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There could be some nostalgia or demographic shift boosting KH1+2, but I'd be more convinced if similar games like FFX, FFXII boosted or if KH characters looked great in 2018 in the same way that CT's boost was part of a broader SNES nostalgia wave that led to FFVI also boosting etc. I can see the MGS3 analogy in that KH1+2 didn't fall hard like MGS4 or FFX if people are seeing KH2 as the "last great Square game", but I don't think KH1+2 or MGS3 boosted either.

LinkMarioSamus posted...

True, but even then KH2 directly outperformed its 2010 loss to TP against a presumably stronger opponent - and direct extrapolation had Melee getting 52% on TP in 2010 since, y'know, they both shared a common opponent (you could maybe argue SFF getting in the way, but eh). Plus taking CT's and Melee's other matches from that division plus Arkham City/TLOU from GOTD at face value, Melee is projected to get 38% on CT which is frankly really good.

Not entirely on topic, but has Melee suffered a popularity hit on this board due to its rallies in 2015? Or heck, maybe its rallies and the general "devotedness" of the Smash fandom cause the entire series to be anti-voted in contest matches? We probably should never hold another series contest ever again but if we did I bet Smash would do well to avoid a doubling from Mario.

I think pre-rally Melee fell a bit in 2015. I wouldn't take the CT/Melee seriously, since that was derailed by rallies so I dont think anyone can say what a "fair" rally-less match would look like had it happened round 1 before the contest went off the rails. You can also use the GSC match to argue that pre-rally Melee was trending to do only 1-2% worse on GSC than MM did in 2010, which perfectly matches the 2010 xstats but I don't think the round 3 MM in 2010 is the same one that beat Brawl and FFX.

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