(1)Cloud Strife vs (13)Frog vs (19)Lugia 2013

Ulti's Analysis
A standard part of every Cloud match these days is losing the board vote, and when faced with a Pokemon he is guaranteed to lose the board vote in hilarious fashion. This time it was Lugia who stole it from him early, though Lugia fell off quickly and fell off hard. He fell off so hard that Frog was able to overcome an early 50 vote deficit, even in the face of Cloud stealing votes from him, and eventually power through to an easy second place win. One would think Lugia had a shot at second place here, but it was not to be.

In reading some topics during the match, and even after the contest, Pokemon gets less and less popular with each new generation no matter what any sales numbers will suggest. People are attached to those original 151, and any Pokemon after that will have some issues with contest strength. I wouldn't even be surprised if Lugia got more strength from being an assist trophy in Smash than he did from Pokemon.