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Division 4 Semifinal: (3)Xenoblade Chronicles vs (2)Fire Emblem: Three Houses

(3)Xenoblade Chronicles - 16374 [59.64%]
(2)Fire Emblem: Three Houses - 11082 [40.36%]
Total Votes - 27456
Prediction Percentage - 16.7%

Xenoblade looked better than Fire Emblem for two rounds straight, and this is the match where it came time for Fire Emblem to get the asswhipping that was clearly coming. A lot of people would end up calling this match an SFF beating, and there may have been some of that, but I think something else was at play here.

We've seen the power of anti-voting in contests with vote totals this low. Just ask Draven, Sans, Undertale, Dota 2, Grand Theft Auto, or Master Chief. When that stink is on you, watch out. Fire Emblem, and specifically Fire Emblem: Three Houses, getting added to that list might seem a bit out of place, but remember that the Smash Bros fanbase is largely made up of spoiled, whiny, insufferable idiots who somehow have the money for video games but can't ever afford water, soap, a gym membership, or deodorant.

To understand what happened to Fire Emblem here, we have to go back 14 years to May of 2006: https://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/

In 2006 Sakurai, the creator of Smash Bros, launched the '''DOJO'''. It was a masterful piece of marketing, and it was used to slowly spoil content and get people worked up into a frenzy for the upcoming Super Smash Bros Brawl. This has continued in Smash games all the way through today, and they've even added DLC characters, season passes, and incredibly well done videos on the internet outside of the '''DOJO''' environment to keep this hype going to a wide audience.

It's worked out beautifully. Smash Ultimate has sold something like 20 million copies, far and away the #1 fighting game ever. Part of this is due to the incredible hype videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMeYV8Gbpd4

On top of that, they do a wonderful job with these DLC character videos as well. Even ''costumes'' have people freaking out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmau-gRMr_U

"Ulti, didn't you call Smash people the worst fanbase in entertainment like two writeups ago?"

Yes, but there are plenty of good ones left. I specifically mean the losers who are incapable of playing any of those games for fun.

Anyway, all of the hype over the past 15 years has helped Smash become what it is today -- with one exception. Fire Emblem. It's been a long-standing belief that there are way, way too many Fire Emblem characters in those games, and that the characters they do pick are always main characters that all get made to play the exact same way. Sword, disjointed hitbox, keep people from getting in, rinse and repeat. It's been the same gameplay for 20 years, and the old joke is that all of the Fire Emblem characters are just different versions of Marth. I wish I could say these people are wrong, but they're completely right on this one.

And yet with all of that, ''nothing'' prepared people for the absolute shitstorm that would come from this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aqVlLlKkcg

Smash fans get hyped for ANYTHING, but see how that video has 40% dislikes? These people lost their damn minds over this reveal, so of course Three Houses was going to fold like an accordion the second it faced anything decent. Was this match SFF? Maybe. But there was 100% confirmation of anti-voting going on. Three Houses looked like garbage all contest long, and finally it went up against a game in Xenoblade that could take full advantage.

The true shame here is twofold. One, Xenoblade didn't get the credit it deserved here for going on a deep contest run. It was more blame being thrown at Fire Emblem than anything else, which is a shame. Xenoblade deserves to get some love here. And two, Smash Bros aside, Three Houses did absolutely nothing wrong. It's a ''wonderful'' game, and got such a raw deal here. You take Fire Emblem, a series known for choking as-is, and add anti-votes to the mix? Watch out.

This match all but cemented Fire Emblem as Turd of the Contest, and set up an awesome match for the Division 4 final in Persona 4 Golden versus Xenoblade Chronicles. And by the way, I ''knew'' Three Houses would choke. You can go check my guru bracket. Smash fans were going to bury this game first chance they got.

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