Shadow The Hedgehog Vs. Piccolo (Sonic The Hedgehog Vs. Dragon Ball Super)

[u/AvailableMolasses376]

Tbh, this has always been one of my Guilty Pleasure MU's (I don't think it's nearly as good as some of their other MU's (Like Knuckles Vs. Piccolo and Shadow Vs. Zero) but I think it has potential.

Connections:

• Both are prominent characters from popular Japanese franchises (Sonic The Hedgehog/Dragon Ball)

• They are both from a Non-Human race (The Black Arms and the Namekians)

• Their fathers are both Warlords (Black Doom/ Demon King Piccolo from a previoulsy mentioned race

• They both have some kind of energy inside of their bodies (Chaos Energy and Ki) that allows them to use energy based attacks (Chaos Spear, Chaos Snap etc./Special Beam Cannon, Hellzone Grenade etc.)

• They both originally wanted to cause harm due to a relative's desires (Shadow thought that Maria wanted him to get revenge on everyone on Earth/Piccolo inherited Demon King Piccolo's desire for world domination and killing Goku)

• Despite the fact that they were originally antagonists, they were later redeemed by young characters who wanted to do their best to help others (Amy Rose/Gohan) and would later sacrifice themselves to help the previously mentioned young characters (Shadow would use all his energy by performing a super-powered Chaos Control to warp the ARK away and then fall down to Earth/Piccolo would jump in the way of Gohan to prevent him from being killed by Nappa's mouth beam, but at the cost of his own life)

• Despite that, both charactees would end up returning later (Shadow would return in Sonic Heroes/Piccolo would later be revived by the Dragon Balls)

• After returning, both with their newfound kindness, would use their strength to help others and would later join a team (Shadow would team up with Rouge and Omega to form Team Dark/Piccolo would become a member of the Z-Fighters)

• Despite taking a backseat for a long time, both of them are being given more spotlight now (Shadow is the face of the most recent mainline game/Piccolo is one of the main characters in Dragon Ball Super Super Hero (The most recent Dragon Ball Movie)), and even got a new transformation in their previously mentioned appearances (Doom Shadow/Orange Piccolo)

• Both also used 7 prominent items in their respective franchises (The 7 Chaos Emeralds/The 7 Dragon Balls) to transform into an even more powerful state (Super Shadow/Orange Piccolo)

Contrats:

• The race that Piccolo is (The Namekians) are a peaceful race/The race that Shadow is (The Black Arms) are known for invading planets and conquering them

• While Piccolo never met his father (Demon King Piccolo)/Shadow has met his father (Black Doom) and has fought and defeated him multiple times

Debate:

Idk (Ya'll are free to debate in the comments)

[u/thehsitoryguy]

Holy shit you cooked

[u/AvailableMolasses376 → u/thehsitoryguy]

Thanks

[u/BCCBATTLES]

Not bad, honestly... Vegeta VS Knuckles next? Lol.

[u/AvailableMolasses376 → u/BCCBATTLES]

Now that I think about it, I might do that next...

[u/BCCBATTLES → u/AvailableMolasses376]

Cool! Kinda funny you can switch opponents around like this and you're still left with good MUs lol.

[u/Ryufan76 → u/BCCBATTLES]

ask and you shall receive

[u/AvailableMolasses376 → u/Ryufan76]

This is pretty cool (Also I think another connection could be that the rest of their race was wiped out because of their actions)

[u/SizeSoft8787]

I commend the attempt to make this matchup work, but it sadly still doesn’t

[u/Unusual-Anteater-988]

Man, Shadow was THAT scared of Vegeta's Forced Spirit Fission, huh?

[u/AvailableMolasses376 → u/Unusual-Anteater-988]

I don't really think Forced Spirit Fission is important to that MU anymore because of Doom Shadow

[u/Unusual-Anteater-988 → u/AvailableMolasses376]

Unless Doom Shadow is literally as strong as going Super it really isn't.

[u/AvailableMolasses376 → u/Unusual-Anteater-988]

I guess Doom Shadow scales to Neo Devil Doom, but I'm not sure how high Neo Devil Doom scales

[u/LeBron_is_the_goat61]

This Is Unexpected My Preferred Matchup For Piccolo Would Be Knuckles But I Wasn’t Expecting Shadow But This Thumbnail Is Cool Tho

[u/Affectionate-Two7716]

Ngl it’s lowkey kinda a vibe. Not my favorite for shadow not by a mile but probably his best dragon ball opponent