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Division 3 Round 1: (7)Devil May Cry 5 vs (10)Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

(7)Devil May Cry 5 - 14856 [57.41%]
(10)Tropical Freeze - 11020 [42.59%]
Total Votes - 25876
Prediction Percentage - 70.37%

Speaking of Devil May Cry, what an incredible redemption story. There aren't many games, or franchises, that deserved to win a heavily debated match more than Devil May Cry. I know Dante himself has some success in contests, but his games? Here is the entire DMC history in our contests:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2435-mushroom-division-round-1-sonic-the-hedgehog-vs-devil-may
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/4078-northeast-division-round-1-mother-3-vs-devil-may-cry-3
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/4105-south-division-round-1-star-wars-kotor-vs-devil-may-cry
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/4137-northeast-division-round-2-metroid-prime-vs-devil-may-cry-3

That's it. That's the entire list. Blown out in the series contest, and 1-2 in the last Game of the Decade. Not just 1-2, either; those were three ''awful'' performances. Failing to double a game never released in America despite an absurd picture advantage? Come on bro.

On top of that, the series has been through hell and back. Twice. The original game was supposed to be a Resident Evil, but it got changed partway through without ever fixing the camera angles. Trash. Then 2 happened, which was an all-time disaster. 3 was arguably the best action game ever made, and people thought okay, good, the series is on track.

Nope! 4 was literally only half a game, and DmC was laughable garbage that was no indefensible the series almost died for good. DmC was a self-insert fanfiction. Seriously, the director modeled that game's version of Dante after himself and spent the entire game crapping on series fans: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m-5V65dnQrU/T4hcbMWm1AI/AAAAAAAAADc/V3PCEmPz6GE/s1600/tameem+v+dante.jpg

It would be a long time before we got a new game after that disaster -- 6 years, to be exact -- and mercifully it was an ''incredible'' video game. The camera was finally fixed. The characters were all good. The gameplay was top notch. I could go on, but I won Review of the Month singing this game's praises so go read that instead: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps4/241018-devil-may-cry-5/reviews/167901

There was one catch here. A Devil May Cry game in a debated match against a Nintendo game with a well-known name, of all things? Donkey Kong was past the choker label, too. In 2015, Donkey Kong Country 2 won two close matches (something DK is ''very'' shaky with). In 2018, Donkey Kong of all characters went on an upset tour. Not only did he upset Tidus, but Donkey Kong -- yes, ''the'' infamous contest choker himself -- beat Leon Kennedy in a MASSIVE guru upset. 160 gurus signed up for that contest. Only nine picked Donkey Kong to win twice. In those two contests, one for games and one for characters, Donkey Kong had shed nearly 15 years of grief.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_asNhzXq72w

Seriously, what the fuck even happened here? Mind you, I am not remotely upset DMC5 won this match going away. I played and loved both games, but DMC deserved this and I was rooting for it. This thing was close for 3 minutes, and then DMC5 just boat raced this thing. There was no indication whatsoever that this was possible. I know DMC5 backers were confident, and I'm happy for you, but I thoroughly disagree that there was any way to truly know this was coming. I'm going to commit a logical fallacy here and appeal to authority. Yoblazer33 is the best to ever do it, and if his first two contests actually counted toward his overall guru score, he would ''far and away'' be the #1 overall guru in our contest's history. By the NG and Swirl, I really think we should legacy rule his first two contest scores into the overall and call it a wrap. Yoblazer is not the 11th best guru ever and everyone knows it.

Anyway, he knows what's up. He was in third place this year until the penultimate match, and would have won this contest if Bethesda didn't suck ass. He looked at all the same data I laid out here, and came to the same conclusion. Devil May Cry in a debated match, against Nintendo? EZPZ. But then in one of the biggest shockers ever, DMC5 crushed it and gave Donkey Kong some PTSD. DK doesn't have his choke label back, but if he pulls this once or twice more, look out.

Swirldude, the #1 overall guru via technicality (the dude is a genius who has put in serious work for 2 decades, but everyone knows #1 is Yoblazer) was kind enough to explain what happened on The Show. The short version is DMC5 is a fairly strong and well respected game, and Donkey Kong Country means very little outside of the SNES. On top of that, DKC Returns on the Wii just wasn't good, and Tropical Freeze was released two years into the Wii U's life span -- also known as two years after people realized the Wii U was garbage. Nintendo is the dominant entity on this site, but even Nintendo has a weakness. That weakness is the Wii U.

And that Show appearance perfectly encapsulated what happened here. Truly. We should have seen this coming. For all intents and purposes, Breath of the Wild is a Switch game. So let's throw that one out. Once you do, what exactly on the Wii U is relevant outside of Mario Kart 8, Smash 4, and Captain Toad Treasure Tracker? Bayonetta 2 was a Wii U exclusive and the gaming public ''destroyed'' that game for it. You'd be hard pressed to find anything Nintendo has ever done that's more radioactive, and they couldn't get off that system fast enough in lieu of the Switch.

So Swirl had it right, I think. This is the Wii U's fault. It's also one of the only examples of a Switch port meaning literally nothing. Either way, I couldn't be happier. Good job DMC5, you magnificent bastard. You deserved this one more than you can ever know.

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