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It's likely that, once this contest ends, there will not be a reasonably small group of characters unbeaten against outside competition in 1v1s.

Now that Pikachu has defeated Mega Man, the smallest such group consists of the following characters:

- Noble Nine
-- Pikachu (beat Mega Man in 2018, Zero in 2018)
--- Fox (beat Pikachu in 2003)
---- Aerith (beat Sora in 2003, Fox in 2018)
----- Zelda (beat Aerith in 2006 and 2018, Squall in 2018)
----- Auron (beat Alucard in 2006, Aerith in 2010, Vincent in 2018, Zero in 2018)
------ Ganondorf (beat Alucard in 2004, Auron in 2005)
------- Magus (beat Ganondorf in 2003)
-------- Knuckles (beat Magus in 2005)
--------- Zero (beat Knuckles in 2018)
---------- Luigi (beat Zero in 2006)
----------- Yoshi (beat Luigi in 2004)
----------- Tifa (beat Luigi in 2005 and 2018, MMX in 2018)
-------- Alucard (beat Magus in 2010, Red in 2018)
--------- Sora (beat Alucard in 2005)
---------- Bowser (beat Yoshi in 2003, Sora in 2010, Charizard in 2018)
----------- Charizard (beat Bowser in 2010)
---------- Pokemon Trainer Red (beat Sora in 2018)
----------- Mega Man X (beat Red in 2010)
------ Squall (beat Luigi in 2003, Knuckles in 2005, Auron in 2010)
------- Vincent (beat Squall in 2005, Ganondorf in 2006, Magus in 2018)
-- Missingno (beat Crono in 2010, Yoshi in 2010)

In case you're not keeping count, that's a "Noble 30", and Pikachu>Mega Man adds a full 20 characters to the list via the Aerith>Fox>Pikachu chain. (Previously, NN + Missingno could form such a group, as Missingno's only 1v1 loss is to Sephiroth.)

So no, the NN will never die, despite having lost a 24-hour 1v1 match for the first time ever.
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