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Topic	transience presents: the 75 most important matches in contest history
transience 12/16/18 2:17:34 PM #11:	74. I like how this ended up at #74. Super Metroid wasn't expected to win this match, but it crushed its r1 fodder match with over 80% and was assumed to be a decent opponent for LTTP (who put up 90% on a similarly fodder-y opponent -- more on Zelda's dominance later). The oracle average here was under 60%. The reality was a SFF beatdown that went beyond what anyone expected. Metroid wasn't really strong on its own -- Samus was, but Metroid was kind of a leech that would fall apart against core Nintendo. LTTP instantly went to a huge favourite over FF6 and probably CT as well. Division 16 was great with four big games (those + Mario World). It just wasn't five because Super Metroid was a confirmed fraud. This match would get a lot of focus during the 2005 lockdown period. Mario/Samus was by far the biggest debate of that contest and this match kinda foreshadowed it. --- xyzzy <cite>transience posted [p:914222587] in transience... [t:77307455]...</cite> <quote>74. I like how this ended up at #74. Super Metroid wasn't expected to win this match, but it crushed its r1 fodder match with over 80% and was assumed to be a decent opponent for LTTP (who put up 90% on a similarly fodder-y opponent -- more on Zelda's dominance later). The oracle average here was under 60%. The reality was a SFF beatdown that went beyond what anyone expected. Metroid wasn't really strong on its own -- Samus was, but Metroid was kind of a leech that would fall apart against core Nintendo. LTTP instantly went to a huge favourite over FF6 and probably CT as well. Division 16 was great with four big games (those + Mario World). It just wasn't five because Super Metroid was a confirmed fraud. This match would get a lot of focus during the 2005 lockdown period. Mario/Samus was by far the biggest debate of that contest and this match kinda foreshadowed it. --- xyzzy</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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