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I think I lean towards Kirby here. See, three things tilt it in his favor IMO:

A) I don't think either side is inconvenienced piloting the REX. Otacon built the controls to be very intuitive and easy to pilot, according to MGS4. It's why Old Snake can have REX kickbox.

B) If you take Nightmare as Tira's mentor, her loyalty to him is eternal and endless. She will not question a thing he says - and if Liquid gets Tira to tell him that Knux is in a REX, he will persuade her to get him out of it for sure. Without the REX I don't think Knuckles can compete.

C) Knuckles is gullible. How many times has Eggman fooled him again? This makes the scenario in point B believable. The terrain is so big teams won't meet before it happens, either - and Tira has a silver tongue for dealing with fools. The entire storyline of SC5 puts a lot of focus on this and how she manipulates Pyrrha.

Overall, I think Knux being able to leave the REX is his undoing. Without that, this match is close. With that in place, it really isn't.
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