This isn't about series unless the trainers are in the match, the end. It's clear some characters really fell off because they had terrible partners, but in general the strongest characters all won because they've always been the strongest characters here.
Characters are in the matches; this is a character battle. It doesn't mean Cloud can beat Link just because Sephiroth is there (I still don't see any logic saying why someone who'd vote Link over Cloud suddenly wouldn't because they see someone else from Cloud's game sitting there).
Link still wins.
Mario still loses to everyone here.
There's no logic to suggest Mario can resist SFF from Link... look at the last contest for your proof. Mario struggled against a Pokemon fueled rally entrant but still ended up with a win, without being able to SFF a Nintendo counterpart very well. He himself was drilled into the ground by Link, scoring his worst 1v1 percentage against him. Link has only looked even more invincible during this contest and has yet to be held under 75%.
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