GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 670
| Childproof | Posted 4/9/2009 9:18:48 PM | message detail |
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Punch-Out and Contra let me down, both of which were upset picks that didn't pan out. Both of these were consensus IIRC I picked DK and Metroid ........ and Duck Hunt. FFFFFFFF --- Is GrapefruitKing Today's prediction: ZLEDA 61.02% - Contra 15.73% - Metroid 14.05% - DW III 9.20% - Status: |
| irriadin | Posted 4/9/2009 9:18:49 PM | message detail |
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Given Street Fighter II HD Remix and the recent revitalization of
Street Fighter (vis-à-vis SFIV), I don't really think SFII will have
any issues with Sonic 1. Maybe if it were Sonic 3 there would be some
cause for concern, but I don't think Sonic 1 has what it takes to
threaten SFII. --- "I do read sometimes." Mat Cauthon, The Wheel of Time. |
| ffmasterjose | Posted 4/9/2009 9:19:37 PM | message detail |
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Going by guru yeah, Punch-Out and Contra were the cookie pick.
Punch-Out I can definitely understand why, lol chokey kong. Contra
though, I never really understood >_> --- 8/10 points - The Best. Game. Ever 2009 Contest NP: The Legend of Zelda > Metroid | http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=4 |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 4/9/2009 9:20:19 PM | message detail |
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From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #198 Punch-Out and DK were pretty equal in the BOP, more or less. Early on, when I made the pick, it was treated as an upset but more and more people piled on the bandwagon as the bracket-making went on. Contra though was a consensus though later on I started having doubts and saw it as an upset by the time lockdown happened. --- Today's Subliminal Thought Is: |
| Big Bob | Posted 4/9/2009 9:20:21 PM | message detail |
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Tips for clueless people: Nobody cares about Street Fighter --- Just say the word and it's bear time! http://backloggery.com/main.php?user=big_bob |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/9/2009 9:20:52 PM | message detail |
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From: Big Bob | #205 yeah its not like ryu has strength or anything --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://seitoacademy.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/lucky-star1.jpg |
| Lopen | Posted 4/9/2009 9:21:05 PM | message detail |
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I never understood Contra either, and I had it! I swear I thought that had "Lopen upset pick" written all over it. Punch-Out!! too to a lesser degree, actually. --- So I lost a bet to creativename (yeah...hardly shocking). Like usual, I should've known better! FACT: Halo 3 was 1000% responsible for Master Chief's boost. |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 4/9/2009 9:21:16 PM | message detail |
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From: Big Bob | #205 SF4's sales disagree. --- Today's Subliminal Thought Is: |
| ZFS | Posted 4/9/2009 9:22:06 PM | message detail |
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Nobody cares about Street Fighter Oh --- http://i44.tinypic.com/sficrr.jpg |
| Adamantno1 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:22:10 PM | message detail |
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Okay, so about the Europe factor in this update - Contra is nowhere
near as weak as some of you apparantly think. It's a definite classic,
and despite being called "Probotector" over there, people are perfectly
well aware of it being named "Contra" in America, and won't go "What's
Contra?" ("River City Ransom" (aka Street Gangs) MAY have a problem with the name, though, but it was never very huge in Europe anyway) Dragon Warrior 3 is WEAK in Europe. The Dragon Warrior series is not very known, and the early games weren't released there in the first place. The "we play old ass NES RPGs we've barely heard of" crowd isn't large. Chrono Trigger got Europe emulation crowd support, Dragon Warrior 3 doesn't. Metroid is much weaker than in the US, too, but probably gains a boost for being in a currently popular franchise. Legend of Zelda is, of course, huge. Oh yeah, and Tecmo Super Bowl is going to bomb outside America, too. Unlike Oregon Trail, people HAVE heard of this, given it's internet popularity, but they probably haven't played it, having no interest in the subject matter (how many cricket games have you Americans played?), and most definitely aren't going to vote for it. It's too weak to pass this round. Maybe even weaker than Oregon Trail, which at least has a minimal "internet buddy told me I should play it" factor. Football games do not. --- My nick's Adamant. I have a "no 1" that looks stupid. Would've changed it if I could without losing karma. So it's Adamant, not Adamanto or Adamantno. |
| charmander6000 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:22:21 PM | message detail |
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Would you guys take Sonic 1 to lose to SMRPG? I'm basically banking on SFIV. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls BGE2 - Today's Match: LoZ > Contra Points: 10/12 |
| MnMZero | Posted 4/9/2009 9:23:22 PM | message detail |
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People may not care about Sonic games now,
but given Sonic's performance in the series contest, people still care
about the games they liked in the series. Or at least that's what I'm
betting on. I have SFII moving on next round though. --- Currently playing: GTAIV, SSBB, MP3, Apollo Justice, FFIVDS, Dracula X |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:23:26 PM | message detail |
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Hahaha, so busy catching up on all the TV that was on tonight that I forgot about the match. Looks like my perfect run is over now. Three matches was a good run for an unpredictable first division. --- http://gamebros.smackjeeves.com/ http://l33trappacat.smackjeeves.com/ |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/9/2009 9:23:41 PM | message detail |
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Would you guys take Sonic 1 to lose to SMRPG? HELL yes. By much worse than SFII did. --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/9/2009 9:24:34 PM | message detail |
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People may not care about Sonic games now, but given Sonic's
performance in the series contest, people still care about the games
they liked in the series. Or at least that's what I'm betting on. I
have SFII moving on next round though. Same logic was applied to Mega Man, and... --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 4/9/2009 9:25:03 PM | message detail |
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Why do you keep lecturing us about what Europe thinks, as if you're giving us information we haven't had for seven years? --- .,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,. Now Playing: Etrian Odyssey 2, Devil May Cry |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/9/2009 9:25:07 PM | message detail |
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smrpg would kill sonic 1 --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://seitoacademy.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/lucky-star1.jpg |
| Team Rocket Elite | Posted 4/9/2009 9:25:23 PM | message detail |
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People may not care about Sonic games now, but given Sonic's
performance in the series contest, people still care about the games
they liked in the series. Or at least that's what I'm betting on. I
have SFII moving on next round though. That didn't seem to work too well for Mega Man 2. --- Shall I take you with me? To the place in this town where wishes come true... |
| Adamantno1 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:25:46 PM | message detail |
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Oh, and my bracket apparantly has Contra>Zelda for some dumbass reason. Bye, perfect. Damn, and i got Ninja Gaiden>Mario right, too. --- My nick's Adamant. I have a "no 1" that looks stupid. Would've changed it if I could without losing karma. So it's Adamant, not Adamanto or Adamantno. |
| LinkLegend27 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:25:49 PM | message detail |
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Since when is there a "Europe vote"? --- Fortes in Unitate. I ain't conceited only positive and way better |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/9/2009 9:26:11 PM | message detail |
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Super Mario RPG (2004g) VS Sonic 2 (2004g) Super Mario RPG has a strength of 30.26. Sonic 2 has a strength of 22.17. Super Mario RPG wins with 63.37% of the vote! A win of 20,724 with 77,516 total votes cast. and sonic 2 > sonic 1 --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://seitoacademy.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/lucky-star1.jpg |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 4/9/2009 9:26:53 PM | message detail |
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You picked Ninja Gaiden > Mario 1? --- .,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,. Now Playing: Etrian Odyssey 2, Devil May Cry |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:27:08 PM | message detail |
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There's always been one; it's just that it's rarely been very relevant outside of screwing over Chrono Trigger every time. --- Best Game Ever Contest II: Score: 6/12 Bracket: The Legend of Zelda > Contra --- Vote: The Legend of Zelda |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:27:17 PM | message detail |
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From: Adamantno1 | #210 I know I gave you **** before, but I think you have a point, especially with the Europe vote being so influential so far. I'd imagine it'd have an even bigger impact when there's few votes to go around thanks to SMB3. If Tecmo wasn't already single-digit fodder, it's definitely not gonna advance even if it gets second in the US. --- http://gamebros.smackjeeves.com/ http://l33trappacat.smackjeeves.com/ |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 4/9/2009 9:27:19 PM | message detail |
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From: LinkLegend27 | Posted: 4/10/2009 12:25:49 AM | #220 There's always been a minor, overnight Europe vote. --- .,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,. Now Playing: Etrian Odyssey 2, Devil May Cry |
| Lopen | Posted 4/9/2009 9:27:31 PM | message detail |
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SF2 > Castlevania 3 is more likely than Sonic outlasting SF2 I'm thinking. Sonic 1 shouldn't be that strong. --- So I lost a bet to creativename (yeah...hardly shocking). Like usual, I should've known better! FACT: Halo 3 was 1000% responsible for Master Chief's boost. |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 4/9/2009 9:27:57 PM | message detail |
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From: charmander6000 | #211 Hell no, Mario > Sonic is something that is almost guaranteed. --- Today's Subliminal Thought Is: |
| transience | Posted 4/9/2009 9:28:18 PM | message detail |
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Since when is there a "Europe vote"? since we got stats that let us overanalyze stuff to death. --- xyzzy |
| ffmasterjose | Posted 4/9/2009 9:28:25 PM | message detail |
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Damn, and i got Ninja Gaiden>Mario right, too. wut --- 10/12 points - The Best. Game. Ever 2009 Contest NP: The Legend of Zelda > Metroid | http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=4 |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/9/2009 9:28:32 PM | message detail |
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From: UltimaterializerX | #225 not really even that minor. Its like 14-18% of the vote typically --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://seitoacademy.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/lucky-star1.jpg |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 4/9/2009 9:29:02 PM | message detail |
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From: LinkLegend27 | #220 The early morning hours are when Europe starts to wake up. Obviously, anyone that wakes up usually visits GameFAQs to vote before heading off to school/work which means there is a small Europe voting block in the early morning hours. --- Today's Subliminal Thought Is: |
| -LusterSoldier- | Posted 4/9/2009 9:29:09 PM | message detail |
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The other 3 games SMB were up against are piss ass weak in Europe, especially Galaga: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3448®ion=EUR SMB was weakest in North America: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3448®ion=NAM --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but still not as cool as FastFalcon05, Guru Champ! |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:30:21 PM | message detail |
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From: red sox 777 | #223 It's probably had an effect in more matches than we realized. It's just that obviously until now we've had no way to actually track how many votes were from Europe. I'm curious as to whether Duck Hunt beat Donkey Kong in North America but the Europe vote cost DH the win. I wonder what other matches would be like that besides the insanely close double or single-digit matches. --- http://gamebros.smackjeeves.com/ http://l33trappacat.smackjeeves.com/ |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/9/2009 9:31:01 PM | message detail |
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Don't forget Europe is the main reason for Oregon Trail losing. Oregon Trail stomped PAc Mans ass in America. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://seitoacademy.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/lucky-star1.jpg |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 4/9/2009 9:31:23 PM | message detail |
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Netherlands and Canada went for Duck Hunt, the latter I can understand but the former? --- Today's Subliminal Thought Is: |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:31:35 PM | message detail |
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From: Lopen | #226 I'm personally rooting for that, for my bracket's sake! --- http://gamebros.smackjeeves.com/ http://l33trappacat.smackjeeves.com/ |
| -LusterSoldier- | Posted 4/9/2009 9:32:09 PM | message detail |
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Metroid's gains seem to be slowing down a bit. Only a gain of 34 that time. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but still not as cool as FastFalcon05, Guru Champ! |
| transience | Posted 4/9/2009 9:33:01 PM | message detail |
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Zelda's cruising at a 59% pace now. Mario was pulling 63-69% updates at this time and ended at 70.5%. I think it's safe to say we'll see Zelda around 61, 62% - a pretty damn good performance considering Metroid's a top 5 game in this division and Contra would probably beat Ninja Gaiden and Duck Hunt. --- xyzzy http://www.mistwalkercorp.com/en/_src/sc569/HNI_0022.jpg |
| LinkLegend27 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:33:04 PM | message detail |
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Oh, ok. Thanks bros. --- Fortes in Unitate. I ain't conceited only positive and way better |
| Adamantno1 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:33:15 PM | message detail |
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wut Dang, brain collapse or something. Mario>Ninja Gaiden, of course. I know I gave you **** before, but I think you have a point Thanks. There's definitely a Europe vote to be considered. Even games you consider "relatively huge" will take a massive hit if non-Americans don't vote for them. America may have the largest user base on gameFAQs, but non-Americans are of a significant enough number to prevent stuff like football games from going anywhere if they're up against games people will actually consider voting for. --- My nick's Adamant. I have a "no 1" that looks stupid. Would've changed it if I could without losing karma. So it's Adamant, not Adamanto or Adamantno. |
| irriadin | Posted 4/9/2009 9:33:23 PM | message detail |
| So, for the four-pack including Tecmo Super Bowl,
what's the favorite for second? It's a given that SMB3 is going to
absolutely slaughter everything else, but none of the games in there
are even remotely decent. I think Monkey Island is a lock for dead
last, with Sim City's questionable "name-recognition" going up against
Tecmo SB's rather fanatic niche base in a battle for second. --- "I do read sometimes." Mat Cauthon, The Wheel of Time. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 4/9/2009 9:33:57 PM | message detail |
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It's not that important to analyze in EVERY match, however. We can laugh at the results but jeeze, don't take them seriously. --- *is Dranze* BGE2 - Today: LoZ > Contra - Points: 10/12 Vote: Contra |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 4/9/2009 9:34:01 PM | message detail |
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From: M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted: 4/10/2009 12:30:21 AM | #233 North America: Duck Hunt wins by ~350 Europe: Donkey Kong wins by 1600 --- .,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,. Now Playing: Etrian Odyssey 2, Devil May Cry |
| Breakdown777 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:34:11 PM | message detail |
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Street Fighter 2 has a lot going for it against Sonic. The sites older visitors will remember this as the
arcade game back in the day (and it was no slouch on the 16-bit
consoles either), and the younger crowd have the XBLA remix and SF4 to
pull them to it (I have been hearing from some people in the old school
SF scene that there have been a lot more players around since 4's
release). Plus, it suffers a whole lot less from being the the weakest
game of its era in the series. Sonic 1 I think will have people looking
at it and thinking "yeah it was fun, but 2 and 3 were better," but SF2
will be grouped in with CE, Turbo, and maybe even Super and Super Turbo
without so much as a second thought. It'll be close, but I wouldn't
call SF2 the underdog here. --- SCCs completed: Thief, Samurai, Archer, Wizard, Mediator |
| Lopen | Posted 4/9/2009 9:34:11 PM | message detail |
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I had SF2 > CV3 until like a day before lockdown. I do think it deserves more upset potential than it's getting. Given my trends with changing picks (changed from Pac-Man to Oregon Trail and Metroid to Contra) it's looking pretty likely that CV3 has that one !! --- So I lost a bet to creativename (yeah...hardly shocking). Like usual, I should've known better! FACT: Halo 3 was 1000% responsible for Master Chief's boost. |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:34:14 PM | message detail |
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Duck Hunt didn't do too differently in Europe and North America,
actually- it lost comfortably to Ninja Gaiden in both. But apparently
it was packaged in with the NES in Europe too, or we've heard. --- Best Game Ever Contest II: Score: 6/12 Bracket: The Legend of Zelda > Contra --- Vote: The Legend of Zelda |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 4/9/2009 9:34:51 PM | message detail |
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From: irriadin | #241 Tecmo Super Bowl is the lock for last, I think. It's a serious sports game on a site that has a notorious hatred of them, it is doomed no matter how influential it was. Guybrush gets murdered every contest and I cannot see his game faring any better. All the games are going to be killed: but SimCity will rise slightly above. --- Today's Subliminal Thought Is: |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:34:53 PM | message detail |
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I'm pretty impressed by Metroid 1 here - yeah, it'll be tripled by
Zelda 1 pretty soon, but that's not bad all things considered (the
series contest comes to mind...). Makes me feel a little better about
Super Metroid in the division final despite LttP. --- Mustache...and Green... http://backloggery.com/rpguy96 |
| RockMFR 5 | Posted 4/9/2009 9:35:15 PM | message detail |
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Number of users who own game (GameFAQs' My Games data): Dragon Warrior III: 107 Contra: 211 Metroid: 325 The Legend of Zelda: 656 Predicted percentages based on ownership data (owners / sum of owners): Dragon Warrior III: 8.23% Contra: 16.24% Metroid: 25.02% The Legend of Zelda: 50.50% Number of users who rated game (GameFAQs' My Games data): Dragon Warrior III: 75 Contra: 146 Metroid: 202 The Legend of Zelda: 475 Predicted percentages based on rater data (raters / sum of raters): Dragon Warrior III: 8.35% Contra: 16.26% Metroid: 22.49% The Legend of Zelda: 52.90% --- Be a good little washing machine, now... o_0 The Ohio State University: We are so much better than m*ch!g@n. |
| MnMZero | Posted 4/9/2009 9:35:27 PM | message detail |
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I'd easily take any Sonic game over any Mega Man game. I don't think
they are exactly in the same boat. I'm not looking for Sonic 1 to be a
powerhouse like people were for MM2 anyways. I'm taking it to edge out
SFII before a Mario game enters the picture! I'm not suddenly going to
say no Sonic game has a chance in its matches because MM2 bombed... --- Currently playing: GTAIV, SSBB, MP3, Apollo Justice, FFIVDS, Dracula X |
