Think we could have had a bit more of the recent Poke-fear of recent years, like:

OoT/RBY/FFVIII/MGS & OoT/RBY/Melee/FFX - I remember the months of debate about how much SFF RBY was being held back by after these matches. These performances were completely crazy.

Charizard v Bowser & Charizard v Mario - Charizard may now be weaker than Pika, but the inflamed version we saw in 2010 was awesome, dismissing Bowser like he was nothing then making Mario sweat.

Squirtle > Cloud - I mean it's 2013 which was just a mess of a contest, but still. Even now beating Cloud is no mean feat.

And perhaps a nod to a strong performance from a western 2010s game:

Skyrim v Goldeneye and/or Metroid Prime

Or a non to how even non-elite 90s games usually trounce strong/popular games from the last two decades:

SMRPG v RE4
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