Don't let the final result of this match fool you; this contest was done and over one hour into the Final Four match precluding the Zelda/FF final. It's not even the fact that Mario did well, either. Mario did well following a damn-near collapse against Super Smash Brothers. All talk of Mario pulling off a miracle died during that match. Three days later, "WTF, Mario isn't SFFing Smash?" turned into whining about Final Fantasy actually winning. It was that drastic a turnaround. And why wouldn't it have been? People were itching like mad for a huge upset in this contest, and had Mario actually pulled this off, all of the 18 or so perfects would have fallen.