LogFAQs > #909381386

Rivalry Rumble and Best Year weren't bad contests due to the lack of rallying, really. The main reason they were bad is because they were concepts that people just didn't really care about. It's impossible to really want to get out there and support a four-digit number. The lack of rallying is one symptom of that problem.

Personally, I think it would've been more interesting to see if Chrono Trigger could beat FF7/OoT, for instance, than to watch Undertale roll everything over. People tried to pretend, but that contest was effectively over as soon as it won its first match.