Other Thing of the Month #119: Choose Your Destiny

[CaptHayfever]

CLASSIC THEMES

Featured in: Ultimate
Function: Themed 1P Modes for each character (except the Miis).

Routes....
Mario: Let's-a Go - Travel around the worlds of Smash, then fight the Koopa Clan.
DK: Journey to New Donk City - Spar with Diddy, team up to beat up K. Rool, & then travel to the big city, fighting other duos along the way.
Link: A Quest to Seal the Darkness - Slay all the dark characters, including Dark Link.
Samus: Another Planet, Another Bounty - Fight a space pirate, Kraid, some robots, Ridley, some monsters, & Dark Samus.
Dark Samus: The Great Poison Given Form - Fight each opponent with a phazon-corrupted ally, until a 3-for-all with Samus & Ridley.
Yoshi: Jurassic Journey - Fight all the reptiles.
Kirby: Gourmet Clash - Fight all the other big appetites for the food scattered around the stage.
Fox: Spaceborne Smash - Fight all the space characters.
Pikachu: I Choose You - Fight all the Pokémon.
Luigi: Luigi's Nightmares - Face your fears in the form of witches & ghosts & monsters & vampires & bears & Jason Vorhees.
Ness: Home to Onett - Travel home from Magicant, facing your younger self, your future ally, Monotoli's sentries, the Dusty Dunes Desert, Threed zombies, & Onett's dogs & Sharks.
Capt. Falcon: Up Close & Personal - Fight folks who prefer to melee.
Jigglypuff: All original, All 64 - Rough recreation of SSB64's Classic game.
Peach: No Damsel in Distress - Fight a bunch of kidnapping villains.
Daisy: Sarasaland Represent - Fight all the princesses.
Bowser: The Red One. Every Red One! - Order Jessica to kill Daredevil, but in her haze she'll target Scarlet Witch instead. Try to kill Mario, plowing through every red-clad character along the way.
Ice Climbers: Duos for Days - Fight a more iconic duo. I'll wait.
Sheik: Masquerade - Fight everybody wearing masks.
Zelda: Wisdom Prevails - Fight a bunch of villains.
Doc: Colorful Treatment Plan - Fight trios of red, blue, & yellow viruses.
Pichu: Lightweight Fracas - Fight the lightest characters in the game in the air.
Falco: Soar Above the Darkness - Fight the "dark" forms of other characters, whether official (Dark Pit) or not (Dark Link).
Marth: A Kingdom of Dragons - Fight everyone draconic.
Lucina: A Path of Heroes - Fight all the FE characters.
Young Link: Hyrule Smash - Fight all the LoZ characters.
Ganondorf: Encroaching Darkness - Fight a bunch of heroes.
Mewtwo: Psychic Control - Brainwash defeated foes into allies on the next round.
Roy: A Journey of Swords - Fight all the swordies.
Chrom: Fight as One - Duel with Lucina, then have Lucina or Robin as support the rest of the way.
G&W: A Long Legacy - Fight some of the oldest characters on the retroest stages.
Meta Knight: Two Sides of the Same Coin - 3-for-alls with light & dark versions of characters.
Pit: Fighting for the Goddess - Uprising homage where you face Gaol, Reaper & Reapette, Magnus, Dark Pit, Medusa, Palutena, & Hades.
Dark Pit: Created Warriors - Fight all the artifically-created characters.
ZSS: Grapplers! Whips! Claws! - Tether recoveries...& Little Mac.
Wario: I'm-a Gonna Win - Fight a bunch of heavies.
Snake: Weapons & Equipment OSP - Fight opponents who use guns & explosives, ending with a Metal Gear.
Ike: The Black-Clad Warriors - Everybody's wearing black. Yay.
Red: The Future Champion - see "I Choose You"
Diddy: Hey, Little Buddy - Fight with friends against thematic opponents; DK helps with the Hands.
Lucas: Magic, Sacred Powers, & PSI - It's right there in the name. Mewtwo represents Giegue.
Sonic: At the Speed of Sound - Fight Tails, the game Sonic R, Metal Sonic, the Sonic Heroes logo, the Secret Rings, & Zavok.
Dedede: Royal Rumble - Fight a bunch of royalty.
Olimar: Planetary Explorer - see "Spaceborne Smash"
Lucario: Counter Encounters - Opponents all have counters.
ROB: Unreadable Expressions - Foes have masks or blank faces.
Toon Link: The Teamwork of Courage - You can't see where you are, & none of your moves kill. Triforce Heroes homage.
Wolf: Reunited Roster - Everybody who skipped Smash 4.
Villager: Mistake to Underestimate - Sakurai making a super inside joke.
Mega Man: Variable Weapons System Online - Fight Ice Man, Metal Man, Wood Man, Quick Man, the boss rush, Guts Man, Wily, & Alien.
Wii Fit: Aerobic Smash - Fight the rotund characters, at one point with help from a doctor.
Rosaluma: One Star After Another - Space again, plus Galaxy Bowser & Starfy.
Mac: Friendly Sparring - See "Up Close & Personal", plus Punch-Out DK.
Greninja: Your Turn, Greninja - Face teams of Fire, Electric, Fighting, Grass, Psychic, & Water types.
Palutena: A Little Divine Intervention - Fight characters with religious/mythological themes in their games.
Pac-Man: Ageless Classic - Fight NES characters.
Robin: Through the Thunder & Flames we carry on - Face fighters flinging fire & electricity.
Shulk: Witness the Monado's Power - Jump, Speed, Shield, Buster, Smash, Machines.
Junior: Mama Peach, Where Are You? - Hunt princesses, guarded by their partners.
Duck Hunt: Dog, Duck, Zapper - Fight a bunch of animals.
Ryu: Seeking a Challenge - Stamina FD against Ken, Chun-Li, Zangief, Blanka, Balrog, Vega, & Bison.
Ken: Red-Hot Rivalry - Fight a bunch of "rivals", including solo Crazy Hand.
Cloud: A Ride? Not Interested - Fight on vehicle stages.
Corrin: Between Black & White - Foes alternate between black & white costumes. Something to do with a trading card, I guess?
Bayonetta: The Requiem of Fallen Wings - Face Loptr, Flaming Affinity, Inspired, Fortitudo, Masked Lumen, Affinity Horde, & Jubileus.
Inkling: An Inkredible Journey - Color-themed fights.
Ridley: It Can't Be! Space Pirates! - Fight spaceship pilots.
Simon: Smash-vania - Face off against Creature, Flea Man, Giant Bat, Carmilla & her servant, Leviathan, Cyclops, Slogra, Gaibon, Death, Brainwashed Richter, & Dracula.
Richter: Smash Echoes - Face all the echo fighters.
K. Rool: Super Heavyweight Class - Fight the heaviest characters, ending with DK.
Isabelle: Best in Show - Fight a bunch of other girls.
Incineroar: Burning Pro Wrestling Spirit - Fight everyone who uses wrestling moves.
Piranha Plant: New Bloom - Face all the Ultimate base-game newcomers.
Joker: Shadows - Purify each shadow-infected opponent to be your ally in the next round.
The Hero: A History of Heroism - Fight some Slimes, all the alternate The Hero forms, & the Dragonlord.
Banjo & Kazooie: Perfect Partners - Fight duos in Spiral Mtn, Treasure Trove Cover, Freezeezy Peak, Gobi's Valley, Mad Monster Mansion, & DK Country.
Terry: The King of Smash - Face stamina teams of 3, KoF style.
Byleth: A History of Heroism Heroic Legacy - All the FE characters, stamina.
Min Min: ARMS at the Ready - Face Spring Man, Ribbon Girl, Springtron, Coyle, Master Mummy, The Cell, Min Min, & Hedlok.
Steve: Journey to the Far Lands - Fight Zombies, Pillagers, Skeletons, an Evoker & Vexes, Ghasts, Piglins, Endermen, & the Ender Dragon.
Sephiroth: The Chosen Ones - BOSS RUSH.
Pythra: Shared Destinies - Fight characters & their other selves.
Kazuya: Fighting Fists with Fists - Stamina fights against Ryu, Hwoarang, Steve Fox, Roger, Alex, Lucario, G-Corp soldiers, & Devil Kazuya.
Sora: The Light That Clears the Darkness - Stamina fights against Possessed Riku, some Heartless, Cloud, Organization XIII, Xehanort, & Armored Ventus.

Gonna be honest, it took me DAYS to write this one. I've been busy.
But c'mon, they couldn't slap together something for the Miis?
...Hey, wait, who's that last guy?

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"