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Topic~~ Ctes' Post-Contest Analysis (PCA) ~~
ctesjbuvf
05/22/20 6:18:35 AM
#130:


Round 1 Division 6 Day 12
Animal Crossing: New Leaf 66.51%
Street Fighter V 33.49%

Prediction Percentage 69.08%

This match is such a good example of how much a franchise can have changed in the eyes of its fans. Animal Crossing started out rather niche and took its time to become one of Nintendos greatest. New Leaf was huge, however, and this contest came right after New Horizons came out broke almost as many sales records as it possible could. If theres one bad thing about this being a Game of the Decade contest and not a regular one, its that we couldve seen New Horizons on the field right in the middle of when the whole internet is in love with it. The pandemic certainly helped to some extent, but it was always going to be huge. Its coming out on a console that everyone really loves, which hasnt really been possible for it before. You could argue the Wii, but Animal Crossing hadnt quite reached the heights it is at now when the Wii was liked. Its weird, its not the type of game we usually care hugely for but perhaps with Nintendo written on the box, that doesnt matter as much. It wouldve been so much fun to see New Horizons in a contest this spring.

New Leaf might have gotten some of that boost, however. It was expected to be stronger than it was back in 2015, though its hard to make much of that run when it was fed to Super Mario World in round one. In any case, when literally everyone is currently playing New Horizons, itll probably draw some votes to the Animal Crossing game.

On the other hand, we have Street Fighter, which used to be a big series but has fallen off a cliff. Ryu has always been a character here, but its probably less than it used to be, and he can likely thank Smash that its not worse than it wouldve been if he hasnt gotten into that. Street Fighter missed the previous contest and its only in now because the bracket is the most diverse thing weve ever had. Its sad to see.

New Leaf came just short of the doubling, but still looks great enough today. Its a handheld game thats pretty far from what we tend to like here, and the Street Fighter name alone mightve kept it away from being complete fodder. Winning the next match wasnt out the question, although Red Dead Redemption 2 looks pretty fine as well.

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