Death Battle Fight Prediction: Johnny Cage (Mortal Kombat) vs. Captain Falcon (F-Zero)

Keep in mind, within F-Zero franchise, there isn't a lot of feats for Captain Falcon. In fact, chances are people are more likely going to throw out his SSB feats instead.

Hi everyone I'm Jack Red, the most recent Death Battle is one of those that causes you to scratch your heads. Even after you spend hours among hours looking both characters up. Today I am here to give my prediction the upcoming episode that has Mortal Kombat's Johnny Cage taking on F-Zero's Captain Falcon.

Johnny Cage

Johnny Cage was a movie star that specialize in material arts. Prior to the events of Mortal Kombat 1, people were heavily doubting his skills. He chose to enter the tournament to prove them wrong. In return becoming a member of the Special Forces to protect Earthrealm from all kind of threats. Cage makes it clear that he doesn't need a stunt double in his movies.

Captain Falcon

Captain Falcon uses several possible atlas to throw people off. What we do know for sure is Cap been a racer to protect people both on & off the track. He does collect bounties on his share time as a bounty hunter. He is often considered to be one of the best racers in existence. Cap also usually doesn't appear without his helmet.

Powers and Abilities
Johnny Cage


+Superhuman Physical Characteristics
+Expert Martial Artist
+Energy Manipulation
+Energy Projection
+Afterimage Creation
+Statistics Amplification
+Aura
+Damage Boost
+Clairvoyance (Seeing the future in sleep)
+Duplication
+Reactive Power Level
+Explosion Manipulation
+Weapon Mastery
+Vehicular Mastery
+Acrobatics
+Resistance to Ice Manipulation

Captain Falcon


+Superhuman Physical Characteristics
+Vehicular Mastery
+Enhanced Senses
+Self-Sustenance
+Flight
+Illusion Creation
+Gravity Manipulation
+Dimensional Travel (only through his vehicle)
+Material Arts
+Fire Manipulation
+Electricity Manipulation
+Forcefield Creation
+Healing
+Damage Boost
+Summoning (capable of creating weapons or objects)
+Durability Negation (allowing a kill when the opponent is low health)
+Plant Manipulation (Using a Lip's Stick)
+Energy Projection
+Homing Attack (possible through Beastball)
+Pseudo-Black Hole Creation (Using the Black Hole item)
+BFR (allowing spirits to use the Star Launcher)
+Metal Manipulation (spirits turns the wielder into metal for a brief period)
+Resistance to Poison Manipulation
+Air Manipulation (capable of resisting it with certain spirits)
+Adhesivity (allowing to move normal on sticky surfaces)
+Ice Manipulation (more of a resistance)
+Water Manipulation (same as some forms of Manipulation)
+Weapon Mastery

Weaknesses
Johnny Cage

Despite his skills, his cockiness has got him into trouble before. Also his body is still human so he takes need to be careful when fighting strong opponents.

Captain Falcon

Captain doesn't have much known about his combat experience. Also if enough damage to his shield makes him vulnerable for a short period of time.

Advantages
Johnny Cage


+More confirmed combat experience
+More unpredictable
+More fighting styles he can freely change between at any given time
+More likely to get Cap upset with insults
+Stronger durability
+Held his own against the best fighters multiple times
+Cage has more difficult moves to counter
+Physically stronger
+Most of his signature attacks takes less time than those of Captain Falcon's
+More determine out of the two
+More likely to stay focus at the worst of times

Captain Falcon


+Faster
+Due to being a racer in a ridiculously fast vehicle makes tanking force easier
+More resistance to several things
+Capable of more forms of manipulation
+More raw power
+Smarter
+More likely to withstand force due to his vehicle

Disadvantages
Johnny Cage


-Not as bright
-Cockier
-Not as resistant to things
-Not as fast on foot
-His body is more like a human's in comparison
-More likely to get upset over broken sunglasses than anything else

Captain Falcon


-Not much confirmed combat experience
-Despite racing, doesn't offer much else in comparison
-Likely will misread Johnny often for many reasons
-More of his additional abilities including resistance must have spirits
-Most of his signature attacks takes longer than those of Cage's
-Very likely will let Johnny's words gets to him
-Due to how he does things, he can be thrown off his game more easily

Verdict

Honestly the more I looked into this, the more I realized why this fight suddenly makes sense. Both of them fight the forces of evil to protect those they love. Obviously sunglasses & helmets aside, they do have some similarities in their fighting styles. However I see a few major problems for Captain Falcon in this fight.

I am going straight to their encounter with a god right off the bat. Sure Johnny was lucky he was more powerful than usual taking on Shinnok. But Cap had to face The Creator in a particular race. They chose a ghost variation of his vehicle where Falcon won. Now that's fine yet Cage actually defeated Shinnok directly.

You see Shinnok wasn't holding back at that point. Most of who was left got defeated. Then he raise up to challenge him ultimately defeating him. Keep in mind, Shinnok through Quan Chi's help dethrone the devil to make him the ruler of Netherrealm. Although thanks to Raiden, it was briefly under Liu Kang & Kitana's leadership.

To sum it up Cage was fighting Shinnok not holding back against Cap racing against an avatar. Essentially The Creator had to follow the rules they put into place. Thus preventing an fight from happening. This was a very unusual race since no body was crazy enough to race them. He had to race against a copy of his own vehicle to still end up winning.

The rules of Mortal Kombat didn't apply to the events of Mortal Kombat X. The reason being both Cage & his daughter defeated Shinnok before they had no choice but to step in. Of course the later defeat led to Raiden being corrupted in order to save Earthrealm. My point is if they didn't stop him in time, things could've gotten ugly.

To further clarify what I meant about this. The Elder Gods have a few particular rules set into motion. Like the time, Shao Kahn attempted to breaking them to steal Earthrealm. It is no secret the Elder Gods are pricks in their own right. Yet they do take their sacred rules being broken very seriously to the point, they will directly deal with whoever is responsible, even if that person is a god.

By example also means Cap doesn't do anything directly to The Creator either. The fact they decided to do that once out of a clear moon race surprised everyone. Johnny did also survived a more powerful Sindel who took out most of Earthrealm fighters with ease. Trust me I am only getting started folks.

The fact he tanked a blow that should've killed him easily but was fine. Also Johnny was a movie star for most of his life along with his martial arts training. Captain Falcon wasn't a racer for that long in comparison. Now despite the similarities in how they fight with their powers aside. Johnny's is simply better suited overall.

Captain Falcon mostly had one fighting style that didn't require weapons. Yet Johnny had several styles including a few weapon based styles under his belt. He could easily switch from one fighting to another at a fast rate to constantly throw off Cap. The big surprise is within his own franchise, Captain Falcon doesn't have many notable feats.

Even if I were to consider the anime or those from Super Smash Brothers series. Coughs Death Battle has no choice to use for that episode. His feat of punching a giant R.O.B. a notable distance does mean he packs more raw power. Unfortunately, some of his signature moves takes notably longer than those of Cage's.

Hell if he wanted to be a dick no pun intended, he could punch him literately below the belt out of the clear blue. Just like in the first Mortal Kombat movie where he punched Goro there in front of people. I should mention Cap works with other racers that wants to protect people from the forces of evil.

Where these people cause destruction as well as put dangerous traps on the track. Sometimes they operate off the track to act more directly. In comparison, Johnny became one of the best members within the Special Forces. A particular unit in the military the specializes in handling threats from other realms.

Essentially they take on all kind of beings from other plains of existence. He was a member for over twenty years confirmed in Mortal Kombat X. The fact he chose to compete for Earthrealm in two back to back Mortal Kombat tournaments is proof. At one point, he held his own against two of the best fighters at the same time.

The short answer is Johnny does have a lot more notable feats. At the same time, even those we could get to Captain Falcon, it still means he isn't as impressive. Both of them have very acrobatic bodies. Regularly this would've meant it could be anyone's game. In this particular case, Captain is more likely to use his big moves.

Thus will be easier for Cage to defeat in the long run because of it. I should mention Cage has been to a few realms before. So even this took place in Port Town aka Falcon's home town. I still honestly think Cage will win this fight. In versus debates since Johnny doesn't regularly use a vehicle in his series.

Unless they allow his vehicle from Motor Kombat mini game. For this blog's purpose I will not be doing that for many reasons. This is more about who would win in a fight. Not about who would win in a race. A lot of people love bringing Cap's vehicle into this sorta debate. It really has no real purpose being an actual part of the combat.

Yes I know in a handful of Mortal Kombat games, fighters can use what's in the environment. But that's not my point guys. No my point is this must remain a fight debate not a racing one. Also some of Cap's abilities involves his vehicle anyway to help making this fight fair. So I heavily he shouldn't be allowed his vehicle.

I don't mine if he drives nearby Cage almost hitting him before parking. Sure they could bring up a rocket car the fastest car in existence to compare to his vehicle. But ultimately what real life comparison matters more to this is Jackie Chan. For those that doesn't know Jackie still holds the world record for doing his own stunts in movies more than anybody else in the world.

I'm positive if Johnny does win on their show coughs very likely they have to bring Chan up in this. He too is a material artist in real life. Johnny works better without a plan while Cap prefers to stick to one. This by itself allows Johnny to take him by surprise. Basically Cage simply has great advantages that are perfectly meant for an one on one fight.

Now I wouldn't be surprise if some angry Nintendo fans comes here to rip me apart. Even after the episode aired online. Look I really don't want to get more reason to dislike Nintendo. But with everything said and done, Cap isn't going to win this fight. Johnny simply more impressive in his own feats that even I were to stick to his worst.

Chances are Cage would've still won I'm that positive about it. End of the day, Captain Falcon may be an icon among racers. But he is about to get caged. The winner in this fight should very likely be Johnny Cage. If you disagree that's perfectly fine as long you don't act like babies. One more thing do break that guy's sunglasses lol.

Before I go any further so what about Cap being a bounty hunter. We don't get to see much of that. It is likely some members of a particular group of villains that his team spotted off the track anyway. Sometimes the Special Forces doesn't know what's coming their way yet still come out on top. Sure I'm a huge Mortal Kombat fan but I do respect Captain Falcon more than what this blog says.