Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27033632-20160215163310/@comment-24658561-20160222204802

I don't think we'll come to a full conclusion here. The strenghts of Knuckles and Shadow are completely different, if one character won outside of context just to see who's stronger, it would mean that the other one had to be put at a disadvantage which again wouldn't make it a fair battle. (That's btw. the reason why I think Death Battle sucks. The winning/losing character is always put at some kind of advantage/disadvantage.) But I would like to see them fight in a future game or animated show, because when there's a story context it doesn't matter who's at disadvantage in battle because the characters fight because of the story and not just to see who's stronger. The story would give the battle an actual meaning. It's kinda like Pokémon: A good PvP battle is when you give everything and you want to win but you wouldn't mind seeing the other player win because he's a good opponent and would deserve the victory as much as you do. The meaning is what drives you. I think it's the same thing here. Knuckles is definitely one of my favorites and I'd like to see him in battles more often and of course win a lot of them, but if he lost to Shadow in a heated battle where both opponents gave everything they had, I honestly wouldn't mind. But when a character (like Blaze in Sonic Rush) beats him up with little to no effort just so the lazy creators can show off what an awesome character she is it makes me angry. About as angry as those strategy-obsessed players who will just keep throwing status ailments at you until you just want to end the battle without fighting. Sure, it technically makes them stronger than you, but why would you care? It's neither a sucess for them nor a possibility for you to improve yourself. It's absolutely meaningless. If Knuckles and Shadow fought, I would want to see a real battle which is more likely to be seen in an animated show than a videogame which is one reason why I want Sonic Boom to step aside: So there's some space for the cool and action-y stuff the Sonic franchise could and should have.