealed to be the reploid Omega. As his blade is activated, his eyes glow red.

**Omega:** (In Japanese): "I am the messiah! And now, it is time for your destruction!"

This begins the sixth Boss Smash Mission, a two stage Boss Smash Mission against Omega. In the first stage, he uses his giant Devil Reploid form, and upon destruction of the mech, he fights using his true form, the original body of Zero.

Upon the defeat of Omega, the chapter is completed.

## Chapter 6: The Battle Royal

The screen is black. The Great Fox comes into view from the edge of the screen, and the camera zooms into the ship, going inside of it.

**Fox:** "So let me get this straight... you destroyed that planet ages ago, and now it's reemerged?"

**Samus:** "Precisely."

**Falco:** "Ah, what a bunch of bologna! A planet can't just reform after being destroyed, that's impossible by all meanings of the word!"

**Fox:** "I thought wormholes to other dimensions were impossible too, but look where we are now!"

In the background, Peppy and Slippy are running tests on Pikachu. Samus pulls out the blueprint for her Power Suit.

**Samus:** "My suit was destroyed when my ship crashed onto Zebes. However, it appears that the Space Pirates were holding onto a blueprint of my suit."

Samus turns to Falco.

**Samus:** "As a Chozo, I'm sure you would have the technology to build this suit."

**Falco:** "A what-now?"

**Samus:** "So you're not a Chozo?"

**Falco:** "Ma'am, I don't even know what a Chozo is. However..."

Falco takes the blueprints over to Peppy and Slippy. They have an inaudible conversation, and Falco turns back to Samus.

**Falco:** "I think we may be of assistance."

Meanwhile, Pokémon Trainer is travelling with Jigglypuff and Pichu. Eventually, they come across a fighting dome, and decide to check it out.

**Announcer:** "In the red corner, we have none other than our champion, Ryu! And in the left corner, the challenger, Chun-Li!"

This begins a miniboss battle where you can choose to play as either Ryu or Chun-Li, fighting the other character. No matter the outcome of the battle, the story will progress the same way.

**Announcer:** "And we have a winner! With that out of the way, we can announce our next event, the Battle Royal Tournament! Four fighters enter, but there can only be one victor! Will you be the champion? Only way to find out is to sign up! Anyone can enter, but only the best of the best can win!"

Pokémon Trainer runs to the sign-up stand with Pichu and Jigglypuff. Upon reaching the front of the line, his sign-up request is denied.

**Sign-Up Clerk:** "Sorry, kid, you can't join. You're too young to fight. If you had a Pokémon, though..."

Pokémon Trainer angrily motions towards Jigglypuff and Pichu."

**Sign-Up Clerk:** "Heh, like those cute little things can't fight. Come back when you have a Fighting Type, or at the very least, something that looks like it could deal some damage.

Pokémon Trainer angrily storms off, when suddenly, he notices a Riolu running through the city. He chases after it, starting a Story Mission, *Royal Avenue.* At the end of the stage, he corners the Riolu, who appears scared, when suddenly, two shadows appear behind the trainer. Pokémon Trainer turns around to find two Greninja, preparing to attack. This starts a miniboss battle against the pair of Greninja, followed by a third after the first two are defeated.

Upon the defeat of the three Greninja, they flee, leaving the Trainer and Riolu alone. Pokémon Trainer reaches out his hand to Riolu, who despite being scared at first, grabs Pokémon Trainer's hand and willingly gets caught.

Back at the dome, Pokémon Trainer attempts to sign up again.

**Sign-Up Clerk:** "Of all the fighting types in the world, you grabbed one of the weakest you could find... whatever, we got one more slot anyways, go ahead and join."

In the first round, Pokémon Trainer and Riolu are tasked with fighting against Little Mac, Captain Falcon, and Donkey Kong, instigating a Miniboss Battle.

In the second round, Pokémon Trainer and Riolu fight against crystallised versions of Bowser, Ganondorf, and Hades, beginning another Miniboss Battle.

In the break between the second and third rounds, Pokémon Trainer overhears a competitor talking.

**???:** (In Japanese) "First, I'll destroy everyone who stands in my way. Then, I'll take what's mine, the grand prize, and use it for my own gain. This very arena shall be the burial ground of all who dare stand in my way."

Pokémon Trainer, disturbed by this, runs out.

In round three, Pokémon Trainer and Riolu face off against a Lucario, Incineroar, and Rillaboom, starting another Miniboss Battle.

As the tournament progresses to its final round, the final competitors are revealed. Riolu, Ryu, Terry, and the figure who planned to destroy the arena, Kazuya.

The final round begins, starting another Miniboss Battle.

After defeating the three, Kazuya vanishes without a trace, as Pokémon Trainer is presented with the Grand Prize, a golden Pokéball.

Suddenly, the sky turns dark, and Giovanni begins talking from the PA systems.

**Giovanni:** "Well, well. Look who it is. The brat who ruined my operations in Saffron City. I see you've gotten a lot stronger, but alas, so have I. Mewtwo! Show this insect what true power is!"

This instigates another Miniboss Battle, with the second confrontation against Mewtwo.

Upon Mewtwo's defeat, they are recalled into their Pokéball.

Giovanni clenches his fist, shattering a crystal that was in his hands. The dark skies begin to retreat, when suddenly, they stop.

**Giovanni:** "It has been done! The darkest day shall fall upon you all!"

From the clouds, a large dragon-like Pokémon emerges, firing beams at the stadium, before descending to Pokémon Trainer's level.

**Giovanni:** "Face the beast if you dare!"

This begins the seventh Boss Smash Mission, a two-stage battle against Eternatus. During phase one, it will be in its normal form, and during its second phase, it will go into its Eternamax form.

Upon defeat of Eternatus, a bright light emerges from the Announcer's booth, and Giovanni vanishes. Ryu decides to travel alongside Pokémon Trainer, and the chapter ends as Pokémon Trainer stares at the gold Pokéball.

## Chapter 7: Enter the Nexus

In a dark void, a boy in a black coat is seen floating through the air.

**Roxas:** "I have no idea about my past. Where I came from. Who I am. All I know is that I awoke in a dark void, and then you stepped out and took me in."

The screen fades to reveal Roxas speaking with Ganondorf and Hades.

**Ganondorf:** "It was our pleasure. We were also sealed in this dimension of nothingness, but found a way to rebuild it in our own image."

**Hades:** "Yes, we tried to fight against vicious conquerors, but alas, they sealed us away. Sent us to be lost in here forever."

**Roxas:** "That's the thing... you remember everything that happened prior to being sealed here. I... don't."

**Hades:** "The truth will soon be revealed, Roxas. Come with us. We have something to show you."

Hades and Ganondorf lead Roxas to a crystalline shrine.

**Ganondorf:** "When we came here, the crystal was filled with light, with only a small amount of shadow within. But then, we offered crystal shards at the shrine. The shards vanished, and the shadows began to overtake the light."

**Roxas:** "Isn't that bad?"

**Hades:** "Not at all, young one. In fact, that is the goal that we have. We aim to have the shadows fully overtake the light. However, that may not be possible if we cannot escape this dimension."

**Roxas:** "Where do I come in?"

**Ganondorf:** "That blade you wield. It will be your guiding key.

Roxas holds his Keyblade up, and points it into the darkness. Suddenly, a beam erupts from the Keyblade, then suddenly stops. A doorway materialises and opens, and the trio walk through. When they exit, they find that the shrine is still there, despite not being in the dimension of nothingness anymore.

Meanwhile, Sonic is flying alongside Tails.

**Tails:** "I can only get you close enough to where you can leap onto Angel Island."

**Sonic:** "That's good enough for me. Get me in there, and I'll see what that blast of energy was!"

Tails flies Sonic close to the island, and Sonic leaps, landing right at the edge of the floating island, before dashing away, starting another Story Mission, *Angel Island.*

Partway through Angel Island, Sonic sees Shadow atop a cliff, before continuing onwards.

Eventually, Sonic reaches the Master Emerald's shrine, only to find it replaced with a large crystal of light, slowly being taken over by darkness.

**Sonic:** "That ain't good."

Sonic rushes underground to find Knuckles, starting another Story Mission, *Lava Reef.*

At the end of the stage, Sonic finds Knuckles, having been defeated by Eggman.

**Sonic:** "Eggman!? What are you doing here?"

**Eggman:** "I could ask you the same thing, my spiky little frenemy."

**Sonic:** "You did not just call us frenemies."

**Eggman:** "Ohohoho, but I did. And what will you do about it?"

**Sonic:** "Do what I always do, knock you down!"

Sonic charges at Eggman, starting another Miniboss Battle.

After defeating Eggman, a wormhole opens, sucking him in, and leaving Sonic and Knuckles in the Hidden Palace alone.

**Sonic:** "What the heck happened here!?"

**Knuckles:** "I wish I could tell ya, but everything's fuzzy. The Master Emerald got replaced with some weird crystal, and everything after that... I just can't remember."

**Shadow:** "The Nexus."

**Sonic, Knuckles:** "Shadow!?"

**Shadow:** "The Nexus, our multiverse. All around it, scattered crystals. It appears that the Nexus' rogues gallery is collecting these crystals for a purpose. What that purpose is, I have no idea."

**Sonic:** "Well won't you help us stop them, Shadow?"

**Shadow:** "I prefer to work alone. If that means working towards the same goal, so be it. But I will not work alongside you."

Shadow warps out of the area.

Meanwhile, Hades, Ganondorf, and Roxas arrive at Bowser's Castle.

**Hades:** "This, Roxas, is where we'll meet our next ally."

**Roxas:** "Here? I don't know, this castle looks evil."

**Ganondorf:** "Looks can be deceiving, young one."

The trio make their way into the castle, starting one of the few Villain Story Missions, *Dry Bowser's Castle.*

Upon reaching the end of the stage, the trio find themselves at the throne room.

**Hades:** "From the sounds of it, the throne room is completely flooded."

**Roxas:** "What!? How has the door not collapsed? Or burnt? Why wasn't there lava pouring out the windows?"

**Ganondorf:** "Relax, Roxas. We'll handle this."

Ganondorf and Hades motion for Roxas to move, and open the door. Lava comes pouring out, and Hades opens a portal into the dimension of nothingness, draining the lava completely.

Upon the lava being completely drained, the trio walk into the throne room.

**Hades:** "This place has seen better days."

The trio walk forwards, and Roxas kicks the skull of Dry Bowser. He looks down.

**Roxas:** "Agh!"

Roxas falls to the ground, and Dry Bowser's body begins to assemble. Upon assembling, Dry Bowser roars.

**Hades:** "Ah, Bowser, it's been a while, hasn't it."

Dry Bowser looks at Hades, confused.

**Hades:** "Ah, you don't remember? Your soul came down to my underworld, and I made a deal with you. You help us, and we return your body to you."

**Roxas:** "His soul!? Your underworld!?"

**Hades:** "Yes, yes, it's a whole thing, anyways... Bowser. As per the deal, you help us with our goal, and we revive you."

Dry Bowser nods, and points to a room in the back. Hades opens the door, and finds the imprisoned Peach, still possessed by the Shadowed Crystal that had landed in her hand.

**Hades:** "Oh my, looks like we have a secret weapon."

Hades lifts the cage and leads the group out of the castle, ending the chapter.

## Chapter 8: Worlds Connected

Shots of the multiple different universes combining are shown on screen. Portions of different worlds are thrust into one, while entire planets appear around others.

Cut to black.

Cut to Joker staring at the abandoned power plant from a distance.

**Joker:** "A power surge occurred here recently. I may not know where I am, or how I got here, but I have been sent to investigate despite that."

Joker heads into the power plant.

**Joker:** "Coast seems clear..."

Suddenly, alarms begin to blare.

**PA:** "Intruder Alert. Intruder Alert. Activating Defense Measure 'Guts.'"

Similarly to Duon before it, Galleom crashes in from the hole in the roof.

**???:** "There!"

Suddenly, an explosion occurs, causing Galleom to fall to the ground. When the dust settles, the cardboard boxes previously in the room had disappeared, revealing Snake and Raiden.

Galleom gets back up, starting the eighth Boss Smash Mission.

Upon defeat of Galleom, Raiden leaps into the air, slicing it in half with his High-Frequency Blade.

Meanwhile, Kirby's party are gathered around the wreckage of the Halberd.

**Meta Knight:** "I've heard reports... it seems the worlds are combining into one."

**Pit:** "That's great news!"

**Meta Knight:** "Excuse me?"

**Pit:** "We can finally escape this place!"

**Meta Knight:** "While that's true... it is far from great news. The multiverse may collapse if this continues."

**Pit:** "Oh..."

**Meta Knight:** "Operations must go as fast as possible. We have no idea what might come next. Now, to repair my ship..."

Link pulls out his Sheikah Slate.

**Meta Knight:** "What... is that thing?"

Link proceeds to use his Sheikah Slate's Magnesis rune to carry a piece of metal.

**Meta Knight:** "Interesting. That would be helpful if we had enough material to rebuild the Halberd, but unfortunately..."

The group spent a while camping out, when suddenly, Pit was struck with an idea.

**Pit:** "Of course! Why don't I ask Lady Palutena for help!"

Pit flies off, coming back later with Palutena.

**Palutena:** "Well look at you all. You definitely seem to be in a pickle, don't you!"

**Meta Knight:** "Are you able to fix the Halberd?"

Palutena snaps her fingers, and swarms of centurions enter the camp.

**Palutena:** "Centurions, fix this ship, if you may."

Within no time at all, the ship had been completely rebuilt.

**Meta Knight:** "Well, that was fast... Onwards! Into the reaches of space!"

The party boards the newly repaired Halberd, which takes off into space. As they look into the distance, they notice the Moon heading towards the Sun.

**Meta Knight:** "Not again..."

The group eventually begin to run out of fuel, but conveniently come across the Comet Observatory.

**Rosalina:** "I've been awaiting you all."

**Pit:** "Wow! A goddess I didn't know about! You're taller than even Lady Palutena!"

**Rosalina:** "I wouldn't call myself a goddess, more an overseer of the cosmos. As you may have seen, the Sun and Moon are in an intense fight, and I have a feeling some of you may know the cause of this."

Rosalina looks to Kirby, who appears surprised and begins shaking his head.

**Rosalina:** "Not you, little one. Don't worry. You aren't the cause, but you do know the cause."

**Meta Knight:** "How should we deal with this?"

**Rosalina:** "Gather three Grand Stars, and I shall help you stop this fighting."

Upon the end of this cutscene, three new Story Missions are unlocked that can be done in any order. *Good Egg Galaxy, Gusty Garden Galaxy, and Rainbow Road.*

After completing all three levels, a cutscene begins where Rosalina uses the Grand Star's power to attempt to stop the Sun and Moon, however, they are interrupted by Magolor, whose eyes are noticeably red instead of their normal yellow.

Magolor fires several energy orbs at Rosalina, attempting to break her concentration. She attempts to ignore this, while ordering the group to fight against Magolor, starting a Miniboss Battle.

Upon defeating Magolor, his eyes fade from red to yellow, and the group turns back to Rosalina. Magolor reaches a hand out, before collapsing.

As Rosalina is about to finish using the Grand Star's power, a black hole suddenly erupts in between the Sun and Moon.

**Pit:** "What the-!"

**Meta Knight:** "No... it can't be."

From the Black Hole, a pair of glowing eyes erupts, and Marx flies out, giggling maniacally. This starts a Miniboss Battle against Marx.

Upon defeating Marx, he performs a last ditch attack by teleporting to the center of the Comet Observatory and opening up another black hole. Just as he's about to do this, however, Magolor regains consciousness, teleporting behind Marx, and striking him in the back with the Ultra Sword, slicing him in half.

The group looks to Magolor, shocked, before looking back to Marx, who reforms himself. Marx attempts to attack, but Magolor creates a rift in space, teleporting Marx elsewhere, before collapsing again, ending Chapter 8.

## Chapter 9: Escape From the Land of Blades

Marth's group is seen facing a horde of enemies, but is quickly surrounded by crystalline soldiers. Roy recalls how a mere spark destroyed his crystal restraints. He gives a quick glance to Ike, and the two begin charging up powerful flaming attacks. Roy closes his eyes, preparing himself for the attack, before he and Ike unleash their strength, shattering all the crystal soldiers in the area. However, the attack also left the group weakened, as the whole group was caught in the blaze of orange and blue, with Roy outright collapsing from the intense recoil. Just as soon as the horde of enemies was destroyed, however, another horde found its way to the group of swordsmen. Ike prepares to do another attack, but Shulk stops him, warning that another attack like that could be too much for them. Robin and Byleth agree with Shulk, and the group is left in a sticky situation.

Suddenly, a spinning pillar of flame begins tearing through the horde of crystal soldiers, destroying them one by one. With another horde of enemies destroyed, Pyra is revealed to be the cause, motioning the group to run as fast as they can and get out of there. This begins another Story Mission, *The Land of Blades: Part II.*

At the end of the mission, the group runs into Sephiroth once again, who taunts the group. Ike rushes in to attack him, only to be stopped by a familiar face - Cloud, who was possessed by a Shadowed Crystal. Sephiroth orders Cloud to attack, and a mini-boss battle begins against Sephiroth and Cloud.

As Sephiroth falls to the ground, defeated yet again, he is once again enveloped by dark energy, vanishing, and Cloud is restored.

Soon after, Roxas opens a portal into the dimension of nothingness, after feeling flashes in his mind of others being sent there. In the void, he finds Dr. Eggman and Sephiroth.

**Eggman:** "Oh, would you look at that! A way out! And you said there WAS no way out!"

**Sephiroth:** (in Japanese): "That was you who said that."

**Eggman:** "Lies! All lies! My genius cannot be wrong!"

**Sephiroth:** (in Japanese): "If your genius is always so perfect, why do you still lose to a rodent."

**Eggman:** "Why you little..."

**Roxas:** "Did I... come at a bad time?"

**Ganondorf:** "Pathetic. These two spent all their time here bickering amongst each other. Clearly they aren't worth being part of our little group."

**Hades:** "Spreading darkness will have to come another day, I presume."

**Sephiroth:** (in Japanese): "Darkness and despair, you say? Consider me intrigued in your offering."

Sephiroth walks towards the group, and Roxas begins having flashes of memories fill his head, causing it to ache. The group begins to leave the void, leaving Eggman behind.

**Eggman:** "Wait! I demand respect! You cannot expect to complete your goals without a true genius!"

Eggman runs after the group, barely making it through the portal in time. Meanwhile, Marx had been watching from the shadows, and leaves the portal the exact moment it closes, following closely behind Roxas' group.

Meanwhile, back at the Comet Observatory, Magolor is begging for forgiveness from Kirby's group, showing the difference in his eye color, as well as the shattered crystals on the ground. The group piece together that Magolor was being controlled by the crystals, and decide to spare him, although someone must be keeping a close eye on him at all times. Meanwhile, Rosalina orders the Lumas begin working on upgrading the Halberd's defenses and fuel efficiency, a task that is quickly completed. As the group bid farewell to Rosalina, they board the Halberd and fly off.

Meanwhile, Star Fox is working with Samus to repair her Power Suit. Pikachu's electric powers end up being useful, and eventually, the suit is complete. Samus suits up once more, in a brand new, slimmer Power Suit.

Suddenly, the Great Fox shakes violently. The group peer outside to see Wolf and his squad attacking the ship.

(Chapter to be continued at a later date)