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Day 18, Match 3 - Yoshi vs. Velvet Crowe
(3) Yoshi: 70.63% - (6) Velvet: 29.37%

What happened?: Standard "happy to be here character is strong enough to win one match then loses easily" round 2 match. Velvet didn't look too bad here actually. This is especially true early on where she was keeping it below 70% for a good long while - I guess Tales is even more frontloaded than Nintendo. Otherwise not much to report, this was an easy win and very steady.

What could this mean?: Again, Velvet bowed out respectably. Notably better than Shantae, but also better than Jak in 2010. Velvet is probably a reasonable fodder line protagonist and I would imagine not too far from Lloyd in strength. Now maybe with her popularity and Berseria's critical and sales success she can replace Lloyd as the token Tales rep in every contest!

Day 18, Match 4 - Pikachu vs. Kratos
(7) Pikachu: 63.41% - (2) Kratos: 36.59%

What happened?: Well Kratos was utterly wasted in this spot. This was like a less savage version of Pikachu's first match, with a huge opening for Pikachu followed by big drops (and even cuts) over the rest of the match. Kratos cut a solid 4% from Pikachu's post board vote high. Again this showed Pokemon getting a huge advantage from double voting, Kratos was at over 40% from non-users. Geographic trend wise this was fairly steady outside of Asia and Southern Europe, but I just wanted an excuse to note that unlike the rest of the region, Kratos won in Ireland and I contributed to that! That is probably the only time I will mention Ireland in one of these.

What could this mean?: Yeah, Pikachu is winning this division. He is a true Elite without a doubt, and the only thing stopping him is if Yoshi wins by pecking order - I expect 60/40s for both of Pikachu's next matches in the division. The funny thing is, this match actually highlights how much Kratos boosted over his dismal 2013 showing, Pikachu would have been well over 70% on that Kratos. It was not nearly enogh though. This is the other example of bad bracket placement - Kratos and Leon should have been switched in hindsight - Leon getting fed to Pikachu is more acceptable in light of his loss to DK. Anyway, other than possibly Mega Man X, Pikachu is likely the strongest non-Noble Niner. Those last two contest showings were legit after all.
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