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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 652
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 2/24/2009 7:56:09 PM | message detail |
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Pull the Trigger, I Dare You! Division Sonic Tifa Auron Sora Vincent Squall Mega Man Kirby Sonic > Tifa I think people are taking that Samus match a little too far Auron > Sora This may have been debateable in 2006, but until KH3 comes out, Auron won't be losing to Sora Squall > Vincent This is a coinflip IMO. I picked Squall because he impressed me more the last 2 years than Vincent did Mega Man > Kirby Again, people are taking Kirby's run WAY too far if they think he has a chance here Sonic > Auron Here's a really close one, but I really feel that Sandbag is the only reason Auron won last year and in a straight up match, Sonic would probably still win. If this was Squall or Vincent though, I'd take the upset without question. Mega Man > Squall Will probably be close again, but I can't see Mega Man falling that far, especially after MM9. Mega Man > Sonic Easy peasy Mega Man > Squall > Vincent > Sonic > Auron > Tifa > Sora > Kirby --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/24/2009 8:11:56 PM | message detail |
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From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #351 Why would it have been debatable in 2006? It really wouldn't have. From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #351 I certainly can't see Mega Man returning to 2004 again either. --- *is Dranze* Through fire, justice is served because FastFalcon05 owned my bracket. |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 2/24/2009 8:13:55 PM | message detail |
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Sora and Auron were pretty close in the 2006 stats. Not saying for sure
I'd take the upset, but it was certainly possible. Sora didn't look too
shabby against Squall, I think that right after KH2 was his strongest
time yet. --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/24/2009 8:20:10 PM | message detail |
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Sora is overrated in 2006, though I can see why you would think he wasn't because you're Mega Man happy. --- *is Dranze* Through fire, justice is served because FastFalcon05 owned my bracket. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 2/24/2009 9:00:56 PM | message detail |
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Black Turtle! ...close your account. This may have been debateable in 2006, but until KH3 comes out, Auron won't be losing to Sora Without KH3, Sora has hung tough with Squall three out of four times in the past two years. Though I'm a fan of Auron > Squall, you'd be silly to count Sora out like that, especially considering Squall's prominence in the KH-series. Will probably be close again, but I can't see Mega Man falling that far, especially after MM9. You thought MM9 would help MM beat Solid last year when MM9 was new, and that's ignoring how the overall-GotY went two months ago. It's fair to say Squall is no Solid (and we have the matches to prove it!), but let's not act like MM9 is a game-changer anymore. --- Play Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation (1 and 2) for Gameboy Advance today |
| red sox 777 | Posted 2/24/2009 9:07:44 PM | message detail |
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To be fair, MM looked pretty good against Snake considering that he had
Zero weighing him down and how strong Solid looked this year. 43% on
Cloud puts Snake above the level of anyone besides Clinkeroth, 2002
notwithstanding. --- Hobbes: What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do? Calvin: If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 2/24/2009 9:30:59 PM | message detail |
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But how much of that are you really willing to attribute to Zero? When
the chips are down, the fanbase tends to rally to the character in
need, and Mega Man fit that category to a T. I'd focus less on the
percentages in that match (SFF *and* a joke character) and more on the
fact that he ended up dropping the ball to a second-tier joke
character. C'mon, SFFed or not Mega Man couldn't do what Pikachu did
<_< --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 2/24/2009 9:34:50 PM | message detail |
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And c'mon people, how long is it going to take for
Vincent/Squall/Auron/Tifa their just favorite status against Sonic? I
spent goodness-knows-how-long defending his performances last year and
even I know it's time to give it up. There's only so much the format
can mask. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/24/2009 9:36:40 PM | message detail |
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who you calling a second-tier joke character --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/02/sf4franken06.jpg |
| red sox 777 | Posted 2/24/2009 9:38:02 PM | message detail |
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Or we can say that Pikachu is just that strong, implying Crono is much stronger than we all thought! As for Sonic, until the Noble Nine actually loses a match 1v1, I have the feeling they will always be held the favorite by this board in any match against a non-noble character. The curse of the Noble Nine Breakers is strong (Magus, Zero, Bowser, Ganondorf). --- Hobbes: What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do? Calvin: If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun. |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 2/24/2009 9:49:07 PM | message detail |
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And c'mon people, how long is it going to take for Vincent/Squall/Auron/Tifa their just favorite status against Sonic? I'd consider the three guys favorites, sure, but not Tifa. She's not quite at their level (she actually seems like a pretty unique case with her wacko trends), and Sonic's beaten her comfortably before. I still brought up how tantalizing it was last year and would pounce all over the upset today, but it's still an upset. It's the type of pick the Stats Topic would need to aggrandize Mario Kart/Mega Man style for it to gain any real traction with the board. WHICH MEANS WE HAVE WORK TO DO CMON GUYZ --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/8zkzm1.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| Gaddswell | Posted 2/24/2009 9:50:24 PM | message detail |
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Pull the Trigger, I Dare You! Division Tifa > Sonic Yeah, I'll pull the trigger here! Auron > Sora Yup Squall > Vincent It's really too bad Squall got wasted against Snake / Block in 2k7 and with Cloud in 2k8. Mega Man > Kirby Kirbs definitely isn't that high yet. --- Auron > Tifa FF7 or not, Auron just feels more popular between the two to me. Squall > Mega Man Pulling this trigger too! Squall > Auron I think Squall's top of the square near-elites now. --- http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u205/MapleMasta/IkeClimbers2.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDaGWrPcjb8 |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 2/25/2009 5:01:37 AM | message detail |
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Without KH3, Sora has hung tough with Squall three out of four times
in the past two years. Though I'm a fan of Auron > Squall, you'd be
silly to count Sora out like that, especially considering Squall's
prominence in the KH-series. I doubt it looks as good one-on-one. Until he does well one-on-one against a major Square character, I'm going to have my doubts about Sora. --- FastFalcon is without a doubt the best Guru I've ever heard of, savvy? http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 2/25/2009 11:33:21 AM | message detail |
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Am I the only one who'd go Auron > Sonic > Tifa? Sonic's gone
downhill, but I really don't think Tifa's all that much a powerhouse.
I'd easily pick Auron/Vincent/Squall/Guybrush Threepwood over Sonic,
though. --- http://l33trappacat.blogspot.com/ |
| YrLordAndSavior | Posted 2/25/2009 11:42:35 AM | message detail |
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I'd probably go Auron > Sonic > Tifa --- all hail your lord and savior explicit content |
| paulg235 | Posted 2/25/2009 11:45:51 AM | message detail |
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but I really don't think Tifa's all that much a powerhouse. This is the same Tifa that was only a couple thousand votes away from defeating Zero Suit Samus. Trust me, if Tifa has the same seed as last year and the 1 seed for her divsion was Master Cheif, she would likely end up in the quater finals unless Vincent or Crono were in the same division. If Kirby can beat Sonic and Auron can score 5% more than Sonic, Tifa can easily do the same. Now thinking back to the kirby upset, does anyone think rSFF could've done something there? I mean, most of Sonic's voters are Nintendo fans, and perhaps they would drop Sonic the moment a Nintendo character appears on the scene. That said, I wonder how Mario Vs Sonic would go down (1V1 or four-way)? Something tells me Mario would easily double Sonic. --- The Gamer In Me |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 2/25/2009 12:41:37 PM | message detail |
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With all this talk about charcters for some odd reason (everyone giving
up hopes on the BGE?), where does Crono fall now with CT:DS? Back above
Mega Man? Capable of giving Samus a run? --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/25/2009 12:51:51 PM | message detail |
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I doubt CT:DS did anything significant. I say he's more than likely in the same area we always expect him. --- *is Dranze* Through fire, justice is served because FastFalcon05 owned my bracket. |
| charmander6000 | Posted 2/25/2009 1:09:42 PM | message detail |
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How are the european sales of CTDS? --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Congratulations to FastFalcon for winning the guru contest, you are the best among the best. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/25/2009 1:26:22 PM | message detail |
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Well, I don't think it came out there yet... --- *is Dranze* Through fire, justice is served because FastFalcon05 owned my bracket. |
| voltch | Posted 2/25/2009 1:26:32 PM | message detail |
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bad --- Pearl FC:3953 0978 7217 |
| Denzokuken | Posted 2/25/2009 1:48:29 PM | message detail |
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it is out here, was released early feb. this is a uk games chart released 17 feb (a little late but i could not find anything closer): http://kotaku.com/5154821/british-sales-charts no Chrono Trigger to be seen in the top 40 |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 2/25/2009 2:03:48 PM | message detail |
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Black Turtle...! You really need to stop being so Mega Man-happy. Mega
Man 9 didn't help him. At all. If it did anything, Mega Man would've
done better than he did last contest. Think about it. He struggled to
double a Devil May Cry character who likely isn't that much stronger
than Vergil, he allowed Tidus - the same Tidus he punked back in 2004,
mind you - to improve on him from 2004, and he dropped the ball against
a joke character. --- "Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/25/2009 2:28:03 PM | message detail |
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From: Fayt_Esteed | #373 This is Black Turtle, hes as much of a troll if not more then me. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/02/sf4franken06.jpg |
| HaRRicH | Posted 2/25/2009 3:15:33 PM | message detail |
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It's hard to fault him for WCC, but the other things...yeah, MM did
pretty poorly on. The best thing he got to take away from last year was
having a reason to lose to Solid like he did and destroying Zero in
comparison to how he did in 2k4. --- Play Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation (1 and 2) for Gameboy Advance today |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 2/25/2009 3:17:33 PM | message detail |
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As a staunch MM fan, I take solace in the fact that he would still beat Sonic. Not much else to take solace in. --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/25/2009 3:28:47 PM | message detail |
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From: KamikazePotato | #376 I'd love to see a Crono match against Sonic and or Mega Man these days just to see how he compares to them after CTDS --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/02/sf4franken06.jpg |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/25/2009 3:29:53 PM | message detail |
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i'd take Sonic > Mega Man and not look back. --- *is Dranze* Through fire, justice is served because FastFalcon05 owned my bracket. |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 2/25/2009 3:35:58 PM | message detail |
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And you'd be hurt from doing so. MM has looked pathetic lately, but Sonic has looked just plain godawful, and he has even more reason to drop. He can still win, but MM has the definite advantage. --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| ZFS | Posted 2/25/2009 3:37:08 PM | message detail |
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CTDS has probably done enough for Crono to keep him a good tier above
Mega Man/Sonic, but I don't think I'd give him much more than that. --- Enough expository banter! Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men! |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 2/25/2009 3:44:29 PM | message detail |
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I wouldn't say a "good" tier. He'd probably beat them in 51-49ish
fashion, but that's probably all I'd give him. He's still a choker
though, so who knows. --- Oh fine. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b146/KleenexTissue501/Saturn.gif |
| voltch | Posted 2/25/2009 3:46:49 PM | message detail |
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in europe professor layton is the popular thing for DS now,and why or
why are the girls aloud in that ad,it's as bad as the wrights promoting
wii sport and the redknapps with brawl. --- Pearl FC:3953 0978 7217 |
| ZFS | Posted 2/25/2009 3:48:49 PM | message detail |
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Nah. I'd give him more than that against Mega Man and Sonic, something
like 53 or 54%. I wouldn't have to think about those matches. --- Enough expository banter! Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men! |
| red sox 777 | Posted 2/25/2009 4:08:34 PM | message detail |
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He'd have beaten them last year, before CTDS, so it should be a
comfortable win now. I still like Crono > Mario, maybe Crono >
Samus if this year is even worse for Nintendo than last. Don't think
CTDS sold well enough for me to take Crono > Snake (not like anyone
but me here was even considering that anyway). --- Hobbes: What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do? Calvin: If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun. |
| Gaddswell | Posted 2/25/2009 4:09:07 PM | message detail |
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From: voltch | #382 Go Layton > Crono! ... in Europe at least! Uh... CTDS sold around 200k over here, right? --- http://www.court-records.net/manga/4koma/(eng)4koma2.png Hail FastFalcon, our new guru overlord! |
| ZFS | Posted 2/25/2009 4:11:19 PM | message detail |
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Yep. --- Enough expository banter! Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men! |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 2/25/2009 4:15:05 PM | message detail |
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Samus is a tough nut to crack no matter what year it is - she seems to
do well even when Nintendo is having an off year, thanks to that
non-Nintendo fanbase that gives her Noble Nine status. If Ninty
continues to falter, beating Mario is another thing entirely - but I
don't think most people here think Snake can beat the plumber 1v1 yet. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/25/2009 4:17:23 PM | message detail |
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200k isn't bad at all when you consider Chrono Trigger originally only sold about 350k for SNES in America --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/02/sf4franken06.jpg |
| ZFS | Posted 2/25/2009 4:22:42 PM | message detail |
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200k isn't that bad, but it is if you're expecting some big boost for
Crono in the contests. A big chunk of that number are more than likely
people who have already played Chrono Trigger, and most of those
probably already like the game a lot, especially on this site. That's
not going to make him jump up to take on Mario or Samus, but then
again, I don't think anyone seriously expects that of him. --- Enough expository banter! Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men! |
| Big Bob | Posted 2/25/2009 4:23:23 PM | message detail |
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Crono = Mega Man > Sonic Snake over Samus I can see happening, but as impressive as he was last year, it's just hard to imagine Snake beating Mario. Though at this point I'd take all three of them over Sephiroth. --- Here's our chance for an all-out attack! http://backloggery.com/main.php?user=big_bob |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 2/25/2009 4:25:25 PM | message detail |
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...was there something particularly unimpressive about Sephiroth last year (outside of him being SFFed into the dust by Cloud)? --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| Big Bob | Posted 2/25/2009 4:29:01 PM | message detail |
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Call it gut instinct. The same gut instinct that when I saw the name "Zack Fair" and didn't recognize it, I figured that he was probably just random fodder. My gut instincts aren't worth anything unless Pikachu is in the match. --- Here's our chance for an all-out attack! http://backloggery.com/main.php?user=big_bob |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 2/25/2009 4:29:02 PM | message detail |
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I still like Crono > Mario, maybe Crono > Samus if this year is even worse for Nintendo than last. That's my boy. --- Oh fine. http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z114/Javer8000/FanimeCon2008/Sandbag.jpg |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/25/2009 4:29:23 PM | message detail |
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From: KamikazePotato | #379 There's no guarantee Mega Man > Sonic just by four-ways to me. Ever. I see no guarantees in that match regardless. Both are pathetic to me. It just depends on who wins more straight up. --- *is Dranze* Through fire, justice is served because FastFalcon05 owned my bracket. |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/25/2009 4:44:55 PM | message detail |
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From: ZFS | #389 I was thinking it could seperate him from the bottom of the noble nine, and get him kinda in his own tier between sonic/megaman and samus/snake. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/02/sf4franken06.jpg |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 2/25/2009 5:07:41 PM | message detail |
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The best format for an upcoming character contest would be to rip off
2005, in my opinion. Remove Link, Cloud, and Sephiroth. Throw Mario,
Mega Man, and Sonic in the top half (maybe have Sonic fight off a
couple of near elites if he wants to reach Mario). Throw Samus and
Snake in the bottom off so that we'd have a debatable final and one
debatable semifinal. Have the bracket winner face Sephiroth to see if
we can cook up any more craziness. Winner loses to Link and everyone
goes home happy maybe. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/8zkzm1.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 2/25/2009 5:09:09 PM | message detail |
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Save perhaps Cloud, who is apparently forgotten. Serves him right for not placing for two straight years. --- Mustache...and Green... http://backloggery.com/main.php?user=rpguy96 |
| red sox 777 | Posted 2/25/2009 7:09:15 PM | message detail |
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I'm not opposed to having Link/Cloud be a semifinal instead of a final
match. Perhaps I'm unreasonably scared of something like L-Block
catching fire and ruining Link/Cloud again. As for Mario vs. Crono.....people are really just writing off Crono here? It's not like they were that far away in the first place, as of 2008, anyway. Do we all remember how close Mario was to losing to Zack? How he lost dozens of updates to Samus? This isn't 2005-7 Mario we're dealing with here, so CTDS doesn't need to give Crono a huge boost, (which I wouldn't entirely rule out anyway). It has a lot more potential than your standard port simply because Crono had much lower exposure than the rest of the Noble Nine to start out, and we've seen huge boosts from games/roles that weren't all that big before. --- Hobbes: What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do? Calvin: If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun. |
| ZFS | Posted 2/25/2009 7:13:01 PM | message detail |
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Anyone who judges Mario off of this past year is asking for trouble.
There's no doubt that Mario dropped off, but you're not gonna convince
anybody that's he and Crono are on the same level based on a four-way
match between Link/Mario/X/Zack. I mean c'mon, I know you're a hardcore
fan and all that, but you gotta have some sense here. --- Enough expository banter! Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men! |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 2/25/2009 7:16:10 PM | message detail |
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Do we all remember how close Mario was to losing to Zack? How he lost dozens of updates to Samus? Link was in both of those matches. --- "Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
