I think Mario owns the hell out of Mega Man, yes. As for Snake/Samus, Snake has to get past Bowser first.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Fire Emblem 8, WC3: Frozen Throne, Advance Wars

The rest of the main tournament:

Mario>Snake
Megaman>Sonic
Megaman>Crono
Mario>Megaman

Easy.

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Magus screwed my bracket over. Yay!

He's lightning in a bottle!
He's an earthquake in a can!
He's our last shot at ruining the Noble Nine!
And he gets to fight Solid ****, so I'm hopeful!
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Vote for Bowser in SC2K5!

A question for the experts here.If Bowser beats Snake tomorrow,Snake will be no longer in Noble 9,right?And Bowser will take his place since he hasn't lost to anyone outside of the Noble 9?
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GameFaqs is NOT the place to go for relationship advice.Nobody here gets any action unless it is their right or left hand.Including me.~Dawn and Dusk~

This performance of Mario is making me a happy user.

Oh yeah Mario, screw stat makers up!

No, that means the Noble Nine is disbanded.

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Magus screwed my bracket over. Yay!

There was never a "Noble Nine".

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Fire Emblem 8, WC3: Frozen Throne, Advance Wars

Aaaand here comes all of the "Good thing Bowser won't beat Snake" people, who are coincidentally enough oftentimes hardcore fans of the Xsts.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Fire Emblem 8, WC3: Frozen Throne, Advance Wars

But I have seen this term a thousand times!It is teh conspiracy!I knew it!
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GameFaqs is NOT the place to go for relationship advice.Nobody here gets any action unless it is their right or left hand.Including me.~Dawn and Dusk~

Oh, and I have Mario winning it all too.

As for Snake Vs Bowser, what's with that "I feel asleep thing?"

Samus is still stronger than Mario. This is just SFF at its finest!

And Snake > Bowser is going to happen.
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RIP Samus: Mario, you better take down Seph.
Mario vs. Samus - Bracket: Samus - Vote: Samus (84/96)

the noble nine are the equivalent of the patriots round here right? no one knows how they keep avoiding defeats and always win against brave characters seeking to destroy them
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What a 42 carat plonker you really are~del boy only fools and horses

Query: Is it clear that the bolt of lightning about to hit Mega Man in this picture is being "summoned" by Crono?

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9430/megamancrono6yi.jpg
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"It shall be engraved upon your soul! Divine Assault: Nibelung Valesti!" ~ Lenneth Valkyrie

"Aaaand here comes all of the "Good thing Bowser won't beat Snake" people, who are coincidentally enough oftentimes hardcore fans of the Xsts."

*Clears throat*
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I once made a sig bet with TRE that Ganon wasn't actually over 31 on BL. The jury's still out on the pigman, but props to TRE 'cause I'm a believer again.

Hmm. I just can't see Kirby being above Snake in the ranks when two years back, he was taken out fairly handily by Alucard. And there's just not that much leeway for Snake to fall in between Kirby and Bowser... really, there isn't any, if you see Snake>Kirby as an easy pick, and I do. Snake was just too impressive against Zelda and Sora.

Also, the Noble Nine has been saying "Don't doubt us, *****es" for the entire contest. I doubt they'll screw up this late.
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I can't think of anything to put here, but I can't just leave it blank, can I?

I don't know how you can say Samus is still "stronger" than Mario.

That's the problem with you Xstats junkies. You guys are so hell bent on percentages and turning people into mindless statistics that you can't see the obvious.

Just ask yourself this. Is there anyone in this contest Samus can beat, that Mario can't?

The answer is "no".
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Never forget. Never forgive.

The XS bashing is getting rather tiring. I'm one of the biggest users/proponents of the stats in the topic, and guess what? I have Mario winning the contest. And it should have been clear after the last round using *gasp* the XS that Mario stood a very good chance at taking out Samus. And here we are.
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"It shall be engraved upon your soul! Divine Assault: Nibelung Valesti!" ~ Lenneth Valkyrie

Aaaand here comes all of the "Good thing Bowser won't beat Snake" people, who are coincidentally enough oftentimes hardcore fans of the Xsts.

The extrapolated standings call for a close match between Bowser and Snake. If they think Bowser doesn't stand a chance it's because they aren't using the extrapolated standings.
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"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."
"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."

Aaaand here comes all of the "Good thing Bowser won't beat Snake" people, who are coincidentally enough oftentimes hardcore fans of the Xsts.

Pardon me for having difficulty Kirby could do what he did to Bowser against Snake. It's got little to do with the extrapolated standings, Mr. High-and-Mighty.
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"A strong man doesn't need to read the future. He makes his own."
"Building the future and keeping the past alive are the same thing."

Just ask yourself this. Is there anyone in this contest Samus can beat, that Mario can't?"

Crono, maybe.

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Can't think of a good sig.

right the easiest pick of elite eight is probably crono but the mario/crono matchup is looking mouthwatering cause crono has to beat up sonic/megaman to stand a chance of winning
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What a 42 carat plonker you really are~del boy only fools and horses

Well, frankly... I think Kirby deserves to beat Snake. Unless Snake says otherwise, though, I'm going to say Kirby would split the vote with Squall. Yeah, 50/50 wire to wire.
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I once made a sig bet with TRE that Ganon wasn't actually over 31 on BL. The jury's still out on the pigman, but props to TRE 'cause I'm a believer again.

Crono, maybe.

I think you mean Sephiroth, but you're still wrong. Mario will take out Sephiroth. The only question is whether he'll get a higher percentage on Seph than he did on Samus.
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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.

Kirby being able to beat Squall seems to jurastic. We will see tomorrow how well Bowser does.

Squalls match with Kirby last year, and Knuckles this year (who went against snake last year) should give the experts enough data to show where the 4 lie.

Fanboyism aside, I honestly believe Squall could take that four pack.

and if he didnt, he wouldnt lose to Kirby this year.


KB

"Aaaand here comes all of the "Good thing Bowser won't beat Snake" people, who are coincidentally enough oftentimes hardcore fans of the Xsts."


What should we use, if not the Xstats? Common sense? According to common sense, Snake should be one of the strongest characters in the contest, and Crono should be one of the weakest. There goes that idea.
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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.

Un-****ing-believable. Congratulations to Heroic Mario, who shall be winning this contest.

=D

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“A pro isn’t someone who sacrifices themselves for a job. That’s just a fool.” – Reno

Query: Is it clear that the bolt of lightning about to hit Mega Man in this picture is being "summoned" by Crono?

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9430/megamancrono6yi.jpg

No. It looks more like Mega is firing at Crono, and Crono is shouting, "Holy ****!" In the meantime, someone ripped part of Mega's side of the match pic.
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So, if someone says "Who are The Patriots?" people will be able to answer "Oakland"? ~paperwarrior

I like the x-stats, and once I saw what Mario did to Zero, I was pretty much convinced Mario was going to beat Samus. that was impressive as hell and makes me think Mario can take on Seph. whether or not I'm delusional is up to you, but that's how I feel.

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Un-****ing-believable. Congratulations to Heroic Mario, who shall be winning this contest.

Hey! What about me? =P

I disagree, Mac... all we had for 2k2 was "common sense" and I recognized Crono as one of the strongest characters. Okay, so I had him winning and went a little too crazy (hey, if you can beat Mario you can beat Link, amirite?) but if you analyze the group of people we're talking about here Crono should be one of the top characters.
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I once made a sig bet with TRE that Ganon wasn't actually over 31 on BL. The jury's still out on the pigman, but props to TRE 'cause I'm a believer again.

Query: Is it clear that the bolt of lightning about to hit Mega Man in this picture is being "summoned" by Crono?

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9430/megamancrono6yi.jpg

No. It looks more like Mega is firing at Crono, and Crono is shouting, "Holy ****!" In the meantime, someone ripped part of Mega's side of the match pic.


Yeah, Mega's side is awesome, but he looks like he's receiving power from the lightning bolt. Perhaps you could edit the sprite so that Crono's doing a Kamehameha.

>.>
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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.

Agreed, I was dumbstruck by the beating Zero took. As much as I wanted to deny it (I was still riding high on the leaderboard) I knew Mario was winning it all.
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I once made a sig bet with TRE that Ganon wasn't actually over 31 on BL. The jury's still out on the pigman, but props to TRE 'cause I'm a believer again.

Mario will take out Sephiroth.

He will not be doing any such thing. I'd be my life on Sephiroth beating Mario.

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“A pro isn’t someone who sacrifices themselves for a job. That’s just a fool.” – Reno

Query: Is it clear that the bolt of lightning about to hit Mega Man in this picture is being "summoned" by Crono?

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9430/megamancrono6yi.jpg

Change that to a lumanaire clashing with the blast and it would be more obvious and a better pic IMO

Also, Crono looks a bit like a girl. Then again, Seph destroyed Vergil despite cross dressing as an old lady.
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So, if someone says "Who are The Patriots?" people will be able to answer "Oakland"? ~paperwarrior

oh, and I love that picture, Guy. to me it's obvious that Crono's bringin' the lightning, but I've played Trigger more than a couple of times so I don't know how it'd be to the casuals.
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but if you analyze the group of people we're talking about here Crono should be one of the top characters.

Yeah, but...why? He has no personality, and it's clear that personality does make a difference, as Snake is considerably more popular than his games. Crono's only slightly weaker than his game, which is just completely bizarre to me. And why is Kefka so much weaker than Magus is? Why is Mega Man so strong, while Pac-Man is so weak? These are things that don't make sense, but the Xstats can make sense of them for you.

He will not be doing any such thing. I'd be my life on Sephiroth beating Mario.


I'm curious, where do you have Samus, Mario, Link, Cloud, and Sephiroth pegged on BL?
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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.

"He will not be doing any such thing. I'd be my life on Sephiroth beating Mario."

What have you done to Heroic Mario! Impersonator! Fake! Doppleganger!
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I once made a sig bet with TRE that Ganon wasn't actually over 31 on BL. The jury's still out on the pigman, but props to TRE 'cause I'm a believer again.

"He will not be doing any such thing. I'd be my life on Sephiroth beating Mario."

What have you done to Heroic Mario! Impersonator! Fake! Doppleganger!

Heroic Mario? More like...Heroic Doopliss!
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So, if someone says "Who are The Patriots?" people will be able to answer "Oakland"? ~paperwarrior

this "Crono has no personality" thing never goes away. just because he doesn't speak doesn't mean he has no personality.
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Mario/Snake is going to be interesting (Snake is going to beat Bowser, that's for sure). Mario is going to win obviously but I'm interested to see what Snake can manage on him.
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Today's subliminal thought is:

I'm curious, where do you have Samus, Mario, Link, Cloud, and Sephiroth pegged on BL?

I'd put Sephiroth at the same point he was in 2004, perhaps a little higher. Mario a little higher than Samus's 2004 ranking, Samus at her 2004 ranking, and then Link and Cloud just don't matter for something like this.

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“A pro isn’t someone who sacrifices themselves for a job. That’s just a fool.” – Reno

"Yeah, but...why?"

He's the lead of Crono Trigger, duh.

"He has no personality"

Incorect, not that personality matters much. Just because it's not heavy-handed doesn't mean it's not there, though.

"and it's clear that personality does make a difference, as Snake is considerably more popular than his games."

Half of the N9 falls under the no personality deal, by your standards. It obviously doesn't matter much... Oh, and Link is stronger than any of his games too, that's just how things go.

"Crono's only slightly weaker than his game, which is just completely bizarre to me."

He's cool. *shrugs* It actually surprises me the number of people that don't like Crono.

"And why is Kefka so much weaker than Magus is?"

Apparently people don't play FF6 for the characters. Apparently when they see FF6 as a game up for the vote they think of the storyline first.

"Why is Mega Man so strong, while Pac-Man is so weak?"

MM is better, plain and simple.
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I once made a sig bet with TRE that Ganon wasn't actually over 31 on BL. The jury's still out on the pigman, but props to TRE 'cause I'm a believer again.

Why people would rather see Mario/Bowser is beyond me. Oh wait, Everyone here basically is in love with anything Nintendo.
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SC2K5 Favorites - Solid Snake, Kirby, Mario, Leon Kennedy.

Or it has to do with Bowser being better than Snake and my bracket relying on that in order to win this contest.

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“A pro isn’t someone who sacrifices themselves for a job. That’s just a fool.” – Reno

It think it has more to do with wanting to see Bowser beat Snake then wanting to see Mario decimate Bowser.
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"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."
"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."

Who says they want that? I just don't like Snake much myself, ya know. It's not about seeing Bowser face Mario, it's about seeing him beat Snake.
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I once made a sig bet with TRE that Ganon wasn't actually over 31 on BL. The jury's still out on the pigman, but props to TRE 'cause I'm a believer again.

Id rather see a character like Snake get 45% on Mario then Someone like Bowser not even break 35% on Mario because of SFF.
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SC2K5 Favorites - Solid Snake, Kirby, Mario, Leon Kennedy.

I'm inclined to believe Mario will actually take it over 55% on Snake.
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I once made a sig bet with TRE that Ganon wasn't actually over 31 on BL. The jury's still out on the pigman, but props to TRE 'cause I'm a believer again.

35% or 45%, it's not a particularly interesting match either way. The fact that Snake is unlikely to hit 45% doesn't help much either.
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"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."
"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."