transience posted...
(1) Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Blue
(8) Raynor vs. Kerrigan
(4) Luigi vs. Waluigi
(5) Cecil vs. Golbez
Pokemon vs. Starcraft. Maybe in 2004 we would have a different result.
Hahahaha Luigi vs. Waluigi. Don't people antivote this on principle? Luigi is the obvious safe pick but I'm going with the one that isn't being dragged down by a damn anchor. Plus Cecil vs. Golbez is one of the best rivalries in the contest.
(3) Ryu vs. Ken
(6) Ratchet vs. Dr. Nefarious
(2) Fox McCloud vs. Wolf O'Donnell
(7) Yuna vs. Seymour
Fox vs. Yuna is a tossup - Seymour and Wolf are both pretty meh and Fox/Yuna are kinda close in strength. Yuna/Seymour aren't really rivals but I do think she's stronger than Fox. I don't have a lot of respect for Fox after some of his performances -- plus Smash ain't what it used to be.
(1) Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Blue
(3) Ryu vs. Ken
Yeah, I don't have much respect for human Pokemon characters. I'm really ignorant of the Red/Blue rivalry but I do know that Ryu/Ken is one of the five most classic rivalries in this contest. I'll take them. No way do I ever take Red over Ryu, at the very least.
Couldn't be more wrong here. I'd probably take Fox over Yuna, but that would be a toss-up. The Fox-Wolf rivalry, though, is one of the better ones, so I figure Fox could very well get a "contest boost". At the very least, though, you've made me reconsider my pick for Red/Blue vs. Fox/Wolf.
And yeah, Waluigi is definitely a big anchor, but FFIV is 1-6 in contest battles overall, and 0-5 in character battles (the game itself made Round 2 in 2009). I think Luigi alone could carry that pair to the second round.
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