Talk:Donkey Kong VS Knuckles/@comment-2255534-20150802195344

Okay, so this is something that's been on my for a little while and I think I'd like to talk about it now. Let's talk power scaling.

In theory, it can be useful for figuring out how strong a certain character is by using another character to help. In practice, most people have no idea what the hell they're doing. It is so easy to misinterpreted, misread, or over think about how they do their math, creating many inconsistencies, illogical arguments, and straight up bullshit. Here's a few examples.

Tails can (Apparently) lift 10 tons. Sonic is stronger than Tails. Therefore, Sonic can lift more than 10 tons.

Eggman can run faster than Sonic, who moves about 750 mph. Therefore, Eggman can run about mach 1 (Been watching gamegrumps, so Sonic is on my mind).

Donkey Kong can punch the moon. King K. Rool is stronger than DK. Diddy Kong can beat K. Rool. Therefore, Diddy can also punch the moon.

A smart person should've read all three of my examples and call them bullshit. This is because people want to accept assumptions as fact if it means that a character they want to win will win the fight because of it, but then if a similar level of logic is used on for a character they don't like, they'll argue that it's wrong. We nerds are assholes like that.

It's important to really think carefully and not let assumptions tell us how strong a character, and if such things appear to be possible, really consider how it was possible. Here's a few examples for that.

Early today, someone showed a video of King Dedede keeping up with the warp star, which can move at lightspeed. By looking carefully, you can tell by how the clouds pass that neither Kirby or Dedede were moving that fast at all. And if he could move that fast, than Dedede should win every single ground duel they have.

Little Mac has been able to beat Donkey Kong in a boxing match. While true, when really looking at DK's behaviour and how he was fighting, it's kind of obvious that he was holding back (He taunted more than Shao Kahn and Dan Hibiki combined).

To really sum this all up, power scaling can be useful, but most of the time, it's very unreliable because it creates even more debates. If you really want to know how strong, fast, or tough a character is, judge them by their own achievements, not others.