All right, here's how our epic duel of the outsiders went:
The stage, selected randomly, is Smashville, inspired by
Animal Crossing.
Snake opens up right away with a shot from his rocket launcher, but Sonic curls up into a ball and spins off the spot, deflecting the rocket as he plows right through it and slams into Snake with the force of a Buick, knocking him backwards off the right side of the small stage. Snake attempts a recovery with his hovering Cypher, but Sonic guards the edge and punches him in the face when he gets close, knocking him back again. Snake tries a second time for recovery, and Sonic does it to him a second time! Finally, on the third attempt, Snake does make it back to the stage. He picks up a Crate and brains Sonic with it. Two Beam Swords emerge from the Crate, and both combatants grab one. They duel for a few moments, dodging each other's furious jabs and thrusts. Then Snake throws his Sword at Sonic and frees Snorlax from a Pokeball. Sonic evades the incoming Pokemon, however, and snatches up a Dragoon piece. Then he steps on one of Snake's mines, and Snake grabs a Dragoon piece of his own. Then Snake goes after Sonic with a Beam Sword while Sonic grabs the third Dragoon piece to appear. Snake throws his Beam Sword at Sonic again, however, knocking free one of the hedgehog's Dragoon pieces. Then he releases Wobuffet from a Pokeball and, because Snake hates Wobuffet just as much as we all do, he shoots the Pokemon in the head with a rocket. A second later, Snake tries to detonate a bomb beneath Sonic's feet, but the blue blur is too quick for Snake and escapes unscathed (by the time Snake growls "Now!", Sonic is already well out of the way). Sonic then tries his Homing Attack against Snake, but Snake repels him with a Smash Attack, sending him flying off the right side of the stage. Sonic recovers, but Snake opens an Assist Trophy to reveal Knuckle Joe. In an instant, Sonic finds himself in a very dangerous position; trapped between Knuckle Joe and a Blast Box. Predictably, the Blast Box goes up in flames, and so does Sonic. (Sonic -1)
Snake claims the Dragoon piece Sonic drops, then prepares to KO Sonic with the assembled dreadnought. Snake's air raid is an utter failure, however, as the Dragoon goes sailing harmlessly over Sonic's bristly head.
Sonic breaks open a Metal Box to become Metal Sonic, then meets the descending Snake with a Smash Attack. Snake recovers and fires a rocket at Sonic. Sonic pulls the same maneuver he did at the very beginning of the match, plowing past the missile and spinning into Snake. And, as he did before, he guards the edge, frustrating Snake's attempts to get back, and this time it ultimately results in Snake falling to his doom. SNAAAAAAAAKE!!! (Snake -1)
Sonic grows up big and strong with a Super Mushroom, but that doesn't stop a re-entering Snake from grabbing him from behind and chloroforming him. Then Sonic gets up and spins into a Thunderbolt, shrinking Snake. Snake manages to stay out of Sonic's way until he returns to normal size, then kicks Sonic in the face a couple of times and throws a Capsule at him. Snake drops a mine, but Sonic knocks Snake into the explosive instead. Then Snake kicks Sonic off the right side of the stage and gives the hedgehog a taste of his own medicine, guarding the edge and repelling Sonic twice before he's able to get back. Finally, after softening Sonic up with some punches and rockets, Snake KO's him with a Bumper to the face. (Sonic -2)
Sonic comes back and hits Snake with a Capsule, out of which pops a Smash Ball. Snake breaks open the Smash Ball by throwing a Capsule at it. Sonic throws a Smart Bomb in an attempt to prevent Snake from activating his Final Smash, but Snake is already on his way, and the only one who gets charbroiled to tender, juicy perfection by the Smart Bomb's explosion is Sonic. After surviving that, Sonic does his best to weather Snake's FS, and he does do an admirable job of dodging the incoming grenades.
Not admirable enough, though, as it turns out.
WINNER: SNAKE
