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Yoshi won easily, while Solaire took second in the Expert Challenge ordering over Demi-Fiend. The writeup also laments Yoshi's poor bracket draw because his next match was against Link.

Pic: The writeup says the debate over second place effectively ended once the picture appeared, with Solaire's image making him look more distinctive and appropriate than Demi-Fiend.

Sub-Zero beat Garrus in a result the writeup finds disappointing given Mass Effect's broader strength that year. Garrus still looked respectable, while Sub-Zero's showing reinforced his status as the stronger Mortal Kombat contest character.

Pic: The writeup explicitly credits Sub-Zero's classic-costume picture with helping him, saying the old look made him substantially more dangerous in the matchup.

Kirby won, but Terra's performance was the surprise as she benefited from Peach draining Nintendo support from Kirby. The writeup treats Terra's Dissidia-era strength as increasingly legitimate.

LFF · Pic: The writeup says Peach LFFed Kirby, helping Terra look unusually strong against him. It also explicitly calls Kirby's simple spherical design a major picture advantage.

The writeup is mostly an enormous StarCraft and Blizzard rant; the actual match is remembered for Missile unexpectedly taking second over Kerrigan behind a highly favorable cute-dog presentation.

Pic: The writeup explicitly calls Missile's cute-dog presentation the ultimate picture factor and treats it as part of why he could beat Kerrigan.

Catherine and Neku spent hours trading tiny leads before Catherine finally pulled away late. The upset is presented as a rare fodder match where a cult following and strong presentation combined into a memorable win.

Pic: The writeup says Catherine had a huge picture advantage and later credits her visual appeal as part of why she won the close matchup.

Pokémon Trainer Red crushed the field and reinforced the sense that he was one of the contest's strongest characters. Corvo took second over Sissel in the Expert Challenge ordering.

Pic: The writeup explicitly calls Red's nostalgic match picture a huge and unfair advantage, saying it packed much of the author's childhood into one image.

Mewtwo won convincingly while Phoenix unexpectedly pushed Vincent into last place. The notorious Vincent picture became one of the contest's biggest presentation controversies and overwhelmed much of the discussion.

Pic: The writeup says Vincent received an intentionally terrible Dirge of Cerberus picture and directly blames the image for worsening his performance enough that Phoenix could pass him.