For tonight, though... She's honestly a bit at a loss for what to do other than her usual 'studying.'

They could... play a game for a while?

...She doesn't really know games... Uh, there's that Sailor V game? If Erika has that?

She does. Purchased in a fit of unreasonable optimism by unnamed parties.

Okay. Cool. Ami is... Not... Really familiar with the Super Famicon's controls, she kind of hasn't played anything since she was a kid... Means they'll be on even ground though.

Looking at the instructions on the box... For two player, they could do co-op story mode, or a versus mode that sounds kind of like Street Fighter – though looks like characters other than Sailor V and 'Sailor V but blue' (labeled Sailor U) are locked behind story progression...

Maybe just start with the versus mode. They can start story mode if, uh, this happens regularly.

"That works. I'll play Sailor U, if you want Sailor V?"

"Sounds good."

Time to fight!

...How does she punch, again...

Try pushing a button, like this. No, wait, that one's jump...

That one's some kind of dash animation... Okay that one's a kick, but apparently she hit the button too soon after the dash because Sailor U just flying kicked the wrong edge of the screen... 

Aha, that leaves her wide open for Erika's combo attack: Very Slow Consecutive Punches.

Oh no! Unless she jumps over the Very Slow Consecutive Punches!

...Orrr she could try to jump over and instead jump into them. C'mon, dash – oh, dash jump dash, but now her little sprite's careening all over the place...

...Annnd apparently you can interact with the landscape? Sailor U just bonged straight into the giant bell at the top of the screen. There's little stars around her head now.

"I deeply respect your commitment to experimentation in the field of jumping."

"I'm not used to being bad at something!"

"Would you say you're bad at being bad?"

Hum. "Being good requires a lot of effort, is the thing..."

"So you'll spend your time improving out of being bad instead of getting good at it?"

"So far."

"That's the spirit."

"Thanks." (While Erika is distracted talking... Sailor U Dash Kick!)

Oh no, her beautiful Sailor V face! In her desperate attempt to recover from this disaster, Erika also leaps up and bangs into the giant bell.

Sailor U Jump Kick while she's falling stunned! ...Unfortunately this does not do the thing she thought it would, instead turning into a totally useless downwards attack.

She's laughing, though, which just might matter more.

The point of the game is to have fun. Fun is being had. Everyone wins.

True enough.