To help you all with the Link/Mario tiebreaker, here are the numbers. Some of it is just ludicrous (looking at you, Sonic and MMX), completely distorted by Rivalry Factor, SFF, pre-Skyward Sword and whatnot, but hey, still better than nothing. Happy gambling!
2002 Finals
Link: 61415 - 62.53%
Mario: 36796 - 37.47%
2007 Quarterfinals
Link, 52795 [36.42%] - Sephiroth, 45633 [31.48%] - Mario, 32239 [22.24%] - Vincent Valentine, 14277 [9.85%]
Link [relative to Mario]: 62.09%
Mario: 37.91%
2008 Semifinals
Link, 50315 [38.45%] - Crono, 33087 [25.28%] - Mario, 25594 [19.56%] - Samus Aran, 21871 [16.71%]
Link [relative to Mario]: 66.28%
Mario: 33.72%
2010 Semifinals
Link: 67456 - 64.57%
Mario: 37006 - 35.43%
2010 R3 (Mario-Ike)/2011 R2 (Mariowser/Ike Knight) Comparison
2010: Mario [74.10%]
2011: Mariowser [80.47%]
Mariowser did 8.59% better in this contest than Mario last year (proportionnally, of course, not raw percentage). Extrapolating on that, 2011 Mariowser vs. 2010 Link would have ended as:
Link [61.52%] > Mariowser [38.48%].
2010 R4 (Mario-Mega Man)/2011 R3 (Linkondorf/Mega Wily)
2010: Mario [58.38%]
2011: Linkondorf [75.26%]
Extrapolated strength - Linkondorf 2011 [56.32%] > Mario 2010 [43.68%]
2010 R2 (Link-Alucard)/2011 R4 (Linkondorf/Aludrac)
2010: Link [71.79%]
2011: Linkondorf [77.6%]
Linkondorf did 8.09% better in this contest than Link last year. Extrapolating on that, Linkondorf 2011 vs. Mario 2010 would have ended as:
Linkondorf [69.8%] > Mario [30.2%]
2010 R3 (Link-Mega Man X)/2011 R4 (Mariowser/XZero)
2010: Link [67.28%]
2011: Mariowser [66.66%]
Extrapolated strength: Link [50.23%] > Mariowser [49.77%]
2010 R5 (Link-Sonic)/2011 R3 (Mariowser/Sonicman)
2010: Link [70.23%]
2011: Mariowser [70.58%]
Extrapolated strength: Mariowser [50.12%] > Link [49.88%]
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