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TooTooP3 posted...

Just checked the contest standings.

More people had Pikachu winning the division than Ganondorf? Interesting

Doesn't surprise me. Pikachu had a softer division, or at least one that would be perceived as such. I vaguely seem to remember Zero being one who's often underestimated, and that's the legitimate biggest threat to Pikachu.

Ganondorf, on the other hand, was in the same division as someone who literally beat him just last contest. Yes, it was in an SFF situation and had rallies fueling an overperformance, but still.

If you look at it round by round, Ganondorf had a higher prediction percentage in Round 1 (not surprising since Pikachu actually drew a midcarder in R1--though Ganondorf had the highest prediction percentage of the round, which might be mildly surprising because Neku's not a newcomer, he's Square, and this was a 4-13 match. Though maybe being a proven loser was why Neku had less support than the likes of Primrose and Hat Kid!), and he still had a higher prediction percentage in Round 2. But Pikachu takes a slight lead over Ganondorf in R3 prediction percentage, suggesting that Dante > Ganondorf was considered a more likely upset than Yoshi > Pikachu, and that's extended here in Round 4, suggesting that Vivi or even Leon were considered better chances than Zero. Which, again, makes sense because the common wisdom is that Mega Man is pseudo-Nintendo.

TL;DR Ganondorf was in a division with multiple non-Nintendo midcarders, while every midcarder in Pikachu's division was Nintendo or pseudo-Nintendo.
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