Mario’s a plumber of extraordinary capabilities. With his skills not even DK can take him on. DK can bang his drums and hope Mario runs from the noise, but that won’t work. If it came to a hand to hand battle than DK would be toast. Mario is quicker, faster, and packs more of a punch with his hits (Thanks to Rainbow Power) DK may last a minute or two, but he didn’t have a chance in this battle. Mario is just far too strong. Mario wins.