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Round 3 Division 1 Day 25
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 80.25%
Final Fantasy XV 19.75%

Prediction Percentage 84.65%

This is one of the most impressive round 3 performances of all time and one of only three times that something has managed to crack 80% three rounds in a row. To no ones surprise, the other two times also belong to the same franchise, Link in 2004 and The Legend of Zelda in the series contest. Both times also involved at least one SFF match though, making this one look even more impressive in comparison. Breath of the Wild was completely steamrolling all competition. Despite being the favorite to win the whole contest, it managed to exceed our expectations three rounds in a row. Its insane.

This performance is so dominant that everything in the fourpack Final Fantasy XV won suddenly looks extremely weak. Hollow Knights was thought to be among the best indie games, and it ended up way below the others in contention. Final Fantasy XV ends up significantly below Final Fantasy XIV and while the latter probably isnt as disliked, its still and MMORPG and something not as many has played. Does it really do any better in this match? This looks off to me is what Im trying to say. Is it really a coincidence that twice in a row weve seen the worst game of a round in x-stats being the game that faced Breath of the Wild?

Is it possible that Breath of the Wild used forced voting and the title of contest to overperform these first three rounds? No one has respect for The Outer Worlds, Halo: Reach or Final Fantasy XV when it comes to what Game of the Decade is. Dragon Quest does have a more dedicated fanbase than that. I also thought that maybe, just maybe, there actually is some SFF here after all? Its a stretch perhaps, but both franchises are historically very big and very exposed on this site. Usually, were split on them, but everyone played them. This decade, there has been absolutely no doubt about which one is better. Breath of the Wild might have a vocal group not liking it, but FFXV certainly does too. SFF might not be the right term, but I think something caused Breath of the Wild to look better than it usually would today.

There has not been a single contest on this site, that didnt involve The Legend of Zelda vs. Final Fantasy in some way. 2013 came close with Draven and all the Pokemon wrecking the bracket, but Sephiroth still got to face Midna and Vivi got to face Ganondorf. This contest obviously made it statistically more unlike with less entrants, but its not like it was only because of that. Not that it was the only match, but Link against Cloud was the obvious final match for many contests, although it became less and less debatable over time. These two franchises against each other have been a defining part of our contests and our site. Now look at what it has become. Final Fantasy XV is below the fodder line. Its crazy how uneven it is today. Of course, Ocarina of Time vs. Final Fantasy VII would not be this big of a blowout at all, but its still a bit crazy to think about. One of them still has the quality of the 90s. The other one doesnt. Ironically, the Final Fantasy game weve been the most positive towards in a long time is a remake of the most popular one.

Final Fantasy is in modern gaming no longer a big name. FFXV wouldnt be in this match if it didnt have the franchise name to ride on. It almost didnt make it here already. Its a shame to see one of the best franchises of all time come to this. Pumping out VII to X in five years is so incomparably impressive and its sad to see that it cant even spit out quality like that once in a decade any longer.

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