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He tried a uppercut. No collision.
He tried a Fatality input: Down, Up, Left, Left, A, B. Nothing.
He pressed Start.
A shiver ran down his spine. The Wii menu sound didn’t chime. Instead, a low, guttural hum emanated from his laptop speakers. The framerate counter in the corner flickered between 59 and 61—stable, but… nervous.
But the pyramid was upside down. The sky was a screaming, staticky purple. And the fighters—the AI opponents—weren't attacking. They just stood there, their Mii-faces tracking Javier's character with unnerving precision. He tried a uppercut
The language select screen appeared—correctly: English, French, German, Spanish. He chose Español .
He exhaled. A glitch. Just a glitch.
Javier booted up Dolphin, the emulator’s cold blue interface a familiar sight. He’d mapped his Xbox controller to mimic the Wiimote and Nunchuk—a sin, he knew, for purists. But the original motion controls for Armageddon were a gimmick anyway. A waggle to perform a Fatality? Blasphemy.