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Kleenexs Analysis

I cant decide if it feels like it has been forever since the last contest, or if it feels like it was just yesterday. Yeah, yeah, sure, Best Year in Gaming did take place just last year, but no one actually remembers that exists. It was a bad fever dream; and much like Rivalry Rumble and Quotes Contest, occupies a wait did that actually happen? space in my mind. The cloud of Draven and Undertale still looms ominously over these things, and a lot of the chatter pre-contest involved figuring out if rallies will happen and for which characters. I guess well see. Not sure if the registered user thing is going to make a difference, but it shouldnt matter too much for the first few days at least.

All that being said, Im actually more excited for this contest than I expected to be when it was announced. I think the bracket setup is great - the champion section is an awesome idea. We still get to have a bracket full of new characters and midcarders, while still getting to see the big guys (or dying husks of the big guys) at the end of the contest.

The first match of the day is, as expected, an easy one, even with Link being absent. Dante is one of the stronger characters in the main part of the bracket, while Cuphead is not the kind of game that GameFAQs tends to gravitate towards. Hes got a neat character design, but that only takes you so far (note: feel free to reference this when I overrate 2B horrendously later on).

Theres no question that Dante wins, but I will posit that I think its possible that he manages to disappoint with how much he wins by. I think Dante has fallen over the past few contests and doesnt hold as much cache as he did 10 years ago (4-ways kind of inflated his value IMO). Maybe the announcement of DMC5 changes that?

Kleenexs Prediction: Dante with 74%

Guests Analysis - BetrayedTangy

So this match is pretty exciting for me. It'll be my first 1v1 character match I get to witness and the star of one of my favorite video games is in it. Too bad he has zero chance of winning.

Regardless of that I've still set a goal in my head for Cuphead. I want to see him break 30% on Dante which I think he can do. His game was really well received, plus Cuphead's art style might actually give him the pic advantage over Dante.

Maybe I'm just crazy and Dante pulls 80+, but a man can dream

Dante - 70%

Crew Consensus: Dante gets this party started with a win.
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Moltar Status: contest hype
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