(1)Final Fantasy VI vs (8)Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 2015

Ulti's Analysis
Round 2 is usually the round where we take out the trash, especially when 1 seeds are involved. Almost every 1 seed wins in round 1, and almost always you see that 1 seed move on to beat the 8/9 winner. There are rare exceptions, but that's how seeded tournaments work. Final Fantasy 6 beating Paper Mario here was a predictable result, and was just filler en route to the hyped FF6 matches. There was a lot of debate over whether Wind Waker could beat FF6, and there was even more debate over a potential FF6/FF7 showdown. You can thank this poll for that: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/5728-all-of-the-other-final-fantasy-games-aside-which-is-better

Yes the entire poll only got 22854 votes, but FF7 has been eating hilarious upsets for years in these contests. Why couldn't FF6 take advantage?

And because this PCA has been loaded with me looking things up and providing LISTS™, why not a list of every 8/9 winner that's beaten a 1 seed 1v1? I'm also including 4/5 winners that have beaten 1 seeds when divisions are seeded 1-8.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/2108-devil-division-round-2-dante-vs-vincent-valentine http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4552-southwest-division-round-2-phoenix-wright-vs-edgeworth http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6123-best-game-ever-day-19-round-2-super-mario-bros-3-vs-pokemon http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6139-best-game-ever-day-23-round-2-grand-theft-auto-v-vs-super

That's it. 4 times. Two of those were 4/5 > 1 upsets, with the only two actual 8/9 > 1 upsets being from this very contest. Pretty neat how it's almost as rare as a 16 beating a 1 (obligatory LOL Halo), and it's a good testament to how well our brackets are usually set up. Usually!