Wait you can't be serious Mario doesn't have as many power ups as Link has gadgets. Every Zelda game has at least 12 gadgets to work with and I also gave a list to most of his power ups in my first post so that's a small list and if the two switched a day to go on each other's quests then Mario would defiently have a harder time than Link. I don't really sow in the comparison of the Bowser and Ganondorf with both being bad, both maybe being lacking in backgorund and personality though. Ganondorf is obviously smarter than Bowser, Bowser sets his arenas up to kill himself. Smithy and the bosses from Paper Mario he had help with, but I'm not sure about Count Bleck since i haven't played Super Paper Mario. Anybody can jump on a turtle and kill it, but Mario wouldn't even be able to beat a stalfos without a power up let alone a boss, but both would be able to fight with everything they have. The only way I can see Mario winning is if he's stocked up on 40 green mushrooms thus making link tired after beating him for the 10th time since Link can only carry about 4 revival fairies.

I like both of them equally, but I don't see how you can say that Mario would win against the hero of time.