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.

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 avoid complaints of bad dialogue or delivery & are done in real-time instead of pre-scripted to keep consistency.
 * Galeem & Dharkon are given more personality & clearer motivations.
 * Unlockable Assists become available in the Defeat All The Enemies Levels.
 * 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.

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 he 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.

Mario

 * 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.
 * Mario collapses the same 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.

Kid Icarus

 * Magnus being possessed in general is a reference when Pit possessed in Chapter 18: The Ring of Chaos 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).

Pac-Man

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

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.

Untitled Goose Game

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

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.