I'm surprised not to see Mario 64 in the top 10 SoS. I'm assuming that the stronger a game's SoS is, the less it falls in a loss, right?
Anyways, Final Fantasy IX may only have one loss, but let's take a good look at its record against the RPI top 30, and...it's 1-1, with that one victory being...a four-vote win over Mario Kart 64, yay! Aside from that, FFIX has been on the receiving end of an SFF blowout from FFX. Also, last week, FFIX had only a one vote lead on BioShock at one point before it decided to just blow the whole match open. Its next two matches WILL be real tests, and there's a good chance that it blows both of them.
Super Mario Galaxy...really, another two-loss game in the RPI top 7, and from the same franchise to boot, really? Well Galaxy is currently 2-2 against the RPI top 30, with both wins being narrow ones over fellow Mario titles. I suppose some kudos should be in order for defeating the RBY-slayer and the LttP-slayer though, but Galaxy seems to overperform against Nintendo opponents so who knows? It gets a guaranteed fall in week 16 due to facing Guitar Hero II, but afterwards it'll be fed to Ocarina of Time so that should be a good opportunity to emerge victorious once again and...kick Ocarina out of the top 30 potentially? Yeah, let's do this Galaxy!
Super Mario Galaxy 2...is behind Galaxy 1, really? Oh well, just like its older brother, Galaxy 2 is 2-2 against fellow RPI top 30 competition, and once again those wins are both against fellow Mario titles. SMG2 seems to have a bit of a problem in that it underperforms against far older games, as it it receives constant anti-votes for "not being old enough", which I think is stupid. But how else are we supposed to explain struggling to avoid being doubled by RBY, doing 9% worse on MGS2 than Galaxy 1 did, and getting only 63% on Silent Hill 2?
Metal Gear Solid...is first in its conference, really? Oh yeah, it hasn't lost since week 3, and it'd probably be hard-pressed to lose to MM again. HOWEVER, MGS has been struggling a little as of late, and it's currently 1-1 against the RPI top 30 with no opportunities to improve it. Fortunately, MGS1's next three opponents are all pretty strong.
A Link to the Past is currently 2-2 against the RPI top 30, and...what the heck were you doing losing to Paper Mario??? Bah. Rivalry week provides it an opportunity to rise further though.
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