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From: HaRRicH | #113
Yeah, bandwagoning made him look much stronger, but even without it he did fine for himself. He still did fine against Cloud pre-rallies (he did about as well against Cloud with Mewtwo as Mario did against Sephiroth with Fox [in the sprite round, at that]), plus he almost beat Mega Man and Zero combined. Going from being forgotten in 2007's finals to the star in 2008's is still a very noteworthy jump too, even if it's solely by rallying, because something happened to make those rallies happen in 2008 instead of 2007...SSBB/MGS4. Though it's not a big jump on the surface, Solid went from probably losing in a rematch to Samus to probably beating Mario head-to-head. I think that means more than what's immediately obvious.

Besides, look at how SSBB and MGS4 did in BGE2 and how anticipated Solid had been since 2006 -- especially in comparison to the rest of their division. I'm just not believing we saw the same Solid Snake post-releases when they both mostly lived up to the hype. Damn four-ways keep us from seeing with certainty, of course, but I'm giving him the strong benefit of the doubt on a boost for last year.

From: L33t_Rappa_Sam | #121
who the hell are these guys?
the nameless one? Ben? the apprentice? the stranger?kurt hectic?
at least gamefaqs fodder is entertaining like Manny Calavera and King of all cosmos.

Holy ****, there's other games besides Nintendo and Square's? **** Gamespot!

From: HaRRicH | #131
Head-to-head, Mario destroys Snake. Snake's jump in strength is partially derived from Ninty votes due to his Brawl appearance, and anyone who thinks Mario can't SFF the hell out of everything Nintendo not named Link needs to think it over again. That leaves us with an only slightly bigger mature/PS audience, which still isn't enough to take down Mario IMO.

Solid Snake led Link for six hours last year despite being above Mario on the SFF-chain and still beat LFF'd-Cloud despite a rallied Kirby who just beat Sonic. Even if you throw out those two rounds for Solid (which is wise...for the most part), he didn't let Mewtwo hold him up much against Cloud and Solid did about as well in R4 last year as Mario did against Sephiroth with sprite-Fox. Solid already looks indirectly ahead in that regard and hasn't looked to be badly affected by Nintendo since SSBB's release against the three Nintendo stars he's gone against. Plus, with the idea of "What have you done for me lately?," compare MGS4 to SMG in BGE2...and try to tell me Mario was the reason instead of Solid that SSBB got mega-hype from its very first trailer with a straight face.

They're pretty equal, and I would give Solid the slight indirect edge. Mario could SFF Solid a little, sure, but we've not seen Nintendo bother Solid since SSBB's/MGS4's releases and Solid's got the majority of the x-factors going on.

From: MyWorldIsCrono | #134
Yeah, checking the forums on Gamespot about it, the 3 characters most people are complaining about not making it are Sora, Crono, and Max Payne

From: Yesmar | #140
This is a list of characters in the bracket already:

http://www.gamespot.com/greatest-video-game-hero/heroes/index.html

The characters on the other page are just being voted on to see who gets the last spot.

From: MyWorldIsCrono | Posted: 8/18/2009 2:10:24 PM | #148
Oh, I think Master Chief is gonna be a beast on Gamespot. I think he's gonna win it.

Cuz Halo 3 ODST coming out during that contest, and we know how Halo hype helps Chief... and the fact that Gamespot likes shooters more, just evidenced by people thinking Gordon has a chance of winning it