Board 8 > Is Samus/Ridley vs. PKMN Trainer Red/Blue the only toss-up match left?

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iGenesis
12/09/11 9:20:00 PM
#1:


Does anyone really think Cloud has a chance against Link (an event that hasn't happened since 2003), or that Sora has any chance against Squall? What other difficult-to-predict matches are left?

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TheCodeisBosco
12/09/11 9:21:00 PM
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TBH, the real toss-up is Trainers/Mario. I doubt Samus is going to even put up a fight.

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KamikazePotato
12/09/11 9:21:00 PM
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Red/Blue look to have that match pretty decisively, so I'm not sure if I would call it a tossup.

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Sorozone
12/09/11 9:21:00 PM
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None left.

Trainers will stomp Samus, lose to Mario.
Link will destroy everything his path.

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Team Rocket Elite
12/09/11 9:21:00 PM
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Red/Blue is the heavy favourite to beat Samus/Ridley at this point, aren't they?

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Azp2k32
12/09/11 9:21:00 PM
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TheCodeisBosco posted...
TBH, the real toss-up is Trainers/Mario. I doubt Samus is going to even put up a fight.

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Except... Trainers/Mario is probably not a toss up. Odds are still heavily in Mario's favor, but we'll have to see.

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XIII_rocks
12/09/11 9:22:00 PM
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More worried about them beating Mario, but they COULD still lose to Samus. Heavy favourites though now

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sonicboom510
12/09/11 9:22:00 PM
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Sora/Squall anyone?

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TheCodeisBosco
12/09/11 9:23:00 PM
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Azp2k32 posted...
TheCodeisBosco posted...
TBH, the real toss-up is Trainers/Mario. I doubt Samus is going to even put up a fight.

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Except... Trainers/Mario is probably not a toss up. Odds are still heavily in Mario's favor, but we'll have to see.


The odds are still in favor of Mario, definitely. But the chance of Trainers > Mario is definitely higher than Samus > Trainers, IMO.

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iGenesis
12/09/11 9:26:00 PM
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LOL at the thought of Pokemon beating Mario/Bowser. Mario/Bowser is easily the most iconic; they've appeared in more games than any other character pair in this contest.

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LeonhartFour
12/09/11 9:29:00 PM
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There aren't really any debatable matches left at this point, in my opinion.

Something may surprise us, but that's been a pretty rare event in this contest.

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iGenesis
12/09/11 9:33:00 PM
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From: LeonhartFour | #011
There aren't really any debatable matches left at this point, in my opinion.

Something may surprise us, but that's been a pretty rare event in this contest.


As I said, Samus/Ridley vs. PKMN Trainer Red/Blue.

PKMN Trainer Red/Blue has had better performance against their Round 1/2/3 opponents, but they've also had easier opponents. Metal Gear characters & Terra/Kefka are more popular than Luigi/Waluigi (same Nintendo fanbase)

Right now I would go with PKMN Trainer Red/Blue if I had to pick, but historically, Metroid/Samus have always been fairly strong.

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GenesisSaga
12/09/11 9:33:00 PM
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sonicboom510 posted...
Sora/Squall anyone?

I love Sora. He's getting crushed by SFF Squall. Who, in turn, is getting fed to SFF Cloud.

And SFF Mario is most likely killing SFF Trainers if they make it that far (and it looks as though they will).

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LeonhartFour
12/09/11 9:33:00 PM
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From: iGenesis | #012
As I said, Samus/Ridley vs. PKMN Trainer Red/Blue.


Not debatable.

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LeonhartFour
12/09/11 9:34:00 PM
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But I guess it might be considered debatable if you think Terra/Kefka or Chris/Wesker could beat Ryu/Ken.

I don't though.

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iGenesis
12/09/11 9:35:00 PM
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From: LeonhartFour | #015
But I guess it might be considered debatable if you think Terra/Kefka or Chris/Wesker could beat Ryu/Ken.

I don't though.


Look at Samus/Ridley vs. The Kid/The Guy. that's what happens when you get easy opponents like Red/Blue has gotten so far.

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LeonhartFour
12/09/11 9:35:00 PM
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From: iGenesis | #016
Look at Samus/Ridley vs. The Kid/The Guy. that's what happens when you get easy opponents like Red/Blue has gotten so far.


You think Ryu/Ken is an easy opponent?

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iGenesis
12/09/11 9:37:00 PM
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From: LeonhartFour | #017
You think Ryu/Ken is an easy opponent?


no, but easier than Big Boss/The Boss. Metal Gear has been more popular on this site than Street Fighter.

And I'm not debating the current consensus (that PKMN Trainer Red/Blue is favoured on that match), just that it's not as much of a foregone conclusion as you're making it out to be.

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LeonhartFour
12/09/11 9:38:00 PM
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Again.

Ryu/Ken vs. Terra/Kefka

Trainers and Samus got almost identical percentages against those two opponents

I think Ryu/Ken beats Terra/Kefka relatively easily

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Team Rocket Elite
12/09/11 9:40:00 PM
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no, but easier than Big Boss/The Boss. Metal Gear has been more popular on this site than Street Fighter.

And I'm not debating the current consensus (that PKMN Trainer Red/Blue is favoured on that match), just that it's not as much of a foregone conclusion as you're making it out to be.


Your opinion of Ryu/Ken is pretty different from the common opinion. I think most people think Ryu/Ken would beat Samus/Ridley.

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NeoElfboy
12/09/11 9:54:00 PM
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I think most people think Ryu/Ken would beat Samus/Ridley.

Really? I don't see much reason to think that, mostly because to me it's inconceivable that the trainers are worth 60% on Samus/Ridley (assuming no SFF). Unless Ridley is a bigger anchor than I think.

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LeonhartFour
12/09/11 10:16:00 PM
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The Bosses got 47% on Samus. No way Big Boss approaches that number 1-on-1. He got 37% on Mario last year. It's not that hard to think some other non-Noble Nine rivalry could reach that level.

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spooky96
12/10/11 5:33:00 AM
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Am I the only one on this board who still believes Samus> Trainers ? C'mon, Samus has been the winner ones, Pokemon is no where near as good as Solid Snake/Cloud/Link Mario/Samus/Crono/Sephiroth Defeating Ryu/Ken wasn't surprising. Though I'm well aware that Missingo came really close to Sephiroth in the last contest, so if the trainers are going to beat Samus, they're getting crushed by Mario, right? But still, it should be close.

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The_Djoker
12/10/11 5:49:00 AM
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The only toss up matches are Link/Cloud. Trainers are going to tear Samus's ass. It's not even close to being a toss up.

Samus/Ridley suck. I mean all due respect to the bosses...they are literally from just 1 game.

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The_Djoker
12/10/11 5:55:00 AM
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From: spooky96 | #023
Am I the only one on this board who still believes Samus> Trainers ? C'mon, Samus has been the winner ones, Pokemon is no where near as good as Solid Snake/Cloud/Link Mario/Samus/Crono/Sephiroth Defeating Ryu/Ken wasn't surprising. Though I'm well aware that Missingo came really close to Sephiroth in the last contest, so if the trainers are going to beat Samus, they're getting crushed by Mario, right? But still, it should be close.


Pokemon is no way near good as those characters?

Red/Blue the games are arguably the 4th/5th strongest games on the site. Well ahead of any Metroid game.

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spooky96
12/10/11 6:08:00 AM
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The_Djoker posted...
From: spooky96 | #023

Pokemon is no way near good as those characters?

Red/Blue the games are arguably the 4th/5th strongest games on the site. Well ahead of any Metroid game.


Well, I mean in performing, anyways, any particular reason why suddenly Trainers>Samus?

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GenesisSaga
12/10/11 11:32:00 AM
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^Rivalry factor for one.

Samus vs. Ridley kind of blows, whereas Trainers' rivalry is legit. I do believe they are the favorites to win, but I'm not buying all this talk of a blowout at all. 55% or less in favor of Trainers imo.

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