(1)Link vs (7)Pikachu (Legends Bracket) 2018

Ulti's Analysis
We've seen Link deliver some epic SFF beatdowns over the years, notably that famous 88-12 beatdown of Ganondorf back in 2004. So when this match happened, people assumed it was just another SFF beating. Pikachu did "okay" for a little while, but it wasn't long before Link started getting updates well into the 70% range. Which is insane when you think about it, but this was a Link boosted by the power of Smash Ultimate and Breath of the Wild. No one in this contest was going to touch the dude. Not even Pikachu during the sprite round. Link was just on a whole other level this year.

As for the so-called SFF. Pokemon in general resists SFF against Nintendo very well, and I don't think Pikachu suffered from it by more than a percent or two here. Reason being if you just take the 31.59% number he got here and just add a single percentage point, it puts Pikachu right at the level of where all the other near-elite Nintendo characters are. Add 1.5% and it's probably exactly where he belongs. We'll use KP's stats as an example:

Pikachu - 33.09% Mega Man X - 32.98 Ganondorf - 32.98 Pikachu - 32.59% Luigi - 32.2 Bowser - 32.06 Kirby - 32 Sonic the Hedgehog - 31.65 Yoshi - 31.51

We have some precedent for this if you start looking from 2004 and on.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/1778-tournament-semifinal-link-vs-mega-man

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3842-hyrule-division-final-link-vs-luigi

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3826-hyrule-division-round-3-link-vs-mega-man-x

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3850-final-rounds-quarterfinal-link-vs-sonic

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3854-final-rounds-semifinal-link-vs-mario

So yeah, I don't know exactly how much SFF Pikachu ate here. Not that it matters, we're splitting hairs here anyway because there's never anything else to talk about when Link blows people out. Pikachu's Super Bowl was last round when he beat Mega Man and ended the Noble Nine. Just getting to this point and winning a match in the legends bracket like this was super clutch of him.