This is just a warm up. Unless on Very Difficult setting, Link won't even move until you attack him. You should have no problem knocking him out, especially with the tornadoes roaming about. If he gets thrown out by the tornado you'll get a Tornado Clear bonus.

It should only take a couple of hits to knock the Yoshis out of here. But still, going up against 16 Yoshis is going to take a while. Just make sure you get rid of them before they start to gang up on you. If you throw them out in the order shown at the top of the screen you'll get the Yoshi's Rainbow bonus.

Practice is over. Fox is the first character to fight back a bit. Just remember that Fox goes a bit faster then most of the other characters, so this is not a battle where you can get away with fighting defensively. If Fox gets blown out by an arwing you'll get an Arwing Clear bonus.

Bonus Level 1

You're going to go up against both Mario and Luigi. Seem a little unfair? Well, your going to get a randomly selected team mate to help you out. Make sure you know who your team mate is, it tends to get a little hectic. If your team mate doesn't get thrown out you'll get a Good Friend bonus. If your team mate doesn't get touched at all you get a True Friend bonus. If Luigi gets thrown out without Mario getting any damage you'll get the Brothers Calamity bonus.

Be careful on this stage. Like Fox, Pikachu packs a powerful punch, but Pikachu isn't the only Pokemon you'll have to worry about here. Try to stay on the center platform as little as possible. Also, Pikachu tends to get a bit out of control with his Zap Jump. So. this would be the best place to try to pull off a Pacifist bonus. If Pikachu is knocked out by a Pokemon (from the center platform or from a Pokeball) you'll get the Pokemon Clear bonus.

It seems Donkey Kong has been gaining a little weight. He's about 3 times his normal size and it's going to take at least 250% damage before your going to have a hope of throwing him out. Fortunately your going to have 2, count'em, 2 randomly selected team mates to help you out. Giant Donkey has a very long reach, so try to make it a long range battle. If neither of your team mates are thrown out by the end of the battle you'll get the DK Defender bonus. If neither of your team mates are damaged at all you'll get the DK Perfect bonus.

Bonus Level 2

This is the point of no return. If you can make it past the Kirby Team, you'll go all the way. Most people agree that the Kirby Team is the hardest stage in the game. With good reason too. You're going to go up against 8 Kirby's each with a different power ( the 7 original characters other then Kirby and the other is randomly selected from the unlocked hidden fighters or a normal Kirby). They'll put up the toughest fight you'll see. At least they tend to knock themselves out a bit. If you throw out all the Kirbies in the correct order (Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, Yoshi, Fox, Pikachu, and the randomly selected Kirby) you'll get the Kirby Ranks bonus.

Samus is the last of the original 8 characters that your going to face. If your able to stay clear of Samus's Charge Shot and the lava pit you should be OK. If Samus gets thrown out by the lava you'll get a Acid Clear bonus.

You're going to have to be patient to get rid of Metal Mario. You're going to have to get him up to about 300% damage before you'll be able to knock him out. Unlike Giant donkey Kong he usually doesn't make it back if you get him over the edge and doesn't attack you a lot anyway. He won't even leave the top platform until you knock him off.

Bonus Level 3

This is an easy team like the Yoshi team, except these 30 Polygons are a bit smarter. Each one of them is a exact duplicate of one of the fighters except for how they look. It's going to take a while to get rid of all of them so you can probably pull of a bunch of the bonuses here.

This is it, the final level. But the Master hand is more then Hamburger Helper floating around. He only has a few moves, each of which he gives a little signal of before he does it. Once you learn the signals, he won't be able to touch you. You don't throw him out like the other characters. At the beginning he has 300 H.P. and your going to have to bring it down to 0 H.P. Once he's below 100 H.P. he's going to fight a lot harder. You've been warned.