There was a reasonable amount of hype pre-contest for a Banjo > Castlevania upset, but given the round 1 performances the winner of this match was rather obvious. The oracle agreed and gave 100% support to Castlevania, and only 11 gurus picked Banjo here. I'm not sure where the hype came from given contest experts all picking Castlevania, but it was definitely there. At some point I should make a list of games I've played because of these contests, but it would be rather long and this writeup probably isn't the place.