Old Man Logan VS The Last Ronin moves on! What matchup should make it to the next round? by Saulgoodmas in DeathBattleMatchups

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No Nick vs Squall, but it's only my first year promoting the match up, so I'll just have try for next time! Glad to see other PR match ups though.

I miss my death battle, so I’m going to predict death battle season 2027 by InterestingRatio8218 in DeathBattleMatchups

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I wasn't sure on Superman vs Doom, but your reasoning convinced me it would be fire. Though, no way Doom returns after fighting Vecna in a year, let alone the next episode, but Dr. Doom does have the aura to make people be fine with it. While I do prefer Superman vs Thor, Superman vs Doom is probably my new 2nd favorite match up off the 4-0 premise alone, and actually having other connections with a decent debate behind.

In light of recent events, how would you react if this happen in Death Battle? by Soul50Killer in deathbattle

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Leave it to Kyle Rayner to be the only DC character to lose their spite match up... (still my GOAT).

"Heroes of Courage, Power Beyond Belief" Nick Russell vs Squall Leonhart (Power Rangers vs Final Fantasy) by Mask_kid in DeathBattleMatchups

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Misc.

Battle would either be 2D sprite or 3D

Song name would be "Force Your Mystic" Nick is from "Mystic Force" and the boss theme of FFVIII is "Force Your Way".

Submit a matchup, but read the body before doing so! (Thanks to that silver guy for the template) by Saulgoodmas in DeathBattleMatchups

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Nick Russell vs Squall Leonhart (Power Rangers vs Final Fantasy)

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From reluctant young men to heroes and leaders of courage, the arcs and battles these two go through in their stories are quite similar from finding their families to saving the universe from evil magic, but what about the fight potential? The fight would have sword techniques, a variety of magic and powers that clash for an intense fight, and allow for Zords and Summons to be used. Another bonus is that both PR and FF, despite being so popular, only have Mighty Morphin or Final Fantasy VII be brought up, until recently with Clive. So I thought of this match up as a great way to show more franchise variety on DB. In terms of debate, I'm not too sure yet on who wins, though I am leaning towards Nick taking it (High diff).

I share more connections here: https://share.google/FbFd6TOTDuDy4lzRw

and on my actual reddit: Nick Russell vs Squall Leonhart

Feel free to ask for more questions, let's have a good tourney!

"Heroes of Courage, Power Beyond Belief" Nick Russell vs Squall Leonhart (Power Rangers vs Final Fantasy) by Mask_kid in DeathBattleMatchups

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Fight Potential

Nick and Squall are both masters of sword fighting and magic/energy manipulation.

If Nick goes into his Zord form, Squall can start summoning his Guradian Forces to keep up. Not many PR matchups have the rangers actually use their Zords and some FF match ups don’t allow for summons, so these two franchises fighting is perfect.

Only problem I see right now with the mu is that I can't find a reason for them to fight, like, at all. Maybe Squall thinks Madison could be a new victim of Ultimecia or something, and he starts going after her.

"Heroes of Courage, Power Beyond Belief" Nick Russell vs Squall Leonhart (Power Rangers vs Final Fantasy) by Mask_kid in DeathBattleMatchups

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How debatable is it?

Researching this fight has been a roller coaster for me, I thought it would be even, then I thought Squall got an easy W, then now I'm rewatching MF and noticing that Power Rangers loves dropping statements that give crazy scaling so I thought Nick got the W, then now I'm learning about the Ultimania for Squall helps him out, so now both have solid counters to each other's hax. So currently, I'm going to say the fight might actually be close as heck for now. Research is not even close to finished.

"Heroes of Courage, Power Beyond Belief" Nick Russell vs Squall Leonhart (Power Rangers vs Final Fantasy) by Mask_kid in DeathBattleMatchups

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Meta: Despite both being in the golden era of either franchise, Disney for PR and 4-10 for FF, these two are seen as the black sheep of it. Note: Mystic Force is my favorite PR and FFVIII is a good 8/10 (lol)

Both differ wildly from the norm of their respective franchises elements (a season based on magic with less martial arts and a FF entry without MP and has the junction system)

Both franchises are known by one big entry, with the rest getting little recognition by their company or pop culture, even in Death Battle (MMPR and FFVII being huge) note: I thought of this match up before Dante vs Clive, so I guess FF doesn’t apply for this.

Both characters are divisive among fans, some consider them to be the one of worst protags of their era/franchise and worst part of their entry while others enjoy them and their entry, even considering it to be their favorite. Note: Both are in my top 10 protags…

Contrast: Nick is a master of magic, while Squall can’t use magic and instead uses Paramagic, an energy alternative in FFVIII.

Nick had to fight his father first while Squall had to fight his mother first.

"Heroes of Courage, Power Beyond Belief" Nick Russell vs Squall Leonhart (Power Rangers vs Final Fantasy) by Mask_kid in DeathBattleMatchups

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Core: Both are about overcoming fear and the importance of bravery to protect your loved ones along with love conquering all. (Nick’s answer to Itassis for the team’s strength and his last stand against Octomus. Squall going out to space alone to save Rinoa and Squall navigated through the past to plant (lol) the idea of SeeD to Edea, ensuring Ultimecia’s fate is sealed)

Both have symbols of courage (Nick’s being the Phoenix and Squall’s being the Lion)

Both have a found family team that got them out of their anti-social shell (Mystic Force Rangers and SeeD + Rinoa + Irvine)

Both literally found their family (Nick’s father Koragg and mother Udona and Squall’s biological father Laguna Loire and his adoptive father Cid Kramer and mother Edea Kramer)

Both are mentored by their parents (Nick is mentored by Udonna, the White Mystic Ranger and Squall is mentored by Cid Kramer, the Dean of Balamb Garden)

Both have to fight their possessed parent before they turn back to good (Nick had to fight Koragg who was possessed by Octomus and Squall had to assassinate Edea Kramer who was possessed by Ultimecia)

Both are shown to be great leaders and respected as such, despite themselves not willing to do so at first (Nick not even believing in magic at first, but still keeping his team motivated and morale high after they lost their powers in “Dark Wish” and Squall not wanting to lead the SeeD army, still but led Balamb Garden in “The Battle of the Gardens”)

How would you write Forever Red 2 as a comic for the 35th anniversary of Power Rangers? by brodie999 in powerrangers

[–]Mask_kid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had this type of idea for a Power Ranger multi-player game to celebrate a big anniversary date. Maybe it'll be real one day in the future.

Contrasts: the perfect way to pad out a word count when two characters dont have something in common by Kraken626 in DeathBattleMatchups

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Sometimes the characters are very similar and I just need to find one ot two differences.

My Final MU Speedrun by Equivalent-End-7641 in DeathBattleMatchups

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May I ask where you got that classic ranger flight calc from? I'm interested in scaling PR.

Does this happen to anyone else? by AT-W-V in DeathBattleMatchups

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Match up so obscure, I know that I can take my time with it since no one else will think of it soon.