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Round One

Poll6096
Monday, November 16, 2015

Ulti's Analysis[]

Poll 6096
Division Division 6
Match # 46
Match Date Monday, November 16, 2015
Oracle
Expectations
Super Mario Galaxy - 61.69%
98 for - 1 against
GameFAQs
Prediction
Super Mario Galaxy - 70.95%

Under normal circumstances, Mario Galaxy nearly doubling Dragon Age would be a solid result. Dragon age got 30% in the final of our 2009 Game of the Year voting, got 31% on Twilight Princess in Game of the Decade after winning a match, and Inquisition finished second place in the Game of the Year voting in 2015 (technically 2014, but the actual voting happens in January so we just call it by the actual year the poll happens). Thw Twilight Princess number seems awful, but I included it to show that 31% on Twilight Princess a few years ago and 36% on Mario Galaxy is a pretty comparable number, and is a fine result for Galaxy vis-a-vis the Game of the Decade performance.

The problem here is that IT'S FREAKING SUPER METROID was putting 80% on Call of Duty 4 while this poll was going on. It became very obvious, and very quickly, that Super Metroid was a massive favorite headed into that round 2 match. The only reason any of us even doubted it at this point was the IT'S FREAKING MARIO factor. People might try saying in retrospect that it should have been obvious the whole time, but we have nearly a decade of evidence that shows Samus choking harder than a porn star at a casting call the second she's up against Nintendo. This was the first contest where she bothered proving herself.

It's not even that Galaxy did badly, Super Metroid was just on steroids.

Ctes's Analysis[]

At this point people were bashing Mario for his two losses. Super Mario World was even laughed at for allowing Animal Crossing to fight even during the Undertale rally. People were practically ready to laugh at Super Mario Galaxy before this match began. And despite Super Metroid turning out to be a lot stronger than we thought at that same time as this match, it was already clear today that if Galaxy lost next round, it'd be laughed at too.

Galaxy was doing what you'd expect of it today. If you assume there was a little SFF between it Twilight Princess in 2010, then this is pretty much exactly what Galaxy was expected to do today. So unless you believe both games have fallen equally, there is really no reason to call Mario a turd, but that also wasn't happening that much before next round. Galaxy did well enough, but with Super Metroid's performance it was in big trouble next round. Galaxy would have to take good advantage of the somewhat established Nintendo hierarchy that says Zelda > Mario > Samus > the rest with Pokemon ignoring everything. Super Metroid was clearly the stronger game now, it just hadn't managed to ever look impressive before. Hope was not lost for Super Mario Galaxy due to the hierarchy and that Call of Duty truly was weak, but it wasn't looking good.

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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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