Board Thread:VS Debates/@comment-27762054-20160213154800/@comment-25365286-20160903223537

Hero Of Darkness wrote: @Eric.breaux.52: Kirby's videogames make him look much weaker than he actually is. Part of it is because they wouldn't be challenging otherwise. Kirby games wouldn't be popular if you could just inhale bosses. If his games were like that they wouldn't be interesting and nobody would play them. Yeah I know that doesn't make any sense but can we really try to bring logic into a character who can tank things like being crushed flat under tons of weight and planetary explosions with no harm but yet be hurt by spikes? That's simply a gameplay mechanic. Because as I said Kirby's games make him look much weaker than he actually is.

Kirby has also defeated many powerhouses. Metaknight might not seem like much but he's actually eons of years old. So take a moment to think about how much fighting experience he has. That puts him well above most fictional characters. And that's why he's able to fuck Kirby up when they fight. The only other fictional being I know of who seems to have that kind of fighting experience is the guardian from Samurai Jack. Another character who I might add is very underrated. Lots of people think Jack should fight either Kenshin or Afro Samurai. But if you look at Jack's feats not even Ryu Hayabusa or Kratos could beat him. The vines at the end of Triple deluxe didn't explode otherwise the planet would be severely damaged. They're clearly seen glowing and dissipating into particles while vanishing. The gameplay mechanics argument only works when the character has shown in other instances to be stronger against the same threats, but we never see that in Kirby. And Meta Knight never goes full speed when fighting Kirby, he frequently goes at a human pace and thats the only time Kirby can land hits on him.