128 characters went into round 1, and over the course of 32 battles (plus a couple of extra ones), 64 of them went home crying.

Round 1 results, winners are in bold:

Cecil Harvey
Jade Curtiss
Wario
Zack Fair

Link
Luke fon Fabre
Shadow the Hedgehog
Zidane Tribal

Duke Nukem
Kefka
Marth
Niko Bellic

Altair
Guybrush Threepwood
Isaac
Lucario

Lara Croft
Liquid Snake
Luigi
Sander Cohen

Bowser
Geno
Kyle Katarn
Phoenix Wright

Fei Fong Wong
Knuckles
Mario
Zelda

Earthworm Jim
Edward Carnby
Lloyd Irving
Mattias Nilsson

Crash Bandicoot
Garrett
Raz
Samus Aran

Ganondorf
JC Denton
KOS-MOS
Neku Sakuraba

Falco Lombardi
GlaDOS
Vincent Valentine
Wander

Balthier
Conker the Squirrel
Gordon Freeman
Scorpion

Amaterasu
Crono
Frank West
Kaim Argonar

Cortez
Meta Knight
Prince of Persia
Ryu (Street Fighter)

Alucard
Captain Falcon
Christopher 'Maverick' Blair
Diddy Kong

Arthas Menethil
Cate Archer
Pikachu
Spy

Caleb
Donkey Kong
LeChuck
Miles 'Tails' Prower

Banjo
Captain Olimar
Max Payne
Mega Man

HK-47
King Dedede
Pit
Ryu Haybusa

Albert Wesker
Max
Solid Snake
Vivi Ornitier

Chris Redfield
Fox McCloud
Sora
Tim

Nathan Drake
Squall Leonheart
Tommy Vercetti
Yoshi

Andrew Ryan
Cloud Strife
Jade
Postal Dude

King of the Cosmos
Ness
SHODAN
Travis Touchdown

Agent 47
Big Boss/Naked Snake
Kane
Kirby

Kain
Kain Highwind
Master Chief
Professor Layton

Captain Price
Leon S. Kennedy
Sam
Siegfried Schtauffen

Dante
Doomguy
Laharl
Ramza Beoulve

Commander Shepard
Lucas Kane
Magus
Sonic the Hedgehog

Abe
Auron
Marcus Fenix
Sub-Zero

Ratchet
Raziel
Sephiroth
Tifa Lockheart

Heavy
Jill Valentine
Kratos
Revolver Ocelot


We can draw a clear conclusion from this data; People really like Mario and Kirby characters.

Another huge list of names, just in case wants to see who dropped out this round.

Round 2 results, winners are in bold:

King of All Cosmos
Knuckles
Link
Max Payne

Cecil Harvey
Garrett
Mario
Sub-Zero

Altaïr
JC Denton
Luigi
Naked Snake/Big Boss

Jill Valentine
Kyle Katarn
Sonic the Hedgehog
Wario

GLaDOS
Mega Man
Scorpion
Tommy Vercetti

Alucard
Cloud Strife
LeChuck
Sander Cohen

Caleb
Mattias Nilsson
Samus Aran
Vivi Ornitier

Bowser
Kain
Spy
Zidane Tribal

Chris Redfield
Doomguy
Kefka
Commander Shepard

Colonel Christopher Blair
Frank West
Pikachu
Tifa Lockheart

Fox McCloud
Guybrush Threepwood
HK-47
Revolver Ocelot

Crono
King Dedede
Marcus Fenix
Solid Snake

Duke Nukem
Ryu
Wander
Yoshi

Dante
Kain Highwind
Raziel
Sam

Earthworm Jim
Gordon Freeman
Kirby
Leon S. Kennedy

KOS-MOS
Meta Knight
Ness
Postal Dude

There's an obvious conclusion to make from these results: we started off with WAY too many characters.

Round 3 results, winners are in bold:

Bowser
Luigi
Mario
Sonic

Garrett
Guybrush
Wario
Zidane

Kefka
GLaDOS
LeChuck
Ocelot

Link
Mega Man
Samus
Pikachu

Doomguy
Duke Nukem
Gordon Freeman
Solid Snake

Earthworm Jim
King of All Cosmos
Ness
Sam

Frank West
Marcus Fenix
Ryu
Vivi

Naked Snake
Postal Dude
Raziel
Sander Cohen

Three Metal Gear characters, two Monkey Island characters but only one Final Fantasy hero left in the game. I'm surprised to see Frank West, the King and Wario are still in it and Ness isn't.

Round 4 results, winners are in bold:

Naked Snake
Solid Snake
Mario
Wario

Doomguy
Earthworm Jim
Link
Vivi Ornitier

King of All Cosmos
LeChuck
Revolver Ocelot
Sonic

Frank West
Guybrush Threepwood
Sander Cohen
Samus Aran

All the Final Fantasy characters are out. All the RPG characters in general are out in fact, and almost half the characters left are from classic platformers. Actually it seems that recent characters aren't making that much of an impact on people; the King of All Cosmos is the only character left who was introduced this decade, and even he's four years old now.

Round 5 results, winners are in bold:


Doomguy
Mario
Revolver Ocelot
Samus Aran

Earthworm Jim
Guybrush Threepwood
King of All Cosmos
Solid Snake

Now all the classic platformer characters are out. And the King of All Cosmos is still in it. I'd think people were joke voting if he wasn't so awesome.

Final results, winner is in bold:

Doomguy
King of All Cosmos
Revolver Ocelot
Solid Snake

In the GameFAQs poll, this battle was between Link, Crono, Solid Snake and Cloud Strife. And Link won.

I think I like our poll better.