I’m a little disappointed they didn’t update Cloud’s final boss to be Sephiroth if you bought the DLC.

“And the final boss is Master and Crazy hand who are also not Mama Peach” The lore expands.

Aaronitmar: Trying to find thematic reasons for each route Classic Mode: Master and Crazy go brrrrr

Palutena against Master Hand and Crazy Hand in a sense fits the theme, they’re pretty much Gods in the Smash Bros Universe.

“You wouldn’t expect a doctor to throw hands.” But you’d expect a plumber to do so?

They could've at least updated Cloud's classic mode route to replace Master and Crazy Hand with Sephiroth

They could've had Villager with Ivysaur since he plants trees as one of his attacks.

I swear, you should do a "What the final boss SHOULD of been" for their classic mode. Who else agrees?

I like how when talking about shulk in palutena classic mode, he didnt actually spoil the game, because if you played it you know why shulk is in there

Rosalina isn’t officially called a princess, but she is the adopted mother of the Lumas.

Little Mac's fight against Incineroar is a reference to the trailer when both Ken and Incineroar were both announced

Dark pit starting with mewtwo could be a tangential reference to the fact he’s called pittoo in uprising

8:35 thanks for not spoiling the more obvious connection here which was almost definitely what smash was going for

His disappointment every time Master/Crazy Hands are the final boss 😂😂

18:29 in the French version his route is called "travel sickness"

I can't wait for Aaronitmar to say: "We did it guys, we hit a quarter of a million of subscribers."

Marx would have been perfect for Villager’s final boss! It fits the theme so well, but we just got master hand

Palutena's battle against the 3 Pits and Dark Pits is more likely a reference to the multiplayer mode of Kid Icarus Uprising, which had teams of three face off against each other, (Light vs. Dark), with the appropriate Pit being the "leader"

Olimar, a man with a literal plant army, watching Ivysaur have to rep Grass type all by himself: "why must it be like this..."

"Then you have Isabelle... who'd want to beat her up?" Me: *Cracks fingers* all right. let's load'er up. Time to do some damage.

I love this series, it's so much fun! Next can you make a Spirit Battle Origins Video? Go through loads of Spirit Battles from throughout the game and work out there costume references with the music and stage and stuff?

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS POG

if only Sakurai could update Cloud's classic mode... I mean Mama's Boy is now in Ultimate, he could be the final boss instead of the hands.

13:17 I believe that also Dracula been an undead creature (a vampire) makes sense for Pac-Man since he constantly fights against undead creatures (ghosts).

I would love if they went back after all the DLC is finished and edit the old routes a bit to fully encompass the whole cast.

I give that thumbnail a 20/10

Ken and Ryu can also double as a reference to the Black Belt trainer

Wanted to point out that ZSS' inclusion with Pikachu in Round 2 of Your Turn, Greninja! could also be a sneaky reference to Subspace Emissary!

I think it's also worth noting the specific pairing of Pikachu and Zero Suit Samus in Greninja's Classic Mode could be a reference to them teaming up in Subspace (or it could just be a stretch)

Learning more about Rosalina’s path somehow makes me wish Rosalina got more spotlight in other non-spinoff Mario games: she has major roles in both Galaxy games and makes a cameo in Odyssey as a sprite, but that’s pretty much it. The rest of her appearance are Mario Kart, Party, and Sports games (fun fact, for those who didn’t know: she initially was supposed to appear in Odyssey playing a guitar on the streets, no joke)

I thought that the assimilation of Mega Men in Mega Man’s Classic Mode was supposed to be the Copy Robot from Mega Man 3

cloud: is questioning life Villager: your free trial of living has ended

In the greninja classic mode, the samus pairing could also be a reference to subspace emissary where she works with pikachu

Cloud could have represented sephiroth (as he wasn’t a character at the time) who actually was genetically created in a lab

Let me tell you, it would have been really cool if Sakurai and the team updated Cloud's classic mode to have him fight Sephiroth. Also, is it me or have I seen this video before?

Hey Aaron! I would like to mention that in Rosalina's classic mode many star based items appear

Bowser Jr.‘s route had such a missed opportunity! Who else gets bothered about being a mom when she actually isn’t more than Bayonetta?

I love how they didn't put link with Zelda during bowser jr's mode because link isn't really Zelda's love interest

Aaron, you missed ONE thing about the Link and Zelda fight in Palutena's route... seeing as it deals with gods, Zelda is the reincarnation of Hylia, the goddess who pretty much became mortal

The Robin vs Robin fight in Robin's classic mode being a reference to the Grima battle is moreso cemented by the fact that the stage music, Id Purpose, is Awakening's final map theme, and specifically the choice of killing Grima with Robin triggers one of the endings

Wish they added Joker in Palutena's classic mode.

For Shulk in palutena’s route I guess you didn’t want to mention the fact that spoiler: Shulk and Fiora literally have gods inside of them (Zanza and Mayneth).

18:05 Also Vega is Spanish and Meta Knight in Smash and the 4kids dub of the Kirby anime has a Spanish accent.

Dude, Clous was experimented on in order to create a Sephiroth clone and for a long time he believed he was his best friend Zack

Let’s have a new series on the channel called “Classic Mode Concept”

For Dark Pit's route, Created Warriors, if Shadow the Hedgehog was playable, he would in this one

Master Hand and Crazy Hand make sense for Shulk, since the art after MACHINE is the the one the enables him to kill GOD.

I’m laughing at the thumbnail. Why?!?!

It still upsets me that the Mii fighters don’t have classic modes

Mega Man really got a fair shake with his Classic mode. Wish some others got that treatment.

You should do Victory Screen origins after this series

6:59 Megaman Leaf Shield: Am I a joke to you?

You keep on being disappointed by Master and Crazy hand being the final bosses. But who would YOU have as the bosses?

Aronitmar when master and crazy hand appear: *YOUR EXISTENCE OFFENDS ME*

Megaman in shulks route may also represent all the monado arts coming together and the ability to switch between them, since you can switch weapons in mega man

For Corrin’s final boss of master and crazy hand, it could be a vague reference to Anakos and Revelations where it’s revealed that Anakos was the cause of the struggle of Nohr and Hoshido as the hands causing it hence the name “BETWEEN white and black”. Additionally Revelations Japanese name is Fire emblem IF: Invisible Kingdom and the hands basically are the invisible force in everything.

I just want to add something: I think Cloud's classic mode route is totally associated to his motion sickness since the french name for his route his literally called "motion sickness"

I still hate that Shulk does not have Galleom as the final boss. It would suit because Galleom is a robot and Shulk has a hatred towards robots in Xenoblade chronicles

Master and Crazy hand represent the Normal type because you fight them so much. They're the the Rattata of the Smash universe

18:38 wait cloud has motion sickness?!?!?! I never thought I could find a character I can relate with

Now we just gotta wait for the dlc and ultimate

6:58 Bro, why you gotta do my boy Ivysaur like that. Well at least Plant's here now. 9:08 Ah yes the gods of Classic Mode. 9:34 "Um AcTuALly MeW iS a MyTHicAl PokeMOn." I despise people who do this. 13:45 My favourite FE heroes. 18:16 Well at least they have a reference this time. Also, thank you Ken for just standing there for like 10 seconds. Really helpful. 19:33 I guess you could say he's *not interested* in the final fight.....okay I'll leave.

"Next up is Ivysaur, for the Grass-type, and he's a loser idiot who has no friends with him." Pirahna Plant's like "Yo dawg, I said I'm on my way, I just didn't make the bus!"

Every time a classic mode route ends with Master and Crazy Hand, do an hour of homework. You'll probably have done all your homework three times over.

7:42 Also you know, Zelda is the reincarnation of the goddess Hylia and Link is the reincarnation of said goddess' chosen warrior.

Oh smash 4...yeah, I remember that

20:11 I think that alongside the light/dark color scheme, this fight is a reference to Corrin's sisters. Peach and Rosalina represent Elise and Camilla while Daisy and Palutena represent Sakura and Hinoka

You'd think Snake would be in Dark Pit's route since he was cloned from Big Boss

so are masterhand and crazyhand confirmed to be princesses now?

Master Hand is so overly used in these Classic Modes. They decided to put in Marth, Dracula, the dragon! But not other game villains of most non-nintendo characters?!

6:57 and that's why rillaboom is one of my picks for DLC

An additional reference for Corrin is in the Fire Emblem Cipher 0 trading card game, there are factions depicted by colors, and Hoshido heroes are White cards and Nohr heroes are Black cards.

12:53 It's actually a reference to Kirby's Adventure on the NES.

A bit more info on Cloud being in Palutena's path. Whilst this is more closely linked to Zack, in Crisis Core, there is a goddess who makes a brief appearance called Minerva, whom Genesis believes is the goddess from his favourite tale, LOVELESS. She can be fought as a secret super boss.

Dark Link was also first formed as a test for Link in Zelda 2, he appeared next as a mirror creation from the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time, and his last official appearance was in one of the 4 Swords games in which he was also created by Vaati. So yeah, that's all 3

7:45 Not to forget that the Princess Zelda herself is a goddess in hylian form

Shulk should’ve fought Galleom at the end of his Classic mode to reference Metal Face.

Oh come on why couldnt villager vight Marx. At first you'd expect him to be a weak little guh but he becomes god and become a black hole. Dont think i forgot wii fit trainer she or he could have fought giga bowser giant heavy turtle and he could have wii fit trainer could have been helped doctor Mario. Greninja could have fought giga bowser or rathalos representing a dual type of fire/dragon. Palutena sure i can understand master and crazy hand but some other good options would have been marx or Dracula. The end of Marx's game he became a god, for dracula the same logic as simon and Richter. I no nothing about fire emblem to say anything for lucina or robin. Shulk could have fought galleom to represent the mechon. Bowser jr could have fought giga bowser to represent bowsers fury and before you say "hey idiot bowsers fury came before ssbu" but after the game realese there could have been an update for bowser jr to fight giga bowser. Cloud could have fought rathalos representing the dragon that he and sephiroth fought and that was a fake memory but screw you. I can respect master an crazy for corrin but considering that corrin is a dragon he could have fought rathalos

Pac-Man's Classic mode also has two other cool details. 1. In the fight against Duck Hunt, no music plays in the background. As far as I am aware, this is the only time in the entire game where there would be no music in the background for any specific fight. This is nice nod, since the original Duck Hunt game never had any music play in gameplay outside of the occasional jingles, which is handled by the Duck Hunt stage itself. 2. To hammer-in the "original" versions of stuff, the Dracula fight has another cool detail. Normally, the music in the background would be "Nothing to Lose" (phase 1), into "Black Night" (phase 2). However in Pac-Man's Classic mode, "Dwelling of Doom" plays for both phases. Not only it is a retro theme directly taken from the classic game, but it is specifically the Famicom version of the song. Fun fact: I also distinctly remember an earlier build of the game, whether it was the pre-release version or an early patch, where the "Dwelling of Doom" nod didn't work properly. It would play "Dwelling of Doom" on phase 1, but then it would transition into "Black Night" in phase 2. Obviously, this would be fixed later.

The Ken and Ryu vs Master Hand battle is more than likely a reference to the "Dramatic Battle" mode in the Street Fighter Alpha series, where two players could take on fights at the same time in co-op.

Villager route should’ve ended with Marx

BONUS FACTS: Little Max's first fight is a reference to the Incineroar trailer. Zero Suit (and Samus in general) is often paired with Pikachu in the fandoms thanks to Brawl, so her being in the Pikachu section of Greninja's CM makes sense. MH and CH make PERFECT sense for Palutana's Route since they are Gods themselves. Considering how Marth (and Roy) debuted in Melee in the West, MH and CH most likely is a playful nod to that(?). MH and CH are light and dark characters respectively, so Corbin's boss makes sense. Plus they are W H I T E . "Ivysaur has no other Grass fighters" Piranha Plant: Am I a Joke to you?

Fun question, if characters outside the Smash roster became puppet fighters for Galeem and Dharkon. Who would the two deities claim? I could see Galeem having * Yu Narukami * Knuckles the Echidna * Klaymen * Bandana Dee * Tails * Izuku, Ochako, Tenya, and Shouto * Banjo and Kazooie * Rayman * Ruby Rose * Optimus Prime * Regime!Superman * Waluigi * Shovel Knight * Spongebob * Magalor * Geno * Copy X While Dharkon has * Gooey * Cuphead * Henry Stickmin * AoSTH!Robotnik * Angry Video Game Nerd * SMBZ!Metallix * Mimikyu * The Heavy * Hat Kid * Monokuma * The Knight * Onslaught * Joker * Mad Rat * Wart

7:50 Just going to ignore the fact that Sephiroth and Jenova have some pretty heavy religious themes with Sephiroth basically being Edgelord Jesus, Sephiroth's name being an alternate spelling of Sephirot and Jenova's name being a corruption of Jehovah which is one way the herbew spelling of the name of Abraham's god, YVWH is romanized in modern times? The franchise as a whole might have religious undertones but Cloud specifically has ties to some of the strongest to Abrahamic faith followed by the Warrior of Light from FFXIV who basically all but fought the Pope in the Vatican.

Saying the fight against Marx "takes place out in space" is an understatement since that entire mode takes place in space

Ryu and Ken also fought together against M. Bison in the Street Fighter Alpha series' Dramatic Battle mode.

I really hope Palutena or Pit have a cameo in Bayonetta 3. Their rivalry in the Smash games is perfect for both series.

gotta love how tetrabit is more creative coming up with ways to say "lol its master hand" than the smash team were creative with theming the bosses

Unrelated but, hear me out: I think it would be absolutely fitting if Crash's potential reveal trailer was used with the same formating for the _King K Rool / Banjo and Kazooie Reveal Trailers_ where they first showed off a slideshow of Protagonist vs. Antagonist of Smash Bros, and then cut into DK's treehouse, then pranked us for who will be added, and then reveal. What I believe makes this very likely to happen is because we recently got an antagonist fighter: *Sephiroth.* And every time we have one of those reveal trailers another slide is added; for the Banjo Kazooie reveal, it was DK and Diddy vs K Rool (who is a Smash Ultimate exclusive antagonist, just like Sephiroth.) So if we were to get another slide added, it'll most likely be Cloud vs Sephiroth. Another thing to mention is that whenever K rool and Banjo and Kazooie got revealed, there's someone pranking them as a little joke; for K Rool, it was King Dedede. For Banjo Kazooie, Duck Hunt. So if someone from the Smash Brothers cast was to prank Donkey Kong and the gang, I'd have to guess and say it would be Fox. Also, a connection that K Rool, Banjo and Kazooie, and Crash have in common (besides all being animals 🐊🐻🦜) is that they were all highly recommended characters to be added as a fighter in Smash Bros history. A final statement and most logical reason of why Crash should join Smash... _we have no animal character in Fighter's Pass 2_ Please spread the word if you can. I'm trying my best to inform people about this because I may be on to something and it just feels like it's gonna happen, ESPECIALLY with E3 on it's way. I really hope this brings people hope! ♥️

DK is actually a pretty good representation of Wood Man due to their similar coloring and the fact that both beat their chests

The villager route should have Marx as the final boss since he's so cute and you wouldn't expect him to turn into something so terrifying and creepy

For Corrin’s classic mode: In the third battle, Rosalina and Peach are likely meant to represent Camilla and Elise, respectively, as they are Nohrian princesses who aid Corrin should they choose to side with Nohr, hence the dark-colored alts. In contrast, the opposite-gendered Corrin, who represents a Corrin who sided with Hoshido, is aided by Hinoka and Sakura, two Hoshidan princesses who act as Camilla and Elise’s counterparts and are represented by Palutena and Daisy, respectively. Having Daisy represent Sakura is kinda funny since both of their names are also the names of flowers. The second-to-last battle is doing something similar; however, instead of the princesses, the Corrins are being aided by the princes, and the Corrin that the player is controlling has sided with Hoshido instead of Nohr. The Hoshidan princes, Ryoma and Takumi, are being represented by Chrom and Marth, respectively; having Chrom be Ryoma is particularly clever since they have the same voice actor. Now, Lucina and Robin represent the Nohrian princes, Xander and Leo; however, Lucina really should’ve been replaced by Ike here given that Xander is male and both him and Ike wield large legendary swords. Robin as Leo is a great choice, though, given that both of them are tacticians who wield magic and even have similar personalities. And master hand and crazy hand aren’t the worst boss in the world considering that the true villain of FE:Fates is often represented as a disembodied head and has the power to control and resurrect literally anyone (kinda like having the player control the character in smash and respawning) and also starts wars (the battles in smash themselves). Still, I think that fighting a giant Ganondorf with the white hair skin, and having that being followed up with Rathalos would’ve been a better boss fight.

Big Blue in Cloud’s Classic Mode could be a reference to the Buggy in FF7, which kinda looks like the cars from that stage

I think the reason why Kirby is in Pacman's Classic Mode Route is because of Kirby's Adventure which released on 1993

I can explain some of the reasons why Master Hand and Crazy Hand were used for these routes; Villager: You wouldn't expect normal-looking hands to be good weapons against the likes of swords and firearms. Little Mac: Hands are used in sparring. Greninja: Perhaps they represent the Normal-Type, which are the basic type in Pokémon games. Palutena: Keeping in theme with the divine aspect, Master Hand and Crazy Hand are somewhat seen as gods in the Smash Universe, with the former as the force of Creation and the latter as the force of Destruction. Robin: They both use electric and fire-based attacks in their moves. Shulk: This could *vaguely* be a reference to Zanza, the true antagonist of Xenoblade Chronicles. Bowser Jr.: I got nothing. Cloud: Possibly a vague reference to Jenova? Corrin: Although the route focuses on White vs. Black, both Master Hand and Crazy Hand fit slightly as a theme of opposing ideologies; Creation vs. Destruction.

6:56 The closest to grass type are the Pikmn but they're pretty much all other types... Red are fire type, yellow are electric type, blue are water type, flying are flying type, white are poison type and rock are rock type. Not sure about purple though.

2:20 Samus has a similar color pallet to Metal Man and their helmets are red. That's basically all they have in common. 2:34 Quick Man and Captain Falcon also both have red helmets as it would happen except theirs also both have yellow adornments that curve at similar angles.

Another thing to point out for Cloud’s Classic Mode is that not only are (almost) all battles on vehicle based stages, but all of the fighters here have controlled some mode of transportation - even the Mario characters with karts.

The third corrin fight is pretty cool because the other corrin is basically a corrin who chose hoshido and fights alongside the two princesses of hoshido, daisy (Sakura) and palutena (Hinoka). While you chose nohr and fight alongside the two nohr princesses Rosalina (Camilla) and peach (Elise). (I know personalities and hair colors don't match but I think that's what they where going for).

Important info that you missed in the bowser jr part is that all the characters that he fought with are princesses. (yes lucina is a princess)