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Depending on how she does against Ryu (who has looked really damn good himself) KOS-MOS may well be a low-key star of this contest. Also I mucked up the days for three of those last batch lols.

Day 25, Match 1 - Dante vs. Ganondorf
(1) Dante: 43.6% - (4) Ganondorf: 56.4%

What happened?: And now we resume our regularly scheduled Ganondorf performance. This became less and less surprising as we saw more of Zelda and Ryu. These two have been nearly consistently neck-and-neck in the stats, and a lot of people were thinking DMC5 hype (which certainly seems to be a thing) would push Dante over the top here. Then round one happened and Ganondorf became an easy favourite. THEN round 2 happened and it was back to being tight again... But I guess not. Ganondorf jumped ahead early and never looked back, only losing about 1.5% over the course of the match.

What could this mean?: Ganondorf looked like a true elite here, his best showing in a very long time if not ever. Dante looked really good for two straight rounds, at least doing what he was supposed to, so for Ganondorf to overperform by 6%, that's quite significant. It also raises the question, how strong is Chun-Li? Luster pointed out that she has been steadily rising in SF character polls, and Ryu has looked fantastic. I guess she's just really good after all (our data on her is quite limited to be fair).

Day 25, Match 1 - Vivi vs. Donkey Kong
(3) Vivi: 54.98% - (10) Donkey Kong: 45.02%

What happened?: The dream is dead. These two had met twice before, with Vivi winning with 56.47% and 56.29% two years apart. This match had some hype behind it thanks to DK's incredible performance against Leon, and was close during the board vote before settling into a relatively firm lead for Vivi. DK did make up 1.3% over their last match though, which is something.

What could this mean?: Vivi has looked like an elite for a while now and was just too far out of Dong's reach. DK making up that 1.3% probably hints at an even bigger boost for DK since Vivi is almost certainly stronger than in 2010 as well (no idea why that happened). Though I will say that DK may well have been siphoning a bit of Nintendo support from Leon, making him look even better in round 2. DK is a choker no more regardless. Vivi still has a shot at taking the division, although Ganondorf certainly looks like the favourite. We just have to assume that Dante wouldn't choke to DK too!
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