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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 293
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| UltimaterializerX | Posted 6/16/2006 5:07:23 PM | message detail |
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I liked the stats topics better when the first page was all inequalities. Mega Man > Mario Kart *Creativename's websites* Everything you could ever imagine: http://www.GameFAQsContests.com http://www.sc2k5.com http://www.sc2k4.com Sortable Table for Every Contest Match: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/19 *Extrapolated Standings* Explanation of Extrapolated Standings: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/11 Simple Explanation of Extrapolated Standings: A = Strongest Character B = Character Weaker than A C = Character Weaker than B To figure out a character's Xsts Percentage ---> [(CvB)(BvA)]/50 = CvA To compare how C would do against B ---> [(CvA)/(BvA)]*50 = CvB To figure out how B would do against A ---> [(CvA)/(CvB)]*50 = BvA Summer 2002 Extrapolated Standings: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/13 Summer 2003 Extrapolated Standings: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/14 Spring 2004 Extrapolated Standings: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/15 SFF Adjusted Spring 2004 Extrapolated Standings: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/16 Summer 2004 Extrapolated Standings: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/17 SFF Adjusted Summer 2004 Extrapolated Standings: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/18 Spring 2005 Extrapolated Standings: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/27 Summer 2005 Extrapolated Standings: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/32 SFF Adjusted Summer 2005 Extrapolated Standings: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/33 All Time Extrapolated Standings: http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/alltimexstats.htm *Solarshadow's Sites* Summer 2002 Contest: http://solarshadow2002.tripod.com Summer 2003 Contest: http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/2003/index.html Spring 2004 Contest: (not currently updating) http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/sp2004/index.html *Old Stats topics* Summer 2002 Contest: http://solarshadow2002.tripod.com/page1.html Summer 2003 Contest: http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/archive/topic1p1.html http://www.angelfire.com/games5/sum_contest/Page1.htm (See note) 2003-2004 Off-Season: http://membres.lycos.fr/shindohikaru/stats1.htm (See note) Note: Don't use the links in the topic to browse through the pages, change the page number in the URL. Spring 2004 Pre-Season (Chance the number after "Season" to view other pages; there are three of them): http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringPreSeason1.htm Spring 2004 Contest (Change the number after "Stats" to view other pages; there are eight of them): http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringStats1.htm *Match Pictures* All the match pics, save for three from 2002: http://sc2k5.com/gallery/index.php *Miscellaneous* Creativename's Page of Links: http://sc2k4.com/links.php UltimaterializerX's Contest Sites (some offensive language): http://prophetchallenge.hyperboards2.com/index.cgi http://freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/ NGamer64's Archive Site and (lol) X-Stats Sim (some offensive language): http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/ http://thengamer.com/xstats http://thengamer.com/stats A List of Acronyms, A Lesson on Percentages, and Some Odd Matches: http://freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/acronymspercentsanomalies.htm All Time Top 25/Top 10 Lists: http://www.rpgdl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3251 HaRRicH's Fourpack of Fun Board: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 TRE's poll listing (every poll!): http://members.shaw.ca/tre/Polls.html !yawa tsoP |
| ff6man | Posted 6/16/2006 5:07:38 PM | message detail |
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First... --- Currently playing: DDREX2, DDREX, FFVII, BoFIII. |
| ff6man | Posted 6/16/2006 5:08:40 PM | message detail |
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Oh and Warcraft > GTA --- Currently playing: DDREX2, DDREX, FFVII, BoFIII. |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/16/2006 5:08:52 PM | message detail |
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/bse_small.jpg Star Ocean > Pokemon (Devil May Cry) > Sonic > Super Smash Bros. Mega Man > Mario Kart Mega Man X > The Bracket. --- "If you're asking for a date, forget it. Because I made it a point not to go out with women who shoot me in the head." |
| MnMZero | Posted 6/16/2006 5:45:30 PM | message detail |
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My bracket > yours --- *Is therealmnm* Proud Supporter of Zero in SC2k5 |
| yoblazer33 | Posted 6/16/2006 5:47:13 PM | message detail |
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I'm feeling pretty good about Mario Kart. Pretty darn good. --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 6/16/2006 5:47:52 PM | message detail |
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Fire Emblem > the bracket. --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/NintendoDesktop2.jpg |
| Master Moltar | Posted 6/16/2006 5:49:15 PM | message detail |
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Just a note to the Crew members that they can start writing up their
analyses and sending them (preferably by Divison or all of Round 1 at
once). I don't need them for a while, but it's good to get an early
start. Anything to ask me, just contact me on AIM. E-mail = MasterMoltar@gmail.com --- Moltar Status: Eagerly awaiting for the next Contest to begin. |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/16/2006 5:52:05 PM | message detail |
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Star Ocean > Fire Emblem!! =p And thanks for that e-mail address again, Moltar. I nearly have the entire first round done and was getting ready to send you the goods when I remembered that I forgot the e-mail address. --- "If you're asking for a date, forget it. Because I made it a point not to go out with women who shoot me in the head." |
| Lopen | Posted 6/16/2006 5:54:30 PM | message detail |
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I have two analyses done! No, no... it's not that bad! I'm having fun now that I've started! I'll certainly be accelerating! --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| TheLastOblesik | Posted 6/16/2006 5:55:10 PM | message detail |
| I was thinking about this earlier...do you think Gordon Freeman can beat Pac Man? |
| yoblazer33 | Posted 6/16/2006 5:55:22 PM | message detail |
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I'm one sentence into Zelda/Civilization and writer's block has already
smacked to hell. Does this match even need more than one sentence? --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/16/2006 5:56:51 PM | message detail |
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One sentence? I made three whole paragraphs!! Surely you can do better! =p --- "If you're asking for a date, forget it. Because I made it a point not to go out with women who shoot me in the head." |
| heroic tranny | Posted 6/16/2006 5:57:15 PM | message detail |
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yeah, but you dedicated four posts to Ken Masters! --- xyzzy |
| MnMZero | Posted 6/16/2006 5:57:24 PM | message detail |
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I have all of my write-ups written already... in my head!!! --- *Is therealmnm* Proud Supporter of Zero in SC2k5 |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/16/2006 5:58:01 PM | message detail |
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Ken is four posts worth of awesome, ya see. --- "If you're asking for a date, forget it. Because I made it a point not to go out with women who shoot me in the head." |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 6/16/2006 5:59:40 PM | message detail |
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http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/FireEmblem.jpg Prince Marth disagrees with you. --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/NintendoDesktop2.jpg |
| Master Moltar | Posted 6/16/2006 5:59:57 PM | message detail |
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I'm one sentence into Zelda/Civilization and writer's block has already smacked to hell. Don't worry, I just got hit by it on Sonic/DMC. I had to skip over it for now. Does this match even need more than one sentence? Ahh, the fun of being on the Crew. Stretching out an analysis that could be summed up in 2 sentences into 2 paragraphs. Hell, for some of them I just go way off-topic. (Enjoy KH/HM and SSB/DQ) --- Moltar Status: Eagerly awaiting for the next Contest to begin. |
| longbladeofhiko | Posted 6/16/2006 6:00:14 PM | message detail |
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How many times you think I'll hafta change Mushroom Division picks guys? >_> I'm going with at least 10 --- WWEGSB Hardcore Legend Masa JUST LIKE UR MOM LOLO AND URS TO LALA-Tombolo |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/16/2006 6:04:52 PM | message detail |
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Prince Marth disagrees with you. Haha! Clever. =p --- "If you're asking for a date, forget it. Because I made it a point not to go out with women who shoot me in the head." |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 6/16/2006 6:07:45 PM | message detail |
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Consider yourself lucky that I'm too lazy to hack in a > sign and update my script inserter to use it! --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/NintendoDesktop2.jpg |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/17/2006 12:17:54 AM | message detail |
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Ahh, the fun of being on the Crew. Stretching out an analysis that
could be summed up in 2 sentences into 2 paragraphs. Hell, for some of
them I just go way off-topic. (Enjoy KH/HM and SSB/DQ) I had writer's block in both of those, I remember. Other than that, I believe the only other time I was hit with it was in GTA/Warcraft, for whatever reason. I did have fun with some of those though...heh. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 6/17/2006 2:33:00 AM | message detail |
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From yoblazer33 Posted 6/16/2006 8:55:22 PM #012 I'm one sentence into Zelda/Civilization and writer's block has already smacked to hell. Does this match even need more than one sentence? No. Being lazy is fine. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY), NSMB, FE8, WC3: Frozen Throne |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 6/17/2006 2:34:04 AM | message detail |
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Ahh, the fun of being on the Crew. Stretching out an analysis that could be summed up in 2 sentences into 2 paragraphs. Why do that? <_< ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY), NSMB, FE8, WC3: Frozen Throne |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 6/17/2006 5:33:25 AM | message detail |
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...That banner is sooo awesome. Loving Raiden being in there, rather than Snake. --- Sign my petition! Topic ID: 22242738 Beef Jerky, Catgirls, DESU DESU DESU! O_o |
| Ayvuir | Posted 6/17/2006 5:41:12 AM | message detail |
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I put Megaman > Mariokart, but now im thinking i should put it to Mariokart > Megaman, intead, i just put it in. --- How can you be religious? The Bible says that a boat was made big enough to hold two of every species on the planet! - MYC |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 6/17/2006 5:47:18 AM | message detail |
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lol --- Sign my petition! Topic ID: 22242738 Beef Jerky, Catgirls, DESU DESU DESU! O_o |
| jonthomson | Posted 6/17/2006 8:02:41 AM | message detail |
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I've only made one change from my initial rushed and drunken selection. SF>RE? lol --- Jon Thomson - CATS, Jay Solano, Ridley, Scorpion, Alien Hominid, Duke Nukem, The Prince, Johnny Rocketfingers, two TBA |
| bigkevinm84 | Posted 6/17/2006 8:04:08 AM | message detail |
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Mario Kart > Mega Man --- Nominate Fox McCloud for 2006! and support Yoshi! You have no chance to survive make your time. |
| smitelf | Posted 6/17/2006 8:16:59 AM | message detail |
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Mario Kart v. Mega Man is the match for which I am least sure of my pick out of all matches in this contest. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 6/17/2006 8:24:25 AM | message detail |
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| dragoontheguy | Posted 6/17/2006 8:24:59 AM | message detail |
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Same here. I think it's mainly the fact that mario kart is a complete
wild card. I'm really not sure how it's going to end up doing. I'm
fairly confident that it will be a mid-carder at the very least, and
barely make it into the top ten at the very most... the problem is that
I'm not even remotely confident in where it will end up. --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| Ayvuir | Posted 6/17/2006 8:29:13 AM | message detail |
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Pokemon i think is the real wild card. Everyone seems to be thinking it
doesn't even have a chance against Metroid. But i really beg to differ,
Pokemon is way more popular for the current generation than Metroid is,
i feel. I'm saying its beating Metroid, just like last year i had
Vincent Valentine going all the way to where he got to, when everyone
doubted that, put me in 8th spot on the leadertable. --- How can you be religious? The Bible says that a boat was made big enough to hold two of every species on the planet! - MYC |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 6/17/2006 8:30:31 AM | message detail |
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Except VV was untested - Pikachu got owned and Pokemon GSC lost to
Xenogears. I still think it beats Star Ocean, but it stops there. --- Sign my petition! Topic ID: 22242738 Beef Jerky, Catgirls, DESU DESU DESU! O_o |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 6/17/2006 8:32:04 AM | message detail |
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Oh, I think there's multiple total wild cards in this contest. Elder
scrolls would be another game that has the potential of being really
damn strong, although a lot of people may disagree with that. There's bound to be at least one upset that comes right out of left field for the majority of us. Pretty every contest has some matches just about nobody sees coming. --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| Phediuk | Posted 6/17/2006 8:32:29 AM | message detail |
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I'm thinking of doing a "Comparisons Game" for each match in the
contest, much like how Slowflake did back in spring 2004. You know,
comparing both contestants in terms of sales, hype, GameFAQs status,
previous contest representation, and intangible factors. That is,
unless Slowflake already planned on doing that. --- "Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle." -Toad in Super Mario Bros. |
| smitelf | Posted 6/17/2006 8:38:41 AM | message detail |
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Neither one had an entry in the Best. Game. Ever. contest due to votes
being split between the multitude of games in each, so they are both
unknowns. Megaman's popularity can probably be correlated fairly well
to that of his series, though, while I have absolutely no clue about
MK. Less than SSBM and more than SMRPG, I'm confident in saying, but
that's a pretty big range. I would take Smash Bros. to beat Megaman any
day. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! |
| Ayvuir | Posted 6/17/2006 8:40:06 AM | message detail |
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Elder Scrolls does have potential i agree, and i'm surprised at its seeding. Don't think it will beat SF though --- How can you be religious? The Bible says that a boat was made big enough to hold two of every species on the planet! - MYC |
| Applause Sign | Posted 6/17/2006 8:40:28 AM | message detail |
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I don't think Pokemon will have enough to beat Star Ocean. >_> --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| smitelf | Posted 6/17/2006 8:42:22 AM | message detail |
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Pokemon has proven its weakness in contest after contest. It let me
down both bracket-wise and personally against Xenogears (damn you,
Xenogears!) so there is no way in hell I'm taking its side in a match
that is even remotely controversial ever again. It will bypass a
midrange, mediocre series like Star Ocean easily (Xenogears, at least,
had Square backing, and the fact that people seem to like it for
whatever reason, while I hear little but 'meh, okay' about SO) but
that's as far as I'm willing to place my faith in it. As for Elderscrolls, it is a PC/Xbox-based series not named Halo. End of discussion. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! |
| smitelf | Posted 6/17/2006 8:43:40 AM | message detail |
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I don't think Pokemon will have enough to beat Star Ocean. >_> It damn well better because I am *not* losing a sig bet to Heroic Crazypicks. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! |
| Applause Sign | Posted 6/17/2006 8:46:38 AM | message detail |
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While I admire your humor, I must back my crazy minded friend HM. I
don't get the entire "lol it's square" argument. I mean, does a little
logo on the bottom of the box that says sqaresoft really
make a difference? If it did, I think it would have sold better than it
did, and SO3 absolutely massacres it in terms of sales. Granted sales
=/= popularity, but I don't think anyone that bought Xenogears
automatically thinks it's a great game just because it's developed by
Square. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Phediuk | Posted 6/17/2006 8:47:38 AM | message detail |
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Star Ocean will be the biggest flop of the contest. Book it. Unlike Suikoden II or Shadow Hearts: Covenant or Fire Emblem 7 or Xenogears, I have never heard anyone give gushing praise for Star Ocean 3. It's either "yeah, it's good, but it could've been a lot better" or "the plot twist was incredibly stupid" or "the first hour was good but then it became really boring". The series simply is not that popular. Pokemon is. Make no mistake. Yes, it will receive some antivotes, but it would be absolutely foolish to think that Pokemon does not have a large fanbase on GameFAQs. Even if it doesn't turn out to be very strong, the sheer publicity of the series will be more than enough to put away Star Ocean, which is just another cultish RPG series. --- "Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle." -Toad in Super Mario Bros. |
| Applause Sign | Posted 6/17/2006 8:48:02 AM | message detail |
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*Square-enix --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 6/17/2006 8:49:42 AM | message detail |
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Ah, so this is where you were hiding Moltar. Guess this is as good of a time as any to begin these analysis'. --- - "ertyu is actually a language. For example, 'dum' is ertyunese for 'godly'." - Topaz Kitsune ^5 SOWL IMHO - Explicit Content |
| smitelf | Posted 6/17/2006 8:50:10 AM | message detail |
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I didn't mean to imply that Square is the only reason that Xenogears
won. That match was much harder than I gave it credit for. But I would
have taken Xenogears against Star Ocean in a match even then. It's not
a widely popular series and none of its installments have been
particularly well-liked. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! |
| Applause Sign | Posted 6/17/2006 8:50:55 AM | message detail |
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The series simply is not that popular. Yeah, only about 5 times more popular among the American public than Xenogears. I don't know why it's so hard to get this through to people, I'm not saying better sales than xenogears = instant win against Pokemon, but saying it's not popular is just completely ignorant. And that's only SO3. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Applause Sign | Posted 6/17/2006 8:52:44 AM | message detail |
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Star Ocean 3 has been well liked though, when it first came out there
was buzz going around about it on the PS2 boards, and depending on
which polls you look at, it ranges from fairing well to poor. I don't
like to look at polls as an example, simply because when you throw in a
million different options, it's hard to see how it translates into a
contest setting, but it's not as if it has performed poorly in every
poll we've seen it in. There's simply no way to tell that it's not
popular on here. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| smitelf | Posted 6/17/2006 8:53:30 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, only about 5 times more popular among the American public than
Xenogears. I don't know why it's so hard to get this through to people,
I'm not saying better sales than xenogears = instant win against
Pokemon, but saying it's not popular is just completely ignorant. And
that's only SO3. I don't know why it's so hard to get through to people that sales figures =/= popularity, let alone popularity on GameFAQs. It's not at all ignorant to say it's not popular because it isn't. People buying a game does not translate directly to people enjoying a game. Let us not forget that the numbers of Pokemon copies versus Xenogears copies is greater by an even larger factor. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! |
| Phediuk | Posted 6/17/2006 8:54:25 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, only about 5 times more popular among the American public than
Xenogears. I don't know why it's so hard to get this through to people,
I'm not saying better sales than xenogears = instant win against
Pokemon, but saying it's not popular is just completely ignorant. And
that's only SO3. Where does all of Star Ocean's supposed "popularity" come from? Is it from the mediocre Japan-only SNES game? Or from the PS1 game released six years ago and came and went without much hype even then (and sold like 2 copies anyway)? Or from the PS2 game that received mixed reviews at best and mediocre sales? Do enlighten me. --- "Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle." -Toad in Super Mario Bros. |