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| Lopen | Posted 6/23/2006 4:34:40 PM | message detail |
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Well I wasn't using that as the reason why, more as support to my
claim. But he did do a bit better than I remember, now that I look
back. Still not very impressive considering he should be a NES icon of sorts. --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 6/23/2006 4:37:09 PM | message detail |
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I knew it! I see right through you, MM! I... mean... CASTLEVANIA>METAL GEAR!!! But I am seriously considering switching to Castlevania>KH. All I know is that Kingdom Hearts is losing in the second round. I can't decide if it will be because big series do better in this contest or because another small series just outclasses it. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| therealmnm | Posted 6/23/2006 4:37:41 PM | message detail |
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The NES didn't even really have icons outside of Mario and Mega Man. Not even Link could be considered an Icon back then. Maybe due to the Zelda show on Fridays... but I doubt it. <_<; Yes, Simon Belmont was on Captain N. He still wasn't really an icon! --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 6/23/2006 4:38:15 PM | message detail |
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Still not very impressive considering he should be a NES icon of sorts. Not really. You'll notice that all of the NES-era icons are icons because they continued beyond the NES. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 6/23/2006 4:43:15 PM | message detail |
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Going back to CastleVania: At this point Alucard is the face of
CastleVania with SOTN being the game with the most support. Simon
Belmont is really just fodder even if he was in the first game. --- "Never argue with a fool, people may not tell the difference" - Murphy's Law |
| Lopen | Posted 6/23/2006 4:46:55 PM | message detail |
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Okay, okay, you got me. I'll admit there isn't a huge case for a bad
Old School Castlevania showing based on Simon's whipping. But I still
don't see a reason to believe that the originals are anything that
significant. I do think Castlevania draws more from its series than
say... Sonic the Hedgehog does. I'm not saying it's going to be
straight up SotN strength, here. Just thinking that the GBA/DS games
are the X-Factors we should be hyping more than the old games. Man... I wish they had actually made a Captain N game so we could get him into this contest. That would be hilarious. --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/23/2006 4:52:50 PM | message detail |
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I never said a thing about Castlevania threatening Halo or Kingdom
Hearts. All I said is that the series will be much stronger than SotN. That wasn't necessarily addressing something you said so much as it was a general statement. I don't see any Castlevania game being stronger than SotN. The series isn't that popular. Has any Castlevania game since SCIV even sold over 1 million in the US? Castlevania games usually don't do terribly well in sales. Dawn of Sorrow sold 170,000 copies, Curse of Darkness sold 114,000 copies, and that GBA pack sold like 30,000. Aria of Sorrow sold 158,000 copies and so forth. They usually don't break 200,000. --- "Cloud, who walked away from the life of a hero to live in solitude, must step forward yet again ..." |
| Dilated Chemist | Posted 6/23/2006 6:27:57 PM | message detail |
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Street Fighter > Resident Evil > The Elder Scrolls > Shadow Hearts --- =DC= Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/23/2006 7:00:29 PM | message detail |
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RE is kicking SF's ass. I'll sig-bet on that. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Dilated Chemist | Posted 6/23/2006 7:01:03 PM | message detail |
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I'll sig bet that. --- =DC= Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 6/23/2006 7:03:50 PM | message detail |
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Before RE4, I would have picked Street Fighter in a second. But given
this match is essentially RE4 v SF2, I picked RE. I don't see how it
can lose, given how SFF upsets from the seemingly weaker entity are
almost impossible. It's happened once,
and that's only because people and their lovely X-Stats were smart
enough to convince themselves that Samus was actually stronger than
Mario in the first place. And no, I will never live that match down. It's one of my all-time favorite "upsets". ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY), FE8, WC3: Frozen Throne |
| Dilated Chemist | Posted 6/23/2006 7:14:36 PM | message detail |
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Sig bet! --- =DC= Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 6/23/2006 7:15:32 PM | message detail |
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Can't, I'm already in a sig bet known as the Guru Contest. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY), FE8, WC3: Frozen Throne |
| Dilated Chemist | Posted 6/23/2006 7:16:11 PM | message detail |
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So am I. --- =DC= Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. |
| swirIdude | Posted 6/23/2006 7:21:05 PM | message detail |
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And no, I will never live that match down. It's one of my all-time favorite "upsets". With Magus/Knux at #1, right? --- Xbox 360 melts disks! And people made jokes about the PS3 being a grill. ~bokunokuso |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/23/2006 7:21:47 PM | message detail |
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I'll sig-bet with you from the day of that match until the day the
contest ends (thanks to the Guru contest) on it. It has to be
ToS-friendly, and anything else is fair game. How much do you expect SF to beat RE by, for the record? --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| therealmnm | Posted 6/23/2006 7:34:23 PM | message detail |
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Eh, I wouldn't exactly call Street Fighter/RE a SFF affair. Sure, they
share the same company, but it's not like all games from Capcom share
the same fanbase, given how diverse the company is. Metal Gear/Final
Fantasy would probably have more SFF than Street Fighter/RE. I think this will be more than just Street Fighter 2 going in this match. The Alpha games may not be as popular as the original Street Fighter 2, but it still has its fans. Then you have the Vs. games, which are pretty much Street Fighter as well. The only reason why I wouldn't take SF is solely because of RE4. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| Dilated Chemist | Posted 6/23/2006 8:48:07 PM | message detail |
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Hmm... SF with 53% --- =DC= Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 6/23/2006 9:45:44 PM | message detail |
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Hell no, Starcraft > Halo was the best. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY), FE8, WC3: Frozen Throne |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/23/2006 9:51:39 PM | message detail |
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Knuckles beating Magus is indefinitely cooler than Starcraft beating Halo. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 6/23/2006 11:19:49 PM | message detail |
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I leave for five days and come back to...not even a whole stat topic filled? And with nothing interesting to discuss? I'm disappointed that the biggest event worth mentioning is that the poll position was fixed. --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| cyko | Posted 6/24/2006 6:37:25 AM | message detail |
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meh, there's a little bit of discuusion about Castlevania's upset chances. and i would not be surprised at all to see Castlevania walk out of it's 4-pack. i don't think the portable games are individually stronger or even close to SotN, but they are still excellent games that offer exposure for Castlevania to an entire new demograph. and i'm still trying to figure out how Castlevania:DS rocketed up to #4 (last week) on Best Buy's sales charts. so, since people are buying the game - someone must care about Castlevania and someone must like the new Castlevanias. however, my instinct tells me that Castlevania as a whole won't be that much stronger than SotN. that is because i feel that a series is only as strong as it's strongest game. that's how i've felt since this contest was announced. i think a series could be weaker than it's strongest game if it's got some less popular games to drag it down. but i really don't see what could make a series more popular than it's most popular game. --- "In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women...." - Homer Simpson |
| Phediuk | Posted 6/24/2006 6:43:47 AM | message detail |
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Jesus, Castlevania is not winning against Halo, people. Let's look at last year's Top 10. Halo: #9 Castlevania: lol --- "Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle." -Toad in Super Mario Bros. |
| Phediuk | Posted 6/24/2006 6:46:24 AM | message detail |
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I'm also going to predict right now that every match in this contest
will fall in line with their respective series' representation on the
Top 100, unless they're really close together. --- "Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle." -Toad in Super Mario Bros. |
| Slowflake | Posted 6/24/2006 6:48:15 AM | message detail |
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YA BT HALO 2 LOST TO TEH SYMPHONIA --- Space for rent. |
| Phediuk | Posted 6/24/2006 6:49:07 AM | message detail |
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Yes, but Halo 2 isn't an entry in the contest. And Halo got #9. kthx --- "Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle." -Toad in Super Mario Bros. |
| Dilated Chemist | Posted 6/24/2006 7:37:22 AM | message detail |
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I'll sig-bet with you from the day of that match until the day the
contest ends (thanks to the Guru contest) on it. It has to be
ToS-friendly, and anything else is fair game. I accept. >=) --- =DC= Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2006 7:48:36 AM | message detail |
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It's on. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2006 7:49:29 AM | message detail |
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Oh, and in the off-chance that TES beats SF, I'll be willing just to call the bet off if you like. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Dilated Chemist | Posted 6/24/2006 7:50:05 AM | message detail |
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How do you think RE will perform against SF? --- =DC= Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. |
| Dilated Chemist | Posted 6/24/2006 7:50:50 AM | message detail |
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SF will destroy ES. But OK. --- =DC= Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. |
| Janus5000 | Posted 6/24/2006 7:55:38 AM | message detail |
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Let's look at last year's Top 10. Halo: #9 Castlevania: lol Let's play "Guess the game that beat Halo yet is below SOTN in the Top 100!" --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2006 7:57:59 AM | message detail |
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I'll take RE with 55+%. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| WilhuffTarkin | Posted 6/24/2006 8:10:27 AM | message detail |
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I'll say that SF takes out ES with around... 57% of the vote? --- Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances. |
| Dilated Chemist | Posted 6/24/2006 8:19:56 AM | message detail |
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I don't see it being close at all... 70%. --- =DC= Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2006 8:58:15 AM | message detail |
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I'm thinkin' about 59%, give or take a lil'...hard to tell though. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| jonthomson | Posted 6/24/2006 8:59:50 AM | message detail |
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| jonthomson | Posted 6/24/2006 9:00:24 AM | message detail |
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My SF line is between 60% and a doubling. (typo fixed) --- Jon Thomson - CATS, Jay Solano, Ridley, Scorpion, Alien Hominid, Duke Nukem, The Prince, Johnny Rocketfingers, two TBA |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 6/24/2006 10:02:58 AM | message detail |
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I don't even get the CV > Halo stuff. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY), FE8, WC3: Frozen Throne |
| Dilated Chemist | Posted 6/24/2006 11:07:42 AM | message detail |
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Me either. --- =DC= Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/24/2006 12:14:46 PM | message detail |
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that is because i feel that a series is only as strong as it's strongest game. I really have no idea why ANYONE thinks this because it doesn't make very much sense except for series where games are essentially the same (Madden, SSB, etc.). --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| therealmnm | Posted 6/24/2006 12:18:36 PM | message detail |
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Some series will be a lot closer to its strongest game than others. There is no general standard! --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| Dilated Chemist | Posted 6/24/2006 12:31:06 PM | message detail |
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Go Diablo! --- =DC= Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/24/2006 12:33:49 PM | message detail |
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I want to see a contest-related poll soon. CJayC usually does at least one before every contest. Personally, I'd like to see a "Which #1 seed do you think has the best chance of winning?" poll. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Dilated Chemist | Posted 6/24/2006 12:35:36 PM | message detail |
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1) Final Fantasy 2) Legend of Zelda 3) Super Mario Bros. 4) Metal Gear Pretty much, yeah. --- =DC= Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/24/2006 12:36:07 PM | message detail |
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I really wouldn't be surprised if the Legend of Zelda won that poll. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| yoblazer33 | Posted 6/24/2006 12:36:47 PM | message detail |
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I really have no idea why ANYONE thinks this because it doesn't make
very much sense except for series where games are essentially the same
(Madden, SSB, etc.). Makes sense to me. I actually wouldn't be TOO surprised if some series weren't as strong as their SpC2K4 counterparts (Castlevania, Smash Bros, Halo). --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/24/2006 12:37:35 PM | message detail |
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Fails to make sense as to why an entire series is essentially relegated
to the strength of the top game in cases where the best/favorite game
is heavily debated. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| LordOfDabu | Posted 6/24/2006 12:38:01 PM | message detail |
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I doubt Zelda would win the poll. Wouldn't Nintendo's votes be split? --- Enter The GameFAQs StarCraft Tournament of Champions 2006: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=2000184&topic=28674294 |
| Aprosenf | Posted 6/24/2006 12:38:05 PM | message detail |
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No, Final Fantasy still wins easily. --- For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener |