Most Surprising Results of 2008

The Most Surprising Results of 2008, based on what percentage of GameFAQs brackets expected them to occur.

These rankings and stats are based solely on how many brackets picked a character to advance, not how many had them to advance in the correct position, because SB's failure to explain the bracket more clearly resulted in nearly 50% of pickers not realizing that order mattered. Which, of course, renders all "first place/second place" numbers entirely meaningless.

Most Surprising Results Overall
Characters who predictors site-wide gave the last chance of advancing out of this particular round (or in the case of the Final, least chance of finishing first or second).


 * 1) Mewtwo (R3) - 03.60% vs Cloud, Squall, Sora
 * 2) Kirby (R4) - 06.38% vs Sephiroth, Sonic, Dante
 * 3) Crono (R5) - 09.44% vs Link, Mario, Samus
 * 4) Snake (R6) - 10.14% vs Link, Cloud, Crono
 * 5) Zack Fair (R3) - 13.36% vs Link, Duke, Altair
 * 6) Mega Man X (R3) - 16.90% vs Mario, Liquid, Luigi
 * 7) Cube (R3) - 21.14% vs Snake, Mega Man, Zero
 * 8) Mewtwo (R2) - 22.44% vs Cloud, Midna, Pac-Man
 * 9) Snake (R5) - 23.37% vs Cloud, Kirby, Sephiroth
 * 10) Kirby (R3) - 23.58% vs Dante, Master Chief, Leon
 * 11) Crono (R4) - 23.61% vs Samus, Vincent, Pikachu
 * 12) Pikachu (R3) - 25.27% vs Crono, L-Block, Alucard
 * 13) Zero (R2) - 27.05% vs Snake, Vivi, Ryu Hayabusa
 * 14) Cube (R2) - 28.37% vs Mega Man, Tidus, Nero
 * 15) Duke Nukem (R2) - 29.07% vs Altair, Marth, Lucario
 * 16) Zack Fair (R2) - 29.59% vs Link, Zidane, Wario
 * 17) Gordon Freeman (R2) - 32.69% vs Vincent, Scorpion, Falco
 * 18) Sandbag (R1) - 33.03% vs Sonic, Magus, Shepard
 * 19) Vincent (R3) - 34.44% vs Samus, Gordon Freeman, Ganondorf
 * 20) Hogger (R1) - 35.55% vs Dante, Ramza, Laharl
 * 21) Altair (R2) - 36.24% vs Duke, Marth, Lucario
 * 22) Alucard (R2) - 37.39% vs Pikachu, Arthas, Falcon
 * 23) Arthas Menthil (R1) - 37.86% vs Pikachu, Ike, Spy
 * 24) Cube (R1) - 38.04% vs Tidus, Donkey Kong, Tails
 * 25) Dante (R3) - 38.15% vs Kirby, Master Chief, Leon

Most Surprising of Round One
Characters who predictors site-wide gave the least chance of advancing to Round Two.


 * 1) Sandbag - 33.03% vs Sonic, Magus, Shepard
 * 2) Hogger - 35.55% vs Dante, Ramza, Laharl
 * 3) Arthas Menthil - 37.86% vs Pikachu, Ike, Spy
 * 4) Cube - 38.04% vs Tidus, Donkey Kong, Tails
 * 5) Zidane Tribal - 38.26% vs Link, Shadow, Luke
 * 6) Nero - 39.01% vs Mega Man, Banjo, Olimar
 * 7) Jill Valentine - 44.98% vs Kratos, Ocelot, Heavy
 * 8) Ammaterasu - 45.83% vs Crono, Frank West, Kaim
 * 9) Marth - 48.92% vs Duke, Niko, Kefka
 * 10) Vivi - 49.67% vs Snake, Wesker, Sackboy