(1)Cloud Strife vs. Sephiroth vs (1)Squall Leonhart vs. Seifer Almasy 2011

Ulti's Analysis
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/(1)Cloud_Strife_vs_(4)Squall_Leonhart_2004

7 years made a .06% difference, although this really did help lay out how screwed Cloud and Seph were next round. Putting Cloud and Seph on one side while pairing Squall with a total fraud should have increased Cloud's percentage by a lot, but it didn't. People only really saw this poll as FF7 vs FF8, nothing extra, and Cloud/Seph needed a lot of "extra" to have any prayer of beating Link next round.