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Solid
Pikachu
Seph
Samus
Mario
Auron
Crono
Vincent

I'm not big on Samus > Mario anymore until she proves it without a doubt again, and Solid's not beating her or Mario by a lot, so Sephiroth's got this pretty easily. I'll also give Crono a one-year break against Vincent due to last year and CTDS, though no matter what happens I don't take Crono to stand up to Vincent in fair circumstances after that -- CTDS is already almost forgotten. I would have liked seeing Solid face Mario or at least Samus though; Pikachu is a gimme.


Link
L-Block
Cloud
Seph

Self-explanatory.
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Mario's division should really be on the top in place of MC/the rat. Mario/Snake is much better than Mario/Crono, gives Snake a chance to prove his worth rather than simply facing Sephy, and MC (and maybe the rat after RBY) would have decent backing among the casuals to make the final four or even the final. That stacks the top half like hell but it's more fair than letting Mario rip through the bottom half.

Switch Sephy and Crono as well if you really want to waste a match on Mario/Crono (making Snake / Samus // Mario / Crono or something similar).
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Eh, I kind of want to avoid setting up Snake with Mario or Samus due to the possibility of him losing to them through rSFF (if he does lose to them, we won't be able to say conclusively if it was the SFF or not). He's already validated his strength more than matches with those characters could do for him anyway; he's earned the right to face Sephiroth 1v1.
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lol at the bottom three options.

When was the last time we've had a poll with three options below 1%?
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3167

Rock Band's really turned it around since last year.
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Wow, 65% of the site likes music games, or at least tolerates them enough to avoid that final option? I was expecting that to be way lower, given how GH/RB always falls flat on its face in sitewide polls.

Also good to see how the consistently high quality DLC continues to win Rock Band more supporters every day. Though I'm sure The Beatles are helping today's numbers as well!

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Guys, don't you know that PaRappa is also a music game?

It's not a current one.
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Rock Band's really turned it around since last year.

It could be that Guitar Hero is being hurt by all of the low quality Guitar Hero games being produced. Such as the DS Guitar Hero games and Guitar Hero: Smash Hits.
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That's probably part of it, though I think that Rock Band's had a lot more momentum with the full-band set than Guitar Hero has; RB pretty much made GH add drums and a mic to their games if they wanted to compete. I also wouldn't rule out that Rock Band: Beatles having just come out affected the votes a bit, though we can't prove that too much and it's not like RB:B was particularly more anticipated here than GH5:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3591
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GH5 just came out too, so i would say its a wash

especially since GH5 is main line and Beatles Rock Band is an offshoot
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True, but it's also "Various Artists" against "The Beatles" in terms of music.

Then again, the anticipation-poll probably already covered that difference.
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what on earth are wet and aion?
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From: voltch | #463
what on earth are wet and aion?

Wet is an action game from Bethesda, and Aion is a MMORPG
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Don't you hate poll questions where answers could vary depending on the situation?
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Yeah, I wish there was a "It really varies, depending on the game" option.
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So, October contest, or November contest?

Might we get a match on Christmas?
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Brawl did well for me, but not enough to net me the Guru win over Krahenprophet, so kudos to him.

If he wants to keep it this year only nominations should start before the end of the month.
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Holy ****, these polls get dumber and dumber.
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Brawl did well for me, but not enough to net me the Guru win over Krahenprophet, so kudos to him.

I wonder what the dumbest poll we could get in the PotD would be.
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We could always try to get more "Got [console]?" polls.
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From: HaRRicH | Posted: 9/18/2009 12:07:14 AM | #470
I wonder what the dumbest poll we could get in the PotD would be.

What's your favorite way of popping a zit?
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What's your ideal temperature for sleeping?
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I'd like to see a "What's your favorite color?" poll just so we can tie it into the Character Contest.

Blue's beating Red? Expect a Mega Man > Samus upset!
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Brawl did well for me, but not enough to net me the Guru win over Krahenprophet, so kudos to him.

Blue would dominate that match with Red in a far second.
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Do you wipe sitting or standing?
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Blue would dominate that match with Red in a far second.

In a poll like that, we would need the following options: Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple, Brown, White, Black, and Other. I think that's pretty ideal.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3611&region=US

Going to midnight releases of a video game are easily way more popular in the United States than everywhere else. Even in Canada, it's way less popular there than over here. I wonder if midnight release events are a US only thing and that they are rarely held in other countries? This might explain why going to a midnight release event is very unpopular outside the US.
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I wouldn't be surprised.

Midnight releases are very rare in Canada and only happen for extremely popular things (Harry Potter's 6th & 7th book, Halo 2) and even then that's more common in Toronto. I think it's a population issue in that even if a popular thing is released the stores won't get overwhelmed when they open in the morning by people that want to buy the object and just regular shoppers.

I can also say that in Portugal that kind of stuff doesn't happen making me believe that the rest of Europe may follow the same standard.
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Toys R' Us had a morning lineup for Wiis when they first went out. At about an hour before the store opened, we let people in only to buy the console (they had to have a ticket), and we sold out before the store even opened. This happened for a month or two. It also happens for anything really popular (the only game we did that for was Wii Fit when they were brand new).
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gamestop does it for anything even marginally popular
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We. Need. A contest.
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From: XxSoulxX | Posted: 9/20/2009 8:13:40 PM | #480
Toys R' Us had a morning lineup for Wiis when they first went out. At about an hour before the store opened, we let people in only to buy the console (they had to have a ticket), and we sold out before the store even opened. This happened for a month or two. It also happens for anything really popular (the only game we did that for was Wii Fit when they were brand new).

Hence why the Wii is a failure. Once the new shiny toy hits for these middle-aged losers they'll just move on to their next midlife crisis.
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What the flip Ulti?

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/vgsales/images/2/2b/Npd_total_sales_(aligned_launch).png

(This is software sales, not hardware, and US only.) Given that games on the Wii have outsold all games on the 360 and PS3 combined to this point in their life cycle, I'd have to disagree with you. The Wii might very well be a failure with the hardcore gaming audience, but it's been an unqualified success with that "mid-life crisis" demographic you were speaking of.

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I second Ngamer's statement. You can't really call Wii a failure without calling the entire generation a failure.
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I believe that is exactly what Ulti did.
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Link he come to town to dominate all other characters and trample them down with his sword of more votes.

The only real problem with that is that the attatch rate is horrifying for the Wii and almost all of those sales are 1st party WiiFits and WiiSports or some of the endless shovelware. With the exception of the big titles, SSBB and the like software sales are poor.

It just doesn't matter because the Wii has sold so much more hardware that Nintendo can live with selling 3 games per console and a ****load of peripherals.
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*shrug*

almost all of those sales are 1st party

From Nintendo's perspective, this is a great thing- more money to them that way.
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Nintendo's consoles have been 1st party only since Nintendo 64.
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From: charmander6000 | #485
I second Ngamer's statement. You can't really call Wii a failure without calling the entire generation a failure.

you kinda can since its the worst system this gen from a quality standpoint

sales =/- quality
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Well yes, I don't think anyone is going to argue that sales equals quality, I'm just pointing out that Ulti's premise (the Wii will fail because the old people buying the system will rarely buy any more games for it past the first couple months) is faulty, if software sales are any indication.

Ngirl's got a point, the Wii's attach rate isn't exactly stellar (it was sitting at around 5.5 games sold per console heading into the year), but to be fair that still puts it ahead of the PS3 (which is attaching at a rate of only 5.3 games per console).

The biggest misconception though is that "Nintendo has zero 3rd party support." Check this out:

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/vgsales/images/c/c5/Npd_3rd_party_software.jpg

True, the Wii's 3rd party sales were pathetic throughout its first year (barely staying ahead of the PS3), but they've really taken off since then, and as of the start of this year it was actually pretty far ahead of what the 360 managed during its first two years on the market.

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From: Ngamer64 | Posted: 9/21/2009 7:17:31 PM | #484
The Wii might very well be a failure with the hardcore gaming audience

Take a guess which gaming audience I care about. Like the comic says, I didn't spend my whole life loving video games and being a social outcast just so frat ***s and old people could mess it all up.
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Doesn't bother me since Nintendo 1st party is still great for both audiences, and Microsoft and Sony are still targeting hardcore. As for third player, it's not like the Gamecube or N64 really had much third-party variety either. So in the end, little has changed besides Nintendo making ****loads of money off different consumer bases. We're still getting big franchise games with Galaxy 2, Other M, and the next Zelda, plus they still have a bunch of second-tier franchises like Pikmin, Kirby, and F-Zero that they've just been sitting on for no particular reason.

As long as the Wii isn't your only console (a solid PC makes a good substitute), there's not really anything to complain about.
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Let's just fill this damn thing up already.
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Brawl did well for me, but not enough to net me the Guru win over Krahenprophet, so kudos to him.

From: L33t_Rappa_Sam | Posted: 9/22/2009 11:41:48 PM | #493
Doesn't bother me since Nintendo 1st party is still great for both audiences

Let's wiggle a remote control to make Mario spin!
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Let's wiggle a remote control to make Mario spin!

And that's a problem? If anything it makes me more into the game than pushing a button.
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Galaxy would have been fine with GCN controller compatibility. Instead I have to point a gimmicky controller at my screen, deal with Mario walking in really wonky lines and gimmick attacks. Best of all is that idiotic pointer on the screen the entire time. I can't even remember if you can turn that thing off, but I remember it being annoying.
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Almost as annoying as a stats topic being at 490+ for 2 days.
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I don't disagree that a Gamecube controller would have worked, but I still didn't find the controls to be a hindrance and I still consider Galaxy to be the best Wii game.
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Play Path of Radiance.
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