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Let's look at some other contest-specific "what if" questions.

2003 - What if Kefka loses to Pac-Man? Do we ever see him again? Well, I guess he'd have been in the Villains Contest, but still, it's funny to think about.

What if you switch Sora and Squall as 6 seeds in 2003? Sora wouldn't have gotten demolished by SFF against Aerith, and would he have been able to beat Luigi? People got mad when Squall did it, but I feel like the anger would've been even greater if lame old Sora had done it. Plus, Squall/Aerith is a great round 1 match that Aerith is probably heavily favored to win, and I don't know who would've won it.

Games 2004 - What if CJayC didn't put in a "one game per series per division" rule? I guess this is mostly for FFVIII because I'm pretty sure he said it would've made the bracket if it was just done by straight nominations. I don't know if there were any other notable potential snubs. Or what if nominations weren't literally "nominate one game per console?" Halo doesn't wind up with a 1 seed, for sure, so we miss out on the Starcraft upset (and maybe Starcraft altogether).

Characters 2004 - This bracket is so ravaged by SFF that the only real question you can ask is "What if the bracket doesn't suck?" Maybe switch some of the Noble Niners around so we get something like Sonic/Snake or Mega Man/Crono, I guess. This really is low key one of the worst contests. Only Frog's run saves it from the trash heap.

Villains - I guess the biggest what if here (and the only one worth caring about from this contest) is what if Bowser and Ganondorf are on the same side of the bracket. It's been 15 years, and we've still never seen this match in any form. Certainly not quite on the level of Mario/Sonic in terms of a missed opportunity, but it's the two biggest Nintendo villains and you can make an argument that Bowser could win it.

Characters 2005 - What if the Villains Contest never happened? I'm a firm believer Bowser and Ganondorf were as beastly as they were because of the Villains Contest. Their prediction percentages were absurd. Bowser nearly beat Snake, for crying out loud, sprite or not (and it wasn't the awful sprite Snake usually gets either). Bowser in particular hasn't looked as good as he did here ever since, and Ganondorf low key hasn't either (although his dropoff hasn't been quite as precipitous). Could Auron have beaten Ganondorf? What about Ryu/Bowser or Kirby/Bowser? This is a minor one, admittedly, because it may not change any results at all, but I do wonder about it.

Series - What if you switched Pokemon and Smash Bros. in the bracket? This was the first hint that Pokemon might not be the joke franchise it was before the Nintendo Boost when it nearly hung 48% on Metroid. Now imagine it's up against Sonic. What chance do you give it of utterly embarrassing a franchise that routinely gets embarrassed at least once per contest?

(also what if Halo actually had swung 10,000 votes against Castlevania like Lopen predicted)

Characters 2006 - What if Sub-Zero had been in 2002 instead of Scorpion? Would all you losers who picked Master Chief to win this match have made that mistake again after I repeatedly told you Sub-Zero was the most popular MK character and would beat Chief? I dunno, this is another contest that's kinda hard to dissect because of the obvious male/female bracket issue.

(also what if Ganondorf had beaten Sonic? Would Heroic Mario still be here?)

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