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Poll ▲ | Contest | Round | Division |
Result |
Headline |
SFF |
LFF |
Rally |
Cheat |
Pic |
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| 1 |
1606
writeup (md) |
Spring 2K4 |
Round 1 |
8 |
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Zelda destroys Adventure and sparks dominance talk |
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The Legend of Zelda annihilated the obscure Adventure and set multiple futility marks in the process. The performance immediately intensified talk that Zelda games might dominate the contest.
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| 2 |
1635
writeup (md) |
Spring 2K4 |
Round 2 |
8 |
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Zelda demolishes Donkey Kong and deepens series dominance |
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The Legend of Zelda flattened Donkey Kong and extended the series' unbeaten, dominant start. The writeup portrays Donkey Kong as an especially unreliable Nintendo property and says the result made an all-Zelda late bracket feel increasingly plausible.
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| 3 |
1650
writeup (md) |
Spring 2K4 |
Round 3 |
8 |
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Zelda routs Tetris and strengthens its divisional favorite status |
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Zelda dismissed Tetris and looked like the clear favorite to take its division. The writeup treats the result as another step in Zelda's dominant opening run, with Mario 3 offering the only real counterargument.
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| 4 |
1657
writeup (md) |
Spring 2K4 |
Division Final |
8 |
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Mario 3 beats Zelda and ends its early aura |
✓ |
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1 |
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Super Mario Bros. 3 won a highly anticipated divisional final with surprising ease and further ended Zelda's early aura of invincibility. The writeup treats the matchup as a clear case where shared Nintendo support favored Mario.
SFF: The writeup explicitly says SFF finally worked against a Zelda title, with Super Mario Bros. 3 benefiting in the all-Nintendo matchup against the original Zelda.
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| 5 |
3449
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K9 |
Round 1 |
1972-1988 |
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Zelda crushes Metroid while Contra fails to capitalize |
✓ |
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1 |
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Zelda dominated as expected, and Metroid still advanced despite taking a severe fanbase hit. Contra's failure to capitalize became the larger surprise and began a recurring pattern of disappointing shooter performances.
SFF: The writeup says Zelda heavily SFFed Metroid, while also entertaining the possibility that Contra suffered some Nintendo-related overlap of its own.
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| 6 |
3479
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K9 |
Round 2 |
1972-1988 |
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Mario beats Zelda decisively in their first 2009 meeting |
✓ |
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1 |
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Mario defeated Zelda much more easily than many expected, while Metroid and Ninja Gaiden were reduced to afterthoughts. The result appeared to settle the old NES hierarchy before later rounds complicated it again.
SFF: The writeup says Mario and Zelda crushed Metroid and Ninja Gaiden through heavy Nintendo overlap, leaving the real contest entirely between the two NES giants.
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| 7 |
3494
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K9 |
Division Final |
1972-1988 |
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Zelda closes the gap on Mario in a strange rematch |
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✓ |
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1 |
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Mario still beat Zelda without being seriously threatened, but the margin collapsed compared with their prior matchup. The writeup treats the shift as evidence that Mario split more badly with the surrounding field and as setup for later surprises.
LFF: The writeup says Mega Man 2 and Tetris hurt Mario's support more than Zelda's, helping narrow the Mario-Zelda gap sharply from their previous meeting.
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| 8 |
3502
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K9 |
Quarterfinal |
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Mario 3 survives Zelda in a controversial final-minute finish |
✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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3 |
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Super Mario World took first, while Zelda erased a huge deficit and nearly stole second from Mario 3 in the final minutes. A suspicious late swing for Mario 3 turned an already dramatic finish into a lasting Board 8 controversy.
SFF · LFF · Cheat: The writeup describes heavy Mario-on-Mario SFF and a three-Mario split that greatly helped Zelda. It also alleges that a suspicious late swing in Mario 3's favor may have involved cheating, though the official result ultimately stood.
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What this is
Each row's Headline and (on filter) narrative come from a
ChatGPT reading of that match's Board 8 wiki writeup. The five flags
(SFF same-fanbase factor, LFF low-fanbase
factor, Rally outside rally, Cheat cheating
alleged, Pic match-picture factor) are set only when the writeup
asserts that effect — never inferred from the numbers. Hover a check for the
note. †OT marks a writeup that mostly wanders off the
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