When is death battle coming back

Their reaction, at least. Nearly , people have disliked it. And it just annoys me that a 30 minute, orchestra-backed, 3D animated fight with recognizable voice actors and a clear explanation for the outcome is the one people hate. Death Battle's Magnum Opus is the most-disliked episode. Even from the point of view of someone who frequently criticizes Death Battle, it annoys me that this is the one that people hated.

They make a few mistakes, use some shaky logic? No big deal, forgive and forget. But they decide a Dragon Ball Z character would lose? What kind of show do these people want Death Battle to be? For all the flaws the show has, this is the Death Battle that proves to me that when an episode is good, it can be too good for a sizeable chunk of its audience. As in, more than they deserve. It's remarkable and admirable that Ben and Chad are still making them when this is the thanks they get for their biggest episode yet.

While I was watching the Flash Vs. Now, to get this out of the way so I can talk about what I want to: Yang should have lost. There is no doubt about it. There, I said, moving on. I'm not saying they were or not but it did encourage me to watch the series, which has lead it to be one of the best I've seen. So it occurred to me: Death Battle is an excellent Gateway Show.

Because of how much research and effort they put behind the battles, you get a very good rundown of the series just by watching the analysis. Another of their strengths is putting the fantastical feats the characters performed into context for us. My proof is the Quicksliver Vs Flash battle. Watch it and look at the end analysis and be amazed. So I just wanted to point out that alongside being nerdvaina in the fictional match ups, Death Battle is a great way to introduce someone to a new series and put said series in a way that makes it extremely comprehensible.

That's pretty damn amazing. I seen Death Battle post questionable wins for characters such as Toph Vs. Gaara and the total not biased Yang Vs. This was before Season 3 of RWBY so if things change to make the verdict more plausable then i'll move on to it. But this? This is a probably the worst death battle verdict i seen in a long while.

So Dante is faster than Bayonetta because he can cut Rain drops? Lol ok, so let's just ignore some of the instances Bayonetta can do that are actually way more impressive in speed. OH and Bayonetta gets hurt. But let's just ignore the fact that the tons of bosses and all the people she get hurt by and such, would probably provide a challenge or even easily beat Dante. I doubt Dante can beat Jubilius and Asier, And before you mention Mundus, he only made a small pocket of diminsion.

Creating something and having the power to destroy it is something different. You know, i think at this point they should be calling this thing 5 minute melee, since considering the big errors in the research and the big leaps of logic required to make such a judgement, it is starting to feel that way to me. As for the actual fight itself? The animators never fail to pull off their best stunts and moves. The action is exciting as always, but considering the rather ass-pulling of the winner, i'm highly considering from now on to take Death Battle as a 5 minute melee.

I complain about Death Battle more than I would like to admit. I even wanted to write a review on 'The Worst Death Battle', but decided that in the interests of not being an ungrateful twat, I would not do this until I had written about the the best, which brings me onto the Season 3 premiere, Dante VS Bayonetta. The animation is absolutely incredible from start to finish and Torrian deserves nothing but the highest praise for outdoing himself yet again.

Dante and Bayonetta use loads of different weapons, forms, summons, and Trish and Jeanne even drop by for some tag-team attacks, which, for an unashamed plug for a new Death Battle spin-off, still managed to be a delightful bonus instead of an unwanted interruption. But the bread and butter of Death Battle is the research, and The rundown on both characters is extensive and in-depth, with Bayonetta giving Boomstick many chances to humourously decide whether or not he wants to hit on her, and Wiz gives enough background on both of the characters and how over-the-top ridiculously Crazy Awesome they both are that you really don't know who's going to win.

And yet, their explanation for who would win and why no spoilers adds up really well. I feel like it's almost unfair to name this 'The Best Death Battle', since with combatants like Dante and Bayonetta, it couldn't really have not been awesome.

Dante effortlessly blocks hits from titanic-sized Demon Gods, and anyone who played Devil May Cry remembers the cutscene where he gets impaled to the floor by a magic electric sword, only to pull himself up through the sword , with nothing more than an expression of mild annoyance akin to 'Heh, Mondays, am I right?

There is no way that a fight between these two could not be amazing. But if anything, the fight deserves credit for not only living up to those expectations, but also shattering them. Everyone involved, Ben, Chad, Torrian, Nick, the g1 research team, the guy who animated DBX who's getting unfairly criticized because his spin-off wasn't as good as the main battle but was still really good Let's be utterly frank here: Death Battle is a controversial show, even on this very wiki.

Of course, this is to be expected when a show involves taking two characters from popular series and putting them into a battle to the death : Someone is going to get pissed when their favorite character loses, be it just because their favorite character lost or because something seemingly erred in the research that directly affected the results.

Despite this, I feel that some people just take this show too seriously. So what if your favorite character died? You're entitled to your opinion. So what if research erred? The fact they actually made the effort to research in the first place makes it better than battles that just rely on viewer opinion to win.

Even then, ScrewAttack has never attempted to claim their results are the end-all, be-all decision. These people go out their way to research, animate, and voice-over a series dedicated to answering the fanboy question of "Who would win in a fight to the death? Sometimes, I feel we just get to caught up with "But Goku can do X", "Toph shouldn't have been able to bend Gaara's X", "Tifa should be able to stomp Yang with X tons of force" to really appreciate the effort the folks at ScrewAttack put into their work, even if it could be wrong.

And no, just because my preferred character won each of these fights does not change my opinion. And anyone who still believes Yang won her fight because ScrewAttack and Rooster Teeth partnered up, despite Word of God outright stating this was never the case, you're lying to yourselves.

Me, I just love the entire series, regardless if I believe "Character X should have beaten Character Y", because you know what? I've yet to come across a group willing to put so much time and effort into creating such beautiful fights as them, and that's something to be admired whether you agreed with the results or not.

That's why even as I write this, I'm eagerly awaiting to see how Death Battle dazzles me with the next fight. Because I came for entertainment, and they always deliver. And not just because I disagree with the results. She assaults a bouncer for doing his job, vandalizes property, casually tries to order a drink like nothing happened, snaps Tifa's neck for rightfully trying to kick her out, then casually puts on her sunglasses and says 'Nailed it!

It's up there with Peach saying 'did I wiiiiin? There is NO excuse for Yang's behaviour in this episode. She acted like a psychotic brat, and got off scot free for it. I really find myself hoping that she got arrested shortly after the battle ended. I actually had to go on DeviantArt and read a few of the battles where Yang lost because I was so mad after this fight was over. I was legitimately angry with Yang. But Yang Wow, it sure took long enough for someone to get this concept right.

It's baffling, really. Popular culture icons and a pony duking it out in high-octane machinima death matches of no little HSQ. And far from being a popularity contest, the strengths and weaknesses of each combatant are taken heavily into account. This is a fact! Sometimes though, the animation really isn't up to scruff especially their early stuff, McGruff. I realize they're working on a limited budget here; the endless sponsor plugs, though often entertaining enough, drive that point home.

There are few things as dis-immersive to me as low-grade, Gmod-style animation; I'd rather have fewer fights with better animation than let things be as they are now.

Especially considering how short the battles tend to be, oftentimes they could do loads better. And, alongside the often patchy character voice impressions Sam Fisher is not supposed to sound like a whiny bitch!

Boomstick, at least once he dropped the more stereotypical aspects of his Deep South-ish character, has a deliciously Id-laden delivery that tends to make everything he says solid gold. Wizard, however Fucking Wizard. Ever the wet blanket, you're not liable to find a more bland, haughty, intellectual posturer this side of Matthew Patrick. When he's not busy acting like a holier-than-thou douche towards his admittedly, intensely mentally disturbed co-host, he's boring me to tears with scientific minutiae.

This kind of character can be funny if it's done right, but whomever voices him fails to evoke any such entertainment factor. Once you get past these heavily YMMV dealies though, what remains is a fist-pumpingly cool concept that serves as a bit of a video game history lesson on top of it. It ain't perfect, but once someone shouts "Fight! A crowning moment of awesome from the first second of the ish minute running time to the last, Goku vs. Superman is without a doubt the crown jewel of Death Battle.

Goku absorbing the energy of a Spirit Bomb A reference to DBZ Abridged and Superman's iconic "car over head" pose from Action Comics 1 Goku uses the Kaio-Ken technique and all 4 levels of Super Saiyan The fight moving from Metropolis to DBZ-like mountains and then to space Great music throughout the fight Truly nerdy mathematics used to justify the winner A to-the-point yet in-depth recap of both fighters' abilities and histories that builds up to the battle quite nicely And more.

I could go on and on about how great it is, but I must bring up the harsh Fridge Horror : While fans of the winner celebrated with ticker-tape parades and fans of the loser cried new oceans into tubs of ice cream, I just simply watched it again, but then realized that the best is now behind us. No match had ever been as requested, as hyped, as well produced, or as long and epic as Gv S , and it is a solid bet no future fight will even come close. Though the fight was really good, I truly feel that only by being a series finale would the Matchup To End All Matchups be done justice doing so would also buy time to make the great but not perfect animation better.

In its place, Master Chief vs. Samus Aran would have been a great Season 1 finale I also feared that a drop in fans would ensue, with the fans of the loser quitting due to rage and fans of the winner moving on to other things now that they're satisfied. I don't have the stats to prove or repress that fear, but I take comfort knowing that the current videos get enough views to justify making new ones, and that the quality of the videos is still decent.

The best is behind us, and maybe a year or two or three from now I will view the series finale of Death Battle. While it will no doubt be something truly special, in the end, nothing can top what is the show's best episode. However, even though I think no future fight will be as good, Goku vs. Superman will always be a fond memory to look back on. Pikachu vs Blanka is quite the weird fight considering the one that came some time before it.

Raiden took the oddly specific premise of "Thunder Gods who use electricity in their attacks" and went with it, and Pikachu vs. Blanka is the second "electrical match" of the series and of Season 1.

Why two electrical matches in the same season, and so close 2 espidoses are between them as well? And even stranger, the winner is victorious for roughly the same reason both fighters were immune to each other's electrical attacks, so the deciding factor was physical prowess. Anyway, the fight is quite good with decent animation and flashy maneuvers by both combatants, and while I'm a Street Fighter fan, I have no attachment to Blanka and the same goes for Pikachu, but I can only imagine how fans of the loser felt when they witnessed an embarassing and brutal finishing move that makes Master Chief's tea-bagging look like a friendly gesture.

A Mortal Kombatant would have puked; for all the brutality of their finishers, I don't recall any Kombatant eating dead bodies. This match, while somewhat a repeat of an earlier one, stands out for one big reason: the preview for Goku vs.

Superman at the end. At first, there is darkness and silence. Then we hear a very familiar voice chanting the name of his famous attack, and as the Ki beam surges towards the screen, it illuminates the icon of the world's greatest superhero. But even if the preview had been something different, the episode is still good by itself.

You have to love the technical skill put into it all. Death Battle is the fun alternative to sifting through forum threads to find out which character would beat who in a fight. The animation is often spectacular By web standards I mean, it's great. And some decent commentary from the two hosts. And if they have a personal bias toward a certain character, they don't really let it show.

I can appreciate that the duo don't let fanboyism blind them when it comes to deciding a match, and I can also appreciate when they don't give a character a win just because of popularity power.

I mightn't have agreed with every match outcome I'll always love Doomguy more than MC , but at the same time I know not to get too wrapped up in a show like this. That all said there are flaws. As if often the problem with web-series, there's no real schedule to the show, so you can go weeks and weeks without hearing a peep about the next episode.

In addition, the show has a tendency to match characters up based on similarities they have while ignoring any massive gaps in power between them e. Also, maybe it's just me, but some of the match-ups seem like weird choices to base entire episodes around. Bomberman vs Dig-Dug? And Ivy vs Black Orchid? Was there really such a demand for that match in particular? Oh yeah, and the comment sections for the videos can be wretched hives. In the end, if you sit back and try not to get too wrapped up in any personal fanboyism, you can have some real fun with this show.

Death Battle had some things to smooth over when they were first starting out. The health bars made the fights less intense as it was easy to know who was winning. The hosts didn't have their personalities nailed down. The fights were graphically bland. But that was all fixed. The health bars went away though the problems of How Much More Can He Take moved in , Wiz and Boomstick firmly established themselves, and the fights began to look like something other than a cheesy arcade game.

As season 1 progressed, some really good matches most notably Goku vs. Superman were done, but a huge blemish shall always remain on the show: Beiber vs. I have 3 problems with it: First off, it was really just a huge Take That to the two pop stars for no grater purpose. They dedicated resources away from making "real" episodes to produce what is essentially an elaborate insult to two people who already get so much crap.

Imagine all the other possible matchups they could have done Second, I hate the fact that they took two real life people and had them fight to the death.

I'm not coming from a moral angle, but a legal one. What if one of them sees the video and gets upset? Nothing good can ever come from that. And yes, while MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch got away with it, a web show on a gaming website is very different from one of the most popular channels ever as far as money and therefore legal defensive power is concerned.

And while Death Battle uses all sorts of copyrighted figures, most of whom belong to big companies that would crush Screwattack. Third, it was just a plain bad episode. Most of the characters rundowns were not related to combat at all, the combatants were just headshots of the real life pop stars crappily photoshopped onto sprites, Boomstick implying he wants to commit suicide because of what he thinks is bad music is not funny, and I just found the fight to be boring, focusing on poorly done slapstick rather than serious action.

I also found the omnicidal ending to be tasteless I do not find joy in the Jonas Brothers dying in a car explosion, thank you very much. I remember watching Deadliest Warrior, which had the interesting premise of pitting two warriors against each other.

Knight vs pirate, Samurai vs Viking, you name it. It was cool, or more accurately, the fights themselves during the last 5 minutes. But no matter how cool the show was, there was something missing: the nerdiness of fictional matchups. I had always been a scholar of pop culture, and as far as violence and combat centered series and shows were, I had always argued with friends and family with what I called "interesting matchups", and many joyful hours were spent discussing the merits of The Hulk vs Superman or John Mc Clane vs Rambo.

Death Battle was a dream come true when I found it. The dream matches that fanboys worldwide had always argued about were finally done.

Wiz and Boomstick not only settle the fanboy debates, but settle them soundly; they are quite scientific about their rationale for the winner. Most episodes are about minutes long, so the Death Battles can be watched by a person with little free time.

In the first part of each video, the combatants are introduced, and their equipment, skills, and physical abilities are summarized.

The show excels here, and I find myself well educated about each fighter even if I had literally never heard of either of them before. During this part Wiz and Boomstick also make jokes and banter back and forth, leading to many moments of hilarity. When the "Fight! The fights are all awesome, but the royal jewel is Goku vs Superman. And when each fight ends, you get even more hilarious commentary by Wiz and Boomstick.

However, there are flaws. For one, I'd like to see more "all star" battles between previous winners, but other than that I just have to say that none of my personal "interesting matchups' have been done.

But that's more of a personal complaint than an objective flaw in the show overall, and even still I enjoy the living heck out of Death Battle. After Deadliest Warrior , people everywhere were clamoring to try and apply the format to pop culture's most recognizable characters. Really, it's understandable—the crossover battle caters to the primal urge of throwing two recognizable powerhouses at each other and watching the sparks fly, if only because the resulting fight would usually be fucking awesome.

Death Battle is one of many bandwagon hoppers, specializing in exactly that. Wizard and Boomstick are two commentators who present a vague overview of each character before throwing in an animated fight sequence to the death—a concept easily summed up. The problem in copying the Deadliest Warrior format, however, quickly becomes evident. The first part of each episode are where the problems lie. Yoda VS King Mickey , or matchups crew members have joked about e.

The idea of the show is to pit two or more fictional characters and pit them against each other in a simulated "death battle". Before the start of the battle, an analysis of the character's powers are listed together with their other stats such as strengths, weaknesses, physicality weight, height, age, intellect , and weapons.

This is done by extensive research of each of the characters, and taking notes from various known experts, collaboration from various conventions e.

Comic-Con , official websites, and franchise encyclopedias. People and fans are sometimes interviewed in these conventions to know their opinions about the battle. If the characters has multiple versions, the most well-known and modern version will be the one chosen. These are made as a "What If" scenario for entertainment purposes, and does not go against the accuracy of the analysis of the respective winner.

ScrewAttack typically releases a new episode three weeks after the current episode. In the first two weeks they release a teaser about each combatant, primarily about their background and in the third week the episode is released at various times. After the battle ScrewAttack will reveal the next combatant s for the next match-up, and the process restarts again.

However, starting with Season 7, Death Battles have gone from one every 3 weeks to every 2 weeks. The schedule is similar to the old one with teasers of the two combatants being released the Monday and Wednesday before the episode is released before releasing the episode the following Sunday for First Members and following Monday for everyone.

During the live-stream they answer questions about their plans for the show and the actual battle, and a live poll of the current battle is featured. The battle that usually holds the livestream typically holds some significance.

So far, only four live-streams have been hosted. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? History Talk 0. Experts Wiz and Boomstick analyze each fighter's weapons, armor, and skills Who will win? Who will die? Star Butterfly " Result Star wins. Cloud Strife " Result Cloud wins this time. Iron Man " Result Iron Man wins. Reverse-Flash " Result Reverse-Flash wins. Alucard " Result DIO wins. Shao Kahn " Result Shao Kahn wins. Storm ". Bonus episodes. This is mainly just a joke.

And also to sell t-shirts. Aired between Episodes 13 and 14 of Season 1. Mewtwo " Result The Internet wins. The video itself was done as a playful Take That! As such, Vegeta and Mewtwo quickly teamed up to destroy Silvermania and then go for beers together afterward. The Deep vs. Starlight vs. A-Train vs. Billy Butcher, with Homelander as guest referee " Result Butcher wins. DBX Season 1.

Jeanne " Result Jeanne wins. Master Chief " Result Master Chief wins. Colonel Sanders " Result Colonel Sanders wins. Then Kirby wins. Kenshiro " Result It's a draw. Rin Tohsaka " Result Sakura wins. Silver the Hedgehog " Result Trunks wins. Lucario " Result Ryu wins. Hiei " Result Both die, and a rabbit gets the Hello Kitty doll they were both after.

Mikasa Ackerman " Result Mikasa wins. Yu Narukami " Result Jotaro wins. Hillary Clinton " Result Both die. Afterward, Captain America calls out the public on picking the worst possible candidates , and a talking Bald Eagle declares Captain America as president for life. Jon Talbain " Result Jon and Felicia wins.

Alucard " Result Spawn wins. Prophet " Result Prophet wins. DBX Season 2. Mega Man X " Result X wins. Roronoa Zoro " Result Zoro wins. Espio the Chameleon " Result Greninja wins.

Meta Knight " Result Meta Knight wins. Paul Phoenix " Result Paul wins. Sadly, his hair does not survive. Wolverine " Result Wolverine wins. Noel Vermillion " Result Noel wins. Guts " Result Cloud wins. Killua Zoldyck " Result Killua wins. Bomberman " Result Mega Man wins. Luigi " Result Bowser wins. Don't mess with Junior's birthday, boys! Strider Hiryu " Result Zero wins. Akuma " Result Akuma wins. Blaziken " Result Blaziken wins. Master Chief " Result Samus wins. Dhalsim " Result Dhalsim wins.

Darth Vader " Result Darth Vader wins. General Zod " Result Vegeta and Trunks win. Alucard " Result Alucard wins. Dante " Result Dante wins. Viewtiful Joe " Result It's a draw. Black Adam " Result Goku Black wins. DBX Season 3. Taskmaster " Result Taskmaster wins. Jill Valentine " Result Jill wins. Tien Shinhan vs.

Yamcha " Result Krillin wins. Tifa Lockhart " Result Chun-Li wins. Juggernaut " Result Hulk wins. Hellboy " Result Hellboy wins. Luffy vs. Fantastic " Result Luffy wins. Kenshi Takahashi " Result Kenshi wins. Domino " Result Harley wins. Pac-Man " Result Pac-Man wins. Iceman " Result Iceman wins. Amy Rose " Result Sakura wins. Mileena " Result Mileena wins, though Juri wins in the alternate ending. Hakumen " Result Hakumen wins.

Karin Kanzuki " Result Chie wins, though Karin wins in the alternate ending. Thunder Megazord " Result Burning Gundam wins. Ichigo Kurosaki " Result Sasuke wins. DIO " Result Alucard wins. DBX Season 4. Va vs. Tron Bonne " Result D. Rider Medusa " Result Medusa wins Inuyasha " Result Inuyasha wins DBX Season 5. Katsuki Bakugo " Result Bakugo wins DBX Season 6. Death Race Season 1. Batmobile Battle! List of Racers Burton Batmobile vs. The Tumbler vs.

Arkham Batmobile vs. List of Racers Optimus Prime vs. The Flying Ford Anglia vs. Lightning McQueen Result The Flying Ford Anglia places 3rd, Thomas and Lightning tie for 2nd, and Optimus Prime wins but commits suicide out of believing he only won due to sheer luck and brutality, which he saw as cheating in his code of honor. James Bond's Aston Martin vs.

Spy Hunter vs. Result Kitt places 4th. Spy Hunter places 3rd, James Bond is second, and the Warthog wins. Sonic vs. Mario vs. Star Wars vs. Mario's Standard Kart vs.