AI Match Summaries

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Filtered: entrant = Super Mario Bros. 3 · contest = Spring 2004 Game Contest   — 5 of 1,514 matches   show all

5 matches

# Poll ▼ Contest Round Division Result Headline SFF LFF Rally Cheat Pic n
1 1661
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Spring 2K4 Semifinal Chrono Trigger wins an anticlimactic Mario 3 semifinal

The hoped-for third Mario-versus-Crono-style classic never materialized. Chrono Trigger took control after the opening exchange and stayed ahead, producing an anticlimactic semifinal despite the rivalry surrounding it.

2 1657
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Spring 2K4 Division Final 8 Mario 3 beats Zelda and ends its early aura 1

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.

3 1649
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Spring 2K4 Round 3 8 Mario 3 survives Final Fantasy but looks vulnerable

Super Mario Bros. 3 beat Final Fantasy but looked much less dominant than expected for the division's presumed favorite. The writeup argues that strong loyalty to the Final Fantasy name explains much of the resistance while leaving Mario's prospects against Zelda less secure.

4 1633
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Spring 2K4 Round 2 8
Metroid 22.0%
Mario 3 crushes Metroid and reasserts divisional control

Super Mario Bros. 3 demolished Metroid and reclaimed the apparent favorite's position in the old-school division. The writeup treats the result as a straightforward show of strength before the eventual clash with Zelda.

5 1601
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Spring 2K4 Round 1 8 Mario 3 opens the game contest with an easy rout

Super Mario Bros. 3 opened the game contest with the expected rout. The writeup focuses more on the unexpectedly weak turnout and the sponsored poll above the contest than on the one-sided match itself.

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 match.

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