(1)The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time vs (8)Suikoden II 2015

Ulti's Analysis
A few writeups ago, I said not all doublings are created equal. Well not triplings are created equal either. I feel like this poll is very relevant, even if there was SFF involved: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/1617-division-32-64-round-1-final-fantasy-vii-vs-suikoden-ii

I usually don't link to the Oracle since finding specific matches on that site is a pain in the ass, but for this match the Oracle is definitely worth directly linking you all to: http://oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k15&type=match&match=81

Just about everyone expected Zelda to get well within the 80% range here, and for good reason. Suikoden 2 is complete fodder in these contests, and Ocarina was the overwhelming favorite to win this contest. So when Zelda went out there and only had 75% at the beginning, everyone was completely stunned. Link and Ocarina of Time have been a dominant force in these contests for more than a decade, and I have to equate Link's empire to the New England Patriots. The Patriots are dominant, if not devious as hell, and have won 4 titles.

They could easily have more. If not for ridiculous catches by Mario Manningham and David Tyree (as well as a dumb drop by Asante Samuel), the Pats have 6 rings and an undefeated season right now. You could even make the case they should have more rings than even that, if not for some very weird upsets in the AFC playoffs over the years.

The point here is that when you beat the Patriots, you barely beat them. It feels like it takes divine intervention to do it. Same for Link or Ocarina of Time in these contests. When you beat the Zelda empire, you barely do it. I'll get into this more when discussing the final, but you get the idea. So when Ocarina of Time went out there and gave us this awful performance, it was an eye-opener. Zelda had shown no weakness whatsoever in this contest until this very match, but then Sukoden 2 went out there and showed us that voters were very much anti-voting Ocarina. This began a very surreal trend of the Zelda series showing it was very "off" this contest, which was odd because until this match it was absolutely dominant.

The voters made their allegiances clear. People are beyond sick of Zelda winning all the time.