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Who would win?

Bowser spits fire so I'd go with him.

I have to go with DK on this one. Mario beats Bowser on a fairly regular basis, and it's a safe assumption that DK is at least physically stronger than Mario. So I have to go with the monkey in the tie.

Shadowman wrote:I have to go with DK on this one. Mario beats Bowser on a fairly regular basis, and it's a safe assumption that DK is at least physically stronger than Mario. So I have to go with the monkey in the tie.

DK doesn't have fire flower nor can he fit above or below Bowser when he is jumping.

Bowser wins.

Predaprince wrote:DK doesn't have fire flower nor can he fit above or below Bowser when he is jumping.

Bowser wins.

So? There's other ways to beat Bowser. He was defeated in SMW by having objects thrown at him. In SM64, Bowser was beaten by being thrown at bombs. In the RPGs he's beaten by a good hard punch in the jaw. In Super Mario Galaxy, he's beaten by being kicked around. Mario was able to do all of this, alone. DK, with his superior monkey strength, and his superior monkey mobility, would be able to do it just as well.

Shadowman wrote:

Predaprince wrote:DK doesn't have fire flower nor can he fit above or below Bowser when he is jumping.

Bowser wins.

So? There's other ways to beat Bowser. He was defeated in SMW by having objects thrown at him. In SM64, Bowser was beaten by being thrown at bombs. In the RPGs he's beaten by a good hard punch in the jaw. In Super Mario Galaxy, he's beaten by being kicked around. Mario was able to do all of this, alone. DK, with his superior monkey strength, and his superior monkey mobility, would be able to do it just as well.

I'm going to cast my vote for Bowser as well. Bowser is pretty badass no matter what, especially in Bowser's Inside Story (which I'm currently playing and is awesome awesome fun), and he's got to at least be more of a challenge than King K.Rool.

I wouldn't compare DK's ability to Mario either since he is Nintendo's golden boy and could probably beat anything regardless of how silly it looks for a short italian plumber to beat up a giant flamethrowing mutant turtle.

I'm with Shadowman.

I just get the feeling that Donkey Kong would defeat Bowser with said superior monkey strength (there wouldn't be much separating the two in that respect, so strength might be debatable) and superior monkey mobility.

I vote for Donkey Kong!

DK managed to beat King K. Rool time and again, who's in my opinion kinda similar to Bowser. Besides, DK is an anti-hero, while Bowser is a pure villain. Villains always lose in the end anyway.

Actually, if a short, fat, Italian plumber can defeat Bowser, I think any of us can take him on.

Sizzle wrote:Actually, if a short, fat, Italian plumber can defeat Bowser, I think any of us can take him on.

That's not to say Mario is weak. He can jump several feet in the air, the force of his punch can knock an object roughly his size a good distance, and he destroys bricks by headbutting them. But DK is a helluva lot stronger than Mario, often beating enemies by throwing them at other enemies.

Shadowman wrote:

Sizzle wrote:Actually, if a short, fat, Italian plumber can defeat Bowser, I think any of us can take him on.

That's not to say Mario is weak. He can jump several feet in the air, the force of his punch can knock an object roughly his size a good distance, and he destroys bricks by headbutting them. But DK is a helluva lot stronger than Mario, often beating enemies by throwing them at other enemies.

You're right, I forgot that his games refer to him as "Super Mario". Though I think that he actually destroys bricks by extending his fist over his head, not headbutting them, but still cool either way.

Neither of these can be permanently defeated. They simply respawn. Crack-addicted squirrels win.