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I think it's very up in the air too. I initially had Vivi in my bracket and even had him down while I was writing about the match here, but when I looked back over what I had said I realized that I had essentially spent the entire time writing reasons why Vivi should lose. I thought of the idea that FFIX tending to get better too, but I became a bit more skeptical of that after looking at Vivi's two DK matchups. Apart from 2013, that increase isn't very clear in his history, at least to me.

Division 2

Battle 99: (1) Zero vs (5) Noctis Lucis Caelum

Should be an easy win for Zero regardless of his opponent. Zero wins with 65%

Battle 100: (3) Yoshi vs (7) Pikachu

Of all the debatable matches involving Pokemon, this is the one where I'm most inclined to pick it to win. I think that the rat is the most popular character from Pokemon here. He's probably the best example of a character who grows stronger over time. As much as I like the idea that Parappa the Rapper is stronger than Shepard, something tells me that isn't the case.

Yoshi would be ranked ahead in any year before 2010. Pikachu is probably overrated in 2010's stats, even after the adjustments, thanks to facing Snake during the sprite round, followed by Snake avenging Missingno and picking up a bandwagon against Cloud. Yoshi's value is probably wonky too due to Missingno. I don't really buy the idea that he was that close to Crono then.

I've probably said enough about 2013, but if you need more convincing, note that Yoshi was behind Link that year and that makes it very difficult to get a read on him. I think there was a topic recently where the consensus was that Yoshi is easily weaker than Luigi or Bowser, but I'm not sure there's enough evidence behind that claim.

The reason I initially picked Yoshi was because of the idea of the Nintendo hierarchy. It just didn't seem right to predict that a beloved Mario character like Yoshi (who always wins the 8-way Mario character polls here) to lose to a Pokemon, even Pikachu. We might see a case of the fabled rSFF here, but I think they're close to one another indirectly. It's a choice I've gone back and forth on, but I'll say that Yoshi wins with 52% Goodbye Pokemon.

I would like to solicit opinions on the following matches:

Noctis' path
Sora vs Red
Auron vs Vincent
Dante vs Ganondorf