What's up guys it's me Mario and Sonic fanboy and today we're going to be doing another debunk which is another debunk I did in the past and I decided to redo and that is Mewtwo vs Shadow. Now let me just say this was overall without a doubt one of the worst Death Battles ever because the entire fight was crap and was just too short and they completely nerfed Shadow so hard especially his super form. There's a bunch of misinformation that they completely missed just for the sake of making Mewtwo win this battle so that's why I'm debunking so without further a do let's begin.
Alright so the first claim I had a problem with is that Ultimately, there was nothing really stopping Mewtwo from just taking over Shadow's mind, and it's impressive durability and healing power bought it enough time to do so. I'm sorry but I have a question to ask. When has Mewtwo EVER had impressive durability?! Like there's no way on this planet that Mewtwo has impressive durability can you even prove that? Mewtwo may have impressive healing powers but definitely not impressive durability. Sure Mewtwo can survived being stabbed but Shadow has survived much worse than that. Also just to show how Mewtwo does not have any impressive durability. In one of the Pokémon movies (forgot the name) the only reason Mewtwo survived a fall to Earth was because one he (or she because Mewtwo was a female at the time) had help from Ash and his friends alongside other Pokémon and two is because Mewtwo almost died falling to Earth this means that Mewtwo would've been dead if it weren't for outside help also do I need to mention that Mewtwo almost died in space and falling into the Earth's atmosphere? Yes I do Mewtwo almost died at that point too. Meanwhile Shadow survived falling Earth at the end of Sonic Adventure 2 sure he may be in his super form at the time but he scales to Sonic who survived a similar fall in base form so this means that Shadow takes the durability advantage.
Alright so the next issue I have with this is that Pretty hard to win a fight when your opponent can make you forget what you're doing and who you are in an instant.
Okay first of all I used to agree with this point however after looking at this video right here I completely disagree with it.
Now that I figured this out let me just say that Mewtwo's mind erasing abilities takes a LONG TIME how I know this is that if you watch the video you'll fine that he calculated how fast it takes for use his mind erasing abilities. In the first Pokémon movie it took 15 seconds and in Mewtwo returns it took 26 seconds and since Shadow is much faster than Mewtwo he can use his abilities before Mewtwo can even react. Plus Shadow can just stop time and completely cut Mewtwo into pieces before he could react.
This is about be apart of the next point I have....Shadow has been mind controlled before, and has always relied on outside help to recover. Even while Super Shadow was physically invulnerable, this form didn't protect his mind, like that time he fell from space, and then the worst game ever happened. Wow is that the best you can do? Let me explain this real quick. First of all according to the Sonic wiki Shadow has actually resisted mind control for example the only reason why Black Doom was able to mind control Shadow is because they are actually related and Shadow was able to resist it. Their proof of evidence as to why he didn't resist it was from Sonic Boom (which is non canon by the way) was because he had a MIND CONTROL device on his head so he can most certainly resist Mewtwo's mind controlling abilities. Also in Sonic Heroes Shadow still has been still shown to be capable of fighting even without his mind erasing powers and he can still use Chaos Control to stop time during the game this means that even if Mewtwo were to erase Shadow's memories it won't stop him from fighting so no matter what Mewtwo does Shadow will still resist his mind controlling abilities.
Okay now usually this is the part where I end off this chapter but NOPE. I'm actually going to be talking about the animation of the fight. Now I can already see you in the comments saying But you never talk about the animation of the fight because it's only for fun well if I learned anything from my good friend Bleach-Grimmjow is that even the animation can be inconsistent because there are some fights (Ben 10 VS Green Lantern, Luigi VS Tails, Goku VS Superman, Mega Man VS Astro Boy, Gaara VS Toph, Android 18 VS Captain Marvel as examples.) to where the character that would've won (Ben Tennyson, Luigi, Son Goku, Mega Man, Gaara, Captain Marvel) lost because ScrewAttack downplayed them all so hard it's not even funny so if you have a problem with that feel free to yell at me.
How was Mewtwo able to react to Shadow just in time? If I remember currently Shadow is FTL and I don't think Mewtwo's been shown to react to that time of speed before.
Shadow can just use a Spin Dash and cut Mewtwo into pieces once time is frozen. Just saying.
It's already game over for Mewtwo the moment when Shadow turns into Super Shadow which by the can last for days as he scales to Super Sonic who did last for days in Sonic Advance 2 plus his super form can last longer with more rings. Super Shadow is never stated to have to have a time limit in game canon because it's all just a gaming mechanic. So that just makes things much worse for Mewtwo.
Quick heads up: I used to believe the 50 second ring count was canon but after doing some research it turns out to be false.
I've already stated that Mewtwo was dead the moment Super Shadow comes it because he is too powerful and transforming into Mega Mewtwo Y make it any better because his defense completely DROPS when Mewtwo is in that form thus give Shadow the opportunity to land a fatal blow.
No no no no no. It takes Mewtwo much longer in order to use his mind erasing abilities as I've said before because as you can tell form 15 to 26 seconds the more minds he erases the longer it takes for him to use them so Shadow would've been able to stop time at this part even if Mewtwo does succeed in erasing Shadow's memories it would already be too late because he would be frozen unable to do anything else.
Again Shadow's super form would last longer than that because the 50 second time limit is only a gaming mechanic.
Dying by a spoon is by far one of the most dumbest deaths I've ever seen.
So in conclusion based on what I think Shadow should've won this battle. I mean he completely outclasses Mewtwo in strength, speed, durability, versatility, destructive capability, chaos abilities, skills and super form. I think their both equal in existence but experience never triumphs over raw power. I honestly think it's a stomp in Shadow's favor like Mewtwo may have psychic powers but he doesn't stand a chance. I like both characters but Shadow would win the majority he's shown time and time again that he can defeat enemies just as powerful as Mewtwo. Like I said Shadow was completely nerfed in this fight not only that but the fight itself was completely short and they made Shadow's voice look like an idiot scum. But that's all for this debunk thank you all so much for reading let me know what your thoughts are in the comments below and I will see you all next time. Peace.