DBX Season 6 Retrospective

[@BiffWeed]

I like how this DBX season has subverted expectations in two different ways, both by not being shit and by giving us a single episode where my review of it was longer than yours for once.

[@marcelineabadeer8380]

This is one of the best DBX seasons in a while. Donald vs Daffy, Palpatine vs Xehanort and Goomba v Koopa 2 were my favorites. And Goomba vs 2 especially was so amazing legitimately one of the funnest sprite animations I’ve seen. Great to see how far the team has come.

[@LashistoriasdeCalaca]

Donald vs Daffy is the best one by far.
The Duck Game duck making a cameo caught me off guard.

[@jayherbogaming]

@@LashistoriasdeCalaca Goomba vs Koopa 2 and Bendy vs Cuphead are superior

[@esteban8471]

"In the Naruto win, he uses no strategy and just bomb rushes Ryu with a single Rasengan."
At least it's true to the source material.

[@xKOSATx]

The Zuko vs Mustang setting actually makes sense, since FMA takes place in the early 1900s, which also matches the Korra environment very well

[@vesuvius1850]

Imagine if the Death Battle team’s only reason for doing Ben 10 vs Green Lantern was to set up the boot joke in Goomba vs Koopa 2 years later.

[@godhaloknight6332]

I would not complain either way

[@dmcx-tv2308]

Ben 10 vs GL is still Garbage.
Which is why Goomba vs Koopa 2 is a 9.5/10 bc too many references to that abysmal fight.
I say 10/10 is Apocalypse vs Black Adam

[@susragejr477]

@@dmcx-tv2308 come one man, Ben vs Hal wasn’t that bad

[@tudoraragornofgreyscot8482]

@@susragejr477 They could’ve explained why Hal beats Alien X a lot better which would’ve stopped Kuro/The Ink Tank from rallying a crowd and not having the most disliked Death Battle of all time.

[@susragejr477]

@@tudoraragornofgreyscot8482 going past the research its a good episode

[@citri8539]

The setting for Mustang vs Zuko felt fair enough. It gave off the very big Full metal alchemist vibes and weirdly enough also a Fire Force vibe.

[@sebastianjimenez2240]

DBX was fun I wish there was more.

[@randomvideosstudios4004]

Season 6 of DBX is by far my most favorite season so far and I can’t wait for next year!

[@bluefishinthecut]

Alternative Title: 9 episodes better than Alucard vs Spawn

[@PepperonibeatsZombie]

I remember just watching each new DBX only out of curiosity at the beginning, but after Donald vs Daffy and Zuko vs Roy, I was immediately invested, and Goomba vs Koopa 2 was incredible

[@vaggos2003]

As I explained in a pretty long comment in Biff Weed's video, season 6 is my favourite DBX season. The fight animations were more consistently good, the analysis segments were consistently enjoyable, I liked seeing new co-hosts with every episode and I also liked the continuity between the episodes. The analysis segments in seasons 4 and 5 weren't bad, but they felt more like a response to people who didn't know what "No research" means, but in season 6 the analysis segments were creative and unique and made me feel excited for what they would do next time. Yeah, I really enjoyed DBX season 6.

[@turbobist2889]

One thing that I loved about Goomba Vs Koopa 2 is that it bought something back that I missed, and that is multiple music tracks. I think that multiple pieces of music can be used for phases(Like in Hulk Vs Doomsday, where one music shows Hulk in his normal form and one in his World Breaker form. There's also Iron Man Vs Lex Luthor, where the final music track sounds hopeful and epic which indicates Tony Stark finally overpowering Lex). The only one I could think of that does this multiple phases in one music track well is Goro Vs Machamp.

[@quilavalover8232]

3:56 Ness also uses a PSI Confusion move to halt sans, and make him unable to fight.
I do feel the fight being short was because...well, not much you could do for a lengthy sans fight (save for Bill in OMM, since sans shouldn't be in VS battles anyway.)
sans fights would usually end fast, be it due to sans ridiculous attacks, or the other being able to hit sans just once
But they still could've done more than what they did..atleast let the Skeleton TALK

[@shockshplock3480]

Definitely one of my favourite seasons, seeing as it had 3 out of my top 10 favourite DBX episodes of all time.
Normally DBX just feels like a mediocre distraction from Death Battle, a sort of worse OMM, but this season showed that, when done right, DBX can actually rival DB in quality.

[@Starshock1995]

I honestly just thought I'd just be using the DBX season to fill the season break, but I'll be damned if they didn't catch me off guard.
While the sound design is pretty hit or miss, if even that, at their best, the scale and spectacle really breathed life into these battles, and the creativity makes them more fun to watch than a few combo strings or flying bricks. Plus, the co-host experiment made the analysis less of a slog for characters I already knew.
This is a good sign for the rest of season 8.

[@YT911YT]

You forgot about the thing in Po vs Iron Fist review

[@chaoscrow27]

So in Ryu vs Naruto in the part where Naruto "lands" the double rasenshurikan, if you pay really close attention you can see a black figure rise from the impact straight up. This is most likely Ryu dodging the attack

[@Silent_Fool]

1. Goomba vs Koopa
2. Zuko vs Mustang
3. Palpatine vs Xehanort
4. Donald Duck vs Daffy Duck
5. Apocalypse vs Black Adam
6. Sailor Mercury vs Blue Ranger
7. Gogeta vs Vegito
8. Ness vs Sans
9. Naruto vs Ryu

[@dmcx-tv2308]

Zuko vs Mustang should be second to last place...

[@kingofhedgy9421]

@@dmcx-tv2308 I quite like Roy Vs. Zuko, what's your problem with it?

[@dmcx-tv2308]

@@kingofhedgy9421 it was soo boring, sound of their "Huh, Uff, Ah" were bad, janky af fight, and wrong environment.
I should had said 2. & 5. should trade places

[@doritto4095]

I like how koopa vs goombas alternate ending just gets ignored

[@mari2099.]

This is the only memorable DBX season ever tbh, some very awesome episodes with my favorites being Goomba vs Koopa 2 (10/10), Donald vs Daffy (9/10), Zuko vs Roy (9/10), Black adam vs Apocalypse (8.5/10), and Palpatine vs Xehanort (8/10). Some of these episodes were straight up better than some of the Death Battles this season, hell Goomba vs Koopa 2 outshined most of this season's sprite animation and Zuko vs Roy made up for how awful Zuko vs Todoroki was. Will of the Drill at the end was a nice touch.

[@dr.soulja2123]

Wait will of the drill was the song playing at the end of Goomba vs Koopa 2?

[@dr.soulja2123]

@Kaiser Isaiah Foo Yeah I just went back and realized that’s what he was talking about, Still wondering what that song that was playing near the end of Goomba vs Koopa 2 is

[@simbacartoonfan2787]

Here is my Ranking for DBX season 6
1.Palpatine vs Xehanort
2.Sailor Mercury vs Blue Ranger Billy
3.Gogeta vs Vegito
4. Ness vs Sans
5.Daffy vs Donald
6.Goomba vs Koopa 2
7.Apocalypse vs Black Adam
8. Naruto vs Ryu Hayabusa
9. Zuko vs Roy

[@melindabolding5601]

Here’s my top 3 favorites for this season.
1. Between either Daffy Duck vs Donald Duck or Koopa vs Goomba.
2. Palpatine vs Xenahort.
3. Not really sure,but probably Apocalpyse vs Adam since that was pretty much the only other DBX more than decent or average.

[@HB-fq9nn]

This year of DBX was much better than last years.

[@alexbaribeault]

*Every year's

[@HB-fq9nn]

@@alexbaribeault Yeah. I think I can agree on that.

[@Capsirus]

I really like the type of sprite animation they used in Goomba vs Koopa. I wish they would return to it.

[@Capsirus]

Also, DBX Koopa is canonically faster that Wally West and Archie Sonic.

[@wonderweavile6679]

The animation gave off pretty big Wario vs. King Dedede vibes, which I love!

[@Capsirus]

@@wonderweavile6679 same

[@oblivion715]

You see Palpatine die if you watch closely, and it's a falling death at that.

[@daseal1479]

I will never not be pissed that I FINALLY got Palpatine Vs. Xehanort, as a f**king DBX...

[@hamiltons.7815]

ya know it's a good thing that Sailor Mercury exploded in the end because otherwise it would've defied all logic

[@Zwill1208]

It was so nice to see Jocelyn return i remember when I was in elementary school watching Desk of death battle and the office while db was sti screw attack and i actually miss them and hope desk of death battle can come back now

[@TheDudeontheTube]

Here's my ranking of this season.
9. Ness vs. Sans 4/10
I don't know why, but this episode felt kind of spiteful towards Ness, he barely lands any hits on Sans while Sans dominates him, Ness doesn't even show off most of his abilities. Sans's ending is brutal with him stealing Ness's heart. Ness on the other hand lands a home run on Sans in his ending and that's it, would have been better if he used the PK Starstorm and the last star hits Sans, since he only needs one hit. Analysis saves this one and like Gaara vs. Toph, Boomstick sums up my feelings in the analysis.
8. Vegito vs. Gogeta 5/10
This fight was average, if this was an actual DBZ episode, I'd expect this is how it would go down. Though it is strange that Goku and Vegeta are fighting another Goku and Vegeta. The action is there, but I'm not feeling it. Both fusions going through space and time was the highlight. In the end, All I can say is "Man, this Dragon Ball DBX sure does exist, doesn't it?" I'll just play Raging Blast if I want to see this fight play out.
7. Naruto vs. Ryu 6/10
Poor Ryu, he just can't catch a break on Death Battle, can he? First he loses to Hiryu and now he has to fight Naruto? And for some reason it's Naruto as the Hokage in Boruto rather than Shippuden Naruto? Overall, this fight wasn't that memorable. Ryu is somehow able to keep up with Naruto in Nine Tails mode, then he dies to a regular Rasengan in Naruto's ending. Ryu's ending is better, but he cuts through 5 Rasegans and Naruto ends up like Zits when the Battletoad fought Leonardo.
6. Sailor Mercury vs. Blue Ranger 7/10
This was a nice fight between two blue geniuses of two groups of teens fighting to save the planet. Ami and Billy got to show off their abilities during this fight and it leads to some good finishes. Billy's was good, stabbing Ami in the back with the Power Lance and flinging her into a classic explosion, which a Power Ranger victory wouldn't be complete without. Ami's ending was more brutal where she traps Billy into a Bubble and pops him. Good fight.
5. Zuko vs. Roy 7/10
Leading from a fight with water to a fight with fire, Prince Zuko and Colonel Mustang put on quite a show. I was worried when I saw that they were using the same pseudo JUS sprites from Zuko's fight with Todoroki, but this one proved me wrong, the effects were really well done here, as both got to show off their abilities. Zuko's ending was alright, he pulls out his sword and slices Roy into pieces, then he just leaves, nothing special. But Roy's was vicious, it's a nice reference to the Lust fight in FMA Brotherhood, though Zuko's limbs popping off one by one looks silly, though done better than Dr. Strange. Overall, good show.
4. Palpatine vs. Xehonart 8/10
The SFM team does it again. I was hoping that we would get a Cell fight this season since he does show up as the co-host in the analysis, and he was fun. I like how he dresses up the Ringmaster as Kermit, that was funny, I also expected a reference to Spock since Xehonart was voiced by Leonard Nimoy. Fight's alright though. Both combatants did really good here. Liam as Palpatine was good, but is that how Xehonart sounds? I expected him to sound like an Elderly Spock, but I'm not really familiar with his voice, but I guess it fits him. Good episode, hoping for another SFM DBX.
3. Apocalypse vs. Black Adam
Hey, it's Biff Weed Marvel vs. DC fight. This was a great matchup, both of these two got to show off their powers and both were handled very well. Apocalypse's ending was mixed, on one hand, Apocalypse using an opportunity to use Black Adam's power against him was well done, only leading to an off screen finish. Black Adam's on the other hand was brutal, tearing Apocalypse limb from limb, even though they say he can regenerate from them, oops. Overall, great episode.
2. Donald vs. Daffy
This was a fun matchup, this one felt like a Looney Tunes short. I like some references to Duck Amuck, other Disney and Looney Tunes Ducks coming in spiced up the match and Geese and the Untiled Goose Game Goose cameos were funny. Daffy's ending with the Duck Hunt Dog and Bugs saying "Ain't I a stinker?" was great. Donald's was good as well. Overall, amazing episode.
1. Goomba vs. Koopa 2
Why? Why is this matchup so awesome? This one really went above and beyond in terms of creativity in this one. This one really went insane, and it's a rematch from season 1, blowing the original out of the water. You'll just have to see it for yourself. Truly one of the best DBX's of all time.

[@tonysonic456]

Goomba vs Koopa 2 was so stupid, and I LOVED it! Every other episode was fine. I mean, Palpatine vs Xehanort was pretty good, and I'm salty that Sans of all people was Ness' opponent. And I had just forgotten about that fucking Game Theory too. I mean, I'm happy that Sans won, even though it was basically a no-brainer when a fight is decided by popularity, but why couldn't it have been Frisk? That would have made a ton more sense than this matchup which relies only on one the worst episodes of Game Theory, second only to Mario is Mental. Whatever, maybe they'll do an actual Death Battle of Frisk vs Ness and give Sans a much better opponent in the future. Spoiler alert. Frisk beats Ness. Don't @ me.

[@ectospassmta8493]

The use of the new avatar moving around and posing really adds life into these videos

[@LegacyKricketune111]

Not super relevant for this video, but I remembered on another video that Nemesis mentioned not liking a lot of matchups for Ridley. After brainstorming, I'd like to get an opinion on Ridley vs. King K.Rool:
Both are reptilian pirate captains that are arch nemisis to Nintendo characters (Samus and DK) that also featured in Retro Studio titles (Prime Series and DKC). Both go after series McGuffins (Metroids and DK's banana hoard), are famously hard to keep down, and are deceptively intelligent for their appearance (Ridley is a battle genius and war general, while K.Rool has made several advanced machines across his series.
They were also both highly requested characters for Smash that finally got in in Smash Ultimate.
Without reading much into it, I think it could be fairly close, with K.Rool scaling to DK and Ridley scaling to Samus.

[@N_DAnimationEnthusiast]

Yay. Nemesis’s back.

[@vaggos2003]

Here is my retrospective of DBX Season 6:
Gogeta vs Vegito: 9/10
Sans vs Ness: 5/10
Naruto vs Ryu: 5/10
Donald Duck vs Daffy Duck: 10/10
Blue Ranger vs Sailor Mercury: 6/10
Apocalypse vs Black Adam: 8/10
Zuko vs Roy: 8/10
Palpatine vs Xenahort: 7/10
Goomba vs Koopa 2: 10/10.
Overall, Season 6 of DBX gets a 9/10, easily the best DBX season.

[@prestonworkman7113]

I've been waiting for this

[@theganondorky7238]

Palatine vs Xehanort was favorite, I just loved the fight so much (I think I skipped the analysis cause I just wanted to see funny Palatine vs funny bald man.

[@kitty-kalamariart4577]

Your editing is top tier 👏👏

[@nobodyhimself1643]

Hearing that there is a seconding ending to Mercury vs blue ranger, noice I was rooting for her

[@nobodyhimself1643]

Wait I just remembered what nemesis said rooting means oh no xD

[@mani_bhai_101]

So Nemesis has an OC now. Went the Raccoonbro VA route huh?
Anyway, the main issue with this season was the sound designs because otherwise, I found almost all episodes to be really solid
But still, they went ALL OUT on the chad rematch and I love it

[@themysteriousstrangerthatd8508]

Anybody else think it’s weird how we got two of these matchups in Season 9?

[@jamiewright7017]

Hey nemesis btw love your character design you have pop up in this video with good expressions and you should have him in more of your videos 👍

[@sonofapirate]

i love the animation of you

[@DijiOverdrive]

11:08 anyone notice Zuko has 6 fingers

[@eastsaintlouis618]

Gang gang

[@shoxy-the-pinecone6113]

The Zuko vs Roy background is fma appropriate

[@slimer44producciones3]

13:34 I think i knowvwhat happen here
In the last season of mighty morphin power rangers the rangers get access to a now form called the metallic armor design to deflect magical attacks and maybe thats what happens here?
But i don't know man the scene is really weird and it's not even clear if they meant to use the metallic armor in this scene or it was just a coincidence

[@Zwill1208]

Nemesis avi in the video is actually pretty good to me you should use it more the way you used it in this video

[@LightningBolt1O1]

My problem with Naruto vs Ryu is that it's not a good match, I mean of course everyone will be voting for Naruto and even if it's not base on voting of course Naruto would indeed destroy Ryu. They could have just put Ryu up against Strider Hiryu again

[@WinspearUltima]

I think ness should have won that fight on the ness vs sans fight

[@eliwood7094]

Ness wins easy, but you know who is more popular.

[@WinspearUltima]

@@eliwood7094 who

[@eliwood7094]

@@WinspearUltima?

[@GooberGM25]

14:55
Obi-Wan vs Kakashi

[@gumballviking9102]

0:11 He has a physical form. Run

[@cassidymiller3224]

17:21 I find this funnier then I should

[@yesimnotcreative6312]

I did not expect to like this season of DBX as much as I did
Except Ness vs Sans & Naruto vs Ryu, I didn't like those

[@marlonfarias.]

I find it interesting

[@magnej1520]

17:01 why did that noise really fit with the lightsaber blade(?) coming out lol

[@hellfireproductions4173]

Anyone notice we've only had 9 DBX's this year and not 10?

[@M2_Unknown]

Ringmaster’s voice actor confirmed on Twitter that they were only sponsored to do 9 episodes

[@hellfireproductions4173]

@@M2_Unknown ah okay

[@NewEvolutionTime]

will you do a retrospective for the other dbx seasons

[@Andrex7042]

nemesis has an avatar holy shit

[@RemyDyte]

what is hermione vs juggernaut a reference to?

[@Keith_Norman]

I'm sorry is that an actually channel avatar finally

[@demonarcher1661]

That avatar tho

[@death27837476]

hey i got couple match ups if you guys wouldn't mind you guys or gals ok hear we go vash from trigun vs noel from blaze blue they are both robotic weapons
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[@darksonicyt5430]

I will not be satisfied until I see Ring Master vs Wiz. Make it happen Death Battle

[@Aceplays679]

I like the v tuber vibe bro

[@chuckflash]

More DB content please🙏

[@YT911YT]

My list is this
9 Naruto Uzumaki vs Ryu Hayabusa 1.5/10(It would have been 1 if Ryu Hayabusa's analysis wasn't so good)
8 Blue Ranger vs Sailor Mercury 6/10
7 Black Adam vs Apocalypse 6.5/10
6 Sans vs Ness 7/10
5 Gogeta vs Vegito 7.5/10
4 Palpatine vs Xehanoart 8/10
3 Zuko vs Roy 8.5/10
2 Donald Duck vs Daffy Duck 9.5/10
1 Goomba vs Koopa 100/10

[@awm8414]

DBX Really stepped up
My top 3 are in no particular order
Goomba vs Koopa
Palpatine vs xehanort
And Daffy vs Donald

[@anafu-sankanashi8933]

Wish half the animation effort would go into actual death battle.

[@theohfiles8619]

My favorite was Salior Mercury vs Blue Ranger(MMRP)

[@fodv93]

"Babe wake up. Nemesis uploaded a new video and is using an avatar now"

[@22kingdomheartsfan]

This season of DBX: ...... Eh.
I barely remember these fights, and some of the fights I've already seen done. Daffy vs Donald DBX wasn't as good as the Multiverse Match (Only thing DBX did better was the Donald Voice), Gogeta vs Vegito has shitty sprites, and I hate they used 4 and Blue Gogeta, pick one or the other, don't use both, Xehanort vs Palpy as a DBX was fine (I'm REALLY glad the fight wasn't JUST Star Wars quotes, looking at you Obi-Wan), but the fight should have been a DB, Sailor Mercury vs Blue Ranger is the only other fight I remember (USE SOMETHING BESIDES MIGHTY MORPHIN GODDAMN IT!!!) and it was eh, and the season finale was WAAAY too over the top for me. A little over the topness is fine, but its too much
Lastly: Still hate that this show has analysis, still hate Ringmaster, he needs to go, overall analysis portions in zero research fight are a waste of time.

[@TaioniaTheHonoredOne]

I get that people has opinions, but I don’t like horrible ones like this.

[@houldenmelville5530]

"Oh, my God, I'm a versus community boomer..." I mean you do complain how everything isn't as good as the old days.

[@mattiismouse1086]

*seeing nemesis's new avatar* Oh no he's hot!!

[@deputyrook6232]

idk if you can really give 4/10 because ness didn't do much. i mean, it's the entire point of sans's fight in undertale to run and miss and die all the time until you finally get that one hit. meanwhile sans throws a bunch of shit at you to keep you on your toes regardless of whose turn it is. it makes sense that ness would be running around while getting shit thrown at him and getting thrown around himself as well. i do agree that only using the bat and like 3 psychic powers was a little boring, but i don't think that 4/10 is a fair grade. besides, 30 seconds against sans is impressive for a first try.

[@dmcx-tv2308]

Dang, I really *hate* how Biff and Nemesis keeps smiling over the references of the *Trainwreak that's Ben 10 vs GL*
Kinda why Goomba vs Koopa 2 is a 9.5 out of 10.
But Apocalypse vs Black Adam is a 10/10