Talk:Sonic vs Bowser/@comment-25936854-20160519042404

One more thing: In regards to many of the people here using the Vs Battle Wiki ranking system... I have to disagree with its very use.

Yes, that is a good system for categorizing feats, but in terms of use for determining who would win against who, I can't help but think it should be taken with gallons of salt. For as long as there have been storytellers, tales have flowed and cemented themselves in human culture, of humble farm boys bringing down giants with little else but a rope or a sling. Since the medieval era, tales have spawned of mighty dragons with the ability to raze villages with but a breath, being killed by just one resourcesful, determined knight with only sword and shield- sometimes with the dragon at full health, and the knight with an injury; and in the Middle East, of wandering traders with only a shamshir, their wares, and their wits, downing reality-warping genies, and serpents large enough to swallow the entire universe in one gulp.

And this has continued onward to the present day. Novels, comic books, movies, cartoons, and video games... especially video games. Pray tell, isn't this essentially what a boss battle is? A humble person taking down a tougher, greatly advantaged foe?

So, really, I just have to express my opinion that the Vs Battle Wiki's ranking system, while well-thought for categorizing feats, should not be regarded as a concrete system for determining which character would be able to defeat which other character. At the most, in my opinion, it should just be regarded as a loose guide.

Yes, Bowser can supposedly destroy a solar system. Yes, he can supposedly survive a collapsing black hole. He definitely has those going for them; that I don't deny. And yes, Sonic's never caused destruction on that scale before. However, the goal of the fight isn't to destroy the most planets; it's to defeat the other fighter. Sonic will definitely have to work for his victory, but to assume that Sonic has no chance, just on account of these feats, comes off to me as rather questionable.

Pardon me, but I just had to cut loose. Thank you for your patience.