The Captain of the Virtual Console
The Captain of the Virtual Console is a Massively Multiplayer Crossover Fanfic written by Gancena, loosely based off of the premise to Captain N and similar works.
The story begins with a presence of light realizing a hero is needed to fight back against the ever-growing darkness pervading the world. She summons one, and gets Gancena, a video game fangirl who was playing her Nintendo Wii. Luckily, Gancena is interested in what's happened, and listens to the presence--named Selene--and her story.
The gaming worlds are under attack from creatures known as the Thoughtless, mindless monsters that represent Moral Guardians and the worst aspects of the Fan Dumb. If the attacks continue, Selene will be unable to stop them and their influence will spread into the real world, destroying everything. The gaming worlds need a hero to travel to the worlds and gather a Runestone, a representation of players' love for games, from each of them. Doing this would save all worlds from annihilation.
Eager and somewhat hesitant at first, Gancena accepts, taking on the mantle of the Captain of the Virtual Console (or Virtual Console Captain). With a SNES Super Scope in hand, the Captain travels to the worlds to collect the runestones and save the gaming worlds and her own.
It can be found here and here.
- Anthropomorphic Personification: The Thoughtless are this to Moral Guardians and ignorant gamers, and Selene is this to gamers' hopes and dreams, acting as the bond between players and games. In Chapter 2, Gancena briefly sees a Thoughtless take the form of Giygas.
- Ascended Fangirl: Gancena.
- Author Appeal: Classic games are just as cool as new ones, and deserve respect.
- Author Avatar: Gancena.
- Call to Adventure
- Captain Superhero: Lampshaded in reference to Captain N.
- The Chosen One: Gancena.
- Expy: According to Word of God, Selene is one to both Princess Lana from Captain N and Princess Celestia from My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic.
- Heal Thyself: The apples apparently have to be used to heal Gancena.
- Hub Level: Selene's domain, with portals to the other worlds.
- Hyperactive Metabolism: Gancena is told to imagine a healthy, portable food as a health pickup; she imagines Granny Smith apples.
- Inspiration Nod: Gancena briefly mentions Captain N and how it at least had a good premise.
- Light Gun: Gancena's weapon of choice is a SNES Super Scope.
- MacGuffin: The Runestones, representations of the love players have for games.
- Massively Multiplayer Crossover
- Mythology Gag: The Pokemon arc has some references to post-Kanto games, like berries and Johto Pokemon.
- Named by the Adaptation: Red's mom, here named Rose Spruce.
- One of Us: The author's a troper, and it shows.
- Pokémon: Gancena's first destination is Pallet Town. Specifically, Pokemon Yellow.
- Save Both Worlds: The gaming world(s) and the real one are in danger.
- Starter Villain: Offshoots of the Thoughtless are fought in Chapter 2.
- Third Option Adaptation: Gancena enters the world of Pokemon Yellow, where Red has a Pikachu and Blue has an Eevee.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Gancena likes Granny Smith apples.
- Video Game Lives