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Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
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Yeah, this'll be the strongest year for multi-platforming GameFAQs since 2007 (which forgot Assassin's Creed in its MP-GotY, too)...and there aren't any exclusives to really compete with them this year. I wonder if SB will let more than one game from the MP-GotY into the overall-GotY.
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for 360, uh...

dunno whats exclusive that'll win xD

Maybe halo 3 odst?
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Haha, Halo 3's going to lose to CoD4 in the GotY-awards again.
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Batman AA or Dissidia might win GOTY. Not a knock on either game, but it's been a weak year for gaming when those two are heavy GOTY contenders.
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From: UltimaterializerX | #408
Batman AA or Dissidia might win GOTY. Not a knock on either game, but it's been a weak year for gaming when those two are heavy GOTY contenders.

nothing is touching mw2
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Yeah, this'lll be the best year the PSP's ever seen for the overall-GotY; they've slowly been doing better over the years...

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2253
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2629
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2993
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3363

...though they've all done pretty bad, it's still doing a lot better now than then. Also, the past two years have been FF-games and they did better...plus Dissidia's the most marketed PSP-game I can think of. Throw in the weak competition for GotY this year, and Dissidia could impress. I don't think it has a shot at winning, but it may be able to sneak into the final-GotY if only one multi-platform game is in the overall-GotY.
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plus Dissidia's the most marketed PSP-game I can think of.

Maybe here... but in general, God of War Chains of Olympus was much more marketed.
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I wouldn't be too surprised, though I don't remember its commercials.

Let's see, if we assume only one game advances from the MP-GotY, what else would Dissidia be most likely competing with to get into the final-GotY? There would be Halo 3: ODST and the winner of PO/WSR...it would have to beat at least one of those two. Anything else? If MW2 wins the MP-GotY, that probably improves Dissidia's chances over ODST.
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yeah im pretty sure if only one MP games makes final goty, dissidia is getting to the final goty

Its not gonna win though
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I think New Super Mario Bros. Wii would win over PO/WSR.

There's also Pokemon Platinum
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Argh, forgot both of those games...though Pokemon's presence won't do any favors for NSMBW/WSR/PO, either.

Are there any worthwhile PC-games, just to cover all the bases? Sims 3 is the only one I can think of...so probably not!
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Unless I'm forgetting something it'll be Sims 3.
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Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest

So we may get a GotY poll with two handheld games.

Wow.
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Brawl did well for me, but not enough to net me the Guru win over Krahenprophet, so kudos to him.

this time last year RE5 was the big favourite right?
how did it it just lose all the momentum?
I blame it on Chris not being as awesome as Leon Kennedy.
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From: voltch | #418
this time last year RE5 was the big favourite right?
how did it it just lose all the momentum?
I blame it on Chris not being as awesome as Leon Kennedy.

by being a big disappointment after re4
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Yeah, there was no way Resident Evil 5 was going to match the awesomeness of RE4.
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It's going to be hard enough getting one handheld game into the final-GotY; we're assuming only one multi-platform game advances to the overall-GotY, which -- while fair enough of an assumption -- isn't guaranteed due to the nature of this year. Pokemon would need to beat Nintendo's console-counterpart to stand a chance, and both handheld games may have a hard time beating Halo 3: OSDT if COD4:MW2 isn't there.

Dissidia will probably make it that far; CoD4:2 advancing is likely enough, and Nintendo-fans don't really have a big game to get behind this year. It's probably not going to be easy though; no handheld game's ever had a higher percentage in the overall-GotY than MK:DS, which only got 11.11%...and this is still a PSP-game, a system which hasn't ever even beaten the DS-GotY here yet.
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the final three should be NSMB Wii, the multiplat winner (probably MW2) and then either Platinum or Dissidia. baaaad year.

I don't think the PS3 GOTY has a shot here since there's very little exclusive stuff that'll really appeal here. Infamous, Uncharted and Killzone all did good enough (or will do well enough), but the IPs are just too new for closed-minded GameFAQs. the multiplat poll should be more competitive than the final.
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xyzzy

Sadly, I think Modern Warfare 2's got this.

Unless Scribblenauts goes and takes off like no game has before.
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Scribblenauts is the next TWEWY, which was the next Okami, which was the next Phoenix Wright, etc. it'll get its 12% or whatever and be gone.
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xyzzy

You're probably right, but LBP also doubled every other new IP last year; I bet it could have beaten Gears 2 in the overall-GotY if it took MGS4's spot last year. Between that and the PS3 probably increasing in ownership a lot by the end of the Christmas season, the PS3--exclusive could do decent enough...it's a weak year anyway, so maybe. I just don't know its exclusives well...I heard Infamous was hyped a lot, and that's about it for my knowledge.
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Infamous is nothing compared to LBP. I guess I forget that Halo ODST will be there too. I guess if you get a Halo ODST/MW2/NSMB Wii poll that NSMB could win. talk about symmetry to 2007.
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xyzzy

Though that'd be cute, CoD4:2 is much more anticipated than its predecessor while ODST has no GAME FUEL. The gap in CoD4:2 > ODST could easily be bigger this year than 2007 unless Halo does something great to redeem itself...and I really doubt NSMBW will do as well as SMG with sales or reviews (I'd say in general since it seems like SMG is loved by most, but it did terrible in BGE2, so...dunno there).
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with all the recent buzz the PS3 has been getting i'm sure Uncharted 2 will be good.
I just have this feeling MW2 is so hyped and end up like Halo 3, or AC2 might be the one to flop.
though anyone wanna bet against FFXIII for next year?
It might become the strongest multiplatform game ever on this site.
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From: LinkMarioSamus | #429
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I concur.
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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 disagree.
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From: LinkMarioSamus | #429
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lol wut
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Fun Fact: For the longest time I thought the word concur meant the opposite of what it means.
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Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest

Bringing this from a discussion started in the GameSpot-contest topic:



Solid Snake's been the biggest name in gaming since E3 of 2006...and both Nintendo-fans and most of the gaming world were looking forward to playing as Solid. He was the driving reason from the very beginning for SSBB's huge hype-campaign which led to great sales which led to great strength here. We've seen Solid beat Mewtwo and Kirby without seemingly missing a beat, and he finished off with leading Link for six hours. Solid's made a nice little place in many gamers' hearts now, and -- though Mario may chip away at it -- it's not going to be a lot that bandwagon'd-Kirby and Link couldn't already do. Just WANTING to play as Solid let him come close to Samus in 2006 instead of losing to Mega Man.a third time.

Then there was also MGS4, which nearly beat SSBB for GotY and -- while slipping behind SSBB more in BGE2 -- still proved to be bigger than any game here since FFX aside from SSBB and maybe LoZ:TP. We've also recently seen the PS3 start to sell a lot more since the price cut and redesign, so between that and MGS4 becoming much cheaper too, we could continue seeing his stock rise. Compare that to SMG going from GotY to possibly being the weakest 3D-Nintendo game in BGE2 (that or Metroid Prime).


Solid's put up fine performances since he became uber-hyped, and last year looked to be in Mario's range even before the bandwagon arrived. He's definitely got the "What have you done for me lately?" advantage and has the x-factors to pull out the win if it's close (though Mario does too). It's certainly up in the air, but I'll favor Solid...his SSBB-appearance is more than just a cameo and his PS3-stock is rising as we speak.
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After Zack Fair's performance i'd wager that snake can get even stronger with peacewalker, I mean the PSP is finally starting to get the real killer aps and with it billed as the real MGS5 it's bound to maintain snake's strength.
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There was a little bit more to Zack's strength than Crisis Core.
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and snake has quite a bit of strength coming outside of peacewalker.
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Peace Walker doesn't even have Solid Snake in it.

Not that it'll stop him.
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MGS3 didn't have snake either but he certainly got more out of it than big boss did.
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From: voltch | #440
MGS3 didn't have snake either but he certainly got more out of it than big boss did.

Bzzzzt
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There's no way to tell how much of Zack's strength comes from Crisis Core and how much from Final Fantasy VII. In either case, it's not the same for Snake- he's already a very well known character and can't be called obscure by any stretch of the imagination (not that any important FFVII character should qualify as obscure either, but Zack was definitely much closer to that than Snake). If you are already very widely known, it takes something very very big to make you stronger. If you start out with a large segment of the site that doesn't really know who you are, then you can make big gains even with a relatively small new game.
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Link he come to town to dominate all other characters and trample them down with his sword of more votes.

And to extend on that.....people are expecting too much from the FFVII remake. It's HARD to gain 5% when you start off where Cloud is.
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Link he come to town to dominate all other characters and trample them down with his sword of more votes.

But making FFVII available to the younger generation that hasn't really had access to it will help.
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"So cold. I am always by your side."
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That said, it'll help FFVII as a game more than it'll help Cloud because Cloud has at least made several appearances since then.
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From: red sox 777 | #443
And to extend on that.....people are expecting too much from the FFVII remake. It's HARD to gain 5% when you start off where Cloud is.

They are remaking VII?


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From: voltch
though anyone wanna bet against FFXIII for next year?

Unless the new Zelda drops at the end of 2010, FFXIII has it rapped up.
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My sources say: probably not going to happen.

Cloud needs a prominent console appearance these days.

maybe a party character slots like Auron in an eventual KHIII would be more effective than a Dissidia role.
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I've always liked watching Clinkeroth rampage their way through the bracket before facing each other near the end, but here's an attempt at a bracket with Link and Cloud, along with L-Block, removed from the main bracket and put in a Tournament of Champions.

1 Solid Snake
8 Meta-Knight
4 Mewtwo
5 Duke Nukem
3 Tifa Lockheart
6 Yoshimitsu
2 Luigi
7 Rikku

1 Master Chief
8 Saria
4 Leon Kennedy
5 Zero
3 Gordon Freeman
6 Magus
2 Pikachu
7 Tidus

1 Sephiroth
8 Koopa Troopa
4 Kefka
5 Epona
3 Frog
6 Donkey Kong
2 Yoshi
7 Locke Cole

1 Samus Aran
8 Pac-Man
4 Riku
5 Sub-Zero
3 Bowser
6 Kratos
2 Ryu Hayabusa
7 Rufus Shinra

1 Mario
8 CATS
4 Vivi
5 Red XIII
3 Ryu
6 Zack Fair
2 Dante
7 Yuna

1 Sonic the Hedgehog
8 Phoenix Wright
4 Zelda
5 Big Boss
3 Auron
6 Tommy Vercetti
2 Squall Leonhart
7 Sackboy

1 Crono
8 Ness
4 Ganondorf
5 Cid Highwind
3 Kirby
6 Revolver Ocelot
2 Sora
7 Aeris Gainsborough

1 Megaman
8 Marth
4 Charizard
5 Robo
3 Liquid Snake
6 Fox McCloud
2 Vincent Valentine
7 Red

Tournament of Champions

Link
L-Block

Cloud
Challenger
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Link he come to town to dominate all other characters and trample them down with his sword of more votes.

1 Solid Snake
8 Meta-Knight
4 Mewtwo
5 Duke Nukem
3 Tifa Lockheart
6 Yoshimitsu
2 Luigi
7 Rikku

I like the Luigi/Rikku match, though we've seen Tifa/Luigi before (and Tifa would crush Rikku if she pulled the upset) and both Yoshimitsu and Meta-Knight feels wasted. I'd like to see Yosh switch with Mewtwo or MK switch with Duke.


1 Master Chief
8 Saria
4 Leon Kennedy
5 Zero
3 Gordon Freeman
6 Magus
2 Pikachu
7 Tidus

I might bite on Epona, but not Saria! I'll take MC > Leon since ODST is about to be out, even if it's not on the hype-level of Halo 3. I'll roll with Pikachu for this division since GameSpot's given me more faith in Pika for a one-on-one situation, though it won't be easy.


1 Sephiroth
8 Koopa Troopa
4 Kefka
5 Epona
3 Frog
6 Donkey Kong
2 Yoshi
7 Locke Cole

I'm gonna **** on Kefka for a second...but what if you switched Epona with Saria, then Saria with Koopa Troopa? Frog/DK's been a match we've needed to see for awhile, though I feel good with DK...and far better with Yoshi > DK in the next round. We saw Yoshi beat Fox last year, so I'd rather see him take on a stronger Nintendo character now than a weaker one.


1 Samus Aran
8 Pac-Man
4 Riku
5 Sub-Zero
3 Bowser
6 Kratos
2 Ryu Hayabusa
7 Rufus Shinra

Hate to see Pac wasted like that...though I don't have a suggestion where to put him thus far in the bracket. I like Riku/Sub and the other four-pack; I'll take Bowser for now.


1 Mario
8 CATS
4 Vivi
5 Red XIII
3 Ryu
6 Zack Fair
2 Dante
7 Yuna

CATS hasn't faced Mario before? Huh...it's about time then. Vivi/Red feels like Sora/Aeris in a way to me. Zack did everything he could to prove he was legit despite multiple controversies, so I'll try my hand with him here. I don't think SF4 sold that well, and if Dante is only a little above MC then he shouldn't be a problem either.


1 Sonic the Hedgehog
8 Phoenix Wright
4 Zelda
5 Big Boss
3 Auron
6 Tommy Vercetti
2 Squall Leonhart
7 Sackboy

I wanted to take BB > Sonic badly, but I couldn't pull the trigger...I don't know how he'd be one-on-one now that he's regularly looking like Solid, plus I've thought for awhile Sonic Team took a hit with the introduction of four-ways. Still, the winner of Auron/Squall should take Sonic out.


1 Crono
8 Ness
4 Ganondorf
5 Cid Highwind
3 Kirby
6 Revolver Ocelot
2 Sora
7 Aeris Gainsborough

Finally, a situation I can't consider Ness to win! Haha...and I like the Sora/Aeris rematch. Sora's established himself more more since 2003 and Aeris hasn't done much since then...so let's roll with that.


1 Megaman
8 Marth
4 Charizard
5 Robo
3 Liquid Snake
6 Fox McCloud
2 Vincent Valentine
7 Red

Really minor suggestion: switching Marth and Ness would give us two swordsmen and two heroic boys fighting, which feels a bit more interesting (though ultimately meaningless). Charizard and especially Red are wasted...either one of them would be good to switch with Saria, though either of them facing Fox would be cool too (though I like Fox/Liquid.
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