Talk:Naruto VS Ichigo/@comment-25037311-20171019113511/@comment-25620113-20171020074017

Eh. Out of all 12 returning combatants, 10 of them are from season 1 due to how little was actually said about the characters. Charizard also got a minimalised rundown due to being in a battle royale and as such Ben and Chad were able to bring him back using feats from trainers allowing for a different angle on the combatant. Deadpool was only brought back for a joke battle and that battle only really happened for fun and entertainment.

The fact is that death battle has evolved to the point where returning combatants are more to show how far its come from the pathetic little rundowns in the first season. Also both Naruto and Bleach are finished meaning that this episode will likely be using the combatants' strongest feats and because both series are finished, there is no chance for one of the combatants to get better feats and make the battle outdated (I believe Ben and Chad have even stated that that was the reason why they hadn't used any of the Shonen trilogy protagonists because they were waiting for the series to end).

If they did bring Naruto back for Naruto VS Luffy, there really wouldn't be much more they could tell the audience and we'd just get another Mewtwo VS Shadow incident. Sure it could happen but death battle is not just about finding who would be the winner; it's also about entertainment and if they did Naruto VS Luffy, we would likely just get recycled and reused material which would impact the overall entertainment factor of the episode.