Board 8 > Did anyone else notice that the "Rivalry" Rumble's match ups make no sense?

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Seriously, many of these so-called "Rivals" aren't rivals at all, but downright enemies!

Like, Red & Blue from Pokemon are rivals, but Link & Ganon?! Mario & Bowser?! Megaman & Dr. Wily?! THESE ARE NOT RIVALS!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rival
A rival is a person, team, company, or other organization competing against another person or team, etc.

Most of the people in this contest aren't competing with each other...Not really. Most of them are straight up enemies.
Take the 3 I mentioned earlier, none of these "rivals" are actually competing with each other for a common goal. Ganon, Bowser, and Wily are just trying to seize control of their respective worlds, and Link, Mario, and MegaMan are trying to stop them because they're heroes.
Red & Blue ARE rivals, because they ARE both competing for the same thing, to complete their PokeDex and become Pokemon Legue Champion.

I know I'm nitpicking, but really... Why did they call it "Rivalry Rumble" when only like 10% (if that) of the characters in it are actually rivals.

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dude i think you're onto some s*** here

(but seriously, the idea of the contest came first, and the name was suggested by a user here or something, so yeah)

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no

no one has mentioned this

not through the whole nomination phase

not through the month between nominations and the start of the contest

not through the entire contest until now

it's quite amazing

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Blame XIII_rocks

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Bowser and Mario compete enough to be rivals.

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Emporer_Kazbar posted...
Bowser and Mario compete enough to be rivals.

Compete in stealing Peach from eachother?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks so.

Rival =/= arch-enemy

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From: Jrx1 | #008
Emporer_Kazbar posted...
Bowser and Mario compete enough to be rivals.

Compete in stealing Peach from eachother?

Exactly.

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Not sure why I thought this topic would be new and/or interesting when I clicked on it. I must be going insane.

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Mario and bowser are.

Oter two not so much

People should play more Bowser's Inside Story

muddersmilk posted...
Worship and love XIII_rocks

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firefdr posted...
People should play more Bowser's Inside Story

Except the game wasn't made by the usual Mario team and there is no such thing as 'canon' in Mario games.

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From: LinkSSJ6 | #015
Except the game wasn't made by the usual Mario team and there is no such thing as 'canon' in Mario games.

I'm not sure why this matters at all!

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