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I think that taking Pikachu to win his division is a perfectly legitimate choice - I had that in my bracket at one point. If Pokemon does surprisingly turn out to be as strong as 2013 suggests, I think he'll take it with no difficulty. Let's Go will probably be less of a factor than HG/SS was back in 2010, but it should give him a nice edge and it's difficult to imagine him losing to Zero with that help. In my estimation, Yoshi is being given a bit of a bad rap and all three of those characters should be in the discussion. Yoshi does have that bad 2008 performance where Squall/Sora were first and second above him and Fox, but he also has his Crono-level score against Missingno, so it's hard to say for sure where he is.

Division 3

Battle 101: (1) Sora vs (4) Big Boss

Another match between two characters who are often quite close in the x-stats. I think that Sora has a few more factors going for him, between KHIII hype and the possibility of a Big Boss sprite pic since this is the third match. There's also the matter of MGS' 2015 performance. To Big Boss' credit, MGS3 emerged as the strongest game in the series that contest. But they all did rather poorly, which might signify a drop for the characters, although that's highly speculative. The most recent Metal Gear game was survive, which could leave a bad taste in people's mouths and inspire them to vote against MGS characters.

Sora might even have a bracket voting advantage due to that sexy 1 seed. Sora wins with 53%

Battle 102: (3) Alucard vs (7) Kefka

For the sake of round 2, Kefka's impossible-to-predict precise strength didn't really matter. For this match, it becomes relevant again. If we do have another sprite round, Kefka might gain some power by being graced once again with his final boss sprite from FFVI. Is that enough to take down Alucard? I can't really say, but my inclination is no. I expect that Kefka is another example of a character who is overhyped because of an anomalous 2013 performance. I have to admit that I'm also inclined toward Alucard because of the aforementioned history of him winning debated matches - unless he's up against Kingdom Hearts. Alucard wins with 55%

Division 4

Battle 103: (9) Ness vs (4) Bowser

We previously established that Ness is as strong as Mario, and we've seen that match before. Ness wins with 70%

I wish. As a matter of fact, we've seen this match before, and it wasn't pretty. If 2B is here, she will get a higher percentage compared to Ness, but she stands no chance of winning. Bowser wins with 75%

Battle 104: (6) Ike vs (2) Kirby

Easy one. The dum pink ball wins with 75%