Smash but Fighting Skills are Canon

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these kind of vids take a lot of energy and research to make but it's def the kind of stuff i wanna prioritize this year! hope yall look forward to it :)
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[@saladthewasp9485]

Olimar is the definition of "Lover not a Fighter". Dude forgives anyone, is always trying to solve conflicts peacefully, and loves his family to death.

[@nintendosaber1184]

It's amazing Olimar can be so nice with a co-worker like Louie

[@A.S._Trunks]

Dandori moment

[@guyonyoutube3850]

he has his children bring corpses to the mother ship

[@saladthewasp9485]

@@guyonyoutube3850 survival of the fittest

[@cloud19568]

Olimar is a pacifist, the Pikmin hunger for blood.

[@littleguystar]

3:20 “Toon Link doesn’t have training” Erm… actually, the Wind Waker intro FORCES you to train with his master, showing he has properly learned his skills from an expert. Coming back later in the game, Link can be taught further Sword techniques, on top of his already advanced reaction commands. I’d actually argue that he’s pretty well trained, at least more than OOT Link who really did simply roll out of bed

[@jasonbell8515]

Maybe not *that* well trained (Young Link became the Hero's Shade/TP Link's swordfighting teacher), but he is skilled enough for B tier.

[@NITE_CALEB]

Erm aksually

[@littleguystar]

@@jasonbell8515 I definitely believe OOT Link is superior in the theoretical space between MM and TP but dear lord OOT Link was really told "You lazy butt go save Hyrule" by somebody he'd never met before and he just went and did. He was absolutely carried by his Bloodline lol.

[@jasonbell8515]

@@littleguystar True, he is the only hero to die to Ganondorf. Young Link is in that space, though (uses fire arrows from the MM bow)

[@Mr._Galaxywide]

I would say that end of MM MABEY end of OOT YL is more skilled that TL, But in the beginning TL was definitely more skilled.

[@bfeldz1023]

>Cloud was a high ranking member of SOLDIER. Who's gonna tell him???

[@Symptomatic315]

I was thinking the same thing. I mean he was still a soldier and became capable later but yeah Nick never has 100% of the facts straight in these videos.

[@CommentPositionInformer]

@@Symptomatic315 It's pretty much impossible to have 100% of the facts in these videos. We are talking about 80+ characters from several different franchises.

[@mattmccleskey9598]

Yeah I know I was thinking the exact same thing he was technically never a solider he just got a little messed up in the head thinking he was zak if I remember correctly

[@bfeldz1023]

@@mattmccleskey9598 Correct. He's technically a failed Sephiroth clone who had his memories merged/overridden by Zack's. It's more complicated than that but the description is close enough.

[@Endershock1678]

@@Symptomatic315 I’d like to think he knows his research is shaky, but doesn’t care because all it does it generate comments to feed the algorithm. Then again, he still does a good amount of research considering he’s never played any of these games before.

[@SuspiciousTemmie]

The fact that Nick dressed up as a human for his new profile picture is crazy

[@ManBehindTheSlaughterthe2nd]

Yeah he's usually a piplup

[@bumblebee8903]

Party Crashers: *See a human in a game* “GUYS LOOK, IT’S TCNICK3!!!”

[@jonathanwells223]

@@bumblebee8903I think that would annoy him more and be even funnier honestly, but it would only work if it was a crossdressing Hispanic person.

[@Jupiter12th]

Bro how are you everywhere bro is tryna be gaster

[@SuspiciousTemmie]

@@Jupiter12th You must just have good taste in content creators :3

[@iDroopyeah]

DK in B-tier is crazy, lets not forget that he punched the moon down to earth in Country returns. Edit: yes people, i watched the first 10 seconds. But B tier is for people who can beat the average Joe. I just feel like DK can take a little more than the average joe😂

[@roberthata6732]

That counts as super strenght mate

[@invaderperidot]

He says it's skill based in the first 10 seconds, not pure strength.

[@logic-dy1su]

That's nothing compared to some characters

[@iDroopyeah]

Go to the omniversal battle wiki, (can use bongo's as weapons and has proficiency with guns and grenades) xD

[@junk_bot_man6412]

Kazuya victim

[@kachowabunga17]

pit and simon being B tier after fighting gods and monsters is nuts

[@explosivegrape]

I can understand pit but Simon in B is insane.

[@zeke3620]

Simon uses his weapons that are super effective against the monsters he fights Unless he's fighting Medusa or dracula those are just chains and water

[@cheesecake1255]

Bias

[@Endershock1678]

Yeah, idk how he heard “Leader of Army for 25 years” and was like “B Tier”

[@lazyryan3766]

​@@Endershock1678After playing kid icarus uprising and listening to palutena's guidance in smash.... Pit ain't no drill Sargent, that's for sure

[@Geijin1]

Poppt: Who would win, you with a knife or Mike Tyson? Nick: If he was in his prime, he would give me a little trouble Poppt: But would you lose? Nick: Nah, I'd win

[@theultimatepenguin4860]

Nick would get his ass kicked in 4 seconds. Mike deadlifts while being shocked

[@Hadeez2]

Domain expansion: left right goodnight

[@COIN_a]

They both lose, just a matter of who's in a bed and who's in a bag

[@OuiOui-qy8ip]

Oh my god, placing Vernias as reference next to 6,3ft Samus is peak disrespect.

[@user-qz5bu2uv7m]

peak brotherhood disrespect

[@darkychao]

>Simon Belmont takes on Dracula, the most powerful vampire in history multiple times and wins each time >B-tier ???

[@Sketchios]

Insert ??? Meme

[@The_Gabe]

Ness can literally fight hordes of alien soldiers with nothing but his bare hands and Poo (someone who trained his whole life) even said that Ness is one hell of a fighter. Seeing stuff like this as a powerscaler and earthbound fan is a *huge pain in the ass*. And in a matter of fact, almost every smash bros fighter would beat the ever living shit out of a normal person due to them having combat experience

[@TrulyAtrocious]

i wonder why you'd have strong enough feelings to comment about Ness....

[@The_Gabe]

@@TrulyAtrocious , look at my PFP, I‘m a big fan of this guy and when people unjustifiably downplay the ever living crap out of him while having zero knowledge on him, that’s enough to piss me off. Like this makes me even more physically uncomfortable than when people say Base Sonic Solos Marvel.

[@aguywhoplay6353]

Bro thank you! That thumbnail pissed me off lmao

[@Yubfan69420]

@@The_Gabeİ agree with you about Ness. Ness is genuinely a really strong character and shouldn’t be underestimated just because he is a child.

[@samuelpartin4505]

He literally beat up aliens and horrors beyond human comprehension with a baseball bat. I think he might be A Little Bit stronger than most children.

[@Raycat-2011]

Ness in D-Tier is absolutely insane. He beats up 5 grown-ass men that are TRAINED police men, takes on hordes of alien beings easily, he’s literally canonically a living manifestation of the Earth and Phycic Power. And if that’s not enough for you, he no-mercy style obliterated the embodiment of hate and evil. And some may say, “but he didn’t kill Giygas, Paula did” well, you have to take into account that he CARRIED the entire team to that final confrontation.

[@Ry_TSG]

>defeats an entire army of nuclear powered alien robot soldiers with a baseball bat and the ability to make a certain region of space explode with the force of a thousand suns >"D Tier"

[@hectorandrade8729]

Did you pay attention to the intro? The characters don't have powers in this scenario. So he is just a little kid.

[@FuryJack07]

19:09 fun fact, pit canonically cannon fly on his own. He needs outside help, wether it be the power of flight granted by either Palutena (?) or Viridi, or the 3 sacred treasures.

[@Baby-Blue-102]

THIS. I am. SHOCKED that they do not know that.

[@noble6752]

Also Simon would kick your ass in case it wasn't obvious

[@ironmuro]

Toon Link, Roy and Sora: Characters that have defeated unconceivable monsters and horrors with their skills and wit. "Oh they're just kids C Tier" Inkling: A kid with a paintball gun. " They're racist, B Tier" ... Huh?

[@mr.l3992]

I'm biased because I'm a KH fan boy, but by their logic, Shulk should be weak because he only got a magic sword too with some military training.

[@heyyou9903]

Cloud that faked his transcripts - A tier Sure he got military training but he was just a grunt not a top soldier He did gain mako as if he was a soldier tho But he can also go toe to toe with sephiroth or at least a copy of him

[@Koalemos]

I think the part that bothered me most about that is that Roy in Smash has the Binding Blade, so it is Endgame Roy. B tier at worst, but almost definitely A tier.

[@jabarithegoldenlucario8841]

Inklings, as a species, are more or less wired for warfare. There’s a reason they turned it a simple friendly sport because they’ve been doing it for a LONG time.

[@CommentPositionInformer]

Well, it's not *a kid,* as Inkling represents their entire species. They are also vastly more advanced and intelligent than humans, and consider their intelligence primitive. And those humans are in turn far more advanced than us, as they mastered cryogeny and their technology was capable of being self-sustaining for ten millennia. But yes. Disregarding Sora's feats because KH is a more 'cartoonish' setting is not exactly fair.

[@darkychao]

Ness literally took on an a human-sized ant, a gang leader, a robot, and an entire town's police force on his own with a cracked bat and won. and that's all before chapter 2. there's not a univere where he's a D-tier.

[@Yubfan69420]

Exactly.

[@Ezezetayin]

No Magic. -TCNick3, during the first 20 seconds of the *intro!*

[@darkychao]

@@Ezezetayin are baseball bats magic now?

[@Ezezetayin]

@@darkychao no, he said that everyone has his strength calculated by their achievements with their own strength, and Ness really relies on magic, something that isn't counted in this strength tier list, he is just a child

[@darkychao]

@@Ezezetayin Ness dosn't even have many direct combat PSI, the only thing that can directly deal damage is PK Rockin. every other point of damage Ness deals throughout the whole game is from hitting stuff with baseball bats.

[@Dude5375]

7:27 Vernias reference outta NOWHERE got me really good.

[@Metaknighttheloneswordsman]

🎶 A giant woman 🎶

[@Tabledar]

Putting martial artists in A tier because they can beat other regular people, then putting a gorilla that handily kicks the snot out of other gorillas, a monster-slaying Belmont, and a literally divine weapon master bathed in holy power and chosen by God herself in B tier is the goofiest shit I've ever heard.

[@colmecolwag]

Its a tier list about fighting skills, not power levels DK is stronger, but hes doesnt have finely tuned and practiced technique, and his "feats" here are more him beating seemingly more trained fighters like Karate Kong and not so much him punching the moon, since thats more relevant to this tier list

[@ToadallyNormal]

​@@colmecolwagi still think dk should be higher cause hes a fucking gorilla

[@laythontucker7978]

I have never seen such an incorrect depiction of Ness. He is the true physical powerhouse in Earthbound.

[@ducklett01god]

A psi powerhouse with a crazy bat

[@The_Gabe]

@@ducklett01god, the kid can literally beat down hordes of alien soldiers with his bare hands and even Poo called him a very skilled fighter. This Ness downplay is outrageous

[@ducklett01god]

@@The_Gabe the ness glazing is crazy

[@The_Gabe]

@@ducklett01god , Ness isn’t some run up the mill average fat kid with a bat and some sparkle effects, he’s a hero who‘s well aware how to throw hands and take apart his opponent in an effective manner. People here either don’t know him well enough or have never done any research. Pre-Twoson Ness was already able to beat the crap out of 5 policemen with pretty much no PSI (which was optional btw) and y’all are saying he’s less experienced than the average Joe, who mind you, can’t fight at all.

[@sugarkane1571]

@@ducklett01god A bat is a bat. You have to remember that Ness’s bats are usually from mundane sports stores and he just swings them really fucking hard.

[@aghost5841]

Ness is actually a good fighter tho. Canonically his body involuntarily moves out of the way and even counterattacks when people try to hit him

[@TheMaxxter]

So ultra instinct?

[@kwesi.0525]

But can he beat prime mike tyson

[@jootersblaccat]

@@kwesi.0525 Probably

[@kwesi.0525]

@@jootersblaccat doubt

[@RuneTacticss]

Roy: Fights dragons Also Roy: Yeah just C tier

[@mauricesteel4995]

Snake> is a master spy. somehow this lets him fly and fight on par with SEPHIROTH and MEWTWO. Simon> man fought and won against the devil and his legion of undead twice. B.

[@WateruEater]

​@@mauricesteel4995 And i find it offensive to put Kazuya in the same tier as Ryu, he has way more stuff than what nick says

[@morphstarchangeling8024]

That's not as bad as DK who punched the moon out of orbit.

[@RuneTacticss]

@@morphstarchangeling8024 tbf that moon was of a much smaller scale than a real moon, only being about the size of an island.

[@mr.stuffdoer8483]

@@mauricesteel4995on top of Sephiroth and Mewtwo being much more supernaturally enhanced than simon

[@diogonetoheaven5044]

love how ness can heal himself, reverse time when losing, and also beat an omnipresent being but they still nerfed him tons. Ness was capable of beating a creature made entirely out of diamond, was powered up by his own mind and capable of damaging ( albeit not killing) Giygas after he became an abstract, universal being of pure fucked up evil. Giygas is literally omnipresent and ness was taking hits from him and surviving, he claps most of the people in smash ult.

[@The_Gabe]

That happens when non-powerscalers do powerscaling

[@diogonetoheaven5044]

@@The_Gabe fr

[@mando76m]

Dude Byleth in B tier is crazy. At the end of the Chrimson Flower route he and Edelgard were able to kill the Immaculate One who survived multiple nuke-like bombs on top of being an extremely adaptable fighter even before he gained Divine Pulse to turn back time. A tier at least but I'd argue S tier

[@PrayForTanqueray]

The Warriors spin-off game makes the point quite potently. Byleth there is encountered as an enemy before the plot of Three Houses even starts. Not only is he known as the "demon" and feared by other mercenaries, his appearance on the battlefield seals theor victory. He crushes the spin-off MC's whole retinue and their captain by himself, only to also demolish the MC in one-on-one combat.

[@cheekyman9658]

Don’t get me wrong I love the new profile pic, but piplup was iconic 😭

[@jerellnealy479]

7:42 This is way too true. Becoming a commander of a small army because a n i m e is cracked as hell.

[@wonderx9997]

Sora after fighting hordes of heartless and a maniac called xehanort b tier. Cloud who killed sephiroth with help a tier. Research out the window.

[@crazyfire9470]

“Rely on Pikmin that takes no skill” Press X to doubt

[@DrMonke-ud2ms]

Olimar can smash a boulder twice his size with a single punch in Pikmin 1, can kill creatures his size using only his fists with little trouble, can throw heavy Pikmin very quickly, can get crushed, exploded, pecked at and bit several times before falling, survive falls from incredible heights, but as well as having a great tactical mind and extreme tenacity, he is compassionate, accepting and loving. Olimar is an S tier creature

[@WildWave555]

Oilmar is like four centimeters tall dude twice his size is like a third of a pebble and everything he fights can be stepped on by an average dude

[@DrMonke-ud2ms]

@@WildWave555 yeah but he's not real? He is to scale with the others in smash

[@kwesi.0525]

​@@DrMonke-ud2ms ok but can he beat mike Tyson

[@Sean_Bird]

I gotta say, I really like hearing Nick talking about video game lore. More of that, please.

[@herokinglifeline]

This video really shows how much of a non-gamer Nick is. A lot of these videos show it to be fair But man the underestimating of these characters and overestimating of characters he knows and likes

[@mohmedabdo4681]

Like how's sora a C tier 💀 Bro's feats from the first game alone makes him at least an A

[@randomguy6680]

​@@mohmedabdo4681While it's not (I think) properly stated, the Roy segment implies that the characters are evaluated as they are at the beginning of their game. The Toon Link analysis goes this way too. Destiny Island Sora being C-tier does not seem wrong.

[@RazielSoulshadow]

I also have to mention peach is a playable character in three games where she can match up with Mario; Even if you don't count Super Mario Bros. 2 (which reskinned a different game, but DID give her the floating power in proper canon) she's still a party member in Super Mario RPG and Super Paper Mario, where she can kick ass on a level similar to the other characters. Yes, if you don't let her use magic she's weaker than mario, but still a fighter you can beat the game with.

[@colmecolwag]

@@RazielSoulshadow the salt I was gonna put on his Peach analysis is "Princess Peach is an Olympic level athlete in every sport, including Judo" but that might be cheating a bit

[@smackstar1015]

@@randomguy6680 But Roy's smash incarnation is using the Sword of Seals, which is only gotten at the end of the game, and Nick literally says he gets better over time, but even then, at the beginning of the game, Roy has practical combat training from three different people.

[@user-np4ll6qj3v]

Dk punched the moon out of orbit 💀💀💀

[@carlosemilio385]

Mario and Luigi should be S tier, they can literally reflect huge destruction orbs with their hammers. INDIVIDUALLY.

[@CBionic77]

Yes if you count the RPGs as canon which is very debatable

[@CBionic77]

Also Bowser survived a supernova. That ALONE grants him S tier (and we're not even including extra powers, outside sources, or magic)

[@morphstarchangeling8024]

Donkey kong in B TIER. My man DONKEY PUNCHED THE MOON OUT OF ORBIT.

[@Rat_the_Renegade]

21:28 Well people do say yeet whem they throw things. Snd Jordan certainly threw that match.

[@Sourcy]

Now THAT's an appearance I wasn't expecting to see xD Thanks for using my video!

[@tropicalcoast02]

Cross-over ships are ASS

[@degenerateinthecloset]

Ness in F-Tier is insane, homie can beat the beat the hell out of a time travelling child, and can survive fighting against an incomprehensible deity of evil, called the "Universal Cosmic Destroyer."

[@ducklett01god]

Using psi

[@timmyb.3426]

Even without PSI I think Ness should have been higher than that. Like I'm trying to understand why his baseball bat was just considered as an "item" and not a weapon. Yeah he's no A tier character without PSI but I don't think he's that low.

[@Endershock1678]

@@timmyb.3426 Swinging a baseball bat I wouldn’t really argue is a skill, at least not at the level he’s doing it.

[@ducklett01god]

@@Endershock1678 any one can swing any weapon but not everyone has skill

[@BubMarch]

Someone beat earthbound only using pure fist and Christianity (I’m not joking you can pray in earthbound)

[@zsnow6200]

20:20 Don't forget the sandals. I swear mi madre had perfect aim with those

[@idg_down8291]

Jeez, who ever the editor is, give them a damn raise for how well made theses videos look

[@wakannnai1]

In the case of Roy, he should be at least an A-Tier. It should be assumed that Roy has reached the true ending since his main weapon in Smash is and always has been the Binding Blade which doesn't get unlocked until close to the final chapter. He freaking slays a dragon, which could arguably put him in S Tier.

[@Ezezetayin]

"Simon is the most wellknown vampire hunter" *Jonathan will probably forget that*

[@kristhebrownie]

Whoever made this mod didn't play some of these games. Toon link has a swordmaster to train him at his home island and bests ganondorf in a swordfight at the end of the game. He's easily b tier.

[@DarkShadowOblivion]

Not factoring in salt, Byleth would be an easy A even without Sothis since they earn a reputation for themselves as the Ashen Demon long before Sothis becomes active within them.

[@FoxMcCGamer]

The disrespect on soras placement is craaaazzzy

[@CuteRedPanda64]

Fr.

[@chowder3239]

that Ness ranking is absurd

[@Yoloshi542]

Surviving a volcano as a baby is S-tier to me

[@Rennnix]

They really did my boy Roy dirty but giving him his lvl 1 stats, considering he also slays dragons later on in his game. Oh and also Byleth because of Nick's bias, he should be at least A, if not S by Snake's and Samus logic.

[@Drakuma35]

9:00 rip sophist

[@Getgaming750]

Common sophist L :(

[@darkyang6601]

YOU PICK… *WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARIIIOOOOOOOO*

[@games8-6-9]

Canonicly in street fighter lore: ryu and ken uses ansatsuken or the assains fist fighting style shotokan is a thing they translated it to when they ported it to english Also kaz was thrown off a clif when he was 5 not a volcano. Heihaci only did that after beating devil kazuya in the second king of iron fist tournament in tekken 2

[@basalt9628]

Roy casually defeating a overlord that took half of his country and his dragon helper Nick:c tier

[@SuspiciousTemmie]

The editing in this video is actually phenomenal, HUGE props to Tam on this one!! The demonstrations of the characters' power levels were insanely clean!

[@tam11225]

❤

[@shadow1ization]

Roy is a noble and trained swords who fights and kills charging knights .

[@latexu9589]

0:54 "Who do you think you are, Bruce Lee?"😉 - Mallow

[@zombeef3074]

Isabelle A-posing gracefully across the field is the best part of this mod tbh

[@mrrealgreatpalmtree]

Cuts to Isabelle and doom

[@ssj4922]

Kazuya isn't broken, he's 'lore accurate.' _especially after Tekken 8 oml_

[@Rayqetsu]

Bull shit how hes only A tier when he has WAYYY more experience than ken, Terry, ryu, and little make AND the devil gene. Nice going nick🤦‍♂️

[@zsnow6200]

Vergil, in UMvC3: "First time?"

[@games8-6-9]

I was about to say the same thing​@@zsnow6200

[@Endershock1678]

@@Rayqetsu He has arguably the same experience as those two and isn’t allowed to use Devil Gene, at least none of the cool stuff. Naturally, it probably makes him more durable and physically stronger, but I wouldn’t factor that into skill. Then again, I don’t know enough about Kazuya to tell you what the devil gene does and doesn’t buff. Kunmitsu Main baby!

[@andrewandrews8073]

If samus' chozo DNA and mewtwo's mew DNA helps account for their S tier rank shouldn't the devil gene help account for kazuya being S tier?

[@sebbdotexe]

Excited to one day see a video where every canonicity mod is combined into one. Size, power, skill, everythinh.

[@inesgcf1711]

4:13 Yesterday they also showed two more transformations that Peach will have in the game (now we have Swordfigther, Detective, Patisseierre, Kung Fu, Ninja and Cowgirl). She is my favourite Nintendo character and one of my favourite characters since I was little. I can't wait for Princess Peach Showtime. And I also hope Nick bring videos playing the game to the channel, that would be so cool.

[@badashe1364]

Cowgirl?! As a Toy Story fan, this is awesome.

[@jose117_]

@@badashe1364 the only way nick can play that game is if add daisy as an dlc

[@4546Bean]

Imagine if the characters reflected nick’s skills, they would be unbeatable

[@RockinRocketScience]

Nick would crush them with giga sex skills ez

[@lazyryan3766]

Why do I hear -boss music- monkey noises?

[@Zac8wess]

Ness Is strong physically he can Beat an entire police team

[@lolmaster1229]

HE’S NO LONGER PIPLUP 😭

[@certainfriends]

sora in c tier was criminal

[@Lucid_Mana]

Sora being C Tier when he canonically beat characters who can manipulate space, time, and nothingness is wild to me lol. He's also the current strongest Keyblade wielder as of Kingdom hearts 3. Minimum A and that's low balling.

[@xadoc1230]

The fact that donkey Kong, isn’t in S Tier hurts my brain, considering he Has lifted up a boat out of the water while standing on it, and Shattered the moon

[@themonkeyman2910]

Man, Sore definitely should’ve been higher. The guy is strong enough to chop giant buildings in half, and is as strong as Hercules, who throws Kaiju sized titans into space.

[@HoradeFidges]

This is based on skill, not strenght

[@WyvernLP]

.... Super Mario RPG Peach: Am I a joke to you?

[@gurth-quake1627]

Toon link does have proper sword training. There's a martial arts master on his island that teaches him, plus years of experience as after defeating ganondorf, he defeated demon king maladus in spirit tracks AND bellum in phantom hourglass, all of which are world ending threats. He has all sorts of trinkets and gadgets and fights with his brain and determination, which arguably makes him a better fighter than someone just powerful. Plus he has the power ring.

[@Crable2]

The olimar slander is CRAZY that man is a CAPTIAN commanding pikmin takes NO SKILL?? Dude has been in the trenches since 01 put some respect on the name.

[@ModelAAA90]

No joke: I loved this purely for the character summaries. They were so much fun to listen to!

[@phelps6205]

They were all wrong

[@MusicKat217]

This editing is so good!! Really adds so much more fun to an already awesome concept!

[@TheBioFear]

Slingshots? The things the Villager and Isabell use yet Ness cant?

[@JacKAB0Y]

YEAH BABY LETS GOOOO! What a an awesome way to start off TC2024. New pfp, new Moddt1 vid (courtesy of Lily Lambda ofc), and same old fun shenanigans with the Penguin-Enjoying, Daisy-Loving Chilean Prince. 🌼🐧🇨🇱💙

[@btl_55]

19:08 "Pit has wings, dude. He's gonna fly." As shown in the world of light, but also in Kid Icarus Uprising on the 3DS, Pit very specifically can NOT fly. Palutena can channel her divinity into Pit for a 5 minute period, allowing him flight, but after that he can no longer fly or his wings will literally combust into flame and severely weaken him. Pit's recovery (or Up + B) shows a glowing around his wings. Said glowing is the very Power Palutena Grant's Pit

[@FEELZ_SHARD]

My guess for what would have happened with megaman: despite being incredibly strong and powerful he must abide by the laws of robotics and there for cannot attack any of the fighters (except R.O.B.)

[@Xaero13]

Mega Man would be able to attack like half the roster. First Law only prevents attacking Humans, not sentient life.

[@KingMatthewXV]

Vernias as the reference was so brutal.

[@HunterKnight109]

Ok that beginning with Little mac is lore accurate Peanut, change my mind

[@catsheei]

13:24 Sephiroth preparing for FF7 rebirth

[@karlsnod2784]

I'm disappointed in the lack of the good captain... Man ended his anime with a falcon punch to the bad guys face into i think a nuclear reactor... GOAT

[@DouglasStewart99]

*In "Play a character with DRIP" on Party Crashers:* Nick: *Doesn't think Pit can help Vern in a fight.* Nick Now: *Puts Pit in B-Tier* The man learned from his mistakes!

[@yusefbaker9318]

cloud: beats sephiroth Nick: lets put him in A tier me: ah yes...confusion

[@winkdink7914]

Sora was done so dirty man

[@Vernias]

you could AT LEAST use a good photo when slandering me 7:28

[@TCNick3]

LMAO every photo of you is a good one king

[@WDinATX]

@@TCNick3You should stop giving TCVern3 shippers material now that you’re taken, Nickolas. /hj

[@LeftHook-em6rv]

@@WDinATXExcuse me? 👀

[@eaglest0554]

Robin being one of the examples of someone who relies on magic over actual combat is hilarious because he's like, one of the only characters with the specific job of being a battle tactician lol.

[@Doddleproductions]

Kirby: (breaks stage in half, sends sandbag flying for thousands of lightyears, steals people’s souls). Dedede: BUFF.

[@Chill-Noob1]

It’s based on skill

[@Doddleproductions]

@@Chill-Noob1 yes, and buffness is a skill. Haven’t you read the article of Buff by sun zu?

[@Chill-Noob1]

@@Doddleproductions I haven’t

[@Chill-Noob1]

@@Doddleproductions the first part isn’t skill

[@Doddleproductions]

@@Chill-Noob1 that’s the neat part, Dedede would actually be better then Kirby in JUST fighting skills (though I suppose Kirby could just absorb a great fighter and instantly become S tier…. ).

[@BloodRedBloody97]

I love how this video is just, Can they throw hands?

[@megadon2]

13:50 and just like in anime, evil always loses

[@Taktaagic]

It's always good when we get a new TCNick3 video. I just feel happy whenever there's a new video from you - thank you Nick :]

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

Ryu should absolutely be in S Tier, especially since this video is about pure skill and not powerscaling. It shouldn't matter that Ryu is a "regular human", which he isn't, since he fights Akuma, a guy who can vaporize an island. Also Ryu's chi was enough to destroy a city.

[@lefunkypierat7765]

I'm curious to see where Shulk is in this tier list. I mean at first he's just some kid with a scrap sword, but then he finds his true power and kills a god. I wonder what Nick would've thought about that.

[@Yahahuuythefunniman]

no way olimar is f tier bro he has to calculate the arch of his throws, he runs around a ton and doesnt rest untill almost midnight, and he throws around things half his size, and sometimes he throws around things that can make full gravitational distruptions, and he uses all of this to destroy things sometimes several hundered times his height and weight. I would consider olimar not only really skilled at fighting, not only intensely athletic, but also he should get the points for being skilled with a weapon because his weapon is his pikmin, he should be high A at the LEAST Also kirby is s tier because in kirby star allies theres a minigame where he uses a BASEBALL BAT to fling ASTEROIDS LIGHT YEARS INTO SPACE AT HUNDEREDS OF LIGHT YEARS IN LESS THAN A SECOND AND DESTROY PLANETS, also hes killed like 12 literal gods in his games

[@nadadada3938]

Or break half of popstar in Super Star Ultra

[@ericonion3561]

The video is about skill, not strength

[@themystikone]

Cloud is among the highest ranks Zack: well you didnt make it into SOLDIER but its whats in here that counts.

[@ThePureSynergist]

I like these videos, not just because the gameplay is interesting, but because you really do your research. I respect that.

[@Symptomatic315]

Nick’s non-gamer shows in these types of videos lol.

[@samhorn2200]

Peach is actually pretty goated and helpful in super mario rpg too although mostly for her magic

[@pikastudios2850]

Snake is more stealthy than someone who is invisible, that says everything for him being in S tier

[@Diablo3364]

15:47 who wants to tell him

[@brycebomber2571]

"Peach has no fighting experience" CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE RABBID GAMES

[@Chill-Noob1]

Also the Mario games where peach is playable

[@Enaronia]

Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario RPG, Super Princess Peach (which he just dismisses even though he clearly isn't familiar with it), Super Mario 3D World, Super Paper Mario, Super Mario Wonder... we don't need Princess Peach Showtime. She's already defeated cosmic horrors. oh, and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, where she isn't a playable character and is a helpless damsel in distress... but as you slowly work out what happened before the heroes arrived, you learn that she took on an alien warlord by herself. And eventually you learn the game's final plot twist: She WON.

[@ericonion3561]

​@@Enaroniawell i dont know if the mario and luigi series would count because she relies on magic, but i do agree

[@littleguystar]

11:46 that’s kinda unfair for Sora, that Sephiroth fight in KH1 is brutal I did not work by butt off to hear “yeah… Sora strong cuz Disney made it easy…”. Even if we don’t count the KH1 Sephiroth fight, using just KH1, Sora learns advanced magic skills extremely quickly, outclassing Donald who was an advanced Royal Mage pretty early in the story KH1. He learns the power to STOP TIME on a whim. Even at half his full strength as a Heartless, he was able to give Ansem and Xemnas a damn good run for their money too. KH1 Sora deserves at THE VERY LEAST a good B tier. And if we go any game beyond KH1, Sora is an insane beast, just watch the compilation of KH2 reaction commands.

[@danielsmith8577]

Well yeah, but this is based off of fighting skills, such as weapons and hand to hand. I don't know how much sword, key blade, training Sora has but he's clearly not a fighter, doesn't matter how powerful he is with magic.

[@littleguystar]

@@danielsmith8577 If we were to settle down on weapons only + KH1 only, KH1 Sora learns numerous different Keyblade Techniques through the game, such as being able to parry just about everything, to an invincible 13-hit combo. And again, the rest of the series just has Sora be a menace. Even in the games where it's still KH1-DESIGN Sora, he learns some pretty mean Melee skills.

[@FreeSephs]

Problem is that he gets carried by the keyblade

[@danielsmith8577]

@@littleguystar that's fair. I don't know anything about kingdom hearts lore so if he is pretty skilled then sure he may do well but nick said based on skills and no overpowered weapons so correct me if I'm wrong but if he just relies on the keyblade and magic (even with a couple melee moves later on) I still think he's in the right category. 0:35 as proof, no overpowered weapons so he'd have to rely on a normal sword or fists and I just don't see Sora beating many people on this list other than isabelle and olimar tbh.

[@littleguystar]

@@danielsmith8577 KH1 ironically has a whole section late-game where Sora loses the Keyblade, and at the end when you get to the boss the guy goes on a good rant on how he doesn’t need the Keyblade to kick ass. Then the Keyblade magically returns to him immediately after (for lore reason I don’t want to have to type rn). It’s hard to use that area for reference though because the Wood Sword he has on hand physically cannot harm any enemies outside of magic due to how the Heartless work. In theory though, Sora can definitely pack a punch with any weapon he finds, again KH2 has numerous instances where he’s shown doing cool stuff that’d easily win the argument but I’m staying strictly KH1 here for Nick’s sake.

[@JJSSBU]

Technically the Mario characters(and Sonic) have been shown boxing in the Olympics

[@CuteRedPanda64]

And Karete event in the Tokyo Olympics.

[@solo_mander]

19:59 the double yo really got me I don’t know why 😭

[@archive4389]

“Cloud is amongst the highest ranks” so who’s gonna tell him

[@lilharm]

now I want to see this but based on the opponents they’ve canonically beaten so like, Kirby or Bayonetta have canonically beaten gods, so they’d be stronger than, say, Olimar, since he doesn’t really fight any gods it’d probably go from multiple gods beaten to beings close to gods all the way down to no canon fights (like Isabelle)

[@nuttygamer6484]

"Even a reject can surpass an elite, if he trains hard enough" they said..

[@jbcoolerninja]

Sora in c clear is crazy i know he's got like little to no training in the first game but second to ddd alone puts him in s tier