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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 311
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| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/12/2006 1:51:17 PM | message detail |
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I don't know about how strong Devil May Cry really would be. Dante
seems to transcend his game. I mean, the guy got a boost after DMC2,
for goodness sake! --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/12/2006 1:52:22 PM | message detail |
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If MG/SC and SMB/Madden would have switched places, this bracket would have been instantly amazing. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/12/2006 1:52:32 PM | message detail |
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I do however rescind my statement on Dante being strong ONLY because of
DMC. I somehow in my insanity forgot that Dante is the king of random
cameo appearances, and those have likely contributed to his strength
over the years by a noticeable margin. The majority of his power still
obviously comes from DMC, though. --- Commit it to memory. |
| Shivan Reincarnated | Posted 7/12/2006 1:53:11 PM | message detail |
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Sonic is just destroying DMC. I'm impressed and still confident in my pick of Sonic > SSB --- "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." ~ Benjamin Franklin |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/12/2006 1:55:19 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, if you swap MG/SC with SMB/Madden you've basically got yourself a
miniature 128-division in terms of insanity and unpredictability. Oh,
well. --- Commit it to memory. |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/12/2006 1:58:47 PM | message detail |
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I've alwasy had a feeling Dante > DMC was true. If Dante drew his
strength from DMC in a manner more like most other contestants I'm sure
we'd have seen DMC in the games contest. Dante seems to be popular
because HE is cool, not because his games are. --- Take a hike, and don't forget the trail mix *****. Hijack - MC Chris Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/12/2006 2:03:10 PM | message detail |
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I should actually say this: switch all of the Snake Division's matches
with all of the Mushroom Division's matches except for the 1vs8-seed
matches...that way, there's still SMB/FF, at least. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/12/2006 2:13:13 PM | message detail |
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I dunno, competition for the 32-64 division was BRUTAL. In terms of
Playstation games you had FFVII, MGS, FFT, Resident Evil, Xenogears,
and Suikoden. The first four are heavy hitters, while the last two
thrive on rabid fanbases (Xenogears may lie somewhere in between,
granted). And DMC may very well have split votes with DMC2, strange as
it may seem. Then checking Dante as he compares to characters, you realize that there aren't very many strong non-Noble Nine characters that actually star in their own games. You have to go down to Master Chief, Donkey Kong, and Ryu to find characters whose games made the contest, and I'd argue it was much easier for them to do so. In fact, the one character who is comparable to Dante in the respect of being strong yet not having a game in the contest is...Kirby. Although I guess we've already seen that Kirby's games aren't strong...it would be really weird if it turned out the same for Dante, too. --- Commit it to memory. |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 7/12/2006 2:15:38 PM | message detail |
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I dunno, competition for the 32-64 division was BRUTAL. So? Wouldn't DMC fall under Division 128? --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/12/2006 2:18:32 PM | message detail |
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*slaps head* I have no idea why I keep thinking of DMC as a PS1 game. Although the 128 division was arguably much, much worse. I mean, in terms of PS2 games you had FFX, Kingdom Hearts, and Vice City. --- Commit it to memory. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/12/2006 2:21:54 PM | message detail |
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...and MGS2. Damn it, I'm off today! Although I think that proves the point even better. I don't think anyone would reasonably expect DMC to get nominated over MGS2, and that got a 15-seed. --- Commit it to memory. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/12/2006 2:57:37 PM | message detail |
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I haven't heard anybody say it yet...but I believe DMC's been "winning"
the day vote. Only little by little, but still bumping up in percentage. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/12/2006 2:59:33 PM | message detail |
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Furthermore, I know MGS2:S had been out on the Xbox then, and I don't
know if the double-pack for GTA3/GTA:VC had come out before GTA:VC/SSBM
or not...but, if so, that's an even bigger case against DMC making it. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/12/2006 2:59:45 PM | message detail |
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Nah, Sonic was steadily leaking percentage overnight, but it recovered
with the day vote IIRC. We may be heading into 'night vote' territory
again. ...wow, these voting trends are terribly unpronounced. --- Commit it to memory. |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/12/2006 2:59:51 PM | message detail |
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Sonic increased its percentage with the morning vote (which is more of
what it's known for, not really the "afternoon day" vote). DMC's been
chopping away the percentage since about 2:30 P.M. EST. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| Mega Mana | Posted 7/12/2006 3:00:52 PM | message detail |
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Heh, shouldn't DMC be getting all the 6's? Sonic - 66669 --- "I am ka like a wind. Watch how I soar." - Hoban of Gilead Conspiraspy |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/12/2006 3:01:58 PM | message detail |
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Bah, damn semantics -- I generally call the day-vote where the
after-school vote is, and call the morning-vote where you call the
day-vote... ...ah, **** it -- I need to step away from this site a LOT more. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Lopen | Posted 7/12/2006 3:04:17 PM | message detail |
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Come on, Dante... bring him below 70%! You can do it. *hangs head in shame* --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/12/2006 3:14:35 PM | message detail |
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Ya know, just to make sure and for future comparison's sake, would
anybody bother taking Harvest Moon or Suikoden over Dragon Quest? --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/12/2006 3:16:06 PM | message detail |
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...I don't really know. These fodder series confound me to no end. Completely random guess: DQ > HM > Suikoden --- Commit it to memory. |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 7/12/2006 3:22:15 PM | message detail |
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I would definately take DQ over HM and Suikoden. --- Current Contest Score: 10/10 Next Winner: Sonic the Hedgehog I'll just put something to fill another line here. |
| Lopen | Posted 7/12/2006 3:26:25 PM | message detail |
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Indeed. But not by much. The whole Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior issue
isn't getting the attention it deserves, and I think it'll really hurt
the series. Well... it's not like it'd be a contender even without the
name issue, but still. Me? I'd take DQ > Suikoden > HM. --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/12/2006 3:26:53 PM | message detail |
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would anybody bother taking Harvest Moon or Suikoden over Dragon Quest? Not a chance. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| Lopen | Posted 7/12/2006 3:32:42 PM | message detail |
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I don't know. I'd at least consider Suikoden over DQ.
Suikoden seems to be decultifying itself at least a bit, and as I said,
I think it's Suikoden against a slightly stronger DQ8 because of the
name thing. I'm pretty sure DQ8 is more popular than any Suikoden game, but would it be enough for the series to win? I'm not really sure. We'll have a better idea once we see what DQ does tomorrow I guess. Not that it really matters anyway. --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| transience | Posted 7/12/2006 3:33:42 PM | message detail |
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DQ beats Suikoden down. not sure about HM. --- xyzzy I lost a sig bet to War13104. Yes, the same guy who had Kefka over Crono. FOR THE HORDE! |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/12/2006 3:34:11 PM | message detail |
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I can't see Suikoden even really making that match close. It will
always be horribly cult. Dragon Quest at least has games with decent
sales. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/12/2006 3:34:52 PM | message detail |
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And I agree with tranny. I'd consider Harvest Moon over DQ before I'd consider Suikoden. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| GrapefruitKing | Posted 7/12/2006 3:36:07 PM | message detail |
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And let's not forget Dragon Warrior got #77 on the Top 100 list, which shows some people on this site care --- SpC2k6 Oracle Challenge - Today's prediction: Sonic the Hedgehog with 64.98% GFK: 28th on the Oracle Leaderboard |
| Draco1214 | Posted 7/12/2006 3:36:27 PM | message detail |
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I think it would be DQ > Harvest Moon > Suikoden. --- Organization XIII - Number III - Xordac Currently Playing - Suikoden V, Capcom vs. SNK 2 |
| charmander6000 | Posted 7/12/2006 3:36:40 PM | message detail |
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Match XII: (2) Super Smash Bros. vs. (7) Dragon Quest Games in series Super Smash Bros. (N64, 1999) Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC, 2001) Dragon Warrior (NES, 1989) Dragon Warrior II (NES, 1990) Dragon Warrior III (NES, 1991) Dragon Warrior IV (NES, 1992) Dragon Quest V (SNES, JP1992) Dragon Quest VI (SNES, JP1995) Dragon Warrior VII (PS, 2001) Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (PS2, 2005) Analysis: One day a child decides to play “fight” with his toys and SSB was born. That’s pretty much the whole story of that series. The Dragon Quest series was called Dragon Warrior in NA and Dragon Quest in Japan until DQVIII came out and now it’s called Dragon Quest around the world. Depending which Dragon Quest game you play the story is different. Some kind of evil has taken over the kingdom; it’s your job to stop it with a little help with some friends. I also heard that this game may contain dragons. Like Halo Super Smash Bros. isn’t technically a series yet, but unlike Halo it should have no problem winning its first match. Dragon Quest is more of a Japanese series and if this site was from Japan I would have DQ winning, but since it isn’t SSB should win easily. What most people are watching for is how well SSB performs and will it be enough to defeat Sonic? Many people would take Devil May Cry over Dragon Quest so Super Smash Bros. would have to outperform Sonic or it will be eaten alive by the stats topic. I think SSB will out perform Sonic after a slow start from DQ’s Japan fans, but it will only outperform just enough that the match will still be in question. charmander6000’s Bracket: Super Smash Bros. over Dragon Quest charmander6000’s Prediction: Super Smash Bros. wins, 73.96% - 26.04% --- "I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush |
| cyko | Posted 7/12/2006 3:44:07 PM | message detail |
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I'd think either DMC or DMC3 could handle the original SC (but
probably not DMC2), and that leaves the multiplatform SCII. It's
certainly the biggest of the games, and introduced it to a lot of
Nintendites courtesy of Link. The only thing that could probably hang
with it is the original DMC, and that's being generous to the original. oh, cmon now, KH. i don't think Soul Calibur is quite as weak as DMC. i would take the original SC over any DMC game and i would also take SC as a series. i'm too tired at the moment to formulate a coherent argument, but my initial instinct says that SC would take any of those matches. HaRRicH Posted 7/12/2006 6:14:35 PM message detail Ya know, just to make sure and for future comparison's sake, would anybody bother taking Harvest Moon or Suikoden over Dragon Quest? nope, neither. DQ is more mainstream and it's been around longer than both of those series - so it's got some of that sweet nostalgia going for it. plus, whatever small Japanese population hangs around here is almost certainly going to support DQ. it's pretty much THE series in Japan. --- "In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women...." - Homer Simpson |
| cyko | Posted 7/12/2006 3:48:56 PM | message detail |
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Smurfs_DaBomb Posted 7/12/2006 3:33:45 PM message detail Prediction: Sonic with 57.5% -_- You really are such an anti-fanboy. Have you ever once over estimated a sonic character/game? i'm pretty sure you're talking to Ulti, but i believe that i am the true anti-Sonic series fanboy. and Slowflake is the anti-Shadow the Hedgehog fanboy, heh. in fact, i'm almost positive that Sonic will beat SSB next round, for the simple fact that the Sonic Team has screwed me over in just about every contest: SC2K2 - i took Tidus over Sonic. SC2K3 - i took Yuna over Knuckles AND Wario over Shadow. SC2K4 - i took Viewtiful Joe over Tails . Sp2K5 - i took Sin to win his 4-pack over Dr. Robotnik (which happened to be the closest match of the contest AND cost me a Top 10 finish in the contest....) SC2K5 - i took Magus over Knuckles. see? the Sonic Team always screws me. now, it's the whole ******* series turn to screw me over. --- "In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women...." - Homer Simpson |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 7/12/2006 3:51:27 PM | message detail |
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DQVIII would completely destroy any Suikoden or Harvest Moon game. I'm
unsure about the rest of the series, though. Check out the sales for
the other games: http://www.vgcharts.org/worldtotals.php?name=dragon+quest&console=&publisher=&sort=America Nothing terribly impressive, the NES games are a little lower than even the Megaman games, and those are pretty pathetic. The most interesting thing I noticed was the sales of DQ8 in Europe. 600K copies for an RPG there is absolutely insane. --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/12/2006 4:13:00 PM | message detail |
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oh, cmon now, KH. i don't think Soul Calibur is quite as weak as
DMC. i would take the original SC over any DMC game and i would also
take SC as a series. i'm too tired at the moment to formulate a
coherent argument, but my initial instinct says that SC would take any
of those matches. My initial instinct says SC = Dreamcast fighting game, DMC = PS2 action game. I'd bet on DMC taking out the original SC every time. The one thing that concerns me is SCII. And I don't trust your initial instinct, because I'm betting that pre-SpC2k4 your initial instinct is just the opposite. --- Commit it to memory. |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 7/12/2006 4:14:51 PM | message detail |
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SC2K2 - i took Tidus over Sonic. SC2K3 - i took Yuna over Knuckles AND Wario over Shadow. Well that's your own stupid fault X_X lol. *checks voting stats again* This match is now around 10,000 behind yesterday. Still, very high. I can't wait to see a match break 150k for the first time. And it will happen. Fairly easily. So srsly, anybody got the top 10 votals in a match ever list thingymabookie? --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz I admire MYC, for he is the pinnacle of human wit, poise, and beauty. |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 7/12/2006 4:15:02 PM | message detail |
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SC2K2 - i took Tidus over Sonic. SC2K3 - i took Yuna over Knuckles AND Wario over Shadow. Well that's your own stupid fault X_X lol. *checks voting stats again* This match is now around 10,000 behind yesterday. Still, very high. I can't wait to see a match break 150k for the first time. And it will happen. Fairly easily. So srsly, anybody got the top 10 votals in a match ever list thingymabookie? --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz I admire MYC, for he is the pinnacle of human wit, poise, and beauty. |
| FastFalcon05 | Posted 7/12/2006 4:44:27 PM | message detail |
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Metal Gear would have been considered a FAR better match for SSB by
this board had SSB been placed in its division. I still doubt a
majority would have had Metal Gear win (lol Board 8), but the consensus
would not have been to the extreme degree that SSB > Sonic was. Nice point. So, do you think Metal Gear beats SSB? or Sonic? --- Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb |
| FastFalcon05 | Posted 7/12/2006 4:48:34 PM | message detail |
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Oh, and in other news, Kingdom Hearts II isn't number 1 today. Has that
happened before, or is this the first time since it's been out? --- Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/12/2006 4:50:54 PM | message detail |
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I'm not sure if it's been knocked off before, but considering what it
got knocked off by I'm convinced it had to do with the rallying. --- Commit it to memory. |
| shadow8021 | Posted 7/12/2006 4:52:02 PM | message detail |
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Lead is exactly 43000. --- Series Contest Score: 8/10 Today's Pick: Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/12/2006 4:54:56 PM | message detail |
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Also, it *really* looks like it was fueled primarily by WoW. WoW jumped
to #1, but none of the other WC games even scratched the top 50. --- Commit it to memory. |
| transience | Posted 7/12/2006 5:02:01 PM | message detail |
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whoa, it's like they all hit the board on the day of the match. hmm... http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=534914&topic=29210682 that's one of, like, 20 topics dedicated to rallying. huzzah! --- xyzzy I lost a sig bet to War13104. Yes, the same guy who had Kefka over Crono. FOR THE HORDE! |
| Chamek | Posted 7/12/2006 5:04:01 PM | message detail |
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KHII got knocked off briefly for Oblivion on the XBox and NSMB, that I
know of, possibly one or two other titles--DQVIII maybe. Also this is
WoW's first trip to the number one position, it's previous highest rank
was two. --- Upon having Rosie O'Donnell corner him in the forest, the pizza delivery man knew how a Goomba felt when Mario got a star. ~ SSJ3 Popo |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/12/2006 5:16:52 PM | message detail |
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/bse/bse12.jpg Yeesh, cluttered, much? --- Commit it to memory. |
| Tediz247 | Posted 7/12/2006 5:17:09 PM | message detail |
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/bse/bse12.jpg Poor DQ. Looks like a valiant but futile attempt to hold off the SSB army. --- That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end. ZSB [aX] |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/12/2006 5:18:07 PM | message detail |
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Sonic is lucky SSBM won't get that match pic next round, dayum talk about overkill. And while cluttered, it still looks badass. --- Moltar Status: Disappointed, I lost my perfect bracket. Sonic vs. Devil May Cry - Bracket: Sonic - Vote: Sonic (8/10) |
| transience | Posted 7/12/2006 5:23:28 PM | message detail |
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wow, it's DQ8 vs. SSBM! --- xyzzy I lost a sig bet to War13104. Yes, the same guy who had Kefka over Crono. FOR THE HORDE! |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/12/2006 5:27:12 PM | message detail |
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Now, now, I'm pretty sure that the SSB logo is from the 64 version. It's SSB + SSBM versus DQ8, silly. --- Commit it to memory. |
| FastFalcon05 | Posted 7/12/2006 6:33:50 PM | message detail |
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For my comments of Kingdom Hearts over Metal Gear, after just watching
the ending of MGS3, I feel almost guilty. Metal Gear Solid is an
amazing series, I know it gets talked about here, but it feels like,
from the quality of the writing/movies, it should be spoken of a lot
more. If I ranked them, I would say: MGS3 > MGS > MGS2 And I'm glad I finally understand that "..and like a true soldier" quote; I had previously assumed it was for Kerrigan. --- Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/12/2006 6:35:17 PM | message detail |
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That ranking is 100% correct. --- Moltar Status: Disappointed, I lost my perfect bracket. Sonic vs. Devil May Cry - Bracket: Sonic - Vote: Sonic (8/10) |