Princess Peach's eyes shot wide open as the skiff produced two laser cannons and fired at the Battlefield's floating islands. With enough fire, the lasers cut clean through a landmass, causing it to explode into chunks. Peach jumped to a coming piece and stumbled, almost losing her balance; however, the skiff continued to fire at the islands, breaking apart the larger landmasses and generally making things more difficult than they should be.

Peach leaped with her parasol open and floated to an approaching gray arch, struggling to keep the skiff in her sights. She landed on the flat gray stone, running straight forward along the arch with the wind blowing in her face. The arch turned in mid-air, making a slope that would throw Peach off the arch if she dawdled for too long.

Lightning flashed, thunder clapped. Peach heard an ominous screech resonate from below...

Wario's bike rumbled and roared as it dodged falling debris from other platforms. Wario jumped and revved his bike, keeping a beady, bloodshot eye on the skiff. "Weh... Mhfmmfgh..." he seethed. "I'm-a take the whole thing down..." Wario sneered to himself. He clenched the Wario Bike's handles in his meaty hands, his knuckles warping and shifting in his gloves. The screech from below startled him, and caused him to flip the Wario bike and grind against the floor. The bike erupted in a burst of flame and threw Wario against the cobblestone. Wario caught a brief glimpse of a dark red shape soaring past him...

The skiff took a hard U-turn, its lasers firing at the ground below Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. As Donkey Kong performed his Spinning Kong, the lasers erupted before him, pulverizing the boulders into smaller chunks. Safe ground existed below, but the path would be significantly longer due to the altitude. Peach turned around in worry, but forgot that the arch was now uneven. She took a step, stumbled, and lost her balance. She cried out in horror as she pitched over the edge of the stone arch.

The laser guns then trained upon the other two characters. Pac-Man would find the ground quickly tearing to shreds underneath him, and because of this, Arata would find it more difficult to keep up with the others.

Another screech.

The laser fire caused Duck Hunt to stop snarling and start whimpering. The poor dog could not cover its floppy ears with its paws. The duck quacked in panic, flailing its wings in the confined cage. Greninja, on the other hand, covered its auditory canals with its webbed hands and wrapped its tongue around its head.