r/DeathBattleMatchups Mario vs Kirby fan Aug 04 '25

Question/Discussion Bunch of random takes of varying degrees...

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u/Wide-Remove4293 🔥Bowser vs Eggman Fan🥚 Aug 04 '25

I mean, I don‘t think there are any of these feats like you mentioned, and neither DK or K. Rool as as strong as Bowser, who even still gets knocked out by castles dropping on him in nearly every game.

Also, nah, inconsistencies between games, like Bowser being weaker or stronger makes it meaningless to try scaling them to each other.

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u/Firm_Ad_5645 Mario vs Sonic fan Aug 04 '25

You could use this "inconsistency" argument for literally every video game character ever. It's long been established that DB takes characters at their best, and Mario's best is complex multiversal with the Pure Hearts, as I've gone over many times in the past.

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u/Wide-Remove4293 🔥Bowser vs Eggman Fan🥚 Aug 04 '25

Anyways, yeah? I use inconsistency for Sonic too, but at least the multiversal opps Super Sonic fights have been scarily consistent, just that the ones he fought as Base Sonic are usually not past solar system level.

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u/Firm_Ad_5645 Mario vs Sonic fan Aug 04 '25

I just think it's fundamentally impossible to expect "consistency" from a franchise that's been around so long, that ensures that as characters continue to exist they will only get weaker.

The reason DB takes characters at their strongest isn't just because it's cooler, it's because "consistency" is so up for interpretation that it'd be impossible to really do anything, what is "consistent" is subjective ( then again Powerscaling as a whole is subjective )

I would argue Mario Galaxy existing at all sets the precedent for Universe ending shenanigans in the Mario verse.

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u/Wide-Remove4293 🔥Bowser vs Eggman Fan🥚 Aug 04 '25

I mean, I can let the Mario verse pass for that, but I‘m not chainscaling between games, just letting Mario and co. be taken at their peak.