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Round 2 Division 2 Day 18
Fire Emblem: Awakening 42.10%
Bloodborne 57.90%

Prediction Percentage 48.94%

This match was another one that had the gurus almost equally split, but Fire Emblem: Awakening was the favorite before the contest began. After round 1 happened, it did not look as good at all and Bloodborne suddenly became the favorite. You had to believe Call of Duty: Black Ops was really bad to keep your faith in Awakening high. Especially because Three Houses didnt look spectacular in round 1 either. While believing Black Ops is as bad as possible these days is pretty reasonable, Awakening was never really in this match.

Fire Emblem was a very easy target this contest. Both games didnt get as far as the majority of the board thought and with what people think is too much Smash appearance, the series hasnt really been as well looked at as it used to before it truly became mainstream. It seems however like Awakening wasnt actually any worse than in 2015. The difference is at least minimal. Im sure most people thought Awakening was better than Bloodborne in 2015 here and didnt see that change with a big new Fire Emblem recently out, and while that looked stupid today, perhaps that wasnt all wrong.

Its Bloodborne that has risen a great amount. It was new back in 2015 and hadnt truly found its ground yet, but the Soulsborne games have established themselves as some of the best this previous decade has to offer and theyre some of the first things you think of when you think of what game of the decade was. Bloodborne hasnt quite achieved the status Dark Souls has, but thats because Dark Souls came first. It seems pretty clear to me that Bloodborne is mostly preferred by the people that play all the Soulsborne games. This all redeems Awakening supports a bit I think, but good call to those that expected the Bloodborne rise.

The match wasnt ever really in doubt. Awakening won the board vote but lost the lead before the freeze and Bloodborne never really looked back. The Soulsborne games havent had good board votes at any point and we love Fire Emblem here, so its to be expected. Worth noting is that Awakening was a bit above 45% for a while until a Bloodborne rally kicked in. It was pretty clearly the most successful rally of the contest so far and pushed Bloodborne up to where it was now and also clearly affected the other matches going on. Being capable of brining an effective rally to the table even when ahead suddenly made it very possible that Bloodborne could go further than round 3. The Bloodborne fans are very passionate about their game!

Its not the first time weve seen a game needlessly rallying when already winning a match. Super Smash Bros. Melee is known for doing this back in 2015 against Pokemon Gold and Silver. Melee went on to kill GameFAQs favorite Chrono Trigger with its rallying powers, which frustrated the board a lot since Chrono Trigger looked good enough to beat Ocarina of Time that year. Melee would then continue to rally past Final Fantasy VII before losing a battle of rallies against Undertale. That did not make it very popular with our board, as it took away a bunch of matches we looked forward to and trivialized them instead. You can see where Im going with this. Bloodborne took villain status in the eyes of many and feared to win matches it wasnt supposed to because of it, though it wasnt nearly big enough for anyone to fear if would get past Breath of the Wild should it get that far.

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