Talk:Bowser VS Ganon/@comment-27255656-20160404185857/@comment-27058070-20160404204506

^ Of course, 2D battles and 3D battles are drastically different beasts. But I'm saying it's that the precedent of which it leaves is becoming stale. I'd like to think of Death Battle as rooting too much for the underdog since Rainbow Dash vs. Starscream. It's a correct battle, don't get me wrong, but the fact is that if they're given even a remote chance to do an upset, they will do it. Let me give you a few examples:

Goku vs. Superman: As much as research says it isn't, was originally heavily favored for Goku winning. Everyone was going up and down about how Goku was going to roflstomp Superman. Even I was part of that crowd. We all know what happened. And now it's common knowledge that Superman outclasses Goku in everything.

Gaara vs. Toph: A good example of the research team guessing wrong. I personally don't feel it's wrong but remember that everyone was so sure that Gaara had this. He had literally everything for Toph. But Toph had a few skills that could turn the favor... and Screwattack ran with it. We all know what happened and the backlash it received.

Dante vs. Bayonetta: Recent, but we all pretty much had it in our heads that there is no possible way Bayonetta would be killed. Not as much backlash, but the research team was in favor of Bayonetta. Look what happened.

That's one example from each season with an upset. I get it. Upsets are just a part of the show, but that's 3 examples of how many upsets in DB? Like... 15, maybe even more? Take away curb stomps and most of the winners from Season 2 and onwards were upsets of some kind. Wanna know how to predict a Death Battle winner? Go against the grain. If you have one argument that could theoretically turn the tide of battle, chances are that Screwattack will use it.

But most upsets were great battles. Some can argue for Gaara vs. Toph. I enjoyed it for what it was. Kirby vs. Buu. Ryu vs. Scorpion. Zelda vs. Peach. Donkey Kong vs. Knuckles (believe it or not, everyone on Youtube thought DK was gonna take the loss). Luigi vs. Tails. All awesome 2D battles that were upsets.

Curbstomps usually are the best battles in Death Battle history in terms of animation. Bowser vs. Ganon doesn't follow that positive trend. As I said, I can't take anything away from this battle. I respect your opinion that it's not all bad, but I think I'll have to wait for Screwattack to screw up again (which is inevitable really) in order to get the most out of this battle.