# (1)Final Fantasy VII vs (2)Super Smash Bros. Melee 2004

_source: (1)Final Fantasy VII vs (2)Super Smash Bros. Melee 2004 (revid 88815)_

## Results

Saturday, June 5th, 2004

## Ulti's Analysis

- **Round:** Tournament Semi Final
- **Match \#:** 62
- **Match Date:** Saturday, June 5th, 2004
- **Vote difference:** 21,610
- **Oracle Expectations:** Final Fantasy VII - 58.32% 52 for - 1 against
- **GameFAQs Prediction:** Final Fantasy VII - 47.40% (19,406 brackets)

Let's be honest here. SSBM had no chance in hell of winning this match, and this thing served as nothing more than a speed bump en route to Final Fantasy 7 being the winner of this contest. The best SSBM could really offer was to put up a respectable showing, which I don't feel that it did. Getting to the Final Four and failing to post 40% in a match, even against the eventual champion, is not impressive by any means. It also serves to prove that your future looks bleak. Just ask Mario, who has no chance in hell of ever winning one of these contests unless we start removing the most popular characters. He never did truly recover after his horrid showing against Link in 2002, and there is no way in hell that Mario only gets 40% of the vote against Sephiroth that year as well.

If another of these contests is ever run, I won't have much faith in SSBM. I still love the game with an absolute fury and will pick it to win most matches, but it just has no chance of beating an elite game in one of these things. And with its loss, we had a Square/Square final. Fun.

Future Edit: Boy did that one not age well. Melee not only came back with a vengeance, but without the Undertale rally it might have won the 2015 contest outright.

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