(7)Pikachu vs (8)Mega Man (Losers Bracket) 2018

Ulti's Analysis
I really have to sit in awe of some of the calls yoblazer makes in these things. He went on The Show and called that we would have a rematch in the loser's bracket that flips, and he said this was the most likely candidate. He even predicted the trends and the reasons. Damn bro.

I did not think Mega Man would be able to win the rematch, and the funny thing here is this match did not at all look as close as that score is. Without Europe, I'm willing to bet Mega Man pushes to a 1000 vote win or so. When this started, there was a small blip at the beginning, but then Mega Man just took off from poll opening until the overnight Europe vote kicked in. He had about a 500 vote lead at that time, and the typical "you murdered my dog" overnight vote that typically buries Mega Man simply was not there. Well I mean it was, but we've seen Mega Man do worse overnight. Pikachu only got that lead down to 250 during the assistance of the entire overnight vote, and when Mega Man won the morning match against a Pokemon this thing was over. Pikachu was able to shave off some votes during the day time, but he never once threatened to actually win this match after the first five minutes.

It's cool that Mega Man got some revenge here, but I'm not sure how much a loser's bracket match actually means in the long run. I actually said during the contest that these felt like bonus polls to me. Like who really cares that ? Block won a bonus poll once? At the time this match happened, we all assumed Zelda would just stomp through the loser's bracket anyway, and even then these matches didn't feel like they had the same meaning as the legends bracket. Basically, Pikachu's win over Mega Man meant a lot more than the getback. I would feel the same had Mega Man won first and Pikachu won the rematch. Outside of Mario vs Samus, it was hard for me to really care who won these losers bracket matches, even though double elimination was a good idea. Having a predictable overall winner will do that.