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Smash is only very popular on GameFAQs. Sure other sites respect it, but it doesn't have the same popularity.
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OoT's playrate was better in Canada than the United States, which is odd.

Not really. N64 greatly outsold PS1 here, and OoT/SM64 were the games to get. Just about everyone played those games up here.
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From: charmander6000 | #201
Smash is only very popular on GameFAQs. Sure other sites respect it, but it doesn't have the same popularity.

Yeah, I remember an IGN top games list made by fans that Melee only got in like top 30 or so. And outside of Gamefaqs, I didn't see anywhere near the hype for Brawl. Hell, I'd say there was more hype for GTA4 and MGS4 in general.
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Also, SSB was supposed to be in BGE2 over SC. You can thank SB's ADD:/REMOVE:-idea and B8 wanting a SC-rep over a third SSB-rep for SSB being replaced by SC.
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Many people wanted closure on Soul Calibur (like some people want to see Morrigan again) and SSB was suppose to come a distant third anyways.

>_>
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We have enough Nintendo games, I don't see the issue giving Soul Calibur a chance
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I should clarify that I was generally cool with SSB being replaced there. I'm just saying SSB was originally going to make it in over SC before SB gave us some extra leverage.
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The funny thing is that according to IGN's Readers' Choice list, Brawl and Melee (as well as Conker's Bad Fur Day) both beat Final Fantasy VII and every 2d Mario game...but still lose to Halo, Symphony of the Night, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Shenmue II, and Soul Calibur. Yeah, I bet that was a weird post, right.

Oh, and Kingdom Hearts was 85th on said list, while Vice City was 37th and Metroid Prime was 25th (ahead of even FF7, but lower than Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal).

The thing is that Smash games seem to be the ONLY multiplayer games that this site cares about, which is funny because it's almost completely the other way on most sites. Doing a multiplayer count for Empire Magazine's list...

...Even though Brawl was 80th, Virtua Fighter 4 was 50th and Street Fighter II was 7th. Half of the top ten was comprised of multiplayer games. Also, two of the top ten (Civilization and Doom) lost in the first round this contest (but the #8 slot won the contest, and the #2 slot was the runner-up, and the #1 slot made a surprising run this contest).

Then again, as mentioned, Brawl was 80th while Gears of War was 18th, so whatever.

i wish gamefaqs liked Virtua Fighter more then Smash Bros

then this site would have taste
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Soulcalibur should've replaced Chrono Cross or Banjo-Kazooie. In the former, it may have had an actual chance of advancing, and in the latter, at least it's not another Nintendo game and thus sticks out a bit. I think adding Soulcalibur was a smart move, but definitely not over Smash Bros, which could've potentially beat Starcraft and give us an awesome Round 1 upset before bowing out to OoT in Round 2.

And Bacon's planning a side-contest for private boards? When did nominations start for 2008's contest?
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Brawl did well for me, but not enough to net me the Guru win over Krahenprophet, so kudos to him.

And Bacon's planning a side-contest for private boards? When did nominations start for 2008's contest?

huh?
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And Bacon's planning a side-contest for private boards? When did nominations start for 2008's contest?

He just means there will be a contest to decide who gets their own private board. It's just gonna be something like guess the date of this number post or other random trivia like he did last summer.
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KrahenProphet owned me in the Guru Contest by 39 votes! That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Yeah, they aren't real "Contests", they're just little quizes he runs in SBallin' and whoever guesses closest to the right answer wins a private board. He did a bunch of them last year, they were like this:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=11&topic=44254970

And last year's Character Battle was announced August 8th, first match was September 18th. Still plenty of time, assuming the nom period isn't so ridic long this time around.

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Smash is the only fighting game series that's at all mainstream. It's because it's the Nintendo All-Stars Battle Royale.
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From: red sox 777 | #214
Smash is the only fighting game series that's at all mainstream. It's because it's the Nintendo All-Stars Battle Royale.

Uhh, Street Fighter is pretty damn mainstream. A game doesn't sell millions every installment if its not.
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Hell, looking up sales shows that Soul Calibur and Mortal Kombat sell at least a million per installment too

You underestimate how mainstream some fighting game series are. They aren't like jrpgs which sruggle to sell 200k.
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And Tekken 3 sold more then Melee

I could go on and on but I'm sure 3 posts in a row is enough >_>
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Street Fighter isn't really mainstream anymore, even if it was back in the days of the SNES. Selling a million copies doesn't mean that much anymore, either, although yes, that's much better than most JRPGs.
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Although if Tekken 3 sold more than Melee, that puts it at 6 million+ or so, which definitely qualifies as mainstream, yeah.
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From: red sox 777 | #219
Although if Tekken 3 sold more than Melee, that puts it at 6 million+ or so, which definitely qualifies as mainstream, yeah.

6.91 million according to VGchartz, and Street Fighter 2 sold over 10 million. SF4 is about 2.5 mil so far
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Does that number include a ton of different versions for SF2?
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From: red sox 777 | #222
Does that number include a ton of different versions for SF2?

I counted the 3 SNES versions. I'm sure its more if I bothered finding Genesis and other versions too
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Smash may be the only mainstream fighting game on GameFAQs, but on other sites Smash isn't even considered top tier in the genre.
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Actually, most fighting game elitists see Smash Bros as a joke game thats more casual then anything due to lack of moves and its not 1v1.
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Ah yes, the eternal debate of whether or not Smash is a fighting game.
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Indeed. But mainstream =/= strong, on this site or others necessarily. For example, Chrono Trigger is very not mainstream, and is way stronger than Halo, a very mainstream game.
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From: red sox 777 | #227
Indeed. But mainstream =/= strong, on this site or others necessarily. For example, Chrono Trigger is very not mainstream, and is way stronger than Halo, a very mainstream game.

Never said that meant it was strong at all. Just correcting you on saying theres no mainstream fighting games, thats all.
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Looks like Asia goes the easy route while North America takes the hard route.
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Philippinos like the harder settings.
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Brazilians are the biggest cry babies

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3556&region=BR
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Not surprised.
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From: charmander6000 | #229
Looks like Asia goes the easy route while North America takes the hard route.

No wonder they have bad taste in games. They're all wussies.
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Brawl did well for me, but not enough to net me the Guru win over Krahenprophet, so kudos to him.

pfff calling bad taste on an entire country is such a lame insult.
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Silly me for going against Krahenprophet in the guru,he predicted his own victory as well as my doom.

Brazilians are the biggest cry babies

Actually, Italy is:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3556&region=IT
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From: voltch | #234
pfff calling bad taste on an entire country is such a lame insult.

That's why it's a shame I have to waste a lame insult on a continent with such bad taste.
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Brawl did well for me, but not enough to net me the Guru win over Krahenprophet, so kudos to him.

Mmm, a caffeine poll today. I have the urge to drink a Mountain Dew Game Fuel Horde Red because of its extreme caffeine content for a soda.
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Pretty high caffeine-free percent IMO.

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oh snap, 2-3 just cut none. This isn't over yet, folks ... !
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Pretty high caffeine-free percent IMO.

This is weird. It was only around half of that amount in this poll:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2941
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oh snap, 2-3 just cut none. This isn't over yet, folks ... !

Actually, no. There was no cut. However, None managed to get a 1 vote gain with the last update, so it will probably get cut soon.
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Damn, I can't believe 15-20% is killing this poll. Maybe it's an American thing. If it is, 15-20% will bomb overnight. It hasn't shown any signs of dropping off yet.

Actually, after doing some research, 15-20% is much more common in the United States and Canada than in the rest of the world.
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Seems Europeans and Americans like soda, but Asians and Oceanians aren't big soda drinkers.
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Yesterday's poll was specifically about caffeine and soda isn't the only thing that has caffeine in it. Both coffee and energy drinks can have it too.
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Oh right, caffeine poll, not just soda. Either way.
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Great, 2 bad updates for 15-20% in a row. Keep it up.
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Actually, after doing some research, 15-20% is much more common in the United States and Canada than in the rest of the world.

I'm not sure about the rest of Europe, but in Portugal the tip is already a part of the price so you don't have to tip.
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*corrects a mistake in my last post* Reposting this.


As I predicted shortly after one hour into the poll, 15-20% definitely bombed overnight after all. The hourly trend for this poll up to this point looks like this:

Time | Over 20% | 15-20% | 11-14% | 6-10% .. | Under 5% | I don't tip | I don't tip*
01:00 | 13.27% .. | 47.68% | 9.84% .. | 10.14% | 5.05% ..... | 5.95% ... | 8.07%
02:00 | 12.31% .. | 47.10% | 10.57% . | 10.27% | 4.86% ..... | 6.51% ... | 8.37%
03:00 | 11.29% .. | 43.95% | 9.71% .. | 11.13% | 5.47% ..... | 7.64% ... | 10.80%
04:00 | 11.40% .. | 38.26% | 9.26% .. | 12.00% | 6.30% ..... | 8.66% ... | 14.14%
05:00 | 10.44% .. | 32.45% | 8.96% .. | 13.91% | 6.66% ..... | 11.88% .. | 15.70%
06:00 | 9.33% .... | 26.50% | 8.52% .. | 15.34% | 8.65% ..... | 12.69% .. | 18.97%
07:00 | 8.78% .... | 31.80% | 7.37% .. | 13.94% | 7.89% ..... | 13.21% .. | 17.01%
08:00 | 10.33% .. | 36.74% | 9.07% .. | 12.39% | 7.08% ..... | 10.51% .. | 13.87%
09:00 | 11.12% .. | 43.34% | 9.05% .. | 11.74% | 5.87% ..... | 8.99% ... | 9.89%

*Note: The second "I don't tip" is referring to "I don't tip, I don't go to restaurants where people tip". "I don't tip" was the only shorthand way of referring to both of the "I don't tip" options.

Over 20% and 15-20% had a horrible night vote. 11-14% was also slightly hurt by the night vote too. All of the other options did better with the night vote. The second "I don't tip" option got the most out of the night vote here.
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Expect the bottom option to be dominated by Europeans then.

We should do more polls like this where people have different traditions.
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