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Round 1 Division 1 Day 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 58.57%
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch 41.43%

Prediction Percentage 78.35%

Sekiro won the match with relative ease as it was supposed to, but for anyone that picked Sekiro to round 3, this was not what you had hoped for. Ni no Kuni is beyond irrelevant at this point and is probably only remember for being animated by Studio Ghibli. While it is a very pretty game indeed, its rather forgettable and I would not have been surprised to see it not make the field at all.

Lets stay at the pretty animations part for a bit though. While I switched to Monster Hunter > Sekiro after this day of matches, I did not think this was as bad as people thought. Because if you have not played either of the two, Ni no Kuni stands out quite a bit. I can see people thinking Well, it looks nice and I like Studio Ghibli here. I couldve done that in some matters myself if I didnt care for either game. Thats despite having actually attempted to play Ni no Kuni. I just got bored of it and never got around to finishing it.

Now, although round 2 certainly did not do that line many favors, Im about ready to pick it up again on the other side of the contest. Because while Sekiro didnt get close to winning next round, this whole fourpack ends up looking good, all in the better half of the bracket. Its hard a bit hard to imagine, but I think it makes the above point good after all. You could argue that it just has the right genre for us to care about it, but there are certain games today and yesterday proving it is not necessarily so. I have a hard time imagining Ni no Kuni put up much of a number on anything, but it seems like the kind of game thats also hard to blowout entirely. I would not pick it above FFXV or Hollow Knight as the stats suggest, but I still think the stats tell us something. The game is forgettable to many, but rarely ever disliked, and we all remember what it is when seeing it in a poll. Sekiro is also a recent game and here on the other side of the contest, being a year old has not looked to do anything any favors anymore, were slow on this site. So its a good game for Ni no Kuni to perform well on while going out.

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