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Metroid Prime built a large early lead, then Skyrim used its stronger morning and daytime trends to erase it and win. The writeup treats Prime's familiar trend collapse as the decisive factor after an opening aided partly by rally spillover.

Rally: The writeup says Undertale rally spillover helped Metroid Prime's unusually strong opening and boosted turnout, although Prime's normal early strength also contributed.

Metroid Prime decisively won its rematch with Half-Life 2 and erased the memory of their much closer earlier contest meeting. The result established Prime as a credible threat to Skyrim in the next round.

Metroid Prime beat Morrowind but lost substantial ground over the course of the day. The writeup treats the trend as an early warning that Prime's weak daytime vote could become costly in close matches.

Fallout 3 survived a strong Metroid Prime challenge, with the writeup again arguing that match timing may have changed the outcome. The recent New Vegas release is also cited as a plausible boost for Fallout.

Metroid Prime controlled the match, while Half-Life 2's late gains suggested that a different time window might have produced a much closer result. The writeup explicitly says the heavily discussed pictures did not matter.

Metroid Prime advanced as expected, but Okami's resistance impressed the writeup and validated how far the game had risen since its earliest contest appearances. The result briefly made Prime's next match look more uncertain than it ultimately was.

Metroid Prime comfortably eliminated Devil May Cry 3, though the winner's substantial percentage bleed kept questions alive about the divisional race. The writeup finds the match picture more memorable than the result.

Metroid Prime opened the Northeast with the dominant performance expected from a divisional favorite. The writeup treats the match mainly as confirmation that the real questions would come against the stronger games later in the bracket.

Kingdom Hearts took first comfortably, but Vice City overturned the expected Nintendo advantage and beat Metroid Prime for second. The writeup treats Paper Mario's presence as the key reason Prime could not capitalize.

LFF: The writeup says Paper Mario leeched enough Nintendo support from Metroid Prime to cost Prime the second advancing spot against Vice City.

The Wind Waker beat Metroid Prime after the two Nintendo games stayed relatively close until the morning vote created separation. The writeup views the SFF matchup and weak turnout as further signs that Wind Waker was the vulnerable member of Zelda's otherwise dominant contest run.

SFF: The writeup groups Wind Waker versus fellow Nintendo title Metroid Prime with the contest's other SFF matches while discussing its unusually weak turnout.

Metroid Prime beat Half-Life after the PC game kept the opening portion more competitive than Gordon Freeman's contest reputation suggested. The writeup treats the result as another chapter in the GFNW joke while giving Half-Life credit for showing real strength.