(8)Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow/Green vs (12)Sonic the Hedgehog 2 2015

Ulti's Analysis
This match was never going to be anything other than a blowout in Pokemon's favor, but the presence of the Undertale rally coinciding with tumblr's favorite game sharing the poll meant our second straight round of RBYG dominance and insane vote totals for division 3. Had Undertale kicked it into gear a little earlier, this may have ended up only the third match ever in round 3 or later where the winner broke 80%. The other two are Mario beating Donkey Kong in 2002 and Zelda beating Metroid in the series contest, with the latter still being our biggest late-round blowout. For Pokemon to be near those numbers without SFF is really impressive.

For the record, this was a 75-25 beating before Undertale took off, so it's not like Pokemon wasn't proving itself a top tier game on this site without the help. But with the help, it was over. This set up what many felt would be the true final of this contest in Pokemon vs Undertale, since it would be the first Undertale match where rallying would take place on the opponent's stronghold.

A lot of people feel like Chrono Trigger would have won this contest had rallying never happened, but I honestly believe Pokemon RBYG would have done it. The numbers it pulled off through three rounds were insane, it came as close to beating Undertale as anything else, and I really don't think CT, FF7, or Ocarina could have beaten a bandwagoned Pokemon that late. Remember, we're talking about a no-rally contest so I'm not including Melee in the examples there.

Who really would have beaten Pokemon this year without rallies? I don't think anyone would have, and Pokemon is pretty overdue to actually win one of these things. Everyone talks about PokeFEAR, but it's never even made a final. It needs a contest win to justify all these insane numbers over the years. It's proven it can beat top tier Nintendo, so it needs to take that final step.