Luigi's Nightmares

Attack of the 50-Foot Monochrome Man

"Oh, my..." breathed Luigi.

Standing over him was a faceless man of a different sort. He was completely monochrome, flat like a pancake, and spoke only in "beeps" and "boops". People considered him one of the grandfathers of modern gaming and Nintendo's first breakout character, making his introduction in 1980. His name was Mr. Game and Watch.

And now he was huge.

"I'm sorry—exactly how is this scary?" asked Luigi. "Mr. G&W is an old pal of mine."

"You'll see," said Master Hand.

"BEEP BOOP BEEP BOOP," said the Giant G&W.

Luigi said nothing, instead putting up his dukes, waiting.

"Ready—GO!"

The man in pink went in hard, aggressively, knowing that giant-sized opponents could take a lot of punishment before going down. Giant G&W just looked down at him as he hammered away, and then whipped out the insecticide pump from Green House, propelling gas into his face. Coughing, Luigi rolled away.

Giant G&W walked slowly, casually, toward his foe. Luigi noticed, pulled himself to his feet, and raised his fists. His eyes were fixed hard on that dark, featureless, expressionless face as the giant's slow advance continued. Dancing forward, Luigi threw a few fireballs, but the giant caught them in a huge bucket, turning them into a bucket full of oil. Luigi cursed to himself; he almost forgot about that Oil Panic. He jumped and attempted to attack from the air, but Giant G&W flung the oil onto the plumber, knocking him back.

Luigi reoriented himself in time to dodge a giant chair swinging at his face, hop back up and fire a smash attack at Giant G&W. The giant swiped at him with a lit matchstick, but he only managed to graze his arm as the man in pink evaded the strike. Then, Luigi punched him twice more, grabbed, pummeled and slammed him down, cutting Giant G&W down to size with his combos. He used his n-air to extend these combos and reset himself whenever his huge foe tried to retaliate. Giant G&W managed to get him with his fishbowl attack, but Luigi reacted with a quick karate chop and a Cyclone.

Both fell back to the stage, and Luigi dove between Giant G&W's legs as the latter tried to use Judge, dealing out a side kick to the back. He jumped away as the giant whirled on him, and then he fended him off with back-airs until he came back with a Misfire. Sliding his body along the ground, he followed up with a breakdancing attack and finally a flip-kick. He rolled aside as Giant G&W tried to drop down on him with a key.

Giant G&W took out a frying pan and flipped giant food items at Luigi, who ducked, sidestepped and leaped over them all. So, the giant slammed two hammers on either side of himself, sending Luigi pinwheeling into the air. Next, Giant G&W smacked him with a turtle and hit him with a Judge 5. Thank goodness it wasn't a 9—then Luigi would've been in bad trouble.

Luigi cartwheeled away before Giant G&W could try again. His fireballs were out of the picture, but he could use the other weapons in his arsenal. He'd dart in, deal out a few hard-hitting attacks and then dart back out. There wasn't much room on the mansion roof to dodge about, but the man in pink simply made do with what he had. Giant G&W continued to attack with items and elements originating from his Game and Watch games, from manholes to air pumps. That chair especially hurt, but he preferred that to Judge. With sheer luck alone, he managed to dodge a Judge 9. After a grueling struggle, Luigi went on the offensive, using his aerials to pound away at a safe distance and Smash attacks for when the giant was off guard. His muscles were begging him to quit, but he couldn't. It would make him fair game for his giant opponent.

Giant Game and Watch found himself grabbed once again. Only this time, Luigi slammed him forward and followed him offstage, where he meteor-smashed him with his downward kick. The giant fell straight into the abyss below.

"GAME!"

"I still don't see how he fit the 'spooky' theme of this affair," mused Luigi.

"Didn't he look kind of spooky?" asked Master Hand.

"Well—yeah..."

"Your next and final fight, however, will make up for that. It's going to be as scary as scary can be!" promised MH. "Before that, however, I have a fun little Bonus Stage for you."