"Politics! Ha, don't get me started on that. It's just as much of a mess as you think. The Mushroom Kingdom's on the verge of collapse, and the next kingdom over, Hyrule, is gone. The people have lost all confidence in the Princess. God bless 'er for tryin', but she's not gonna be able to hold it together for too much longer."

At least that last question seems to have put him in a slightly better mood. DeDeDe gives a brisk nod before explaining some more of the situation at home.

"Yeah. A hell of a lot better. That place was rotten right down to the core. Crime and corruption everywhere, all the way up to the top. It was me an' two other guys tryin' to take control of the underworld when I ended up here. Used to be four of us, but somebody got to Mewtwo and took him out. Now I know what you're thinkin' - that I was part of the problem too if that's what I was up to back there. But things were so bad that the kingdom was about to tear itself in half anyway. All I wanted to do was make a deal. Keep people safe from any more bloodshed, 'cause we'd all sure had enough of that. And you gotta get people on your side to do that, any way you can."

He chuckles a little to himself, shaking his head.

"But I guess brute force won out in the end, all the same. I was all set to negotiate with the police, strike a deal, maybe win some support and help get rid of the other dons. But then someone raided the club, whacked me over the back of the head, and here I stand today. There ain't no goin' back for me, so whatever I think of Hinoto-Ri, it's home now, and I'm gonna do my best to make sure it doesn't collapse the same way things did back home."