Well I think the real question is not whether MM/Wily is as strong as Sonic/Robotnik (I'd consider them about equal), about obviously Link is stronger than Mario, it's whether Link can get the level of SFF that Mario got on Sonic. Mario/Sonic probably has more overlap than Link/MM, although we've seen Link SFF MM before (worth noting the pic was highly biased in that one though).
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