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also I could've told you he would be listed as "Toad" on the match pic because it lists him as "Toad" in my bracket after I picked him to win

I did consider mentioning this in my writeup as a possible factor that could help him but I guess I forgot

oh and along those lines

BK_Sheikah00 posted...

I don't know if it has been pointed out but during the bracket-making period, the Persona 5 protagonist was just referenced as Ren if you picked him in later rounds. I checked the jsfiddles for the guru contest to make sure. Indeed he only appears as Ren in later rounds.

However if you look at your bracket now, it now says Joker in Round 2. So there's a chance that the name that will appear underneath the match pic will be Joker. Since that is what's currently going on with Captain Toad.

JOKER CONFIRMED BABY

SBAllen actually listened to us.

Tag

Was out of town and missed two days of contest. Guess I missed a close match!

LeonhartFour posted...

oh and along those lines

BK_Sheikah00 posted...

I don't know if it has been pointed out but during the bracket-making period, the Persona 5 protagonist was just referenced as Ren if you picked him in later rounds. I checked the jsfiddles for the guru contest to make sure. Indeed he only appears as Ren in later rounds.

However if you look at your bracket now, it now says Joker in Round 2. So there's a chance that the name that will appear underneath the match pic will be Joker. Since that is what's currently going on with Captain Toad.

JOKER CONFIRMED BABY

SBAllen actually listened to us.

Huh see also Lara Croft -> Lara, and more importantly Victor Sullivan -> Sully

Arghhhhh I forgot to finish up my write up for Bayo vs Riku and I'm working, I can get it done like an hour before the match starts lol, just a forewarning

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7270

Squall does alright against kid with hat.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7271

Garrus squeaks by Ramza in the closest match yet.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7272

The Boss doesn't do too great against Metal Sonic.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7273

Zelda destroys Ezio, who used to be decent.

Crew Predictions: 33/36

Next Round Thoughts: Squall and Zelda were always the heavy favorites to go to R3, and these R1 results did nothing to change that.

Crew Prediction Challenge:

transience: 36
Moltar: 32
Leonhart: 31
Kleenex: 31
Guest: 29

Crew Accuracy Challenge: Hbthebattle gets the point for Squall, Kleenex gets the point for Garrus, Kleenex gets the point for The Boss, and Kleenex gets the point for Zelda.

Guest: 11 (BetrayedTangy, SuperNiceDog (2), pjbasis, garetha200 (2), ZenOfThunder, Ranticoot, Hbthebattle (2), NowItsAngeTime)
transience: 10
Kleenex: 7
Moltar: 6
Leonhart: 4

the accuracy comeback begins now

Round 1 – Geralt vs. Rosalina

Moltar’s Analysis

more newcomers woo

In most cases, we know how a Nintendo vs. non-Nintendo newcomer goes. This isn’t quite that though. This is more like F-tier Nintendo character vs. character from one of the most popular western games on GameFAQs.

Witcher III has always performed well on this website. It won GotY and had a strong performance against MGS2 a few years ago. Games =/= characters, but that at least proves that Geralt isn’t some unknown nobody on the site.

Rosalina, while she is a Nintendo character, is not an iconic one, and someone that Nintendo fans are pretty apathetic about. She’ll get votes for being Nintendo, but she’s way down on the totem pole. Weaker than Peach, weaker than Ridley, and we already saw both of them lose to non-mainstream opponents.

Moltar’s Bracket: Geralt

Moltar’s Prediction: Geralt – 63%

transience’s Analysis

Geralt should be good.... right? Not 1 seed good, but at least decent. Witcher 3 might be the biggest game on this site from 2011 (Skyrim) to 2017 (Breath of the Wild). I haven't really thought about that bold-ish statement but it seems right to me after 15 seconds of consideration. Geralt's pretty legit as a protagonist, maybe as high as something like Shepard.

But of course, there's only so good you can be here if you're a character created after 2010. Rosalina is a brilliant character to put against him as a 16. Rosalina's low tier Nintendo, but she's recognizable enough and I could see your average person who doesn't go near a modern game totally voting for her. If this were someone old, like Peach, then I think we'd have a longer conversation here.

Geralt should win, and he has the chance to go kinda deep in this tournament, but there is a world where he loses to Rosalina because everyone shrugs at a modern character and chooses the Nintendo thing.

transience's prediction: Geralt with 58.99%

Leonhart’s Analysis

It’s the match everyone’s been waiting for…for some reason. The upset hype for this match is dead after Alucard/Peach, right? Well, I guess it’s possible that Geralt is just really weak, but I’ve found this Rosalina hype to be strange from the start. I just don’t get it at all. She’s going to be a lesser version of Peach because she’s not iconic, and she’s not a part of the most popular Mario games. The Galaxy games have always been a couple tiers below the other mainline Mario games. Being playable in Mario Kart and Smash Bros. doesn’t help her that much because Peach is in all those, too. Rosalina just has no real reason to be stronger than her (I don’t want to hear about Rosalina having hardcore fans or whatever), and I think she’d have to be in order to win here.

Now I’m not sure how strong Geralt can really be. I think his ceiling is Commander Shepard, but I doubt he reaches it. I just don’t think he needs to be that strong to win here because Rosalina is going to be whatever.

Leonhart’s Vote: Rosalina

Leonhart’s Prediction: Geralt with 60.50%

Kleenex’s Analysis

Why do people like Rosalina! I will never understand this! Is it because of porn? I’m going to assume that’s the reason.

Geralt is an interest test to see just how strong a Western character can truly be on this site. He has everything going for him - a well-received RPG, a sword, white hair - all the ingredients you need for success! I don’t know what Geralt’s actual rally potential is. I know I’ve seen some people talk about that in the lead-up to the contest, but I’m not sure how much CDPR or the fanbase would care.

Geralt could also just be a big flop like most other western characters. I hope he’s at least good enough to beat freaking Rosalina though, because jesus.

Kleenex’s Prediction: Geralt with 61%

Guest’s Analysis - WitcherGeralt

People are definitely going to think this is a biased writeup, but I promise it's not! The two Super Mario Galaxy games are both firmly entrenched in my top 20 games of all time, so I'm not blinded by my support of Geralt.

This match definitely gave me some pause when the bracket was first released and my first gut instinct was to take Rosalina, as she is a Mario character. However, after doing some research into Peach's performances in these contests, I quickly switched to Geralt with confidence. Peach is presumably Rosalina's ceiling and it's likely she doesn't reach that high. The problem is that Peach has been pretty pathetically weak in these contests other than a very narrow win over Jill Valentine that looks crazy in retrospect. Peach has lost comfortably to the likes of Gordon Freeman and now Alucard, who seem like decent comps for Geralt's potential strength, particularly Alucard.

I've seen a lot of people comparing Geralt to Dragonborn, which I don't think will be the case. Dragonborn is an avatar, a character you create and never see due to Skyrim's first person perspective. He also has no personality to speak of, something Geralt has in spades ("Lambert, Lambert, what a prick.") I think his strength lies closer to someone like Commander Shepard, except he has the potential to be even stronger as an established character. While the default Shepard is certainly recognizable, a lot of people customize him and even choose to play as FemShep. Geralt is a recognizable who has been established through several novels and games worth of lore. Couple his base strength with his very recent appearance as a playable character in Soul Calibur VI and the hype surrounding the upcoming Witcher Netflix series, and I think he wins comfortably.

My vote: Geralt of Rivia
My prediction: Geralt with 59.23% of the votes

Crew Consensus: Rosalina gets sent to another galaxy

I'm pretty high on Geralt and have the low pick. damn you nintendo

I actually wanted to go a little higher but thought I was being biased lol

Round 1 – Ryu Hayabusa vs. Simon Belmont

Moltar’s Analysis

This match is Hayabusa’s to lose. He’s always looked stronger than Belmont, no question. I mean, in 2013, Ryu lost to Kefka respectably and Simon lost to Gordon not as respectably. I know character strength has changed since then, but that definitely doesn’t look good for Simon > Ryu H.

The x-factor here is Smash Ultimate. Simon was recently announced for it, so he’s got some buzz around him now. We know characters boost from Smash hype, but will it be enough for him to beat Ryu H.?

I think it’s unlikely as the gap between them is just too large.

Moltar’s Bracket: Ryu H.

Moltar’s Prediction: Ryu H. - 58%

transience’s Analysis

I don't feel great about Hayabusa. I actually think his NES games might be more noteworthy than his Xbox stuff at this point. That casual audience has left the site. He's a notable, low-tier video game icon, but he's not great.

But he's better than Simon. Simon would probably lose to NES Hayabusa alone. There's a complicating factor though.. that Smash reveal. I don't think that reveal is all that great but that might be enough to make this one interesting anyway. I won't be totally blown away if Simon does something here out of apathy.. but tough to bet on it.

transience's prediction: Ryu Hayabusa with 55.44%

Leonhart’s Analysis

This match felt pretty obvious to me at first, but as time has passed, now I’m not so sure. Hayabusa has always been decently strong in these things, if not inconsistent. Simon Belmont has been middling fodder when he’s shown up, so there’s been a decent-sized strength gap between the two of them in years past. I didn’t really buy Smash mattering that much for him, except for one thing. I think the design he’s got for Smash is better than the emo redhead match pics he’s always had up to this point. Of course, Simon can’t win on aesthetics alone because he’s facing a ninja, but it might help him be competitive. I still like Hayabusa here, but I’m not as confident in him as I initially was. I’m still skeptical Smash alone will elevate Simon up that high, but Hayabusa could have fallen off since the last time we saw him because Ninja Gaiden hasn’t been a big deal for several years now.

Leonhart’s Vote: Ryu Hayabusa

Leonhart’s Prediction: Ryu Hayabusa with 56.21%

Kleenex’s Analysis

This Ryu’s never been all that great. He has a few decent results to his name, and that’s it. But that has to be better than Simon. Unless the Smash Boost literally boosts him through the roof, he’s never been even close to being in the same league as Ryu.

Kleenex’s Prediction: Ryu with 64%

Crew Consensus: Ryu silences Simon

The Mana Sword posted...

the accuracy comeback begins now

I've got a ways to go but I think I can get there

Round 1 – Ryu Hayabusa vs. Simon Belmont

BT's Analysis

An interesting match on paper, which depends entirely on where you think Simon Belmont sits after the announcement that he is being added to the next Smash game.

Looking at states from the last 2 contests, Ryu is comfortably ahead of Simon, with 55% based on 2010, and 62% based on 2013. The few people that took Simon here claim 'Smash hype' as the reason, but I really have to question how much of an effect it will have. The game hasn't been released yet, and people care way less about Smash 5 than they did about Brawl.

This should be another boring result, but there's a very real possibility that the winner of this match gets to the 4th round.

BT's Pick: Ryu Hayabusa with 60.55%
BT's Bracket: Ryu Hayabusa
BT's Vote: Ryu Hayabusa

Round 1 – Sans vs. Pac-Man

Moltar’s Analysis

I think Allen has figured out what makes a debatable Pac-Man match. We know he’s going to get rocked by anything with a bigger fanbase than him, but against more niche properties, he can get it done.

Enter Undertale.

Undertale is pretty notorious on GameFAQs, some love it and some hate it. Thanks to the 2015 contest, I believe most voters are aware of it, so the question is if people like it (and Sans) enough to beat someone as iconic as Pac-Man.

After seeing Spyro and Crash, I’m starting to think that Pac-Man can get it done here. People have to vote in every match, so apathy votes are going to go to Pac-Man. Rallies haven’t played a role here, so Undertale isn’t going to re-ignite the spark from three years ago. Undertale, like I said earlier, is also very divisive on the site, so anti-votes could also play a factor here which also helps Pac-Man. Sans might have the strength to win, but I think it has too many things going against it on GameFAQs.

Moltar’s Bracket: Sans

Moltar’s Prediction: Pac-Man – 56%

transience’s Analysis

Man, this section of the bracket is really good. Sans gets the Pac-Man test! Except, Pac-Man actually has more life to him than usual, because, again, Smash. I hate even talking about it anymore.

I'm not especially worried about a Sans rally. We're well past that point in the game's lifecycle. This might be our last major chance for a rally? Obviously pokemon and smash bros and other stuff can get rallied, but I mean that invasion level event that causes the whole site to crumble.

I do believe in Sans, though, as a legitimate gamefaqs character. Undertale's legit. People like that dude. This site is well-versed in Undertale, and not just because of the contest match. That game is big. One of the biggest we've had in recent years. I wouldn't be surprised if he's, like, around Geralt's strength. That may not be that great, but it wouldn't surprise me at all.

I guess the question here is if people anti-vote Sans because of his association with Undertale? I guess signs point to yes here because of the rally fear. Pac-Man's the smart choice here... but I'm going with Sans.

transience's prediction: Sans with 53.35%

Leonhart’s Analysis

I’ll avoid using any Undertale clichés here because I’m sure everyone else will have it covered. I just know a lot of people are afraid of a repeat of 2015, but jokes rarely strike twice. Now I think Sans might actually be strong enough to win this on his inherent strength. Undertale’s going to be much stronger now than its pre-rally strength against ME3 now, partly because of its championship run and partly because it’s become a lot more mainstream in the past few years. I don’t quite think Sans passes the Pac-Man Test though, especially with the Pac-Man Apathy Factor in full swing this year. I won’t be surprised if he wins, but I’ll stick with Pac-Man here.

Leonhart’s Vote: Pac-Man

Leonhart’s Prediction: Pac-Man with 54.75%

Kleenex’s Analysis

Time to reopen old wounds from three years ago. Here some Sans to mess up your day. Sans is another rally character that people have kept an eye on during bracket making. Will he repeat what we saw three years ago? Do Undertale fans still care? Undertale is on the Switch now, after all!!

Lightning has never struck twice on the same character/franchise in these contests (in regards to large-scale rallies, anyway), and I don’t expect that to happen here. I think people have moved on and Sans isn’t going to be a threat to run rampant all over the bracket. I also don’t think he needs a rally to beat Pac-Man. Pac-Man is the ultimate “I don’t give a shit about the other character” vote. Some people at least still care about Undertale.

Kleenex’s Prediction: Sans with 57%

Guest’s Analysis - spooky96

As a guest I really shouldn't have picked this match because there's no way I'm getting this result right, and even if I do, predicting what percentages will be here seems next to impossible. Pac-man could end up with 45-70ish and I really can't say 'Wow I'm surprised!'. Undertale may very well be one of the most relevant indie game ever made simply because of what happened on GameFAQs back in 2015. I don't think people care about Undertale anymore and further analyzing this match doesn't really seem to get you anywhere, I'd say fuck it and just have Pac-man in the high 50s.

Prediction - Pac-man with 58%????????????????

Crew Consensus: In a 3-2 split, Pac-Man is the slight Crew favorite.

https://imgur.com/H0ZsLQF

Who's ready???

The subreddit barely has anyone on it anymore by the way

Wasn't Undertale's rally driven more by Twitter anyway? B8 massively overrates Reddit as a potential rally source.

Why

I thought it was tumblr

but I mean these things aren't exactly insular

Yeah Undertale was 95% tumblr. I think whether something on tumblr gains traction is even more of a crapshoot than with reddit though.

Yeah I don't really expect it to catch fire again either

the rally kind of took on the mindset of "make these people mad" and that would be a harder sell as it goes against Undertale as a concept

Figured Pac-Man's Smash appearance seals the deal.

Isn't there a playrate poll for Undertale here?

But Tumblr has a forum or somethin?

Interlude while the people wait for the pros to weigh in on Bayo and Riku

Lopen's Unofficial Analysisx4

Geralt v Rosalina

I believe in Geralt to not be garbage, and Fox and Captain Toad seeming kinda weak has at least convinced me that not all Nintendo will do well just for being Nintendo. Rosalina's probably a bit weaker than Peach, and Geralt is probably a bit weaker than Alucard. Thusly in the range of Peach-Alucard is what I'm expecting.

Geralt with 55.38%

Ryu Hayabusa v Simon Belmont

Hayabusa should thrash Belmont normally. Hayabusa even has some presence in Belmont's old school base. This is match will basically be directly measuring Smash hype, and what it's worth. I'm thinking for a guy like Simon, not a ton.

Ryu Hayabusa with 58.81%

Sans v Pac-Man

Sans will be anti-voted after last games contest, and weaker than unrallied Undertale on his own. Pac-Man likes these things. If this were run on Halloween I would have given Sans a chance just for being in season, but yeah Pac should have him easily unless Undertale fans care to rally, which I don't believe they will. One victory I'd imagine should be enough for them, and the game isn't getting any younger or more relevant either.

Pac-Man with 60.65%

Bayonetta v Riku

Riku's the kind of guy I expect to get weaker and weaker, and I don't think he's going to be particularly helped by KH3 hype. Sora's still "oh, hey, Kingdom Hearts, I liked that!" But Riku is like... who could be passionate about Riku, you know? Your mind isn't going to instantly jump to Riku when you hear the announcement of KH3. Riku's like 15th place behind Sora and a bunch of Disney stuff. Effects should be negligible. Bayonetta on the other hand has nowhere to go but up, and off Smash should have enough to get by him I think.

Bayonetta with 52.10%

Janus5k posted...

Yeah I don't really expect it to catch fire again either

the rally kind of took on the mindset of "make these people mad" and that would be a harder sell as it goes against Undertale as a concept

Agreed. There's just not enough behind these rallies. Though it often doesn't take much to beat Pac-Man.

In the "make these people mad", I think Draven would be more likely to get that. I don't think he'll be able to muster up a big enough rally to beat Amaterasu...but thanks to the "have to vote in all four" mechanic, it would be interesting if they tried! After all, I doubt these trolls will actually check B8 before voting, and I'd assume that if they're trying to make us "mad", they'll go against the more iconic character every time. Except...Metal Man is in the bracket precisely because of us. Am I crazy for thinking that an attempt to rally Draven could have the side effect of letting Metal Man upset Lara? Or am I not giving the trolls enough credit, and they know us well enough to vote the 3D character over the 2D character?

... Yeah, I'm probably just being crazy for thinking that Metal Man could benefit. I don't even like the Mega Man series, so I'm fine with Lara winning. I just think it would be hilarious if the trolls failed at their goal and engineered an upset that we'd actually be happy about in the process.

tonight’s eightpack is pretty interesting. I could buy arguments for Geralt, Hayabusa, Sans or Bayonetta to win the pack and i’m not really sure what the consensus is.

transcience posted...

tonight’s eightpack is pretty interesting. I could buy arguments for Geralt, Hayabusa, Sans or Bayonetta to win the pack and i’m not really sure what the consensus is.

Guru breakdown has Geralt as a pretty big favorite, with the other four having about the same amount of brackets each.

I think if Geralt is even close to achieving his peak strength, he wins easy. Hayabusa would've been the favorite years ago but I don't trust him in 2018.

I don't trust any of these guys in 2018, which is what makes it an interesting eightpack.

All four of tonight's matches have Smash characters in them. Three are third party.

Yeah but I think there's limits on what some of these characters can do. Sans and Bayonetta aren't winning this unless their opponents really screw up. Their ceiling is lower.

I really think a lot of people are overrating Hayabusa here (especially those who picked him to win three matches). I picked Simon comfortably here with the questionable match being against Geralt in R2.

KamikazePotato posted...

Yeah but I think there's limits on what some of these characters can do. Sans and Bayonetta aren't winning this unless their opponents really screw up. Their ceiling is lower.

Right, but you've got multiple characters in a division who can either lose round 1 or win three matches. That's gotta be pretty rare in contest history!

paulg235 posted...

I really think a lot of people are overrating Hayabusa here (especially those who picked him to win three matches). I picked Simon comfortably here with the questionable match being against Geralt in R2.

I mean maybe

I didn't take Hayabusa with any amount of confidence but I couldn't find an overwhelming reason to pick any of these other guys to beat him

I don't think it takes much 'screwing up' for Geralt or Hayabusa to bomb. the thing about this pack is that no one is really a true gamefaqs kind of character. if you had, say, a Captain Falcon or a Terra here, you could at least argue that there's a true base behind them. these guys are new and on odd platforms.

LeonhartFour posted...

I don't trust any of these guys in 2018, which is what makes it an interesting eightpack.

Except Pac-Man

I'd trust Pac-Man in 3018

alright I sent mine, sorry for the delay

Round 1 – Bayonetta vs. Riku

Moltar’s Analysis

I know I haven’t said it yet but this division on paper seems crazy. So many characters could potentially make it out of here. The top half is especially nuts, as both of these characters are essentially looking at a good shot at Round 3 or 4.

Bayonetta was fodder the last time we saw her five years ago. Since then though, she’s been adopted into the Nintendo family. The Bayonetta games are on Nintendo consoles, and she’s in Smash. She definitely has good reason to be a fair bit stronger than in 2013.

Riku has looked bad in recent years. He’s lost in nearly every close match he’s had, and in 2013 he got rocked by Charizard easily. It is very possible that if the Nintendo fanbase gets behind Bayonetta, even she’s going to be strong enough to beat Riku now, reminiscent of Falcon surprise win over Riku eight years ago.

The one thing Riku has going for him in Kingdom Hearts 3 hype, but who knows if that’s even a thing since Sora didn’t overperform in his match, and he would be the key (lol) beneficiary from hype boost. I’ll stick with him here, but part of me thinks this is going to be Riku/Falcon all over again.

Moltar’s Bracket: Riku

Moltar’s Prediction: Riku – 52%

transience’s Analysis

I'll take any chance I can get to pick against Riku. He had a great 2006 on the heels of KH2 but it's been 12 years since he mattered. I don't think KH3 coming really means a whole lot for him either. Sora didn't look that special either.

Bayonetta's a good reason to pick against him. She's really grown since the last contest, not just the sequels, but also, again, Smash. This is a terrible eightpack for the sheer amount of Smash newcomers since the last contest. Bayonetta's also become kind of a Nintendo second party character by necessity which probably helps her on this website. She's newer than most good characters, but I wouldn't be surprised to see her win this eightpack regardless.

transience's prediction: Bayonetta with 56.44%

Leonhart’s Analysis

I’ve hinted at this already during the Crew topics, but I have a pretty low opinion of Riku’s contest strength. He hasn’t put up a good performance since 2006 fresh off of KH2, and to date, his only first place finish is over Ramza in 2010 (which isn’t that big of an accomplishment, as you should know by now). I think Riku has been hurt more than anyone by the large gap between KH2 and KH3 because he’s pretty marginalized in most of the spinoff games except for Dream Drop Distance, and I don’t think that alone helps him that much. He hasn’t been featured that prominently in the KH3 trailers either. He’s just been kind of out of sight, out of mind for a lot of people.

Now I’ve seen people talk about how being included in Smash will actually hurt Bayonetta just because the competitive scene hates her, but I don’t really buy that. If the competitive scene mattered that much, someone like Marth would be a lot stronger. I think just having more exposure over the last several years (and on Nintendo platforms, to boot) will give Bayonetta the boost she needs to get past Riku here.

Leonhart’s Vote: Riku

Leonhart’s Prediction: Bayonetta with 53.35%

Kleenex’s Analysis

Outside of 2006, Riku has always been a huge flop. I think he’s still strong enough to beat Bayonetta though. Even though she has the Smash Boost, Smash fans hate her! Or at least that’s what I’m led to believe. She’s only been in one contest before, where she managed to win a match against a 6th string human Pokemon character, and literal Wander. I don’t have much faith in that, even with the impending release of Bayonetta 3 - especially when Riku has his own ‘3’ coming soon as well. He’ll still look bad, but I think he wins.

Kleenex’s Prediction: Riku with 55%

Guest’s Analysis - Bane_Of_Despair

ahhhhhh contest season. What a clusterfuck yet extraordinary time. Today we'll be looking at my boy Riku going up against the sexy time witch Bayonetta. I wavered on this match for a little bit, Kingdom Hearts as a franchise for contests is very weird. Especially at a time like now, with Kingdom Hearts 3 ACTUALLY coming out next year., you'd think it has a bit of extra oomph to it. But then I think back to Roxas....poor Roxas. Now Riku is a mainstay since the original KH, best buddies with Sora and Kairi (although it's really Sora and Riku that have that TRUE connection based on how they act with one another in the various games), so he certainly has more power than Roxas. Sora already had his match this contest and using that as a preview of KH characters in this, Sora did....fine I guess? 69% against Ryo from Shenmue, could have been better but it could have been worse. Is Bayonetta a stronger opponent than someone like Ryo? I'd say there's a good shot of that. She definitely has the looks going in her favor, and Bayonetta as a series is quite acclaimed. Modern games haven't been doing too hot (do they ever really on GameFAQs), so that might impact things a bit. But Kingdom Hearts isn't a 90s classic, so we'll see. Bayonetta's only other appearance so far, back in 2013, had her get out of round 1 against N the pokemon trainer and Wander from Shadow of the Colossus. She then succumbed to Snake and Alucard.

To wrap things up, Riku is a fairly solid participant in these. Bayonetta doesn't seem dreadful but she hasn't really done enough to show me that she'll beat Riku. If it ends up that way would I be completely shocked? Not really, but I'm still holding on to Riku.

Riku with 56.34%

Crew Consensus: Yet another split! Crew favors Riku 3-2.

Bayonetta must win! I have her going places...

crap. Leon and I had Aloy

I was thinking this had to be the weakest eightpack since Scorpion's 2002 but I had forgotten the one in 2008 with such winners as Kefka, Duke Nukem, Marth, Niko, Altair, Guybrush, Isaac, and Lucario.

paulg235 posted...

I really think a lot of people are overrating Hayabusa here (especially those who picked him to win three matches). I picked Simon comfortably here with the questionable match being against Geralt in R2.

Simon and Ryu >>> Geralt

Or did you miss all of the other really new characters that have completely shit the bed?

yea I may have put a little too much faith in Riku

I guess we'll find out

I'm not even a little bit surprised by these early results. Pac-Man hahaha

I hope Pac-Man wins the 8 pack that would be the best

Pac-Man winning the 8 pack would be the exclamation mark on an awful 8 pack

Pac-Man winning the eight-pack would be awesome.