Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4383275-20150824053458/@comment-4383275-20170514061149

Quauntonaut wrote: >ignores how he revived a two year old thread There's still more to discuss, isn't there?

And the Shovel Claws couldn't have made a great difference: their purpose was to dig, which Knuckles did in the battle anyway. However, Hyper Knuckles and Strong Kong could have been used as well, wherein Knuckles would still have turned the fight around because his transformation lasts longer.