Nintendo Battles

Nintendo Battles is a Nintendo fighting/melee game for the Wii and Nintendo DS series. The game is like a cross between the SSB saga and Tekken, but is not necessarily an air of seriousness. It was made a melee game mainly because it is the best solution that allows for the use of Link, a character who is not really known to fight with his fists as much as with magical weapons.

Some have said that this format is too similar to SSBB, but there are certain differences. For one thing, there would be a different collection of characters. For another, the characters are not forced to fight in a single way; in Brawl, the characters essentially just fought the same way as they entered, but in this game, the environment can be used to an advantage. That is, swords, staffs, ropes, etc. can be picked up and used by any character.

Plot
The plot is actually very similar to the one in the Star Trek episode, "The Gamesters of Triskelion," in which Captain Kirk, Enson Chekov, and Lieutenant Uhura are drafted into a fighting troop by some strange, temporarily unseen forces which bet on the winners of fights, ignorant of who lives or dies.

This is also how Nintendo Battles begins: a variety of protagonists are communicated with in their minds by a powerful force and transported instantly to a bizarre arena. They try to fight the guards surrounding them, but they are tripped, stalled, and prevented from escape. They are told by the force that they will be released only when they do what he commands, what what he commands is battle. He says that he will force them against his own champions, and if the heroes manage to defeat all of the champions, those who survive will be permitted to leave.

The heroes have no choice but to comply, but they don't necessarily take it sitting down. Whenever the force goes dormant for the night, some of them sneak around, bringing down and guards necessary and discovering the secrets of what is holding them there, in hopes of finding some way to defeat it.

Gameplay
There has not yet been any executive decision regarding how the game will be played (format, scrolling, etc.), but as of now a decent option may be similar to the versus mode in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. It has a nicely rotating arena format with good character visibility, and can be well applied to both a versus and story mode.

Characters
As stated before, some characters are heroes and some are champions. Champions will consist mostly or villains or other protagonists, as they are easily imaginable as wanting to fight the heroes, but they can be unlocked through defeat.

The protagonist branch would have to consist of important Nintendo characters, but the list can be altered at any time.

Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
Mario would be a medium-weight fighter, with good speed and power and probably average odds of 60.

Luigi (Super Mario Bros.)
Luigi would be a medium-weight character with lower-medium power but higher-medium speed, with average odds of about 54.

Toad (Super Mario Bros. 2)
Toad would be a light-weight character, with high speed and medium power, and with average odds of about 57

Peach (Super Mario Bros.)
Peach is a medium-weight character with higher-medium speed and power just below medium. Her odds would be about 50

Daisy (Super Mario Land)
Daisy is a medium-weight character with high-medium power and medium speed. Her odds would be about 59.

Link (The Legend of Zelda)
Link is a medium-weight character with higher-medium power and high speed. His odds would be about 67.

Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)
Zelda is a light-weight character with lower-medium power and lower-medium speed, but with high trickery. Her odds would be about 48.

Kirby (Kirby's Adventure)
Kirby would be a light-weight character with higher-medium speed and medium power. His odds would be about 55.

Captain Falcon (F-Zero)
Captain Falcon is a heavy-weight character with lower-medium speed and high power. His odds would be about 64.

Samus (Metroid)
Samus is a heavy-weight character with high power and higher-medium speed. Her odds would be about 70.

Pit (Kid Icarus)
Pit is a light-weight character with high speed and low power. His odds would be about 45.

Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
Donkey Kong is a heavy-weight character with medium speed and high power. His odds are about 68.

Sonic (Sonic's Adventure)
Sonic is a light-weight character with off-the-charts speed and medium power. His odds are about 65.

Fox (Star Fox)
Fox is a medium-weight character with higher-medium speed and medium power. His odds are about 53.