Results[]
Ulti's Analysis[]
| Division | Division 16 |
|---|---|
| Match # | 37 |
| Match Date | Monday, May 10th, 2004 |
| Vote difference | 27,228 |
| Oracle Expectations |
Chrono Trigger - 66.54% 61 for - 0 against |
| GameFAQs Prediction |
Chrono Trigger - 73.20% (29,968 brackets) |
Anyhoo, Division 16 was upon us and with it, a watered down version of Mario vs Crono. It may have been those two in the match picture, but this match was Chrono Trigger the whole way. How only 73.2% of people thought Chrono Trigger wouldn't get past Secret of Mana and Super Mario RPG/Street Fighter 2 is simply beyond me. As I said in Chrono Trigger's last matchup, Chrono Trigger had a pattern in this contest. It started off hot against Super Mario RPG, and looked like it was going to cement its spot in Division 16 with a victory convincing enough to make it the clear-cut favorite. But once the day vote began rolling in, Chrono Trigger lost percentage like crazy. I tried looking on SC2K4.com for the update charts (are they on the site, creativename?), but couldn't mind them. If my memory serves me correctly, Chrono Trigger lost around 8% during the day before finally coming back a little bit to make the percentages what they were at the end of the match.
During this little tailspin by Chrono Trigger, the people who were rooting for it not to win the division were all rooting for the percentage to fall even farther, as it meant that Chrono Trigger was in a high probability for losing future matchups. Personally, I think that Chrono Trigger simply faced two great games up to this point. SNES Squaresoft RPGs are nothing to take lightly, and I think that even the best of games could have possibly lost percentage points to Secret of Mana and Super Mario RPG at some point during matches against them. Still, that big a percentage loss could really kill Chrono Trigger if it kept that pattern up against games such as Link to the Past or Super Mario 3. Whether or not this would actually come into fruition was made to be seen, though this little pattern of Chrono Trigger's made for one of the best matches we had ever seen in this history of our contests.
Match Trends[]
