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Gonna float a hypothesis here...I think this year's bracket will be the most normie-friendly we've had in a long time. Like, say, VGMC5-ish.

That's not to say that I think anyone will be particularly normie with their tastes, but we anticipate getting a bunch of new people who haven't yet been indoctrinated into the Gustcom Collective, and who don't necessarily form a cohesive unit of their own tastes, either. Therefore, the least common denominator is classics and songs from widely-known franchises. Especially if not everyone wants to invest the massive time sink that is listening to all the nominations.

Thus, I think if Pokemon didn't manage a retiree last year, this would have 100% been the year. We might see something retire from another series with none, like Ace Attorney. I'm not going to go so far as to say we might see an 8- or 16-bit era track retire, because that might be too big a stretch. Plus, I think this will have a bigger effect on nominations than on what succeeds in the bracket. But I do anticipate we're going to get a lot of older songs and songs from major franchises.

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