Crossover Quest: Part One: Smash Bros has All the Franchises

Sorry that this is a day late. I would give an excuse, but frankly, I simply forgot. So to make it up for you (and since I ran out of ideas for theories), I'm going to start something new called Crossover Quest.

The basic idea is that if two franchises have a character in the same game, movie or book, they subsequently have at least one universe that contains both games. So we're going to see how crazy the connections can get.

First: a few rules:

1. It must be a character. Costumes can be remade, as can pictures and buildings. Characters are more likely to be the same person.
2. Yes, crossover games count. You may disagree with this, since that's their point, but I like them. Deal with it.
3. There is no rule three.
4. Profit?
5. Any media counts, except fanart and fanfiction, since that would make it too easy (seriously everything is connected in fanfiction).
6. There might be more rules as I think of them.
7. Franchises will be considered based on if they treat themselves as the same. Pixar and Disney are going to be separate since they treat every movie as an independent one, whilst the Marios will be put together, since they're crossed over often enough it's not worth putting Donkey Kong and the others as their own games.

Some characters (especially Mario) may be featured a lot. Some less so. Either way, it's going to be a fun ride!

So, let's start with the adorable fighting game that might not be a fighting game Smash Bros!

Over the 4 games, there have been characters from a tonne of franchises. Whilst some have multiple characters, we'll just name the most notable (or one I see first) from each franchise to count the entire franchise (sorry Meta Knight).

• Mario (...Mario. Yeah, that was obvious.)
• Link (Legend of Zelda)
• Bayonetta (...Baynonetta)
• Captain Falcon (F-Zero)
• Pikachu (Pokemon)
• Cloud (Final Fantasy)
• Corrin (Fire Emblem)
• Duck Hunt (... You've probably guessed)
• Fox (Star Fox. Congratulations Nintendo, you're really creative.)
• Nana and Popo (Ice Climbers)
• Kirby (Yeah...)
• Little Mac (Punch-Out!)
• Lucas (EarthBound)
• Mega Man (Do you really need me to tell you?)
• Mr Game and Watch (...)
• Olimar (Pikmin)
• Pacman (Was there a rule at the start of videogames that you had to name your game after the main character?)
• Pit (Kid Icarus - His name isn't Icarus!)
• R.O.B. (Wouldn't actually be a character if it wasn't for this game! Was literally made so that stores would sell NES', because he's the toy that loves you and isn't going to steal your soul.)
• Ryu (Street Fighter)
• Samus (Metroid)
• Sonic (Okay, I get it, you were trying to copy Mario. You didn't have to copy their lazy naming scheme as well!)
• Snake (Metal Gear)
• Villager (Animal Crossing, and your nightmares)
• Wii Fit Trainer (Wii Fit. I bet you played that once and then forgot about it)
• Miis (Those games you played when you got the wii and promptly forgot about)

So, wow. We've got 26 franchises within one game. Yay! Just some oddities:

The Miis. They're not going to count for anything but their own games, since they're meant to be representations of yourself rather than actual characters.

Pikachu and Pokemon. This will be the games only, not the anime or any mangas, simply due to how different they are. You could argue that Pokemon Yellow puts the anime and games in the same universe, but due to some (major) differences, I'm going to say they're separate.

R.O.B. He's mainly included just out of completion, but we'll say that Stack Up and Gyromite have been included in the universe because of this, simply because, well, you're not really going to get them anywhere else.

Next time on Crossover Quest: Mario really gets around!