Many people know about The Console Wars and the casualties that it caused within the game industry but few are aware of an untold side of the story. A great war between man and machine has been hiding in plain sight leaving a chosen few to personify the consoles and defend humanity. Our story begins in Nova City where a young man has been looking around for new games. Nakajima sighs as he leaves another shop.
"All these shops sell the same same old things and nothing's really taken my interest. I guess I'll head home for now..."
As he turns to leave the shopping center something stops him. He quickly looks in a junk shop's window and sees a small white game console that was covered in dirt and grime on the counter. It seemed to call out to him as he went in and reached out to it. Before he could touch it a voice stops him.
"Can I help you with something, sir?"
He turns toward a rather elderly looking shopkeeper in a gray suit. His spiky gray beard and mustache cover his mouth as his red eyes give him a slightly stern look. A small blocky robot was sitting on his shoulder with what looked like a top in it's hands. Nakajima seemed to freeze a bit as he came up with an explanation before the shopkeeper looks at the console and picks it up.
"Oh. I see this old thing has caught your attention."
"Yeah. It seemed to... call out to me. What is it?"
The shopkeeper quickly exchanges glances with the robot before he looks back to Nakajima.
"Could he be...? Right. This is, or should I say was, known as a Wii. It has been here for years and hasn't worked no matter what I do to it. Some say it revolutionized the gaming industry with it's motion controls but now it's just collecting dust. You're welcome to try it if you'd like."
He puts it down and the robot hands Nakajima a stick-like controller. He reaches for the power button and presses it only to receive a shock as the system boots. It felt incredibly natural to him as he holds the remote and starts playing a tennis game. Nakajima knew that he had found what he was looking for as he turns it off.
"That felt amazing. How much do you want for it?"
He reaches for his wallet before the shopkeeper stops him.
"You have been chosen by this console for some reason and for that I'll give it to you free of charge."
"Wait, what do you mean 'chosen'?"
"Did I say that? I meant to say you have made an excellent choice. Please enjoy your new console and thank you for coming."
He hands him a bag with the console and a few games in it as Nakajima leaves the store. The robot jumps off his shoulder.
"Are you sure it was wise to leave him in the dark about that sir?"
"I'm sure ROB. It's for the best for now. He'll find out soon enough."
Nakajima was on his way home as he thought about the shopkeeper's words not realizing that he was being followed.
"What did he mean by chosen... You're just full of mysteries aren't you?"
His vision suddenly goes dark as a pair of hands in fingerless leather gloves cover his eyes. He quickly breaks free and turns around to see Princess Zelda in her Breath of the Wild outfit. She silently giggles before she takes off her Shikah Slate and writes something down.
"Hey Koji-kun. What do you think of my new kigurumi?"
She reaches up and removes her head to reveal the slightly sweaty face of Nakajima's childhood friend, Aiane. She wipes the sweat off her forehead before she takes a sip from the water bottle in her pouch. He knew she was a big fan of the series since the day when her first went to her house and found her room filled with plush toys of the different enemies. When she became a professional kigurumi performer she saw it as her chance to become the princess herself and even tried to get him into it as well but he didn't take the heat from the mask very well. She notices the bag he was carrying and frowns slightly.
"Looking for games again?"
"Yep and I think I found something amazing this time."
She playfully slides the Zelda mask over his head. Though the small slits in he eyes he could see her with her arms crossed.
"Really?"
"Yes. You see it called out to me and-"
"Wait, it called to you?!"
She quickly pulls her mask back on and clears her throat. Her voice soon rings out through the mask in her best Zelda impression.
"I need you to go home as quickly as you can Koji-san. This is an order from the Royal Family of Hyrule! And please be safe my champion."
She kisses him on the cheek through the mask before she walks away. He knew she was just acting but he couldn't help but blush. Little did he know that the kiss was genuine and Aiane was blushing a lot harder under Zelda's resin face.
When he finally got home he unpacked the console and started to scrub the exterior to remove some of the caked on dirt. As he scrubs it the ring around the disc slot seems to glow green in approval until he reveals a gray number 0 on the side. He soon plugs it into his TV and starts clearing room as he thinks back on everything.
"Everyone's been acting really strange... Oh well. Let's see what else you can do."
He reaches out to turn it on only to receive another shock. A deep voice seems to come from the Wii.
"Thank you for awakening me human. I have chosen you as a heir."
"I'm going crazy aren't I? My Wii is talking to me."
"I can assure you your mental health is just fine. You have been chosen to defend humanity from a great evil."
"Right. This has to be a dream. There's no way this is happening. I'm just going to wake up soon in my bed."
"LOOK, THE WORLD IS IN DANGER! COULD YOU TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY!?"
A knock on the door causes the Wii to go silent as Nakajima gets up to answer it. On the other side was what could be described as a monster. It's arms ended in claw like fingers as it walked on two legs with claws that seemed to form heels. It's entire body shape was very feminine but it's head was horrifying. A single red eye scans around the room behind him as it's mouth seems to have been filled with sharp teeth. It lets out a growl.
"Hey, Halloween was a few months ago. I don't want whatever your selling."
He closes the door before it smashes through it. He dodges its claws as he runs. The Wii calls out again.
"Don't run you idiot! That's what I was talking about! You have to fight back!"
"Kind of hard without a weapon!"
It eventually pins him to a wall and it's long tongue starts coming from it's mouth dripping a green liquid. Before it can reach him a girl in pink high-tech body armor bursts in. The armor completely covered her face but she was somehow familiar.
"Koji-kun! Get down! Load: Nitro System. ARM9 cannon!"
From a screen on her belt comes a rather long shoulder mounted gun. A targeting radical appears on her mask before she pulls the trigger and fires. The monster screams in pain before it stops moving and falls over like a statue. The hole that the cannon left revealed multiple wires and circuit boards inside. Nakajima quickly gets to his feet as the girl folds the belt in half. The armor disappears to reveal Aiane in a gray bodysuit with two squares on the chest that form the DS logo.
"Aiane-chan?!"
"Jeez. When I say get down, get down. I almost hit you."
"What was that thing? Why were you carrying such a big gun? What's going on here?!"
"I think the commander owes you an apology. Come on."
She drags him out of his apartment with a Wii remote in her hand. Meanwhile in an undisclosed location a woman with gray hair watches the monster's final moments from it's point of view on a screen. A secretary comes in with a clipboard.
"Ma'me, we've lost contact with Stella 946. Should we send another one?"
"No. We've already completed our task. Looks like a new Console has awakened. We'll meet soon enough..."
She smirks as he looks at Nakajima's terrified face in the footage.

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