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Topic~*Ultimaterializer's Post-Contest Retro Summer 2008 Analysis!*~
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12/03/20 11:34:55 PM
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Division 3 Round 1: Crash Bandicoot, Nightmare, Raz, and Samus

Crash - 20841 [16.89%]
Nightmare - 27999 [22.69%]
Raz - 10162 [8.23%]
Samus - 64408 [52.19%]
Total Votes - 123410

If you put this match in a time machine and redid it, Crash might actually get second place. It took a looooooong time, but he and his series actually got relevant again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_Bandicoot

Just look at the time line. See the huge white space on it where nothing happened? Gamers lost their minds when he starred in anything at all, let alone something really good. It was awesome to see!

Meanwhile, Soul Calibur is.... Soul Calibur. People can try to sell me on 3D fighters all day long, but I'll always see Soul Calibur as "Tekken with huge weapons". They're good games and I see why they used to be a huge deal, don't get me wrong, but they're just not for me. They seem to have fallen off over the years, too.

Thankfully this match happened in 2008, and it was one of the most predictable, boring matches of the entire first round. Everyone knew Samus was going to faceroll this match, and faceroll she did. Breaking 50% in a fourway poll is not easy to do, but Samus made it look simple. Beyond that, there was zero drama whatsoever. We all knew Nightmare would win an easy, yet distant second place en route to getting destroyed in round 2. For those playing the home game, this was his same exact path in 2007.

By the way, when I was digging up stuff for this match, I noticed people saying Nightmare is the most popular character in the series. You guys do remember Link made an appearance, right? And even beyond the sardonic answer, I would be shocked if Talim or Taki wasn't #1. Not that we'll ever get to find out in a contest setting, but hey.

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