Sonic the Hedgehog................68.55% 63104
Diablo................................31.45% 28954
TOTAL VOTES................................92058

69.44% of the brackets called this match correctly.

Sonic wins, very easily too. Ganondorf got 65% on Diablo, but Sonic 1-up'd him, and got 68%. But that bracket percentage is looking mighty pitiful... Nothing unexpected here.

Today, Luigi is putting up one heck of a fight. He's looking to end in the high 46% on Tifa, which is excellent.

CLOSEST PREDICTIONS

Tnote - 9
Soul - 7
Ulti - 6
Vlado - 6
Inviso - 5
Outback - 5
Moltar - 4
MasterMage - 1

Another match where I had the point, then lost it late in the match! =( Ulti gets it instead.
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Tifa vs. Luigi - Bracket: Tifa - Vote: Luigi (50/58)

20XX Division Round 2 - Match 47 – (1)Mega Man vs. (5)Leon Kennedy

Mega Man - No, we won’t buy Mega Man 5434549892.
Round 1 – vs. Conker (Mega Man: 76.02% - Conker: 23.98%)

Good job Mega, make your 2004 value look good!

Leon - Well, SOMEBODY’S got to get a free ride from Freeman.
Round 1 – vs. Gordon (Leon: 58.57% - Gordon: 41.43%)

Gordon Freeman still doesn’t win.

Over the years, this industry has grown immensely in America. It has been a widespread hit in Japan for many years, and finally came out to American shores in the 90’s. Here, it hit off big with the children, and the industry took off to become extremely successful. This industry is none other than…

The Anime Industry

With animes like Pokemon, Digimon and Dragonball quickly gaining large fanbases, other animes made their way to our shores. But let’s not look at them, let’s talk about the dubbing process. American kids can’t understand Japanese, which is why dubbing companies over here have to convert just about everything in the anime to English. There are some good dubbing companies, which is good. But one…one has gained a reputation for being the most brutal, the most harsh, the most evil dubbing company ever to exist on this Earth. That company is…

4 Kids

4 Kids get this bad reputation for them being known to do some nasty things to anime. Cut intros and outros and replace them with crap music and lyrics. Use poor voice actors so your ears bleed every time they open their mouth. Edit scenes, censor things, change names, even cut out scenes and full episodes and story arcs! But one anime…one anime just got brutally raped by the beast that is 4 Kids. And that anime is…

One Piece

It’s been called Dub Piece, Khan Piece, Crap Piece, One Piece….of crap. The intro was replaced with a corny, yet catchy rap song. Guns were edited into crazy other contraptions. Pointless scenes were edited. Episodes were spliced. Arcs were skipped. Plotholes are abundant. The list goes on and on…but one day, they picked up a new product. Not an anime, but this time, a game. This game was…

Resident Evil 4

Now, coming to a TV near you in the near future, 4 Kids presents RE Piece!

http://www.agasonex.com/Re%20Piece%20final.wav – Song performed by 4 Kids staff and Moltar

(Lyrics)

YO!
Yah-yo, yah-yo!
Dreaming!
(Don't give it up, Leon!)
Dreaming!
(Don't give it up, Luis!)
Dreaming!
(Don't give it up, Ashley!)
Dreaming!
(Don't give it, give it up, give it up, give it up, give it up, give it up, give it up, give it-- NO!)
Here's how the story goes, we find out,
The President’s daughter got taken out.
Leon has to go get her and get her back,
But those zombies are tough, and don’t forget about Jack!
Yah-yo, yah-yo, yah-yo, oh-oh!
His name is Leon
(That's Leon S. Kennedy)
(Gonna save sweet Ashley!)
He beat Gordon Freeman
(How did that happen?)
(Yo-ho-ho, Gordon Freeman never wins!)
Yah-yo, yah-yo!
His name's Luis, he's one of the best,
And a L-A-D-Y, Ashley’s got breasts!
Mike is doing his awesome thing,
And Merchant sells things to Leon the King!
Yah-yo, yah-yo, yah-yo, oh-oh!
Set sail for RE Piece, it's the name of the treasure that you gotta get!
Yah-yo, yah-yo
Set sail for RE Piece!

Moltar’s Bracket Says: Mega Man will win.

Moltar’s Prediction is: Mega Man: 70% - Leon: 30%



Swirldude’s Analysis

This analysis sucks and is now about Mega Man losing to Sonic. You know it'll happen. To get there, he'll have to beat Leon. I don't think Mega will have trouble with someone who can't break 60% on Gordon.

Prediction: Mega Man with 73.86%
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Tifa vs. Luigi - Bracket: Tifa - Vote: Luigi (50/58)

Ulti’s Analysis

(Special note from Ulti: I'm either getting married or on my honeymoon as you're reading this, so know that all of my second round writeups will suck. I'm doing the same short writeups that I did for the last round, because I don't have time to be extensive.)

(Special note from Moltar: I AM a weird person.)

Gordon Freeman Neve---

Oh wait, wrong match.

Prediction: Mega Man with 73.45%



Soul’s Analysis

How they got here

Mega Man defeated Conker: 76.02% - 23.98%

Leon defeated Gordon Freeman: 58.57% - 41.43%

Well, when I said the exciting matches have passed, I wasn't kidding. Mega Man, a contender for the title of this contest, is facing someone who couldn't break 60% on Gordon Freeman.

We all know Mega Man's past. First to break 90%, got very close to Seph in 2002, then lost horribly to Seph in 2003. Somehow SFFed by Link in 2004. Yeah, yeah, blah, blah.

As of right now, I can tell you my prediction for Mega Man and call it quits. But, I won't do that. You see, even though Mega Man is going to win here, I think that people are going to doubt Leon Kennedy. Sure, he let Gordon get over 40% against him, but who hasn't? Basically, I believe that Gordon got a significant boost from Half-Life 2, and I'm sticking by it until after this match. Sure, I may look extremely stupid with this guess, but I'm kind of used to it by now.

My prediction: Mega Man wins with 62.00% of the vote. Err, yeah...



Inviso’s Analysis

The final noble nine match up of round 2 is between Mega Man, whom I’ve previously stated as being a weaker member of the noble nine, and Meester Scott Kennedee. Mega Man did only slightly less against Conker than Crono did last year, leading some to believe that Mega Man is in fact, quite strong. I believe though, that this match, like most of the Blue Bomber’s first round matches, is just a fluke that makes him appear stronger than he really is. He did blowout Ms. Pacman, Mr. Resetti, and Earthworm Jim in the past, and then ended up being horribly placed in comparison to other noble niners. The only reason he did weaker against Conker than those other three matches is because Conker is still somewhat popular. Leon…beat Gordon…like anyone doubted that. He did decently…not breaking 60%, but still, both characters are relatively weak in fanbase. Mega Man will win this match, and there’s not much chance for Leon. He’ll do better than Sam vs. Samus, but that’s about it.

My Bracket: Mega Man
My Vote: Leon Kennedy
My Prediction: Mega Man with 72.50%



Tnote’s Analysis

Leon has the distinction of becoming the fourth gentleman to defeat Gordon Freeman in the first round by accumulating less than 60% of the vote. This round, he will become the usual fodder to a Mega Man second round pummeling. Leon proved last round that everyone expecting him to put up Jill-type numbers were delusional, and for those hanging onto those hopes, this beating will leave him well below 2k3 Vercetti. Ouch, for the movie and multi-console superstar.

Pick: Mega Man with 70.83%
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Tifa vs. Luigi - Bracket: Tifa - Vote: Luigi (50/58)

Vlado’s Analysis

Another one of the numerous UTTERLY BORING Round 2 matches... Can I really say much here? Leon couldn't even get 60% on Gordon Freeman and, while Gordon has probably increased since last year, he'll still be just fodder. Not to mention both him and Rockman are Capcom characters... Sure, there won't be much SFF, given their genres, but it's a fact worth mentioning. If anything, it'll just further benefit Rockman. Sure, Leon's game has been the biggest thing on Gamecube this year, but I doubt that'll be enough for him to even avoid a doubling.

The Blue Bomber has been so lucky with his draw that we pretty much won't know his real strength until he faces Sonic. That's how pathetic his opponents are. Sure, he'll face Yoshi next round, but it's Yoshi. Even with the Nintendo increase, he can barely be considered a serious opponent. Heck, with Luigi's astonishing performance against Tifa, I think Yoshi will be moving down a spot in the Nintendo characters' hierarchy.

Predicted percentage: Mega Man with 72.43%.

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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Tifa vs. Luigi - Bracket: Tifa - Vote: Luigi (50/58)

Cool to see that you mentioned One Piece. Yes, the dubbing is bad, but I don't mind.
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I don't either, but beating dead horses is SO fun.
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Tifa vs. Luigi - Bracket: Tifa - Vote: Luigi (50/58)

Tifa Lockheart.................53.36% 54588
Luigi..............................46.64% 47705
TOTAL VOTES.........................102293

41.18% of the brackets called this match correctly.

Tifa, Tifa, Tifa. You looked so good after your match with Vyse. Then again, so did Luigi after his match with KOS-MOS. But wow, did you letdown so many people today. You only managed to get 53% on Luigi, when many projected high 50's-low 60's. Oh well, Vincent failed to impress too, so I guess it's ok.

Today, Mega Man is...also failing to impress. Leon is doing great, and has over 35% on Mega Man right now. Looks like Freeman did benefit huge from HL2, and Leon is a pretty strong midcarder.

CLOSEST PREDICTIONS

Tnote - 10
Soul - 7
Ulti - 6
Vlado - 6
Inviso - 5
Outback - 5
Moltar - 4
MasterMage - 1

Tnote is rocking hard. Another point for him as he was the only one not to overestimate Tifa.
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Mega Man vs. Leon - Bracket: Mega - Vote: Leon (52/60)

20XX Division Round 2 - Match 48 – (3)Yoshi vs. (7)Pac-Man

Yoshi - Enjoys licking things more than I do.
Round 1 – vs. Laharl (Yoshi: 73.66% - Laharl: 26.34%)

Yoshi shows power, as he almost triples Laharl.

Pac-Man - If we all ate dots, we’d be a much healthier nation.
Round 1 – vs. Ocelot (Pac-Man: 51.25% - Yoshi: 48.75%)

Pac-Man won….that’s shocking, seeing as how he hasn’t since 2002.

Well…this is interesting. Easy, but interesting. 2 polls tell the story of this match.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1721 – Luigi/Pac-Man
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1751 – Yoshi/Luigi

Yoshi > Luigi > Pac-Man. So, yeah. That’s about it. Hope you enjoyed your win Pac, because it could be the last one you ever see. *gives a farewell hand-gesture*

Moltar’s Bracket Says: Yoshi will win.

Moltar’s Prediction is: Yoshi: 69% - Pac-Man: 31%



Ulti’s Analysis

(Special note from Ulti: I'm either getting married or on my honeymoon as you're reading this, so know that all of my second round writeups will suck. I'm doing the same short writeups that I did for the last round, because I don't have time to be extensive.)

(Special note from Moltar: My last Special Note! Oh noes =’( *sob*)

\m/ Pac Man > Ocelot!! \m/

..but not Yoshi :(

Prediction: Yoshi with 69.14%



Soul’s Analysis

How they got here

Yoshi defeated Laharl: 73.66% - 26.34%

Pac-Man defeated Ocelot: 51.25% - 48.75%

Another snorefest here folks. Although Pac-Man made a huge upset in round 1 by defeating the heavy favorite Ocelot, we know that Pac-Man is weaker then Yoshi. In 2004, Yoshi and Pac-Man were involved in the same 4-pack. Luigi defeated Pac-Man before losing to Yoshi. The victor is no doubt going to be Yoshi here. And really, what else needs to be said?

My prediction: Yoshi wins with 69% of the vote. Round 3, here we come!



Outback’s Analysis

Pac-Man/Ocelot was merely proof that Yoshi would've murdalized (murtalized?) Ocelot. Pac-Guy, however, would absolutely own Yoshi.

Yoshi with 70.00%
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Mega Man vs. Leon - Bracket: Mega - Vote: Leon (52/60)

Inviso’s Analysis

Well…this is the final match of round 2. Last round, Pac Man joined the ranks of Knuckles and Tommy Vercetti, pulling a supreme upset victory over Revolver Ocelot. Now, Pac Man, for a long time, has been known as little more than fodder. He was beaten by Kefka (that’s right…Kefka) and then Luigi last year. And now, here he is, beating a guy that held his own against Bowser. This just goes to show you that the Spring Contest stats can not be used in any sort of rational reasoning in the REAL contest. Yoshi owned Laharl, obviously, and it seems a sure thing that he’ll go on to beat Pac Man this round. After all, Yoshi beat Luigi, who beat Pac Man last year. And Yoshi WAS voted the most popular Mario character in a multi-character poll. I think Pac-Man will go home dejected once more, knowing that at least he finally won a match against someone who wasn’t completely pathetic.

My Bracket: Revolver Ocelot
My Vote: Pac Man
My Prediction: Yoshi with 69.22%



Tnote’s Analysis

Stop me if you have heard this one before. Yoshi beats Luigi, who doubled Pac Man. Wow, this will be a super beating. So, what does it mean when Yoshi struggles to break 60%? It means the X-Stats make amazing toilet paper! I refuse to believe that Ocelot can get doubled by Bowser, who beat Yoshi, magically changed in a few months. No matter what happens with this match, the X-Stats are up **** creek without a paddle. Bowser says Yoshi cannot possibly double Pac Man, while Luigi says that he cannot possibly not double him. Bowser strikes me as more of the beacon of consistency, so I will take that route.

Pick: Yoshi with 58.27%



Vlado’s Analysis

What a shame... Ocelot lost against Pac-Man in Round 1, and it was such an embarrassing match for him and his fans... Was the spring contest just a fluke? Did Bowser overperform against Sephiorth, making Ocelot look much stronger than he actually is? Or did Ocelot himself overperform against Bowser? Who knows... All I know is that his spring value was way from accurate... I expected him to double Pac-Man, and he lost horribly, by over 2,000 votes, despite having the bracket vote on his side.

Well, enough about Ocelot. If you didn't know I liked him by now, you already do. I really think he was overestimated by the spring stats. Sure, Pac-Man has gotten a little stronger since last year, but I really doubt it's more than a percent or two, maybe three. Simply, Yoshi has this. He's a Nintendo character, and that's pretty much all he needs. His performance against Laharl was pretty much normal and we can expect a pretty much similar win against Pac-Man now. However, Yoshi has no chance in hell against Rockman.

Predicted percentage: Yoshi with 69.21%.

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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Mega Man vs. Leon - Bracket: Mega - Vote: Leon (52/60)

Six of them picked within a % of each other? O.o
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The King of all Cosmos' route to summer victory:
Round 1: (0) Voters

Wow...

TNote brings up an excellent point. This will be an interesting match afterall.
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"ertyu is actually a language. For example, 'dum' is ertyunese for 'godly'." - Topaz Kitsune
*Waiting for Guru winner's sig*

TNote also failed to predict the Mega Man/Leon match right.

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Can't think of a good sig.

Tnote gets a reprieve from today's match due to the fact that he's kicking a plethora of ass.
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From: Blade Of Evils Bane | Posted: 9/3/2005 6:49:41 PM | Message Detail
TNote also failed to predict the Mega Man/Leon match right.

Last I checked, Mega Man was winning <_<

Sorry for not being able to call every match within 1% of its outcome. If I could do that I would spend less time writing analysises and spend more time picking out how I want to spend my $500 1st place prize.

And last I checked, my first place showing both here and in the oracle challenge, at worst, make me a marginal voice of reason. At best, it should make me the Board 8 God.

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RIP: Tnote827 - 4/4/2005
SC2k5 - 51/58 (Kefka, Magus (x2), Ocelot, Tidus)

...annnnnnnd I'm done. Can't win 'em all, I suppose.

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RIP: Tnote827 - 4/4/2005
SC2k5 - 51/58 (Kefka, Magus (x2), Ocelot, Tidus)

Come on people no-one can predict every match with % exactly ya know.But they predict the winners.That is all that matters.
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Hey I didn't mean anything by it. Just saying that your not always right. : p

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Can't think of a good sig.

Mega Man........................64.56% 60391
Leon Kennedy..................35.44% 33154
TOTAL VOTES.............................93545

72.4% of the brackets called this match correctly.

Wow, Leon DIDN'T get his ass handed to him. I'm impressed. He manages to pull 35% on the Blue Bomber, which is just around what Tidus did. Leon as strong as Tidus is an awesome thing to me. Mega also had pretty good bracket support.

Today, Yoshi is pulling out all the weapons here. He is mudering Pac-Man and getting over 72% of the vote. I'm also liking this result. Yoshi > Mega Man!

CLOSEST PREDICTIONS

Tnote - 10
Soul - 8
Ulti - 6
Vlado - 6
Inviso - 5
Outback - 5
Moltar - 4
MasterMage - 1

Soul makes a God-like prediction. He thought Leon was being underestimated, and he was right.
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Yoshi vs. Pac-Man - Bracket: Yoshi - Vote: Yoshi (54/62)

Bizzump. These review crew people are great, TNote and Inviso seem particularly competant.

Oh, and all of you fail for not having played Skies of Arcadia. SoA, CT, and Tales of Phantasia are my favorite RPGs of all time. Shame on you.
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First God created idiots. That was for practice. Then He created forum trolls.

Master Moltar, you too believe Yoshi can beat Mega Man? HUZZAH! I am not the only one! :D
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He hatches from an egg, can fight at birth, cooes only his name, is adorable, and has specific attacks. Is Yoshi a Pokémon? Hmm...

From: laszlow | Posted: 9/4/2005 4:20:39 PM | Message Detail
Bizzump. These review crew people are great, TNote and Inviso seem particularly competant.

Oh, and all of you fail for not having played Skies of Arcadia.

Me, competent? Only on the internet!

And I never had a Dreamcast, and was relegated to playing SoA:L. Got about 10-12 hours in, and it just moved way too slow for my liking. The random encounter rates were just horrible, in that it would take me about 45 minutes to get from point A to point B because I could not avoid battles, and they took so damn long to actually take place. I had just finished the Coliseum, and lost interest. Too many other games interested me. However, I really did like Vyse, and Ramirez was a bastard. That is all.

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RIP: Tnote827 - 4/4/2005
SC2k5 - 57/64 (Kefka, Magus (x2), Ocelot, Tidus)

Bizzump. These review crew people are great

Thank you.

Oh, and all of you fail for not having played Skies of Arcadia. SoA, CT, and Tales of Phantasia are my favorite RPGs of all time. Shame on you.

I'm sorry.

Master Moltar, you too believe Yoshi can beat Mega Man? HUZZAH! I am not the only one! :D

No, but I'd give my right arm to see it happen.
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Yoshi vs. Pac-Man - Bracket: Yoshi - Vote: Yoshi (54/62)

Ulti's Prediction

Sorry for not e-mailing this to you. I'm dead tired, and this is pretty short anyway.

This is the match where we finally get to see Zero's true colors. Is this the same Zero that came close to Sonic and barely suffered any SFF against Mega Man last year, or is Zero somehow overrated in the stats? Whatever the case, here is his match to prove himself.

Personally, I think Zero's goal should be Shadow's 2003 score against Mario. It should be doable, given that Shadow has since proven to either be overrated or masked by Tidus (and Shadow isn't even IN the contest this year). The only problem with that is whether or not Mario has somehow increased. This match may tell us a lot more things than whether or not Zero is the real deal.

Meh, screw it. I'll call a blowout just for the hell of it. It's not like we have much evidence to make an educated guess, so why not be stupid? =p

Prediction: Mario with 59.99%

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
"If my fate is to be destroyed... I must simply laugh!" -Magus

Mario with 55.23%
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Return of SF1: YOU DON'T HAVE A CASE!
makeyourchance: Yes I do! It's Samsonite.

Meh, screw it. I'll call a blowout just for the hell of it. It's not like we have much evidence to make an educated guess, so why not be stupid? =p

Being stupid netted me 8 points. How's that for irony?
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"ertyu is actually a language. For example, 'dum' is ertyunese for 'godly'." - Topaz Kitsune
*Waiting for Guru winner's sig*

Mushroom Division Round 3 - Match 49 – (1)Mario vs. (3)Zero
*Insert awesome sprite picture here*

Mario
Round 1 – vs. Joanna Dark (Mario: 80.90% - Joanna: 19.10%)
Round 2 – vs. Ness (Mario: 82.80% - Ness: 17.20%)

Oh SFF….that ugly, ugly SFF. Wow.

Zero
Round 1 – vs. Ryu H. (Zero: 63.00% - Ryu: 37.00%)
Round 2 – vs. Lloyd (Zero: 73.25% - Lloyd: 26.75%)

Lloyd turns out to be pretty darn weak, which is sad to see.

The second most interesting, and final match in the Mushroom Division is…..Mario vs. Zero! Really, this match is a lot cooler looking than it is on paper. Let’s look a little closer at this one.

Alright, brief comment on both characters past Contest performances. In 2002, Mario made it to the finals and lost to Link, while Zero stayed at home. 2003, Mario makes it to the Elite 8, and gets owned by Seph, getting just over 38% on him. Zero made it to Round 2, and lost to Sonic with an impressive 48%. 2004, Mario loses to Crono in the Sweet 16 with 47% of the vote, while Zero loses to Mega Man with 44%. On that note, Crono lost to Link with 37%, and Mega Man lost to Link with 32%.

This year, Mario has beaten both his opponents with over 80% of the vote, and Zero beat Ryu with 63% and Lloyd with 73%. Zero’s performance against Ryu was a bit weak, but it could be attributed to Ryu getting a Ninja pic. Other than that, both characters have been doing great. Now these two beasts go head-to-head in what should be a pretty neat match.

Now, back when the Contest first started, talk of Zero over Mario was…existant, It was a pretty sneaky upset, that looked like it could happen, but come on people. I wouldn’t put Sonic OR Mega Man over Mario. I see Mario as right under Samus and Crono, and above Mega, Sonic and Snake. Zero couldn’t beat Sonic, and he hasn’t seemed to have gotten any stronger. Mario is on the Nintendo side, and they’ve been looking crazy strong. I just don’t see the upset here. Mario needs to do well here though, because Samus is right around the corner, and a character that has gotten 40% on Cloud is no joke at all.

Moltar’s Bracket Says: Mario will win.

Moltar’s Prediction is: Mario: 58% - Zero: 42%



Outback’s Analysis

Zero showed last year that he is no joke. Keeping Mega Man at 56% with the possibility of SFF shows that you have major contest strength. With a better draw, Zero could've done some major damage, but not against Mario, the King of Games. Mario has shown this year that he is an absolute powerhouse, and that EVERYBODY needs to watch it.

Mario with 61.00%



Inviso’s Analysis

This match is one that at one point could’ve been a good upset pick. I mean, Zero was definitely strong in his match with Sonic, and even did so well as to avoid most of the SFF Megaman could lay down on him. Not to mention the fact that Mario seemed to have been on a decline in recent years, going from two fluke victories over Crono to being physically owned. But now, after seeing all the Nintendo characters in action, I think Mario has this one sewn up. Mario blew out TWO characters, at least one of which was via SFF, but still. Zero made Ryu look good, but redeemed himself by walloping a ToS character that struggled with Wesker. After seeing DK, the second weakest Nintendo character, lead Master Chief for a long time, after seeing Ness beat a new character from a GTA game by more than he beat Jak, and after seeing Luigi beat KOS-MOS by about 15% more than he should have, I have no doubt in my mind that Mario has the capability to beat Zero with 60% of the vote. Now, despite this, my anti-Nintendo-ness is not will to let me give one of the few characters I like from Megaman 40% or less. I just don’t know how I could live with myself after that.

My Bracket: Mario Mario
My Vote: Zero
My Prediction: Mario Mario with 59.13%

Soul’s Analysis

Round 2 Results

Mario defeated Ness: 82.80% - 17.20%

Zero defeated Lloyd Irving: 73.25% - 26.75%

Well, round 2 was amazing, just as expected. Match after match with amazing results... and that all comes to a screeching halt in round 3. With 7 boring matches in a row (2 from last round), it seems as if this contest is going to get really boring. Well, it might be for a while, but there's still greatly anticipated matches for this round. Squall/Vincent could go either way. Sonic/Tifa looks rather interesting. Hell, even Mega Man/Yoshi looks like it could turn some heads.

The first match has some potential to be somewhat decent. Zero is a character that has always ranked in the top 15 of every contest he's been in. Sadly, he's up against someone who's placed in the top 6 of every contest he's been in. Well, sadly if you're a Zero fan that is.

Mario, on the otherhand, is probably the favorite to win this contest right now. The strange thing about it though is that he's not favored because of his matches, but because of everyone elses matches. With a decent win over Joanna, then a SFF blow-out against Ness, we can't really figure out how strong he is right now. But, we do know that he's the second or third favorite Nintendo character in this contest. With that said, every Nintendo character has had some sort of boost in this contest. Although, there's no sign of that in Mario, it's pretty safe to assume that he has risen as well.

Zero, on the other hand, performed decently so far. Although he looked like he weakened slightly against Ryu Hayabusa in round 1, it isn't anything significant. In round 2, he demolished a highly overrated Lloyd Irving. Seeing as how badly he performed in round 1, Zero was expected a result of this sort against Lloyd. Again, no surprises here.

Basically, Zero has performed like he was expected to perform. With that said, he's expected to lose to Mario without a boost. I think it's fair to say that we'll see what kind of boost Mario got againt Zero. Here's hoping he blows away all expectation.

Here's a respectable final to the most predictable division in the contest.

My prediction: Mario wins with 58.69% of the vote. Complete guess, but I've got some pretty good results with these type of guesses before.



Tnote’s Analysis

Using Zero through 2k3 Mega Man, one would think this could actually be a match. Using Zero through the brutalized Mega Man from last year, when coupled with the super uber burst the SSB:M characters are getting this year, and this sadly will never be close. I will be shocked if Zero can outdo Shadow's performance, but given Mario has positioned himself to be a major player this year, anything in the 40s would color me impressed.

Pick: Mario with 58.27%

Vlado’s Analysis

Well, this year, we have the division finals one round earlier, due to the smaller size of the divisions. I don't know if this is for the better, to be honest, I think that it makes the tournament look more cluttered. Either way, we have our first divsion final. It will be a boring one, and everyone knows who will win. Much like the next four. If there was any doubt about Mario's victory before the contest, it was removed after we saw what huge increase Nintendo has somehow achieved this year. As cool as Zero is, this year, especially, who wins is not based on how "badass" they look.

Zero's biggest achievement in these contests was in 2003 when, as a lowly 7th seed, he managed to get 47.66% against Sonic, losing by less than 5,000 votes. It was his stellar moment, but I don't think he'll be able to achieve anything like it anytime soon. Not this year, at least. So far, he beat Ryu Hayabusa (in his ninja outfit) impressively, then almost tripled Lloyd, who proved that his game is little more than cult, even on a Nintendo-dominated site like GameFAQs. Despite everything, I just don't think he can do anything against Mario... If I went with the stats, I should have Mario winning with less than 55%, but I just don't feel that this will be the case.

Mario hasn't done anything in this contest yet. He got over 80% on both Joanna Dark and Ness, but Ness was SFF'd, while Joanna obviously isn't well known enough, despite her new game being projected to launch with the Xbox 360. Not to mention that she might've suffered some SFF, as well, since her popularity should come mainly from her N64 game. However, I have the feeling that Mario will be much stronger this year than in the previous two contests. He has a very good chance to win, and I think just Crono's chances are better, and that's mostly because Samus is in Mario's way. I think that the match against Zero will prove Mario's immense strength this contest and will fuel the hopes of people wanting him to win the whole thing.

Predicted percentage: Mario with 63.81%.

even on a Nintendo-dominated site like GameFAQs.

I think you spelled FFVII wrong.
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Mario will not get over 55% against Zero.

I'm calling a 54% at best.

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Go Mario!
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SC2K5 Score: 57/64
Today's Pick: Mario

well, today's results should be a little surprising to a majority of the crew
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Yoshi.........................72.83% 61377
Pac-Man....................27.17% 22893
TOTAL VOTES.......................84270

47.07% of the brackets called this match correctly.

Pac-Man got creamed. Looks like a good group of people put him and Ocelot over Yoshi though, because Yoshi's bracket percentage is just sad. Still, great job by my main dino.

Today, people though the Crew was overestimating Mario, but it turns out that he's doing better than ever our high expectations. 65% on Zero is no joke, and the winner of his match with Samus is looking even to give Sephiroth a fight.

CLOSEST PREDICTIONS

Tnote - 10
Soul - 8
Outback - 6
Ulti - 6
Vlado - 6
Inviso - 5
Moltar - 4
MasterMage - 1

Outback had the highest Pac-Man pick, so he gets the point.
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Mario vs. Zero - Bracket: Mario - Vote: Mario (56/64)

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Go Samus
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Ulti's analysis

Sorry about not e-mailing you anything today, M. My two choices were to either write for this topic or write thank you cards for the weddings guests. I went with the latter.

Anyway, this match will actually be interesting, if only to see how much SFF Samus will actually benefit from. But as for being an actual match... meh, boring. It's interesting in that we can't really call what will happen all too well, but that's about it.

Prediction: Samus with 61.61%

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Is it just me, or is tomorrow gonna be 60-40 or closer.
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56-44 in favor of Samus. People are overestimating Samus and the possibility of extreme SFF.
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SC2K5 Score: 57/64
Today's Pick: Mario

I throw in my hat (once!) into the Analysis Crew ring...

Samus Aran wins with 67.89% of the vote. MEGA BOOK IT!
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My Prediction: Samus with 65.44%
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Zebes Division Round 3 - Match 50 – (1)Samus vs. (3)Ganondorf
This match sucks….a lot.

Samus
Round 1 – vs. Ryu H. (Samus: 87.32% - Yuri: 12.68%)
Round 2 – vs. Frog (Samus: 70.05% - Frog: 29.95%)

Wow, Frog was weak. Samus easily takes care of business.

Ganondorf
Round 1 – vs. Yuna (Ganondorf: 61.20% - Yuna: 38.80%)
Round 2 – vs. Auron (Ganondorf: 54.10% - Auron: 45.90%)

Auron had a chance, but Ganondorf still won the match quite easily.

Bah, as I said in the Intro, this match sucks. I love Samus, but Ganondorf is my favorite character…ugh.

Alright, as much as it pains me to analyze this, I will. Samus has been looking very impressive in this Contest. She’s supposed to be taking out Mario, according to many brackets. Mario has been looking great so far, but so has Ms. Aran. She holds the biggest blow-out in the Contest in her Round 1 match with Yuri, and then exposed Frog for the weak little amphibian he is.

Ganondorf has also been doing well. He had to first face Yuna, an opponent he was looking to double. Yuna has had FFX-2 since 2003, and that caused her to do better than expected on Ganondorf. Ganon still managed to get 61% on her though. Then, Ganon had to face another FF character. This time it was Auron. Maybe thought Auron would be able to pull off the upset, but he only managed 46% on the Gerudo King.

Well, not much too look at here. Samus has gotten 40% on Cloud, and Ganon has gotten 41% on Seph. Samus is also the 2nd strongest Nintendo character in this Contest. Yep, even above Mario. Ganondorf stands no chance here. It will be interesting to see how she does compared to Seph though, and if she’ll be able to get massive SFF on Ganon (because we already know she’s getting some).

Moltar’s Bracket Says: Samus will win.

Moltar’s Prediction is: Samus: 65% - Ganondorf: 35%



Outback’s Analysis

Here we have another case of a strong character put in an impossible draw. Put Ganon in the Devil division and we'll talk.

Samus with 62.00%



Inviso’s Analysis

Samus is noble nine with two blowouts under her belt, one of which was over a character that was tested and supposedly strong. Ganondorf on the other hand, had two wins over FFX characters, one of which made Auron look like he was weaker than Tidus, another sign of a definite Nintendo increase. Now, Samus and Ganondorf should supposedly BOTH have benefited from the Nintendo increase, so going into this match, they’re going to be about the same in strength as they’ve been in past years of the contest. Samus has this one locked though; she’s had it locked since she was given this division with no other noble niners in it. Ganondorf is just not strong enough. Now, unlike in matches between Ness and Mario, this is a match between two Nintendo characters where SFF won’t be as big a factor. Mario characters, Metroid characters, and Zelda characters are all strong enough on their own to avoid being SFFed to a great extent by each other. Link’s beating of Samus and Mario was just showing how much stronger he is, with a slight amount of SFF. Ganondorf will look good during this match, even though he’ll lose.

My Bracket: Samus Aran
My Vote: Samus Aran
My Prediction: Samus Aran with 58.75%



Tnote’s Analysis

Ganon got ridiculously SFFed the last time he faced an SSB:M character. Now Samus is no Link, but this match will have some serious SFF action. Ganon put up a performance in Spring that puts him within 55/45 on Samus. However, Nintendo SFF has proven to be fairly rough (Fox, Ness, etc...). I fully expect a doubling, and a push towards 70% seems plausible.

Pick: Samus with 68.27%
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Mario vs. Zero - Bracket: Mario - Vote: Mario (56/64)

Soul’s Analysis

Round 2 Results

Samus defeated Frog: 70.05% - 29.95%

Ganondorf defeated Auron: 54.1% - 45.9%

Before I start this, I just got to say that perfect predictions rule!

Speaking of perfect predictions, Ganondorf comes off of his 54.1% win (<3 ) over Auron last round. Pretty shocking result for a match that could have gone either way. That last sentence could apply to every match in the gauntlet, by the way. Anyways, Ganondorf impressed everyone with his win against the most powerful FFX character.

Samus also impressed us. What was supposed to be a somewhat close match against Frog (to the X-stats followers) turned out to be a 70% blow-out for Ms. Aran. This can be attributed to Frog over performing against Snake in 2004, thus causing him, Chief and Liquid to be stronger then they actually are.

Of course, the signs of Frog being weak were all over the place in this contest and Spring. After Liquid was projected to get 35% on Sephiroth, he went on to only get 24%. Not only that, but signs show that Sephiroth weakened in the Spring. People thought it was just a one time thing. Of course, then Liquid was snubbed in this contest. No problem though, since Frog and Chief were still strong.

Chief was given a 1 seed. Most people believed that this was because of Halo 2. Therefore, people believed that he was much stronger then the stats show him to be. Hell, people even thought he could take out Sonic and Snake. Of course, we all remember what happened to the Chief. He let CATS break 30% on him. He was losing for almost half of the match against Donkey Kong. Looks like Halo 2 did absolutely nothing to Master Chief.

Then Frog went and couldn't even break 30% on Samus. Basically, that trifecta there was only one problem with the stats of last year. But this analysis is neither the time nor place to argue about the stats.

Basically, we got two very strong characters who showed already that they have gained many a voter from last year. Of course, they're both from Nintendo, so SFF can rear it's very ugly head in here. It's very possible. Of course, I don't believe it could. Legend of Zelda characters are not those who are on the bad side of SFF (minus the Link/Ganon match, of course). In fact, Link barely, if at all, SFFed Mario and Samus when he fought both of those characters. Why would Ganondorf do the same? Why would others SFF Ganondorf, other then Link? I believe that LoZ series is so distant from the other Nintendo series that it could be able to defeat SFF. This makes the match somewhat closer, in my eyes.

Of course, I could be very wrong and Ganon could lose it in another 80-20 match. But I just can't see it happening.

My prediction: Samus wins with 58.69% of the vote. Well, if it isn't the same prediction from last match? I have no clue why I'm going with it, but why not.
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Mario vs. Zero - Bracket: Mario - Vote: Mario (56/64)

Vlado’s Analysis

Meh. As the second division final, we get a boring SFF match that I doubt will be anywhere near interesting. For a short period of time, I contemplated whether Ganondorf could achieve a beautiful upset that would kill 75% of all brackets and near 100% of the board ones (not that they aren't dead already). But I realized that it's simply impossible. Sure, the people who like the Zelda series and dislike or don't care about Metroid will vote Ganon, but there are way too few of those. I'm sure that people who like both series will vote for Samus. Even if it's for the simple fact that Samus is the protagonist of her game, while Ganon is a villain.

These two had a different path so far. Samus didn't even break 90% against Yuri, whose game has been played by like 3 people, but then broke 70 on Frog, doing not much more than prove that Frog was very overestimated in last year's stats. Something Frog's struggle with Riku had already hinted. So far, Samus is pretty much doing as expected. The same can be said about Ganondorf. He faced two FFX characters and handled them in good fashion. His win over Yuna was expected, he even did worse than the stats projected him to do. But we know well by now that the stats fail. His second match was far more impressive, though. He beat Auron by over 8,000 votes and that's an achievement few have the ability for.

Does Ganon have any chance here, though? Quite frankly, no. His great win over Auron means nothing now. He's up against another Nintendo character, and that's his doom. Even if his series is much better known, he's a villain. He can't compare to Link's popularity, no matter how we look at it. This match is so useless. It will prove nothing. Samus can win with 80% of the vote and still lose to Mario afterwards. I hate such matches.

Predicted percentage: Samus with 71.14%.
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Mario vs. Zero - Bracket: Mario - Vote: Mario (56/64)

I think people are overestimating Ganondorf's "susceptibility" to SFF. It's only natural that Link would obliterate him like that when he shares the same game with him. He hasn't really had the opportunity to establish an independent fanbase.
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It's basically taking a chance if you're calling if/how Ganon will get SFF'd.

This is the first time both characters have faced someone not named Link from Nintendo. We don't know if Samus is capable of getting SFF, but we assume she will. Ganon is also a mystery, and we don't even know if Link got SFF on Samus for sure.
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Mario vs. Zero - Bracket: Mario - Vote: Mario (56/64)

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VOTE: BOWSER in the Summer Contest

In the next contest, I'd like to do this too with you all. Independent Contest Analysis get a max of one post, and that's the topic creation one.

So, could I join ya next season? Or you got the boundaries set down already?
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He hatches from an egg, can fight at birth, cooes only his name, is adorable, and has specific attacks. Is Yoshi a Pokémon? Hmm...

I guess that if you know stats very well and facts right you could join.But why bother anyway?We have already 10 people here.
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Snake is going to DESTROY Sora tomorrow. I'm calling it right now.

Sora is going to get DOUBLED.

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