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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 283
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| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/12/2006 8:32:06 PM | message detail |
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and I don't see therealmnm be biased as much as I do Leonhart. Hey! I can be unbiased! I just...choose not to be. But I do agree with mnm in thinking Halo would beat out Metroid. I think Metroid's going to be one of the bigger busts in this contest. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Ramza, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| HaRRicH | Posted 5/12/2006 8:32:15 PM | message detail |
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Don't forget Dante > Vincent after Kerrigan > Vincent (and did you say Squall > Vincent too?). --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 5/12/2006 8:33:07 PM | message detail |
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Don't forget Dante > Vincent after Kerrigan > Vincent (and did you say Squall > Vincent too?). Don't remember if I had said Squall>Vincent after the first round. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/12/2006 8:34:03 PM | message detail |
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I know I did! Also, I think DMC > RE is a viable upset choice... --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Ramza, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| HaRRicH | Posted 5/12/2006 8:37:18 PM | message detail |
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Never said you couldn't be, settle. Halo > Metroid's a sexy upset pick, but I don't know if I could bring myself to do it. I would probably play it safe with Metroid. I do want to ask this though...would anybody think there may be a correlation that we can draw where -- once we see how the Metroid series fares -- we can get a better idea of how much being in the SSB games can help a character? It'd have to be a weak correlation, but one would think that, for as strong as Samus is, if her series isn't well-received then she would get the rest of her strength from SSB/M. Could anybody else see this being possible? --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 5/12/2006 8:38:25 PM | message detail |
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- Mario and Zelda should square off in what might be an interesting Final Four matchup, strongest goes on to face FF. - The bracket opposite FF ought to have three from the top of the second tier, to make for a really interesting division... something like MGS, Mega, Melee 1/2/3. - MK is a waste at 6 - DK wasted with a 7 - huge waste of Pokemon, a series with much potential, as an 8 - would rather see Sonic against one of the Megas than Chrono (to fuel that cool new rivarly) - Halo/Blizzard is ok, but make it Diablo instead of Warcraft, better upset chance - MGS coming off huge hype is wasted with predictable crushing of GTA and loss to Zelda - KH hype wasted in loss to SSB (to be fair, 2 days ago I would have liked the matchup) - snub of Mario Kart hurts, Star Fox less so - SF couldn't hang with Mario RPG, Mega Man is way too much - RE4 carries the series past DMC too easily for a 4/5 Matchups I like: + Diablo/HL + SC/FFT (SC is so weird, it will be interesting anywhere) + Halo/Metroid + Mario/FF + Mega/Smash + Zelda/FF --- "lol x-stats" - The Contest Simulator: http://thengamer.com/xstats Ngamer's Contest Archives: http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/ |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/12/2006 8:38:34 PM | message detail |
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Nah, I thought about DMC > RE, but I think overall that RE is the
bigger and more popular name. It's been around longer, has the movies
and recognition, and has a more diverse fanbase, with RE4 and the other
Resident Evil games being on Gamecube. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: KH2, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC (wow, my PS2 is actually getting play!) |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/12/2006 8:39:02 PM | message detail |
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I actually think Metroid is becoming underrated - I swear
I've seen half of board 8 say that it's going to bomb. it's not going
to be a powerhouse, but it should be able to hold off Halo. I would definitely pick GTA or something over it though. --- xyzzy |
| NewLib | Posted 5/12/2006 8:39:06 PM | message detail |
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Personally, I thought the two toughest matches I created were Diablo/Half-Life and Resident Evil/DMC. --- Where am I? |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 5/12/2006 8:39:54 PM | message detail |
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1. Mario Bros. 8. Seiken Densetsu 4. Diablo 5. Half Life 3. Chrono 6. Mortal Kombat 2. Sonic 7. Donkey Kong Country 1. Final Fantasy 8. Pokemon 4. Soul Calibur 5. Final Fantasy Tactics 3. Halo 6. Warcraft 2. Metroid 7. Madden 1. Legend of Zelda 8. Contra 4. Mega Man X 5. Street Fighter 3. Grand Theft Auto 6. Dragon Quest 2. Metal Gear 7. Pac-Man 1. Mega Man 8. The Elder Scrolls 4. Resident Evil 5. Devil May Cry 3. Kingdom Hearts 6. Kirby 2. Super Smash Brothers 7. Doom I'll give this a go. 1. Mario bros. 4. Diablo: This could be a very interesting match actually. Two of what are probably the most popular pc games on gamefaqs facing off could be close. I'm going to give diablo the win though because of blizzard's overall popularity. 3. Chrono 2. Sonic 1. Final fantasy: I'd expect pokemon to get a decent seed in the actual contest though. I'll be shocked if it's an 8 seed. 5. FFT: I think the final fantasy name could carry it through to the next round, although soul calibur could easily win. It would be close I think. 3. Halo: I'd expect that after halo 2 the halo franchise would be capable of taking on warcraft. I also think warcraft would be the weakest of the "blizzard threesome" (starcraft, diablo, warcraft) though. 2. Metroid: This shouldn't even be deated. Madden can't even win the multi-platform game of the year polls, and gamefaqs generally hates sports games. How could it even dream of beating metroid? 1. Legend of Zelda: this would be a huge blowout. That much should be obvious though. 4. Megaman X: I think this series could be a dark horse of sorts if it gets in. I can see it being underestimated to all hell by most bracket makers. 3. GTA: Its unforunate, but dragon quest probably wouldn't be overly strong in the contest. I'd expect it to be a high end mid-carder. GTA might be able to surpass that. 2. Metal gear 1. Megaman: As a diehard TES fan, i'm hoping it gets a decent seed, because if it's a 7 or 8 seed it's almost definitely going to get trounced. 4. Resident Evil: With RE4's success this could quite possibly be a very powerful series. 3. Kingdom hearts: With KH2's recent release I would be very, very surprised to see kirby win. 2. SSB: I don't think doom would actually be very strong at all. Gamefaqs isn't big on fps's as a rule as it is, and doom while being a classic probably isn't very popular here. --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 5/12/2006 8:40:05 PM | message detail |
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Round 2: 1. Mario bros.: I'd epxect this to be at least one of the five top series. Diablo would probably put up a rspectable fight but be beaten by a relatively large margin. 2. Sonic: This might be close, but I don't think the chrono series would win. I hope it gets in though, if anything just so we can access it's overall strength. 1. Final fantasy: Thuis should just be a given. I could even see a large sum of sff. 2. Metroid: Halo might be strong, but it still has enough hate on gamefaqs to stop it from being any sort of real powerhouse. I don't see it being very strong for a long while, if at all. 1. Legend of Zelda: MMX would prove itself to be legitimately strong, but it wouldn't stand a chance against what will undoubtedly be one of the top two series in the actual contest along with final fantasy. 2. Metal Gear: I could see a close match, but I think the MG series has enough popularity to win as long as people consider metal gear and metal gear solid to be one in the same. 1. Megaman: An obvious outcome. 2. SSB: A close match if it were to happen... I'm just doing what I always do when I can't decide on an outcome in actual contests. Picking the series I like better. Round 3: 1. Mario Bros.: This would be intersting because of the fact that sonic and mario have, as characters, never faced off before (I think), but mario would win comfortably. Sonic just doesn't have the popularity it used to. 1. Final Fantasy: It's an obvious finalist... 1. Legend of Zelda. Anotyher obvious finalist... 1. Megaman: I'd see SSB being close, but still coming up short. Round 4: Final fantasy murders mario in a way it never should be beaten, and LoZ makes megaman look like a joke. Just like cloud and link do to, well, everyone tha isn't each other in every character contest (excluding the first one obviously). Round 5: Who would win? Probably final fantasy. Who would I pick in my Bracket. Probably LoZ. I like picking underdogs in matches like this, and I think LoZ's chances are being severely underestimated. Hmm... That took longer than I thought to do. Well at least it alleviated my boredom for a while. --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/12/2006 8:40:59 PM | message detail |
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Well, I'll just say that Samus probably doesn't get that close to Sonic in 2002 without Smash Brothers. It kept her fresh. I doubt we'll be able to make much correlation though, personally. It'd be a stretch. It's another characters =/= games thing. I believe Samus to be much more popular than her games. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Ramza, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| LoopZoopTheBest | Posted 5/12/2006 8:41:46 PM | message detail |
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Metroid has a ton of history and recognition, but I can definitely
understand why so many people think it will underperform. The single
biggest piece of insight we have for this contest is SpC2K4, and no
series was screwed more than Metroid in that contest. --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. -__- |
| HaRRicH | Posted 5/12/2006 8:41:54 PM | message detail |
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Nah, I'm not a fan of DMC > RE. It wouldn't be a blow-out, but here's what RE has on its side: 1) RE's the bigger series, both in name-power and game library. 2) RE has spanned more consoles. 3) RE has the biggest game (RE4). 4) RE has at least three well-received games (RE, RE2, and RE4) to SMC simply having three games (not counting DMC3:SE as a separate game right now). I think DMC has some record about being the highest-selling series per game (something similar to that, not sure if it still stands either), but I don't like the risk of DMC > RE, not at all. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 5/12/2006 8:42:20 PM | message detail |
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I actually think Metroid is becoming underrated - I swear I've seen
half of board 8 say that it's going to bomb. it's not going to be a
powerhouse, but it should be able to hold off Halo. People are stil reeling from what happened to samus in the character contest IMO. It's expected that board 8 would underestimate everything metroid after that, including samus next contest. I could see her being the noble niner that people start saying could be beaten by some non-noble niner on her path this year. --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 5/12/2006 8:44:39 PM | message detail |
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About the bracket, I'll note one thing (I generally like to see
brackets outside of the CS&D topic instead of inside, but "se la
vi"): I really really like the Diablo/Half-Life match. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| swirIdude | Posted 5/12/2006 8:45:05 PM | message detail |
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It seems like Mario beating down Samus has caused a lot of you to say
Metroid is going to bomb here. I don't see that being the case. I think
that Super Metroid could've caused more damage if not caught by LttP in
the second round in 2004, for once. And Prime is nothing to sneeze at
either. Samus was Sonic's equal before Prime, it's clear to see that's
helped her even more since then. BTW, if Mario can SFF Samus easily. I think Link could've too in 2003. That would be interesting to think about, perhaps Mario can SFF his own company more efficiently than Link. --- Xbox 360 melts disks! And people made jokes about the PS3 being a grill. ~bokunokuso |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/12/2006 8:45:06 PM | message detail |
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Well, I know I just said characters =/= games, but keep in mind that
Dante as a character far outclasses anything Resident Evil brings to
the table in a character contest. Heck, the original did horribly in
Sp2K4 (though who knows if SFF was present, plus it's behind FFVII/MGS
"SFF"). We didn't get to see a Devil May Cry game though. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Ramza, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| LoopZoopTheBest | Posted 5/12/2006 8:45:42 PM | message detail |
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I think DMC has some record about being the highest-selling series per game Halo/Chrono? --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. -__- |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/12/2006 8:45:50 PM | message detail |
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I actually think Metroid is becoming underrated - I swear I've seen
half of board 8 say that it's going to bomb. it's not going to be a
powerhouse, but it should be able to hold off Halo. I would definitely pick GTA or something over it though. Nah, I don't think it's going to bomb. Just being a popular Nintendo series guarantees it will have contest strength. I was just more pointing out that Halo is no slouch and can easily give Metroid a run for it's money. Metroid is probably one of the more niche Nintendo series. It certainly has it's fans, but it also has a lot of people who don't care for the games. BOLD PREDICTION: The Mario Kart series would beat the Metroid series head to head. Agree or disagree? I actually don't know how bold of a statement that is... --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: KH2, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC (wow, my PS2 is actually getting play!) |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 5/12/2006 8:46:12 PM | message detail |
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I'd wager that in 2002, Samus got almost a quarter of her strength from
SSB/SSBM. This might seem like a lot, but the fact is, she was
completely obscure to anyone who wasn't a knowledgeable gamer in the
SNES era. I'd never heard of her until SSB, that's for sure. At this
point, she probably still gets a good 15-20% of her power from the SSB
series. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| charmander6000 | Posted 5/12/2006 8:46:23 PM | message detail |
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Does anyone know when the nominations finish? --- "I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush |
| NewLib | Posted 5/12/2006 8:47:11 PM | message detail |
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To be quite honest I think you could create a 64 bracket out of this
and not have tons of fodder and also have some interesting matchups.
Put in Star Fox, Fire Emblem, Tales, Tetris, Onimusha, Splinter Cell
(which I think will have a lot more strength than Sam Fisher),
Civilization, Knights of the Old Republic, Silent Hill, Sims, Suikoden,
Tales, Gran Turismo, Star Ocean, Animal Crossing, and such. I think you
could get a lot of interesting matchups. --- Where am I? |
| Janus5000 | Posted 5/12/2006 8:47:20 PM | message detail |
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I'd pick MK over Metroid pretty easily. --- It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury Signifying nothing. - Macbeth |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/12/2006 8:47:22 PM | message detail |
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BTW, if Mario can SFF Samus easily. I think Link could've too in 2003. Well, I've stood behind that for a while. It also makes what Squall, Luigi, and Kirby did in 2005 a little more believable (much less extreme boost in Kirby's and Luigi's cases). Sure, some things don't quite line up, but nevertheless, it's still a viable argument. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Ramza, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| HaRRicH | Posted 5/12/2006 8:47:32 PM | message detail |
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...maybe that record is Capcom-specific then. I'm not sure, though I know I've heard something along those lines about it. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/12/2006 8:48:06 PM | message detail |
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RE beats DMC thanks to RE4. RE4 is way bigger than any of the DMCs. I wouldn't base that one on characters. --- xyzzy |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/12/2006 8:48:42 PM | message detail |
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The Chrono series didn't sell all that well in America, at least not enough to earn that honor. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Ramza, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| charmander6000 | Posted 5/12/2006 8:48:56 PM | message detail |
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The Mario Kart series would beat the Metroid series head to head. Agree or disagree? I agree. I can see the Mario Kart series being very strong. --- "I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush |
| swirIdude | Posted 5/12/2006 8:49:06 PM | message detail |
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Speaking of debated SFF, many here thought Cloud/Auron had no SFF, and then look what happened with Tails. --- Xbox 360 melts disks! And people made jokes about the PS3 being a grill. ~bokunokuso |
| LoopZoopTheBest | Posted 5/12/2006 8:49:22 PM | message detail |
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The Mario Kart series would beat the Metroid series head to head. Agree or disagree? Agree. Head-to-head, I think Metroid loses to four separate Nintendo series. --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. -__- |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/12/2006 8:49:48 PM | message detail |
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...maybe that record is Capcom-specific then. I'm not sure, though I know I've heard something along those lines about it. It was an overall record before Halo 2 came out, but yeah, it's definitely Capcom's best selling series because they don't constantly rehash it like they do everything else they've got. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Ramza, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| HaRRicH | Posted 5/12/2006 8:49:53 PM | message detail |
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*predicted VJ/Tails correctly* Yeah, look! =P --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| longbladeofhiko | Posted 5/12/2006 8:50:20 PM | message detail |
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YA GET SKEETED ON ^_^ --- The WWEGSB Hardcore Legend Masa |
| dethfdddddh | Posted 5/12/2006 8:51:21 PM | message detail |
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I could've sworn DMC 3 sold horribly..... --- Just Got Owned By Guru winner Voltch. |
| swirIdude | Posted 5/12/2006 8:51:58 PM | message detail |
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Well not just VJ/Tails, but Tails getting 42% on Dante. That one surprised me a bit. --- Xbox 360 melts disks! And people made jokes about the PS3 being a grill. ~bokunokuso |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/12/2006 8:53:02 PM | message detail |
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I really hope the Mario Kart series makes it. I want to see what kind
of punch it has. It'll definitely be one of the more interesting
entries. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Ramza, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| charmander6000 | Posted 5/12/2006 8:53:21 PM | message detail |
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I know we can have 64 series without too much fodder, but CJayC also said there would be a character contest in the summer. --- "I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/12/2006 8:56:31 PM | message detail |
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I didn't underestimate Tails... I just overrated Viewtiful Joe to hell.
I kinda fell for the trap of Ceej setting him up to face Dante in a
battle of Capcom stars, along with VJ's high seeding. Dante became
considerably popular after only having one game in 2k2, so I thought VJ
could do the same. Forgot to take into account that one sold well on
PS2 while the other had mediocre sales on GC and PS2. Yeah, one of my three mistakes in 2k4... --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: KH2, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC (wow, my PS2 is actually getting play!) |
| NewLib | Posted 5/12/2006 8:58:04 PM | message detail |
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Alright I made some slight calibrations. 1. Mario Bros. 8. Dragon Quest 4. Diablo 5. Half Life 3. Chrono 6. Mortal Kombat 2. Metroid 7. Warcraft 1. Legend of Zelda 8. Pac Man 4. Soul Calibur 5. Final Fantasy Tactics 3. Mega Man X 6. Donkey Kong Country 2. Grand Theft Auto 7. Madden 1. Mega Man 8. Contra 4. Street Fighter 5. Pokemon 3. Metal Gear 6. Halo 2. Sonic 7. Kirby 1. Final Fantasy 8. The Elder Scrolls 4. Resident Evil 5. Devil May Cry 3. Kingdom Hearts 6. Super Mario Kart 2. Super Smash Brothers 7. Doom --- Where am I? |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 5/12/2006 8:59:18 PM | message detail |
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So who wants to take bets on whether I get a perfect first round this contest or not? >>; --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| yoshifan823 | Posted 5/12/2006 8:59:21 PM | message detail |
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A: MK should be in the top half of the bracket, meaning a 1-4 seed. B: You gave MK the worst 3 seed. C: I'd make a great analysis person. Why? 1: I can spell Analysis without the use of a spell checker. 2: I have WAAAAAAAY too much time on my hands during the summer. 3: I can write alot, look at all the angles, ect. 4: I'm a different kind of thinker. Look at the long list^^^. I can write alot too.^^ --- "It was a weird night, with the Sexual Foot of Desire and the Sexual Moose of Lust and all"- Iamdead7. |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/12/2006 9:02:41 PM | message detail |
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You just wasted Halo AND Metroid in the new bracket... --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: KH2, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC (wow, my PS2 is actually getting play!) |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/12/2006 9:03:25 PM | message detail |
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Hello, Halo. Welcome to a potential SFF-fest. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Ramza, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| LoopZoopTheBest | Posted 5/12/2006 9:07:21 PM | message detail |
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1. Mario Bros. 5. Half Life 3. Chrono 2. Metroid 1. Legend of Zelda 5. Final Fantasy Tactics 3. Mega Man X 2. Grand Theft Auto 1. Mega Man 4. Street Fighter 3. Metal Gear 2. Sonic 1. Final Fantasy 4. Resident Evil 6. Super Mario Kart 2. Super Smash Brothers FF > Zelda Nice match between Kingdom Hearts and Mario Kart, but I think both the Nintendo multiplayer series have bracket-busting abilities, so they should be put in positions in order to test that. --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. -__- |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 5/12/2006 9:08:04 PM | message detail |
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I think that, although the Metroid games individually may be somewhat
weak, Samus herself is a good indication that collectively, the series
will be able to put together a strong showing in this Contest. Unlike a
series of very similar games released closely together (Halo or GTA for
instance), Samus is strong because not only does her series stretch
through so many years/generations, but Prime/Echoes are able to appeal
even to those who didn't experience Samus in her side-scrolling glory,
yet the games were true enough to the Metroid feel to not alienate the
old-school fanbase (for the most part, anyways). I'm expecting the
series as a whole to show us much of the same, and so yeah, I'd take it
the Halos and GTAs of the world without too much hesitation. That being said, of course, it'll still suffer an embarrassing SFFed beatdown to many other options Nintendo has to offer. --- "lol x-stats" - The Contest Simulator: http://thengamer.com/xstats Ngamer's Contest Archives: http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/ |
| HaRRicH | Posted 5/12/2006 9:09:11 PM | message detail |
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I don't know if I'd take Mario Kart > Metroid; the more I've thought
here lately, the less I think highly of its potential strength. Yes, it
would be pretty strong, and yes, Mario (r?)SFF'd Samus...but look at
the Top 100 List. I know the only rep is Super Mario Kart and I feel
confident that Mario Kart 64 is more popular, alongside MK:DD!! selling
well and MKDS being popular, but being #61 on a drop-down box of 130
isn't all so impressive, and here's how the Mario games from the list
go: Super Mario Bros. 3 - 5 Super Mario 64 - 13 Super Mario Bros. - 22 Super Mario World - 23 Super Mario RPG - 26 Super Mario Kart - 61 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - 82 Seeing the original on the SNES be that noticably behind the four main Mario games and a spin-off RPG scares me some. From the few polls I've seen about SMW2:YI, it's tended to bomb every time I've seen it too (to be fair, one or two of them were "What's your favorite Mario game?" where SMW would be a choice)...and SMK isn't too far away from it. There were also thirteen other Nintendo games ahead of it, too, making me wonder as well. Again, I feel confident SMK isn't the best judge to go by on it nor is it generally good to only have one game to judge a series, but it still gives me a heavy feeling due to it still being a big staple of the series. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/12/2006 9:09:19 PM | message detail |
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I think the Chrono series is being underrated too. I haven't seen it
put up with a game of it's calibur as well. While it may not be
Zelda/Mario/FF level, I can easily see it giving anything else a run
through the power of Chrono Trigger alone. SSB/Chrono anyone? --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: KH2, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC (wow, my PS2 is actually getting play!) |
| LoopZoopTheBest | Posted 5/12/2006 9:16:33 PM | message detail |
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This is completely off-topic, but it seems that CJayC is very
determined to have a different theme for each Spring Contest. Since
we've already covered games, villains, and series, who else thinks
we'll be seeing a "Best Game Company" contest 12 months from now? Holy
moly, I think that would be a dream come true for all of us. --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. -__- |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 5/12/2006 9:19:33 PM | message detail |
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I'd just like to point out that Super Metroid doesn't have to be much
stronger than Metroid Prime to be on par with games like SSBM, Halo,
Starcraft, Wind Waker, etc. --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |