(1)Super Mario Bros. 3 vs (16)Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings 2015

Ulti's Analysis
We all knew when this contest began that this match would be in contention for biggest blowout of the contest, so seeing Mario 3 go godmode was to be expected. But even in one of the contest's biggest blowouts, Age of Empires 2 getting 16% wasn't all that bad. People get much more attached to games than characters, so in a games contest you won't really see things like Tanner getting 5.7% or Adventure getting 4.8%. 16% is respectable. Even Hearthstone getting 9% was okay.

Not much else to say about this match, except that this was the one and only time we got to enjoy Mario 3 winning a match in this contest. It would end up the first 1 seed to lose, which is just sad. Marios 1, 2, and 3, and Zeldas 1 and 2 hold a special place in my heart as being the games that got me into video games. Mario 3 stands head and shoulders above them all. What would eventually happen to it was just sad, though I won't pretend it didn't lose to a damn deserving title in its own right.

And no, Mario 3 would not have won a fair poll. I was THE guy pushing Mario 3 in that Pokemon match and I am THE Mario 3 fanboy. I know when I've been beat, just let it lose with dignity and move on. It was never going to win that match.