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Brawl produced an extraordinary performance against a legitimate Mario Kart game and immediately looked at least as impressive as Melee. The writeup sees the result as the stronger opening statement in their looming divisional showdown.

Brawl demolished Valkyria Chronicles, though the writeup considers this one of the few matches where Brawl looked merely comparable to Melee rather than clearly superior. The result itself was never competitive.

Brawl destroyed Pokémon DPP even in a daytime match favorable to Pokémon. The writeup treats the performance as decisive evidence that Brawl had overtaken Melee in the divisional rivalry.

Melee built the early lead, but Brawl's European and morning strength completed the comeback and settled the rivalry for the bracket. The writeup argues that the timing format may have mattered enough to make the result less definitive than the rivalry deserved.

Twilight Princess briefly led before Brawl took over and won comfortably. The result made Brawl look increasingly difficult to stop and strengthened the belief that it was the contest favorite.

SFF: The writeup says Brawl versus Twilight Princess can be considered SFF because of their shared Nintendo/Wii audience, with Brawl suppressing Zelda's support.

Fallout 3 performed far better against Brawl than the writeup expected and resisted even Brawl's normally dominant daytime strength. The result is framed as an excellent loss and as evidence of growing voter fatigue with Nintendo and Square dominance.

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.