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Filtered: entrant = Link · contest = Character Battle VII (2008)   — 6 of 1,514 matches   show all

6 matches

# Poll ▲ Contest Round Division Result Headline SFF LFF Rally Cheat Pic n
1 3245
writeup (md)
CB VII Round 1 Division 1
Link 60.7%
Zidane shocks Shadow while Link resumes dominating

Link began his post-L-Block campaign in dominant fashion, while Zidane unexpectedly beat Shadow for the other advancing position. The writeup treats Shadow's failure as a major early bracket bust and another sign of Sonic Team's decline.

2 3276
writeup (md)
CB VII Round 2 Division 1
Link 53.3%
Zack Fair 23.9%
Wario 10.6%
ZackFAQs takes off behind another dominant Link win 1

Link dominated, but the match is remembered as the real beginning of ZackFAQs. Zack's convincing advancement transformed him from a promising newcomer into one of the contest's central bandwagon stories.

SFF: The writeup says Link SFFed Wario into irrelevance, leaving the meaningful race to Zack and Zidane.

3 3292
writeup (md)
CB VII Division Final Division 1
Link 51.5%
Zack Fair 22.1%
Altair 11.9%
ZackFAQs surges onward behind an unstoppable Link

Link continued his dominant run, but Zack became the emotional center of the match by advancing again and driving the ZackFAQs bandwagon deeper into the bracket. Duke and Altair exited with respectable runs of their own.

4 3300
writeup (md)
CB VII Quarterfinal
Link 40.3%
Mario 21.7%
Zack Fair 20.8%
Mario survives ZackFAQs under Link's crushing shadow 1

Link remained untouchable, while Zack made a dramatic but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to steal the other advancing spot from Mario. The loss ended one of the contest's most popular bandwagon runs.

SFF: The writeup says Link SFFed both Mario and Mega Man X, with Mega Man X falling to a distant position after initially challenging Mario.

5 3304
writeup (md)
CB VII Semifinal
Link 38.4%
Crono 25.3%
Mario 19.6%
Nintendo vote drain carries Crono past Mario into the final 1

Link took the expected first position, while Crono finally reached a true contest final by reversing his old rivalry with Mario. The writeup frames it as the payoff to Crono's long redemption arc.

LFF: The writeup says Link and Samus drained Nintendo support from Mario, allowing outside entrant Crono to beat Mario comfortably for the other final berth.

6 3306
writeup (md)
CB VII Final
Link 33.7%
Crono 12.2%
Link reclaims the crown while Snake completes his bandwagon run 1

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.

What this is

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