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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#151: Jan 20th 2012 at 6:41:12 PM

So what's different in the Remastered Battle? (I assume they throw in a nuclear rainboom)

Mooglewoogle Since: Jan, 2010
#152: Jan 22nd 2012 at 6:53:28 PM

The reason has to be that energy around her breaks up weaker stuff before she touches it.

And there is no way she reaches mach ten. That is just ridiculous. Nobody would even be able to SEE her.

TheatricalAndProud Since: Nov, 2011
#153: Jan 22nd 2012 at 7:58:41 PM

The camera does because its not beholden to physics. Everyone else just see's a rainbow.

And no, the eneergy around her breaking things up doesn't work cause that would have killed Rarity.

TheatricalAndProud Since: Nov, 2011
#154: Jan 23rd 2012 at 4:56:43 AM

Also, according to some of the info on the Tranformers Wiki, yes, eating a Spark is both possible and will completely immobilise said spark. According to Beats Wars canon, Flesh completely protects a spark from all hostile radiation, making it virtually impossible for a Spark to be reached. Thus, it would be similarly impossible for said Spark to get out, as tat woul suggest a weakness that said raditation would have gone through. At the same time, Sparks have never been shown to be harmful in any way. Yes, Starscreams Spark can control other machines, but organis flesh and bone lifeforms cannot be controlled this way.

Edit: Although there is no way she could have known that, Rainbow Dash is reckless enough to try it, even if eating it is more of a Pinkie Pie thing.

edited 31st Jan '12 6:50:44 PM by TheatricalAndProud

DragonGeyser The Chew Toy of Gaming from a computer, DUH. Since: Dec, 2010
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#155: Jan 28th 2012 at 6:43:31 PM

@Moth They added more misc. info and source material clips, but not much was changed for the battle.

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#156: Jan 29th 2012 at 9:11:30 AM

Now, I am going to admit that this is really, really, really stupid, but do you think we will ever see a Bionicle vs. Hero Factory match-up down the road? Given the massive HF Hatedom, it is obvious what side would win, but one cannot help but wonder what that would be like.

edited 29th Jan '12 9:16:28 AM by Noah1

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Scardoll Burn Since: Nov, 2010
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#157: Jan 31st 2012 at 5:00:38 PM

Okay, upon beating the first Doom game, I just want to say: That Doomguy vs Master Chief battle was complete bullshit. The Doomguy doesn't just slowly march forward while firing his gun, he sidestrafes to you at 60 miles an hour while holding the fucking BFG.

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DragonGeyser The Chew Toy of Gaming from a computer, DUH. Since: Dec, 2010
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#158: Feb 2nd 2012 at 6:04:44 PM

@Scardoll Could they really represent that in a 2D format?

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Scardoll Burn Since: Nov, 2010
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#159: Feb 7th 2012 at 10:36:39 AM

Yes. Make him move faster than the Chief (Because he is faster than the Chief). There, done. If you want to have him explicitly straferunning, use a sprite of him that faces towards the screen slightly.

edited 7th Feb '12 10:46:51 AM by Scardoll

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#160: Feb 11th 2012 at 10:37:22 AM

Just found out what the next match will be.

This was the next logical choice after Chun li vs Mai.

May not be much of a fair fight. There a strong bias against one of them.

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Slouch Hey from Here 'n' there Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
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#161: Feb 11th 2012 at 10:54:12 AM

Well... Peach does have magic as well, and has proved she can kick ass on numerous occasions, so this could be closer that you give it credit for...

I still think this is a bit unfair, though...

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#162: Feb 11th 2012 at 3:37:02 PM

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Definitely. But will people vote due to these facts, or due to the popular opinion of Princess Peach?

I unfortunately believe it will be the former.sad

I will say that Zelda's powers are harder to pin down due to a combination of Generation Xerox and Reincarnation. She's literally never the same character the majority of the time, so how will they decide what she can do?

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TheatricalAndProud Since: Nov, 2011
#163: Feb 11th 2012 at 4:15:23 PM

I'll remind you that the periods you're describing are all non canon hallucinations. Her actual powers boil down to getting overemotional.

Then again, considering they showed Zelda in a dress it'll probably be close. As soon as Zelda ever puts on a dress and acts even remotely feminine, she is completely useless.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#164: Feb 11th 2012 at 4:49:10 PM

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Spirit Tracks would disagree, but I more or less see your point.

The Death Battle guys do tend to do their homework however, so we can be assured that they represent both characters fairly no matter what the fans think.

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TheatricalAndProud Since: Nov, 2011
#165: Feb 11th 2012 at 6:10:32 PM

Not really - she was useless in spirit tracks until she inhabited decidedly masculine looking Phantom statues. While inhabiting them, there is no outward appearance in the slightest of any form of femininity - not even, say, a coloured aura.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#166: Feb 12th 2012 at 9:36:10 AM

Being scared of mice is pretty feminine, in an incredibly stereotypical type of way.

Arawn444 Since: Jan, 2012
#167: Feb 20th 2012 at 12:55:43 AM

Peach may be tougher than her constantly-being-kidnapped status may suggest, but if Zelda can turn into Sheik or even use magic, she wins. TP's Zelda was a skilled swordswoman, seeing how she fought alongside her troops against Zant's army, and as for WW's Zelda... you don't get to be the captain of a pirate ship by lazing about.

TheatricalAndProud Since: Nov, 2011
#168: Feb 20th 2012 at 1:20:04 AM

Oh please, she threw down her sword almost immediately.

And Terra wore mens clothes.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#169: Feb 20th 2012 at 1:12:03 PM

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Because they had already lost. Zant wasn't even on their doorstep, he was in the fucking house, wrecking their shit.

There was really nothing else she could do at that point but surrender, and she made up for it later by fighting alongside Link against Ganondorf.

I think the hardest part for Zelda will be determining what powers she has, being as she's a different person ever time...

Kind of.

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TheatricalAndProud Since: Nov, 2011
#170: Feb 20th 2012 at 1:18:33 PM

And the French had no choice but to surrender to the Nazis or die. Yet the biggest french trope remains Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys.

You can't claim her being some sort of badass warrior if the only thing we see her do is cave immediately. It may not technically be a point against her, but you sure as shit can't use it as a point for her in a fight.

And in the fight against Ganon, she's involved less than a white mage. At best, she could fill a support role for someone else.

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#171: Feb 20th 2012 at 7:33:50 PM

So being a fairly skilled archer (a trait shown throughout multiple incarnations), as well as wielding a bow and arrow set imbued with magical light blasting arrows which possess incredible power, isn't a point in her favor?

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asiacatdogblue This Won't End Well... from Chicago, IL Since: Feb, 2010
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#172: Feb 20th 2012 at 7:56:15 PM

My God, those comments. I swear they have never experience any Mario or Zelda games before the N64.

Just wait. this is what they'll get for underestimating Peach.

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TheatricalAndProud Since: Nov, 2011
#173: Feb 20th 2012 at 8:23:48 PM

^^ No, not across multiple iterations, in one iteration. Where she again barely showed it, merely playing a support role with it.

^ She was named second only to Bella Swan as the worst dumbass in distress ever for a reason.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#174: Feb 20th 2012 at 8:46:57 PM

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Well that's what I was talking about earlier. A-lot of people are declaring that Peach will lose due to her... not unjustified reputation. Zelda gets captured just as much, and despite being treated like the superior character, has not been a playable character nearly as much.

Her abilities are also much more difficult to define. Peach almost always has her floating abilities however (well okay, so maybe Peach doesn't always have consistent abilities either), and technically has much more tangible move pools to draw from.

This may not be the one sided fight everyone is pegging it as. It's merely a matter of whether Wiz and Boomstick themselves can be fair.

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TheatricalAndProud Since: Nov, 2011
#175: Feb 20th 2012 at 8:59:30 PM

Well that was kind of my point. They're both nearly useless in a fight, but Zelda has some provisos to her uselessness.

And the abilities for Peach you're descibing almost always go back to either a factor rendering it compltely moot (like the fact that it was a dream) or was based on unreplicatable circumstances (like being on an island where being incapable of controlling your emotions somehow makes you powerful)


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