>Survival mode >Use 10 lives; if this feels too easy feel free to up the challenge on the other settings (i.e. enemy speed, item drop rate, powerups lost on hit, etc.) >>You must start with all characters, but if there are ones you don't like feel free to kill them off early >Give one life to each character >>You MUST give one to each character, even if you plan to kill them early >When a character dies, disable them for the remainder of the game >>DO NOT just disable the skin, disable the whole character