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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 316
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| Draco1214 | Posted 7/16/2006 12:26:40 PM | message detail |
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Does RE have a history of bombing with the day vote? --- Organization XIII - Number III - Xordac Currently Playing - Suikoden V, Capcom vs. SNK 2 |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 7/16/2006 12:31:24 PM | message detail |
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Leon Kennedy gained a good bit of ground against Gordon with it. He
lost ground with the morning vote against Mega Man, but held pretty
firm with the afternoon vote. Can't see much swing in Hayabusa/Jill,
but it was close anyway. --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| Draco1214 | Posted 7/16/2006 12:32:26 PM | message detail |
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Damn. Suddenly, I'm not feeling confident at all in SF > RE. --- Organization XIII - Number III - Xordac Currently Playing - Suikoden V, Capcom vs. SNK 2 |
| Slowflake | Posted 7/16/2006 12:34:28 PM | message detail |
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Why? Day/night shifts don't decide the outcome of a match, they just describe it. --- Mario's not fun btw and only sells on nostalgia. I mean, you're just walking from one side of a level to the other at a tenth of Sonic's speed... -vego |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 7/16/2006 12:46:47 PM | message detail |
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For the record, Gordon Freeman lost the day vote to Sam Fisher. I'd
hardly consider him to be anything of note with it. Heck, Ryu might be
able to take it from him. --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| Slowflake | Posted 7/16/2006 12:47:42 PM | message detail |
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What about Alucard? >_> --- Mario's not fun btw and only sells on nostalgia. I mean, you're just walking from one side of a level to the other at a tenth of Sonic's speed... -vego |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 7/16/2006 12:48:58 PM | message detail |
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I'd like to see Ryu/Alucard just to see who gets the day vote. --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| steve illumina | Posted 7/16/2006 1:04:47 PM | message detail |
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618 perfects...how many shall fall tonight? Id love to see half of them go but that is prolly asking too much... So I shall say 150 took the #3 seed mostly out of its number alone and will pay dearly for it... And I really cant see any of the 15-0 perfects taking Shadow Hearts after winning 15 matches...so whatever we finish with tonight will be what goes into Round 2 in terms of perfects. SF will beat RE...this match proves only one thing...Illumina's 3rd Law: 2nd tier RPGs will always draw 20-30% of the total votes unless it is up against FF, the King of RPGs. Tomorrow you will see this again...as Shadow Hearts...an entrant that really dont belong here considering the series that did not make it...will draw 20-30 percent of the vote solely cause it is an RPG. Meaning, RE will not finish above 80%... --- Steve Illumina: Sage of Board 8, Hated by Fanbabies, Loved by the Masses. Score: 15-0. Next Win: Res Evil! |
| Tediz247 | Posted 7/16/2006 1:08:08 PM | message detail |
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/bse/bse16.jpg Leon and Jill versus a guy trying to be less straight than Kuja, an ugly chick, and an old guy in a top hat with no monocle. Good pic for RE, and not so good for SH. --- That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end. ZSB [aX] |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/16/2006 1:09:09 PM | message detail |
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/bse/bse16.jpg I was expecting Leon Kennedy and Jill Valentine (Ceej seems to be using characters that have appeared in character contests for the most part) for Resident Evil, and I think it's pretty good. I like the background, too. Shadow Hearts's side...sucks. That artwork is ugly. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| ccbfan | Posted 7/16/2006 1:17:01 PM | message detail |
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Huge match pic disadvantage for Shadow Hearts. I wonder whats the over/under on Shadow Hearts getting a lower percentage than tanner at the end in xstats. But then I think Madden already beat Shadow Hearts to that. Can Shadow HEarts do worse than Madden at the end? |
| Zylo the wolf | Posted 7/16/2006 1:19:01 PM | message detail |
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Can Shadow HEarts do worse than Madden at the end? I doubt it, Shadow Hearts should at least get 16% on RE, and that's 100% more than what Madden got on Mario. --- 1f u c4n r34d th1s u r34lly n33d t0 g37 l41d |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/16/2006 1:19:05 PM | message detail |
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The picture could be Yuri slaughtering the entire Resident Evil cast, and Shadow Hearts would still get quadrupled. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| swirIdude | Posted 7/16/2006 1:19:06 PM | message detail |
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Civilization, Star Ocean, and Madden will be the contestants battling for last place. --- Xbox 360 melts disks! And people made jokes about the PS3 being a grill. ~bokunokuso |
| Tediz247 | Posted 7/16/2006 1:19:41 PM | message detail |
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I wouldn't be surprised if Shadow Hearts outsucked Madden. I'm
expecting RE to get well above a tripling, and FF to beat RE almost as
badly, if not worse, than it beat Diablo. --- That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end. ZSB [aX] |
| Tediz247 | Posted 7/16/2006 1:20:27 PM | message detail |
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Err, and by tripling, I meant quadrupling. --- That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end. ZSB [aX] |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/16/2006 1:29:25 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, I just can't see Shadow Hearts avoiding the quadrupling. I'd
start to worry about Resident Evil if it didn't manage that much. This
series is going to be pathetically weak. I could see Final Fantasy,
Zelda, and Super Mario Brothers clearing 90% with ease on Shadow Hearts. Heck, I think Suikoden would beat it easily. --- 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 7/16/2006 1:46:06 PM | message detail |
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Hmmm...Street Fighter is doing a good job of holding its ground right now. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 7/16/2006 1:53:16 PM | message detail |
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XD @ Illumina. What a cop-out, saying that RE wouldn't get over 20-30%.
I'm not going to make any judements, because like I said before,
judging SF off this one match with Elder Scrolls - (untested) is kind
of...well, weird >_>. I think RE will come very, very close to
80%, but not quite break it. 78-79, maybe. And I still think that would be enough to beat SF. --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz I admire MYC, for she is the pinnacle of human wit, poise, and beauty. |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/16/2006 1:55:57 PM | message detail |
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For being one of the weakest entries in this contest, Resident Evil
should be able to slaughter Shadow Hearts. When an entry is that weak,
anything with strength should be able to break 80% on it. --- 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 7/16/2006 1:58:11 PM | message detail |
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And if I need to remind you exactly how weak Yuri is, Sam Fisher triples him. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 7/16/2006 2:01:05 PM | message detail |
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Leon, if you wanted to emphasize Shadow Hearts' weakness, you should change it to "Gordon Freeman triples him". --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz I admire MYC, for she is the pinnacle of human wit, poise, and beauty. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/16/2006 2:02:18 PM | message detail |
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And Leon Kennedy quadruples Yuri all by himself. I'd say Resident Evil easily adds more to Leon than Shadow Hearts does to Yuri. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/16/2006 2:12:30 PM | message detail |
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Leon and Jill? The best two Resident Evil pictures in one picture? Oh, that is made of awesome. (RE > SF; Leon > Ryu!!) --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| jonthomson | Posted 7/16/2006 2:24:41 PM | message detail |
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Match 16 - Resident Evil vs Shadow Hearts And we finish the first round with another obvious match. Resident Evil, made a lot more powerful with the widely praised RE4, ought to take Shadow Hearts to the cleaners. Not sure how it got in to the contest at all, but there you go. We've seen RE before, the original game unsurprisingly being owned by Metal Gear Solid. That's not going to mean much at all in this context, considering it'll be drawing most of its strength from 4. A couple of characters have turned up but been little more than midcarders who have aged badly. Shadow Hearts, er, had that one that was owned by Samus. Obvious match to call, it's just a question of size of victory. I've gone for a very conservative number - this could easily be a big blowout, but Resident Evil doesn't strike me as the sort of thing that could put up huge numbers, regardless of the quality of opponent. Bracket says: Resident Evil Favourites bracket says: Resident Evil Vote says: Resident Evil Prediction: Resident Evil with 68.86% Fun fact of the day: jonthomson supports the Nintendo Wii, and has ringfenced poker winnings to buy one at launch with MP3 already. --- Jon Thomson - CATS, Jay Solano, Ridley, Scorpion, Alien Hominid, Duke Nukem, The Prince, Johnny Rocketfingers, two TBA |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/16/2006 3:04:58 PM | message detail |
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Wow, that match picture is just overkill. Leon and Jill FTW --- Moltar Status: Disappointed, I lost my perfect bracket. Elder Scrolls vs. Street Fighter - Bracket: SF - Vote: SF (12/14) |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/16/2006 3:29:09 PM | message detail |
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Two match-proposals: Star Ocean versus The Elder Scrolls Street Fighter versus Pokemon Who wins those two? --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Draco1214 | Posted 7/16/2006 3:30:19 PM | message detail |
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Elder Scrolls and Street Fighter --- Organization XIII - Number III - Xordac Currently Playing - Suikoden V, Capcom vs. SNK 2 |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/16/2006 3:33:33 PM | message detail |
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Elder Scrolls and Street Fighter. Both rather easy choices, especially the latter. --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/16/2006 3:44:49 PM | message detail |
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I just ain't entirely sold on the Nintendo RPG series losing to the
classic fighter, and I would think that a mainly-Xbox/360/PC-confined
RPG series wouldn't be able to run laps around SO, either. I think people saw Poke/SO and TES/SF as matches that "decided" how weak Pokemon or SO was and how strong TES was, but I'm going to wait to see how SF and RE do before I go on much further about Pokemon. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/16/2006 3:58:57 PM | message detail |
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I just ain't entirely sold on the Nintendo RPG series losing to the classic fighter, ... It's Pokemon. It's not even the strongest Nintendo RPG series. No need to try to make it out to be bigger than it is. --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| Slowflake | Posted 7/16/2006 4:09:12 PM | message detail |
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Elder Scrolls and Street Fighter. And I second HM about Pokémon. Not only can it lose votes on name recognition, but only 20 people in the entire world are still with the series these days. I just so happens that 18 of them are on board 8, and one of the remaining two's my brother. --- Mario's not fun btw and only sells on nostalgia. I mean, you're just walking from one side of a level to the other at a tenth of Sonic's speed... -vego |
| charmander6000 | Posted 7/16/2006 4:11:39 PM | message detail |
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The other one is also my brother. --- "I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush |
| charmander6000 | Posted 7/16/2006 4:16:17 PM | message detail |
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Match XVI: (2) Resident Evil vs. (7) Shadow Hearts Games in series Resident Evil (PS, 1996) Resident Evil 2 (PS, 1997) Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PS, 1999) Resident Evil 4 (GC, 2005) Shadow Hearts (PS2, 2001) Shadow Hearts: Covenant (PS2, 2004) Shadow Hearts: From the New World (PS2, 2006) Analysis: Resident Evil turned the survival horror genre to what it is today. Due to the increasing amount of deaths in Raccoon City the police department put STARS (Special Tactics and Rescue Service), a special force dedicated to stopping terrorist activity on the case. The city is full of Zombies can you defeat them and find out what’s going on? You play as Yuri in Shadow Hearts, a man has gone on a killing spree on a train and when you interfere the man summons a goblin at you. Yuri strangles the goblin to death, but the man puts a woman to sleep and throws you away with magic. Who is that man and who is that woman? I didn’t realize Shadow Hearts was in the bracket until I wondered who Resident Evil was up against. Like in most contests we’ll also be finishing the round the same way we started, in a blowout. Resident Evil may not be the strongest series in the contest, but it is strong enough to show how weak Shadow Hearts is. At the beginning of the contest Shadow Hearts was on of the series voted for to get last in the contest (Madden NFL will most likely get it now). charmander6000’s Bracket: Resident Evil over Shadow Hearts charmander6000’s Prediction: Resident Evil wins, 76.32% - 23.68% --- "I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush |
| Slowflake | Posted 7/16/2006 4:24:42 PM | message detail |
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Heh, funny you should mention the way round 1 usually finishes, because
both contests last year saw round 1 end with upsets almost nobody
picked. --- Mario's not fun btw and only sells on nostalgia. I mean, you're just walking from one side of a level to the other at a tenth of Sonic's speed... -vego |
| ccbfan | Posted 7/16/2006 4:28:59 PM | message detail |
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Nintendo's RPG series means nothing here. Nintendo's 4 main RPGs are MArio RPG, Mother, FE and Pokemon. The strongest out of these is Mario RPG which suprisingly isn't in the contest. The strongest entry by far in the Mario RPG series is Super MArio RPG and thats mainly because its not made by Nintendo but made by Square so it has Square fan's backing also (Hey if you got backing from the two most powerful Entities on Gamefaqs, you gotta have some strength right). Without Super Mario RPG, none of the Nintendo RPG series have any strength in this contest. Pokemon would get beat by SF pretty easily. |
| Slowflake | Posted 7/16/2006 4:29:39 PM | message detail |
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On another topic entirely, I'm astounded at the amount of people off
this topic who weren't impressed with what FF did and are certain Zelda
will win. Christ. Thursday's phrase of the day was, "Not even you can
save me from death". --- Mario's not fun btw and only sells on nostalgia. I mean, you're just walking from one side of a level to the other at a tenth of Sonic's speed... -vego |
| Draco1214 | Posted 7/16/2006 4:31:07 PM | message detail |
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Still not as bad as the people who think SSB will rSFF SMB. Seriously, I can't even fathom why anyone would think that. --- Organization XIII - Number III - Xordac Currently Playing - Suikoden V, Capcom vs. SNK 2 |
| Slowflake | Posted 7/16/2006 4:34:58 PM | message detail |
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You have BOARD 8 REGULARS thinking that. Dude, it's tradition. If their
hard-on for SSBM causes it to be favored over SMB3 and LttP in the top
10 contest, why is this even surprising? The funny thing is, at the same time next year no one will give two ****s about SSBM anymore. --- Mario's not fun btw and only sells on nostalgia. I mean, you're just walking from one side of a level to the other at a tenth of Sonic's speed... -vego |
| ccbfan | Posted 7/16/2006 4:35:38 PM | message detail |
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On another topic entirely, I'm astounded at the amount of people off
this topic who weren't impressed with what FF did and are certain Zelda
will win. Christ. Thursday's phrase of the day was, "Not even you can
save me from death". Some are in denial, most are probably just trolling though. |
| Slowflake | Posted 7/16/2006 4:36:10 PM | message detail |
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Oh, and it's not quite as funny as people thinking the METAL GEAR fans
will put SSB over the top. Even if that was the case you'd be having a
match that basically consists of the site's entire Nintendo fanbase vs.
Metal Gear. Fun stuff. --- Mario's not fun btw and only sells on nostalgia. I mean, you're just walking from one side of a level to the other at a tenth of Sonic's speed... -vego |
| Draco1214 | Posted 7/16/2006 4:45:01 PM | message detail |
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From: Slowflake | Posted: 7/16/2006 4:36:10 PM | Message Detail Oh, and it's not quite as funny as people thinking the METAL GEAR fans will put SSB over the top. ...wait, what?! --- Organization XIII - Number III - Xordac Currently Playing - Suikoden V, Capcom vs. SNK 2 |
| Slowflake | Posted 7/16/2006 4:49:13 PM | message detail |
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You heard me. There are people out there who are clueless enough to believe that. --- Mario's not fun btw and only sells on nostalgia. I mean, you're just walking from one side of a level to the other at a tenth of Sonic's speed... -vego |
| Draco1214 | Posted 7/16/2006 4:53:59 PM | message detail |
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That makes me think of how much whining there will inevitably be during Sonic/SSB regardless of what wins. --- Organization XIII - Number III - Xordac Currently Playing - Suikoden V, Capcom vs. SNK 2 |
| Team Rocket Elite | Posted 7/16/2006 5:05:13 PM | message detail |
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(Hey if you got backing from the two most powerful Entities on Gamefaqs, you gotta have some strength right) Mario Hoops 3 on 3! --- "Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..." "All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..." |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 7/16/2006 5:07:15 PM | message detail |
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It'd be hilarious if Ceej used the Mario Hoops art for FF/SMB. --- "It's two children and a duck. Be careful!" ~ Leo, Suikoden III |
| Aprosenf | Posted 7/16/2006 5:26:16 PM | message detail |
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Apro's Half-Assed Analysis (AHAA) Resident Evil vs. Shadow Hearts. A match between two series I've never played. So I'll just combine what I've heard from the board with last year's character battle and say that Resident Evil wins with 78-80%. --- For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener |
| therealmnm | Posted 7/16/2006 5:59:51 PM | message detail |
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*checks in* What's this? An Xbox day vote for Elder Scrolls? (sort of) --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 7/16/2006 6:06:13 PM | message detail |
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Ih, regarding the match pic; you can't not have the classic "Leon holding gun" pic in an RE-related pic. It's just not done >_> --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz I admire MYC, for she is the pinnacle of human wit, poise, and beauty. |
| Phediuk | Posted 7/16/2006 6:58:47 PM | message detail |
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*COMPARISONS GAME- (2) Resident Evil vs. (7) Shadow Hearts* Sales LOL Advantage: Resident Evil Hype Resident Evil: Arr-ee-effing-four. 18 months later, people are still talking about it. A lot. Shadow Hearts: Shadow Hearts 3 came and went with virtually no buzz whatsoever. There must have been one hell of a rally to get SH into this contest--it is without a doubt the most obscure contestant in the bracket. Advantage: Resident Evil Number of Games Resident Evil: Main series- Resident Evil (PSX, 1996) Resident Evil 2 (PSX, 1998) Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PSX, 1999) Resident Evil Code: Veronica (DC, 2000) Resident Evil (GC, 2002) Resident Evil Zero (GC, 2002) Resident Evil 4 (GC, 2005) Spinoffs/ports- Resident Evil (Saturn, 1997) Resident Evil (PC, 1997) Resident Evil: Director's Cut (PSX, 1997) Resident Evil 2: Dual Shock Version (PSX, 1998) Resident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Version (PSX, 1998) Resident Evil 2 (Game.com, 1998) Resident Evil 2 (PC, 1999) Resident Evil 2 (N64, 1999) Resident Evil 2 (DC, 2000) Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (DC, 2000) Resident Evil: Survivor (PSX, 2000) Resident Evil Survivor 2 - Code: Veronica (PS2, 2001) Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PC, 2001) Resident Evil Code: Veronica X (PS2, 2001) Resident Evil: Survivor (PC, 2002) Resident Evil Gaiden (GBC, 2002) Resident Evil: Dead Aim (PS2, 2003) Resident Evil 2 (GC, 2003) Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (GC, 2003) Resident Evil Code: Veronica X (GC, 2003) Pure Evil 2-Pack (GC, 2004) Resident Evil (Mobile, 2004) Resident Evil Outbreak (PS2, 2004) Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 (PS2, 2005) Resident Evil 4 (PS2, 2005) Resident Evil: Deadly Silence (DS, 2006) Resident Evil: The Missions (Mobile, 2006) Total- 34 -- Shadow Hearts: Main series- Shadow Hearts (PS2, 2001) Shadow Hearts: Covenant (PS2, 2004) Shadow Hearts: From the New World (PS2, 2006) Spinoffs/ports- None. Total- 3 Advantage: Resident Evil GameFAQs Status Number of FAQs: Resident Evil: Resident Evil- 21 Resident Evil 2- 45 Resident Evil 3: Nemesis- 39 Resident Evil Code: Veronica- 26 Resident Evil (GC)- 45 Resident Evil Zero- 31 Resident Evil 4- 46 Total- 243 Shadow Hearts: Shadow Hearts- 22 Shadow Hearts: Covenant- 17 Shadow Hearts: From the New World- 14 Total- 53 Advantage: Resident Evil |