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We started this contest with one hundred girls, all vying to earn the second-ever title of Board 8's number 1 waifu. Last contest's top five proved not to be flukes as they all made the top ten again, but four of the five dropped out shy of the finals. Meanwhile, some waifus who went deep last year suddenly found their support dried up this year, and some who'd flopped last year and made it just barely into the soft boots, came back with a vengeance.

At the end of the day though, the final came down to a trio that would have felt right at home at the top of the leaderboards in the classic GameFAQS contests. Samus Aran barely made a splash in contest, despite her Noble Nine status. Yet her bottom-feeding kept her going throughout the late rounds. Meanwhile, Tifa and Aerith represented Final Fantasy VII, and looked to face each other in the ultimate showdown of FFVII waifus. At the end of the final round, Tifa Lockhart finished strong, only for Samus to swoop in and finish that 2006 female contest goodness. Last year saw kickass fighter Makoto Niijima take on the bearer of Wisdom herself, Princess Zelda. This time, we saw two different brands of physical powerhouses and badass women facing off.

Last year's final was a close event, but in a surprise upset, Makoto took home the win. This time around, there was definitely an upset, but the vote wound up in a complete blowout. Ultimate, by a score of 218 to 154 (both of which would've outscored Makoto's total last year), the winner of the first ever (rebooted) Save My Waifu Contest is...

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Samus Aran!

After struggling and scraping by through most of the back half of the contest, she came back with tremendous fury to defeat SMWI's third-place finisher, Tifa Lockhart. Despite the blowout, there was a point around the halfway mark where Tifa took the lead for a few posts, but then Samus's supporters just cleaned house altogether. I would like to offer a big thanks to everyone who participated throughout this contest and allowed it to exist and reach its completion. Here's hoping for an even bigger and better contest next year!

THE CHAMPION:

Samus Aran (Metroid series)

ELIMINATED:

2. Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy VII)
3. Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII)
4. Rin Tohsaka (Fate/Stay Night)
5. Chiaki Nanami (Danganronpa series)
6. Alicia Florrick (The Good Wife)
7. Princess Zelda (The Legend of Zelda series)
8. Tear Grants (Tales of the Abyss)
9. Maya Fey (Ace Attorney series)
10. Makoto Niijima (Persona 5)
11. Palutena (Kid Icarus)
12. Lara Croft (Tomb Raider series)
13. Barbara Gordon (DC Comics)
14. Aoi "Hina" Asahina (Danganronpa series)
15. Yoko Littner (Tengan Toppen Gurren Lagann)
16. Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid)
17. The Ugly One (Teen Girl Squad)
18. Roll Caskett (Mega Man Legends)
19. Historia Reiss (Attack on Titan)
20. Carmen Leno (DC Comics)
21. L'Arachel (Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones)
22. Claire "Lightning" Farron (Final Fantasy XIII series)
23. Sara Valestein (Trails of Cold Steel)
24. Euphemia "Euphie" li Britannia (Code Geass)
25. Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
26. Xiaomu (Namco X Capcom)
27. Rise Kujikawa (Persona 4)
28. Ty Lee (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
29. Kyoko Kirigiri (Danganronpa series)
30. Jasmine (Pokemon Gold/Silver)
31. Sonia Nevermind (Danganronpa series)
32. Claire Redfield (Resident Evil series)
33. Misty (Pokmon)
34. Ktjn (Final Fantasy XII)
35. Futaba Sakura (Persona 5)
36. Bernadetta von Varley (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
37. Nessa (Pokemon Sword/Shield)
38. Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club)
39. Rapunzel (Tangled)
40. Rem (Re:Zero)
41. D.Va (Overwatch)
42. Raven (DC Comics)
43. Tali'Zorah nar Rayya (Mass Effect series)
44. Kaywinnit "Kaylee" Fry (Firefly)
45. Hilda Goneril (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
46. Iris Amacitia (Final Fantasy XV)
47. Ema Skye (Ace Attorney series)
48. Dorothea (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
49. Lana (Hyrule Warriors)
50. Tae Takemi (Persona 5)
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51. Sheena Fujibayashi (Tales of Symphonia)
52. Tomoyo Sakagami (Clannad)
53. Android 18 (Dragon Ball Z)
54. Artoria Pendragon/Saber (Fate/Stay Night)
55. Fiora (Fire Emblem 7)
56. Rosa Farrell (Final Fantasy IV)
57. Lucina (Fire Emblem: Awakening)
58. Ji-Yeong (Squid Game)
59. Tsuyu "Froppy" Asui (My Hero Academia)
60. Aqua (Kingdom Hearts)
61. Mitsuko Souma (Battle Royale)
62. Kitana (Mortal Kombat series)
63. Rosalina (Super Mario series)
64. Kaede Akamatsu (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)
65. Belle (Beauty and the Beast)
66. Siryn (X-Men/X-Force)
67. KOS-MOS (Xenosaga series)
68. Sakura Matou (Fate/Stay Night)
69. Aloy (Horizon Zero Dawn)
70. Isabelle (Animal Crossing)
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71. Jill Valentine (Resident Evil series)
72. Ashley Graham (Resident Evil 4)
73. Melia Antiqua (Xenoblade Chronicles)
74. Peko Pekoyama (Danganronpa series)
75. Leia Rolando (Tales of Xillia)
76. Fiona Belli (Haunting Ground)
77. Mercy (Overwatch)
78. Jennifer (Rule of Rose)
79. Elsa (Frozen series)
80. Krystal (Star Fox series)
81. Kitty Pryde (X-Men)
82. Eleanor Hume (Tales of Berseria)
83. Shamir (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
84. Alicia Melchiott (Valkyria Chronicles)
85. Blake Belladonna (RWBY)
86. Ellie (The Last of Us Part II)
87. Elena Fisher (Uncharted series)
88. Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online)
89. Raphtalia (The Rising of the Shield Hero)
90. Laura S. Arseid (Trails of Cold Steel)
91. Holo (Spice and Wolf)
92. Shinomiya Kaguya (Kaguya-Sama: Love is War)
93. Cala Maria (Cuphead)
94. Sanae Kochiya (Touhou)
95. Kanon Tachibana (Neo: The World Ends With You)
96. Eleanor Shellstrop (The Good Place)
97. Phi (Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward)
98. Mavis Beacon (Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing)
99. Shara (Final Fantasy Tactics Advance)
100. Amakawa Hano (Re:AcT Vtuber)