Plot summary of The Subspace Emissary: Difference between revisions

A large crowd fills the [[Midair Stadium]] for a battle between {{SSBB|Mario}} and {{SSBB|Kirby}}. In addition to the generic crowd, {{SSBB|Peach}} and {{SSBB|Zelda}} are in attendance, and {{SSBB|Pit}} watches from a magical fountain in [[Skyworld (SSE)|Skyworld]]. As one participant defeats the other, the loser reverts to his trophy form; the winner revives him in good sportsmanship and they both wave to the crowd. An ominous howling noise suddenly fills the stadium as the sky is filled with red clouds. The Halberd arrives and drops Shadow Bugs into the stadium, which form into Subspace Army troops. Peach and Zelda join Mario and Kirby as they fight off the invaders. Shortly afterwards, the Ancient Minister appears, dropping a Subspace Bomb that is prepped with two R.O.B.s and set for detonation in three minutes; the Ancient Minister quickly retreats to the Halberd as it begins to depart. As Mario dashes to investigate the bomb, a mysterious smoke cloud appears and a cannonball is fired from it that propels Mario out of the stadium far into the sky. In the chaos, Peach and Zelda are thrown into individual cages, which are held by [[Petey Piranha]]. Only Kirby is left to fight Petey. Upon breaking one of the cages, Petey explodes in defeat, as Kirby jumps away alongside Peach/Zelda. Wario makes an entrance, leaping in from nowhere with his Dark Cannon pointed at Kirby and the princess he rescued. He prepares to fire, but notices that the other cage has broken and the other princess is lying outside it, in no condition to evade. Wario turns his Dark Cannon to the easier target and fires, turning her into a trophy; he quickly grabs the trophy and leaps away. Kirby and Peach/Zelda begin chasing him, but Kirby notices that the Subspace Bomb is about to explode, and summons a [[Warp Star]] for the pair to escape on as the Midair Stadium is then engulfed by Subspace.

[[File:Pikachu Generator Subspace Emissary.png|225px|thumb|A machine draining Pikachu's electrical power.]]

Ganondorf, in his undisclosed location, has become aware that Dedede is planning something and is hoarding trophies in his castle. He transmits this information to Bowser, who sets off to ambush the castle.

Back in [[The Ruins|the ruins]], Lucas and the Pokémon Trainer continue to fight through the cavernous constructs - during which the Trainer captures Ivysaur's trophy and battles the previously seen Charizard, capturing it too. The duo then wind up in a dead end. Meanwhile, to the east of the battlefield, Meta Knight, Marth, and Ike have been progressed across [[The Wilds (Part I)|a desert]]. Having lost the Ancient Minister, they find [[Galleom]] in his tank form cruising across the desert and decide to follow it. Upon catching up, the swordsmen defeat Galleom in battle, who leaps off a cliff and crashes into the ruins right next to Wario's trophy - and into [[The Ruined Hall|the room]] that Lucas and the Pokémon Trainer have entered. Galleom attacks for its second battle in a row, but is defeated again. As a last resort, Galleom grabs hold of its opponents and propels itself skywards, activating a Subspace Bomb embedded in his head. Seeing the Trainer has fainted, Lucas gains a sudden confidence boost and uses PK Thunder to damage Galleom's arm, freeing the duo, but sending them falling towards the ground. Lucas holds the Trainer as they fall to their doom, but the two are then quickly caught by Meta Knight, who carries them away to Marth and Ike's location while Galleom's Subspace Bomb detonates in midair, barely reaching the ground and sucking up Wario's trophy. Upon landing, the Trainer regains consciousness and shakes Lucas' hand.

Diddy Kong and Fox continue to travel east through the jungle and reach [[The Swamp|a swamp]]. As they move on, Bowser successfully shoots Diddy with his Dark Cannon from a distance and sends in a troop of Shadow Bugs to replicate him. Fox is about to face a two-on-one when {{SSBB|Falco}} shows up, punts the Dark Cannon out of Bowser's hands and destroys it with his [[Blaster]]s. Bowser is displeased and leaves in his Clown Car, but first commands many more Shadow Bugs to merge with the false Diddy, rendering it significantly larger and stronger. Fox revives the real Diddy, who is shocked by the humongous doppelgänger. Together with Falco, they defeat it. Diddy then also physically convinces Falco to join them in their goal of saving DK and the trio continue through the swamp. Upon reaching a cliffside waterfall, they spot the [[Smash Skiff]], which takes off towards the Isle of the Ancients with the trophified DK on board. Diddy grunts in anger thinking the chase cannot continue, but Falco has a plan and summons the [[Great Fox]].

Samus and Pikachu continue through [[The Research Facility (Part II)|the research facility]]. Upon reaching the room with Samus' Power Suit, a pair of false versions of it appear. The duo defeat the copies and {{SSBB|Samus}} suits up as they continue to move through the facility. [[Ridley]] then suddenly appears and bashes Samus against the wall. Pikachu attacks Ridley and frees Samus with {{b|Thunder|Pokémon}}. Although Samus is hurt, she and Pikachu fight and defeat Ridley. Afterwards, they find an exit to the Isle of the Ancients' surface, alongside another exit with R.O.B.s carrying Subspace Bombs out of it. They decide to enter it.

Elsewhere on the Isle of the Ancients, near [[Outside the Ancient Ruins|a different set of ruins]], {{SSBB|Olimar}} is attempting to topple a giant R.O.B. with his Pikmin. The R.O.B. awakes and shakes all the Pikmin off, killing most of them. Olimar backs away in fear as a Red Pikmin points to the [[Blue Falcon]] screaming in from the distance. {{SSBB|Captain Falcon}} erupts from it as he delivers a [[Falcon Punch]] to the robot's head, easily knocking it over - and inadvertently killing all of the remaining Pikmin except for the one by Olimar's side. Despite this, the two captains team up and make their way towards the edge of the island, where they see the Smash Skiff with DK on it coming in. An Arwing piloted by Falco flies overhead and drops Diddy onto the transport, who knocks off all the Army members currently onboard. Falcon picks up a terrified Olimar and leaps off the island, landing on the Skiff as Diddy revives DK - who easily breaks free of his chains and is ready to fight alongside the other three as troops try to protect the transport. After the enemies are defeated, Falco signals success and flies elsewhere with Diddy waving him off. The Skiff continues its programmed course into a hangar of some sort into the isle.

On [[The Glacial Peak|a snowy mountain]], it appears that the Great Fox has been directed into combat with the Halberd as some sort of distraction - the two ships are firing incessant blasts at each other. Marth, Meta Knight, Ike, Lucas, and Pokémon Trainer see the battle at the mountain base, with Meta Knight taking the chance to reclaim his ship, leaving the others to begin ascent. He passes the {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} on the way up, who take his quick speed as a challenge, and the new group fight upwards to reach the summit. Upon reaching the top, {{SSBB|Lucario}} is found meditating on the peak. It leaps towards Meta Knight and challenges him to a battle; the winner revives the loser as they shake hands in respect. Just then, the Halberd plunges through the clouds grabbing the Great Fox with its Combo Cannon, ramming it into the mountain and knocking the Ice Climbers off. Meta Knight and Lucario manage to use this opportunity to jump onboard. The Ice Climbers land by [[The Canyon|a canyon]] next to Meta Knight's former group as the Halberd drops a crowd of Shadow Bugs; Mario, Pit, Link, Yoshi and Kirby's group arrives just as the fight starts, and the two groups merge with each other, including the Ice Climbers, soon after.

[[Battleship Halberd Interior|Inside the Halberd]], {{SSBB|Snake}} decides the time is right and leaves his cover to begin operations as the damaged Great Fox limps off. He hides in his box upon spotting Meta Knight and Lucario, but is shocked to be exposed by Lucario, who notices him due to his [[aura]]. A leery Meta Knight is told by Lucario that he is an ally. The trio continue to fight through the Halberd to find what appears to be a cargo bay, with both Peach's and Zelda's trophies in cages; both princesses are replicated by Shadow Bugs and are summarily defeated. Peach and Zelda are freed and revived, though Snake tells them to stay put while his group moves off. Despite this, as soon as Snake, Meta Knight and Lucario leave, Zelda takes on the persona of {{SSBB|Sheik}} and sets out on her own journey, with an amused Peach following. The two fight around [[Battleship Halberd Exterior|the Halberd's exterior areas]] to reach the top deck. Fox is back in another Arwing, and is attempting to destroy the Combo Cannon, which, due to how close the princesses were to it, makes Sheik think he is shooting at them. Sheik teleports onto the Arwing and breaks the window, forcing Fox to eject and land on the Halberd. As Sheik and Fox are about to fight, Peach offers the two some tea, which brings the conflict to an abrupt (and confusing) end. In the meantime, Meta Knight, Lucario, and Snake have reached [[Battleship Halberd Bridge|the Halberd's bridge]]. They find that the ship is being run by several false Mr. Game & Watches. Snake runs in and busts all the doppelgängers out the window, where they land on the deck beside Peach, Zelda, and Fox. Almost immediately, they all dissolve into Shadow Bugs and form into [[Duon]]. As Meta Knight remains on the bridge to reclaim control of his ship, Snake and Lucario jump down to help in the fight, in addition to Falco who arrives just in time. Once Duon is defeated, it leaves Mr. Game & Watch's trophy behind; once revived, he joins the group. The Subspace Army has now lost its dropship.

As Samus and Pikachu fight through the Isle of Ancients' Subspace Bomb Factory [[The Subspace Bomb Factory (Part I)|from above]], Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Captain Falcon, and Olimar fight through [[The Subspace Bomb Factory (Part II)|from below]]. The six of them meet in what appears to be a storage room, containing dozens of bombs - in addition to the entire R.O.B. Squad and the Ancient Minister, who appears dejected and has no apparent interest in fighting, much to the fighters' surprise. Ganondorf rings in as a hologram and commands the R.O.B. Squad to detonate all remaining Subspace Bombs immediately - the Subspace Gunship has been completed and a rift large enough to allow it entry into the world is necessary, even if it means the destruction of the bomb factory and the island as a result. The Ancient Minister has had enough; he had only allowed the sacrifice of two per bomb to keep the rest alive, so he commands the confused R.O.B.s to ignore the order. Ganondorf activates some sort of override that causes the R.O.B.s to not only begin preparing the bombs but also open fire on the Ancient Minister, setting his cloak on fire. Ganondorf cuts the communication as he sends in a wave of troops to distract the fighters, who attempt to disrupt the bombs' deployment. The burning Ancient Minister takes out some of the enemy forces with his [[Robo Beam]]s as the remains of his cloak turn to ash, returning to his R.O.B. identity and joining the heroes. Once the troops are defeated however, there still remains no way to stop the Subspace Bombs from detonating. Believing his race's extinction is inevitable, R.O.B. manages to send all the other R.O.B.s, now back to their senses and panicking, into some sort of sleep mode, after which Diddy Kong urges him to escape, but he chooses to stay; Donkey Kong will have none of it as he carries R.O.B. out of the room, with the group racing to escape the island and board the [[Falcon Flyer]] that Falcon has remotely summoned. After the group reaches and boards the Flyer, [[Meta Ridley]] appears, determined to delay or destroy the ship before it can escape the blast zone. The fighters battle Meta Ridley on the Flyer's roof and are victorious, escaping the island before it becomes entirely engulfed in Subspace. From the mainland shore, the group of fighters that had fought at the canyon watches the island vanish. They are joined by the Falcon Flyer and the Halberd, forming a force of twenty-nine.

The Subspace Gunship emerges from where the Isle of the Ancients used to be and fires a shot of its main cannon into the distance, rendering an enormous patch of unused ocean into a Subspace detonation. Bowser and Ganondorf are perched on the ship's command platform overseeing the test. The Halberd is then seen approaching from the distance. Knowing the Halberd has been taken over by the heroes, Ganondorf orders the Gunship to open fire with its primary turrets. It doesn't take long for the Halberd to be destroyed and it begins to fragment into pieces and begins falling towards the ocean before exploding violently. However, the Falcon Flyer, Samus's [[gunship]], an Arwing, and the [[Hocotate Ship]] fly out of the explosion and press onward. Ganondorf commands the secondary weapons to also fire, but none of them can land a hit on the smaller crafts. Kirby then arrives riding the [[Dragoon]] from a different direction, suggesting the Halberd and the other ships were a distraction, and flies it directly though part of the Subspace Gunship's cannon. The Gunship starts exploding as Bowser and Ganondorf retreat into Subspace, while the fighters fly their ships inside and [[Entrance to Subspace|begin their campaign]] to fight through Subspace.

In the colony containing Dedede's castle, the Dedede Brooches activate, reviving Luigi and Ness. Ness connects the brooches with Dedede's trophy and deduces that he is the reason for their revival; the two then revive Dedede. His plan successful, Dedede hugs them in elation. He then teams up with the other two and they begin [[Subspace (Part I)|crossing Subspace]] towards the Great Maze, reviving all the Fighters they find along the way (in order: Samus, Pit, Falco, Lucas, Ike, Donkey Kong, Pokémon Trainer, Pikachu, Marth, Olimar, Fox, Mr. Game & Watch, Diddy Kong, Captain Falcon and Mario). Upon reaching the staircase at the Great Maze's entrance and seeing Bowser lying there, they revive him as well, only for him to attack Dedede. Dedede wins the subsequent fight and revives Bowser again; Bowser tries to start another fight but is flicked in the face by Dedede, who directs Bowser to Master Hand's motionless form. Bowser begrudgingly decides to join the group to get revenge on Tabuu.

At the same time, Kirby is revived, having eaten the Dedede Brooch that had fallen off the princess Dedede had collected. Kirby sets out [[Subspace (Part II)|across Subspace]] and collects the rest of the fighters that Dedede's group had not come across (in order: Peach, Zelda, Meta Knight, Link, Yoshi, Lucario, R.O.B., Ice Climbers, Snake and Wario). Kirby reaches Ganondorf's trophy, but Bowser shows up and vents his rage on it as revenge for Ganondorf betraying him, giving Kirby second thoughts about getting near it. Dedede then appears, hugs Kirby, and drags him along towards the Great Maze. Link and Zelda then revive Ganondorf (if Kirby had found them). Directed to the Great Maze, Ganondorf is averse to join forces with his two biggest enemies. Nevertheless, he sees that Tabuu is the bigger foe, and infuriated that he had been manipulated, he agrees to help. As the fighters are preparing to enter the Great Maze, the revived Wario (if Kirby found him) boots Dedede in the head as revenge for stealing his cargo and trophies, and has a laugh over it. Seeing that two of said trophies (Luigi and Ness) are on Dedede's team surprises him enough to stop fooling around. Wario is then offered to join the group; after a bit of reflection, he agrees, and rides his bike up the stairs to the entrance.

The thirty-five<!--Don't change this number; it takes into account the characters that share slots but aren't alter-egos of each other.--> fighters enter the Great Maze. After a lengthy and combat-filled trek, they finally reach the center and break all the seals guarding the final door to Tabuu's residence. Tabuu attempts to use another set of Off Waves against them, but {{SSBB|Sonic}} suddenly appears and damages his wings, rendering the attack unable to trophify everybody again. Thus, Tabuu faces six out of three dozen<!--Don't change this number; it takes into account the characters that share slots but aren't alter-egos of each other.--> fighters in the final battle, and is ultimately defeated and destroyed. The fighters then manage to escape from Subspace, and all the colonies composing the Great Maze are restored to their rightful positions in the real world, with the Subspace rifts all being sealed off. However, due to the copious amount of Subspace Bombs that were simultaneously detonated on it, the Isle of Ancients (along with the entire [[R.O.B. Squad]]) was destroyed; a giant luminous cross of light is now in its place, serving as the eradicated R.O.B. Squad's metaphorical cemetery.