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Before adventuring into Breath of the Wild, Link must survive an encounter with the deadliest ball of blades he's ever seen.
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Link VS Meta Knight is the 19th episode of DBX, featuring Link from the The Legend of Zelda series and Meta Knight from the Kirby series in a battle between Nintendo's heroic swordsmen.

Fight

On the Halberd, Meta Knight is seen staring into the distance when three of his knights appear before him. They present him something they picked up: The Triforce of Courage. Meta Knight turns around, proud of his newfound power.

Meta Knight: Now, my power is without rival.

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However, a clawshot grabs the Triforce right out of the knight's hands. Meta Knight scoffs as he notices this. It is none other than the Hero of Hyrule himself: Link, who reclaims his Triforce. The masked knight throws his cape to the wind and draws his sword, Galaxia, preparing for battle.

Meta Knight: Come!

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Meta Knight teleports behind Link as their blades clash several times. Meta Knight then does an overhead slash on the hero, which also gets blocked. Link activates his Triforce and charges at Meta Knight, with the knight doing countering with his own charging slash. Knocked away, but not down, Meta Knight uses this opportunity to stab his sword in the ground to shoot three electric attacks, but Link runs at the knight of Dream Land, blocking the attacks with his shield. Meta Knight then sends a gust of wind at Link, who uses his clawshot to latch onto something above him and avoid it. But Meta Knight isn't done yet. He then angles himself in Link's direction and electrically charges himself to send his sword right at the hero, which he is shocked to notice. In quick retaliation, Link stabs the Master Sword downward to counter, creating a massive surge of electricity that can be seen from above the Halberd.

Link falls to the ground and gets up, with his opponent seemingly not in sight. Seeing his sword that he dropped, Link uses his clawshot again to grab it, but it is stopped mid-shot by Meta Knight, who teleported and grabbed the chain to drag the horrified Link into an uppercut. While his opponent is in the air without his sword, Meta Knight performs the Mach Tornado on the airborne Link. When the green-cladded warrior almost reaches the ground head-first, Meta Knight turns as the world darkens and the knight uses one of his ultimate finishers: Galaxia Darkness.

Meta Knight: Know my power!

Meta Knight then proceeds to decapitate the Hero of Hyrule in a single clean slice. Meta Knight then reclaims the Triforce of Courage he stole from his now deceased opponent.

Meta Knight: Victory... is my destiny.

The new wielder of the Triforce of Courage turns back at the sunset as Link's head falls behind him.

Trivia

Production

  • The core connections between Link and Meta Knight are that they are both quiet heroic video game swordsmen created by Nintendo. In addition:
    • Both made their debuts on the NES.
    • Both primarily wield their own personal legendary swords (the Master Sword and Galaxia, respectively).
      • Interestingly, in Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, when Kirby used Meta Knight's sword, he gained the "Master" ability, which led to fans calling Meta Knight's sword "The Master Sword" before it was officially named "Galaxia."
    • Both are loyal protectors who fight for their world and the people they care about, specifically a pink themed character (Zelda and Kirby, respectively) to defeat the dark entities who threaten their world.
    • Both have an evil, dark counterpart (Dark Link and Dark Meta Knight, respectively) who came from reflections (Dark Link comes from Link's reflection while Dark Meta Knight comes from the Mirror World).
    • Both wear masks (Link has various masks while Meta Knight always wears a mask) and capes that can make them invisible (the Magic Cape and the Dimensional Cape, respectively).
    • This is also a battle of opposites, as while Link fights with light, Meta Knight is more akin to darkness.
    • Both are playable characters in the Super Smash Bros. series, with their dark counterparts being their 8th alternate costumes in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
  • Both combatants use voice clips from the Smash Bros. series (Brawl and Wii U/3DS for Link specifically).
    • Meta Knight's line "Now, my power is without rival" comes from an unused sound clip from Brawl.
  • The original thumbnail for this episode used uncredited fan art of Meta Knight by Nibroc.Rock on DeviantArt. The thumbnail was later updated to replace the fan art with official artwork.

Errors

  • In the current thumbnail, the bottom of Meta Knight's image is cut off.

Other

  • Meta Knight seemingly does not take a single hit during this battle, making this the first DBX episode to feature such a phenomenon, with the next one being Ness VS Sans.
DBX Episodes
Season 1 0 Trish VS Jeanne1 Master Chief VS Jango Fett2 Ronald McDonald VS Colonel Sanders3 Amy Rose VS King Dedede4 Saitama VS Kenshiro5 Sakura VS Rin Tohsaka6 Trunks VS Silver7 Ryu VS Lucario8 Sasuke VS Hiei9 Bruce Lee VS The World10 Spider-Man VS Mikasa11 Jotaro VS Yu12 Donald Trump VS Hillary Clinton13 Terry Bogard VS Jon Talbain14 Spawn VS Alucard15 Predator VS Prophet
Season 2 16 Iron Man VS Mega Man X17 Kenshin VS Zoro18 Greninja VS Espio19 Link VS Meta Knight20 Genji VS Raiden21 Guile VS Paul Phoenix22 Raphael VS Wolverine23 Broly VS Doomsday24 Aigis VS Noel Vermillion25 Cloud VS Guts26 Sasuke VS Killua27 Mega Man VS Bomberman28 Mario VS Luigi29 Zero VS Strider30 Iron Fist VS Akuma31 Ken VS Blaziken32 Samus VS Master Chief33 Wii Fit Trainer VS Dhalsim34 Magneto VS Darth Vader35 Vegeta VS Zod36 Alucard VS Demitri37 Noctis VS 2B38 Kratos VS Dante39 Captain Falcon VS Viewtiful Joe40 Goku Black VS Black Adam
Season 3 41 Gambit VS Taskmaster42 Lara Croft VS Jill Valentine43 Krillin VS Tien VS Yamcha44 Chun-Li VS Tifa Lockhart45 Thor VS 100 Pikachu46 Hulk VS Juggernaut47 Blade VS Hellboy48 Luffy VS Mr. Fantastic49 Daredevil VS Kenshi50 Harley Quinn VS Domino51 Akame VS Killua52 Yoshi VS Pac-Man53 Natsu VS Iceman54 Amy VS Sakura55 Juri VS Mileena56 Vergil VS Hakumen57 Chie VS Karin58 Burning Gundam VS Thunder Megazord59 Batman VS Scorpion60 Sasuke VS Ichigo61 Wolverine VS 100 Barakas62 Alucard VS Dio Brando63 Catwoman VS Black Cat64 Ruby Rose VS Ragna the Bloodedge65 Ryu VS Liu Kang66 Bendy VS Cuphead
Season 4 67 Gohan VS Superboy68 D.Va VS Tron Bonne69 Metal Sonic VS Mega Man70 Boa Hancock VS Rider Medusa71 Venom VS Spawn72 Link VS Trunks73 Ezio VS The Prince74 Blake VS Inuyasha75 Frieza VS Mewtwo76 Batman VS Iron Man
Season 5 77 Vegeta VS Thor78 Mulan VS Lucina79 Shantae VS Shovel Knight80 Lucario VS Blaziken81 Goku VS Gon82 Ben 10 VS Danny Phantom83 Kenshin VS Law84 Yang VS Bakugo85 X-Wing VS Arwing86 Superman VS Saitama
Season 6 87 Vegito VS Gogeta88 Ness VS Sans89 Naruto Uzumaki VS Ryu Hayabusa90 Apocalypse VS Black Adam91 Donald VS Daffy92 Zuko VS Roy93 Sailor Mercury VS Blue Ranger94 Palpatine VS Xehanort95 Goomba VS Koopa 2
Scrapped ??? Sun Wukong VS Kim Wu
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