Chapter 1: Changes

"Mario? Mario? Wake up!" Came a voice from the darkness as a pair of eyes opened, to which the first thing Mario saw was the wonderful view of the beautiful Princess Peach.

"Peach?" Mario asked as he rose, where he then questioned. "Do you know what happened? All of us in a massive battle with me, Link, Pikachu and Kirby against Sonic, Cloud, Pac Man and Megaman and then... everything went blank."

"I know. We were in the fourth tournament a while ago." Peach said in reply, just as Mario turned to see several more Smashers, including Luigi, Yoshi, Rosalina, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong coming their way.

"Are you alright bro?" Luigi asked, sounding a tad concerned for him.

"I think so, but something feels odd, do you know what I mean?" Mario asked in reply.

"Yeah, I noticed." Yoshi said, agreeing with his friend, just as Kirby, Samus, Dedede, Meta Knight, Pikachu, Charizard, Lucario, Greninja, Jigglypuff, Ness, Lucas, Captain Falcon, Marth, Roy, Ike, Lucina, Corrin, Robin, R.O.B, Toon Link, Shulk, Dr Mario, Olimar, Pit, Dark Pit, Palutena, Wii Fit Trainer, Little Mac, Sonic, Megaman, Pac Man, Ryu, Cloud, Bayonetta, Villager and Duck Hunt Duo joined the group.

"Is everyone alright?" Samus asked, Toon Link answering as he said. "Everyone, expect for Link, Zelda, Sheik, Fox and Falco. They have disappeared."

Concerned about the state of his other allies, while Mario then noticed Bowser, Bowser Jr and Mewtwo in the distance, glaring at him and Pikachu crossly, he and the other Smashers just ignored them for the time being, also ignoring Wario, who remained as his piggish self, picking his nose.

"So what is this place? We are sure we can fight forever now that Master Core has been destroyed." Marth wondered, but then covered his mouth for a moment, before saying with a stunned tone. "Wait. I'm talking english!"

"Hey, me too!" Roy then said, making Palutena comment. "I was sure you two spoke Japanese before."

"Hey, there you are! We were looking all over for you." The familiar voice of Falco called, where all turned and were surprised at what they saw.

"What the...?! Fox? Falco? Did you both change your clothes? Look at yourself!" Kirby said, causing Fox to look at himself to see his fur has a different shade of golden brown and now had whiskers on his muzzle.

On top of that, he wore a new different green jumpsuit and jacket with a star fox logo on its sleeves, while Falco noticed the same, he too wearing a different red jumpsuit and jacket as well.

"I've got whiskers now?" Fox questioned in surprise, looking at his body again and asking. "And where did these new clothes come from?"

"Seems bizarre." Falco commented in reply.

Deciding to put their differences aside, Bowser, Jr, Wario and Mewtwo went over to join the heroes and heroines, where Wario asked. "So what's going on here? Why's Star Fox Furry and Feathers wearing different clothes now?"

"How are we supposed to know?" Ike asked back, before he noticed his own clothing, causing him to question. "Hey! These are the clothes I wore in Brawl. Why am I wearing them again?"

"Boy, does that take us back." Lucas said.

"This is too weird for words." Dedede added.

"Did you do something braindead again, Bowser?" A voice of pure evil then asked, one that made Toon Link draw his blade, while Bowser turned around, facing the wicked entity and started to say, defending himself. "Oh come on, Ganondorf! Just because I foil most plans doesn't mean that I..."

But then, Bowser stopped and looked at Ganondorf with shock, before Mewtwo asked in surprise "Lord Ganondorf? Did you get younger? And when did you swap clothes again?"

From the staring and questions, Ganondorf looked at himself, finding he was back at his own prime as the King of Evil during the Hero of Time area.

"What!? I am younger again? What is this madness?!" Ganondorf said looking at his right hand, but smirked as he thought, clenching his fist. 'But this might be a hidden blessing. My power is restored and even greater than before!'

"He looks like what he was back in Melee, only with a red cape this time around." Dr Mario pointed out.

"Whoa!" Fox blurted out as he then saw another familiar face from the Zelda dimension.

Surprised, he then asked. "Link! Is that you?"

"Of course it's me, Fox, who else would I be?" Link's voice spoke off screen as Cloud then spoke in calmness. "Link, I think you should give yourself a quick look over."

Doing so, Link looked down and saw he was now wearing a light blue tunic with white stripes and patterns, more belts and was now holding the Master Sword with his right hand, rather than left, which was holding his shield.

Also feeling some more differences, the first being has green cap was missing from atop his head, now his blonde hair was seen and tied at the back as a small ponytail, his bow was resting over his shoulder, his arrows set in a holder attached to his belt as well as a strange ancient pad tablet and he now wore a different set trousers and new brown boots.

"Wha?! What happened to my hair? My tunic? Why am I right handed? My clawshot's gone! I feel more detailed. I feel strange. What is this?" Link asked, looking over himself, finding many changes on his person, making Ness say. "I don't know but you seem out of place."

"Oh? As out of place like Marth speaking English here?" Link asked sarcastically as Marth then said. "Don't be hating on my voice!"

"I also feel strange. I feel more royal." Zelda then said as she appeared beside Link, all looked to see the Princess of Hyrule back to being a blonde again, one that wore a pink dress with white sleeves and dress underneath and had gold earrings and jewellery on her, as well as a white cape.

"That's because you have." Rosalina pointed out, her words made Zelda look over herself, before Rosalina then added. "And Sheik has a new attire as well."

Sheik looked at their new appearance in surprise as they then said, puzzled. "What is this? I never wore this in any game."

And while the characters of Zelda felt off, so too did the Pokémon.

"Hey, Charizard, what's wrong?" Olimar asked, looking to see Charizard clutching his chest, where he then said. "I don't know. I feel weak. I am not myself at all."

And while Charizard felt off, so too did Lucario, noticing physical changes in his being.

"Is it me or has my butt gotten bigger?" Lucario asked, rubbing his buttocks, causing Jigglypuff to shake her head and say. "Hard to tell with you."

"But Pikachu's fur is a lot shinier now too." The Balloon Pokémon then pointed out.

"So Link, Zelda, Sheik, Ganondorf, Fox and Falco have a do over?" Pac Man asked, trying to get to the subject, before saying. "Marth and Roy speak english now. Something is seriously odd around here."

"Whoa. Who are you?" Ryu then questioned, to which Bayonetta began to say. "Ryu, you know who I am. We fought together and..."

"No Bayonetta, not you. I was talking about the man behind you." Ryu pointed out in reply, where all turned and saw someone they hadn't seen since Brawl, a familiar man with brown hair, a bandana and a gray flak suit.

"Well, seems I arrived just in time." The man said in a gruff voice, his arms crossed and a small, confident smile on his face.

"Solid Snake? What are you doing here?" Sonic asked in surprise.

His question made Megaman ask his own. "You know him?"

"Yeah. We fought alongside him against Tabuu and the Subspace Emissary." Sonic said in reply.

"Nice to see you guys remember me. From the intel I gathered, I can tell you what is going on here and why some characters have changed." Solid Snake said, lighting up a cigarette as he then told the Smashers. "This is the next tournament battleground is about to happen: Super Smash Bros Ultimate."

"Ultimate?" Pikachu asked, surprised and intrigued, wondering what was in store for them.

"Exactly. Master and Crazy Hand are hosting a huge galactic tournament to invite everyone who took part in each tournament, and I mean everyone." Snake said.

But a little confused, Pit pointed out. "Everyone? I thought Master and Crazy Hand were destroyed along with the Master Core!"

"Well it seems that the core reassembled itself and brought Master and Crazy back from their supposed ends." Snake said, eyeing the changed heroes and heroines "As for Link, Fox and the other changes, they have turned to their most powerful forms."

"Link, you have taken the form of your future descendant, the Champion of Heroes from the Breath of Wild. His strength would be even greater than that of the Hero of Time or Twilight." Solid Snake told the Hyrulian warrior.

"Which explains why I look different and my sword arm is right handed now." Link said.

"Exactly. But don't worry. You get a new green tunic to go along with it, eventually." Solid Snake replied, before going on and telling the others. "And Zelda... you taken the form of the Zelda from A Link Between Worlds, just your Breath of Wild self is more of a researcher than a fighter. Sheik has obtained armour from the Breath of the Wild. And Ganondorf was most powerful when he was in Ocarina of Time, so he returned to that form."

"Heh. It's nice I regain my youth and power! Crushing these fools would be no problem" Ganondorf cackled as Zelda and Link glared at him, before Toon Link said with a seriousness in his voice. "We'll see about that!"

"But as you can see, despite your changes, you still have your memories so it wouldn't be weird or anything or another Link from a different timeline is paired with a Zelda of a different timeline, because you are your own person." Solid Snake pointed out.

"Well there's some good news at last." Sheik said in reply.

"That is true. Link started out as the Hero of Time before becoming Hero of Twilight and now this" Meta Knight said.

"As for Fox and Falco, they used their designs from Star Fox Zero." Snake then informed.

"That explains their changes, but why is Master Hand calling every previous fighter to this tournament?" Sonic asked.

"Because he wants a full scale battle between warriors of both past and future. Some of the fighters are here, but they are in their time zones and not knowing what is going on. We need to find them and tell them what was happening." Snake said, before turning to Mario, Luigi, Peach, Rosalina, Yoshi and the Kongs, where he instructed. "Mario, you and your friends should go and find your friend, Princess Daisy."

"Daisy? Daisy's a fighter now?" Luigi asked, surprised and fairly proud to hear it.

Snake nodded, before replying. "Yes, but she is also an echo fighter. She is considered a clone fighter of Peach, but with a different style of fighting. Lucina and Dark Pit have been marked as echo fighters from Pit and Marth."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. I am an echo fighter to Prince Marth?" Lucina asked, feeling some sadness, thinking they were now a lesser being.

"Well I am my own person!" Dark Pit snarled.

"Whatever you say, kid." Snake said, not caring what Dark Pit thought, crushing his cigarette as he then informed. "You'll find Daisy in the Mushroom Kingdom."

"Alright. We meet again at the New Battlefield. To the Mushroom Kingdom." Rosalina said as she and Mario and their friends took their leave.

"Olimar, Game and Watch, R.O.B, Duck Hunt and Wii Fit Trainer, you must find Popo and Nana of the Ice Climbers. They have returned to their own world. We need them to help us in this fight." Snake then said.

"Ice Climbers? Wow! It's been a while since we last saw them, but we're on it." Olimar said, his Pikmin all jumping around, looking excited and willing, before Olimar, Game and Watch, R.O.B, Wii Fit Trainer and Duck and Dog headed off.

Not liking the next part of his gathered intel, but knowing he had to share it, Snake then said. "And there are two more villains joining the fight. Wolf and Ridley"

"Wait! Ridley's joining us as a fighter this time?" Samus questioned, anger filling her being as the various memories of her clashing with one of the superiors of the Space Pirates came to her head.

"I can never forgive him for murdering my parents!" She then said, certain Ridley would kill her the second she lowered her guard.

"Wolf? We have to fight him again?" Fox groaned.

"Heh. Well then, leave this to us villains. I am sure we can convince them to join our side again." Mewtwo said as he, Bowser, Bowser Junior, Wario and Ganondorf grinned evilly and took their leave.

"If they do come up with another evil plan, we'll just stop them again." Lucas assured Samus and Fox.

"Link, Zelda, Toon Link, Sheik, your mission is an important one. Young Link has been seen in Temina." Snake said. "He has returned. With him, three Links would cause Ganondorf more trouble."

"Whoa! Young Link? I haven't seen him since Melee." Zelda said, making Link nod and say. "Alright, we'll find him, but we better have some more answers when we get back."

"Want Falco and I to come along with you just in case we run into trouble?" Fox offered, making Link nod as he smiled at his friend and said. "Sure. Let's go."

As they left, Snake then faced another section of Smashers.

"Ness, Lucas, Villager, see if you can find the Mii Fighters. They are now better designed and much better for fighting. You can find them on Tomodachi Island." He told them, the three boys smiling and nodding in reply.

"Ok. We're on it." Ness said as he, Villager and Lucas left.

"What about the rest of us?" Dedede then asked.

"Your tasks will be assigned soon. We need to give the Pokémon their part. Your mission is to find Red, Squirtle, Ivysaur..." Snake started to say, but then looked at Pikachu, knowing he hated to bring it up. "...and Pichu."

"Pichu!?" Pikachu asked in shock. "But I am that Pichu!"

"He came from the past before the Pikachu who fought in the first and Melee tournament was killed by Mewtwo forcing you to become Pikachu yourself." Snake explained.

Mewtwo, using his telepathy, overheard Snake's words and gave a dark grin, before returning to Ganondorf's group.

He look forward of repeating history again, only this time he be triumphant.

Pikachu however, was haunted by memories of that dark times.

His older brother, while fighting alongside Mario and Link to stop this evil alliance of Bowser, Ganondorf and Mewtwo, was killed by Mewtwo during battle.

Himself as a Pichu was depressed over this as he then Evolved to Pikachu to take revenge, which ended with his victory over Mewtwo.

But these memories of his older brother's dead body lying in a puddle in the rain continued to haunt him.

"He will no doubt mistake you as his older brother. Therefore, you must be your own big brother." Snake said as Pikachu shook his head and said. "I cannot. I cannot take my brother's place."

He was stopped when Lucario put his paw on his head making him look at his friend.

"Pikachu, I can understand how you feel but this is your start to begin your life anew. Don't despair on the past. Take that knowledge you know from your own past as Pichu and help your past self live a happier life with you as his big brother." Lucario said.

"I agree. This may be your only chance to help you and your past self find happiness" Greninja added.

"Yeah, and we'll help as well." Jigglypuff told Pikachu with a caring smile, which Pikachu felt comfort from his friends, making him smile and nod.

"Red's out there? With him, I can work with Ivysaur and Squirtle again? I need his strength." Charizard said, getting fired up. "Let's go find them."

"Then Let's go!" Pikachu said as all took their leave towards the Pokemon Stadium.

"There are many more, but all will be revealed soon. But one has The Inklings. Someone needs to find them and tell them to come here." Snake said.

"We'll go." Meta Knight offered, Kirby and Dedede more than happy to assist as they followed the lone knight.

"As for the rest of us, we need to check if any more newcomers come up. Keep your eyes peeled." Snake ordered.

"Ok, everyone. Let's wait till we get some news out." Palutena said.

As all waited, Snake noticed Ryu, Cloud and Bayonetta stare at them, causing him to ask. "Is something wrong?"

"You seem to know a lot, considering you missed out on the last tournament." Ryu said, which just made Snake say. "One of my expertise is intelligence gathering, so it's not that surprising."

"Just remember this... we don't trust you. Double cross us and you'll answer to us" Cloud said in a serious voice, which just made Snake say calmly. "I'll keep that in mind."

Sonic smirked and shook his head at Ryu, Bayonetta, Cloud and Snake's bitterness, before joining Megaman and Pac Man in their own conversation, waiting for any newcomers to be announced and for the others to return their old and new friends/foes alike.

A/N: Will do the new chapters and it any newcomers come up and I add them too. Please enjoy and review.