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2K5 Mario vs 2K4 Samus seems like, an irrelevant hypothetical to me. If you think Mario and Samus both boosted in 2K5 due to a Nintendo boost you can't have 2K4 Samus exist in the same space as 2K5 Mario.

At that point you're basically just asking if I think a character that got 60%'d by another character can be 66%'d by them the next year. Which I mean, sure, why not? Mario flipping the table on Crono was a pretty comparable shift to what you're suggesting there.

I'm not saying it's a given Samus boosted as much as Mario in 2k5, but the idea that she boosted a little isn't entirely out of line either, and if Samus 2k5 was a monster we'd never know because she never had matches that could let her flex her muscle (aside from the one with Frog where you could argue there's evidence she did but it was discarded to make the numbers fit better)

Anyway I agree with you that Mario vs Samus 2k4 is probably a bit closer than 2k5. But I think when you're at the point where you're trying to argue that a 60-40 Mario turned into a victory for Samus over the course of a year as something that's plausible enough to be called even a toss up that you've probably gone a bit too far down the rabbit hole of speculation. And I would say 2k4 being 60-40 just like 2k5 was is significantly more likely than Samus winning if I had to choose one. As I said I think Mario > Samus 55-45 makes the most sense to me internally but you just really can't know for sure.
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