Crescendo cripples Trio with a Crescendo Clamp, and begins slashing away at copies of Brandish, Legacy Aeon, and Robo Sonic! Dr. Doppler, meanwhile, takes out the nimble Tachyon Man, Reggae, and Prontoman doppelgangers with an onslaught of Kurageil Missiles!!!

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Crescendo Clamp: (Shadow) Crescendo summons a pair of scissor blades that grab the opponent, causing them to be Weighed Down. Only heavy physical attacks can loosen the clamp.
Kurageil Missiles: (Water/Missile) An emergency weapon inherited from Volt Kurageil. Dr. Doppler fires dozens of missiles, each surrounded by three energy balls, that home in on even the fastest targets.

Weighed Down: A status effect. Causes the user's jumping abilities to be halved, and disables any form of flight.

As Crescendo is slammed into the wall, Limited-fueled copies of Drill Man and Seismic close in on him...
...only for all three clones to be blasted by balls of electricity, as Dr. Doppler drops down from the ceiling!Doppler uses his own powers to heal Crescendo and restore his arm, and the two dash towards Trio, with Crescendo readying his blades and Doppler engulfed in flames!!!

@Beta Shadow : (OOC: I made a mistake; the match was between CX, Dark Man X, Daiyousei, and Diddy. For a moment I mistakenly put Kogasa in Diddy's place, but later fixed it.)

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Using his remaining arm, Crescendo grabs an Elephant Man clone, and vaporizes the impostor with its water cannon before caving the illegitimate pachyderm's skull in!

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Daiyousei immediately drops her intimidating demeanor.Kogasa actually selects Peach this time.

Crescendo slices his bootleg into atoms, then crushes the head of an Amadeus* knockoff and uses its weapon to pelt Trio with bullets!

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Diddy tries to knock Daiyousei into a pit...only to lose his last balloon to a banana he placed. Daiyousei takes the opportunity to fire the last stolen Red Shell point-blank at Dark X, costing him his last balloon and making Daiyousei the victor!

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*See pages 28, 30, and 31

Crescendo slices off the propeller of a Drone Man copy, throwing it at Trio along with a Crescent Cutter!!

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Daiyousei's Boo powerup protects her from Dark Man X's Super Star!Daiyousei fires a Red Shell at both Diddy and Dark Man X, with Dark X being knocked into a pit at the same time. Daiyousei is now the only racer with more than one balloon.

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Crescent Cutter: (Cutter) Crescendo throws one of his four cutters in an upward arc, which returns back to him on command.

As Dr. Doppler analyzes the mix of Evil Energy and Limited in Air Man L's corpse, he comes to a shocking realization...As further builogical and chemical differences make themselves clear, the computer provides a new message:
ORGANISM: TRIO LIMITEDDr. Doppler prepares coordinates to MacLee Industries for himself, and runs off.

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The bladed figure steps forward.

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Daiyousei is baffled.Just then, Diddy picks up a Super Star, blocking Dark Man X's red shell at the last second, and mowing both him and CX down, popping CX's third balloon within mere seconds of the match starting.Daiyousei drives into another Item Box, picking up a Boo that steals the rest of Dark Man X's red shells!!!

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*Pronounced "Two-thousand X"

As information about Evil Energy changes wildly, Dr. Doppler is forced to change his instructions to Duo.Dr. Doppler gives Duo coordinates to MacLee Industries...and then begins his own research on the remaining pieces of Air Man L's corpse.

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As the Limited doppelgangers run down the production line, they almost immediately break down.
From the shadows, the figure seen in Mega City with a bladed forehead and forearms speaks up.

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As the battle begins, Daiyousei grabs an item box, picking up a Green Shell that she aims at CX!

Daiyousei and Diddy (the latter playing as Mario) ready their controllers as Skyscraper loads.

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Dr. Doppler has remained at the control panel, keeping track of anything that may be cause for alarm.Doppler notices a meteor-like figure moving across the map, and analyzes it for a closer look...Dr. Doppler tries to contact Duo via a voice communicator...

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Kogasa picks up her Intellivision controller and selects Peach.

With Daiyousei already having selected a character for the first round, Dark Elf, Diddy, and Kogasa wait for CX, Wriggle, Dark Man X, Bane, Fortem, or Quin to choose.

As Daiyousei moves her cursor over to Yoshi in the blink of an eye, Diddy realizes something.Dark Elf also realizes something.Dark Elf checks the number of controller ports as well...

Daiyousei is sitting at the N64 tourney with a big smile on her face, eagerly waiting for GX to shuffle the hat.

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While initially shocked by Dark Man X's appearance, Daiyousei quickly becomes eager.

A strange-looking figure walks the barren streets, with blades on its forehead and forearms...The Super Wily Number(?) exits the scene with a dash...

Dark Elf walks over to GX to sign up as the ninth contestant in the N64 tourney.

Rho-volt Torch tries to calm Daiyousei down enough to let her have a second look:

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Yeah, that's just what Daiyousei.EXE looks like. Rho-volt Torch has to try comforting Daiyousei again as they both head back to the N64 tournament.

Daiyousei curiously flies over to the Crystal Coconut as if her last response to Cranky never happened.

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Daiyousei darts back to the N64 tournament.