Also, other clarification: I'm not strictly AGAINST adding fictional characters, though I'm not for it either. I just don't think it's necessary for unpredictable matches, and the benefit from removing Link from the bracket is much greater. Doing both would be nice, but that negates the off-chance that one of the newcomers would beat Link.
I would rather we had a Link-less field where we opened up the field slightly, to characters like Dracula and Robo-Hitler (yes) who are both non-VG and VG-original so we can test the water somewhat. If they do abnormally well (which I doubt, based on this contest) then maybe it's worth it.
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