Most Surprising Results of 2008

The Most Surprising Results of 2008, based on what percentage of GameFAQs brackets expected them to occur.

These rankings and stats are based solely on how many brackets picked a character to advance, not how many had them to advance in the correct position, because SB's failure to explain the bracket more clearly resulted in nearly 50% of pickers not realizing that order mattered. Which, of course, renders all "first place/second place" numbers entirely meaningless.

See Also

• Most Impressive Performances of 2008 (Oracle-based)
• Most Disappointing Performances of 2008 (Oracle-based)

Most Surprising Results Overall

Characters who predictors site-wide gave the last chance of advancing out of this particular round (or in the case of the Final, least chance of finishing first or second).

1. Mewtwo (R3) - 03.60% vs Cloud, Squall, Sora
2. Kirby (R4) - 06.38% vs Sephiroth, Sonic, Dante
3. Crono (R5) - 09.44% vs Link, Mario, Samus
4. Snake (R6) - 10.14% vs Link, Cloud, Crono
5. Zack Fair (R3) - 13.36% vs Link, Duke, Altair
6. Mega Man X (R3) - 16.90% vs Mario, Liquid, Luigi
7. Cube (R3) - 21.14% vs Snake, Mega Man, Zero
8. Mewtwo (R2) - 22.44% vs Cloud, Midna, Pac-Man
9. Snake (R5) - 23.37% vs Cloud, Kirby, Sephiroth
10. Kirby (R3) - 23.58% vs Dante, Master Chief, Leon
11. Crono (R4) - 23.61% vs Samus, Vincent, Pikachu
12. Pikachu (R3) - 25.27% vs Crono, L-Block, Alucard
13. Zero (R2) - 27.05% vs Snake, Vivi, Ryu Hayabusa
14. Cube (R2) - 28.37% vs Mega Man, Tidus, Nero
15. Duke Nukem (R2) - 29.07% vs Altair, Marth, Lucario
16. Zack Fair (R2) - 29.59% vs Link, Zidane, Wario
17. Gordon Freeman (R2) - 32.69% vs Vincent, Scorpion, Falco
18. Sandbag (R1) - 33.03% vs Sonic, Magus, Shepard
19. Vincent (R3) - 34.44% vs Samus, Gordon Freeman, Ganondorf
20. Hogger (R1) - 35.55% vs Dante, Ramza, Laharl
21. Altair (R2) - 36.24% vs Duke, Marth, Lucario
22. Alucard (R2) - 37.39% vs Pikachu, Arthas, Falcon
23. Arthas Menethil (R1) - 37.86% vs Pikachu, Ike, Spy
24. Cube (R1) - 38.04% vs Tidus, Donkey Kong, Tails
25. Dante (R3) - 38.15% vs Kirby, Master Chief, Leon

Most Surprising of Round One

Characters who predictors site-wide gave the least chance of advancing to Round Two.

1. Sandbag - 33.03% vs Sonic, Magus, Shepard
2. Hogger - 35.55% vs Dante, Ramza, Laharl
3. Arthas Menethil - 37.86% vs Pikachu, Ike, Spy
4. Cube - 38.04% vs Tidus, Donkey Kong, Tails
5. Zidane Tribal - 38.26% vs Link, Shadow, Luke
6. Nero - 39.01% vs Mega Man, Banjo, Olimar
7. Jill Valentine - 44.98% vs Kratos, Ocelot, Heavy
8. Amaterasu - 45.83% vs Crono, Frank West, Kaim
9. Marth - 48.92% vs Duke, Niko, Kefka
10. Vivi - 49.67% vs Snake, Wesker, Sackboy

External Links

• GameFAQs 2008 Stats (where all these numbers are found)