# (8)Abe vs (9)Kyo Kusanagi 2002 _source: (8)Abe vs (9)Kyo Kusanagi 2002 (revid 88705)_ ## Results Thursday, July 18th, 2002 ## Ulti's Analysis - **Division:** South Division - **Match \#:** 18 - **Match Date:** Thursday, July 18th, 2002 - **Vote difference:** 8,400 - **GameFAQs Prediction:** Kyo - 50.51% (8,468 brackets) Another seeding upset, another fighting game character involved with it. The surprising thing about this particular match was that Kyo managed a victory after both Terry Bogard and Iori Yagami got creamed by characters who aren't exactly household names here on GameFAQs. And because those two characters were beaten as badly as they were, the only logical conclusion to be made from Kusanagi's victory here is that he won the match based upon's Abe's huge weakness, not his own strength. Sure, people may have heard of Abe. They may have even heard of Oddworld series as well. But as everyone is well aware of by now, platformer characters do not do well in contests unless they are flat-out legends such as Sonic or Mario. The lesser-known platformer characters have little chance to do well, and Abe getting defeated by a King of Fighters character after two other King of Fighters characters had had their brains beaten in previously in this contest is one of many such examples that would arise as the contest evolved. Future edit from Ulti - I'm happy in retrospect Kyo won this match, for one very special reason: His theme song is BEAUTIFUL. Sure this is a nothing moment that no one remembers, but with the stat topic doing contest retrospectives since the site likely won't run these things anymore, it's nice to relive old memories under newer tastes. It's neat Kyo got his day to shine given his music is as wonderful as it is. • **Previous Match**       • **Next Match**