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Let me try to set this one up here. Coming off of 2004, Snake is known to be the bottom of the N9, having gotten 58/42'd by Mega Man the year prior and barely beating Frog with a sprite pic. Mega Man had some hype thanks to my dear friend Heroic Mario but, yknow, he wasn't THAT good. In some weird alternate reality, that MM/Tidus match is on this list.

Anyway, Snake struggles with Manny friggin' Calavera (relatively, of course - remember, this is the guy who 95%'d Tanner the year prior), then runs into the Nintendo boost head on with a 54/46 result against Zelda. Meanwhile, Bowser drops a 59/41 on Ryu, Luigi's killing it and Mario, holy cow. Nintendo is at full strength this contest. The noble nine breaker hype builds.

Snake walks into a dream match with Sora that almost makes the list for just how preposterous it was. I don't think we've ever had a more one-sided picture than the Snake/Sora picture and he nearly doubles him. Meanwhile, Bowser struggles to put down Kirby, probably the #1 Boost character. Snake looks good again.

And then he gets the sprite pic. If Frog could get to 48%, what about Bowser? The NN was really on the line here. The match starts and Snake is winning, but not by a lot and there's a long match to go. Early voters know who Snake is but the day vote is coming and this is a Nintendo character he's against. Snake drops, and drops, and drops, and drops.. I want to say that Slowflake called it for Bowser at some point, and Bowser slows down just enough to hold. He never breaks 700 votes and the NN survives. Contest lore nerds exhale. The balance has been kept.

There's no doubt after this match that Snake is the weakest guy. Mario demolishes him the next round en route to a contest win and Snake gets put into the box that Crono held from 2006-2010: the weak link. Everyone picks against him in 2006, and rightfully so except oh wait he got a Smash trailer and is about to become a contest legend.
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