Requested by godzilla15

We have Peach vs Zelda, Bowser vs Ganon, so it's time to see which protagonist from Nintendo's popular game will win.

Link

Swordfighting skills
Great archery skill
Wrestling skills
Master sword can deflect magic and other projectiles
Master sword can shoot lasers which are as powerful as a normal slash
Link's spin attack causes davastating damage
Hylian shield is invincible
Red and Blue rings increases his chainmails by two to eight, increasing his defenses
Goron tunic ensures that everytime Link took damage, he loses Rupees instead of health
Hero's bow is used to snipe enemies
Fire arrow melts ice instantly
Ice arrow freezes enemies and water when they hit
Light arrowscan be used to slow enemies down or freeze in one place. Best of all, they are specifically made to kill Ganon
Bomb arrows have devastating firepower
Hookshot is used as a grappling hook and can be used to pull enemies towards Link and even paralyzes them
Long hookshot brings Link to further places
Boomerangs is used as a grappling hook
Gale boomerang when thrown, can spin into a tornado
Bombs can blow enemies sky high and destroy rocks
Bombchu moves around and can even scale up walls
Iron boots allows him to sink underwater
Roc's feather boots enables him to run fast
Hover boots enables Link to walk two steps on the air
Golden gaunlets enables him to lift and throw heavy granite
Handy gloves allows Link to shatter boulders with his bare hands
Has a hammer just as powerful as a Handy glove
Deku Mask turns Link into a little Deku Scrub which can fly using launching plants and can shoot bubbles as projectiles
Goron Mask turns Link into a Goron which can roll at incredible speed and can punch so fast he can ignite hydrogen
Zora Mask turns Link into a Zora which can swim and breathe underwater, uses fins as blades, boomerangs and can create a shield in front of him and electrocute things underwater
Giant Mask enables Link to grow big
With Midna's help, Link can transform into a wolf which can fefeat Shadow Beasts and jump great heights
Strategic mind
Fierce Deity form enables him to swing his sword twice as powerful as his Master Sword

Feats

Beaten two masters
Bested Ganondorf in swordplay
Can cut through trees
Capable of wrestling goats and gorons without his Iron boots
Capable of solving puzzles

Weakness

Giant Mask drains magic and can cause Link to shrink back to normal size
Requires Midna to transforn into a wolf

Mario

Martial arts skills
Strong jumps that can crush Goombas
Super strength
Hammer that can be used to knock down foes
Fire flower gives him pyrokinetic abilities
Ice flower gives him cryomantic abilities
Gold flower grants him the ability to shoot golden balls which turns anything it touches into gold
Cloud flower gives him the ability to create clouds by spinning three times. Allows him to stand on pre-existing clouds and lasts for a decent amount of time
Mega form which increase his size tenfold
Metal cap enables him to punch through black bricks
Tanooki suit enables him to punch through bricks and hover in the air
Bee suit enables him to cling on walls, stand on flowers and hove
Frog suit enables him to breathe underwater
Penguin suit allows him to walk on ice and slide on ice to help increase the speed of his travel
Spring suit enables him to jump very high
Rainbow star makes him temporarily invincible, increases his speed and makes him stronger

Feats

Defeated Bowser
Ran through eight worlds
Saved Princess Peach a lot of times
Teaches typing to children
Defeated Wario
Got a Doctor Degree

Weakness

Power ups have a downside
Mega form does not last long
Metal cap slows him down and causes him to sink underwater
Once Mario touches water in his bee suit, he will revert back to normal
Not able to attack in his spring suit
Invincibility granted by the Rainbow star only lasts for a limited time
Rushes in his journeys to find vacations
Despite his experience, he's not very smart
Despite being a doctor, Mario hasn't done anything special

Fight

Darkness. Lightning. Link was once again having another nightmare.

He saw an odd turtle-like figure, laughing uncontrollably.

Then he heard an ear piecing scream that was easily recognizable.

It was Zelda, Queen of Hyrule. But the location of the nightmare wasn't Hyrule.

It was the Mushroom Kingdom.

Link had heard about this kingdom, but he's never been there. Still, his map would lead him anywhere he wanted to go.

Link woke up in a cold sweat. It was dawn, and the sky was a beautiful rose-pink colour. But there was no time to waste staring at the sky above

So. Link got out of his bed in Hyrule Castle in a hurry.

Link quickly knocked on Zelda's bedroom door, and sure enough, there was no response.

The Hero of Time burst into the Queen's room, searching around for clues.

The best thing he could find was a note to be sent to some other kingdom. It was written in ink, and halfway through a sentence, ink spread across the paper... as if Zelda was taken while she was writing.

Hyrule's saviour collected all of his stuff, than headed out on Epona, his trusty steed from Lon Lon Ranch.

Link ended up riding for hours, but finally he entered the Mushroom Kingdom Town.

As he passed through the town, he saw houses on fire. It was definitely worse than he thought it would be. Homes and parks were in ruins, and bruised Toads were screaming and running away from unfamiliar baddies.

Link jumped off of his red-brown horse, then ran, looking for his princess. Something then caught his eye.

Link saw the window at the top of the castle, and a plumber sporting red flew out of it. The plumber quickly grabbed onto the ledge, than jumped back in.

Link: Found where I need to go!

Link thought, quickly but carefully dashing up the stairs of the castle.

Reaching the top, Link saw the turtle monster from his dream attack the red plumber.

Prepared to get payback, Link jumped high into the air, than swung his sword downwards as a surprise attack.

The turtle was hit, and stumbled backwards. He stumbled so far back, that he fell right out of the wall of the castle behind him.

The turtle fell to his death, and Link knew he had succeeded. But tough luck, as the turtle landed in a hovercraft and flew away, laughing.

Link frowned, then turned around to continue his quest. What he didn't expect was for the plumber to confront him, angry.

Mario: It's-a me! Mario! Bowser is my bad guy! Back off, Link.

Mario said with anger.

Link remembered this plumber now! It was Mario, his main other-series rival.

Just then, Mario got into his fighting stance.

Link: Just trying to find Zelda...

Link thought sheepishly, pulling out his Master Sword and Hylian Shield.

Link: Pushy little plumber... Guess I gotta finish what I started, though..."

Link got into his fighting pose, and the two Nintendo mascots were ready to see who was tougher!

Instantly, Mario jumped up and threw a punch. Link blocked this with his shield, still skidding backwards a bit.

Link followed Mario's attack right up with a horizontal slash. Mario ducked, then jumped up and kicked Link right in the face.

Link recoiled, but got right back onto his feet, and raised his sword high to the sky.

Bright blue aura coming from the heavens surrounded the Master Sword, and Link slashed downwards vertically.

A Skyward Strike beam shot at Mario, catching the plumber off guard, and sending him onto his back.

Link walked over to him and stabbed into the ground, meaning to kill Mario!

But Mario rolled to the side, then took out his Ice Flower.

Mario launched three Ice Balls, which Link sidestepped—

—FREEZE! The last one hit the Hero of Light, freezing him instantly.

Looks like he only dodged two after all!

To finish this off, Mario ran up to him, than unleashed his strongest punch. This broke the ice, as well as launching Link out of the previously-made hole.

Mario: Mario's number one!

Mario bragged ,doing a little jig, thinking he beat Zelda's protector.

But a simple strong punch wouldn't knock down Link so easily.

Link: HUMPH!

Link flipped up from the side of the cliff, holding the Hook Shot in his hands!

Using the grapple that saved him from falling, Link shot the long chain at Mario. This latched onto Mario, sending him closer.

Link then slashed Mario, and followed it up with a swift kick to the gut.

Mario hit the ground, but bounced back onto his feet.

Link shot three arrows at Mario, each of which were dodged.

Link whipped a bomb at Mario, which was caught, and thrown back. Link raised his shield, protecting him from the blast.

It looked like this fight would get nowhere, until Mario ran up to Link, and tried to pick him up.

This was countered, though, as Link put on his Iron boots, weighing himself back down.

However, with his strength, Mario ended up lifting him up anyways, throwing Link onto the ground. Mario rolled backwards as Link stood back up.

Link grabbed his Goron Mask, threw it on, than rolled at Mario with blazing speed.

Mario dodged at the last second, than took out his Fire Flower.

Goron Link ran at Mario.

Turning into Fire Mario, he whipped six Fireballs at the incoming Goron Link.

The Fireballs simply dissipated once they hit Goron Link, so the Goron Warrior continued his run!

Goron Link stopped, then punched Fire Mario hard with a Flame Goron Punch!

Mario was launched backwards, and hit a wall. The plumber lost his power-up, and hit the ground.

But then... Mario stood up, and crushed a Smash Ball, shouting

Mario: Let's-a go!

Mario launched a large fire ball at Goron Link. The flames got closer and closer! Would Limk survive?!

Tch. Silly Mario, Goron's are flame resistant!

The flames passed, and Goron Link had one small burn mark on his cheek.

Link took off the mask, than smirked.

Link suddenly howled, turning into a wolf.

The "animal" theme starting, Mario took out and transformed into Tanooki Mario.

Tanooki Mario jumped at Wolf Link, swinging his tail.

Wolf Link jumped over the tail, than rushed at Tanooki Mario, fangs barred.

Wolf Link bit Tanooki Mario, and Tanooki Mario punched Wolf Link.

The two turned back into their original forms, but not for long.

Mario threw out a Giant Mushroom, than ate it.

He grew to great heights, now easily being able to stomp on Link.

But Link had something up his sleeve...

He took out and put on his Giant's mask, growing to the same height as giant Mario!

The two hardly could fit on he stage anymore, so they jumped down to the Mushroom Kingdom Town.

Mario punched Link, and Link punched Mario.

The two exchanged blows, until both Nintendo characters turned small again.

Link, ready to get some good hits in, equipped his Zora Mask at once.

After a quick scream, Link was a am ember of the proud race of Zora!

Link ran to Mario and swung his fins, catching Mario off guard and slashing up the plumber.

Mario used his pyrokinetics to try and burn Link, but the Zora quickly went onto one knee, and activated his Sheild.

Just after that, Link threw his fin boomerang, slashing Mario in the cheek. Then he went back to his base form.

Link slashed at Mario, and Mario punched at Link.

The punch was deflected with the Hylian shield, but the sword slash cut Mario's cheek.

Mario seemed to be getting tired of this Hylian Sheild... And so, Mario took out the Golden Flower, and shot a Gold Ball!

Link deflected it, but it had a negative consequence.

The Hylain Shield turned to gold, leaving it no longer indestructible, and easily breakable.

Link, seeing this, whipped away the golden Hylian Shield.

As this happened, rain clouds formed, and a lightning storm began.

Mario searched his pockets, as did Link.

The two pulled out their greatest weapons in unison.

The Fierce Deity mask and the Rainbow Star were equipped. Rainbow Mario dashed at Deity Link, but Deity Link dodged Mario's best form.

Deity Link launched beams at Rainbow Mario, that disappeared right when they got just close to Rainbow Mario.

Rainbow Mario ran towards Deity Link, but it was too late.

The Rainbow Power-up ran out, and Mario didn't have much up his sleeve.

Link: Beat it, you little troublemaker.

Link snorted. Then the God swung his mighty sword horizontally at Mario.

Mario ducked, but was swiftly kicked backwards onto the ground right after.

Weak and battered, Mario had nothing left.

Deity Link jumped up, and stabbed back down, right in Mario's head.

The Mushroom Kingdom hero screamed in agony, then he died.

Link removed his mask, and the lightning storm ended.

After this unfortunate encounter, Link hopped onto his horse, and rode towards where he thought Zelda was taken.

KO!

The winner is

Link

Advantages and Disadvantages

Link

Faster
Better defense
Smarter
Has solved difficult puzzles, something that Mario has never done
Goron form is immune to fire
Zora tunic counters FLUDD
Giant's mask counters Mega Mushroom
Fierce Deity if levels far above Mario

Mario

Stronger
More experienced
Mario has only solved mediocre easy to solve puzzles
Contary to popular beliefs, White Tanooki suit is not invincible as fire and lava can still hurt it

Victory quote:

Link screams as he lifts his sword up in victory

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