At best, Team Skull's miscreants were not much more than some misguided hooligans that acted more as a nuisance to those traversing the Island Challenges. Their leader, a scrappy and brash delinquent man named Guzma, sat atop his easy-chair "throne" in the overrun Po Town.
Ula'ula Island's abandoned suburb had local police trying their best to keep the troublemakers from causing too much of a disturbance, but the call of the rumors about the place would draw anyone into the lion's den...
Sneaking about their dingy and destitute hideout, you could see your prize, a wealth of Bugnium Z haphazardly strewn about what would be a throne room... were it not decorated with worn down antiques and dirty thrift finds...
"... I thought I caught wind of some asshole sneakin' around. Never woulda guessed I'd catch 'em someplace so obvious. You want a piece of my stash? Catch a taste of these hands first! ... Or whatever bugs have in place of hands...?"
The Team Skull Boss, Guzma stood easily a head taller than you, looming over your crouched body with an intimidating glare... Was he challenging you?