Talk:Knuckles the Echidna vs. Donkey Kong/@comment-25547865-20141229194201/@comment-26367254-20141229200147

Here's the thing though - DK punching the moon in such a way is much like the argument of Mario and Luigi lifting a castle in Super Mario World. In that exact same game, Mario/Luigi also wiped a castle out of existance with nothing more than a cleaning brush. It was basically nothing more than comical ways of getting rid of the castle. (Hence why it wasn't taken into account for both Mario VS Sonic and Luigi VS Tails)

Just because it's shown, doesn't exactly mean it's true - it may be just for comical effect. And even then, Donkey Kong was travelling at quite a high speed when he punched the moon (which is odd because shouldn't he be in space and therefore not be under the influence of gravity?), and Force=Mass x Acceleration. Sure, DK punched it out of orbit at high speed, but if DK was just stood on top of it and punched I doubt he'd be able to perform such a feat.