(1)Sephiroth vs (5)Big Boss vs (4)Kirby 2013

Ulti's Analysis
By the time this match actually happened, people expected Kirby to win fairly easily, especially with Big Boss in the poll potentially leeching off of Seph's fanbase. The Noble Nine was collapsing left and right, and Kirby is exactly the type of character who benefits from matches where he sticks out like a sore thumb. The picture I chose to represent this match on the wiki, which I believe was made by Blue_Target, could not do a more perfect job of capturing this match. Seph and Big Boss are sitting there trying to look all hard, and off on the right you have Kirby pop up looking all cute and fluffy. Add in Vivi > Mario, Draven > Link and Mewtwo > Sonic, and the groundwork was laid for Kirby to win this match.

Unfortunately, it only worked out that way overnight. For reasons completely unbeknownst to me, Kirby and Sephiroth basically traded trends for this one match. You'd think Seph would be great overnight and Kirby would rock the day vote, but it was the other way around. Kirby built up a 100 vote lead over 45 minutes, then Sephiroth came back and erased things. They continued this dance overnight with Kirby building a small lead and Seph destroying it, which led most people into thinking that come the morning vote, Kirby would take this match and run with it.

The morning vote came alright, but it was Sephiroth that went running with the match. He turned what had been a 5 hour tie into a steady rise, and would end up winning by 2269 votes. Things may have been really close for 5 hours, but for the other 19 there was barely any resistance at all, which really surprises me because while FF7 has a good day vote, Kirby doesn't exactly have a bad one. But that's this contest for you, making no sense whatsoever.