Out of the blue, King Koopa suddenly receives a video call!

He then answers the call... K.Koopa: Let me guess? I'm supposed to be a villain not to be taken seriously?

K.Koopa: Well where do I sign? I have one scheme in progress that BOUND to take over my worlds mushroom kingdom if I play my cards right! He then shows Koopastine the map of Ivoir...

[ So uh Ninten... What now]{n}

Remembering an earlier encounter with a familiar mirror*, R.O.B. quickly switches back into his normal form and hatches a plan.Meta Knight proceeds to use a Shuttle Loop to encircle the mirror, with the Rainbow Galaxia leaving behind a rainbow trail!!
Bandanna Dee and the Squeaks, meanwhile, wait behind R.O.B...

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Growing more and more desperate, Sakaros grabs iX with five of her limbs, using the sixth to scorch him with a Blow Dry...which is blocked at the last second by another Earth-God Summon: Shield!!
Meanwhile, with Kogasa helping deflect the frigid temperatures, the other two Moriya gods and the pair of Revolt Robots gang up on Sakarin!!The thermal maid proceeds to change temperatures, slowly burning the house with a Heated Breeze!!!

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Blow Dry: (Wind/Flame) Sakaros uses her blow dryer to blow high-pressure air at her opponent at 900 °C.
Heated Breeze: (Flame/Wind) Sakarin sets her temperature to 1,200 °C and blows light air from her vents.

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*See Page 227, Post #14.

iX then bashed Sakarin from the side! iX: Back off!

Hmm... Interesting. It would be profitable to kill two birds with one stone...
However, I think it would be better to discuss our plans in person, for our safety.

Coordinates on the screen flash towards King Koopa. Only he can see the coordinates, however.

I am well aware that there are... prying eyes out there.. who might take any chance they can get to intercept our calls.

K.Koopa: Hm... good call. I'll see to it that the Koopa Pack distracts any of those goody two shoe heroes while I to try to get there! (God I hope that those lasagna eatin lunk heads don't find out or worse... Belmonts...) He then went to follow the coordinates... in hopes of no Belmonts, Plumbers, or any other heroes to stop him...

Shiver City Well, we-a-managed to beat them!
Yeah, but they ran off when they realized they were outmatched.
Well, MAYBE, if you guys had let me take care if it myself, we wouldn't be in this position!
Look, a-pal. Maybe, just-a-maybe, if you quit provoking-a-people and loosen up with-a-that ego, people wouldn't-a-mind being around-a--
Shhh. Did you guys hear that?
Hear what?

Seconds pass with silence consuming everyone, until Wario finally seizes the tension by breaking wind. Everyone subsequently reacts by moving away from him.

Ugh, that reeks!
(I-a-guess talking sense into him-a-really is a lost cause.)

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Gritzy Desert As Game & Watch finnaly slams all his tentacles at the group, they're all stopped by Waluigi.

You all do your thing! let Waluigi handle this!

Hero Prinny: Right... lets hope you don't take it to far dood. We still have to do that crusade dood! Mao: And remember, we're only targeting the DLC characters, not the entire roster.
???
King Koopa is currently nearing Koopastine's base of operations at a bit of a slow rate. King Koopa: Alright... no heroes showed up so far... so that means I should watch my step. I just know that i'll be in danger at any point!

Just... TAKE HIM DOWN, ALREADY!

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Note: Tennis Waluigi is a figment of Waluigi's imagination, and as such should only be visible or recognizable to those with psychic capabilities or those aware of the 4th-wall.

Hero Prinny: Alright, sheesh dood... He then ground pounded one of the tentacles and... Break Time dood! Then a sphere of red electricity surrounds Hero Prinny! Hero Prinny: Lets finish this fight off dood! Hero Prinny then jumped in the air and... Prinnykaze Strike dood! He then made a straight arial beeline to the octopus' head and... WHAM! Monsterous ammounts of damage!

???

Two figures watch King Koopa from afar...

...It seems we've got a villain in sight... Should we engage?
...Hm, nah. He's too close to Koopastine's base of operations. I think we're meant to keep out of the whole Bowser mini-arc.
...Ok...? ...Whatever that means...
And now, back to Stanley's redemption arc.

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Mega City Alleyway, Regulus Arc*

Three certain individuals sit around...




What's worse is that I was beaten by some golden-haired edgelord** while Tom was beaten by some blue guy with a bunch of boomerangs!*** What about you, Dastardly, where have YOU been?





And in the end, not a single one of you were able to achieve your purposes... Isn't that disappointing? Because, believe me... I know that feeling just as well as you all do.



Coda reveals himself to the three.

Now, now. That's no way to treat a future ally, Dick.
Greetings, gentlemen. My name is Coda... And I believe I can help you with your "failure" troubles.
You mean... You can help us take down Beta Shadow, like Lord Heeta ordered?
Even better... I can help you all achieve your TRUE purposes.
Our... True purposes?
Indeed... Dick Dastardly, I can help you to overthrow that lazy Robbie Rotten, and become the TRUE God of all things Evil.



...Thomas the Cat, I can help you to FINALLY catch that Jerry Mouse you've been trying to trap all these years.

Tom's mouth simply gapes open in surprise and glee.

...And you, Stanley... I can help you become the hero you were always destined to become.
You... You think I can be a hero?
Why, Stanley. With my help... You can be the greatest hero the Mushroom Kingdom has ever seen. Praised by all. Loved by thousands... You could even convince them to lock away that villainous ape, Donkey Kong Sr.

Everything you all have ever wanted could be yours! And all you have to do... Is join me, and do EVERYTHING I tell you to.

The three looks to each other... And then, Dastardly makes the final decision for all of them.



Excellent...

Coda creates a portal behind him.

Right this way, gentlemen.

Coda lets all three in first. He then proceeds to take one step into the portal before looking behind him...

...Oh, and just one more thing...

Suddenly, time comes to a complete halt as Coda morphs into his modern-day counterpart.

It is no secret that some of you who tend to, shall I say, "look beyond the wall" are rather prying... So I think it is best for both of us that you keep your damn mouths SHUT about this, as well as anything ELSE you happen to see or know about my plans... Lest you have a wish for a fate worse than death.

Time returns to normal as Coda reverts back to his past self, then enters the portal, seemingly unaware of what just happened.

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*More specifically, during the events of Page 197, Post #9 - Page 200, Post #10
**To be revealed.
***Thunder Blast Man. (Yes, he is still alive and active.)

Gritzy Desert Game & Watch seems unaffected at first. As he tries to counterattack... he transforms back to regular Game & Watch, though depleted of his health.

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??? Around the area which only King Koopa knows of, he sees a blur dash ahead of him in the same area he's headed for!

.... (Who the heck was that? Some kinda reptile monster?)

As Bladesmatter watches Meta Knight fly around the mirror, he spots that blobs of grey start to stick to Meta Knight's coat. Sword help upwards, he flies to warn Meta Knight.
As the rains continues to fall, some of the soldiers begin to equip umbrellas and use them to shield those nearby. From Diplomat Martin's perspective under one of these umbrellas, he sees an abnormally large drop crash into the ground without exploding. Recognizing it from a previous experience, a pistol, he fires at it, sending it flying backs.
Incoming Slimes!
Various more piles of the stuff fall, trying to jump into everyone.

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Smithingstone Arena

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Why aren't you helping Stache like that one guy is?
What, like tell him where to go?
Exactly!
Well it's quite simple; this is a battle between two robots, not two doctors. If he's helping his bot, it's proof that I have the superior robot.
You mean friendship.
What?
Stache is willing to risk life and limb for you. And isn't that what friends do?
That's also what obedient robots do. Have you not noticed how Stache looks and acts towards me?
Clearly with love and kindness, right?
...
As Clover and Shaker look back to the arena, they notice that Walnut has disappeared.

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Outside of Smithingstone Arena

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Now Geo, what did you wanted to show me?

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Back in Smithingstone Arena...

Where did he go?
He has that much faith in his robot to where he's willing to leave early like this match is no big deal? That crosses the line!
Stache! Get that stupid pie off of your face using the sprinkler system up above, then start slamming him about like those balls he throws!

Stache uses one hand to try and fend off the punches from Pierce and uses his other to break the sprinklers, causing a torrent of water to erupt from the ceiling. As a UKR soldier looks over to the judge, he holds a thumbs up to show that it's legal. As the pie slides off of his face, he sees a punch from Pierce coming his way. He stops it just shy of his visor using his PSI before throwing him upwards into the ceiling before slamming him down. During all of this, Pierce looks around to find that his doctor has disappeared. Pierce stops mid air and fixes his head before landing downwards, now sporting a sinister grin.

Now that the doctor's gone away...
Mad Jack can come out to play!

Mad Jack Pierce starts throws balls like crazy, and while Stache keeps teleporting, the balls still manage to connect. While they deal little damage, they start to add up.

  Gentlemen, I believe we know why we're gathered right now.
  Actaully, no we don't. All I know is that Xiphos called me on my Handheld Fan while I was trying to sleep, then told me to "get ze hell over here".
  

  That, and I wasn't listening over the sound of me commiting atrocious war crimes!
  Yes, yes, we've already heard that "THESE GUNS" joke about a thousand times by now.
  HEY! That is a BLATANT LIE! I've only told that joke a total of 823 times!
  

  Alright zen, as you're no doubt aware, Ali Tachyos' mission was to retrieve ze Chaos Heart.
  Wait, so you're saying he FINALLY got on that!? NICE!
  Yes, but when ze Chaos Heart was found, some fool apparently stole it from Tachyos before ze latter could grab said Chaos Heart, and then skedaddled off with it.
  Really? That sucks. So what's our gameplan?
  Obviously, we gotta USE MORE G-
  "More gun" is NOT a valid solution to every problem we come across! Besides, this guy's probably got some insane amount of power and could kick our es easily if we try to rush him head-on! That's why we need a GAMEPLAN, remember!?
  Well, I was able to steal U1 Aeon's Y E Z Z Y S easily, and he had a BFG zat could split tomlines! ...Still can't believe we're calling zem zat, zough. Good zing he's dead, by ze way.
  U1 AEON IS DEAD!?
  ...Wait, seriously? Who killed U1 Aeon?
  It was ME! Yes, I did it like ZIS!

Ali Xiphos throws a giant, green ball in the air, meant to represent the full-power BFG blast, and cuts it up, along with a training dummy that was in the corner!

  WHOOP-DE-DO! What do you zink of ZAT?
  Pretty cool! Anyway, here's MY idea...

Ali Tachyos starts talking to the group in morse code! However, the phrase that said morse code translates to is also in Ancient Language™!

  Holy f, zat might actually work!
  You bet your my plan's gonna work!
  ...What were you saying, anyway?
  I was gonna suggest we kidnap his uncle, but whatever. If we're gonna do this, then let's get on it.
  Right! Manly men, MOVE OUT!

The group then gets ready to infiltrate the Sacred World of The Kai!