Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26934487-20190623161059/@comment-27921095-20190623180048

Besides Metal Sonic, BJ can also be used against Shadow, Eggman, or Tails, and honestly? Bowser Jr. is probably the only character in Mario who can even has a decent connection with Shadow as his introduction aas as Shadow Mario, a darker "clone" of Mario who shared all of Mario's abilities and more, with the main plot revolving around the residents and even your friends mostaking Shadow and Shadow Mario for you. Of course, later games don't have this going on, but it"s the only time a Mario character has had so much that was similar to Shadow.

BJ just doesn't really have a good Sonic match. Metal Sonic has a few connections, but so does Eggman or Tails.

The Mario Vs. Sonic matches we've had are the best of the bunch in terms of thematics, with the only other ones I can see being Wario Vs. Rouge, Peach Vs. Amy, and one of the ones with BJ.

Bowser Jr. (aside from Waluigi in a joke battle or Rosalina) is probably the most likely Mario character to be used next that actually has a good number of feats.

Meanwhile, I believe Blaze to be the most likely Sonic character left beyond possibly Silver (good luck with his potential opponents though) and maybe Rouge. Blaze Vs. Twilight Sparkle/Lucina are her best opponents from what I can gather so far, both of which are MUCH better than Blaze Vs. Azula/Daisy, but perhaos they'll surprise us.

Also, even though I don't consider it their best matches, Mario Vs. Link > Mario Vs. Sonic. Damn you, rivarly