Crono still has to be the clear favorite. (and while I expect Samus to beat him, you can't dismiss Mario either)

To say that Crono is the favorite I'd have to admit that Crash/Sam Fisher >= Kerrigan and you'll never ever hear me say that ;). Oh and I believe Crono/Vincent would be one of those matches where rSFF could happen/make sense.

I can't see Mario pulling some magic against Samus. It can happen, obviously, but since it didn't happen against Link, I'd be surprised if it happened here.

Cecil's weakness certainly surprised me, and Terra's did a little bit too. [...] And I never thought Terra would be that high. So Ramza being stronger than them isn't surprising;
What I'm really surprised about is how farther they are from their game (strength-wise) than new FFs. I had always believed before that Kefka was the strongest FFVI character (and now it looks like he is), but after Crono/Kefka and his other very average matches I simply couldn't sit there and believe that was the best FFVI could do. If Kefka was at 33-35% on Link, I would never have called Terra>Kefka, but damn, I hoped one of them could do better (and after seeing Kuja bomb like that, I thought there was really something against FF Villains). 3 of my favorite characters down in 4 days, that hurts. Oh and Cecil got an unrecognizable and ugly pick, so that doesn't help.

Wal of text'd
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