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Breath of the Wild completed its dominant championship run, but Witcher 3's rally made the final substantially more respectable than the opening suggested. The writeup treats Witcher as the contest's breakout star even in defeat.

Rally: The writeup says Witcher 3 fans rallied heavily throughout the final and materially cut Breath of the Wild's natural margin, even though the rally never put the winner in danger.

Link erased Zelda's brief opening lead and won the Legends Bracket comfortably. The writeup treats Zelda's relatively strong same-series showing as one more sign that her 2018 boost was real.

SFF: The writeup frames Link as the site's strongest SFF character and treats Zelda's ability to retain substantial support in a direct same-series match as unusually impressive resistance.

1998 ended the contest with a historically dominant championship performance and completed the run the writeup had expected from the start. The analysis turns into a long celebration of the year's unusually deep lineup and of many beloved games finally being attached to a contest winner.

Undertale's rally had reached full internet scale by the championship, and Ocarina never mounted a serious challenge. The writeup frames the blowout as the crowning of a new contest paradigm and the completion of Undertale's historic run.

Rally: The writeup says broad internet attention and Undertale's massive outside support overwhelmed Ocarina of Time from the opening moments, turning the final into a one-sided coronation.

Snake closed most of Draven's lead with celebrity-backed support before a much larger Reddit surge ended the comeback and delivered Draven the championship. The writeup treats the final as the culmination of the contest's rally controversy.

Rally: The writeup says rallies determined the championship: David Hayter helped Snake mount a comeback, then a large Reddit push for Draven overwhelmed him and decided the result.

Mario and Bowser led briefly behind bracket voting and anti-Link sentiment, but Link and Ganondorf soon took control and won the championship. The final is remembered more for the Oracle tiebreak among perfect brackets than for competitive drama.

Majora's Mask carried its momentum into the final and built enough of an early advantage to survive Brawl's later daytime recovery. The writeup frames the result as both a Good-vs-Evil fanbase victory and a symbolic win for older games over newer ones.

Link defeated Cloud yet again, but Cloud recovered from a poor opening to make the final much more respectable than expected. The writeup's larger complaint is that Link's dominance had become so repetitive that he no longer belonged in ordinary brackets.

Ocarina of Time took control almost immediately and defeated Final Fantasy VII despite FF7 looking stronger in earlier rounds. The writeup treats the result as a fair Team Zelda victory and Ocarina's arrival as the site's new top game.

Link completed his revenge tour and reclaimed the championship, but Snake supplied the final surprise by finishing ahead of Cloud. The writeup treats Snake's run as the culmination of years of gradual growth and one of the contest's defining stories.

Rally: The writeup describes Solid Snake as the contest's biggest rallied bandwagon, saying his accumulated support carried him to a shocking second-place finish in the championship.

L-Block completed its improbable run by beating Link in a final dominated by an enormous Internet bandwagon. The writeup remembers the result as the ultimate joke-character triumph and the defining match of the contest.

Rally: The writeup explicitly describes the final as driven by massive rallying and broad Internet support for L-Block, which overwhelmed Link's attempted comeback.

Snake kept the championship close early, but Samus broke away once the morning vote arrived and finished the contest on top. The writeup still treats Snake as the spiritual star of the tournament, with his extraordinary run continuing into the Battle Royale.

Zelda took control early, survived Final Fantasy's night push, and finished the championship with the stronger daytime vote. The writeup treats the win as one of the era's biggest upsets and as a symbolic confirmation of GameFAQs' growing Nintendo tilt.

Mario ended the latest chapter of his Crono rivalry with a convincing championship win, reversing the previous year's result without another dramatic finish. The writeup treats the entire contest as a showcase of Mario's enormous 2005 rise.

Ganondorf gave Sephiroth some resistance early, but Sephiroth pulled away and won the villains championship as expected. The writeup is more interested in why Sephiroth looked less dominant against Bowser and Ganondorf than against his earlier opponents.

Link avenged his previous loss to Cloud and confirmed the strength he had shown throughout the contest. Cloud briefly threatened a comeback, but Link's daytime surge settled the championship without the picture excuses that had shadowed their earlier meeting.

Chrono Trigger briefly resisted, but Final Fantasy VII ultimately controlled the championship match as expected. The writeup spends more time reflecting on the contest itself than on a final it considered straightforward.

Cloud recovered from Sephiroth's early lead and won a final that the writeup says was less competitive than the ending suggested. It frames the result as the culmination of Cloud's strengthened post-Kingdom Hearts standing and likely same-fanbase suppression of Sephiroth.

SFF: The writeup says SFF likely had the most to do with Cloud beating fellow Final Fantasy VII character Sephiroth, and treats their later rematch as confirmation that Sephiroth was suppressed here.

Link comfortably defeated Mario in a final the writeup considers anticlimactic. The result established Link as GameFAQs's strongest Nintendo character and closed a first contest successful enough to guarantee more tournaments.