Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Definitive Edition/Final Smash

Despite having the same story & world maps as World of Light, Final Smash plays more similar to *Subspace Emissary*, with the mode being a side-scrolling adventure in the style of a platformer with less emphasis on "spirit" battles as well as more maps to contain more of the bosses. Players navigate mostly linear stages jumping over obstacles & defeating groups of enemies, which include Light or Dark Clones that contain spirits of characters & items from various franchise. The mode features a world map where locations can be selected, the difficulty can be chosen & the characters who'll enter the stage can also be chosen. There's also more of a story to show why Galeem & Dharkon are even here to begin with & are more active in stopping everyone when ever they appear, despite having the same non-dialogue method of telling a story as *Subspace Emissary*, but with more words coming from the characters when it's needed to avoid some scenes from coming off as awkward as well as the Assist Trophies & Bosses being involved. Players would choose a character to begin with to play through the individual Light/Dark Realm stages. Once chosen, this character couldn't be changed until other fighters joined the party in the chapters below. The cutscenes are given a more seamless transition between cutscene models & in-game models like in *Guilty Gear: STRIVE*.

## Prologue

The story begins long before *Super Smash Bros. 64* as 2 deities, Galeem & Dharkon, fight over whether or not to cover the universe in light or darkness. Their fighting was halted by Master Soul, who was created from their essence bleeding out of them from their injuries. They then decided to kill it, so they could go back to fighting. However, when they manage to do it, the universe explodes into the Omniverse as Galeem & Dharkon ended up stuck in different dimensions as Master Soul's hands become Master Hand & Crazy Hand, while some of his remaining essence was made into Tabuu.

Galeem & Dharkon then reformed discovering what they now look like & began their plan to end each other. Meanwhile, the remainder of Master Fighter's essence was reincarnated into the many characters of the Omniverse, which Galeem & Dharkon started manipulating to have them have the same low opinions of their antithesis that they do. Galeem & Dharkon discovered Master Hand & Crazy Hand & that they created a converged world & seen the events of Subspace Emissary. Dharkon also discovered Harriet Loud trying to dabble with his energy & turns her into the Vampire Witch Reaper as punishment, which led to her death.

Galeem then was able to capture Master Hand, while Dharkon was able to capture Crazy Hand, but also resurrected an unwilling Tabuu to keep both Master Hand & Crazy Hand from warning everyone. After creating several puppets as well as recreating Tabuu's Shadow Bugs, Galeem then heads into the converged world with his army, while Dharkon waits for the right time to strike.

It cuts to Kirby sleeping under a tree like he usually does at the beginning of every *Kirby* game until he's woken up by Meta Knight, King Dedede & Bandana Waddle Dee who take him onto the Halberd to meet up with the others. It cuts to a close-up of a Blaster aimed at the horizon, revealing its wielder to be Fox, who gives the command of "Don't let a single one get away!". The camera then zooms out & pans to the left, revealing that Fox is addressing some of *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's* playable cast, all of whom have been summoned to the edge of a cliff. The camera then pans upward to reveal Galeem, who's currently accompanied by a looming army of Master Hands that is slowly approaching the mount.

After Marth, Zelda & Pit each comment on their reassurance over the upcoming battle, several Master Hands rush at the fighters, while every other Master Hand surrounding Galeem slowly disintegrates into a glowing, blue streak of light that ends up being absorbed by Galeem.

As the fighters take down several Master Hands, Shulk suddenly envisions the downfall of his comrades & immediately looks at them all & says "Get out of here! Run!!", but perhaps foreseeing Kirby's escape. The singularity between Galeem & his now-absorbed Master Hand army creates a black hole, which soon collapses, creating an array of beams of intense light.

The beams of light quickly extrude from the black hole, rapidly approaching the cliff where some of the fighters are situated. As they aim downwards to consume the fighters with Waluigi being the 1st victim, Link successfully deflects 3 beams before succumbing to a 4th beam. Samus & Sylux attempt to fire at the beams, but it's to no avail before they too is engulfed by one. Both Zelda & Mewtwo simultaneously attempt to reflect the beams, before being immediately decimated. Sonic & Pikachu attempt to outrun the beams, with the former attempting to assist the latter in escaping, but both are ultimately disintegrated. Donkey Kong goes forward to try to deter the beams of line. King K Rool, knowing that DK had a better chance of survival than the rest, took a beam instead. Donkey Kong, seeing his sacrifice, tried to grab Diddy & Dixie Kong to escape to fight another day but he was evaporated before he could reach them, so Funky grabs them but he & Dixie get vaporized as well but Diddy manages to escape. Bayonetta successfully dodges 3 beams at once, but is disintegrated by yet another beam of light as soon as she retains her original form. Both the Pokémon Trainers & Bowser attempt to fight off Galeem's beams of light, only to fail & be consumed. Captain Falcon attempts to get into his Blue Falcon in order to escape the onslaught, but both he & his vehicle are destroyed just as quickly. Lucario teleports away from 1 of the beams, finding itself behind Greninja, who jumps upward to successfully escape from a beam. Unfortunately, this was all for naught as the beam Greninja hops over ends up engulfing Lucario instead & yet another beam of light reaches Greninja in midair after Zero pushes him out of the way. The Inklings & Octolings use their Splattershots to shoot ink onto the ground and then try to hide in it, only to have yet another of Galeem's beams of light ram into the ground, decimating them. Falco is shown in his Arwing attempting to make his escape, but his exceptional flying skills are just not enough to evade the persistent tendrils of light & ends up getting taken down by multiple beams all at once. Bomberman had strewn bombs prior to the combined attack & attempted to set them off but the beams of light evaporated him before he could. Ninten, Ness & Lucas all tried to use PSI Magnet to to absorb the blast which they were marginally successful for the 1st few seconds but it overloaded their barrier & were consumed. Min Min was able to deflect 3 beams before being consumed herself. Fox tries to use his Reflector, but it breaks & is destroyed. Captain Toad tries to rush Peach to safety & attempted to act as a Shield when the beam approached but all were evaporated. Daisy foolishly tried to take it on with her Frying Pan & was instantly evaporated as she swung her pan at the beam of light. Ganondorf had transformed into his Beast Ganon form to try & repel the beams of light, but was decimated. Both Pit & Dark Pit both flying away, bestowed unto them by Palutena, who, along with Medusa attempts to buy them more of a chance to escape by summoning a Reflect Barrier in the hopes of suppressing Galeem's attack. With little effort, however, they're simply vaporized by a beam, which causes the angelic duo to lose their ability to fly, resulting in each angel getting wiped out by a beam of light in midair. A lone cardboard box is shown on the cliff's edge, hiding away Snake, only to have a beam prove his attempt futile. Both Rosalina & Diddy attempt to fly away from the onslaught, but are eventually swallowed by the beams. Finally, a group consisting of the Wii Fit Trainer, Duck Hunt, Banjo & Kazooie & the Villager eventually end up getting engulfed by the light.

Meta Knight manages to fend off 2 beams before being engulfed. Seizing the chance, Dedede used his Jet Hammer to launch Kirby high into the sky so Kirby could use his warp star to escape. He was evaporated, knowing there was some hope. After deviating from many of them, the frequency of the Warp Star's blipping noise increases rapidly in intensity as Kirby attempts to push its power to its absolute limit, resulting in it moving at warp speed, temporarily warping Kirby to another plane of existence, which Galeem notices & chases after him as his beams are then shown atomizing multiple non-playable characters into oblivion. Galeem chases after Kirby & finally consumes him after going through several worlds. Eventually, the deadly light erases the entire Omniverse, leaving nothing in its wake. The planet on which the ordeal started is now left as nothing more than a barren wasteland, with its remains currently inhabited by the now-hostile souls of non-playable characters.

Galeem starts crafting his new world, using parts of the world he destroyed like if he's playing *Super Mario Maker*& using Master Hand to place them, but is aware of the rampant spirits. To avoid them from causing any trouble, he creates clones of the captured fighters using his essence to capture the spirits. Little does he know that 1 of Dharkon's tentacles is shown taking some of the fighters with him. As he leaves, he knocks over the Mii Brawler, Mii Swordfighter, Mii Gunner & Mii Mage, causing them to be freed as Galeem's control & escape from Galeem's fortress. Once freed, they look towards a vast landscape consisting of various areas, some of which are recognizable as coming from the fighters' old worlds & now have to find & rescue everyone in the game.

## Chapter 1: The Beginning

* **Starting Fighters**: Mii Brawler, Mii Swordfighter, Mii Gunner, Mii Mage
* **Enemies**: Light Clones

Galeem discovers that some of the fighters & the Mii Fighters are missing & sends out his minions to look for them, while he looks for where the missing fighters went. The Mii Fighters then traveled the barren wasteland as they fight light clones of their fallen comrades, but have noticed that some of the characters that the clones take after & spirits that reside in them are ones they've never seen before.

## Chapter 2: Find Mii

* **Enemies**: Slimes, Boos, ReDeads, Imps, Reapers, Light Clones

They arrive in the familiar location as they ended up in *Find Mii*. They start at the Perilous Prairie as they fight Slimes from the *Dragon Quest* franchise as well as more Light Clones as they then transition into the Bewitching Bog where Boos from the *Mario* franchise start attacking them as well. It then transitions into Ransacked Ruins where ReDeads from *The Legend of Zelda* franchise start attacking before they end up at the Shrine of Judgment as they notice several flies appears as they get attacked by a giant hand with a flyswatter. They try to dodge the Flies & Hand until all but the Mii Swordfighter remains as he clashes with the hand. After defeating it, the Flies & Hand collapses & dies where its soul & runs after it to catch it. They place it back into the Hand, it's resurrected along with all the dead flies & realizes that the Mii Fighters aren't enemies & tags along with them.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Flies & Hand

They continue towards Merciless Mountain as they fight Boos & Light Clones, while the Flies & Hand helps them out as they reach Restless Rise & fight Imps from the *DOOM* franchise, while avoiding Galeem's wing strikes before heading to the Dolorous Deepwood where Reapers from the *Kid Icarus* franchise start attacking them. They enter the Forest of Fright to fight more Slimes & Reapers before trudging through the Swamp of Sacrifice. There, they finds an 11-year-old girl chained up & Galeem taps her, causing her to wake up & attack the Mii Fighters, but was defeated & lays there dead. Then they order the Flies & Hand to catch her soul, because maybe she could give them some answers from her. She's resurrected & starts crying. When the Mii Fighters approach her to wonder what's wrong, she gives them a picture of her & her siblings, stating that she lost her family to Galeem & joins them to avenge her fallen family. Not before telling them that her name was Lily Loud, she's from *The Loud House* & she shows them her Smash invitation as she says "Lily never knew that this was a drawback to accepting.", which confuses them since *The Loud House* wasn't even a video game franchise.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Lily

The Flies & Hand, Mii Fighters & Lily continue on to the Diabolical Altar as they fight more ReDeads & Light Clones & traverse the Perilous Peak to reach the Shrine of Shadows where they get a view of where they need to go. They notice that, in order to leave each area they've enter, they have to rescue everyone & beat the boss if there's one in the area, which they need to do since the Mii Fighters remember that Galeem set up a barrier around himself. After reaching the Ominous Shrine, they encounter a mysterious arrow as they get ambushed by Imps & Reapers & in the ensuing chaos, the arrow gets lost in the kerfuffle, only for it to strike Lily. The Mii Fighters think she's dead again & that they're done for until they see a bullet that ricochets all around the stage with the help of the Flies & Hand & kills the Imps & Reapers that surround them. They turn to see Lily's alive & holding an elaborate, impractical-looking revolver with some futuristic elements. They reach the Sealed Passage & fight more ReDeads & Reapers as Lily says that the gun just appeared in her hand after being struck by the arrow, which came with a tarot card that says Emperor on it as the gun disappears after removing the arrow from her chest. They decide to keep for when they decide to use it.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Emperor

They reach the Castle of Darkness as they fight more Light clones at the Entrance. They then reach the courtyard of the castle where they encounter more Imps & Reapers as it's scorched with blue fire set by Galeem. They eventually reach the throne room, encountering more Imps & Reapers & then eventually the roof. Galeem then appears through a screen & launches a soul into *Find Mii*. The soul then manifests into the Dark Emperor who grabs Lily by his tail, but breaks free & rejoins them in fighting him.

* **Boss**: Dark Emperor

He tries to bite or headbutt fighters if they're too close to him. He'll slash his claws & roar to inflict the poison or flowery status effect on a fighter. He'll also try to rush at them & spit Shadow Balls. As his health is decreased, he destroys part of the stage, giving the fighters less room to avoid his attacks & at low health, grabs the cage in the stage & slams them down on a fighter to imprison them & places them where the cage was originally, but the cage can be broken.

After he's defeated, he collapses & dies, but his soul refuses to return to Galeem, much to his annoyance & returns to his body. He then grabs the Flies & Hand, the Mii Fighters, Emperor & Lily, who are exhausted from fighting him & takes them out of the area. When they wake up back in the Light Realm, they notice has been protecting them from Light Clones, which surprised them, given how it acted towards them before, but are thankful as they then head on to the next area.

## Chapter 3: Toad Town

* **Enemies**: Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Lakitus, Shy Guys, Light Clones

Everyone arrives at Toad Town where they need to figure out who's trapped here. They head into town & fight some Goombas from the *Mario* franchise as well as more Light Clones. They eventually encounter a captured Piranha Plant, which Galeem taps to make it attack them & defeated it before returning its soul to it, causing it to join them.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Piranha Plant

They then fight more Goombas & Koopa Troopas also from the Mario franchise with Lily surprised with how versatile the Piranha Plant is in helping them. They then ambushed from below by a man with a drill, which turned out to be Taizo Hori. They defeat him & returned his soul in which tags along with them now.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Taizo Hori

They head further into the town, while fighting more Goombas, Koopa Troopas & now Shy Guys also from the *Mario* franchise. They then see several Shy Guys carrying Waluigi over to them before Galeem taps him to get him to attack as he says "Waluigi Time!!". He's defeated, is knocked into the Shy Guys that brought him here, his soul is returned & joins them as he wants to make up for being the 1st causality of Galeem's rampage.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Waluigi

They try to look for more allies as they fight more Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Shy Guys, Light Clones & now Koopa Paratroopas also from the *Mario* franchise. Galeem activates Captain Toad next as he attacks next, but is defeated & gets stuck headfirst in the ground & while the Mii Fighters & Lily get his soul, Piranha Plant & Waluigi pulls his body out with Taizo's help, pushing him out after digging underground. They return his soul to him & looks around, wondering where Mario & Peach are at & is saddened upon learning they didn't make it. He then joins them after showing them a map of the town.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Captain Toad

Captain Toad leads the others through another section of Toad Town, while they fight more Goomba, Koopa Troopas, Shy Guys, Koopa Paratroopas, Light Clones & now Laiktus also from the *Mario* franchises. Before they leave, the Piranha Plant notices 1 Lakitu that didn't explode after defeating them, which everyone is confused over until they notice its soul getting taken away, so they rescue it & give it back to the Lakitu where it, surprised that everyone didn't leave it for dead, tags along with them & send it to go find anyone still in this area.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Lakitu

The Lakitu returns to show them that Mario is in the area & they all head there as they fight more Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Shy Guys, Lakitus & Light Clones, while avoiding Galeem's wings again. They eventually reach Mario, who Galeem then taps to activate & he attacks them. After defeat, he collapses to the ground akin to him being downed in the *Mario & Luigi* franchise & Galeem draws his soul in until the Lakitu threw a Spiny at him, so the others could resurrect him. Mario then comes to & Lily is amazed to see Mario in person, while Mario ensures Waluigi that they will find their partners as they approach the next area: Peach's Castle.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Mario

## Chapter 4: Peach's Castle

* **Enemies**: Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Shy Guys, Bullet Bills, Chargin' Chucks, Light Clones

Galeem, meanwhile, decides the release all the characters under his control to kill the survivors & save himself from the trouble of waiting for them after they reach certain points. Everyone arrives in Peach's castle to rest after the journey they took to get there. The Dark Emperor notices more enemies arriving at the castle & warns them before going off fight some of them. Everyone heads out to the courtyard & start fighting off more Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Shy Guys & Light Clones as well as Bullet Bills coming at them from all directions as they head back into the Castle, while Flies & Hand & the Dark Emperor guard it. The enemies eventually break into the castle & everyone fights the Villager before returning their soul to them, hugging Mario, knowing that he survived.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Villager

They continue through the castle as they fight more Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Shy Guys, Bullet Bills & Light Clones as well as Chargin' Chucks also from the *Mario* franchise. Galeem sends in Yoshi who attacks them, but was defeated & falls to his death. Mario grabs his soul before Galeem takes it back & resurrects him, allowing him to join them.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Yoshi

Everyone then has to leave due to the castle collapsing as they fight more Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Shy Guys, Bullet Bills, Chargin' Chucks & Light Clones. After escaping, everyone knows where they should next as they see Bowser with Peach on his airship, heading to the next area, Bowser's Castle.

## Chapter 5: Bowser's Castle

* **Enemies**: Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Hammer Bros, Shy Guys, Chargin' Chucks, Light Clones

Everyone arrives at Bowser's Castle, which is modeled after the version of his castle from *Mario Kart 8*, to rescue Peach & Bowser as well as anyone they find in there. Before they enter, they fight more Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Shy Guys & Light Clones. They eventually encounter Kamek & defeat him. Yoshi grabs his soul & returns it to him with Kamek, surprised that Yoshi did that for him, decides to help them save Bowser.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Kamek

They all enter the castle as they fight more Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Shy Guys & Light Clones as well as Hammer Bros. also from the *Mario* franchise, while avoiding large rolling boulders along the way. They eventually encounter a Hammer Bro that didn't explode after defeating them. Now knowing what it means, everyone lets Kamek & the Lakitu rescue its soul & returned it to it. The Hammer Bro then joins them to rescue Bowser.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Hammer Bro

They journey further into the castle, fighting more Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Hammer Bros, Shy Guys & Light Clones as they now have to avoid large swinging spikeballs, which Lily does shoot some down using Emperor. They eventually run into Bowser Jr. who attacks them for thinking Kamek betrayed them. He's defeated as he gets crushed underneath his Clown Car & dies. Kamek goes after his soul & the Hammer Bro returns it to him after the others got the Clown Car off him. After being resurrected, Bowser Jr. hugs Kamek as he comforts him before joining the others in rescuing his dad.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Bowser Jr.

As they enter further into the castle, they fight more Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Hammer Bros, Shy Guys & Light Clones as they avoid Thwomps until they notices the path has several stone blocks blocking the path as 1 Thwomp breaks it for them. This causes them to take it with them as burying enemies can make things a bit easier for them.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Thwomp

They continue through the castle as they fight more Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Hammer Bros, Shy Guys, Chargin' Chucks & Light Clones as well as they also have to deal with the Bowser Monument & finding certain switches to create bridges between the lava. They eventually encounter Peach & Bowser with the latter freeing the former as he leaves. Mario is surprised over how easy that was, but the others know something's up, which Mario realizes after seeing Peach pull out the Vibe Scepter & attacks them. She is then defeated & dies in Mario's arms, causing him to tear up until he notices her soul & he & Bowser Jr. grab it. They then resurrect her & they all hug as Peach kisses Mario's nose, while Kamek points to them where Bowser went.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Peach

They continue through the castle they fight more Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Koopa Paratroopas, Hammer Bros, Shy Guys, Chargin' Chucks & Light Clones as well as they also have to deal with lava geysers emerging from platforms & pits where they need to jump over. They eventually reach Bowser & fight him. He's then defeated & gets knocked into the axe that's holding the bridge they were standing, which destroys it, causing everyone to hang onto Kamek or Bowser Jr as Bowser falls to his death. Before Kamek & Bowser Jr. could mourn, Galeem appears, picks Bowser out of the lava & sprinkles some Shadow Bugs onto Bowser, which makes everyone suspicious. Galeem then disappears as Bowser is resurrected & transforms into Giga Bowser.

* **Boss**: Giga Bowser

He attacks with a ramming headbutt that causes an explosion, punching forward, slashing his claw slashes, dealing darkness damage, lashing his tail, shooting a stream of fire out of his mouth, dealing fire damage, trying to grab a fighter & perform a flying suplex, retracting into his shell before spinning, doing electric damage & jumps into the air & does a ground pound that releases shockwaves & deals ice damage.

After he's defeated, he collapses, returns to Bowser & dies again, but, as his soul leaves, Mario, Peach, Kamek & Bowser Jr. force it back into him, resurrecting him. Bowser looks around, wondering what happened, but before they could explain, the castle starts to collapses as they leave & Bowser allows everyone to get on his airship. As everyone leaves the area & relax after going through the castle, Lily asks Peach "What does those 2 see in you that they're so hellbent on fighting over you?" as Peach points to her crown & Lily says "Oh, right.".

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Bowser

## Chapter 6: Scuttle Town

* **Enemies**: Slimes, Bronto Burts, Geemers, Tinkerbats, Bat-Gals, Mermen, Scraplets, Light Clones

Bowser's Airship gets shot down by 1 of Galeem's beams after everyone sees him & crash-land near Scuttle Town where they decide to stay for the time-being until they get attacked by Slimes & Light Clones. As they traveled through the town, they encounter Risky Boots & Shantae manning Risky's ship as they drop off more Slimes & Light Clones as well as Tinkerbats from the *Shantae* franchise. Lily then notices Lana, which leaves her shocked that she's still alive & chases after her, surprising them that's there was another character from a non-game franchise that was used. Everyone then eventually catches up to Lana & fight her. Lana's defeated & collapses dead, but Lily grabs her soul & resurrects her. The 2 then hug with tears in their eyes before refocusing their attention to Risky & Shantae.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Lana

Everyone continues on looking for Shantae & Risky as they fight more Slimes, Tinkerbats & Light Clones as well as Bronto Burts from the *Kirby* franchise & Scraplets from the *Transformers* franchise, the latter of which they haven't seen before. As they move, they notice some of the buildings collapsing in the background. They eventually encounter the eponymous Centipede from *Centipede*, who then starts repeatedly rushing into them until Lana notices that they have to destroy it piece by piece as it rushes, but they all find out that it becomes faster the more they do it. Its head then collapses & dies, but is then resurrected after Lana calms it down when it tries to lunge at them again. It then joins them as they decide the trails that it made to see where Shante & Risky are.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Centipede

They follow the trail that the Centipede left behind as they fight more Slimes, Bronto Burts, Tinkerbats, Scraplets & Light Clones as well as Geemers from the *Metroid* franchise, while letting the Flies & Hand, Dark Emperor & Centipede kill some of them for them. They eventually reach Shantae & Risky again with the latter asking "Are you ready, kids?", which Lana knows who they're referring to while the others are confused as SpongeBob emerges from the water & Risky sics him on them. He's eventually defeated & dries up until he's just a dry sponge like what happened after he & Patrick were dried out by the Cyclops' lamp in *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie* before a heart-shaped tear they made set off the sprinklers in Shell City. He's then resurrected after Yoshi grabs his soul, places it back in SpongeBob & he throws him back into the ocean, thinking that it should help resurrect him, which works. After everyone shows him that they found Gary's soul, SpongeBob joins everyone in finding the souls of his friends along with the way.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: SpongeBob

They eventually reach for a section of Scuttle Town that's been set on fire as they fight more Slimes, Bronto Burts, Geemers, Tinkerbats, Scraplets & Light Clones as well as Merman from the *Castlevania* franchise, which they use their Water Spit attacks as well as SpongeBob to douse the fires. They reach Shantae & Risky again with the latter siccing the former at them as Risky then leaves. Shantae is defeated & dies after exploding several times akin to how bosses are defeated in the *Shantae* franchise. Lana grabs her soul & resurrects Shantae. Shantae looks around & is shocked to see Scuttle Town in ruins. She then is on verge of tears after the others show her that they found Sky, Bolo & Mimic's souls, though the others weren't able to find Rottytops, though the Dark Emperor remembers seeing her soul taken by a mysterious tentacle. Shantae then holds onto Sky, Bolo & Mimic's souls & then tells everyone that she's "Ret-2-Go!!!" as they 1st need to rescue Risky before they leave.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Shantae

They explore the last part of Scuttle Town as they avoid some of Galeem's light orbs & fight more Slime, Bronto Burts, Geemers, Tinkerbats, Merman, Scraplets & Light Clone as well as Bat-Gals also from the *Shantae* franchise. They eventually reach Risky again & she, now fed up with everyone, gets off her ship & fights them herself. She's defeated as she explodes several times like Shantae did, gets knocked into some of Tinkerbats & then into her own ship, causing it to sink & drowns. Shantae retrieves her body much like how she rescued her in the ending of *Shantae and The Seven Sirens*, while the others go get her soul, which she then uses to resurrect. Risky then coughs up some water before trying to lunge at Shantae, but Bowser grabs her as she calms down. She then reveals that she was able to get Galeem to let her take Shantae since she didn't some of the other characters from other worlds she saw before Galeem placed them here, surprising Shantae. Risky then says that since they launched into her ship & destroyed it, now they need a new ship, so they could leave & find everyone else & tries to take the Tinkerbats with her, but learns that Galeem took over control of them from her. Everyone then gets into a small boats on the dock as they leave Scuttle Town, except Lakitu, Thwomp, Flies & Hand & Dark Emperor since they could fly.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Risky Boots

## Chapter 7: Ghost Island

* Enemies: Geemers, Monoeyes, Skeletons, Ghosts, Pookas, Light Clones

Everyone starts drifting off in the water as they rest until Galeem strikes the boats with his wings & he & Dark Emperor try to find the bodies, but can't find them as some of Dharkon's tentacles move everyone towards the Ghost Island. Everyone then washes up on Ghost Island with Mario knowing that Pac-Man must be near after tracing him to those who didn't know him & what he does & the Dark Emperor found them as they explore the island after seeing Galeem searching the water. They explore through the Valley of the Pirates as they fight more Light Clones as well as Skeletons from the *Castlevania* franchise, while activating switches to pulleys & avoiding cannonballs. Galeem then gets alerted to Ghost Island after seeing a Light Clone of Waluigi flying into him, causing him to head over there, taking an Assist Trophy with him. Everyone then reach the Volcanic Ruins as they deal with Galeem activating Rock Traps & Swing Traps along the way & fighting more Geemers & Light Clones as well as Pookas from the *Dig Dug* franchise. They eventually all ride in mine carts as they traverse & deal with Light Clones on their own minecarts, though most likely those of Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong & Funky Kong. They eventually encounter Galeem who plants a massive slingshot into the ground, grabs Red & slings him at them as well as the other Angry Birds before having them to return to him, forcing them to destroy the slingshot. This causes the Angry Birds to get crushed to death & Galeem grab their souls but Risky chops 1 of his wings off & grabs Red's soul, while the others grabbed the other Birds' souls as Galeem grabs & reattached his clipped wing. After escaping Galeem, everyone then returns the Angry Birds' souls to them & they all join them as Red leads the way as he saw Pac-Man before Galeem took him & the other Birds.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Angry Birds

Everyone then arrives at Plan C from Space, which confuses them a bit. They then head into the area as they avoid lasers, maneuvering through floating & tilting platforms & activated switches to advance as they fight more Geemers, Pookas & Light Clones as well as the Ghosts from the *Pac-Man* franchise, which everyone did expect to find on the island. They exploring through the Haunted Funhouse as some of them start to question what kind of island does Pac-Man live on, maneuvering through spinning platforms & heat panels, while avoiding steam shooters & fighting more Geemers, Ghosts, Pookas & Light Clones. As they continue, they notice Shantae being smaller than what she was & then turn to see that same happened to the Mii Fighters. They eventually encounter another Light Clone of Waluigi with a Stand Arrow in his chest, spawning a stand whose shadow shrinks anyone who touches it. They defeat him & recover the arrow, which, like Emperor, came with a tarot card that says Sethan on it. Risky then stabs the arrow into herself & sees Sethan, now knowing that it's on their side now after seeing it mimic her scimitar, though they have to be careful with this Stand.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Sethan

Everyone then arrives at Pac-Dot Factory as they watch out for falling tools, sharks & red-hot pipes as they fight more Geemers, Ghosts, Pookas & Light Clones as well as the Monoeyes from the *Kid Icarus* franchise. They then realize that Pac-Man is in Toc-Man's Mansion, so they head over there, maneuvering on coffin platforms, which some shrink to the size of an eye or just drop before resetting with Lily saying "Lucy would be so jealous at us right now if she was still around" if she's picked. They eventually reach Toc-Man's Lair & are transported to the Pac-Maze, which they encounter Pac-Man. They defeat him & dies as the *Pac-Man* death sound plays. Captain Toad uses Sethan to grab his soul & returns it to him as they use a pellet trail to escape as they see a pirate ship docked at the Valley of the Pirates & head for it.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Pac-Man

## Chapter 8: Pirate Ship

* **Enemies**: Bloopers, Bullet Bills, Tentacruels, Tinkerbats, Mermen, Light Clones

Everyone then reaches the next dock while also fighting more Bullet Bills, Tinkerbats & Light Clones as well as Bloopers from the *Super Mario* franchise as they try to reach the pirate ship. They're eventually stopped by Rex who fights them, but is defeated & dies as he collapses like what happened if he dies in battle in *Xenoblade Chronicles 2*. Risky grabs his, Pyra & Mythra's souls with her grappling hook & Pac-Man returns them to them. Rex is then surprised to see everyone & then leads onto the pirate ship as it's starting to leave the dock. Galeem notices the ship leaving, but doesn't notice that the Smash Bros are being stowaways on it until he checks, causing him to alert the ship.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Rex

Everyone, upon realizing Galeem spotted them & alerted his minions, then starts fighting more Bullet Bills, Tinkerbats, Merman & Light Clones to take control of the ship as the Dark Emperor stops the ship from moving until they took it over. They encounter Dixie Kong who then attacks them, but is defeated & collapses dead. Rex grabs her soul & resurrects her, causing her to cry like when she dies in *Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest* when being controlled by the player & *Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble* until she's comforted by Shantae where she noticed her ponytail while fighting her & joins them to help them conquer the ship.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Dixie Kong

Everyone eventually reach the deck as they fight more Bloopers, Bullet Bills, Tinkerbats, Merman & Light Clones as well as Tentacruels from the *Pokémon* franchise. They eventually get ambushed by Ezio who was hiding the whole time, waiting for the right time. He's then defeated & collapses dead & Rex grabs his soul with his Anchor Shot & returns it to him. Ezio then decides to join everyone in stop Galeem as they then steer the ship towards the nearest island, Gairyu Isle.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Ezio

## Chapter 9: Gairyu Isle

* **Enemies**: Bloopers, Octoroks, Bulborbs, Mermen, Jellyfish, Light Clones

Everyone then arrives on Gairyu Isle where they encounter & fight more Bloopers, Mermen & Light Clones. They eventually get ambushed by a Burrowing Snagret & defeated it, causing it to collapse. Ezio manages to grab & return its soul to it, resurrecting it & it shows the tunnels it made, which Taizo decides to use as shortcuts, so it would be easier to traverse the isle.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Burrowing Snagret

Everyone then uses 1 of the tunnels the Burrowing Snagret to fast-travel the isle as they fight more Bloopers, Merman & Light Clones as well as Octoroks from *The Legend of Zelda* franchise. They encounter Olimar & fight him, causing his helmet to break before collapsing to the ground. The Burrowing Snagret grabs his soul, while Olimar's Pikmin carry his body into place to resurrect him. He joins the group after sending his Pikmin to get materials, so they could leave the isle.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Olimar

Olimar then discovers that some of his Pikmin were taken by Nakoruru's falcon Mamahaha, so he has everyone chase after the falcon as they fight more Bloopers, Octoroks, Mermen & Light Clones as well as Jellyfish from *SpongeBob SquarePants*, which SpongeBob would catch after beating them if he's picked. They eventually find Nakoruru who feeds Mamahaha some of Olimar's Pikmin & she fights them along with summoning her wolf Shikuru to aid her. She then collapsing dead akin to her defeat animation in *The King of Fighters XIV* & *Samurai Shodown (2019)*. Olimar then uses some of Winged Pikmin to grab her soul & throws it to Mamahaha, so she could resurrect her, which works. She then talks about how Galeem was disturbing nature when he arrived as well as mentioning something else due to his presence, referring to Dharkon & then joins them after since she saw Haohmaru before she sent Mamahaha after Olimar's Pikmin.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Nakoruru

Everyone then starts searching for Haohmaru as they fight more Bloopers, Octoroks, Mermen, Jellyfish & Light Clones as well as Bulborbs from the *Pikmin* franchise. They eventually find him & fight him as he then collapses dead like his defeated animation from *Samurai Shodown (2019)*. Nakoruru grabs his soul & resurrects him, causing him to join everyone as that would allow him to face other challengers outside of the Isle as the new boat is finished. Meanwhile, Galeem notices that part of the sky is starting to crack, worrying him as he knows if the Smash Bros. break more characters free from his control, Dharkon will come back. He then decides to use someone to set up a trap.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Haohmaru

## Chapter 10: Mermaid Falls

* **Enemies**: Bloopers, Octoroks, Tinkerbats, Mermen, Tonberries, Jellyfish, Light Clones

The Smash Bros. arrive at Mermaid Falls with Shantae & Risky leading everyone since they know this place & they all start looking for characters to rescue as they fight more Bloopers, Jellyfish & Light Clones. They eventually encounter & fight Starfy who then collapsed like his death animation in *The Legendary Starfy* franchise. Piranha Plant grabs his soul & resurrects him, causing him to join the others in finding the others & stopping Galeem.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Starfy

Shantae & Risky then lead everyone as to traverse the falls as they fight more Bloopers, Octoroks, Jellyfish & Light Clones, while also dealing with Knuckles getting in their way as he laughs at them in *Sonic 3 & Knuckles*. He eventually fights them, but is defeated & collapses dead like his death animation also in *Sonic 3 & Knuckles* until Starfy grabs his soul & resurrects him. Knuckles then joins them, so he could find where Galeem put Sonic & Tails.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Knuckles

The Smash Bros. continue on through the falls as they ended up in a factory, which Shantae recalls that Techno Baron was trying to traffic girls by disguising them as mermaids being why mermaids attacked Scuttle Town, while they fight more Bloopers, Octoroks, Tinkerbats, Jellyfish & Light Clones. They eventually encounter Funky Kong who they fight & upon being defeated, collapses like how he does when losing a life in *Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze* until Knuckles glided to save his soul & resurrected him. He then joins them, so he could find Donkey, Diddy & Dixie Kong.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Funky Kong

They then continue through the factory as they fight more Bloopers, Octoroks, Tinkerbats, Jellyfish & Light Clones as well as Tonberries from the *Final Fantasy* franchise, shocking them when they see one kill 3 Tinkerbats with 1 stab, while being chased by the Leviathan after getting out of the factory. They eventually defeat it & Funky resurrects it after he gets its soul, causing it to join them, so it could help them out.

* **Unlocked Assist Trophy**: Leviathan

They all slide down a shaft outside of the factory, only for them to notice that there's no water. They then notice a massive water pillar in 1 spot as they deal with more Bloopers, Octoroks, Tinkerbats, Mermen, Tonberries, Jellyfish & Light Clones. Some of the Smash Bros. ride on Leviathan or the Dark Emperor to reach the top of the pillar, while SpongeBob just swims up it. At the top, they encounter a blue woman with a gem on her back looking at Galeem as he revealed that he used her to lure everyone here. Lapis then traps everyone in her water vices, but SpongeBob & the Leviathan both free themselves & fight her. He then eventually poofs & shatters Lapis, causing the water pillar to collapse as everyone except Galeem to fall into the water as he then grabs Lapis' soul, only to get another clip of 1 of his wings by Leviathan, who, along with Dark Emperor, carry everyone after Galeem retreats. They start fixing Lapis' gem & place her soul in it, resurrecting her. Lapis then explains that she's a Gem & joins the Smash Bros. to find out what happened to Steven & the others.

* **Unlocked Fighter**: Lapis

## Chapter 11: World Tree

* **Enemies**: Zurees, Slicers, Gekkos, Harpies, Malboros, Vehicons, Light Clones