Enemies have opposing goals, rivals compete to accomplish the same goal. Mario and Bowser = Enemies (Save Peach, Capture Peach) Link and Ganondorf = Enemies (Save Hyrule, Conquer Hyrule) Red and Blue = Rivals (Become the Master) Samus and Ridley = Enemies (Kill Ridley, Kill Samus) Kirby and MetaKnight = Rivals (Save Dreamland) Kirby and Dedede = Enemies (Defeat Dedede, Clobah dat dere Kirbeh) Sonic and Eggman = Enemies (Stop Eggman, I'm not really sure) Street Fighter Characters = Rivals (Win the tournament) Mortal Kombat Characters = Rivals (Win the tournament) Megaman and Dr. Wily = Enemies (Save the world, Take over the world) Megaman and Protoman = Rivals (Stop Wily)
I hope I've made my point. As classic as many of these pairings are, they shouldn't have been eligible in this contest.
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Quote for SSBWiiU/3DS!!! Eagerly Awaiting Cave Story 3D!
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From his looks Magus is Macho Man Randy Savage as an anime zombie. The black wind howls, and one of you will snap into a Slim Jim ooh yeeeah! -sonicblastpunch
Maybe Bacon is doing this intentionally. After so many "but 2010 is a new decade!" topics, he wanted more dumb topics to laugh at. And thus the rivalry rumble was born.
What would you say about Squall and Seifer, or Big Boss and the Boss?
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When you've got a pretty-boy monkey on your back constantly calling you a puppet, you hardly want to seem like you're happy to be used. - DSakaCharanJ
Excuse me, but all of the pairings you listed ARE trying to accomplish the same goal.
Mario and Bowser = Get Peach Link and Ganondorf = Find Triforce Samus and Ridley = Get Baby Metroid Kirby and Dedede = Acquire all food, everywhere Sonic and Eggman = Be in a lot of crappy games I guess Megaman and Dr. Wily = Kill a whole lot of robots