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I wasn't sick of writing about the contest after 150 analysis crew writeups in two months, so I decided to make a list!

We should probably start by defining 'important'. This is *not* a list of the best contest matches, and many of them that rank high were not even particularly close. This is meant to be a list of matches that shaped the contests, or at least the perception of the contests. Some matches set trends and expectations for years to come, some right and some totally wrong. Some matches foreshadowed a big contest result in the future. Others were highly anticipated debuts that were total bombs.

Because of this influential criteria, this list will skew older and more towards later-round matches for obvious reasons. There's a reason that you see Mario 1 listed as a 'most influential' game even though there are many better Mario games that came later. For example, you won't see 2004 Jill Valentine vs. Ryu Hayabusa on this list because it didn't really change anything despite being super close. You might see 2004 Link vs. Ganondorf, though, 'cause that certainly did.

I expect my list here to be counter to a lot of others' expectations so I won't be surprised if people come at me for these picks. That's fine! Let's go!
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