GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 444
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/24/2007 9:17:08 PM | message detail |
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It's way too early to call this reliable, but the first fifteen minutes
suggest the 360-ownership is now at 42.9%. I doubt that stays, but it's
still gonna be an increase from our last poll...probably a decent one,
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| therealmnm | Posted 7/24/2007 9:47:14 PM | message detail |
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Watch out for the DAY VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!or not --- Currently playing: Guitar Hero 2, Gears of War, Saint's Row, SotN (XBLA), Burnout Revenge |
| Aprosenf | Posted 7/24/2007 10:00:33 PM | message detail |
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A little late, but... *Salutes Cjay* --- If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then try to find someone whose life has given them vodka. |
| therealmnm | Posted 7/25/2007 12:17:26 PM | message detail |
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It's interesting how small the "too expensive" option is for the Xbox
360 compared to the "I just don't want one" option. In comparison,
those options were a lot closer together for the PS3. --- Currently playing: Guitar Hero 2, Gears of War, Saint's Row, SotN (XBLA), Burnout Revenge |
| Lopen | Posted 7/25/2007 2:48:51 PM | message detail |
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Makes sense to me... PS3 is $200 more expensive than the 360, no? $399
isn't too unreasonable for a next generation system to me. I like how I'm unsure of that... shows how seriously I've considered buying either one. --- Lopen is bye bye. Now is ninja time. |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 7/25/2007 11:10:47 PM | message detail |
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Nintendo has just released their official worldwide numbers as part of
their quarter-end press release. Of course the Wii and DS are doing
great hardware-wise (9.27 million Wiis sold ww, and a whooping 47.27
DSes), but of more use to us in spotting the new Contest's trends are
these software sales. Here's all the games to crack the million mark
worldwide so far: Wii (6) * Wii Sports - 8.32m (includes bundled in) * Wii Play - 4.49m * Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 3.61m * WarioWare Smooth Moves - 1.82m * Super Paper Mario - 1.25m * Mario Party 8 - 1.03m DS (22) * Nintendogs - 14.79m * New Super Mario Bros. - 10.52m * Pokemon Diamond&Pearl - 8.76m * Brain Age - 8.61m * Animal Crossing - 8.01m * Mario Kart DS - 7.83m * Brain Age 2 - 5.33m * Super Mario 64 DS - 4.97m * Big Brain Academy - 3.73m * Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - 3.08 * English Training - 2.86m * Yoshi's Island DS - 2.47m * Pokemon Ranger - 2.16m * WarioWare Touched - 2.15m * Tetris DS - 2.05m * Kirby - 1.73m * Common Sense Training - 1.53m * Mario Basketball 3on3 - 1.50m * Mario&Luigi RPG2 - 1.39m * Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2 - 1.24m * Super Princess Peach - 1.15m * Diddy Kong Racing DS - 1.04m Obviously many of these don't mean a ton to us since sometimes that's 90% Japan sales (as HM would no doubt say, Nintendog's beagle for '07 Champ... believe!), but at least it's useful to see that things like DKR and Super Peach were by no means flops, despite the perception you might get from this board. And I for one am hugely surprised that New Mario has still managed to stay ahead of D/P. And great sales for Paper Mario there too, though MP8 is clearly the big Wii winner- can't believe it reached that million mark already! --- thengamer.com/xstats = lol x-stats Still smarting from the beatdown Rufus applied in the Guru Contest! |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/25/2007 11:33:11 PM | message detail |
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I figured SPM would have sold more than that...but hey, that's no knock on it either. As for today's poll, right now it's looking like the DS is going to jump a hefty bit for the last DS-poll I saw (last September, I think) by at least 10%...but here's what I found just as interesting... http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2493 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2824 ...it's looking like the DS-Lite ownership is jumping about 20% while the original model is only falling about 6% (though things will probably change). It looks to me that many people are staying active DS-players and are upgrading their DS's while the DS continues to sell so well and even more people own it here. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| red sox 777 | Posted 7/26/2007 5:22:17 AM | message detail |
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Looks like Nintendogs is trying to break SMB3's record. Meanwhile,
Nintendo closed up as much as rules allowed in Japan last night,
advancing 5000 yen, or 8.8%, to become Japan's 5th largest company by
market cap. $73 billion (USD) market cap now. --- "..Which means I am a product of that thing...I am no different from Lucca and the others...I am a part of all living things!" ~Robo, Chrono Trigger |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/26/2007 12:53:03 PM | message detail |
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Do you have any numbers on VC games, by the way? I wonder if/what VC game(s) broke 1,000,000. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 7/26/2007 1:33:09 PM | message detail |
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Obviously many of these don't mean a ton to us since sometimes
that's 90% Japan sales (as HM would no doubt say, Nintendog's beagle
for '07 Champ... believe!) Nintendogs is vastly more popular in America and Europe than Japan...the reverse is true for the Brain Age style games. Beagle for champ, indeed, but don't count on that professor guy. Also, D/P will almost surely overtake NSMB when it is (finally) released in Europe. As a consolation prize, NSMB will probably pass Super Mario 64 (~11.9m) considering that it still sells amazingly well everywhere. Last I heard on VC numbers (I think back in early June, when Zelda II was released) was 1.7m aggregate for America, with no individual numbers. (There was a top 5, but I don't feel like digging it up - I think it was SMB, SMW, SM64, LttP, and OoT, not in that order.) --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Top100.pdf |
| Villainous DarkSol | Posted 7/26/2007 1:34:10 PM | message detail |
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dachshund > beagle --- "Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat." -Jesse The Body Ventura neonreaper |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 7/26/2007 9:23:49 PM | message detail |
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The DS ended up with 66.23% of GameFAQs ownership, and increase of
about 7% since April To put that in perspective, that's less than a
percent under the PSX's ownership as of the Got Sony? poll on June 7th. That actually brings up an interesting point. Both N64 and PSX ownership fell pretty drastically in the June 2007 polls compared to earlier November 2005 polls (about a 6% fall to 72% for N64 and 9% to 67% for PSX). I wonder how much that'll affect characters/games that draw their strength primarily from that era... --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Top100.pdf |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/26/2007 9:29:20 PM | message detail |
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Samus > Link Mark it. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| ZFS | Posted 7/26/2007 9:30:18 PM | message detail |
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The PSP isn't doing too shabby in the poll right now. I haven't been
keeping track of the percentages in any of these polls, but for
GameFAQs, 31% of the site owning one with a potential 11% more due to
the redesign (planning on it, myself) seems pretty good, all things
considered. --- Treat your cardboard box with care. Take care of the box and it'll take care of you. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 7/26/2007 9:43:24 PM | message detail |
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I thought it looked more like a 3% increase. --- Network Premiere of: "GA All The Way." Watch one black kid's desperate search for his Wii. Pearl - 1289 4689 0002 |
| therealmnm | Posted 7/26/2007 9:44:47 PM | message detail |
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I lol'd at the first option before I clicked on it. I still have yet to play an actual PSP game on my PSP. --- Currently playing: Guitar Hero 2, Gears of War, Saint's Row, SotN (XBLA), Burnout Revenge |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/26/2007 11:27:48 PM | message detail |
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If I ever get a PSP, it'll be to get old PS games on it...and maybe MGS:Acid. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| ZFS | Posted 7/26/2007 11:32:09 PM | message detail |
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Portable Ops is where it's at on the PSP! --- Treat your cardboard box with care. Take care of the box and it'll take care of you. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/26/2007 11:34:53 PM | message detail |
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What are the prices on the PSP and DS now, anyway? I've never really
bothered with a handheld...except when my cousin sold me his Game Boy
(original, mind you) with the GB-Camera for $25. Never got any other
games for it though..... --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| ZFS | Posted 7/26/2007 11:39:33 PM | message detail |
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$170 for a PSP and $130 for a DS. --- Treat your cardboard box with care. Take care of the box and it'll take care of you. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 7/27/2007 12:10:50 AM | message detail |
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Maverick Hunter X >>> All other PSP games. --- Rapid analysis, accurate judgment, and superb powers of concentration. That is all we need. |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 7/27/2007 1:29:53 AM | message detail |
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There's no need to track percentages HM, just remember that we're already doing it for you. http://board8wiki.com/Got_Console If the current number holds (33.41%), that would be a 4.99% increase in ownership for the PSP in 90 days. Very solid gain... doesn't stack up to the DS's 7.22% increase over the same period, but still. BTW, interesting to note that the GBA peaked at only 75% ownership; if the DS keeps this up, it'll have no problem toping that mark by Christmas! Then it's just a matter of trying to shoot down the original GameBoy's astronomical 80.33%... --- thengamer.com/xstats = lol x-stats Still smarting from the beatdown Rufus applied in the Guru Contest! |
| Zylo the wolf | Posted 7/27/2007 8:23:48 AM | message detail |
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I think we really need to diccuss this two questions: 1: Since Bomberman live seems to be pretty popular right now, do you guys think Bomberman will return to the character contest this year if the nominations opens soon? 2: Would he be able to win a match? Bomberman VS Gordon Freeman for example. --- Ngamer64: Zylo, you're making less sense every day. Proud supporter of Knuckles and Magus in Character Battle VI |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/27/2007 9:22:17 AM | message detail |
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1) Doubt it. 2) Probably, but I dunno about against Gordon. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| swirIdude | Posted 7/27/2007 9:37:43 AM | message detail |
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Bomberman! Bomberman! He can do what a Bomber can! Look out! Here comes the Bomberman! --- Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148 Dude, the Romans didn't slap two pieces of stone together, minus adhesive, and call it a day. ~WVI |
| Lopen | Posted 7/28/2007 12:40:35 AM | message detail |
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Give me Bomberman over Gordon Freeman easy. So what if Freeman beat
Phoenix Wright? He didn't exactly do it decisively. Don't even bring up
Sora. We've all seen that trick before. --- Lopen is bye bye. Now is ninja time. |
| Heroic Hero Dude | Posted 7/28/2007 12:50:02 AM | message detail |
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Maverick Hunter X >>> All other PSP games. Lies, Gitaroo Man. Bomberman has a not bad chance of getting in to the contest this year if there's no silly female half, and I think he could beat a bunch of characters... like Gordon Freeman. Bomberman's not like.. Pac-Man or anything crazy strong like that, but he can beat Gordon Freeman. --- OH JEEZE! MoogleKupo141 |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 7/28/2007 5:59:35 AM | message detail |
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Don't even bring up Sora. We've all seen that trick before. what do you think happened in that match then? is it a Master Chief thing? --- Network Premiere of: "GA All The Way." Watch one black kid's desperate search for his Wii. Pearl - 1289 4689 0002 |
| Haste_2 | Posted 7/28/2007 6:45:51 AM | message detail |
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Probably so. But, then look at how Sora beat Ryu Hayabusa... of course,
you could say the pic factor hurt Hayabusa even more than given credit
for (canceled by Sora's anti-votes), but then that'd mean his picture
against Sora hurt him much worse than his pic against Jill Valentine
(which I could buy), or else Jill would've REALLY dived between '03 and
'04... but I'm getting into pointless territory here. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 7/28/2007 6:46:13 AM | message detail |
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Give me Bomberman over Gordon Freeman easy. So what if Freeman beat Phoenix Wright? Bomberman would lose to Phoenix Wright. --- Rapid analysis, accurate judgment, and superb powers of concentration. That is all we need. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 7/28/2007 6:48:01 AM | message detail |
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would Phoenix Wright over come close to getting 35% on Squall? --- Network Premiere of: "GA All The Way." Watch one black kid's desperate search for his Wii. Pearl - 1289 4689 0002 |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 7/28/2007 6:48:48 AM | message detail |
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Unlikely. But neither would Bomberman. --- Rapid analysis, accurate judgment, and superb powers of concentration. That is all we need. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 7/28/2007 6:50:04 AM | message detail |
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I don't think Bomberman is really that low. I'm sure he would have AT LEAST gave Gordon a much better match. --- Network Premiere of: "GA All The Way." Watch one black kid's desperate search for his Wii. Pearl - 1289 4689 0002 |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 7/28/2007 6:53:29 AM | message detail |
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Actually, Phoenix is already higher in the stats than Bomberman. Given the massive increase in the popularity of Ace Attorney since the last contest (and the release of Justice for All), Phoenix definitely beats Bomberman. Who I doubt is as popular as he was back in 2k3. --- Rapid analysis, accurate judgment, and superb powers of concentration. That is all we need. |
| Haste_2 | Posted 7/28/2007 6:57:15 AM | message detail |
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Ooh, as much as I'd love to see Bomberman get another victory... I'd love even more to see Phoenix Wright do Bomberman. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 7/28/2007 7:01:50 AM | message detail |
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Actually, Phoenix is already higher in the stats than Bomberman. are we talking about in 2k4? because, Bomberman is behind SFF in that one. but 35% on a Squall (any, at all) seems unreachable to me when I look at Phoenix Wright. though I can see if he wins through a boost, but it'd be a close match. Bomberman isn't really fodder, ya know. --- Network Premiere of: "GA All The Way." Watch one black kid's desperate search for his Wii. Pearl - 1289 4689 0002 |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/28/2007 8:54:25 AM | message detail |
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Phoenix Wright's position in the stats is useless... unless you think
Gordon is beating Alucard or even with Ryu Hayabusa (who, heck, is
pretty damn overrated himself thanks to Yoshi). Gordon going 55-45 on
his 2k5 self - who's already going 68-32 on his 2k4 self - is pretty
telling. It's just not a reliable stat, and the same goes for Phoenix. I love PW myself. But I can't see him taking Bomberman. --- "TIME TO _____ THEN." - Karma Hunter, ABSENT 8 Commit it to memory. |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 7/28/2007 10:38:06 AM | message detail |
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PW would job to Servbot. --- Pokemon Pearl Code: 2663-9266-2709 WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| Osfan | Posted 7/28/2007 11:13:31 AM | message detail |
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Yeah I love PW but to think his stat is legit is really too much of a
stretch even for me. I mean freeman is like the most unreliable stat in
the history of the contest, he is a complete crapshoot everytime.
Hopefully this contest we can get a pointing picture (which is alot
more legit of a picture for Phoenix) and someone a little less
unreliable then Gordon. With a new game and a decent seed (remember
last contest nerfed all the male seeds) he might be able to do well
maybe even win if given the right match... --- "I'll do it with my magic!" - Tellah FF4 |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 7/28/2007 11:43:57 AM | message detail |
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No. He won't. PW isn't winning any matches around here. --- Explicit Content. I wish Lei Fang were my mom. I'd like drug her and feel her up and stuff. - Ken |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/28/2007 11:56:45 AM | message detail |
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I'm more skeptical of PW's value against Gordon than Gordon's against
Sora...but I'll leave it at that. More or less, I don't trust PW's
strength from last year. He might be stronger than last year...but that
doesn't make him strong. Can we make a list of how handheld-only characters have done in contests? There's PW, Soma, Felix, Isaac...and I dunno who else, but only Felix had done something noteworthy (besides losing to Gordon Freeman) from those four and I figure there are more characters that fit the handheld-bill. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 7/28/2007 2:46:58 PM | message detail |
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There's always Pokemon's match against Metroid if you want to see handheld power. Phoenix Wright's position in the stats is useless... unless you think Gordon is beating Alucard or even with Ryu Hayabusa (who, heck, is pretty damn overrated himself thanks to Yoshi). Gordon going 55-45 on his 2k5 self - who's already going 68-32 on his 2k4 self - is pretty telling. It's just not a reliable stat, and the same goes for Phoenix. Agreed. That's why I talked so much about why Phoenix would increase. --- Rapid analysis, accurate judgment, and superb powers of concentration. That is all we need. |
| WiggumFan267 | Posted 7/28/2007 2:59:50 PM | message detail |
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Well, as he keeps releasing games in America, he'll get more and more
noticed, but I think as far as main page popularity, with his 3rd game
on the verizon, that it will be his ceiling of popularity. y the time
the 3rd has been out a month, his fanbase should be well established,
if it wasn't already (though I think he still has time to gain a fair
amount of support). But, I'd say Wright can beat someone of....uhhh.... Duke Nukem-type proportions >_> --- Wigs... The Other OTHER White Meat: ~Helping Bald People Since 1987~ Happily Married to Alanna82 on Valentines Day 05 |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 7/28/2007 3:06:07 PM | message detail |
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Meh, I'm pretty sure that PW's reprint massively increased its sales. I
wish I knew for certain how much...but as a comparison, FFT's sales
went from ~200,000 to over a million with the re-release. Combinining
that with JFA, I'd say that he'd get a pretty nice boost. --- Rapid analysis, accurate judgment, and superb powers of concentration. That is all we need. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 7/28/2007 4:00:27 PM | message detail |
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There's always Pokemon's match against Metroid if you want to see handheld power. though that's true, there's no telling how strong Metroid Prime as a series could have been thanks to SFF. that, and Pokemon is a whole new level from PW. --- Network Premiere of: "GA All The Way." Watch one black kid's desperate search for his Wii. Pearl - 1289 4689 0002 |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/28/2007 4:49:54 PM | message detail |
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Agreed. That's why I talked so much about why Phoenix would increase. But he's increasing from what is optimistically fodder. Worst case scenario, he's very bad fodder. Bomberman's never been able to hold his own with any true midcarders, but he's been well above the Max Paynes and Ryo Hazukis of the world. I could see Phoenix beating characters around that level now, but Bomberman's a whole different ball game. --- "TIME TO _____ THEN." - Karma Hunter, ABSENT 8 Commit it to memory. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 7/28/2007 4:51:51 PM | message detail |
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Eh, maybe. But I doubt Bomberman's nearly as strong as he was when we saw him last. --- Rapid analysis, accurate judgment, and superb powers of concentration. That is all we need. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 7/28/2007 5:41:03 PM | message detail |
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Er, Metroid*. dammit I'm too used to Prime. --- Network Premiere of: "GA All The Way." Watch one black kid's desperate search for his Wii. Pearl - 1289 4689 0002 |
| ZFS | Posted 7/28/2007 6:01:57 PM | message detail |
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I'd take Gordon over Bomberman no problem -- but I'd take Bomberman
over Wright just as easy. I'm skeptical of Phoenix's ability to beat
anyone with some recognition, or a name for themselves. --- "We need to remember -- to spread the word -- to fight for change." - Snake |
| Haste_2 | Posted 7/28/2007 7:49:55 PM | message detail |
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I think it's fair enough to measure Phoenix Wright of last year from
2K5 Gordon, placing Phoenix at 19.04% on BL. I could see Phoenix being
at that level at that time. PW:AA is still #9 on the DS FAQs here now,
and since that isn't a game that you need a FAQ a lot for, I think it
indicates it's pretty popular at this site. Plus, the fads and hype... ...Gordon '05 beats himself 68/32 not just because of HL2, but also because Gordon of '04 was underrated. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
