Now we're moving into round 2. Needless to say, from here on there's some variation in the bracket. I might not discuss a match that you think will happen. I will try to cover variations besides the ones I predict, but feel free to post if you think I've missed a valid one.
Division 1
Dante, Ganondorf, Vivi, and Leon win their matches easily, regardless of who they're up against. The closest thing to a debatable match here is Leon/Tidus, which would still be considered an easy call any year that it was run. The only way there's any variance here is if you think Chloe can get rallied - and keep in mind that LiS itself failed to do so on the year of its release.
Division 2
Zero, Yoshi, and Pikachu should have easy matchups. Pokemon characters probably aren't as strong as you think they are, but Pikachu should still be a good step ahead of Kratos.
Battle 70: (5) Noctis Lucis Caelum vs (13) Wario
In all likelihood, there exists a strength gap between Master Hand and Wario, and Wario occupies the high end. The question is whether Noctis falls into that gap. He could be outside it on either end, for all we know.
I suppose the best metric we have for him is Lightning, but even that doesn't feel particularly helpful because Final Fantasy games vary so much between installments, in terms of people's perceptions. To my knowledge Noctis isn't as commonly-hated a character as Lightning, which should help him somewhat, but he's also further removed from Square's glory days. People who were turned away by FFXII or XIII might never even have given his game a chance.
I'm not inclined to put much faith in Noctis, but at the same time I think very little of Wario's strength in these. For now, I'll say that Noctis wins with 50.5% If he does score onl 52 on Master Hand, like I predicted before, then he's probably in trouble here.
Needless to say, if Monika is here, she stomps. This will be the last time I mention rally characters. If you have one winning its first round match, with the possible exception of D.Va, you should take it to the end of the contest in every case.
But what if you expect multiple rallies? I dont think its impossible for there to be merely one. ---