<b>Chaos Division:</b> <I>Round 1 - Match 27</I> – (5)Viewtiful Joe vs. (12)Miles "Tails" Prower

<b>Moltar's Analysis</b>

<b>Joe</b>

Game/Series Known From: Viewtiful Joe

Extrapolated Rank in 2002: N/A

Extrapolated Rank in 2003: N/A

Seed in 2002: N/A

Seed in 2003: N/A

Geez, talk about a huge push into the Contest. Joe in his first year scores a 5-seed and goes up against a Contest vet.

<b>Tails</b>

Game/Series Known From: Sonic Series

Extrapolated Rank in 2002: 28th

Extrapolated Rank in 2003: 41st

Seed in 2002: 11

Seed in 2003: 9

Lost in Round 1 to Alucard in 2002 and to Auron in Round 1 in 2003.

The weakest member of the Sonic Team is back, and *gasp* might actually make it out of Round 1 this time.

Another match that makes me want to cry. Joe vs Tails. Possibly overseeded Contest newb vs. weak, weak, Contest vet. Don't we hate these matches? Anyway, a couple of things on each character.

Viewtiful Joe is a big hit on the Gamecube. Sure it might not have sold like hotcakes (mmmm....hotcakes), but a majority of the people who bought it, enjoyed it. So definitely expect to see Joe get their votes. Another thing he might have is the pic advantage. It might not work too well since Tails is a pretty well-
known character, but a good pic can help against the toughest of opponents. There also isn't too much VJ hate on GameFAQs, so that's a good thing.

Now onto Sonic's sidekick Tails. Tails has been in both of the previvous Summer Contests, so if people don't know who Joe is, they can just easily vote for the more familiar character, Tails. Tails has also been in a lot more games, but recently, they have been lacking in quality, which has hurt the Sonic characters (most notably Sonic and to a lesser extent, Knuckles). Don't count Tails out though, Tails almost beat Alucard in 2002 and got 35% on a FF character, so that isn't too bad.

My final thoughts on this match? This is another match where I went with the Contest newbie over the Contest vet. Joe can do either 2 things in this Contest, overperform or underperform. If he overperforms, he beats Tails easily and goes into a tough and potentially close Round 2 match. If he underperforms, he either flops against Tails, or beats Tails by a little and falls easily in Round 2. I predict he will do an Option 2, subsection B. Underperforms and beats Tails by a bit.

<b>Moltar's Bracket Says:</b> Joe will win.

<b>Moltar's Prediction is:</b> Joe 54% - Tails 46%

<b>Ulti's Analysis</b>

Well lookie here, another match featuring an underseeded Tails against an overseeded new member to the contest. Reminds me of Alucard vs Tails way back in 2002, and Viewtiful Joe has everything necessary to be the next Alucard of our contest. He stars in a game that didn't sell all that well, but received rave reviews all over the internet. The game also suffered from lack of production, just like Symphony of the Night. Unfortunately for Joe, Alucard stars in more games than just Symphony of the Night, so this match should be closer than Alucard vs Tails for the simple fact that Joe only has one game to draw from. Still, that one game was a recent hit that should have Joe well-known enough to take down the weak link of the Sonic team.

<b>Ulti's Bracket/Prediction</b> - Joe/Joe with 51.88%

<b>Cena's Analysis</b>

This division is getting better and better! Of course, I can't even begin to think why people would have Tails winning this one. Joe is not overrated or overhyped by any board, so he won't pull a Kefka and lose the night vote. Plus, Tails' name is Miles. *waves the WTF flag* Why didn't they just keep his name Tails? Then he might have had a chance! Tails really doesn't have that much of a chance in this match, but hell, he could (and probably will) keep it close, if not intense throughout the whole day.

<b>Cena's Vote:</b> Tails

<b>Cena's Prediction:</b> Joe with 53% (I guess Tails will do better than 45% because of bracket votes)