Haste_2 posted...
Since performances against weak opponents vary greatly, I don't put any stock into those matches. RBY got like 60% against TTEWY, for instance, but I'm sure RBY is still a top three... or at least a top 5 game. Contra probably wouldn't stand a chance against FF8, yet Contra did better on Mario 64.
Yeah, I think SM64 is starting to get antivoted because of the whole "Mario always wins" factor that's going on; I'd consider it a heavy underdog this week against Melee. Speaking of which...
Week 4: "Oh, hey, Yoshi's Island is 4-0; it'll make another great quality win to boost Paper Mario: TTYD back into top 25 consideration."
Week 5: "Wow, Fire Emblem just jumped from not receiving votes to being #24 after beating FFT, and now it's facing 5-0 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. It should really gain some traction after winning this one."
Week 6: "Yoshi's Island is 6-0 and in the top 25, so Majora's Mask should be able to use this win to bounce back from that loss to Wind Waker."
Week 7: "Okay, FFIX actually looks stronger than FFX right now in spite of FFX beating it head-to-head due to the schedule it's faced, but FFX should be able to turn that around after it beats Super Mario World 2 next week."
Week 8: "Wait...exactly why do I keep picking against SMW2, again?"
Seriously, this week will be the fourth week in a row where SMW2 faces a seemingly superior opponent, and I'm starting to think that it'll win this one, too. It's still not getting voted terribly high in the rankings topics, because it's hard to take Yoshi's Island seriously, but at 8-0 with four straight quality wins/four wins against games that were ranked at some point in the season in its last 5 matches (lol GoldenEye), it's going to be hard to deny it a top-3 spot next week if it pulls this off.
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Ulti (in one of his Post-Contest Analyses): God of War turned a 5 hour deadlock into a total laugher
Anagram: Oh God, Tidus and Yuna were involved?