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Day 5, Match 3 - Metal Sonic vs. The Boss
(5) Metal Sonic: 43.48% - (12) The Boss: 56.52%

What happened?: Zen, bless you for getting Metal Sonic in and getting him a 5 seed. I even picked him to win this match despite him not being the board or the overall favourite, because I looked at the strength of the other Noble Nine Doppelganger's we've seen (more on that in the next section). It wasn't to be though, and he lost in a very standard 57/43 match. He had a good Board vote, which might be a result of being a "board 8 special" but otherwise this match was steady.

What could this mean?: The Boss has always been alright, but this puts Metal Sonic at a low midcarder at best and around Shadow's strength, maybe a little stronger. What is interesting is that when you look at Noble Nine "Doppelgangers" - Luigi, Mega Man X, Big Boss, arguably Zack, to this point they have always looked pretty good. Really I think a lot of this is due to a general resistance a lot of people, not even just on GameFAQs, have to Sonic characters who aren't Sonic, Knuckles, or Tails, even older ones like Metal Sonic. It does make me wonder how Dark Samus and Linkle would do, we should get them in some time.

Day 9, Match 4 - Zelda vs. Ezio Auditore da Firenze
(4) Zelda: 75.33% - (13) Ezio: 24.67%

What happened?: Yo did you know that Nintendo is looking great this contest? Because it is. Zelda amazed with a tripling, and in the early hours was over 77%. She calmed down as Nintendo characters do, but only by about 2%, She still kept it over a tripling with ease.

What could this mean?: Squall gon' get wrecked (sorry Leon). We have actually seen Zelda vs. Ezio before, in 2010, in which Zelda got 62.11% on Ezio. An increase of over 13% is tremendous. Now we would expect Ezio to be a bit weaker - he hasn't had a game in years. However, Assassin's Creed is on a relative upswing and he looked good in 2013 so I'm not expecting him to suddenly be fodder or something. Zelda is riding a wave of Nintendo strength and particularly the strength of Breath of the Wild, and her quality as a character in it. This was a great performance from Zelda, and with regards to her upcoming match with Squall we have to ask ourselves. Would Hat Kid go 50/50 with Ezio? No. Squall doing better with users, which is Zelda series stomping ground, is also a bad sign for him. Zelda should be a clear favourite by this point.
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