That STILL makes more sense than Cena's prediction.
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Well, they did both get the crap beat out of them by Final Fantasy VI.

Heh. I mean Doom was popular for it's violence. If you want the FPS that was actually innovative, and started it all, look at Wolfenstein 3D. Not saying it's a better game than Doom, but Doom gets a lot of credit it doesn't deserve.

Then there's EarthBound, which is brilliantly innovative AND awesome at the same time. :)

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Haven't personally played Earthbound, but I'm not a big fan of Doom anyhow. First person shooters in general don't appeal to me.
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Robotnik winning by 70%... XD

Imagine what that would mean for the strength of SIN.

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Or the weakness of Kuja.
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"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

Well, I figured those two would go hand in hand.
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Indeed. It would be as if Kuja never existed.

...Wait a minute! :O

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If Robotnik hits 70% on MH, I call the topic title, "Kuja = Tanner"
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"You can't hide from the Grim Reaper. Especially when he's got a gun" - Manny Calavera

I call "Kuja = Tanner's ''special'' lil' brother, strapped with sandbags".
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I call a plague upon both your houses.
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Actually, even if Robotnik beat MH 70-30 and Gannon beat Robotnik 66-34, Kuja would only be Ryo Hazuki level. Which would still give me some enjoyment, and I dont even mind Kuja as a character.
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"You can't hide from the Grim Reaper. Especially when he's got a gun" - Manny Calavera

I call for vaccines then. Aha.

In all seriousness, there's almost no way this match will be more the 55-45 for either one of them, I think.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

MH's picture isnt quite as awesome as it was last time...I don't think it will hurt him too much, but he certainly won't be as strong as he was against Kuja.
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That said, MH with a doubling.

;)
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Kuja can't be that much of a fodder...
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RPG/Square character /= instant win. Robotnik has proved such and owned my ass.

I had a thought about Metroid villians. Is it possible for Metroid Prime to be stronger than Ridley/Mother Brain. It is featured in both of the new Metroid games and it has the Nemesis "My name is in the title" factor going for it.
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I wouldn't be surprised, personally.
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Metroid Prime is never named as such in MP2. While the same entity, I can't say I've ever linked Dark Samus and MP when my thoughts turn to either of them.

Dark Samus' strength is unpredictable. Just about all the votes it would get would be solely because it looks like Samus-and for the love of God, HM, don't try to argue that people would vote for DS due its minimal personality and character development. I've had enough Metroid debates with you. >_>

It's the same deal as Dark Link, really. I actually wanted to see DL make it into the contest, because it would provide a great X-factor that this contest desperately needs (well, aside from Master Hand.)
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"Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle."
-Toad in Super Mario Bros.

Well Dark Samus IS Metroid Prime in the Phazon Suit so a Dark Samus picture could be used just to get that point across. Plus looks like Metroid Prime is returning for a third go around.
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"You can't hide from the Grim Reaper. Especially when he's got a gun" - Manny Calavera

Dark Samus would have been a serious threat in this contest.

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Well, Dark Samus DOES *spoilers...not that you should care about spoilers in a Metroid game*

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...Survive at the end of MP2. You see it floating around in space, which suggests that we'll be seeing more of it in MP3.
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At the 21:30 mark, this match has 75049 votes. To compare to other matches at this same time:

Sephiroth/Ramirez - 79822
Ganondorf/Giygas - 76685
Sephiroth/Vergil - 77403
Bison/Diablo - 80905
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Bison/Diablo must have been way ahead of Seph/Ramirez at one time.
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"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

I can't say I've ever linked Dark Samus and MP when my thoughts turn to either of them.

After completing MP2, I think it is rather obvious that the two are the same being. Although to know this, you would have either had to listen to Retro Studios earlier on or gotten 100% in Metroid Prime.

Dark Samus' strength is unpredictable. Just about all the votes it would get would be solely because it looks like Samus-and for the love of God, HM, don't try to argue that people would vote for DS due its minimal personality and character development.

Well, I wouldn't have said anything about the character or personality, because as of right now, Metroid Prime is lacking a lot of it. But I'm hoping they give it some character - at the least, it's incredibly persistent. Encountering Samus twice and still living is no easy feat. =p

I would have said it would get votes for being a kick ass battle before saying it would be because of its character/depth. Regardless, it is rather apparent that Dark Samus would get votes based upon looking like Samus. I'm not even going to disagree with that.

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“Now, Protoss, you shall know my wrath. Now you will know the fury of the Queen of Blades!” - Kerrigan

"Encountering Samus twice and still living is no easy feat."

Unless Ridley and Kraid are both dead at this point I'm going to have to disagree.
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Ridley and Kraid have both died before. After Metroid, the Space Pirates spent time attempting to resurrect the fallen Ridley, Kraid, and Mother Brain. And Ridley's enhancements from MP were a direct order for him.

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“Now, Protoss, you shall know my wrath. Now you will know the fury of the Queen of Blades!” - Kerrigan

I find ChichiriMuyo's theory rather intriguing. (well, I've thought about this before, actually) It fixes quite a few things along with having no Mega Man/Link anomoly, and it keeps Mega Man and Sephiroth in proportion. DK's extrapolated value through Vivi and Sephiroth also comes through perfectly without adjusting for any SFF. Some of the recent matches Chichiri pointed out, though... The theory takes care of not only CATS through Ganondorf, but it also makes Luca Blight consistant through Magus.

However, the problem lies in the Hyrule and Chaos divisions of SC2K4. Mario gets boosted, while Crono and Link get huge boosts. Then, Sonic, Ryu, KOS-MOS take huge boosts proportionally which wouldn't make any sense, as none of them had anything truly huge and they are so distantly related to each other. What's also interesting is that Auron got what he should've against Sephiroth if Cloud was the same as the previous year instead of Sephiroth. If Mega Man vs. Link was accurate, the only way out of this would be to say that Samus did too well against Cloud, or Sonic did too well against Samus.

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"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

"Sonic, Ryu, KOS-MOS take huge boosts proportionally "

Sonic's fault?
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The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing over half of the brackets that Ridley could win. - Harrich

...so are we saying Cloud, Samus, or Sonic over-performed then?
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

Just FYI, Jill Valentine would receive 24.33% against Sephiroth in SC2K4 using raw numbers, and Freeman would receive 15.80% against him, so apparently the problem would have to lie with Sonic vs. Samus.

But...Sora being up there with Squall? Plus, note that Sonic, Ryu, and KOS-MOS seem about right assuming Cloud '04 = Cloud '03, yet you have to assume there's another coincidence here in that Sonic overperformed against Samus just the right amount. Hm...

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

It's strange to think that Sora could actually be so close to Aeris and then end up getting nearly doubled by her.
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That's the power of FF7 for ya, heh.
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"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

I wouldn't be surprised if Squall beat the crap out of Sora nearly as badly. There's just a big overlap.
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Ganon has 82% of the brackets behind him, I'm guessing.
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That low? I'm thinking Ganondorf still has at least 90% bracket support.
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Aeris is, at best, the third strongest FF7 character though; Squall's number one in FF8.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

Obviously, but 3rd strongest in FFVII is still as strong as 1st in FFVIII.
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Ganon isn't dropping from 97% to 82% after one match.

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Kefka had a tougher 4 pack and is considered to be weaker and even he didn't drop 15% in predictions.
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L I T T L E M O N E Y

Yeah, it's a lil' low, but after seeing Liquid not get much more than half out of his four-pack (which I know has more bait than Ganon's, mind you), I see him going below 90%. I got frisky with how much lower though, heh.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

Bowser arguably had a tougher four pack to get through and he still managed nearly 90% as well.
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Well, he droppde 14.8...

BUT STILL NOT 15! HA!
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L I T T L E M O N E Y

which I know has more bait than Ganon's, mind you

But still less than Bowser's. It won't dip below 90%.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

And Ansem slides into the 20,000 vote total at the last minute.
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Link had weak opponents in SC2K2 and his prediction percentage dropped from 96% to 80%.

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Yeah, and more people predicted Max Payne would beat Dirk the Daring than predicted Sephiroth would beat Gabe Logan. Things have changed since then.
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True 'nuff; that's what frisky-ness'll get me this time...I'll try 90.75% then.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

Sweet Jesus, we lost a perfect.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Dr. Robotnik 58.54% 24
Master Hand 41.46% 17
TOTAL VOTES 41

Ganon winded up with 88.27% of the brackets.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

88.27%, eh? I accept full responsibility.

And do my eyes deceive me, or did we lose a perfect?
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!