Alright, so now I will try my hand at the Matthias Story Mode Chapter with my idea!
Matthias Story Mode Chapter
The Quest For the Shield of Worlds
This Story Mode Chapter takes place during the Epilogue where we see Matthias go on some sort of gauntlet to battle in various PBS Kids worlds to find some sort of evil in them and some story about a mythical shield...similar to the tie-in LeapFrog product Redwall is getting in this alternate world.
The chapter starts with a view of the Neon Gaming City where various PBS Kids characters are doing their normal things. The Teletubbies and Zaboo are running their food cart, Arthur and his friends are at the dance club, Big Bird and Elmo are at the arcade, etc. Then, we cut to some sort of medieval-castle in the outskirts of the city that is inspired by various fantasy animes and JRPGs and we see an opening cinematic similar to Redwall with a remix of the Redwall theme.
We then see Matthias inside some sort of castle reminiscent of Redwall Abbey.
Cornflower: Oh Matthias, brave and strong. Every one of us here is thankful for your courage during that intrusion between us and those purple monsters in the old world. Even the strongest face challenges sometimes.
Redwall: Yes, my good sir. That was...a true battle so to speak. I remember it like it happened today...
We then cut to a cinematic of when the Anomaly came to the world of Redwall and everyone ran.
Now, you get to play as Matthias where you have to run away from the Anomaly in a mad 60-second dash through a platforming section in Redwall. Get touched by the purple goo and you get KOd! You must get to the safe zone in time!
After the platforming section:
We then cut to a cutscene of Matthias being safe and then we see various footage of him traveling through the World of No-Learning and battling Anomaly Monsters using his weaponry.
Mattimeo: My dear Matthias, you really were strong against them. And now, we are back fighting more battles.
Then, we see them moving into the Neon Gaming City in another flashback.
Jess Squirrel: This new life we live in is quite neat. Those medieval fairs with dragons, monsters, duels...it is a special time!
Matthias snaps out of his thought.
Matthias: You are right...now, I saw some sort of legend that I heard about while traversing through this new world.
Mattimeo: What is it?
Matthias then holds up a rough sketch of some mythical shield.
Matthias: Behold, it's a mythical shield seen somewhere in this new world. It seems to have some sort of special color and face on it...but how does one acquire such thing?
Cornflower: Matthias, that shield seems to be some sort of shield found by traveling to other worlds. Only a true warrior like you can get it. Now, your flame shall grow bright and be prepared for the challenge!
Matthias nods.
Matthias: Now, I suppose we shall start by traversing this land for any clues about where the shield is...come along Mattimeo!
Mattimeo: Right with you!
After the cutscene, you play as Matthias with Mattimeo through a platforming section where you traverse the medieval land to the spot where the clues are for the shield. Various enemy soldiers will come and attack as well as fire slings. It's a simple platforming section.
After the platforming section:
We then see Matthias and Mattimeo appear by some portal.
Matthias: Now...this may give us a clue! We must go into that purple hole and find out where it goes!
Mattimeo: Your right! Now then, we shall hop in on thy count of three! One! Two! Three!
Matthias and Mattimeo hop into the portal, falling through some sort of wormhole. We then see them being transported to some sort of big barren maze.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Welcome to thy test of strength for the special Brawltime Party shield! Ye shall travel through various worlds and be tested to see if ye are the strongest warrior in the land! Best of luck!
Matthias: Well...if this is any challenge! I am for it! We shall head out and find the challenges awaiting us!
Mattimeo: Hopefully, it is not those purple monsters!
Matthias: Certainly.
After the cutscene, you play as Matthias with Mattimeo through a big platforming section with various tasks for you to complete involving various PBS Kids worlds and challenges based on their worlds and strength. Mooks will attack you to really test you based on the characters from the various worlds. It's like The Great Maze but with different tests.
The first section is based on Sesame Street. In the background, you hear the voice from above being Announcer Bunny telling you what you need to do similar to various Leapster games.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Find thy objects to give to thy neighbors!
Now, you need to find the objects that belong to each
Sesame Street character.
Then, you go to a world similar to Elwood City.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Protect thy plane!
Similar to the Arthur’s Big Hit event, you need to protect the plane from strong monsters.
Third, you enter the word similar to the Land of Make-Believe.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Find thy trolley!
When the trolley comes, you need to attack it.
Afterward, you enter a world similar to Barney’s treehouse.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Sing thy song!
For this, you need to attack the music notes for the song,
I Love You.
Then, you move forth to a place similar to the Animal Junction from
Zoboomafoo.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Make thy animal friend today!
You need to attack pictures of the animals that are announced by the Kratt Brothers.
Onward, you enter Fair City.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Use thy word power!
You need to attack various words that Wordgirl says for the synonyms.
Continuing, you move to the world of the Magic School Bus in space.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Find thy planets!
Attack the planets in the order they are in.
Now, you are in the world of Cyberspace.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Form thy triangle!
You need to form a triangle with the light beacons in a set time.
Furthermore, you go on to the Busterfield Library.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Find thy books!
Now, you need to attack the right book that Theo calls out.
You head off to the Secret Museum then last in the first wave of challenges.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Make thy history!
Now, it's a no-frills battle against some mooks in the Secret Museum! Defeat the 25 mooks in a no-frills mayhem.
Then, you head off to PTV Park.
End of the first section of challenges....
We see Matthias and Mattimeo approaching the world of PTV Park.
Matthias: Well, we made it to here.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: You are doing great, brave warrior! Now, meet thy king, Dash for further instructions!
Dash and Dot appear.
Dash: Hey! Matthias, you are doing great in this test for the shield! You went through so many worlds...but the challenges will be tougher from here. But, I am here to help you on this journey and so are the rest of the warriors from the warrior's worlds
We see Big Bird, Elmo, Arthur, Buster, Mr. Rogers, Barney, Chris and Martin, Ms. Frizzle, Digit, Hacker, Wordgirl, Lionel and Xavier Riddle.
Dash: Ok guys, we have to help Matthias.
Everyone nods.
After the cutscene, you get to choose 6 of the 15 characters with the Mattimeo assist to continue onward through the PBS Kids worlds going through PTV Park. More mooks will appear and the challenges will get tougher.
First, you head off to the Tubbytronic Superdome.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Clean up thy Tubby Toast!
Now, you have to clean up the Tubby Toast in under 30 seconds.
You continue on to the land of Alaska and encounter the Denali Trading Post.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Do amazing things!
Now, Molly's voice will instruct you on what amazing things you must do like certain attacks or moves. Fail once and you get KOd automatically!
Then, you head off to Dragon Land.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Wish with all your heart!
Now, you need to battle a shadow Ord with stronger attacks and slay him to summon the light to Dragon Land!
You then head off to a carnival similar to Fast-Talking Jack's Carnival.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Attack to thy beat!
Now, you fight a shadow Marvin but you have to attack to a certain beat according to a circle.
Continuing, you go to Ruffman's game studio.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Find thy bones!
You have under a minute to find Ruffman's bones in under 35 seconds.
Then, you head off to EekoHouse.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Be Eekofriendly!
You have to attack all the things that need to be environmentally friendly in the kitchen in the EekoHouse in under 45 seconds.
Continuing, you go on to The Secret House.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Find thy magic bag!
Listen to the tots's clues to find the Magic Bag item in under 45 seconds.
Finally, you head off to the Precinct of 13579 where you have to do the final task before completing the second wave of challenges.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Dodge thy lasers!
Now, you have to dodge the lasers that can OHKO you in under 50 seconds.
After the platforming section, you head off to a medieval coliseum-esque area where there is a crowd where Matthias and the 15 other characters head off to.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: You are doing great thy warrior! Now, more warriors join your aid!
We see The Teletubbies, Ord, Molly Mabray, Ruff Ruffman, Cheeko, Donkey and Ms. O. join you.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Now, prepare for thy gauntlet of fate against some tough warriors from other worlds!
Matthias and the others look in shock. There, they saw an evil monster based on the Mega Machines from
Bob the Builder.
Matthias: Dearest me! That monster looks scary!
Mattimeo: We'll take them on!
After the cutscene, you get to choose 10 of the 22 characters with the Mattimeo assist to help you fight against a gauntlet of bosses from other PBS Kids worlds which you have to complete in a certain time frame and with limited resources. The first boss is the Mega Machines boss from Bob the Builder's story mode chapter but stronger. Then, you fight against a much stronger Zach Varmitech from Malik, Zadie and Zeke's Story Mode Chapter with more attacks based on Work It Out, Wombats. Then, you fight against a new Anomaly boss inspired by Mrs. O'Connor from Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures where she uses teacher attacks as well as some stuff from Betsy's moveset. Fourth, you battle against a stronger shadow Princess Presto from Super Why's chapter. Fifth, you battle against a stronger Dark Truder boss from the Zula Patrol's Story Mode chapter. Finally, you face off against a more evil Spellbinder from Letterman's Story Mode chapter where he makes worse spells.
After the gauntlet:
The crowd cheers.
Dash: Well, that was tough!
Mattimeo: Tis no match for us!
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Congratulations! You won the gauntlet! Not too far from thy end! New warriors are here to aid!
Bob the Builder, Malik, Zadie and Zeke, Betsy, Super Why, The Zula Patrol and Letterman appear.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Your final tests awaits! Go onward!
Everyone heads out of the coliseum and onto the final tests.
After the cutscene, you get to choose 7 of the 28 characters with the Mattimeo assist to help you finish up the last 5 tests before the big final one.
The first test involves you going to the battle site where you fought the Anomaly Bat in Curious George's chapter.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Attack thy bat!
Similar to the Event Match, you need to defeat the Bat Anomaly in under 15 seconds.
Continuing on, you go to Fred's backyard where there are now physical versions of Fred that are training dummies moving.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Use nature to attack thy cats!
You must use the tree trunks on the ground to attack the swarm of 15 Nature Cats.
Third, you head off to The Magistrate's Palace.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Defeat thy sisters!
It's a no-frills battle similar to the boss fight in Sagwa's Story Mode Chapter but stronger!
Fourth, you head off to the electric corridor where it is dark.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: Solve thy puzzle!
You have to go through the dark electric corridor Olive went through in her Story Mode chapter but you have less resources for light.
Afterwards, you head to a castle for your big, final test.
There, you see Curious George, Nature Cat, Sagwa and Olive waiting for you. All the PBS Kids characters head in.
Matthias: Well...this is where that shield should be! Please tell me where it...
Suddenly, they were interrupted by some sort of big chimera that has the PBS Kids logo on it.
A voice from above similar to Announcer Bunny: You must battle thy Chimera in order to recieve thy shield! Only a brave warrior can get it!
Matthias: Well...I went through all those puzzles. This is no match for me!
Everyone nods.
After the cutscene, you get to choose 12 of the 33 characters with the Mattimeo assist to help you defeat the very hard Chimera boss. This Chimera boss is a fusion of every PBS Kids fighter in the game combined with some super strong attacks. Basically, it is the Tabuu of PBS Kids: Brawltime! but a better amalgamation of the PBS Kids characters. It is a very tough fight. After you defeat the Chimera, you have to run across a bridge that collaspes in under 60 seconds to get the shield.
After the boss battle:
Matthias then sees the PBS Kids shield and gets it. Then, all the PBS Kids characters look in amazement.
Dash: Well, Matthias. You did it!
All of them cheer and Matthias smiles.
Mattimeo: You really are that warrior, aren't you?
Matthias smiles.
Everyone celebrates and cheers Matthias's victory with the
Redwall theme playing in the back.
Back at Matthias's castle, Matthias invited everyone over for a medieval feast of some form.
We see Buster trying all the food.
Buster: So much good food.
Everyone sits down and eats.
Lionel: Hey, Matthias, we love your books in our library! Can you come and visit us soon?
Arthur: And we have medieval fairs too we go too.
Bob the Builder: This does give me memories of when me and my team restored a castle.
Matthias hears all the talking to him and he settles everyone down.
Matthias: Well...I would love to visit the worlds all of you came from. But, this shield is my most prized possession of friendship.
The chapter ends with Matthias putting the shield somewhere safe by a picture of him, Mattimeo and the other PBS Kids characters by it.
End of Chapter
Notes:
- This chapter was meant to tie in to the LeapFrog product idea that tied in to Matthias submitted by
Cyborg Sun
called Matthias's Shield: The Quest of the Worlds with the whole world traveling as well as a tribute to the PBS Kids worlds in this game represented by fighters as Matthias is the last PBS Kids character to be DLC in PBS Kids: Brawltime!
- The levels were based on various games in Leapster games with tasks as well as hard ARPG games that test your skill like Dark Souls, Kingdom Hearts, etc.
- This level was not that educational as Redwall was the only PBS Kids show to not be explicitly educational in any case.
- Also, I made this level less-focused on interaction between characters as I wanted it to be more focused on the action component and such. The interactions happen in the LeapFrog product.