Talk:Movie Mario VS CD-i Link/@comment-25760276-20180705164406

Heavily disagreeing, simply because I find that Mario's attacks are only more powerful on surface level. He may be more flashy with his feats, but CD-i Link should realistically destroy him in almost every category.

Link defeating Glutko alone should make him far stronger than Mario physically, as breaking people's necks shouldn't really compare to physically harming and murdering a gigantic monster whose hands alone are human-sized.

Link might not have a lot of durability, but force enough to smash a human's skull should still not compare to the force of Link's bombs, nor should it compare to any of the enemies that Link has withstood damage from. Primary example again being Glutko, although the bombs should be the primary example here, as they can blast holes through boulders. Movie Mario's feats thus far have done nothing to make me believe that his skull is more powerful than these enemies or boulders.

Furthermore, Link should more than likely blitz Mario, as his speed should be comparable to other dinosaurs and enemies such as pterodactyls. Mario hasn't shown any speed feats to my knowledge, and so that's another point of contention. Realistically, any speed feat above that of an average/peak human should... beat out an average/peak human.

And finally, seeing as you used intelligence as a pretty hefty point. Mario outsmarting a dictator shouldn't matter much since it didn't take any real surprising feats of intelligence, and is realistically something people should just be able to do. Link is naive, but he has outsmarted and defeated foes that could transform others into beasts, and eat entire humans alive. I'm sure those smarts should counter the point of him being a "fucking idiot," and despite Mario's outstanding fatherly feat, they should be around equal in that stance. If anything, Mario is smarter, but Link should be more tactical.

Link also actually did defeat Ganon. The Book of Koridai was very clearly just a way of sealing Ganon following the fight, or else there wouldn't have been a reason to fight in the first place. While Link did visually just... throw the book at him, he still had to survive his onslaught and get within range. It may not look impressive, and really takes like 30 seconds to accomplish, but there are a lot of factors that go into actually beating him, when compared to Mario's defeat of Bowser. Especially when you see Ganon's powers as compared to Bowser's, who created monsters such as Glutko in the first place. The two feats aren't so far off as it seems.

So I disagree with the outcome. Cheers.