Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Definitive Edition/Final Smash

Final Smash is a mode in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Definitive Edition. It acts as a remake/re-imagining of World of Light, though taking more inspiration gameplay & story-wise from Subspace Emissary. (Note: I'm not a professional writer. Sorry if you find any problem with how I wrote or paced this story or if what I'm describing feels repetitive.)

Changes from World of Light

 * The gameplay has been changed into playing similarly to Subspace Emissary, being a side-scrolling adventure game similar & focuses on platforming & defeating groups of enemies, while also collecting spirits from the Light & Dark Clones, which can be equipped for each character.
 * Doesn't have long load times.
 * You start with the Mii Fighters, instead of Kirby to get rid of the Sakurai bias.
 * The Light, Dark & Light/Dark Realms are now split into levels with sections that end with a boss.
 * There’s more story cutscenes, though the characters are silent like in Subspace Emissary as well as to avoid complaints of bad dialogue or delivery & are done in real-time instead of pre-scripted to keep consistency while ironing any & all possible clipping.
 * Galeem & Dharkon are given more personality & clearer motivations, though retaining their amorality.
 * You can bring up to 3 characters into boss fights again with the bosses' health bars increased to compensate.
 * Any Assist Trophies that are playable in Assist Smash can help during levels & boss fights.
 * The freed bosses will also partake in some battles.
 * Stocks are removed, so the difficulty could be based around the level design & challenges, though you do lose points for every death.
 * There's only 2 endings: The Normal Ending & The True Ending with the bad endings removed due to being inconsequential.

Plot
The story begins with Master Hand & Crazy Hand watching over the various worlds after the events of Subspace Emissary, thinking that with the newcomers that they would be better prepared for any danger. They head to check Master Core & are shocked to see that it’s been stolen before the former is snatched by a set of wings, while the latter is snatched by tentacles afterward. It cuts to Kirby sleeping under a tree until he's woken up by Meta Knight, King Dedede & Bandana Waddle Dee where they noticed that Master Hands are attacking Dream Land. They then get a call from Fox who wants everyone to meet him, Falco, Wolf & Krystal on a cliff, causing Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight & Bandana Dee to get a headache upon Fox showing them Galeem. Meta Knight then takes the rest onto the Halberd to meet up with the others.

It cuts to a close-up of a blaster aimed at the horizon, revealing Fox as the camera then zooms out & pans to the left, revealing that he's addressing some of the playable cast, all of whom have been summoned to the edge of a cliff, though some are rubbing their heads as they recover their headaches. The camera then pans upward to reveal Galeem, who's currently accompanied by a looming army of Master Hands that's slowly approaching the mount before several Master Hands rush at them, while every other Master Hand surrounding Galeem slowly disintegrates into a glowing, blue streak of light that ends up being absorbed by Galeem. This causes Shulk envisions the downfall of his comrades & points towards Galeem as everyone stops & sees a singularity between Galeem & his now-absorbed Master Hand army as he creates a black hole, which soon collapses, creating an array of beams of intense light.

The beams of light 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 attempts to fire at the beams, but it's to no avail before she's engulfed by one. Both Zelda & Mewtwo simultaneously attempt to reflect the beams, before being immediately decimated. Sonic, Tails & Pikachu attempt to outrun the beams, with the former attempting to assist Pikachu in escaping, but all 3 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 Kong to escape but both get evaporated before he could reach him, 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. Bowser attempts 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. 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. Pit flies away, bestowed unto him by Palutena, who, along with Medusa & Viridi attempts to buy him more of a chance to escape by summoning a Reflect Barrier in the hopes of suppressing Galeem's attack, but simply vaporized by a beam, which causes him to lose their ability to fly, resulting in him 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 Ring Fit Trainee, Duck Hunt, Banjo & Kazooie & Isabelle 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 then reappears, wiping his core as it places Kirby in his spot & creates clones of everyone using his essence & Master Core to capture the spirits. It then starts crafting its new world, using parts of the world it destroyed & using Master Hand to place them, while sending everyone to capture all spirits to consume the darkness within them.

Later on a field near the Find Mii universe, a dark portal as Dharkon has its eye on 1 of its tentacles to look around to what Galeem has done & notices the Mii Brawler, Mii Swordfighter & Mii Gunner looking around for more spirits. It gets the idea to uncorrupt them to give Galeem some trouble, so it would be easier for it to steal some of the characters & locations Galeem has & then grabs the Brawler as it breaks its control over him before doing the same doing the same to the Swordfighter & Gunner before disappearing. 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.

1-1: Perilous Prairie
As they enter their home universe in Perilous Prairie, some Light Clones notice & attack them due to not giving the aura Galeem gave them. After defeating them, they notice the clones contained spirits & each decide to use them to help them in case things get hairy as they continue to wade through Perilous Prairie. The Miis eventually find Poochy & Nintendog getting into a little scuttle, which they were able to settle before the 2 attack them with Poochy in particular trying to push them down a cliff, only for the Swordfighter to use his sword like a stick & throws it to them, causing the 2 dogs collide with each other & pass out. Isabelle then appears & lunges at them. Isabelle falls over as the 2 dogs then wake up & greet the Miis as they then pet them. Poochy & Nintendog then start licking Isabelle as she wakes up & rubs her head. She then hugs the Mii Brawler as she cries before calming down & joins them as they head towards the Bewitching Bog.

1-2: Bewitching Bog
After reaching the end of the level, they notice the Nintendog is being grabbed by a Piranha Plant, while Poochy is barking at a bush. A goose then pops its head out & honks at Poochy before taking the Swordfighter's sword before he gets it back & a fight breaks out. Goose is knocked into Piranha Plant as they fall into the bog. The Miis & Isabelle then jump inside to rescue them as Goose then recovers & helps them pull Piranha Plant out of the water. Piranha Plant then wakes up & eats a Gastly that tried to sneak up on them as it & Goose then joins the others.

1-3: Ransacked Ruins
They reach the ransacked where they get attacked by Tetriminos that start falling from the sky as Goose finds the box using to spawn them & takes it towards the others for destroy it, but after breaking, it reforms, now out of Galeem's control, which everyone decides to use in certain cases, though they have to be careful not to make a straight line or else they'll disappear. After reaching the end of the level, they see several Gastlys flies in their direction, but realize that they're not attacking them, since it's revealed that they're being chased & eaten by Pac-Man due to a force of habit who then attacks them. Pac-Man then collapses as Galeem's control breaks before waking up & thanking everyone for rescuing him & joins the group as several flies follows them.

1-4: Restless Rise
The group then reaches Restless Rise where they noticed that a Master Hand is commanding a group of enemies & have to reach it. The group reaches the Master Hand clone, only for them noticing that it's holding something, which it then releases to reveal the Angry Video Game Nerd who then attacks them as some enemies join him. The Nerd then collapses as his glasses fall out & the Master Hand tries to crush him for failing it, but is stopped by the group. The Hand explodes & the Nerd wakes up after Goose pecks at him and looks around, thinking he had too much to drink & gets startled by the spirits that were rescued. He then joins the group as thanks for saving him from the Hand & they head to the Forest of Sorrow.

1-5: Forest of Sorrow
After reaching the end of the level, the Nerd notices a bunch of flies buzzing around himself & tries to swat them away. The rest of the group then start noticing flies buzzing around them as well & get ambushed by a massive hand holding a flyswatter. The Hand collapses as the flies plummet to the ground, which surprises the group, realizing that the 2 are connected. It then recovers as the flies fly back up & joins the group. After reaching the end of the level, they get attacked by various fists, feet, torsos & flowers that come from the trees or from the sky, which they learn came from the Ring Fit Trainee who then attacks them. She then collapses as the flame that she was burning fades & drops Ring. Mii Gunner picks up Ring to wake him up, which she does & then wakes the Ring Fit Trainee. She then gives everyone a smoothie as a thanks, then joins the group & scouts ahead to stay active.

1-6: Castle of Darkness
The group reaches the Castle of Darkness which they find rather particular since Galeem is supposed to represent light & begin their journey inside. Galeem, meanwhile, gets alerted of their presence while it began to notice some fighters are missing & sends a rather an orange spirit orb into the castle. The group eventually reaches the top of the castle where they notice the spirit orb, which forms into the Dark Emperor. The Brawler, Swordfighter & Gunner walk in front of the group to confront him & the battle begins. He collapses to the ground as the fighters soon follow. The castle then collapses as the Dark Emperor then wakes up, grabs the group & takes them out of the area. Meanwhile, the group is having a nightmare where Galeem is stabbing them with a lance made of its wings. They all wake up, surprised that they did it at the same time & noticed that the Dark Emperor has been protecting them from Light Clones, but are thankful as they then head on to the Mushroom Kingdom.

2-1: Toad Town
The group reaches Toad Town where they try to look for anyone & end up finding Yoshi who attacks them. Yoshi collapses as the aura fades away & some of the group pick him up & carry him to 1 of the Toad Houses. He then recovers as he jumps in place to thank them for rescuing them & joins them to look for Mario, but are forced to retreat to Peach's Castle as they would know Peach will probably be there unless she's with Bowser. Before they close the doors on Peach's Castle, the Gunner notices a Lakitu has survived, but isn't giving off Galeem's aura, so she then grabs it as Yoshi then grabs her before the rest lock the doors.

2-2: Peach's Castle
The group meets Peach in the castle foyer who presses a button on the wall, opening a trap door below them, causing them to fall with Yoshi using his Flutter Jump to stay up, but fails & falls in too. She then laughs, but gets hit with a Spiny as the Lakitu didn’t fall, plucks a turnip & throws it at it, causing it to fall down. Peach then sends several Light Clones & other enemies to the dungeons to make sure the group is dealt with.

The group then wakes up, noticing that they all are in Peach’s dungeon & then catch Yoshi & the Lakitu. They then hear several footsteps from upstairs & the Nerd signals them to head to the top of the castle to rescue Peach & start fighting their way as well as the Lakitu ingests a spirit as well. After reaching the end of the level, they noticed a Chain-Chomp that survived with the Lakitu removing its post as it runs up the stairs while the group, except the Lakitu, hangs on, grabbing & eating a spirit from a dead Light Clone along the way as it felt the energy emanating from the group. They reach the top of the castle where Peach sends some enemies to deal with them, while signaling Bowser’s Airship to help her. After defeating the enemies, Peach then fights the group while Bowser’s Airship & fires at them. Peach then falls off the top of her castle, but is saved by a mechanical arm from Bowser’s Airship & taken in. The group feels that Peach has been freed & jump to the ship, so they could meet up with her before it gets too far with the Lakitu grabbing the Chain-Chomp.

2-3: Bowser's Airship
Peach is locked in a cell after the Light Clones notice that she's not giving off Galeem's aura as they headed off Bowser's Castle to lock her up in a cage. She finds a secret passage in her cell after thrown in & goes inside of it that Light Clones of Mario & Luigi notice this & tear off the cell door & alerted the others, which the group who are hiding at the moment find out after seeing the Light Clones feel tense. After reaching the end of the level, Peach reunites with Mario, kisses his forehead as he takes his hat & joins the group. She then notices a claw coming at her & dodging out of the way to reveal Bowser Jr.. Bowser Jr. falls out of his Klown Car & it lands on him. The Chain-Chomp starts licking him to wake him up, which works as he reluctantly thanks the group for saving him & joins the group to rescue his papa as well as begrudgingly Mario & then signals them to retake the airship, so they could head to the castle with little trouble. Galeem, meanwhile, notices Bowser’s Airship is going in a circle & heads off to investigate. After defeating all enemies, Bowser’s Airship is shot by a beam of light, which the group turns to see Galeem who then launches its wings like drills in the ship’s hull & the group braces themselves as the ship crashes. They then head to Bowser’s Castle as Galeem checks the wreckage to make sure they’re dead.

2-4: Lava Fields
As they reach the castle, the group realizes that they need some way to cross the lava moat. Yoshi shows everyone the boat that's usually there when Mario, Luigi or Toad use to rescue Peach & use it to cross it while dealing with more enemies.

2-5: Castle Gates
As the group reaches the gates, another Master Hand surprises them as a fight breaks out. The Hand explodes & they notice there's Thwomps on the ceiling as the Lakitu throws a Spiny & sees it crushed by one. They notice a Light Clone of Bowser, knock out & throw him into the Thwomps, defeating all but one. They all check on it & it wakes up as it slides forward & the group dodges out of the way, but learn that it was because a group of Light Clones were going to ambush them. The Thwomp then joins the group as a result. Bowser, meanwhile, discovers the group, surprised that Peach is with them & sends his minions after them.

2-7: Iron Works
After reaching the end of the level, the group encounters Birdo with Mario, Luigi & Peach coming to the front as they've fought her before & she attacks them. Birdo then collapses as Yoshi approaches her. She then wakes up & hugs him, thanking him & the others for rescuing her & joins them on their journey.

2-8: Castle Towers
After reaching the end of the level, the group notice that 1 of the Hammer Bros has been freed from Galeem’s control & take it with them as they continue heading through the castle.

2-9: Main Courtyard
The group eventually reach the courtyard & have to defeat several enemies in order to get to Bowser's keep. Bowser, meanwhile, sends someone to take care of them. After defeating all the enemies, the group discovers who Bowser sent to take care of them this time: Mario. Mario tries to jump the Lakitu, but misses & tries to the shell of a defeated Koopa Troopa at them before the fight begins. Mario then collapses as the aura disappears & Peach rushes forward to see he's okay. She hugs him, thinking he's dead & kisses her forehead & Mario then wakes up & hugs back as he then joins the group & everyone heads to Bowser's Keep to rescue Bowser.

2-10: Bowser's Keep
The group reach him on a bridge that has an axe on 1 side as he, mad that they got him too, attacks them with Bowser Jr. horrified that he doesn’t recognize him, but determined to have him come to his senses. Bowser then collapses & as Mario, Peach, Bowser Jr., Piranha Plant, the Lakitu & the Hammer Bro approach him, a drill made of wings emerges from the top of the castle & destroys the bridge, causing all of them to fall to a lower part of the castle with Bowser falling into the lava. The group recover to see Galeem who then forms its 2 wings into a hand & sprinkles some black paint on where Bowser was before leaving. Everyone then turns to Bowser reemerge as Fury Bowser as the sky turns dark red, which Galeem starts consuming while everyone takes on Fury Bowser. Fury Bowser then flies into the background & starts heaving black paint as he shrinks & turns back into Bowser. Bowser then recover & gets hugged by Bowser Jr., the Lakitu, the Hammer Bro & the Chain-Chomp. He then sees Mario, Luigi & Peach with them, feeling a bit embarrassed that they saved him & then joins them. Galeem, mad that Fury Bowser was defeated, swats everyone into the sky with 1 of its wings. It then releases several more light orbs everywhere & leaves to continue its investigation of the missing spirits & characters. Meanwhile, where Galeem was at before investigation, Master Core, who Galeem has wrapped in an orb of light, starts to light a bit as it shows a spirit inside of it.

3-1: Homecoming Hijinks
The group regain consciousness as they noticed they’re in the snow & Mario realizes that they’re at Donkey Kong Island. However, he & the others are rather puzzled as to why there’s snow here. The Piranha Plant then finds a banana, which gives Mario the idea to find & rescue Donkey Kong & whoever could be here. After reaching the end of the level, the group notices several trees getting knocked down on their left & jump out of the way as Rambi charges forward. Rambi then collapses as the Chain-Chomp carries him until the group noticed that some Light Clones are guarding the pathway to the beach. Rambi leads, having recovered, the group towards it as he plows through several Light Clones as Peach hangs on, while Mario & Luigi ride on Yoshi & the Miis hold onto the Chain-Chomp.

3-2: Seashore War
After reaching the end of the level, the Chain-Chomp is dragged into a puddle that emerged. The group then notices that there's several puddles around them & Orcane emerges as he dodges several attacks before lunging at them. The Nerd then finishes Orcane off as he then collapses as the group take him with them since he acted similarly to the Piranha Plant, the Lakitu, the Hammer Bro, the Chain-Chomp, Rambi & Goose. He then wakes up to see the group sleeping, settling down due to the cold since Mario made the fire using barks from the palm trees & his pyrokinesis & decides to guard them since he already got his rest. The group then wakes up as Orcane puts out the fire & seeing the ship on top of the volcano, think they need to take care of whoever in there to get rid of the snow as they head to the ruins.

3-3: Aqueduct Assault
After reaching the end of the level, the Hammer Bro & Lakitu notice a Klaptrap that survived & it's not attacking them. It skitters towards them, which the rest noticed as they were looking something peculiar on 1 of the walls, showing a mysterious being that appears in people’s dreams. Thus, everyone decides that they need more information on it before they decide to start looking for it.

3-4: Blurry Flurry
The group discover that they need to get through the cave in order to continue the path towards the volcano. After reaching the end of the level, they notice someone has been slamming snowballs & causing stalactites to fall throughout their trek & discover that it was Magnus who then attacks them. Magnus then collapses as the cave starts collapsing. The Chain-Chomp, Yoshi & Orcane carry him out as the others escape. After escaping the cave, Magnus wakes up, thanks everyone for saving him & joins them as they head to the forest.

3-5: Forest Folly
After reaching the end of the level & dodging giant snowflakes, the Smash Bros. hear not 1, but 2 beings swinging around the trees & sees that it's Donkey Kong & Diddy Kong who enter a launch barrel held by a Master Hand who then fires them at the group. Mario steps forth due to having fought him before, but the others join him as they don’t want him to be outnumbered by them. Diddy Kong collapses while Donkey Kong rolls around before landing on top of him. Before the group can check on them, the Master Hand from earlier swoops in to stop them. The Master Hand explodes as Diddy recovers & manages to get himself off out of Donkey. Donkey then follows suit & then he & Diddy both thank everyone for saving them, though the Nerd is at a loss of words seeing them in person & Peach had to defend the Klaptrap from them when they notice it with them. Donkey & Diddy then lead everyone towards the volcano, knowing why they’re here.

3-6: Cliffside Slide
The group arrive at the cliff as they realize that they have to also go through the factory that’s near the top of the cliff. However, they feel a lot of shaking & notice that several enemies slamming against it, causing an avalanche of rocks, bones & snow, though they’re determined to trek up it since they need to get to the ship. After reaching the end of the level, the group is then attacked by a Burrowing Snagret that emerges from the ground. The Burrowing Snagret then collapses & the group pulls it out of the snow as the avalanche continues & as they head to the factory to rest for a bit. It then wakes up & alongside the Dark Emperor, guarded everyone as they rested inside the factory.

3-7: Frozen Frenzy
Everyone enters the factory as they break the ice surrounding the power system to reactivate, despite part of the building missing several bricks & then rest for a bit. Meanwhile, Lord Fredrik discovers the group have reached the island & are almost close to him after seeing the factory working again. He then sends more enemies & Light Clones as well as 2 particular beings towards the factory and the volcano with 1 grabbing a straw hat. The Smash Bros. then wake up & notice that several enemies are now in the factory & thus have to continue their trek to the ship. After reaching the end of the level, Donkey & Diddy Kong sense someone rather familiar to them, lurking in the factory. King K. Rool then jumps at them & the 3 clash as everyone soon joins the Kongs. K. Rool then collapses & Donkey Kong, remembering what he did to temporarily save him from Galeem, carries him over his shoulder out of the factory as the rest of the group finally reaches the volcano, thinking that the heat from the lava will speed up his recovery & have to get to the other side of it in order to reach the ship where Fredrik is at.

3-8: Meltdown Mayhem
Like at the factory, everyone starts breaking the ice as the lava emerges from walls & even the floor itself. As the lava flows inside, K. Rool wakes up as everyone finally warms up & joins them as they have to reach Fredrik’s ship before the volcano erupts & Galeem notices with Rambi helping them bust through several blocks with his face on them as well as snowballs that create temporary bridges for them. After reaching the end of the level, the Smash Bros. reach Fredrik’s ship, only for a barrel to be tossed at them by a Bonkers before K. Rool takes care of him with a Gut Check. Donkey Kong then inspects the barrel, only to get punched in the face as Luffy emerges from the barrel & begins his fight with everyone. Luffy collapses as the aura disappears & then recovers as he grabs his straw hat, which was slowing landing after his defeat. He then leads everyone inside Fredrik’s ship, knowing why they're here.

3-9: Volcano Dome
The group arrives at Fredrik’s throne room where Fredrik jumps them & destroys the floor, sending everyone to a basalt field in a pool of lava, initiating the fight. Fredrik collapses & at that point, the volcano erupts, launching the ship & everyone on it upward into the water as the snow melts away. Galeem hears the volcano erupt & heads over to check. Everyone that’s still on the ship start rescue everyone that fell into the water with Fredrik grabbing Luffy since he can’t swim. He, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong & K. Rool glare at each other before they notice a light coming towards them & gets everyone to start manning his ship to escape. Galeem notices that both the snow & the ship are gone & the factory is up & running, thinking the Smash Bros. survived the flinging & broke the control of more of its minions. It then sees water currents that are moving away from the island, prompting it to follow them.

4-1: Octo Canyon
Fredrik’s ship washes ashore to Cephalon HQ & breaks into pieces. Everyone notices that they've arrived at Octo Canyon & thinking that they're probably here, start looking for the Inklings & Octolings. After reaching the end of the level, the group is gets attacked by Klonoa who looks more snarly & charges forward at them. Klonoa then collapses as the aura goes away & then recovers & rubs his head, thinking that he went through some bad dream journey. He then joins the group as they continue going through the Cephalon HQ.

4-2: Octarian Stadium
Everyone eventually reach the Octarian Stadium & have to fight several enemies in order to continue on. After defeating everyone, a Octosniper throws a Pokéball that releases a Toxtricity as Pikachu charges forward while Klonoa releases Eevee & Luffy releases Meowth. Toxtricity collapses as the Octosniper returns to its Pokéball, only to be defeated by Klonoa & he grabs the ball before rejoining everyone else as the coliseum collapses.

4-3: Underground Expressway
The group then heads into the Underground Expressway to continue their search, while dealing with not just enemies, but also Dash Tracks, Ride Rails & even invisible platforms that can be revealed with ink, using nearby Ink Bombs or ink from Octosnipers & Octolings. After reaching the end of the level, Penny is stuck in gum, which everyone else finds weird. They then get stuck in gum themselves as Berecca reveals herself. Mario & Bowser burn the gum off them, while Fredrik freezes it off him before they free the rest. However, they notice that someone is drawing something over them such as tomatoes, birds & cats, obscuring their views & Fredrik then points towards 1 tower that shows Vince just painting, trying to help her before the fight begins. Berecca slams into a wall while getting stuck in her own gum before passing out herself, while Dave slams Vince’s canvas over his head & then he passes out before he gives a sheepish grin & puts his fingers together, thinking that he might’ve overdid it. As everyone approaches her, they realized that she’s not an Inkling nor an Octoling, since she used gum instead of ink to fight. Vince, who also recovered, then paints a picture of the Inklings & Octolings & shows it to her to see if she’s seen them. She nods & leads everyone where she thinks she saw them.

4-4: The Octogalaxy
Everyone reaches the Octogalaxy, dealing with the same obstacles as well as Ink Pistons, Balloon Fish, Inkfurlers, Ink Cannons & Gushers. After reaching the end of the level, the Smash Bros. notice ink everywhere, finally getting a lead as to where the Inkling & Octoling could be, only to get surprised by a Splat Bomb as well as 2 Ink Shots. Berecca points to show that Marie & Marina are sniping at them, while the Inkling & Octoling hand some spirits to a Master Hand to send to DJ Octavio before they charge forward as he escapes. The Inkling & Octoling collapse while Marie & Marina fall from their vantage points as their souls leave, which the Master Hand then grab & put in jars before charging towards the group to deal with them. The Master Hand explodes as Mario, Luffy, Klonoa & Berecca open the jars, grab the souls & place them back into their bodies, causing them to wake up & after thanking everyone, joins them in stopping Octavio from telling Galeem that he’s found them.

4-5: Transfer Junction
Everyone reaches Transfer Junction where they discover that Octavio is in Alterna, having watched them throughout their journey since the Underground Expressway, so he could tell Galeem where the Smash Bros. are at & go through enemies, Sponges & Splat-Switches. After reaching the end of the level, everyone notices something rather particular on the ground: 2 leeks. As Marie picks them up, Octavio drops Hatsune Miku off & points towards the Smash Bros. as she sees that they’re touching them before leaving. She comes at them with a jump kick as everyone else notices her & fights through Olimar, Yoshi, Birdo & the Hammer Bro to get to Marie. She whip kicks her forward, knocking her against a wall as she lets go of the leeks & grabs both in her right arm before whacking them at Mario & Luigi before the fight begins. Miku collapses as Galeem’s aura dissipates, while Marie & Marina exam her as they’re surprised to learn that idols existed longer than they thought, given how she was dressed. She then wakes up & rubs her head as Berecca shows that where she’s from there are outfits that are replicas of her outfit, demonstrating that others have heard of her, exciting her. However, she realizes that if Galeem won, she’ll be wiped out of existence alongside everyone else & joins the Smash Bros. to stop it.

4-6: Paradise Lanes
Everyone arrives at Paradise Lanes as it’s the last place to get through before reaching Alterna while dealing with enemies, Balloon Fish, Ink Switches & Gushers. After reaching the end of the level, they notice that there aren’t any enemies here, so they look after, only to be either webbed to a wall like the Thwomp & Miku, webbed together with someone they were with such as Mario, Luigi, Bowser & Fredrik as they were thrown together after getting, stuck on the floor like the Lakitu or left hanging on a high platform like Captain Toad & Dave. The Mii Fighters & Berecca discover them like this, only to get webbed themselves where they & the rest discover that it’s Spider-Man who slides down on 1 of his webs, having been sent by Octavio after Miku failed & switches between hitting everyone. They all struggle & break free from his webs & try to fight him, only for his Spider-Sense to activate, allowing him to dodge attacks & trick each other into hitting each other before the level begins. Peter crashes into a structure, knocking him out cold as it collapses on top of him & Galeem’s control wears off. Everyone else comes to get the rubble off him while he sees Aunt May & Uncle Ben’s spirits coming to him inside his head to keep him motivated. He then pushes himself up & lifts the remaining rubble off his back. Mario uses sign language to ask what motivated Peter into not giving up, despite their help. Peter webs over a picture of May & Ben to them to look at as he lost them before this all happened & see him hang his head low & then joins the Smash Bros..

4-7: Alterna
Everyone then reaches Alterna as Peter webs a bridge for them, which he does the OK sign with how stable the bridge is before swinging forward & pulling out another bridge to help them as he scouts ahead as they have to reach Octavio before he tells Galeem that he found him. After reaching the end of the level, everyone notices several spirits being fed into the Octobot King as it powers. It then moves to show Octavio who stares at the Smash Bros. & placing a security key to keep his theme playing without worry of it being hacked like what the last 3 times before beginning the onslaught on them to keep them busy until Galeem gets the signal or if that doesn’t work, kill everyone himself. The Octobot King explodes as ink flies everywhere & Octavio is sent flying towards the Smash Bros., crashes into a pile of snow & passes out as the antenna he was using to contact Galeem short-circuits, as the spirits are freed & everyone start collecting them. The Inkling then pulls something she had with her: a snow globe, which everyone else, except Marie, finds weird, though the Octoling gives an interested look upon seeing that this is what her former master was trapped into. The Inkling then gives it to her, so she could keep an eye on her once he was recovered as everyone else leaves Alterna. Meanwhile, the apparitions of May & Ben return to Master Core as the spirit from within sent them to help Spider-Man as if it’s helping the Smash Bros. stop Galeem.

5-1: Building Lobby
The Smash Bros. arrive another city, which, after seeing an advertisement for the Mintendo Noodle House, know that they could be find Min Min here, but have to enter the Sky Arena in order to find her. They head off the building's lobby where several enemies & Light Clones attack them upon seeing them. After defeating every enemy, the elevator opens as Little Mac & Sukapon leave & begin the fight. Little Mac collapses & Sukapon falls to pieces as Galeem's aura dissipates. The Octoling picks up Sukapon's piece as she, the Inkling, Yoshi, Bowser Jr., Mii Brawler, Mii Swordfighter, Mii Gunner, Marie, Marina & Berecca use the elevator, while the rest take the stairs as Bowser carries Little Mac.

5-2: Sky Arena Building 15th Floor-20th Floor
As everyone starts climbing the floors, they eventually regroup on the 15th floor as they need a key to get to the Laboratory where they could find info on that being they saw in the ruins back in Donkey Kong Island with everyone rescued afterwards getting caught up after a paper on it in 1 of the desks. Sukapon then recovers & attacks 2 Rocket Grunts & throws a Fire Walking Piranha Plant into a wall, while Little Mac, who also recovered, punches 5 more Rocket Grunts as more enemies flood the stairs. After defeating everyone, they discover that the key isn't on this floor. Then the elevator dings again as Tails leaves & Spin Dashes forward towards the group & commences a fight. Tails collapses as Galeem's aura disappears & Little Mac grabs him as everyone else head to the 16th Floor to continue their search for the key. As everyone checks the 16h Floor for the key, the elevator opens again & a Toaster ARM emerges as Spring Man leaves & punches several of them while parrying others' attacks as before the fight begins. Spring Man then collapses as Galeem’s aura dissipates & his ARMS disappear. He then recovers as Berecca helps him & points out that they have the same pompadour, which Berecca humors him by poking his. He then leads everyone that's taking the stairs to head to the 17th floor as they take care of more enemies. After defeat everyone, the elevator opens again with Little Mac standing by it & sees Shantae jump over him as she fights the Inkling & Octoling before the rest join in. Shantae collapses as the aura disappears & then more enemies show up, but are defeated as she recovers & helps them take care of them as she showcases her hair-whipping & transformation abilities. This being enough to convince to take her with them as she’s just determined as them to know why this even happened as they head up to the 18th Floor where they get greeted by Bald Bull with him charging at the group, though Fredrik was able to freeze for a bit before Little Mac uppercuts him. Bald Bull stumbles a bit, does a spin & falls facefirst as Galeem's aura wears off. After the group still has no luck with finding the key, he then gets up where he begrudgingly puts his hand on Mac to thank him for rescuing him as he joins the group & the group continues onto the 19th Floor where, at this point, everyone expected to not find the key on that floor. After defeating everyone, the elevator opens again, which Ryu Hayabusa dashes out as he clashes with Berecca before the rest join in. Hayabusa is thrown against a wall & passes out with Shantae picking him up as the group head up to the 20th Floor, which is where the key would most definitely be at, since they've checked the other floors. After they reached the 20th Floor, the stairway & elevator flood with 60 Fall Guys, holding some of them as 1 snatches the key from Spring Man & runs off to keep it away from the group. All the Fall Guys then collapses after they're all defeated & the one who had the key was thrown back into the room, thus the group now finally has the key to ARMS Laboratories, which is a few floors above them as they head & the Fall Guys, having recovered, soon follow them as they don't want to be left behind.

5-3: ARMS Laboratories
Everyone finally enters the ARMS Laboratories as they learn more about how Spring Man & Min Min's ARMS work, despite still not having found the latter as the Fall Guys help everyone get things done quicker until several enemies arrive due to the intrusion. After defeating everyone, a Master Hand punches through the building to drop off something before leaving, which turns to be SpongeBob SquarePants, surprising everyone, who then growls like a rabid dog & laughs maniacally before running towards them. SpongeBob collapses as the Master Hand returns & grinds against him everywhere for failing to stop everyone until the group intervenes. The Hand as SpongeBob recovers & everyone else realizes that there's no stairway to the main arena, so they decide to use the nearby rooftops around the building to reach it with some holding onto SpongeBob as he inflates himself towards 1 of them & the Fall Guys making a bridge of themselves to cross before pulling each other up.

5-4: City Rooftops
After reaching the end of the level, Spring Man notices something jumping from roof to roof coming at them. An oddly-colored chicken who attacks him & the rest with wrestling moves, dodges as it reveals the chicken is Juan Aguacate as he switches between both forms. Juan then collapses with Spring Man wondering why he’s wearing a Luchador if he doesn’t have ARMS like him & Min Min. He recovers as Spring Man grabs his arm & joins everyone else as they head to the main arena.

5-5: Main Arena
Everyone finally reaches the main arena as the sun starts to set while Galeem absorbs more darkness from it & deal more enemies in order to win the tournament. After defeating everyone, the group finds out that Min Min is the champion of the arena & attacks them as she approaches the ring. Min Min stumbles as she notices that Dr. Coyle emerges from her right & punches her as they come to blows as Spring Man also joins in until she teleports behind Min Min & uppercuts off the arena. This causes Spider-Man to jump down to save her with his webs which he does, though Min Min grabs onto him 1 arm since he fired webs from both wrists & grabs the railing with the other as the 2 reenter the battle. Hedlok explodes into pieces as Dr. Coyle collapses to the ground as Galeem’s aura fades. Spring Man & Min Min both then approach her as she recovers, turning their ARMS back to normal. Coyle’s ARMS turn back to normal as she shakes hand with them with a disgusted look on her, since she knows why they & the rest rescue her. She then heads to her lab where she grabs the blueprints for Hedlok, so she could rebuilt him to help the Smash Bros. deal with Galeem, while Min Min discovers a poster for the F-Zero Grand Prix. This causes him to enter the racing tournament to rescue Captain Falcon & whoever else could be there.

6-1: Mute City
Everyone arrives at Mute City & decided that they have to enter the Grand Prix, since that’s where the first of 5 races will take place at, but most of them don’t have vehicles. So, they decide that they should just get of all the cars, since the poster doesn’t have any rules on them, which they do find rather peculiar. The race then begins as they each get some of the cars competing while Flies & Hand flies near them & Octavio, who has recovered at this point, being placed inside the car that the Inkling, Octoling, Marie & Marina start on, though several enemies notice what they’re doing. After reaching the end of the level & the 2nd lap of the Mute City race, they notice that some cars are being knocked towards them & find out that it's Dillon that's doing it. Dillon collapses & hits 1 of the cars behind him as Spider-Man grabs him with his webs, since he doesn't want to wait for the next lap to save him, which everyone agrees to & continue to reach the front of the race. After reaching the end of the level, Mario & Luigi notice some people rather familiar speeding towards them: Wario on his bike & Waluigi on his kart. They then see them & snarl at them before lunging at them as the bike & kart veer off course & explode. Wario & Waluigi stumbles off the back of the car as Galeem’s aura fades, but Luigi grabs him before his head hits the bumper. The car that they, Mario & Peach are hanging onto wins the race, much to Waluigi's delight, thus willing to work with Luigi & the others.

6-2: Big Blue
The Smash Bros. arrive at Big Blue for the 2nd race of the Grand Prix with Wario & Waluigi knowing what to do since they saw the others do the same before they got to them. After reaching the end of the level & the final lap of the Big Blue race, Wario & Waluigi narrowly dodge an X-Slash that destroys the car they were on, getting everyone's attention as they also dodge the slashes, which Wario realizes are coming from Kat & Ana. Wario grabs Kat, while Waluigi grabs Ana & they slam them together, causing them to pass out as Galeem's aura fades & the group wins the 2nd race. Kat & Ana then recover & both hug Wario for saving them, apologizing for trying to kill him & the others.

6-3: Red Canyon
Everyone arrives at where the 3rd race will be at: Red Canyon where they know all the drill by now: win the race & find Captain Falcon. As they go through the race, they realize that they have to deal with falling boulders. After reaching the end of the level and the 3rd lap of the Red Canyon, they notice 1 vehicle coming at them that they sort of recognize: the Fire Stingray, driven by Samurai Goroh. He puts the Fire Stingray on autopilot as he opens the cockpit window, jumps to where the Smash Bros. are & pulls out his katana. Samurai Goroh collapses as Galeem’s aura fades & Marie & Marina get on the Fire Stingray as they turn off the autopilot, so they could move to the right spot, so the rest could put Goroh back in before putting it back on, so nothing bad would happen to him, since he might know where Captain Falcon is, since he’s his rival. After reaching the end of the level & the final lap of the race, Goroh recovers & notices 1 of the vehicles coming at him, which the rest do too. They then notice that a Master Hand saw that they entered themselves in the Prix & is now trying to stop them from winning this race. The Hand explodes as everyone wins the race & Goroh leads them to where the next race will be at.

6-4: Fire Field
It’s revealed that Galeem is watching the Prix where the former discovers the Smash Bros. entered & crush its screens in frustration as it heads off to deal with them while Dharkon, who’s watching Galeem, does a laughing gesture at its misery. Meanwhile, everyone enters the Fire Field, several of them having to stretch their clothes due to the heat, though the Ring Fit Trainee isn’t bothered by it. Goroh reveals that the Fire Stingray & other vehicles having air conditioning inside them, so some of them could be with him as the rest could just hijack some of the other vehicles, though they have to be careful since the course doesn’t have any guardrails. After reaching the end of the level & the 4th lap of the Fire Field race, Goroh notices a laser on 1 of the vehicles in front of him, which gets shot by a bullet & crashes. Everyone tries to find the source of the bullets & eventually find that the laser is coming from a bus that seems to be flying & is also on autopilot, revealing that Jonesy is the one that’s been shooting at them. Everyone then reaches Jonesy while dodging more bullets as well as the parts of the tracks that make the vehicles upside down. Jonesy collapses as Galeem’s aura fades & falls off his bus. He then teleports back on it using his Rift-To-Go back to normal as the rest that left the vehicles can now get back on them after the track goes back to normal for the time being & win the penultimate race as they head to the final race since they know that it's where Captain Falcon lives.

6-5: Port Town Aero Dive
The group arrives to Port Town Aero Dive where the final race will take place where they know for certain that they're going to find Captain Falcon here. Little did they know, Galeem also arrives to drop someone off as it can take care of the Smash Bros. while it goes absorbs the light from the trade center as the race begins. After reaching the end of the level & the final lap of the race, Goroh sees the Blue Falcon boosting towards him as Captain Falcon ejects from it as he places it on autopilot & tries to Falcon Punch the Fire Stingray, but Goroh gets out of the way. Everyone then moves their vehicles together, so they could stay together as they fight him. Captain Falcon is flung back into the Blue Falcon, causing him to turn off the autopilot & veer off the side of the track with Jonesy using a Rift-To-Go to transport the Battle Bus to rescue him while Fredrik dives to grab the Blue Falcon & throws it back on the track as he & Jonesy teleport themselves back on the track. As they go through the race, they notice several vehicles getting tossed from behind, which several of them realize that it’s Duon, thinking that Galeem dropped him off as a last ditch attempt to get them to forfeit the Prix as more enemies start swarming them. After reaching the end of the level & winning the race, the Smash Bros. get attacked by Duon as he’s not being a sore loser since he was dropped off to take care of them & not to win the Prix. Duon then collapses on his side as Galeem's aura fades away, but manages to reactivate by himself as he notices several enemies trying to close in on the group. Duon then follows them behind Penny, the Blue Falcon, the Fire Stingray & Flies & Hand as they go through another wormhole after they're all token care of.

7-1: Emerald Coast
The Smash Bros. arrive at Station Square. Pikachu & Tails know that this could be where Sonic could be & lead everyone through the Emerald Coast, so they could rescue him & anyone else they find, though they have watch out for the orca in the area, since it'll probably to eat some of them. After reaching the end of the level, the group spots a bus coming at them as they dodge out of the way. Isabelle notices that it's Kapp’n who’s driving as he’s trying to run them over. They then makes him crash his bus into an invisible platform to knock him out, getting rid of the aura he was emitting. Isabelle pulls him out of the bus & resituates him. He then hugs her, apologizing for trying to kill her & the others & thanking them for rescuing him & joins them as the bus gets repaired by the Miis. At that moment, the group is attacked by Ness & Lucas who arrived since Kapp'n was freed. Ness & Lucas collapse onto each other as Galeem's aura fades from them both. With Kapp'n's bus replaced, the group puts them inside as they continue their journey to find Sonic, while unknowingly being watched by Chaos.

7-2: Casinopolis
The group arrives at Casinopolis where they think that they could find Sonic here with dealing more enemies & pinball machines that could drop them into a garbage dump underneath it containing spike balls & a giant fan. After reaching the end of the level, the group is blindsided with a sudden emerge of buildings that starts from moving from member to member. They find out that Dr. Wright is commanding the pile of buildings & have to reach him to get him to stop & free him. The Nerd knocks out Wright, causing the buildings to disappear. He then recovers & apologizes for trying to kill them & joins their search to find Sonic. After reaching the end of the level, they got spotted by Ed, Edd/Double D & Eddy. Eddy sends Ed & Double D after the group with the former tossing slot machines at them, while the latter tries to punch Tails as Eddy puts several coins into his pockets. Ed grabs & tosses Mario & Luigi into another one before the next fight begins. The Eds are sent flying through the air & collapse on top of each other as Galeem's aura fades from all 3. As the group continues their search for Sonic, Ed, now in a better mood, wakes up & carries Double D & Eddy with him, since he doesn't want himself or his friends to get left behind.

7-3: Twinkle Park
The group arrives at Twinkle Park while Ed puts Double D & Eddy down, so he could refuel after all the walking & the others did, while looking for Sonic. until he drinks from Chaos who then disappears as enemies attack while Double D & Eddy wake up & head over to help Ed. After reaching the end of the level, Tails encounters Amy who then attacks him as some of them reach him to help him. Amy collapses as Galeem's aura emerges, which Tails takes her out of the way, so she could wake up with no problem. Meanwhile, Eddy encounters Cartman as he attacks him while those who were too far to help Tails deal with Amy. Cartman collapses as Eddy does the same thing Tails did with Amy. A bit later, Amy & Cartman recover as Master Hand arrives to look for them, but attacks everyone upon seeing the 2 no longer under Galeem's control. The Hand explodes as everyone then leaves the Park as they continue their journey of finding Sonic with Chaos watching them again, rubbing his head since Ed drank from him & conjuring a water orb to show Galeem what happened before Galeem points to its side as to tell him to follow them.

7-4: Speed Highway
Everyone arrives at Speed Highway where they find Sonic, but he gets away, causing them to chase after with Pikachu leading them as it remembers how he tried to save it & some riding on Duon. After reaching the end of the level, everyone hears whirring as several Excitebikers start rushing towards & surrounding them, thinking that Sonic sicced them after them. All the Excitebikers then crash into each other as they get wrecked, but survive as Galeem's aura fades from them & help the group try to catch up with Sonic. After reaching the end of the level, the group finally catches up to Sonic as Pikachu, Tails & Amy try to snap him out of it, but have to knock some sense back into him. Sonic then collapses as Pikachu, Tails & Amy run up to see if he's okay & Pikachu then nudges him to wake up as it tears up. He then does & hugs Pikachu as he gets teary-eyed before Tails & Amy come in to join them before they continue on the next area since Sonic knows that Knuckles & Chaos could be around here too.

7-5: Mystic Ruins
The group then reaches the Mystic Ruins where they rest for a bit before they try to find Knuckles. Tails then starts fixing up Duon for any minor injuries he got from the battles. Chaos then materializes as he moves in to attack him while he’s distracted, but Tails notices & fights him with Duon helping before realizing that he was distracting him, so more enemies would arrive to attack the others before jumping into the water to retreat. After reaching the end of the level, everyone notices several rockets coming at them, which Ness knows where they could be coming from. He then sees Jeff Andonuts setting up more rockets before firing them off & thus, have to reach him to get him to stop. After reaching Jeff, some rockets end up hitting him, knocking into a wall. Ness & Lucas runs over to check up on him as he comes to since Galeem's aura fades. Jeff then hugs Ness, thanking him for saving him & joins the group as they continue through the ruins. After reaching the end of the level, Sonic & Tails see someone gliding towards them, knowing who it is. It turns to be Knuckles who slams into the ground as everyone backs off. Chaos appears to show that he sent him to take care of them while he takes the Chaos Emeralds with him, since they're in the same area as the Master Emerald. Sonic tries to spin dashes into Knuckles, but Knuckles grabs him with 1 hand & slams him into the ground. Knuckles collapses as Galeem's aura fades, but then recovers as he sees that, while Chaos stole the Chaos Emeralds, the Master Emerald is still there, but in pieces, enraging Knuckles, since Galeem smashed it while he was fighting the group. Everyone heads off after Chaos with Sonic, Tails, Amy & Knuckles knowing where he would be at.

7-6: Flooded Station Square
Everyone arrives at Station Square, which Sonic, Eggman, Tails, Amy & Knuckles remembered that Chaos flooded the city where they notice Galeem giving Chaos the Chaos Emeralds & heads off to find out who else could be plotting against it, despite being under its control. Everyone then heads towards Chaos to confront him as Duon swims through the water, while Luffy has to avoid touching it since it’ll leave him powerless, though have to deal the enemies left for him as backup. After reaching the end of the level, everyone starts getting shot at, which they see is coming from C.J. & several Light Clones of Bill, Lance, Marco, Cuphead, Mugman, Doom Slayer & Gunvolt, which they decide to deal with before they turn their attention back to Chaos. C.J. then collapses as the Light Clones are token care of & Galeem's aura fades. He then recovers & joins the group of how they reminded him of the Grove Street Families due to him seeing them help & be there for each other ever since this happened as they continue through the flooded city. After reaching the end of the level, everyone reaches Chaos who absorbs the energy from the Chaos Emeralds & tosses them to them where Tails & Spider-Man analyze them & realize that there's no energy readings inside of them. This makes everyone realize that Galeem must've made Chaos able to absorb all energy from them instead of just the negative energy as he grabs & throws them into the water before the battle begins. Perfect Chaos begins to deform & sink, roaring wildly as Galeem’s aura fades away from him & turns back into Chaos-0. He then returns the energy to the Chaos Emeralds, since Galeem also gave it the ability to become Perfect Chaos without them, though he directs his anger towards Galeem for having used him as a roadblock to the Smash Bros. & joins the group. He then gets inside Penny as another wormhole emerges & everyone goes through it.

8-1: Beach City
The Smash Bros. arrive at a city that no one has ever seen before: Beach City, which seems to be in ruins as well as massive cracks on the ground, which everyone has gotten used to at this point. Everyone then sees a hologram of White Diamond in an area, which gives them an idea to find her, which turns out to be coming from Gem Homeworld. This causes everyone to find a way to reach her, while taking care of more enemies & Light Clones. After reaching the end of the level, Fredrik kills a Light Clone of Peach & takes the spirit she had with her as everyone heads toward Steven’s House. He sees a boat at him & the others, causing everyone to dodge out of the way. Mario & Donkey Kong then turn to see a sailor walking towards them, which turns out to be Popeye. Popeye then collapses as Galeem's aura fades & Donkey Kong carries him as everyone else continues towards Steven's House. After reaching the end of the level & Steven's House, everyone gets swarmed by Pikmin, which leads to them fighting tons of Pikmin & facing Olimar. Olimar then collapses as the surviving Pikmin carry Olimar into Steven's house while Emperor Bulblax & Duon guarding it. As everyone settles down again & finds the teleporter they’re looking for, Cartman & Berecca checks the fridge to see if there’s anything they & the others can eat, passing everyone Cookie Cats, which are somehow still fresh. Some of them try to activate the teleporter with the Ring Fit Trainee managing to do so by just stretching her arms. As Coyle starts testing the teleporter with the others, The Nerd finds the Burning Room, which he shows to those who aren’t on Gem Homeworld yet, thus deciding to put bubbles around the spirits to better protect them, except one which is placed in a mirror, revealing to be Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond’s. After creating a bigger version of the teleporter for Duon so he wouldn’t be left behind, Coyle goes through the teleporter herself to meet with everyone after she's all that left.

8-2: Docking Bay
As everyone regroups upon using the teleporter, they get attacked by several Light Clones & enemies who alerted White Diamond of their presence. She then sends Daisy & Pit as well as 2 others to deal with them if they see them or get through the ones in the Docking Bay. After defeating all enemies that came at them, everyone notices that blocks are somehow falling from the sky on them, which they see is coming from Qbby who seems to making the blocks as he goes along before slamming them down. Qbby then falls to the ground as Galeem’s aura fades with Popeye carrying him as everyone else begins to escape the bay to find White Diamond. After reaching the end of the level, a soccer ball comes at Luigi & Peach who then turn to see thar Daisy reached them & the rest of the Smash Bros. & lunges at them. Daisy then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades with Luigi using his Poltergust G-00 to carry her as he & the rest of the Smash Bros. finally leave the Docking Bay as they muscle through more Light Clones & see White Diamond’s ship, which resembles her head & torso as well as ships in the shape of arms & a pair of legs. White sees them leaving & fires an eyebeam at them, knocking a good chunk of them off a cliff with Duon firing some missiles at it before heading down to see if they’re okay along with Lakitu, Flies & Hand & Spider-Man. She then seizes their spirits & sees them they collected, causing her to show them to Galeem, which heads towards to the Gem Homeworld to see for itself. White also sends a Master Hand to check to see if they're dead yet.

8-3: Homeworld Kindergarten
Everyone then recovers as they wake up in the Homeworld Kindergarten with Daisy hugging Luigi to thank him & the others for saving her. Duon manages to meet up & shows them that White got their spirits in possession, thus causing everyone to want to get it back while dealing with the enemies & Light Clones that came down to check on them. Duon jumps from platform to platform first to cover them as they begin the climb out of the Kindergarten. After reaching the end of the level, everyone notices an 8-bit Pong ball coming at them as the paddles emerge from the sides & try to escape it, but since the paddles keep moving upward along with the ball. Waluigi & some others try to stop the ball, but can’t no matter how hard they try, causing everyone else to have to deal with Pong. The paddles & ball fall down towards the floor as everyone continues their climb out of the Kindergarten. After reaching the end of the level, everyone notices a yellow car that doesn’t have a driver that's been driving down the path towards them. Luigi & Waluigi are freaked out by this & the car transforms into a robot, revealing himself as Bumblebee. Bumblebee then collapses as the Pong paddles & ball rise up, now harmless, as the Flies & Hand put him on 1 of the paddles as the Master Hand spots & attacks them. The Hand as everyone finally make it out of the Kindergarten. Bumblebee then recovers & after transforming & allowing some of them to ride inside of him, follows everyone as they head towards White Diamond’s ship to get the spirits back from her.

8-4: Trial Building
Everyone arrives at the Trial Building & head inside to see how much further they would have to go to reach White Diamond’s ship. White, meanwhile, activates the ship that resembles a pair of legs to deal with them as she prepares for Galeem’s arrival & sorts through the spirits that the Smash Bros. collected. After reaching the end of the level, they noticed Pink’s ship coming at them with Duon holding it back while Saki reaches them as he & C.J. have a shootout while Min Min, Spring Man, Coyle & Berecca aiding the latter before the next battle begins. Saki then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades & then recovers & joins up with everyone else as they continue the climb up the building while Duon is still holding off Pink’s ship. After reaching the end of the level, everyone reaches the trial room where Pit, who has been waiting for them, swoops into attack them as they try to shoot him down first before the next battle begins, which happens after Saki knocks him out of the sky. Pit then collapses as Galeem's aura fades & Duon, having destroyed Pink’s ship by splitting it in 2 before tossing them away, punches a hole through the building to grab onto him as everyone else jump onto him, except Flies & Hand & Pong as the building collapses & everyone heads closer to White Diamond’s ship.

8-5: Prison Tower
White notices that Pink’s ship is destroyed & sends both Yellow & Blue’s ship after them as the Smash Bros. heads towards the Prison Tower. Galeem then arrives & White shows it that things aren’t exactly going to plan, which it then grabs her by her head to say that it already knows that & starts absorbing some darkness out of the spirits White had, freaking out her since she was shocked that, despite being a being of light, Galeem was consuming darkness until it heads off to continue its investigation of the missing spirits. The Smash Bros., meanwhile, encounter Yellow & Blue’s ships, which Duon also deals with. After reaching the end of the level, Galleom destroys Blue’s ship before focusing on Yellow’s & they see a Light Clone of Homura open a cell as a young girl emerges from it as she transforms into Sailor Moon before firing several magic blasts at them & the next battle begins. Sailor Moon then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades & Pit picks her up as he & the rest continue their way upward. After reaching the end of the level, Galleom destroys Yellow’s ship as he checks on the Smash Bros. who've reached on the top of the tower where there was another cell & a Light Clone of both Greninja & Orcane open it before they’re destroyed. The cell opens, revealing a Gem with glazed eyes that somehow survived Galeem’s onslaught, who conjures water from the air & starts attacking everyone as Greninja & Orcane clashing in particular, though Fredrik freezing her water constructs also helped everyone. Pit notices that she has a gem on her back, which he points to everyone to try to hit before saving Sonic & Luffy from drowning as the Gem was covering their heads with her water wings before the next battle begins. The Gem then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades as she poofs back into her gem, which Pit grabs before everyone jumps onto Galleom again as the Prison Tower collapses before everyone head towards White’s ship.

8-6: White Diamond's Ship
White finally activates her ship as she then decides to deal with them herself. Meanwhile, Knuckles analyzes the gem & shows everyone that it was a Lapis Lazuli, having seen some in mines he investigated. They then sees White’s ship moving towards & began their journey to get inside & get the spirits back, while Lapis reemerges, sees what they’re doing & helps them. After reaching the end of the level, they notice the remaining Light Clones are actually white & gray instead of light blue & discover that they’re being controlled by White in particular with her controlling all of them. Lapis, in particular, is surprised that White is doing this, since she never saw her do this before White was reformed. White then collapses & hits her forehead on the ground, causing her to poof & her diamond remains. Knuckles picks it up & gives it to Coyle & Eggman who find peculiar that White’s gem could be mistaken for a Chaos Emerald. Everyone then starts patching up White’s ship, while placing the spirits in holding cells with Lapis spending some time with the spirits of Steven & Peridot, which she was able to find & hugs them to lament over she failed them. Everyone then starts manning the ship to follow where Galeem could’ve possibly went after Coyle discovers that Galeem left a trail of sparks & typed in the coordinates as Duon takes White’s seat for the timebeing since she hadn’t reemerged yet & head off.

9-1: Southern Island
White's ship is put on auto-pilot as the group can rest again until they reach the next destination. The ship arrives at Hoenn & lands on Southern Island as everyone wakes up & head outside, wondering Galeem went to here. Realizing where they're at, Sonic thinks that this could be where Pikachu & other Pokémon are at & thus start exploring the island to find them & take care of any enemies they might encounter. After reaching the end of the level, Tails notice an Eevee & chases after it, which the others then follow as it then lunges at them upon getting cornered. Eevee then collapses as Galeem's aura fades, while Tails finds an empty Pokéball & captures it in it as he & the others venture further into the island. After reaching the end of the level, Marie & Marina find Jigglypuff who then attacks them as the group come in to help them. Jigglypuff then collapses as Galeem's aura fades before being taken into White's ship as the group moves closer to the main island of Hoenn.

9-2: Battle Frontier
White's ship then lands on Hoenn's Battle Frontier where they enter different facilities to deal with any enemies they could find as well as find Pikachu & the like. (Note: The locations of the level below consist of the Battle Factory, the Battle Arena & the Battle Dome.) After reaching the end of the level & Battle Pike, the group encounter someone that looked rather out of place: Yama Yugi who then challenges them to a duel, spawning various monsters from his cards, which surprises them as Tails summons Eevee to help them. Yugi collapses as Galeem's aura fades, but then recovers as he shakes Tails' hand to congratulate him & the rest for rescuing him as he then joins them as they continue to explore the Battle Frontier. (Note: The locations of the level below consist of the Battle Palace, the Battle Pyramid & the Battle Tower.) After reaching the end of the level, the group notice sparks around them as Pikachu lunges at them as Tails spawns Eevee again, while Yugi uses a Trap Card to keep Pikachu from escaping while Sonic tries to snap it out of it. Pikachu then collapses as Galeem’s aura disappears & Sonic heads over to hug him as he tears up with Tails, Knuckles & Amy comforting him & then carries it while everyone leaves the Battle Frontier to find anyone else that could be here. Meanwhile, something is watching them from the sky as it follows them.

9-3: Meteor Falls
The group arrives at Meteor Falls where Diddy Kong notices Rayquaza in the sky where it attacks them, causing them to find a way inside while dealing with more enemies. After reaching the end of the level, Pikachu spots a Meowth that was rather out of place & then attacks it as Sonic, who found an empty Pokéball & the rest head over to help it. Meowth then collapses as Sonic uses the Pokéball to capture it & gives it to Pikachu as they continue to avoid Rayquaza for the timebeing. Meanwhile, a Master Hand notices Rayquaza moving erratically & swoops in to investigate. After reaching the end of the level, Rayquaza leaves as the group notices Wumpa Fruit coming at them, which they wonder where they're coming at until some of them get knocked back by something spinning into them, revealing to be Crash Bandicoot, surprising Mario & Sonic as he lunges at them in particular. Crash then collapses as Galeem's aura fades with Mario & Sonic carrying him over to Bowser to carry him, only for the Master Hand from earlier to burst through the ceiling & attack them & the others. The Hand explodes as everyone continues to explore Hoenn, while watching out for Rayquaza or they're going to have to get help from White Diamond.

9-4: Mt. Chimney
Everyone arrives to Mt. Chimney where everyone rests at the former base of Team Magma before they begin their trek up the volcano to see if there's anyone else they could rescue. After reaching the end of the level, everyone discover a Snorlax lying on the ground, sleeping, only to then wake up & attacks them as well as Pikachu, Eevee, Jigglypuff & Meowth head to the front as to help the others. Snorlax gets lifted up & thrown by Fredrik towards Bald Bull who does a Bull Charge on it while Bowser retracts into his shell & spins it around on him before Duon grabs, squeezes & pins it to the ground. Coyle, meanwhile, finds the Pokéball that it came from not far from they found it & uses it to capture it as she & the rest continue their hike up the volcano. After reaching the end of the level, the group encounters Lucario who then lunges at them as it's giving Galeem's aura instead of its own, which everyone know is a bad thing as the next battle begins. Lucario then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away & then recovers as its own reemerges before joining the group as they climb back down the volcano & continue to explore Hoenn & watch out for Rayquaza.

9-5: Route 131
The group arrives at Route 131 & notice Rayquaza circling around the Sky Pillar, causing them to think that they need to reach it, so they could save it, though Duon has White Diamond on standby just it comes after them as they begin wading through the water & isles. After reaching the end of the level, Olimar gets picked up by Abra & teleported to the oceanside with Flies & Hand & his Winged Pikmin. Abra then starts messing with the group by teleporting away from their attacks or moving them to either the oceanside or up into the sky. Having to had enough Abra, Duon summons White Diamond with her surprised, wondering where she's at & swats Abra to the ground, causing Galeem's aura to fades. Olimar finds an empty Pokéball, which he then uses to capture it. White begrudgingly putting it & the others into her gem as she carries everyone, except for Bowser Jr., Lakitu, Flies & Hand & Lapis towards the next archipelago in the route. After reaching the end of the level, White sees a dragon in the sky, which everyone knows isn't Rayquaza, since they just saw it. It turns to be Corrin as she fires several water blasts at them with Orcane & Lapis redirecting them away from the others, transforms into her human form & attacks. Corrin then collapses as Galeem's aura fades with White picking her up to carry her until she recovers as she & the rest finally reach the other side of the route.

9-6: Sky Pillar
Everyone arrives at Sky Pillar where White puts Corrin as she recovers & joins the group as they enter through the entrance while White picks up Duon & carries him as she climbs the outside of the building. After reaching the end of the level, the group sees Rayquaza who awakens & attacks them, causing rocks to emerge on the arena with White tossing Duon upward to help them as she continues to climb to help them. Mega Rayquaza transforms back into Rayquaza & then collapses as Galeem's aura fades. White reaches the top of the Sky Pillar & picks it up as everyone heads back to her ship. Rayquaza then recovers, joins the group after seeing that they're not hostile & flies next towards the ship.

10-1: Floria
White's ship & Rayquaza arrive at Dream Land as they land the first of a few stars: Floria. Everyone exits the ship & start exploring it to find Kirby, Dedede & Meta Knight, while also having to deal with enemies & the constantly changing seasons, the latter of which they have to use to get through certain sections. After reaching the end of the level, the group ended up at where Kirby fought Twin Wood as Starfy arrives & tries to spinning into them as the next battle begins. Starfy then collapses as Galeem's aura fades, but then recovers & joins the group as they head off to White's ship & towards the next planet.

10-2: Aquarius
Everyone arrives at Aquarius where Lapis & Orcane decide to lead the group due to the planet being their element, though the former decides to stick with Luffy, so he won't drown & since she could move around herself, while everyone explores inside to find either Kirby, Dedede or Meta Knight, while dealing with more enemies. After reaching the end of the level, the group ended up at where Kirby fought Fatty Whale & fight a Knuckle Joe that spawns to deal with them. Knuckle Joe then collapses as Galeem's aura fades, but then gets back up as he wants to join them to rescue Kirby & the others, since some of his kind have helped them in the past.

10-3: Skyhigh
Everyone then arrives at Skyhigh, which composes of clouds as well as various structures & plant life & continue onto to see if they could find Kirby, Dedede and/or Meta Knight, while dealing any enemies. After reaching the end of the level, a swarm of Waddle Dees jump the group as they're led by Bandana Dee & the next battle begins. Bandana Dee then collapses as Galeem's aura fades, but then recovers as more Waddle Dees head off to attack & is forced to fight them off to thank them for saving him. He then leads everyone to find & rescue Kirby & Dedede, but then get attacked by the Halberd, meaning that Meta Knight found them. Rayquaza, White Diamond & Duon head off to buy the others as they continue through Skyhigh while avoiding the Halberd. After reaching the end of the level, the group reach the area where Kirby fought Kracko & notice something peculiar. A sword plunged into the ground as they realize that Meta Knight got ahead of them, put the Halberd on autopilot to lure Rayquaza, White Diamond & Duon away from them & is now waiting for 1 of them to pick the sword up. Crash decides to pick it up for them & the next battle begins as Meta Knight then swoops down to them to fight. Meta Knight collapses as his mask cracks off & Galeem's aura fades. He then recovers as he sees everyone, looking surprised to see him without his mask such as the Nerd lifting his glasses up before putting them back down. Meta Knight flies up to the Halberd to turn off the autopilot & to get it to stop attacking Rayquaza, White Diamond & Duon before lowering towards the group. Some of them enter it as well as more spirits they've collected, while the other head back to White's ship as they continue.

10-4: Hotbeat
Everyone arrives at Hotbeat with Fredrik prepared this time with ice packs as he & everyone explores the planet to find Kirby and/or Dedede, while dealing more enemies. After reaching the end of the level, the group reach to where Kirby fought Chameleo Arm & get ambushed by Angry Birds that are being shot at by a Master Hand. The Hand runs out of birds as the Angry Birds pass out & Galeem's aura fades from them. It then smashes the slingshot it was using in anger & dashes towards the group deal with it personally. The Hand & the Angry Birds recover as they join the group to thank them for rescuing them & everyone heads off to the next planet.

10-5: Cavius
Everyone arrives at Cavius & head off into the main mountains before traveling through the cave system & dealing with more enemies. After reaching the end of the level, the group arrives at where Kirby fought Wham Bam Rock & fight a Chef Kawasaki that spawns to deal with them. Chef Kawasaki then collapses as Galeem's aura fades, but then gets back up, which everyone expected & joins them as they'll never go hungry for the timebeing as they continue their journey.

10-6: Mekkai
Everyone arrives at Mekkai as they continue their search to find Kirby & Dedede, while dealing with enemies, electrical hazards & strong winds. After reaching the end of the level, the group arrives at where Kirby fought Heavy Lobster & find Dedede with Bandana Dee trying to snap him out of it, only for him to attack & the next battle begins. Dedede then collapses as Galeem's aura fades & Bandana Dee heads to get him to wake up before Bald Bull picks him up & puts him on the Halberd, which Bandana Dee then follows as they leave. Dedede then wakes up with Bandana Dee hugging him as they head toward the next stop to find Kirby.

10-7: Halfmoon
Everyone arrives at Halfmoon to see if they could find Kirby, only to get attacked by Starscream as they deal with enemies, strong winds & chaos caused by Galeem. After reaching the end of the level, Starscream transforms into his robot mode & confronts them as Bumblebee heads in front of the group due to knowing how Starscream is. Starscream then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away with Bumblebee checking if Starscream is still glowing. Turns out, after Tails opens up his chassis, it still is, but barely. Duon then heads up & uses some of his energy to keep Starscream's spark from being extinguished. It works as Starscream comes back to life, surprised that the group didn't finish the job on him. He begrudgingly joins them as he rubs his head, which Tails sees is a scorch mark from Galeem, given to him as if Galeem knew that Starscream was going to double-cross him & try to become the main villain. Tails then removes it using some white vinegar that he used for Duon. They then notice how they can stand on the stars on the planet. After reaching the end of the level, the group reaches where Kirby fought the Computer Virus & encounter Kirby, who tries to inhale all of them, but White Diamond places her finger inside his mouth before knocking him off her before the next battle begins. Kirby then collapses as Galeem's aura fades with King Dedede, Meta Knight & Bandana Dee heading over to check on him. Duon then picks up Kirby & then move on as they notice Galeem's trail of light again & follow it.

10-8: Milky Way Wishes
Everyone arrived at the final planet in the intermediate area to find anyone else after Kirby recovers. Meanwhile, Galeem, who's been watching them again, sends out Marx's lifeless body & sends it to the planet to have the group take the bait. After reaching the end of the level, the group finds Marx's lifeless body on the ground & then see Galeem fires a light beam into him, bringing him back to life & in his boss form as he then laughs & the battle begins as Galeem heads off to continue his investigation of the missing fighters & spirits. Marx then collapses as Galeem's aura fades with Kirby walking over to him & inhales, so he could take him back to White's ship as everyone heads back to it or the Halberd & continue to follow Galeem's trail. Marx then recovers as he sees Kirby sitting next to him, surprising him that he & the others wouldn't leave him for dead & despite their past history, joins the group to stop Galeem, though he also wants to find Magolor.

11-1: Entrance
Galeem's trail leads everyone to somewhere that shocks Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Pikachu, Olimar & Captain Falcon: The Subspace Bomb Factory, which Galeem has able to repair & uses it as 1 place to create Light Clones. They & everyone else then land near the factory & start to make their way since R.O.B., though strangely Duon is rather interested with this place. After reaching the end of the level, everyone gets attacked by Mr. Game & Watch who came with many Light Clones of himself in particular, only for some to get crushed by the Pong paddles & some to get hit by the ball. Game & Watch then collapses as Galeem’s fades away & Bumblebee puts him on top of the Pong paddles as everyone continues. After reaching the end of the level, Game & Watch recovers & the group encounters Ray-01 who fires several lasers at them, while Saki & Duon fire back at him before the next battle begins. Ray-01 then collapses as Galeem's aura fades & Saki drags his body as everyone heads inside the factory, except White Diamond since she couldn't fit.

11-2: Hanger
Everyone except White start making their way to the factory's hanger as Min Min uses the electricity of Megawatt & Pikachu to wake up Ray-01, which works as the Light Clones & enemies roll in to stop them. After defeat all enemies, Eddy gets jumped by Homer who strangles him a bit before Ed gets him off of him & throws him into a pile of crates, which Homer then emerges from as the next battle begins. Homer then collapses as Galeem's aura fades as Ed then puts him behind some crates, while dealing with some Mettaurs before taking him with him as he & the others continue to fight their way through the hanger. After reaching the end of the level, the group see a Poppy Bros. Jr. toss a Pokéball that releases a Lugia who starts attacking them as Meowth, Eevee, Abra & Snorlax are summoned to help them deal with Lugia. Lugia then collapses as the Poppy Bros Jr. that spawned it is dealt with & Ray-01 uses its Pokéball to recapture it as everyone, except Duon, finally head inside the factory, though Duon heads over to back up White while trying to keep track of the group.

11-3: Maintenance Room
The group arrives at the factory's maintenance room to hide with Homer recovering & joining them & to see if they could find any one here, only for some Light Clones that have followed some of them to come in to find them. Meanwhile, Tron is seen fixing R.O.B. as he arrived for maintenance with a Master Hand helping her until they hear the commotion as Tron sends R.O.B. to go check what's going on while she begins fixing something else. After reaching the end of the level, R.O.B. sees & attacks the group, now knowing they were causing all the ruckus. R.O.B. then shuts down as he falls over & Galeem's aura fades, though Pikachu uses its electricity to start him back up, which works. R.O.B. then looks around, noticing that he's at the Subspace Factory & gives the Thousand Yard Stare as flashbacks to the destruction of the factory & the R.O.B.s that were destroyed by the Subspace Bombs. Everyone who never met R.O.B. are caught up with what he was thinking since he was projecting these flashbacks from his eyes before the group continues on as R.O.B. points to where he came from. Meanwhile, Tron notices that R.O.B. has been gone for awhile & heads off to find him, while the Master Hand also looks around. After reaching the end of the level, Tron finds the group, notices that R.O.B. is no longer under Galeem's control, summons her mech, the Gustaff & attacks them. The Gustaff falls to pieces & explodes, knocking Tron into a wall out cold as Galeem's aura fades, but before the group could check on her, the Master Hand that was with her before attacks them after having found them & trying to kill Tron since it was only helping her because she was under Galeem's control. The Hand explodes as Tron recovers, surprised to see some of them here, though because of the damage they dealt to the Gustaff, it's need some replacements, which could be found in the factory's storage room, which some of them head off to find.

11-4: Storage Room
After finding some of the parts needed to fix the Gustaff, those chosen to look for parts get attacked by Chibi-Robo who heard them come in & was hiding among the supplies on the shelves before he struck. Chibi-Robo collapses as his power drains & Galeem’s aura fades. Waluigi picks up & looks an outlet for Chibi-Robo, since he has the plug on him, which he does & plugs him in as everyone else watches. Chibi-Robo wakes up, fully charged & back to normal. He then shows up his energy meter on his arm to show how his energy goes down when not plugged in an outlet. He then joins them to help clean up the mess Galeem made & to help them find more parts & stores what they found so far in his head. After finding more parts for the Gustaff, Chibi-Robo finds a bomb, freaking him out as he dumps the parts he collected out of his head before placing the bomb inside his head to detonate it to limit damage to the room. The rest end up finding more bombs which explode in particular patterns. This makes everyone realize that Bomberman is also in the room with them, which Waluigi then sees before some of them reach Bomberman. Bomberman then collapses as Galeem's aura fades, but then recovers as he notices the parts with them & carries some himself as they head back to Tron. Everyone who stayed to help Tron see the other group return with replacement parts as well as Chibi-Robo & Bomberman & Tron fixes the Gustaff as she shows them the map to the factory & this have to reach the control room, which they begin to. Galeem, meanwhile, sees White & Duon outside the factory & heads off to get something to deal with them & the others.

11-5: Assembly Line
Everyone reaches the assembly room, which precedes the control room & deal with more enemies as well as robotic arms, lasers, buzzsaws & machine presses. After reaching the end of the level, Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knuckles & Chaos see someone familiar in 1 of other rooms: Dr. Eggman, who's getting into his Egg Mobile to confront them & the rest, having seen them when checking the cameras in the storage room. Eggman is knocked out of the Egg Mobile & it falls on top of him, much like Bowser Jr. & Galeem’s aura fades away. Tron gets the Egg Mobile off him as Sonic moves him off a conveyor belt & towards a wall near his Egg Mobile as the others continue to weave through the conveyor belts, turning against to what's powering the building, since they need to shut it down to disable the building's security system. After reaching the power source, the group notices that it's a container which Ed then breaks, causing a power outage & catching White & Duon's attention as they start go through the building to see if they're okay. Pikachu turns the lights back on it with its electricity & Chibi-Robo plugs himself into an outlet, only to get electrocuted with a power surge as he & the others discover that Phosphora was being used to power the factory, surprising Magnus & is now attacking them, despite being set free. Phosphora then collapses as Galeem's aura fades with Pikachu removing her scarf as Eggman recovers & sees Sonic & the others. He then uses Phosphora's body to short-circuit a keypad to open the door to the control room. Meanwhile, Galeem comes back with what he brought up & sees White & Duon tearing up the factory, starting to get frustrated with the group.

11-6: Control Room
After defeating everyone, Phosphora wakes up, back to normal & gets the power of the room back on, so Coyle & Eggman can search for any whereabouts about the others & maybe a file or 2 about the being Vince showed them. They show everyone that not everyone from Galeem's 1st appearance are even in the Light Realm, confusing them & making Dharkon, who also watching them, a bit anxious. Galeem then rips the ceiling off the room & drops what he was holding, which turns to be Galleom before purging the computer & leaving. White & Duon arrives at where everyone's at & help with dealing with Galleom before the next battle begins, especially the latter since they were comrades. Galleom then collapses onto his back as 1 of his arms falls off & Galeem’s aura disappears. The Smash Bros. are surprised that he didn’t explode as Captain Falcon discovers that he doesn’t have a Subspace Bomb in his head like last time. Chibi-Robo, pitying him, picks up Galleom’s severed arm & puts it back in. He then recharges him, much to their shock, which works as Galleom regains consciousness, but doesn’t attack them to their surprise, but fires some of his missiles at several Light Clones. Galleom then follows them behind Penny, the Blue Falcon, the Fire Stingray & Flies & Hand as they go through another wormhole after they’re all token care of. Meanwhile, Galeem sees that Galleom is freed, causing him to check up on someone that he's been holding hostage in particular: Tabuu & heads off to continue its investigation, though now he's getting a bit anxious with the group are starting to see the being along their journey.

12-1: Entrance
Everyone arrives at Gruntilda's Lair where Diddy Kong runs forward, knowing that Banjo & Kazooie could be here as he & the others start their search there before they check inside the lair. Meanwhile, Gruntilda sees this in her pot & sends Banjo & Kazooie & some others to deal with them. After reaching the end of the level, they start getting hit with paper scraps, which turns to be coming from Snip & Clip & have to reach them to get them to stop. Everyone reaches Clip & Snip & knock them into a wall, causing them to pass out & Galeem's aura fades. Phosphora then picks up & carries them as everyone heads inside Grunty's Lair as White, Galleom & Duon climb over the entrance to meet with everyone else, since they're too big to go through the entrance.

12-2: Statue Island
Everyone reaches to the Statue Island where they have to find Notes to open the doors, though spirits are also required. Some of them aren’t too thrilled with this, but still decide to try to find some around the area, which involves uses 2 Jiggies to open the portal to Treasure Trove Cove. After collecting all the Jiggies & Notes in the area, the group discovers that Duck Hunt was also looking for Jiggies & Notes & attack them upon seeing with them since they're jealous the others found all of them, while they found none. Duck Hunt then collapse as Galeem's aura fades from them as Sonic heads over to see if they're okay. He then picks up the duck as he resuscitates it, while Tails does the same with the dog, which worked & rejoin the group after the dog licks Tails to thank them for saving them.

12-3: Pipe Drainage
The group reaches the Pipe Drainage section to continue their search of Jiggies, Notes & Spirits, using the Jiggies that found to open the portal to Clanker's Cavern, while dealing more enemies & Light Clones that Grunty spawns. After collecting all the Jiggies & Notes in the area, Shrek grabs Chibi-Robo through 1 of the grills in the wall, but Bumblebee pulls him through the wall & after recovering, lets out an roar as the next battle begins. Shrek then collapses as Galeem's aura fades with Wario checks up on him, since he's similar to him & decides to keep an eye out for him until he recovers as everyone else continues through Grunty's lair.

12-4: Mummy's Tomb
Everyone reaches to the Mummy's Tomb to continue their Jiggie, Note & Spirit search while using the Jiggies they already have to open the portal to Gobi's Valley. After collecting all the Jiggies & Notes in the area, Shrek recovers & the group notices Tingle in the air tossing Rupees at them, causing Shrek throw Bomb at the balloon, popping it & causing him before the next battle begins. Tingle gets backhanded into a wall & then collapses as Galeem's aura fades & Shrek checks on him, seeing that he's just a guy in a fairy suit before deciding to carry until he recovers as everyone continues to go through Grunty's Lair.

12-5: Graveyard
The group reaches a graveyard that's somehow in the lair & continue their search while using the Jiggies they already have to open the portal to Mad Monster Mansion. After collecting all the Jiggies & Notes in the area, Tingle recovers as they notice drawings suddenly spawning, which is coming from Nikki, while Spyro swoops to attack them as well. Spyro is knocked into Nikki by Bald Bull & both collapse as Galeem's aura fades away from them where Grunty summons a Master Hand to deal with them. The Hand explodes as Spyro & Nikki recover with the latter thanking everyone for saving them, while the former takes out a Light Clone that tried to sneak attack Shrek as they continue through Grunty's lair.

12-6: Grunty's Port
Everyone arrives at Grunty's Port to continue their search, which also meant going through Rusty Bucket Bay in the process & dealing with oily water & the cargo ship's engine room. After collecting all the Jiggies & Notes in the area, everyone finally finds Banjo & Kazooie who then attacks them as they were mind-controlled by Galeem into serving Grunty with Diddy trying to get through them before the next battle begins. Banjo & Kazooie then collapse with the former falling onto the latter as Galeem’s aura fades away from them. Diddy Kong approaches them to check if they’re okay & Fredrik picks up Banjo while Diddy carries Kazooie in Banjo’s backpack as they leave. Grunty sees this, infuriating her & sends some Light Clones to set up the Big-O-Blaster for when they eventually come for her.

12-7: Woods
The group arrive at the Woods where Banjo & Kazooie recover as they see all the Jiggies & Notes that everyone else found, deciding to help them as they continue their search & check Click Clock Wood for any. After collecting all Jiggies & Notes in that area, everyone sees a flare coming at them, which turns to be from a Braixen that a Magikoopa they defeated had with him with Meowth & Abra helping them as the next battle begins. Braixen then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades, but it recovers after Pit pulls the stick out of it to use as a flare & joins them as they head to the next room in Grunty's lair.

12-8: Grunty's Furnace Fun
The group arrives at the board of Grunty's Furnace Fun where Grunty tries to start her quiz show, but Galeem knocks her upside the head to cut the crap & just send more enemies after them since he's not in the mood to watch a game show while everyone else sees that Baldi is the 3rd place prize, Isaac is the 2nd place prize & a Spirit as the top prize with White, Galleom & Duon diving into the lava in case they fall in. After reaching the end of the level, Baldi gets out off his 3rd place spot & heads off the confront the group as the next battle begins while Isaac gets Grunty out of the area using a Psynergy Hand. Baldi then collapses as his ruler breaks & Galeem’s aura fades away with everyone wondering what he’s doing here since he resembles a teacher. Shrek finds an apple & puts it next to him, which he grabs & eats rather quickly, surprising everyone & gives everyone quarters & energy bars to thank them for saving him as he uses gum to fix his ruler & continue get through the board. After reaching the end of the board, Isaac gets off of the 2nd place spot & the next battle begins. Isaac then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away, but then recovers as he points that he evacuated Grunty through the door he did, joining them as they head to the top of the tower.

12-9: Top of the Tower
As everyone arrives at the top of the tower, Banjo & Kazooie notice that the Jinjo Statues & the one for the Mighty Jinjonator are gone, worrying them as Gruntilda rises up on her broom to meet them for the next battle begins. Grunty then stumbles as she activates her Big-O-Blaster & fires it at them with some of trying to stop the beam from hitting them with White's help, causing it to explode & knocking her off her broom as she falls to the ground with Galeem knocking a large rock onto her for failing to kill them for it before disappearing. Everyone, except Spider-Man & those who can fly, hold onto Galleom, Duon & White as they head down to check on Grunty as Galeem leaves again. Galleom, Duon & White lift the rock off of her, causing her to recover after a bit, surprised that they did this for her. Mad that Galeem didn’t even care about her, despite chosen to serve under it, she begrudgingly joins the group with Banjo & Kazooie with everyone keeping an eye on her & White to make sure they’re not up to anything. Grunty then gets her broom as she & the others follow the trail Galeem left behind.

13-1: Cargo Dock
White’s ship lands outside of Shadow Moses Island as everyone leaves, knowing that this is where they could find Snake as well as more info on this being they’ve seeing since it could within the database with everyone tracing a plan in the snow to see how are they going to find Snake in there before they all, except Galleom since they need to reach the snowfield before he could help them, heading into the water towards the Cargo Dock with White shrinking herself to human size, since she wants to partake with them this time & to see what’s like to be that size. They all resurface at the dock & have to reach the elevator as well as wait for it drop down. After reaching the end of the level with Lapis & Orcane dealing with the puddles in the dock & Grunty being in the air to monitor everyone, the elevator dings as Quote exits it while everyone hides around on top of the crates before they sneak attack him. Quote then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away & R.O.B. & Chibi-Robo decides to help revive him using the power in the room, which works & joins the group. Everyone, except Coyle, Eggman, Grunty, Orcane, Spider-Man & Lapis then start taking turns going up the elevator since they all couldn't find on them all at once.

13-2: Heliport
After everyone has gone up the elevator, they deal with the enemies & Light Clones in the Heliport, particularly the ones manning the searchlights, while using the vents to travel through the area quicker & avoiding the surveillance camera. After reaching the end of the level, R.O.B. then sees Tracer coming at them, firing lasers while Eggman trying to shoot at her alongside Saki & messing with them & the others until they hit her Chronal Accelerator before the next battle begins. Tracer then collapses as Galeem's aura fades & her Chronal Accelerator begins to malfunction, causing her to start fading out of existence since Galeem fused all the dimensions into 1, so Eggman & Coyle come to her aid to take to a wall where they, with Tails' help, fix it, saving her life. She then hugs Eggman to thank him & the others before she joins the group as everyone splits into 2 groups with 1 going through the entrance at the bottom & the other going the vents into the building using the exhaust on the second floor.

13-3: Tank Hanger
The 2 groups met up inside the Tank Hanger to continue to find Snake while dealing with more enemies, Light Clones, even if it means taking an elevator to another floor in the hanger to look. After reaching the south part of the armory, a water shuriken almost hits Spring Man as Greninja lunges at him, triggering the next battle. Greninja then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away & Tracer carrying it as they take the elevator back up to the ground level before using a keycard it had with it to open the cargo door.

13-4: Snowfield
The Smash Bros. arrive at the snowfield where White decides to stay human size to avoid blowing their cover. Tails then radios in Galleom & Duon, who've been killing Light Clones searching the woods around the island after getting suspicious of the footprints they were leaving in the snow, to move into position as they can now see them & everyone is heading towards the Nuclear Warhead Storage Building while trying to avoid claymores placed there by a nearby Master Hand using a pair of thermal goggles, so Bomberman could get rid of them. After reaching the end of the level, the same Master Hand who placed the claymores down returns to attack them, but is frozen solid in place. Everyone turns to see someone walking from the woods, which turns out to be Elsa who then starts attacking them. Elsa then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away, causing the Master Hand she froze to break out & resume its attack on the group before they could check up on her. The Hand explodes as Galleom picks Elsa up as everyone heads inside the Nuclear Warhead Storage Building before giving her to Bowser before standing guard. Meanwhile, Gray Fox is seen on top of the building & heads inside to deal with the Smash Bros..

13-5: Nuclear Warhead Storage Building
Everyone starts exploring the Nuclear Warhead Storage Building to see if they could find Snake here instead while dealing with electrified floors, nerve gas, gun cameras, IR sensors & more enemies & Light Clones. After reaching the the bottom floor of the building, Elsa recovers as everyone sees several dead Light Clones littered in the hallway before the lab, which does unnerve them a bit as they investigate the lab for any clues. They then get sneak attacked by Gray Fox slashing while using his stealth camouflage before getting charged into by Tracer. This deactivates Gray Fox’s camouflage as he shakes violently in pain & slams his head into the ground several times as Galeem attacks his mind for killing the Light Clones it gave to him, because he tried to break its control of him. He then jumps around the room, deflecting any projectiles shot by Geno, Saki, Gruntilda and/or until Elsa makes him slip by freezing a part of the floor as the next battle begins. Gray Fox then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away with Lyndis moving him towards a wall with Coyle & Eggman intrigued by his suit with its camouflage & the like. He then recovers, while the rest are checking everywhere in the lab to find any clues of the being they’ve been seeing, which he gets caught up on upon seeing Vince’s painting when he finds it on the floor, probably dropped when he attacked Vince when under Galeem’s control, though he does know that they’re looking for Snake & shows them a map of the island where he points to the Communications Tower as where he might be at, though communications between them, Duon & Galleom get cut off by someone sabotaging them before leaving in a vent. Everyone, including Gray Fox leave the building to see Galleom & they all head to the tower.

13-6: Communications Tower
The group reaches the 2 towers with Coyle & Eggman hacking into the tower to fix communications from their devices while Galleom sets several collapsed stairs into place for everyone while the rest explore the tower to look for Snake while dealing with more enemies, Light Clones & gun cameras. After reaching where the wires were severed, which was in the second tower, everyone starts getting sneak attacked by slashes, electric shocks, stabs & shots, though Lyndis, Gray Fox & Adol were parry the slashes. Juan notices that who’s ever doing this is going through the vents, which turned out to be true as he grapples & throws a Crewmate that coming at him before 14 more appear to attack him & the others as well as 2 Impostors posing as 2 more Crewmates. The Crewmates & Impostors all collapse as Galeem’s aura fades from all of them with everyone to make sure which of the Crewmates are Impostors with Coyle & Eggman taking blood samples, concluding that the Red & Black Crewmates are the 2 Impostors, so they would know if they would try to blindside them in the future. They all recover soon after with the Blue Crewmate thanking everyone for saving them as the Red Impostor fixes the wiring. With communication restored, everyone heads down the stairs & towards the maintenance facility to find Snake with Galleom & Duon right behind them.

13-7: Blast Furnace
Everyone arrives at the Blast Furnace to try to find Snake, while dealing more enemies & Light Clones as well as having to deal with a crane while waiting for the next elevator. After reaching where Snake had his 2nd battle with the Genome Soldiers, Bomberman sees bullets coming at him & the others, which turned out to be coming from Bill Rizer & have to reach him to deal with him. Bill then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades before recovers & he & the rest continue on through the pathway.

13-8: Warehouse
The group reaches the Warehouse where Snake fought Vulcan Raven & deal with more Light Clones & enemies as well as more gun cameras. After reaching the end of the level, everyone encounters a Light Clone of Heavy who takes more punishment than the others, noticing that Medic is keeping the clone going with his Medigun, reminding Octavio, who's watching this, of 1 of his weapons from his mech & thus had to deal with him to kill the Light Clone. Medic then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away & the Light Clone of Heavy is killed. Coyle & Eggman decide to use the Medic’s Medigun to revive him, which they use on him & works after a bit. Medic is surprised that his Medigun can be revive others, but using a Crewmate who 1 of the Impostors kills & the spirit of Hal Emmerich, shows everyone that it can’t revive spirits, thus they decide to only use it for healing themselves, since he also has a Syringe Gun & a Bonesaw for combat when not too busy healing someone as they continue.

13-9: Underground Base
After reaching the end of the level, a Crewmate is put to sleep by a tranquilizer dart, which the Black Impostor notices & pulls out a Megaphone to report it as everyone notices it & hear rumbling in the vents, which the Red Impostor & Juan reveal as well as they get out of the vents. Knowing that Snake is in here, they decide to set a trap for him. Snake then emerges from a vent & tries to take out Lucario who smashes a alarm button on the wall as he & the rest then head after him as they block all the hiding spots. Snake then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away with some of them put him into a cardboard box & Fredrik carries it as they & everyone else head into the hanger where the Metal Gear REX is held.

13-10: Metal Gear REX Hanger
Once inside, everyone gets to work as Snake recovers & opens the box, so they could open the hanger door to meet up with Galleom & Duon. However, Galeem activates the Metal Gear REX by returning its spirit to it & activating its Street Fighter program into it to either keep them occupied or kill them, while it charges up another light beam barrage to destroy Shadow Moses Island. REX then roars to life, catching everyone’s attention. Galleom & Duon hear it & head inside to help them, only to be surprised when it starts attacking with some physical attacks alongside its usual ranged attacks as Spider-Man’s also surprised that its water beam is able to cut his webbing with Luffy saving him. Fredrik then saves Snake & Gray Fox from getting squashed while the others try damaging it to no avail until the latter points to everyone to damage its radome as he & Snake led everyone in dealing with REX. Metal Gear REX then breaks down as it roars in pain once its radome falls off, falls to its side & deactivates while Galeem’s aura fades away from it. Octavio decides to use it as his replacement until a new Octobot King mech could be created & heads inside the cockpit. Galeem unleashes its light beam barrage, destroying several trees surrounding it. Everyone hears it & sees it on the cameras that are still & Galleom gets REX right up again as it reactivates out of survival & helps Octavio with how it works while Galleom picks up its radome, some of the Smash Bros. get on REX & they & Duon lead everyone outside the hanger to avoid the light beams. After reaching outside, White returns to her normal size & opens her ship, so she & the others could head inside & escape from the light beams. After escaping, Octavio leaves REX & those that were on it get off as well as Tails then begins to fix its radome while Miku keeps it company as everyone flees. Coyle & Eggman are baffled as to why REX even has a spirit, despite their experience with sentient robots themselves. Bumblebee then shows them what Miku singing for it that maybe it wanted to live too & didn’t want to abandoned. Galeem then checks the wreckage, but doesn’t find anyone, though REX is missing, causing it to go back to looking for them after having no luck finding any of the fighters or spirits it somehow lost.

14-1: Suzaku Castle
White’s ship arrives at a particular planet, which turns out to be the Street Fighter world. Upon realizing, some of them know that they could find Ryu & Ken here & decide to land in Suzaku Castle. Everyone leaves the ship to see that the World Warrior Tournament is going on, so they decide to enter themselves, specifically Ryu since this is his home stage, though REX, White, Galleom & Duon could also participate when the fights are outside. Everyone else enters the castle as they deal with the enemies & Light Clones inside as they scale the castle, going through the gates, dojo, bamboo garden & the floors inside it. After reaching the rooftop of the castle, everyone suspects that they’re going to fight Ryu, only for them to be surprised to find Akira instead who initiates the next fight. Akira then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away. As some of them move him towards a wall for when he recovers, Min Min finds a map that shows where each of the fights in the tournament will take place including where they have to go next, which she then shows to everyone & reminds Luffy of 1 of the maps Nami made.

14-2: Battle Harbor
Everyone arrives at Battle Harbor for the next fight, hoping that they could at least find Ken here, since this is his home stage. They notice that the enemies are dropped off by boats. After defeating all enemies, everyone turns to see a boat dock to shore where they see Ken who's acting a lot more aggressive & attacks them. Ken then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away, but then quickly recovers as he joins them to help them find Ryu as they head off to their next location.

14-3: Shopping District
The group arrives at the Shopping District where they decide get more supplies from the barren stands such as more food as well as keeping Kirby, Dedede, Marx, Luffy & Ed from eating all of it before they head to where the next battle will take place as they see some enemies & Light Clones waiting for them. After defeating all enemies, The Nerd takes a drink from a Rolling Rock bottle, but then notices someone coming towards him & the others. It’s turned to be Chun-Li who’s giving a stoic look, take a breath as she concentrates & heads over to attack them with them having to dodge some of Chun-Li’s kicks & Kikokens, destroying some of the stands. Min Min manages to block some of her kicks while Bomberman places down some bombs before he detonates them as the next battle begins. Chun-Li then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away & gets a bowl of noodles on her head. Ken gets it off as Medic uses his Medigun to heal her, causing her to recover. She then joins them in their quest to find Ryu & Ken as they head to their next destination. Meanwhile, it’s shown that they’re being watched by M. Bison who grins as he sends Ryu, Guile & 4 others to intercept if & when they reach where he placed them.

14-4: Amazon River Basin
The group arrives at the Amazon River Basin where the next battle will take, though everyone has to deal with the vines & quicksand, while taking care of more enemies & Light Clones. After defeating all enemies, they reach where Blanka's stage takes place at, only for them to be surprised that an empty Pokéball, which they learned contained a Blaziken who emerges & attacks them with Snake & Popeye trading blows with it while Medic heals them before the next battle begins. Blaziken then collapses with Popeye putting it in its Pokéball until it recovers, while it & the rest are getting healed by Medic before heading off to the next location.

14-5: Air Force Base
Everyone arrive at the Air Force Base for the next battle, though they find it weird that that Master Hands are behaving like fighter jets, thinking that they must’ve helped set where the Light Clones are everywhere & see for themselves as they deploy the enemies & Light Clones. After defeating all enemies, Guile reaches everyone & crouches in place as he fires Sonic Booms at everyone, while doing Flash Kicks to anyone trying to reach him such as Blaziken, Snake, Luffy, Popeye & Spider-Man with Chun-Li trying to snap him out of while Min Min & Mii Brawler grab him in place with Spring Man & Coyle’s help, only for all to get tossed by him. Pong then slams near him, making him lose balance & gets hit by the ball before Flies & Hand slams him back down & the next battle begins. Guile stumbles before Galleom grabs & squeezes him before slamming him down & collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away. Chun-Li & Ken check on him as she moves him towards a crate, while Spring Man finds his comb on the ground, which he then gives back as Guile recovers & brushes his hair. He then joins them, so they could find Ryu & deal with Bison as they head off to the next location.

14-6: Big Factory
The Smash Bros. arrive at the Big Factory with everyone except Metal Gear REX, White, Galleom & Duon heading inside to guard the place from any tricks Galeem could pull during it. After defeating all enemies, a door opens from a side room where a Master Hand drops off Zangief before waiting in the sidelines & begins attacking everyone with Waluigi getting suplexed by his Spinning Piledriver & Min Min, Spring Man & Coyle getting swung around as he does his Double Lariat, but still manage to toss him into a wall as well as Ken, Chun-Li, Guile & Popeye landing some good hits before the next battle begins. Zangief stumbles before collapsing as Galeem’s aura fades away & tags in the Hand who then attacks for him. The Hand explodes as Banjo & Kazooie head up to check on him as Waluigi rubs his neck. Zangief then recovers more Light Clones arrive to deal with, but get defeated by him & the others as they meet up with REX, White, Galleom & Duon & head to the next location.

14-7: Fraserburgh Castle
The group arrives at Fraserburgh Castle to see if Ryu could be here as the next match continues. After defeating all enemies, everyone sees someone coming outside of the castle, which turns to be Lili who was mentioned by Kazuya & Ken, Chun-Li, Guile & Zangief recognize her. She makes quick work of Braixen, Bill & Luffy before the next battle begins. Lili then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away from her with some surprised with how hard she fought before they defeated her. She then recovers & thanks everyone for saving her as she joins them to find Ryu & head off to the next location.

14-8: High Roller Casino
Everyone arrives at the High Roller Casino for the next battle, though since the battle takes place outside, REX, White, Galleom & Duon don’t have to get relegated to guarding duty. After defeating all enemies, Scrooge emerges out of the casino as he jumps around on his cane before zapping Lapis with his Burglar Stunner & shooting Bowser & Bald Bull with his Neutra-Friction & Anti-Inertia Rays to make them easier to knock around as he swings his cane at them before the next battle begins. Scrooge then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away with Zangief picking him up as everyone heads to the next location.

14-9: Fighting Barroom
Everyone, except REX, White, Galleom & Duon since it’s indoors, arrives at the Fighting Barroom for the next fight as Scrooge recovers & wants to join in to make up for what happened. After defeating all enemies, Ken sees Ryu coming at him & the 2 clash as the others intervene at various points such as Little Mac, Bald Bull & Popeye blocking some of his punches & Blaziken, Min Min & Chun-Li blocking some of his kicks, while Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong & K. Rool cling onto the fences, Orcane goes through some puddles he makes & Shantae transforms into a Sea Frog to avoid some of his attacks. All this happens as the next battle begins. Ken does a gut punch into Ryu, knocking him into the fences & collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away from him. He, Guile, Chun-Li & Zangief then head over to check on him & have Bald Bull carry him for them as Ken sticks by him & everyone heads off to the penultimate location of the tournament.

14-10: Ayutthaya Ruins
Now that they rescued Ryu, everyone now focuses on completing the tournament & find & defeat Bison as they arrive at the Ayutthaya Ruins. After defeating all enemies, Ryu recovers as Akuma arrives via Ashura Senku & does a Raging Demon on Ken. Ryu then fights him as some of the others helping such as Popeye who gets hit with a Goshoryuken after whacking with a right hook, Lucario counteracting a Gohadoken with an Aura Sphere & as well Akuma using his Ashura Senku to avoid getting swatted by Flies & Hand & Spiny Balls that the Lakitu drops down on him, but gets hit by REX’s water laser as it was tracking him, despite collateral damage & rushed into by Rayquaza. All this happen as the next battle begins. Akuma then stumbles as White swats him into a structure, causing him to finally pass out as Galeem’s aura fades away. Everyone except Ryu, Ken, Guile, Chun-Li & Zangief, since they already know this, are shocked at how much Akuma was able to put up with & Bowser decides to that he could be of use given his power. Akuma then recovers as Bowser approaches him & puts his hand up, which Akuma accepts since he wants to get back at Bison for making 1 of his minions & find more hard opponents as they head to where Galeem placed Bison in: The Temple Hideout.

14-11: Temple Hideout
Bison watches this & tosses a Light Clone of Ryu into his TV screen as he sends everyone inside the hideout with them to prepare themselves once they arrive as he soon follows after them. Meanwhile, the Smash Bros. arrive at the Temple Hideout & storm the place to find & defeat Bison as well as seeing that if he has any information on the being from before. After defeating all enemies, the group gets attacked by Bison who comes at them with a Psycho Crusher with Meta Knight, Sonic, Tails & Shantae, having transformed into a Gastro Drill, holding him back before they all separate from each other. Ryu, Ken, Guile, Chun-Li, Zangief & Akuma then clash with Bison as the others come to help them at certain points such as Min Min snapping Bison’s neck with her legs before he cracks back in place, Rayquaza scooping him into the air & uses Draconic Ascent on him before he teleports back down to the ground, Spider-Man webbing his limbs together, so some of them could get some free hits, but breaks free from them & Miku doing a gut kick after breaks 1 of her leeks. All this happens before the next battle begins. Shin Bison turns back into M. Bison as he collapses & both Galeem’s aura & the Psycho Power aura fade away from him, allowing the Smash Bros. to win the World Warrior Tournament. With him token care of, the Smash Bros. then check the Shadaloo computer to find any leads on the being with Coyle & Eggman finding some files that shows some of the Shadaloo having drawn the being before Galeem appeared. They also find a file that shows an entry talking about the dream they’ve been having, only to learn that Bison was the one who wrote it. Bison, having recovered, proves this by recreating the being he saw using his Psycho Power, surprising everyone & wonders if this being could be the real source of his Psycho Power. He then joins them as everyone heads back to White’s ship & the Halberd with the spirits they’ve rescued & head off to their next destination following Galeem’s light trail.

15-1: Cave Opening
As everyone settles down again with some of them continuing training, checking to see if anything needs to fixed & the like, White’s ship arrives at another world: Gaia from Final Fantasy VII & lands at the Northern Cave where they could possibly find Cloud & Sephiroth & begin to trek towards the cave's opening. After reaching the end of the level, a mysterious snake appears in front of them, transforms into Sablé Prince & attacks them. The Sablé Prince then collapses & Galeem's aura fades away as Bison carries him & everyone else enters the Northern Cave to find Cloud & Sephiroth.

15-2: 1st Descent
Everyone begins the first part of their descent with Mario & Bowser using their face to help light the way as they look for Cloud & Sephiroth & deal with any enemies they find. After reaching the end of the level, they encounter someone who they haven’t before: Mirage who then starts with messing with them with his illusions of himself before dropping down to deal with them as he was camouflaged before the next battle begins. Mirage then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away, but recovers quickly as he thanks everyone for saving & joins them as they leave the reactor & start heading to where Cloud probably went next. Meanwhile, Sephiroth is seen watching them from afar before disappearing.

15-3: Horizontal Fork
The group then reach a horizontal fork & decide to check each path to make sure they're going the right way as well as dealing with any enemies they find inside. After reaching the end of the level, some of them get blindsided by quick slashes that just seem to pass by them, except Goroh & Hayabusa who were able to block the strikes with their own blades as well as Berecca conjuring her Ippon Katana to block the strikes coming at her. Sonic decides to check to see who it could be. He realizes that it’s Lyn when he sees her about to fire an arrow at Tails & takes it. He then lures her towards Luffy who activates Gear 2nd & uses Gum-Gum Jet Pistol on her, getting her to stop for the time being. Lyn then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades with everyone wondering how she’s able to move that fast, but then wakes up & thanks everyone for saving her as everyone continues their trek into the cave.

15-4: Vertical Fork
Everyone then reaches a vertical fork in the cave & do the process all over again, since it's another fork in the cave. After reaching the end of the level, Bumblebee & Starscream see someone they recognize coming at them: Optimus Prime who then starts attacking them with the others coming in to help them before the next battle begins with Starscream surprised that everyone is risking their lives for him. Optimus then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away & his chest opens, showing the Matrix of Leadership. His spirit then emerges, which Bumblebee manages to catch & puts back in, resurrecting him, while White holds onto the Matrix as she puts in her gem as Bowser, Fredrik & Bald Bull pick up Optimus as everyone continues to trek through the cave.

15-5: Up Descent
Everyone reaches to an strange Upward Descent with Bowser, Fredrik & Bald Bull giving Optimus to hold onto as they & the rest climb up the platforms while dealing with more enemies & Light Clones. After reaching the end of the level, everyone notices a Master Hand tossing up Popo & Nana to deal with them before the next battle begins. Popo & Nana then collapse as Galeem's aura fades away & the Hand appears to deal with the group next. The Hand then explodes as Popo & Nana recover as they thank everyone & joins them as they continue their descent.

15-6: Down Descent
The group reaches to a Downward Descent, which everyone is used to compared to the previous section, despite containing some of the same platforms & a few winding turns. After reaching the end of the level, everyone encounters Tifa who could know where Cloud & Sephiroth, but attacks them as the next battle begins. Tifa then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away, but everyone notices a Phoenix Down near them & Daisy uses it to revive her, which works. She thanks everyone for saving & leads everyone where she last saw Cloud & Sephiroth.

15-7: Right Descent
Everyone reaches the Right Descent & business is usual, but Tifa knows that Cloud is close. After reaching the end of the level, Ashley attacks the group using her cloud to hold them off with Wario trying to reach her, despite not caring about her before, which confuses him as the next battle begins. Ashley then collapses as both Galeem's aura & the cloud dissipates with Tifa carrying her as they continue their search for Cloud & Sephiroth.

15-8: Final Descent
The group reaches aptly named Final Descent as they know for certain that they're on the right track as they do business as usual.

15-9: Inside The Planet
Everyone finally ends up inside the planet & thus 1 step closer to reaching the Planet's Core. After reaching the end of the level, Cloud then shows up while Tifa is collecting a spirit from a dead Light Clone of Samus, being compelled by Galeem’s will to kill her & the rest, horrifying Tifa as the next battle begins. Cloud then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away & Tifa then carries him over to a corner, thinking that she lost him, but remembers that she still has some Phoenix Downs & uses it to revive Cloud. Cloud then recovers as he & Tifa embrace with both shedding tears as Barret & Aerith’s spirits emerge to see them, which surprises them & motivates them in stopping Sephiroth. They then lead everyone to where Sephiroth head off to.

15-10: Planet's Core
The group finally arrive at the planet's core, which Cloud & Tifa know that Sephiroth would be here, since he used the Livestream to teleport him & them when they’re still under his control. Everyone then heads inside with Cloud, Tifa & Luffy leading to deal with Sephiroth while dealing with any enemy or Light Clone in their way as well as rescuing more spirits. Meanwhile, Sephiroth is shown in a crystal as Galeem hides inside to set up a trap if Sephiroth is freed from its control. After everyone reaches the end of the level, everyone sees Sephiroth in the crystal, which Cloud, Tifa & few others decide to start to break with the Snagret pulling it out of the core & holding it in place to make it easier. It finally breaks as Sephiroth wakes up & the next battle begins. Cloud & Tifa finish him with Omnislash & Final Heaven respectively, causing him to stumble to the ground for a bit. Sephiroth then hovers into the air & transforms into Safer Sephiroth, which surprises some of the Smash Bros. like Eggman, Kurisu, but not Cloud & Tifa as well as Marx who looks impressed as the battle isn’t over yet. Safer Sephiroth collapses & turns back into Sephiroth as he then collapses & Galeem’s aura fades away. Galeem then activates its trap as everyone discovers the trap it set & start running as they don’t want to go through the same crap as before with Zangief picking up Sephiroth & catching a Phoenix Drown Tifa dropped. As they head outside, the spirits they collected form a path to help them know where they came from & eventually reach White’s ship where they take off before Gaia is consumed by Galeem’s light & destroyed. Zangief then puts Sephiroth in his room, while Steve crafts rooms for Sable Prince, Mirage, Lyn, Optimus, Popo & Nana, Ashley, Cloud, Tifa & Sephiroth & uses it to resurrect Sephiroth. Sephiroth then meets up with everyone else as they head into their rooms with Cloud & Tifa giving him death glares, which he expected would happen as he just smirks, but the 2 begrudgingly allow him to join them as they have bigger fish to fry than even him, which he does agree with a nod.

16-1: Outer Wall
White's ship arrives at Mega City where it lands outside of Wily Fortress to see if they could find Mega Man, Zero & Dr. Wily, thus they start with the Outer Wall surrounding it before trying to storm it, while dealing with the enemies & Light Clones guarding it. After reaching the end of the level, everyone sees a Bullet Kin toss a Poké Ball down, spawning a Metagross that uses Earthquake. The group toss theirs to release Pokémon as the next battle begins, while the Bullet Kin that tossed it is dealt with. Metagross then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away & Sephiroth finds its empty Pokéball to capture it & does so as everyone heads to the closest location near the castle itself: the Thermal Plant.

16-2: Thermal Plant
Everyone advances towards the Thermal Plant, while still balancing their now routine of dealing with Light Clones & other enemies & rescuing more Spirits. After reaching the end of the level, Heavy arrives from the door they were heading to & shoots several bullets out of Sasha while laughing with Saki & Bill covering as Medic leads the rest to help him snap Heavy out of it. Heavy then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away & Medic comes to aid his best friend as he uses his Medigun to heal him, while Octavio holds onto Sasha. Heavy then recovers & hugs Medic, since he knows that he’s okay & thanks everyone for saving him by giving them spare Sandviches, while Medic plays the Amputator like a violin to further heal everyone. Afterwards, everyone leaves as they get close to Wily's Castle.

16-3: Castle Wall
Everyone finally reach Wily's Castle & begin their assault on the Castle Wall. After reaching the end of the level, everyone notices a Galaga Bug throwing down a Pokéball, which spawns a Genesect, while Pikachu, Eevee, Meowth, Snorlax & Toxtricity step forward to confront it, while Geno, Chibi-Robo, Bumblebee & Starscream support them as coverfire, while everyone else deals with more Light Clones that were accompanying the Galaga Bug. Genesect collapses as the Magikoopa who had the Pokéball is taken care of. Snorlax then captures it back in the Pokéball & gives it to Geno as everyone continues their siege. After reaching the end of the level, everyone sees a strange site: the SV-001 emerges that start shooting at them before it was immobliized & damaged by Galleom & Duon. The hatch then opens, revealing to be Marco piloting it who then pulls his pistol & the next battle begins. Marco then screams as he collapses & Galeem's aura fades away as the rest of the enemies & Light Clones on the wall are dealt with. Duon picks up the SV-001 as he & the others head inside Wily's Castle.

16-4: Robot Manufacturing Plant
As everyone enters Wily's Castle, they end up in the robot manufacturing plant section of it, which remind Chibi-Robo, R.O.B., Optimus, Bumblebee & Starscream of their own creations, despite it being more focused on creating more Light Clones as well as more Mettaurs & Sniper Joes among others as well as Eggman of his may factories back at Mobius. After reaching the end of the level, everyone gets barraged by random numbers, which turns to be coming from Dr. Kawashima as the next battle begins. Kawashima then falls to the ground as Galeem's aura fades away with Fredrik & Bald Bull carrying him as they & everyone else continue through the plant. After reaching the end of the level, everyone gets startled by a Crashbolt that crashes before them, revealing to be Gunvolt. Pikachu tries Thunder Jolt on him, but absorbs it with no consequences. Gunvolt fires several darts at them as they try to dodge, managing tag them before activating his Flashfield to electrocute them, but Phosphora & Luffy, not being affected, tries to save everyone, so he tags the latter some more as well as lashing a chain at him & heating it up, which works as he slams him down until Phosphora rushes into him, causing an explosion that stuns him down as the Flashfield deactivates before Luffy punches him with Gum-Gum Rocket. Everyone else who still have Gunvolt’s tags get them off as quick as they can such as Baldi using the Safety Scissors to cut his off as well as some for the others. The power surge gets a Master Hand's attention & heads over to investigate. Gunvolt then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away & Luffy is about to pick him up, since he won’t get electrocuted, despite what he did, only for the Master Hand to arrive to attack them. The Hand then explodes & Joule’s spirit heads towards him & goes inside Gunvolt’s body before reemerging out of him. He wakes up, sees Joule’s spirit as he realizes she’s now safe again & tears up as he hugs it with Luffy comforting him, showing that Galeem must’ve extracted her out of him when he was vaporized. He then joins everyone to avenge Copen & his team as they continue through Wily's Castle.

16-5: Defensive Combat Zone
Everyone enters the Defensive Combat Zone where they have to deal with spikes & disappearing platforms while collecting more spirits & defeating more enemies & Light Clones, though some like Lakitu & Chain-Chomp don't have to worry about as much. After reaching the end of the level, just as they reach the computer, Mega Man spawns in & hits Chain-Chomp with Hard Knuckle with Shrek catching it before she counters it with a stab kick as Tron also comes in to help them by grabbing Mega Man, only to get a Buster Shot to the face. He then gets into a shootout with Geno, Saki, REX, Banjo & Kazooie, Grunty & Gunvolt with the last one managing to tag him & uses his Flashfield on him until Mega Man sets up his Jewel Satellite to block some of the shots before the next battle begins as everyone soon joins in. Mega Man then starts exploding before being flung towards a wall near the computer before falling to the fround, causing Galeem’s aura to fade away. Everyone then stays in 1 place as Coyle, Eggman, Tails & Tron patch him up, which works as he springs back up & everyone then continues through the castle.

16-6: Robot Master Archives
Everyone arrives at the last section to get through before they could confront Wily: the Robot Masters Archives, which does have Chibi-Robo, R.O.B., Optimus, Bumblebee & Starscream perplexed as to how their kind are being put on display, despite not being related to them. After reaching the end of the level, Zero slowly floats down as Mega Man approaches him before the 2 clash as Lyn, Goroh & Lloyd soon joining him to keep Zero from severing Mega Man’s buster arm before the rest join in as Zero’s attacks get more dangerous such as Rakuhouha, Twin Dream & Genmu Zero & the next battle begins. Zero then starts exploding like Mega Man & breaks into pieces as he goes offline & Galeem’s aura fades away. As his spirit emerges, Mega Man manages to grab it & held onto it as well as Tails & Tron fixed him with Bumblebee. He then places it back into it, resurrecting him. Zero then stands as he smirks & crosses his arms to thank everyone for saving him as they continue.

16-7: Fortress Core
Everyone gets closer to the Fortress Core as Wily sends the Yellow Devil to where Galeem set them to fight, while he gets into his Wily Capsule & heads to his spot. After reaching the end of the level, Wily arrives to confront the Smash Bros., surprising them, but then realizes that Galeem set him up, since he thought he was going to be saved for last. Galeem then fires a weak light blast that knocks him out as he then recovers & attacks them. He, Mega Man, Zero & Eggman clash with Octavio, Ray-01 & Grunty coming in to help the former as well as White & Galleom trying to swat Wily out of the sky. All this happens before everyone else joins them as the next battle begins. The Wily Capsule begins to explode as Wily freaks out before he falls out of it & it then crushes him like what happened with Bowser Jr. & Eggman as Galeem’s aura fades away. Bowser Jr. & Eggman get the capsule off of him as he soon recovers & then starts begging to take him with them since he wants to get back at Galeem for deceiving him. Everyone looks at each other before Mega Man approaches him & extends his hand, which Wily then shakes before Octavio slaps him with blueprints for a new Octobot King as the trade-off for accepting his offer, causing him to grumble. Eggman laughs at this until Coyle slaps him with the Hedlok blueprints to show that he’s getting away from it that easily, causing him to growl as well. They both put away the blueprints as they start building for Octavio & Coyle after they leave as now everyone heads towards the core of Wily Castle to confront Galeem. After reaching the end of the level, everyone finds that Galeem is searching Wily’s computer for some reason, but they don’t know that it has using it to see what happen to some of the spirits & fighters it originally had. It notices them, activates the alarm & phases through the screen of the computer with Mega Man, Zero & Wily know what this means. Everyone else gets their answer soon after as they hear a loud growl & yellow pieces coming from behind them as they frantically dodge out of the way as they form the Yellow Devil. Wily tries to get it under control, only for it to crush him under its hand as it then starts attacking everyone such as clashing with White with her grabbing its eye & trying to crush until it punches her in the face to get her to let out as well as moving its eye around to avoid shots from Geno, Saki, Crash, Dave & Gunvolt among others, since Mega Man, Zero & Wily that it’s its weakpoint, since they’re particularly aiming for it all before the next battle begins. Yellow Devil then collapses as he melts & Galeem’s aura fades away, leaving behind his eye, which remains intact. Chaos & Lapis help Wily collect the goo as the Wily Castle begins to collapse due to damage & Marco grabs the eye as everyone heads back to White’s ship & then take off again. As Steve finishes his room, Wily puts the container with the Yellow Devil on the desk as Marco hands him the eye before heading off to Octavio’s room to help him create a new Octobot King mech where he sees Mega Man who just glares at him as he heads into his new room where he has Dr. Light & Roll’s spirits with him & holds both of them, knowing that they’re safe now. Steve then leaves & begins to build a room for the Yellow Devil, while Ryza brings over some more materials she created. Meanwhile, Eggman heads over to Coyle’s room to help her create a Hedlok & Tron helps Tails fix up REX, Galleom & Duon as well as the SV-001 from the damage they took, while Optimus joins White’s command room to help those piloting it & some of the others start training with each other.

17-1: Ceres Space Colony
Everyone at White’s ship notice that they’re heading towards Zebes, knowing that they could find Samus, Ridley & Mother Brain, but decide to start with the Ceres Space Colony since it’s closer, though they don’t remember Samus telling them that there were any enemies, except Ridley, which Galeem probably filled up as a precaution. Also, Bulblax, REX, White, Galleom & Duon can’t join them, since they’re too big. After reaching the room where Samus confronted Ridley, Ridley appears & drops off a Pokéball, which reveals Gardevoir as he flies away to activate the self-destruct if Gardevoir is token care of. She then fights with the Pokémon in particular, though Peach & Daisy also come in to help them with everyone else following them as the next battle begins. Gardevoir then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away where the self-destruct has been activated, causing everyone to head back to White’s ship, while Peach uses the Pokéball to catch Gardevoir before they backtrack. White’s ship then escapes as it then heads towards Zebes after they see Ridley flying back to it.

17-2: Crateria
White’s ship lands on Crateria as they begin to look for Samus, Ridley & Mother Brain & Wily takes the Yellow Devil’s canister with him before everyone splits up explore the area to find them as well as any spirits & defeat any enemy or Light Clone they could find. After reaching where Samus fought a Torizo, they notice 1 of the Metroids still alive after being defeated with the Hammer Bro, Lakitu & Chain-Chomp heading over it to check to show if it’s faking it or not. After seeing it do nothing for a bit, they give the clear as the Metroid then joins everyone as they reach the Mysterious Statue Chamber where they see the statue Galeem set up, which Samus & Ridley as well as Mewtwo & 2 they don’t recognize & they all a colored gem on them. Notcing that Mother Brain isn’t on it, this makes everyone think that they have to find & rescue all of them in order to get to her.

17-3: Brinstar
The groups start with Brinstar to see if Mewtwo, Samus, Ridley or the 2 they didn’t recognize could be in here, while dealing with any enemies or Light Clones they would encounter here. After reaching where Samus fought Kraid, everyone notices that the place is wrecked where they then get attacked by Ralph with Gardevoir breaking of her Pokéball to protect Peach from a punch using Reflect to reflect it back at him before she switches to the others as well as using Psychic Cut to fire back at him & the next battle begins. Ralph then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away & his part of the statue weakens. With Zangief carrying him, everyone heads back to it, which Zangief manages to destroy easily after seeing the cracks on it as well as how his eyes isn’t glowing green anymore, while Steve & Ryza collect the remains to make into gold. Ralph then recovers, causing everyone to realize that he, Mewtwo, Samus, Ridley & the other 1 they don’t recognize are connected to this statue due to Galeem’s magic & can only weaken once they’re defeated, which he does prove by trying & failing to wreck the rest of the statue before everyone picks their next spot.

17-4: Norfair
Everyone heads to Norfair, since like Brinstar before it, some of them have been to it before, so they know Ridley is probably here, while they have to deal with the lava waves & lava walls along with the usual enemies & Light Clones. After reaching Ridley’s lair, he manages to attack Mario & Mega Man with the help of a Master Hand before getting into a dogfight with Bowser Jr., Coyle, Ray-01, Dark Emperor, Eggman, Wily, Grunty & Lapis, while Min Min, Spring Man & Luffy reaches out from below to try to grab him, White & Galleom trying to swat him out of the sky & Mario, Bowser, Geno, Fredrik, Inkling, Octoling, Marie, Marina, Fox, Falco, Wolf, Krystal, Saki, Snake, REX & Gunvolt all try to shoot him down, though Galleom also fires at him with his missiles until the Metroid manages to get him down before the next battle begins. Ridley then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away & the Master Hand then attacks them. The Hand explodes & Ridley's part on the Golden statue is weakened, which again everyone hears. Ralph picks him up as everyone heads back to the statue where Ridley then recovers as Shrek destroys his part on the statue. He rubs his head before standing up all the way to show everyone his thanks for saving him before looking at the Samus part of the statue with a glare & heading with everyone to the next location.

17-5: Wrecked Ship
The Smash Bros., except REX, White, Galleom & Duon head inside a wrecked ship to see if they could find Mewtwo, Samus or the 2 everyone else doesn’t recognize, while dealing with more enemies & Light Clones. Meanwhile, footsteps are heard as it show Samus walking around with her noticing Ridley’s tail as he & the others being looking around. She then turns to the camera as its shows her blank red eyes. Soon after, everyone start hearing the footsteps with Luigi getting nervous & pulls out the Poltergust G-00 with Mario conformting him as Wario & Waluigi laugh at him & Peach & Gardevoir slap them to get them to stop. Gunvolt, pitying Luigi, decides to reactivate what on the ship could still work with Pikachu & Chibi-Robo’s help, so there would be some light. After reaching the end of the level, everyone notices some hovering debris coming at them, which came from Mewtwo as he appears & the next battle in. Mewtwo then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away & Mewtwo's part on the Golden statue is weakened with Ridley carrying him as everyone doesn't want to stay in place with the footsteps they've been hearing, since it's been covering them hearing that part weakening. After reaching where Samus fought Phantoon, she then attacks the Smash Bros. with Fredrik tanking her ice attacks as well as Popo & Nana since they’re used to it to protect some of them, though Luffy does get stuck after Samus freezes his feet before Geno, Dark Samus, Saki, Eggman, Wily, Grunty, Optimus, Bumblebee & Starscream shot at her. As she’s distracted by them, Ridley then grabs & grinds her against the wall before tossing her to the ground as the next battle begins. Samus’ suit then explodes to pieces as she then collapses, Galeem’s aura fades away & her part on the golden statue weakens, which again everyone hears. The Metroid hovers over toward to feel if she’s still alive, which she is, while everyone else puts the pieces of her Dread Suit in a minecart Steve spawns & pushes while Ridley carries Samus as everyone heads back to the statue & meet back up Bulblax, REX, White, Galleom & Duon. Meanwhile, it’s shown that Galeem has using Mother Brain to continue the research given to it by Andross before he was freed from its control. Once everyone reaches the statue, Samus recovers as Ridley drops her part on the statue. She then gives a glare towards him & Dark Samus that they show her if Mario & Bowser, Donkey Kong & K. Rool, Kirby & Marx, Inkling & Octavio, Min Min & Coyle, Sonic & Eggman, Mega Man & Wily, Ryu & Bison, Cloud & Sephiroth, Banjo, Kazooie & Grunty & Lapis & White could work together, they could too, even if Ridley still doesn’t like her. Samus then emits crimson energy, causing the pieces of her Dread Suit to levitate before they reform on her. She then sees the statue, which she knows who 1 of them is & leads everyone to the next location.

17-6: Maridia
Samus leads everyone to Maridia to find the 1 she recognized, while dealing with more enemies & Light Clones, collecting more Spirits & being careful with the water sections, spikes & quicksand. After reaching Samus fought Draygon, Sylux then attacks them with Pikachu & Gunvolt absorbing his electric blasts while everyone else returns fire with Luffy managing to punch him into a wall before he dodges strikes from Flies & Hand, Metagross & Shrek as the next battle begins. Sylux then collapses as Galeem’s aura fades away & his part on the golden statue weakens, which everyone hears & conitnues since they're only halfway through the area with Samus carrying him. After reaching where Samus fought Draygon, everyone else notices an omnious-looking sword planted into the ground. Bowser approaches it, but get backhanded as Nightmare emerges from it & clashes with Swordfighter, Lyn, Zero, Lloyd, Cloud & Sephiroth before Sylux recovers & helps him & the next battle begins. Nightmare then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away & his part on the golden statue weakens, which everyone hears with Bowser picking up Soul Edge, while Mewtwo telekinetically carries him as they head back. Once there, Mewtwo rips Sylux's part off & tosses it towards a wall, while Sylux destroys Nightmare's part as he recovers. The statue then crumbles to the ground & the door opens to Tourian, which Galeem hears, forcing him to wrap up & leaves through the screen before sending Mother Brain & the remaining enemies to deal with them before setting up the self-destruct to go off if Mother Brain was defeated.

17-7: Tourian
Everyone arrives at Tourian to reach Mother Brain, while dealing with lava & the enemies & Light Clones that she & Galeem sent to deal with them, even though Galeem is already gone. After reaching Mother Brain, she then starts attacking with most of them holding her off before firing her Laser Brain Attack at them. Samus then holds off another 1 of her beams. Seeing that she's struggling, White fires her eyebeams, Rayquaza using Dragon Pulse, Genesect using Techno Blast, Marx fires his mouth beam & Wily unleashes the Yellow Devil to fire an eyebeam to help them before the next battle begins. Mother Brain then falls off her body as it collapses & Galeem’s aura fades away. As Samus approaches her, the self-destruct activates, forcing her & everyone else to head back to White’s ship with Metagross collecting the data, Yellow Devil grabbing Mother Brain’s head, while White puts her body inside her, though Samus has get her Gunship. Once they reach the surface, Samus brings her Gunship into White’s & then take off as Zebes explodes & everyone follows Galeem’s trail again, while Steve & Ryza built Mother Brain a new jar while making her room, which she notices herself in when she recovers. This forces her to make a truce with Samus since Galeem was using her by Metagross in research.

18-1: Sound Beach
White's ship arrives at arrives at a particular planet, which turns out to be the SNK world, thus Marco knows that they could find Terry, Geese, Kyo & Iori. The ship then lands outside of South Town with Steve & Ryza creating legs for Mother Brain's jar where Cartman finds out a flyer for The King of Fighters Tournament, which he gives to Ryu as they & the rest enter it to find them. Everyone starts at Sound Beach since the flyer shows where each battle takes place, though, this time, Mother Brain, REX, White, Galleom & Duon can help them this time compared to the Street Fighter tournament. After defeating all enemies, Taskmaster approaches, who Spider-Man knows & tries to keep Luffy from running headfirst, but fails. Luffy uses Gum-Gum Bazooka on him, which Taskmaster then mimics by dashing forward & doing a Enshisho, knocking Luffy away. Spider-Man then shows everyone what he does as he fights next, showing how he could copy his web grabs with his grappling hook. Taskmaster then copies Ryu's Shoryuken, Chun-Li's Hyakuretsukyaku, Popeye's Twisker Punch & even Akuma's Raging Demon when they decide to attack next, though Lyn, Lloyd & Zero also discovering that he can also copy sword attacks. After Zero fires his Zero Buster, he & the others, except Spider-Man, discover that Taskmaster can only copy moves that he's able to replicate, which they have to remember as the next battle begins. Taskmaster then collapses as Galeem's aura fades away, while Marco shows everyone the next location & Spider-Man carries Taskmaster with him.

18-2: Transcontinental Railroad
Everyone arrives at the Freight Express Station for the next match, only for the train, forcing those who aren’t on the train to jump to on with REX, White, Galleom & Duon having to keep up with it in order to help her, though Mother Brain & Yellow Devil were able to get on it as the Smash Bros. deal with the first match of enemies & Light Clones as the train goes through a sunrise & makes stops at Sarah Forest, West Albuquerque, South Town Village, Howard Arena, Barbori Falls, Blue Wave Harbor & the Freight Express Bridge before looping again until the match is done. After defeating all enemies, Terry jumps in to fight the Smash Bros. as he clashes with Ken, Ryu, Chun-Li, Akuma, Blaziken, Lucario, Min Min, Spring Man, Coyle, Captain Falcon, Brawler & Popeye as well as Taskmaster who just recovered & saw some of Terry's moves, though Zero had to help them to counter Terry’s Power Geyser with Rakuhouha as well as Little Mac & Bald Bull to help counter his Buster Wolf before the next battle begins. Terry is knocked towards the engine, but is caught by a Master Hand as he then collapses & Galeem's aura fades away. The Hand then attacks the group as the next battle begins.

Mario

 * How Galeem & Dharkon lay out their realms as well as Master Soul laying out the universe in the True Ending is a reference to how players can create their own levels in both the Wii U & 3Ds versions of Super Mario Maker & Super Mario Maker 2.
 * Peach dropping the group down a trap door into the castle dungeons is a reference how her Paper counterpart did the exact thing to Paper Mario after being made into origami at the beginning of Paper Mario: The Origami King.
 * Peach finding a secret passage to escape is a reference to one that her Paper counterpart finds with Twink in the original Paper Mario.
 * The way Mario collapses is a reference to the way he died if he dies in Super Mario Galaxy & Super Mario Galaxy 2.
 * Peach kissing Mario's forehead is a recurring thing she has done in the Mario franchise after the latter rescues her.

Yoshi

 * Poochy trying to push the Miis off a cliff is a reference how the auto-scrolling in the infamous Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island level Poochy Ain't Stupid causes him to push Yoshi into the lava.

Donkey Kong

 * How the group ends up at Donkey Kong Island is a reference to how Donkey Kong was sent flying into Mangrove Cove by Lord Fredrik at the beginning of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
 * Donkey & Diddy Kong slams in front of the Smash Bros. is a reference to how they, Dixie Kong, Cranky Kong & Funky Kong arrive in any levels from both Donkey Kong Country Returns & Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

Pokémon

 * How most Pokémon collapse is a reference to how they faint in the Pokémon franchise.
 * How Lucario collapses is a reference to how 1 of its kind sacrificed itself to restore the Tree of Beginning in the Pokémon movie Lucario & The Mystery of Mew.

The Legend of Zelda

 * Tingle falling to the ground after his balloon is popped is a reference to how he & Link 1st met in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask & its remake.

Kirby

 * How King Dedede, Meta Knight, Bandana Dee, Knuckle Joe, Chef Kawasaki, Marx, Magolor & the 3 Mage Sisters collapses after their defeats are references to their defeat animations in Kirby: Star Allies.
 * Meta Knight leaving a sword for someone in the group to pick before his fight is a reference to how he does when he's about to fight Kirby in Kirby's Adventure, Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Kirby Super Star, Kirby Super Star Ultra & Kirby: Star Allies.
 * How Kirby collapses after his defeat is a reference to how the 4 Kirbys collapse when defeated in both Team Kirby Clash & Super Kirby Clash.
 * Galeem using a light beam to resurrect Marx & sic him on the Smash Bros. is a reference to both how Galactic Nova turned Marx into his boss form in Kirby Super Star & Kirby Super Star Ultra & how Nova's energy resurrected him as Marx Soul in the latter's True Arena.
 * Marx helping Kirby & the others & being able to use the wings from his boss form after his defeat is a reference to his status as a Dream Friend in Kirby: Star Allies.

Metroid

 * Ridley dropping off Gardevoir in Ceres Space Colony as he heads to activate the self-destruct is a reference to his confrontation with Samus at the beginning of Super Metroid.
 * The statue of Samus, Ridley, Dark Samus, Sylux & Raven Beak Galeem made is a reference to the one in the Mysterious Statue Chamber that Samus encounters also from Super Metroid.
 * How Ridley lays after his defeat is a reference to how he was killed off by Queen Metroid in Metroid: Other M.
 * How Samus looks at the camera in the Wrecked Ship is a reference to the infamous scene of SA-X looking at the player in Metroid Fusion.
 * Ridley grinding Samus against a wall before her battle is a reference to 1 of his attacks from Metroid: Other M, which itself is a reference to when he did it in Subspace Emissary.
 * How Samus’ suit explodes to pieces before collapsing after her defeat is a reference to her defeat animation in the Metroid franchise.
 * Galeem activating Zebes’ self-destruction is a reference to how Samus has to leave each planet in the Metroid franchise.
 * How Mother Brain collapses after her defeat is a reference to her defeat animation also from Super Metroid.

Splatoon

 * The Inkling, Octoling, Marie & Marina's souls leaving their bodies after their defeats are a reference to how Inkling & Octoling souls leave them after dying in the Splatoon franchise.

Kid Icarus

 * Magnus being possessed in general is a reference when Pit possessed him in Chapter 18: The Ring of Chaos of Kid Icarus: Uprising.
 * How Phosphora collapses after her defeat is a reference to her defeat animation after losing Pit in Chapter 14: Lightning Battle of Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Punch-Out!!

 * Donkey Kong rolling after his defeat is a reference to his defeat animation after losing to Little Mac in Punch-Out!! (Wii).
 * How Little Mac collapses after his defeat is a reference to his defeat animation after losing to anyone in Punch-Out!! (Wii).
 * How Bald Bull collapses after his defeat is a reference to his defeat animation after losing to Little Mac in Punch-Out!! (Wii).

ARMS

 * How Spring Man & Dr. Coyle fall to the ground as well as Hedlok exploding are references to their defeat animation from ARMS.

F-Zero

 * Captain Falcon jumping out of the Blue Falcon to Falcon Punch Samurai Goroh is a reference to how he defeated Black Shadow from the F-Zero GP: Legend episode Final Lap: The Legend of Falcon.

Sonic the Hedgehog

 * Amy being under Galeem's control is a reference to when she was possessed by a Boo in the Sonic X episode Sonic's Scream Test.
 * How Sonic collapses after his defeat is a reference to how he did it when Mephiles impaled him in the back from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), but this time didn't need the Chaos Emeralds & Elise's kiss to bring him back.
 * Chaos trying to attack Tails while fixing Duon, only for him to fight him with Duon's help is a jab at Classic Sonic's infamous introductory scene in Sonic Forces where Tails cowers in fear at Chaos 0 before Classic Sonic arrives & defeats Chaos 0 instantly.
 * Knuckles catching Sonic in his hand & slams him into the ground is a reference to when he did to him in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022).

Yakuza

 * The attack Miku does after getting her leeks back is based off Kazuma's Heat Action with a Fresh Leek from Yakuza Kiwami 2.

Vocaloid

 * How Miku fights without her leeks is a reference to the video Rage of Miku Hatsune "Len vs. Miku"【VOCALOID PV】.

Virtua Fighter

 * How Akira collapses after his defeat is a reference to his defeat animation in the Virtua Fighter franchise.

Mega Man

 * Mega Man exploding before being send into a wall is a reference to how Block Man, Fuse Man, Blast Man, Acid Man, Tundra Man, Torch Man, Impact Man, Bounce Arm, Yellow Devil MK-III, Mawverne & Wily Machine 11 all started exploding after their defeats in Mega Man 11.
 * Mega Man & Zero clashing is a reference to their final battle in Mega Man Unlimited, the latter’s fight with X in the bad ending of Mega Man X2 & the battle that he & X had in all paths of Mega Man X5.
 * Zero exploding after his defeat is a reference to how he did after he’s defeated in Mega Man X2 & in X’s path of Mega Man X5.
 * Wily begging to join the Smash Bros. after his defeat & recovery is a reference to how he always begs for Mega Man’s mercy after he's defeated in the Mega Man franchise.
 * Galeem setting off an alarm to summon Yellow Devil is a reference to how an alarm goes off before a boss fight in the Mega Man franchise with it being used for it in Mega Man: Powered Up.

Street Fighter

 * How Ryu, Ken, Guile, Chun-Li, Zangief, M. Bison & Akuma collapse after their defeats are a reference to their defeat animations in the Street Fighter franchise.
 * Chun-Li getting a bowl of noodles on her head after her defeat is a reference to 1 of the Stage KOs for Bustling Side Street from Street Fighter V.
 * Akuma doing a Raging Demon on Ken when arriving is a reference to how he did the same to Bison if the player reaches the latter without losing from Super Street Fighter II.
 * M. Bison tossing a Light Clone of Ryu is a reference to how his 1994 counterpart was killed off in Street Fighter (1994).
 * Min Min snapping M. Bison’s neck with her legs to no avail is a reference to how he was killed off in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.

Asura's Wrath

 * The gut punch Ken gave to Ryu is a reference to when Asura did the same thing from 1 of the Lost Episodes of Asura’s Wrath, At Last, Someone Angrier Than Me.

Metal Gear

 * How Snake collapses after his defeat is a reference to his defeat animation in the original Metal Gear Solid.
 * Fredrick saving Snake & Gray Fox from getting crushed by Metal Gear REX’s foot is a reference to how Gray Fox saved Snake in the same way also in the original Metal Gear Solid.
 * Spider-Man’s web getting cutted by Metal Gear REX’s water beam is a reference to how it severed Gray Fox’s right arm also in the original Metal Gear Solid.
 * The Metal Gear REX escaping to the surface with Galleom & the others is a reference how Snake used it to escape Shadow Moses Island due to an army of Gekkos from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

Bomberman

 * How Bomberman collapses is a reference to his defeat animation in the Bomberman franchise.

Yu-Gi-Oh!

 * Yugi being in Hoenn is a reference to Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters, which was heavily inspired by the Pokémon franchise.

Pac-Man

 * The Pac-Man death sound plays after Pac-Man is defeated.

Tekken

 * How Lili collapses after her defeat is a referecne to her defeat animation in the Tekken franchise.

Soul Calibur

 * How Nightmare collapses after his defeat is a reference to his defeat animaton in the Soul Calibur franchise.

One Piece

 * The shot of Luffy grabbing his hat off a table as K. Rool & several enemies' shadows are shown is a reference to the eyecatchers in One Piece, particularly the 3rd set that was used from the Return to Sabaody Arc to the Dressrosa Arc & his in particular.

Sailor Moon

 * How Sailor Moon transforms into her Sailor Scout is a reference to the transformation sequences that made the Sailor Moon franchise iconic.

Final Fantasy

 * How Cloud & Tifa kneel before collapsing after their defeat is a reference to their defeat animation in the Final Fantasy VII remake.
 * Tifa carrying Cloud’s body is a reference to when Cloud did the same with Aerith after her death also from the original Final Fantasy VII.
 * Tifa using a Phoenix Down to revive Cloud is a reference to the infamous plot hole of why Cloud didn’t just use a Phoenix Down to resurrect Aerith after she died also from the original Final Fantasy VII.

Fatal Fury

 * Freight Express Station, Sarah Forest, Barbaroi Falls, Blue Wave Harbour & Freight Express Bridge are all stages that come from Garou: Mark of the Wolves.
 * The Sunrise section is a reference to the Round 1 version of Terry’s stage also from Garou: Mark of the Wolves.
 * The West Albuquerque section comes from the Fatal Fury 2 & The King of Fighters XIV version of the Transcontinental Railroad.
 * The South Town Village section is a reference to Billy Kane’s stage from the original Fatal Fury.
 * The Howard Arena section is a reference to Andy Bogard’s stage from Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory.
 * How Terry collapses after his defeat is a reference to his defeat animation in both the Fatal Fury & The King of Fighters franchises.

The King of Fighters

 * Mother Brain, Yellow Devil, REX, White, Galleom & Duon being able to help in The King of Fighters Tournament is a reference to how 1 of Terry & Kyo's teammates could help them during the match in The King of Fighters '94.

Metal Slug

 * How Marco collapses after his defeat is a reference to his death animation in the Metal Slug franchise.

Overwatch

 * How Tracer collapses after her defeat is a reference to her defeat animation if killed in a matches in both Overwatch & Overwatch 2.

Apex Legends

 * How Mirage collapses after his defeat is a reference to his animation when killed in Apex Legends.

The Simpsons

 * How Homer strangles Eddy before Ed gets him off him & later strangle Light Clones or other enemies is a reference to the running gag of Homer strangling someone that's annoying him, particularly Bart in The Simpsons.

Team Fortress

 * How Heavy & Medic collapse after their defeats is a reference to their defeat animations when not killed by anything explosive in Team Fortress 2.

Danganronpa

 * Some of the shots of the Tetriminos trying to crush everyone is based off the last part of Please Insert Coin, Chiaki's execution from Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
 * The shot of 1 group of the Smash Bros. going up the elevator in Shadow Moses Island is a reference to the shots of Class-77, 78 & 79 taking down the elevator to the Class Trial room in the Danganronpa franchise.

Among Us

 * How the Crewmates & Impostors collapse after their defeat is a reference to how the former collapse after the latter kill them when playing as an Impostor in Among Us.

Azure Stiker Gunvolt

 * How Gunvolt’s body lays after his defeat is a reference to how it did when Asimov killed him & Joule in Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX, which takes after the events of the original Azure Striker Gunvolt 's Bad Ending.
 * Joule’s Spirit going insider Gunvolt’s body to wake him up is a reference to how she sacrificed herself to save him by becoming 1 with him in the original Azure Striker Gunvolt 's Good Ending.

Baldi's Basics

 * Shrek giving Baldi an apple is a reference to how giving him an apple, causing him to stay in place for a bit also in Baldi’s Basics.
 * The gum Baldi uses to fix his ruler is a reference to the gum Beans spits out that can slow him & the player down if hit also in Baldi’s Basics.
 * The items Baldi gives out & uses during Final Smash are a reference to the items that are used against him also in Baldi’s Basics.

Untitled Goose Game

 * Goose popping his head out in his introduction is a reference to how he's introduced in the game.

Alien

 * Xenomorphs being the 1 of the enemies in the Ceres Space Colony & later Knight Ship is a reference to how they hunt their victims in the Alien franchise.

Angry Video Game Nerd

 * How the Nerd finished off Orcane is based off how he beat up Ecco at the end of his review of Ecco the Dolphin, without the funnel & crapping into his blowhole.

Shrek

 * How Shrek collapses after his defeat is a reference to how he started to weaken & fade away due to his deal with Rumpelstiltskin in Shrek Forever After.

Popeye

 * Mario & Donkey Kong turning to see Popeye after throwing a boat at them is a reference to when the original Donkey Kong was originally going to be another Popeye game, which led to their & Pauline's creation.

DuckTales

 * How Scrooge collapses after his defeat is based off his defeat animation from the 2013 remake of the DuckTales video game.

Marvel

 * Spider-Man pushing himself upward & lifting the rubble out of him after regaining consciousness & being freed from Galeem's control is a reference to Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 #33 from the If This Be My Destiny...! arc, which was also done in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
 * The shots of Spider-Man rescuing Min Min after getting knocked off by Dr. Coyle before they switched roles upon the latter noticing the former was using both web shooters is based off the Spider-Man story arc The Night Gwen Stacy Died.

SpongeBob SquarePants

 * How a Master Hand drops off SpongeBob is similar to his entrance animation in this game.
 * SpongeBob's laughing after this is based off how he laughed after going insane from all his attempts to end his vacation earlier failed, especially after learning that Patrick was taking his place for the timebeing & can't do anything to keep his mind off work from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode Bummer Vacation.
 * The Hand grinding SpongeBob against everything for failing to stop Smash Bros. is a reference to when SpongeBob was being like an actual kitchen sponge by Hanz for a commercial in the episode Model Sponge.
 * How SpongeBob looks like when inflating himself is based off how he did when he was checking the tire pressure on the boat he & Squidward were supposed to deliver the pizza in from the episode Pizza Delivery.

Glitch Techs

 * Waluigi & others having trouble stopping the Pong Ball is a reference to how Miko, Five & Mitch tried to do the same with their show’s version of Pong, Ping from the Glitch Techs episode Ping.

Steven Universe

 * How Beach City looks like is a reference to how it looked when Spinel injects Earth with her Injector from Steven Universe: The Movie before Steven undid the damage by just kissing the ground.
 * The shot revealing that Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond’s spirit being put in a mirror is a reference to how many viewers want her to suffer for causing the Gem War to happen in the first place out of selfishness as well as faking her death to give herself an excuse to run away & start a new life on Earth & making Pearl not tell anyone about it with no regard with how it could affect her upon finding out they’re the same person from the Steven Universe episode A Single Pale Rose.
 * How the Smash Bros., except Galleom, fall off a cliff after White shoots at them is a reference to how Steven & Lars were using Blue Diamond's Palanquin to escape before falling off a cliff in the episode The Trial.
 * Lapis’ state in her introduction is a reference to how she acted in the episodes Mirror Gem & Ocean Gem & her trying to drown Sonic & Luffy is a reference to how some of her haters & detractors try to add the water clone of Steven trying to drown Steven & Connie as a bad thing she did when she probably didn’t know that this was happening.
 * White Diamond poofing after her defeat is a reference to how many people wanted her to be killed off instead of being reformed, especially in the way she was in the episode Change Your Mind.

Ed, Edd n Eddy

 * Ed's aggressiveness under Galeem's control is a reference to when a pebble in his shoe caused him to gain a bad mood in the Ed, Edd n Eddy episode Little Ed Blue.
 * How the Eds collapse on top of each other after their defeat is based off how Johnny defeated them near the end of Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show.

Transformers

 * Bumblebee being silent in the cutscenes is a reference that’s been used as an obstacle for him in the live-action Transformers movies, despite having talked in Transformers (2007) & Transformers: The Last Knight, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron & the first season of Transformers: Cyberverse when Windblade isn’t venturing inside his head.
 * How Starscream attacked the Smash Bros. before he confronts them is a reference to how he started the Battle of Mission City from Transformers (2007).
 * How Starscream collapses after his defeat & how Megatron later brutalizes him when he fights him is a reference to his severe beating by Megatron from the Transformers: Cyberverse episode Bad Moon Rising.
 * How Optimus brutalizes Bumblebee when he's introduced is a reference to their fight from Transformers: The Last Knight.
 * Optimus' chest opening to show the Matrix after his defeat is a reference to his death in The Transformers: The Movie & his near-death in the Transformers: Prime episode Rebellion.
 * Bumblebee helping in Zero’s resurrection is a reference to how they both once shared the same voice actor, Jonny Yong Bosch as he voiced the former in Transformers: War for Cybertron.
 * Optimus joining everyone in White’s command room is a reference to how he was the commander of The Ark in the Transformers franchise.