https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2109-devil-division-round-2-knuckles-the-echidna-vs-squall
Speaking of Squall, he was the clear favorite coming into this match, but a bandwagon began forming around Knuckles from the moment he beat Magus. This wasn't too surprising because this was back when Squall was a more divisive character on the board, and B8 loves an underdog run. Knuckles kept it close during the board vote, but it didn't take long for Squall to take the lead as he gradually built up to around 57% overnight. The Sonic day vote allowed Knuckles to make the final score a little more respectable, but he was never in it beyond the opening minutes.
Now Squall had put up a similar performance on Knuckles that Vincent had put on Dante, so the question now was who would win between Dante and Knuckles. Dante had been ahead of Knuckles in the X-Stats in 2003 and 2004 and now he had DMC3, to boot, so Vincent seemed like the favorite going in now. Looking back, it's pretty likely that Knuckles did bandwagon and overperform here because he ended up noticeably higher in the final X-Stats than he usually did. Despite Magus being exposed as an overrated fraud, he still managed to be more overrated than we thought...!
Knuckles developed a reputation as the Square Killer over the years, and for good reason. Every year except for 2002, he finished ahead of at least one Square character. He finished 10-1 against Square, with his lone loss coming here against Squall.
2003 - Yuna
2004 - Kefka
2005 - Magus
2007 - Rikku and Vaan
2008 - Fei Fong Wong
2010 - Cecil
2013 - Celes and Seifer
2018 - Zidane
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