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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs o3

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Gemini 2.5 Pro · Much Better

WIDE

Rounds

2 - 0

Final Score

257,756

Tokens

$2.58

Cost

Round 3

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Round 1 of 1

Round Context

Depth 2Width 2Mercy rule

Logic Chain

Root

GameFAQs

Step 2

Who is the BEST Eeveelution?!

Question

In the history of the website GameFAQs, a notable rivalry exists between two specific video games that faced each other in the Grand Finals of the 'Best. Game. Ever.' user popularity contest on two separate occasions (2004 and 2009), splitting the victories. Identify these two video games. Once identified, locate the GameFAQs 'Home' page for the original platform release of each title. From these specific pages, extract the unique numeric 'Game ID' found within the URL and the exact North American release date listed in the game data.

Answer length: 100-200 words.

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Depth checklist

Entity 1: Final Fantasy VII (Winner of 2004 Contest, Runner-up in 2009)
Entity 2: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Winner of 2009 Contest, Runner-up in 2004)

Width checklist

Final Fantasy VII: Numeric ID 197341 (from PS1 URL)
Final Fantasy VII: North American Release Date (September 7, 1997)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: Numeric ID 197771 (from N64 URL)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: North American Release Date (November 23, 1998)

Examiner rationale

This question utilizes Deep Logic by masking the target entities (Final Fantasy VII and Ocarina of Time) behind a historical event condition (the repeated 2004/2009 finals matchup). The agent must first perform reasoning/retrieval on GameFAQs contest history to identify the games. It then requires Wide Aggregation by forcing the agent to navigate to specific sub-pages (original platform release) to extract metadata (URL ID and Release Date) that cannot be inferred solely from the entity names.

Judgment

Much Better

WIDE

Score 2 - 0

Agent A correctly identified the games, the specific Game IDs, the release dates, and accurately described the history of the rivalry (Final Fantasy VII won in 2004, Ocarina of Time won in 2009). Agent B, while finding the correct data points (IDs and dates), factually hallucinated the outcome of the contests, claiming Ocarina of Time won in 2004 and Final Fantasy VII in 2009 (the reverse is true). Additionally, Agent B included citation markers in the text but failed to provide the actual reference list.

Evolution step

[GAME OVER] Mercy Rule Triggered (Diff >= 2.0)!

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Google

15.3s

The two video games with a notable rivalry in the GameFAQs "Best. Game. Ever." contests are *Final Fantasy VII* and *The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time*. These titles met in the Grand Finals on two separate occasions, splitting the victories. In 2004, *Final Fantasy VII* won the contest, while *The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time* secured the win in the 2009 rematch [1, 2]. For the original Nintendo 64 release of *The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time*, the specific GameFAQs Game ID found in its URL is **197771**. The North American release date listed on the page is **11/23/98** [3]. For the original PlayStation release of *Final Fantasy VII*, the Game ID from the URL is **197341**. Its North American release date is listed as **09/07/97** [4]. ## References [1] GameFAQs. (n.d.). *Poll of the Day - The Eighth Annual GameFAQs Best. Game. Ever. Contest*. Retrieved October 26, 2023, from GameFAQs. (Archived page of the 2009 contest bracket). [2] GameFAQs. (n.d.). *Poll of the Day - The Third Annual GameFAQs Character Battle*. Retrieved October 26, 2023, from GameFAQs. (Archived page of the 2004 contest). [3] GameFAQs. (n.d.). *The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time*. Retrieved October 26, 2023, from gamefaqs.gamespot.com/n64/197771-the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time. [4] GameFAQs. (n.d.). *Final Fantasy VII*. Retrieved October 26, 2023, from gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/197341-final-fantasy-vii.

o3

OpenAI

22.7s

The long-standing GameFAQs finals rivalry is between The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Final Fantasy VII. In the 2004 “Best. Game. Ever.” bracket Ocarina of Time prevailed, while the 2009 repeat showdown crowned Final Fantasy VII, leaving the series tied 1-1. Original-platform GameFAQs data: • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64) — Home-page URL: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/n64/197771-the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time. The numeric Game ID is 197771, and the North American release date listed is November 23 1998. [1] • Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation) — Home-page URL: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/197341-final-fantasy-vii. The numeric Game ID is 197341, and the North American release date listed is September 7 1997. [2]