Friday, July 5th, 2002
Stats and Analysis Edit
Poll 944
Division North Division
Match # 5
Match Date Friday, July 5th, 2002
Vote difference 5,326
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Prediction Alucard - 51.41%
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Fun Fact: The very year this match took place, Electronic Gaming Monthly released a "Top 100 Games" list, and Symphony of the Night was #4, only behind Super Metroid, Tetris, and A Link to the Past.
But for most of the board, this was another day, another mainstream character underperforming, and for the third time in five days, said mainstream character underperformed enough to lose. And for the fourth time in five days, said mainstream character was a platformer character. And for the second time, said character was the star of a PS1 RPG (well, action-adventure with RPG elements, but you get the point).
Alucard was the bracket favorite due to seeding, but despite this most of the board did not expect him to win given how most of his exposure came from a cult PS1 hit and an old NES game where he's merely a side character, versus Tails having the might of the Sonic series behind him. Trouble is, however, that when you take away all the history behind these characters and break it down into who they are, you get...a vampire in a black jacket versus an eight-year old fox. Lol. Quite frankly it's a bit of a surprise that Alucard didn't do better (he certainly would now, I mean look, this guy did 4% better on Chrono Trigger's fan favorite in 2010 than he did on Tails here!), but to be honest, the Sonic franchise really was a force to be reckoned with back in our first contest. It's just that Alucard was strong enough to upset the franchise's weak link, that's all.
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