Mario jumping so much in 2005 was due to a site shift and a HUGE Nintendo boost. And Sephiroth still put up 56% on him that year. Mario went from beating Cloud to gettin only 39% on Seph next year. Mario performs very badly against Sephiroth for some reason. He might be better indirectly now, but I would still take Sephiroth over him head-to-head if it came up.