Nope, it was absolutely Mario > Samus because all Ulti did was crow for days on end about how anyone who seriously thought Samus would win was delusional because of the X-Stats.
There was nothing LOL X-Stats worthy about Knuckles > Magus. I used the X-Stats before the contest to show Magus was pretty overrated! I just didn't think he was overrated enough to lose to Knuckles!
Also I'll never be able to enjoy Vivi > Mario because it robbed Squall of the chance to beat him instead.
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