(6)Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty vs (2)Resident Evil 4 2015

Ulti's Analysis
Given how bad the Metal Gear Solid series looked this contest, this was a horrible result for Resident Evil 4. Mario RPG was not only tearing it up in the top half of this division, but Resident Evil 4 was looking rather weak in the bottom half. Even the match itself was rather benign, as it stayed in the 55-45 range pretty much all day. This match itself was never going to be in doubt as RE4 was always going to win comfortably, but the law of unintended consequences often comes into play in these contests.

Take your pick of the more impressive contest path through three rounds:

-54.43% on Oblivion, 57.2% on Grand Theft Auto 5, 60.74% on Chrono Cross -58.87% on Paper Mario, 58.11% on New Vegas, 54.44% on Metal Gear Solid 2

It doesn't take much to figure out that the top option is more impressive, and when you take the 2009 stats into account it's even worse for RE4. It was expected to get 59% in this match. MGS was much weaker this year, and RE4 only got 54.44%. It became very obvious very quickly that Mario RPG was going to win this division, though for whatever reason most people stayed in denial.

No, really, most people in the oracle still picked Resident Evil 4 in that match. "Whoops."