(4)Zelda vs (6)Sonic the Hedgehog (Legends Bracket) 2018

Ulti's Analysis
Good hell, Zelda. This contest had four matches where someone in the Noble Nine lost to someone from outside the group. Pikachu > Mega Man, Zelda > Snake, Tifa > Sephiroth, and this match. I think in terms of overall impact Sephiroth's loss was the worst one, but this match here where Zelda made Sonic look like an absolute scrub was by far the biggest blowout of any of those four matches. We covered Sonic's near misses in the Sonic/Auron writeup, but it's worth noting that Sonic has some bad losses when he faces the upper tier in these contests. Samus has embarrassed him three times now. Cloud in 2003 was the match that made everyone go "uh oh, Cloud's got a real shot at this", because Sonic got his ass beat so badly that year. Link has beaten him like a drum, his games always underwhelm, and his performances in multi-way polls are just awful.

And none of that prepared anyone for just how awful Zelda made the dude look here. This wasn't some bandwagon fluke where Zelda won close. She was the stronger character in this match and this was never actually a match. In fact Sonic is lucky this wasn't a whole lot worse. Zelda easily could have had 58% had she not taken her foot off the gas, and for my money this is Sonic's worst loss of his career. Getting blown out by Link or Cloud is one thing. Getting blown out by Zelda is quite something else, and proves one important thing on top of Zelda merely being on some BotW-induced steroids.

Sonic is a Nintendo character now. And when you're a Nintendo character, bad things happen when you go up against The Legend of Zelda. Ask any of them. They've all bent the knee. The Zelda series is basically the Lannisters, or the Protheans, or Thanos, the ancient Romans. Bend the knee, or die. Those are your options.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZrDEUldGr0

And yes I'm using Sonic losses to get hyped for Marvel movies and Game of Thrones and all the other great things coming in 2019 like 4 months early. I give no fucks. Sonic even looks like the Stark sigil and Zelda might as well be Cersei. Link can be Jon Snow, Cloud can be Jamie Lannister, Sheik can be Arya, and most importantly, Samwell Tarly is Tingle. Hell you could make the entire GoT cast with Zelda characters.

Oh and did you think Zelda was finished playing the game of thrones in this contest? We've created a monster, gentlemen. This was going to get so much worse before it got better.