Act 4

## SUMMARY

### Section 1. Training with Stewart

Boxers introduces us to the competition in the training room in the lower floor of the hideout.

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Boxers: "Ok, lil' dude." "Here's how this is gonna go."

(Boxers demonstrates on the chalk board)

"So, here's the thing." "This is actually..." "a FIGHTING competition! Pretty cool right?" "This is what our fighters look like." (drawing of box head with gloves on each side) "These are, well, the hands." "And this is the head." "When you're in the ring... Your objective will be to hit the head." "If you punch their head off, you win." "HOWEVER!" "These fighters know what they're doing, the hands and the head work together as a team." "So punching their head off won't be as easy as you think." "Cause you'll need to watch out for their punches too, hehe." "If you beat all of our fighters tonight, you get to stay here with us!" "And if you lose, you get kicked out." "Now that you know all of that...." "How about you show lil' Stewart over here what you got?" "Don't worry, he'll be fine."

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Boxers presents us with Stewart the training dummy, and has us fight. The fighting minigames in this section of the game are in the style of Punch-out. Here Stewart acts as a tutorial fighter before the real fights begin.

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After defeating Stewart…

Boxers: "Well, uuuuh…" "Looks like you're taking this seriously, my dude." "Guess you're ready for the real deal now." "Meet me at the planning room, hehe."

If you defeat Stewart without getting hit you earn the achievement Easy Test.

If the Cursor choses to interact with Stewart after defeating him...

Narrator: "It's Stewart!" "...Or what's left of him at least..."

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The Cursor then returns to the lower floor lobby where there's various Handy Pals.

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Interacting with the ones on the bottom...

Narrator: "Just a couple of Handy Pals hanging out." "Looks like one of them is super excited."

Interacting with the lone one at the top...

Narrator: "Just a Handy Pal hanging around with... noone" "Seems like not all of them are extroverts."

Interacting with the group to the right:

Narrator: "Just a couple of Handy Pals hanging out."

Interacting with the sign on the left...

Narrator: ""Training Room""

When the Cursor interacts with the poster on the wall...

""Think you can HANDle us?"" ""Talk with Boxers if you want to fight with us! But remember..."" ""If you lose... you'll be on the WORLD'S BIGGEST LOSERS list!"" ""And trust us... you DON'T want to be there!""

Further up is the boxing stadium and some more Handy Pals. Some of them are crowding around the fighter's lounge. Trails of what look like construction paper lead to the planning room.

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Interacting with them...

Narrator: "This entrance is blocked."

Interacting with the ring...

Narrator: "The fighting ring." "Just looking at it makes you excited!"

the Cursor then enters the planning room. Here there's another chalk board, as well as some notes. The ground is littered with paper and craft supplies. In the back are some crates. Under the chalkboard is a spotlight and what looks like a spare head for Boxers.

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Once you and Boxers meet back up...

Boxers: "alright, I'm done with the other fighters, you're the only one left." "Since you're new, you gotta tell me what's your entrance gonna be like." "Maybe an elegant lookin' entrance, or the EPIC one." "That one's kind of cool actually." "Oh, but there's also the spooky one.." "AGH, I don't know man, you decide."

From here the Cursor can chose one of 3 entrances: "SPOOKY", "ELEGANT", and "EPIC".

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After that...

Boxers: "Alright! I'll let the Handy Pals know about this." "Ok so... last thing." "I need like a fighter name, for you of course." "Maybe something like... FINGER BREAKER! SUPER PUNCHER X!" "... Or something like that." "You get the point."

Boxers then presents the Cursor with a clipboard where they can choose a name. Most names will yield a generic response from a small list, but others have special responses.

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Writing "Boxers"...

Boxers: "So Boxers it is then." "Ya know, you could've been a bit more creative, but OK I guess..."

(this also earns you the achievement How Original)

Writing Skye…

Boxers: "So Skye it is then." "I don't think the crowd's a big fan of that one, but OK I guess..."

Writing Eight…

"So Eight it is then." "Heh, reminds me of a close friend of mine... I wonder where they're at."

Boxers will actually refuse to let you use any existing fighter names, though the only ones that can fit are Iron Punch and Hand Sight.

Typing a fighter name...

Boxers: "So (Fighter Name) it is then." "Nope, that one's taken, try thinking of something else."

After confirming your name...

Boxers: "Alright, I'm gonna go and hype up the crowd, you stay here til' I call you, okay?" "See you in the ring, my dude."

Continuing to the championship game, we see Boxers take center stage as the announcer.

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Boxers: "My dudes..." "Are ya'll ready..." "For the best night of your lives?"

(The audience claps)

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Boxers: "ALRIGHT!" "Earlier today we decided on having Iron Punch as our main fighter for tonight." "...but unfortunately, I haven't heard anything about their whereabouts." "But don't worry, dudes... cause' I found someone else!" "And unlike previous contestants, this one looks like they have some guts!" "...But I know what you're thinkin'..." "Can they actually take out all of our fighters TONIGHT?"

(Boxers points with a dramatic shine off his glove.)

"Well, it's time to find out!"

From here we go on to fight all three fighters starting with Handle Banks. If we lose, there's no special dialog, we just try again. Each fight starts with the Cursor's intro, a "VS" sign, and then the opponent's intro. Boxers also doubles as the referee.

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After defeating a fighter, the hand that controls its head is revealed, and then the Cursor can punch it.

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After defeating Handle Banks…

Boxers: "Oh man." "Looks like Handle Banks couldn't HANDLE the pressure!" "Hehehe..." "But our next fighter won't be as easy to beat!" "Cause you'll have to make sure..." "to keep em' in SIGHT!"

If you defeat Handle Banks without getting knocked down you earn the achievement Get banked on!

Next is the fight with Hand Sight. For the first two phases, he fights normally, but for the last phase, the arm gloves turn nearly invisible, his signature ability.

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After defeating Hand Sight…

Boxers: "Oof!" "Looks like Hand Sight… lost his sight?" "Ok, that one sucked." "But now... it's time for our LAST FIGHTER!" "The most feared fighter of all..."

If you defeat Hand Sight without getting knocked down you earn the achievement Can't see this hand!

Next is the fight with Fingertaker. Fingertaker's arm gloves are huge, and are able to catch the Cursor and strangle them. Any time you finish one of his phases, instead of falling down, he gives himself a slap in the face and pushes on.

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After Fingertaker's head glove is knocked back, he gets back up to fight the Cursor again punching them back...

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Boxers: "What?" "Fingertaker is BACK! And he wants revenge!"

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This triggers a button spam QTE where the Cursor defeats Fingertaker in fist to fist combat. A jazzy music cue plays as he's defeated for real.

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If you defeat Fingertaker without getting knocked down you earn the achievement The dead can't talk...