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Round TwoPoll6135
Thursday, November 26, 2015

Ulti's Analysis[]

Poll 6135
Division Division 6
Match # 85
Match Date Thursday, November 26, 2015
Oracle
Expectations
Zelda: A Link to the Past - 66.60%
88 for - 0 against
GameFAQs
Prediction
Zelda: A Link to the Past - 79.95%

One day after Ocarina went out and shit the bed against Suikoden 2, Link to the Past went out there and showed us that it wasn't just Ocarina having problems. It's not that Link to the Past had a bad match or anything, since this fell within the 2009 stats rather easily (or at least, as well as the 2009 stats could have looked given that dumb final). It's more that when you get nearly 90% in round 1, one expects a follow-up performance worthy of a champion.

Failing to double Final Fantasy 4 is hardly a championship performance. Yes we all knew LTTP was destined to get SFFd into the ground by Ocarina later, but the second half of the Zelda titans should have done better than this. It's not like FF4 being released 283 times boosted the game, since we've seen releases not help other Final Fantasy games much. There was serious Zelda fatigue in this contest, and the five round 2 performances from the games ranging from "just alright" to "clearly getting anti-voted" was not a good sign for later. Our voters are wise to the LAW meme and were clearly voting accordingly.

By the way, shout-out to Allen for FF4 being his favorite game ever and resisting the temptation to give it a ridiculously easy draw. Everyone on Board 8 that's ever run contests can attest to how hard that actually is to do, and all we do is run random bullshit board projects. Resisting the urge for a site-wide contest must be hard.

Ctes' Analysis[]

Here we have the actual Best Game Ever according to SBAllen getting a really predictable path. Considering it is the Year of SNES, it is a shame that it doesn't get to show itself elsewhere in the bracket before biting the dust and running into something completely out of its league. Nearly a doubling here is really insane. A Link to the Past definitely is a contender for the second strongest game behind Ocarina of Time, but it's also the one elite game we were never gonna find out about this contest due to its path leading directly to Ocarina of Time. In the end Undertale made us learn very little though. The few people that actually believed Majora would win the division were looking pretty bad with their picks, that's for sure.

Obviously, this match also says practically nothing about the following matches and it sadly makes it difficult to determine where Final Fantasy IV falls in line with the other seven Final Fantasy games in the contest. It's definitely above XIII and probably about Tactics too, since that got a lower percentage on Super Mario 64. I believe Link to the Past would beat game. It's very likely to be below the four games that made it to round 3, but it honestly seems pretty close to Final Fantasy VIII, of course, depending on the strength difference between Link to the Past and Super Mario World too. It'd love to get some reads on this eventually. Every contest some games gotta bite the dust and meet a strong force early, but hopefully next time that wont be Final Fantasy IV again, so we can see it show itself on a SNES favoring site, assuming that remains true

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2015 Contest Matches

Round One
CT > R&C:UYA
DQVIII > P3
MMX > Batman:AC
FFX > HL1
Melee > Portal
Pokemon GSC > TWEWY
KHII > MGS4
TLoU > Halo 3
FFVI > ACII
TTYD > ToS
KotOR > Xenogears
Zelda:WW > Pokemon X/Y
Smash Wii U > Planescape
ME > SMG2
Halo > Minecraft
FFVII > Journey
SMB3 > AoE2
Pokemon RBY > Tetris
Sonic 2 > Portal 2
Uncharted 2 > Walking Dead
Fallout 3 > Life is Strange
Undertale > ME3
FFVIII > GTA:VC
SMW > AC:NL
Skyrim > PW:AA
GE007 > Diablo II
Metroid Prime > Morrowind
HL2 > Demon's Souls
Mario 64 > MK8
FFT > RE2
Zelda:TP > SoA
Persona 4 > 999

Zelda:OoT > Hearthstone
Suikoden II > MH4U
Okami > Warcraft III
FFIX > KH1
DKC2 > Xenoblade
FE:A > Mario Maker
BK > Baldur's Gate II
SotN > PW:T&T
Zelda:LttP > Cave Story
FFIV > Deus Ex
MGSV > Perfect Dark
Dark Souls > Civ V
Super Metroid > CoD4
Mario Galaxy > DA:O
FFXII > Bloodborne
Zelda:MM > Valkyria
GTAV > Shenmue
SMRPG > Oblivion
GTA:SA > Shovel Knight
CC > WoW
Witcher 3 > Isaac: Rebirth
MGS2 > RE
Fallout:NV > BioShock Inf
RE4 > Paper Mario
MGS > Splatoon
EB > Borderlands 2
SotC > TF2
RDR > Bayonetta 2
MGS3 > Mother 3
BioShock > SH2
Starcraft > Destiny
ME2 > VLR

Round Two
CT > DQVIII
FFX > MMX
Melee > Pokemon GSC
KHII > TLoU
FFVI > TTYD
Zelda:WW > KotOR
Smash Wii U > ME
FFVII > Halo
Pokemon RBY > SMB3
Sonic 2 > Uncharted 2
Undertale > Fallout 3
SMW > FFVIII
Skyrim > GE007
Metroid Prime > HL2
Mario 64 > FFT
Zelda:TP > Persona 4
Zelda:OoT > Suikoden II
FFIX > Okami
DKC2 > FE:A
SotN > BK
Zelda:LttP > FFIV
Dark Souls > MGSV
Super Metroid > SMG
Zelda:MM > FFXII
SMRPG > GTAV
CC > GTA:SA
MGS2 > Witcher 3
RE4 > Fallout:NV
MGS > EB
SotC > RDR
MGS3 > Bioshock
ME2 > Starcraft

R3 and following
CT > FFX
Melee > KHII
FFVI > Zelda:WW
FFVII > Smash Wii U
Pokemon RBY > Sonic 2
Undertale > SMW
Skyrim > Metroid Prime
Mario 64 > Zelda:TP
Zelda:OoT > FFIX
SotN > DKC2
Zelda:LttP > Dark Souls
Zelda:MM > Super Metroid
SMRPG > CC
RE4 > MGS2
MGS > SotC
MGS3 > ME2
Melee > CT
FFVII > FFVI
Undertale > Pokemon RBY
Mario 64 > Skyrim
Zelda:OoT > SotN
Zelda:LttP > Zelda:MM
SMRPG > RE4
MGS3 > MGS
Melee > FFVII
Undertale > Mario 64
Zelda:OoT > Zelda:LttP
SMRPG > MGS3
Undertale > Melee
Zelda:OoT > SMRPG
Undertale > Zelda:OoT



Melee > SMRPG

Grudge Matches
CT > FFVI
Pokemon RBY > Mario 64


Zelda:OoT > FFVII

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