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plasmabeam posted...

ToS and TTYD released within three months of each other on the same console as exclusives. That's a recipe for strong overlap. If you owned a GameCube and loved RPGs, you likely bought both games. Since ToS was the more traditional (swords & magic) RPG of the two, it became the Cube's flagship RPG, which I believe enabled it to rSFF TTYD.

This explains why SFF is possible (rSFF I'd wager is significantly less likely, it takes a very special set of circumstances for that to happen, and TTYD/Symphonia ain't it), but there's literally no need to use it to explain Symphonia's performance. It's justified its strength elsewhere. I don't see the need for argue for SFF unless the result is an anomaly compared to its other performances, and this isn't. Keep in mind that just because fanbases have overlap doesn't mean they have SFF. Things that are close in strength don't tend to SFF each other.

plasmabeam posted...

As for why ToS gets discredited, it's because the game's only outright victory came in 52-48 fashion over RE5, which is widely hated by the RE fanbase.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7923-division-2-round-1-mass-effect-2-vs-resident-evil-7

yeah people thought Mass Effect 2 was in big trouble after this performance against a supposedly lesser Resident Evil

turns out Resident Evil is a pretty strong brand here, Symphonia outright winning that match should not be taken as a sign of its weakness