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Noble Nine - Link, Cloud, Solid Snake, Sephiroth, Mario, Crono, Sonic, Samus and Mega Man.
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Personally, it comes down to Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal vs Dead Space for me.
And no f****ing way Ratchet wins that match. Considering there's only 3% between their performance, it looks like a safe victory for GTA:SA.

Besides, Golden Sun over any Pokemon? Seriously? You people really believe that?
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From: EvilNcr | #004
Personally, it comes down to Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal vs Dead Space for me.
And no f****ing way Ratchet wins that match. Considering there's only 3% between their performance, it looks like a safe victory for GTA:SA.

Besides, Golden Sun over any Pokemon? Seriously? You people really believe that?

It's all down to launch day shenanigans
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Personally, it comes down to Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal vs Dead Space for me.
And no f****ing way Ratchet wins that match.

You sure about that? I know R&C is weak and all, but... it's Dead Space.

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Golden Sun/San Andreas: Also known as "My Worst Nightmare."

From: tgs2 | #005
It's all down to launch day shenanigans

Well, it didn't help Assassin's Creed II very much, I'll tell you that.
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Straight from the Guru topic:

From: Lieutenant Kettch | #086
Scratch that cokes elimination, I shouldn't do updates while half asleep. He's still alive.

Everybody went with FFX, so I'll assume it wins. Next match:

The following will be eliminated with a Golden Sun win:

abdou aka darkfir (SubDeity)
melikepizza (SubDeity)
MoogleKupo (SubDeity)
supdawg (Metal Goomba)
AxemPink (ff6man)
DarkFalcon (Nameless2000)

The following will be eliminated with a San Andreas win:

Articuno (daverath)
Harmonica (Kotetsu)
WhiteLens (Kotetsu)
Nameless2000 (DarkFalcon)
KamikazePotato (AndyW)
Oxbridge Still Not United (FFDragon)

Took a long time for the first head-to-head elimination!

Oh man, it's gonna be a big one!
Funny how Harmonia, the guy who could have eliminated me had Halo 3 win, might get axed with me.
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Why can't UYA beat Dead Space?

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From: EvilNcr | #007
Well, it didn't help Assassin's Creed II very much, I'll tell you that.

Not sure about this. It might have actually helped out ACII for all we know.
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Assassin's Creed was getting its third game in 4 years.

Golden Sun is getting its first game since 2003, and its first game on a living system, so it stands to reason that Dark Dawn helps GS more than Brotherhood helps AC2. Would you expect a massive boost for NBA2k2 on the day of NBA2k11's release?
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Wait, Brotherhood came out during the AC/MGS4 match?
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Bah, I give up. Enjoy losing your points.
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UYA did get more noms than Dead Space, despite the latter being way more recent. That's gotta some something.
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I dunno, but I'm assuming he's being accurate.
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From: UltimaterializerX | #012
Wait, Brotherhood came out during the AC/MGS4 match?

Nah, it came out November 16. 3 days before AC2's match with ICO.
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There's a BIG difference between the hype of the two anyways.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3946
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3512
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3512

You know I keep seeing this poll being posted yet I have yet to see GameFAQs be anywhere close to that hyped a year after the fact.
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3119

there's also this poll. If you take anything from that mess, Golden Sun is close to KotoR in strength

KotoR vs. San Andreas. Who ya got?
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i'd be more worried it lost to FF14, which then went on to barely beat Civ 5 in an anticipation poll
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Uh there's been a good number of topics on B8 about it. B8 just doesn't like Golden Sun (which is why it's going to lose the board vote tomorrow, so don't freak out when it does!).

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Even for the people that argue that Golden Sun smashing UYA isn't really impressive given that UYA is a non-Mario platformer, well, what about this?

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4083

And that was during the night too, which I think is a better timeframe for GTA.
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i can't wait till this ends up a 60-40 win by san andreas
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From: kinsho3 | #022
Even for the people that argue that Golden Sun smashing UYA isn't really impressive given that UYA is a non-Mario platformer, well, what about this?

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4083

And that was during the night too, which I think is a better timeframe for GTA.

thats invalidated by gta 3 doing quite well versus half-life 2.
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After all this hype one of these games is going to end up winning like 55-45 in really boring fashion.

It's gonna be Golden Sun aww yeah
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From: NoDicePwn | #023
i can't wait till this ends up a 60-40 win by san andreas

Thanks for confirming the GS win, Albion!

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DFF

time for another .... predict this division!!
Hopefully it has enough evil matches.


(1) Mass Effect
(16) Beyond Good & Evil

(8) Tales of Symphonia
(9) Batman Arkham Asylum

(5) Sonic Adventure 2
(12) Metroid Fusion

(4) Persona 4
(13) Legend of Dragoon

(3) Dragon Age: Origins
(14) Star Wars Battlefront II

(6) Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
(11) Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

(7) Metal Gear Solid 2
(10) Grand Theft Auto III

(2) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
(15) Plants vs. Zombies

From: KamikazePotato | #026
Thanks for confirming the GS win, Albion!

np, always happy to help
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KotoR vs. San Andreas. Who ya got?

Considering what GTA3 did, San Andreas.
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(1) Mass Effect
(8) Tales of Symphonia

(12) Metroid Fusion
(13) Legend of Dragoon

(3) Dragon Age: Origins
(6) Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

(10) Grand Theft Auto III
(2) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Mass Effect
Metroid Fusion

Paper Mario
KotOR

Metroid Fusion
KotOR

Metroid Fusion
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From: Achromatic | #024
thats invalidated by gta 3 doing quite well versus half-life 2.

See, I thought that was more Half-Life 2 doing terrible rather than GTA 3 being decently strong. If I remember correctly, HL2 even lost the freaking day vote to GTA.
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(1) Mass Effect
(8) Tales of Symphonia
(12) Metroid Fusion
(13) Legend of Dragoon
(3) Dragon Age: Origins
(6) Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
(7) Metal Gear Solid 2
(2) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

(8) Tales of Symphonia
(12) Metroid Fusion
(6) Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
(2) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

(8) Tales of Symphonia
(2) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

(2) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

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Even for the people that argue that Golden Sun smashing UYA isn't really impressive given that UYA is a non-Mario platformer, well, what about this?

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4083

And that was during the night too, which I think is a better timeframe for GTA.

LBP is bigger than any R&C game, heck Sackboy may win over Ratchet, pretty good for a character with only one game that doesn't really focus on the character.

GTA3 getting 44% on HL2 next round showed that.


If Golden Sun is going to win it'll be because it has strength, not because San Andreas is weak.
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And Dark Dawn release date! I think a lot of us were counting on that when picking GS over SA.
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Golden Sun has all the ingredients to bomb epically here.

gonna be another No Mercy.
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From: charmander6000 | #033
LBP is bigger than any R&C game, heck Sackboy may win over Ratchet, pretty good for a character with only one game that doesn't really focus on the character.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3999

I'd honestly side with LittleBigPlanet over any Ratchet game here in a 1v1 matchup, but it'd be a lot closer than you might think.
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(1) Mass Effect->
(16) Beyond Good & Evil

(8) Tales of Symphonia
(9) Batman Arkham Asylum->

(5) Sonic Adventure 2->
(12) Metroid Fusion

(4) Persona 4->
(13) Legend of Dragoon

(3) Dragon Age: Origins->
(14) Star Wars Battlefront II

(6) Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door->
(11) Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

(7) Metal Gear Solid 2->
(10) Grand Theft Auto III

(2) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic->
(15) Plants vs. Zombies

Mass Effect > Batman Arkham Asylum
Persona 4 > Sonic Adventure 2
Dragon Age: Origins > Paper Mario: TYD
Metal Gear Solid 2 > Star Wars: KOTOR

Mass Effect > Persona 4
Metal Gear Solid 2 > Dragon Age: Origins

Metal Gear Solid 2 > Mass Effect
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3999

Well R&C has like 10 games while LBP has 1 plus a PSP game. I would take R&C series over LBP series easily too.
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Exactly. R&C has built up a fanbase over the years compared to games like LBP. LBP wouldn't blow R&C out of the water, but it's not a clear step above it, that's for sure.
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(1) Mass Effect > (16) Beyond Good & Evil
(8) Tales of Symphonia > (9) Batman Arkham Asylum
(12) Metroid Fusion > (5) Sonic Adventure 2
(13) Legend of Dragoon > (4) Persona 4
(3) Dragon Age: Origins > (14) Star Wars Battlefront II
(6) Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door > (11) Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
(7) Metal Gear Solid 2 > (10) Grand Theft Auto III
(2) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic > (15) Plants vs. Zombies

(1) Mass Effect > (8) Tales of Symphonia
(12) Metroid Fusion > (13) Legend of Dragoon
(6) Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door > (3) Dragon Age: Origins
(7) Metal Gear Solid 2 > (2) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

(1) Mass Effect > (12) Metroid Fusion
(7) Metal Gear Solid 2 > (6) Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

(7) Metal Gear Solid 2 > (1) Mass Effect
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I think Golden Sun will win this match, but the matches to use for gauging the GTAs strength are HL2/GTAIII and RSE/GTAIV (or the matches from '09): we have no real way of knowing how strong LBP, Dead Space and Silent Hill 2 really are when free from SFF.

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Exactly. R&C has built up a fanbase over the years compared to games like LBP. LBP wouldn't blow R&C out of the water, but it's not a clear step above it, that's for sure.

After watching what GS did to UYA I wouldn't be surprised if LBP pushed past 60% or at the very least finish in the high 50s.
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It's not unreasonable to assume Persona 4 is more popular than Persona 3. Persona 4 fixed several complaints people had with Persona 3. It was also received slightly better and got more publicity thanks to things like the Giant Bomb endurance run and word of mouth. I don't think there's a considerable difference in strength between them, but there isn't really any evidence to prove anything.
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Without looking much into it, I'd take R&C > Dead Space...and GS did 3% better on R&C than GTA:SA did on Dead Space. After looking into it...

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3358

...I'll take any R&C-game on a console to beat a GH-game LFF'd by RB2.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3696

This isn't awe-inspiring for its lead character, either, especially as Ratchet had his best year yet by winning a match and not embarrassing itself against Jecht.


It's pretty easy to argue against Ratchet's games being strong at all, too...

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4035

...but I still don't trust Dead Space to have much backing here. I hate to trust GS here against my bracket, but it's a Nintendo RPG with a launching title and pic-advantage in a close day-match after scoring 3% higher on possibly-stronger fodder than what GTA:SA faced. I love GTA:SA, but sorry if I don't exactly trust it here.
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I haven't heard much hype for DD, so I am beginning to doubt its power to give GS a boost.
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Double Dragon is in this contest?

Match LXXXI: (1) Final Fantasy X vs. (9) Borderlands

Last Round

Final Fantasy X – 77.46%
Viewtiful Joe – 22.54%

Tales of Vesperia – 44.47%
Borderlands – 55.53%

Analysis

A lot of people were disappointed with Final Fantasy X’s performance last round, but I think Viewtiful Joe has some strength and isn’t the total fodder that many of us once thought. Speaking of fodder I think a few people have been hard on Tales of Vesperia. While it won’t be anywhere near Tales of Symphonia level I don’t see the game being the total fodder that a lot of people are expecting it to be.

While my opinion that Final Fantasy X’s path to the final won’t be a walk still exists I don’t really see it being in danger of losing before the final just yet. While many games in this half of the bracket flexed their muscles none of them have yet to stand out and claim that they’ll be the Final Fantasy X killer. Of course the contest is still young and all of the big guns were up against games that we had little to no information on.

I feel that Final Fantasy X has the power to break 70% in this match, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it missed the mark. If it does I expect people to be calling for Final Fantasy X’s doom due to their inflated expectations. Like with the two Smash games people seem to think that the three favourites are way ahead of the rest of the competition when in reality several games have a chance at breaking at least 45% on them.

charmander6000’s Bracket: Final Fantasy X > Borderlands

charmander6000’s Prediction: Final Fantasy X wins, 70.23% - 29.77%

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I've seen commercials several times, and that hype-poll's pretty legit if Marvel VS Capcom 2 is a sign of anything.
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FFX with 68% is much more realistic.
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Well, after tonight's match, I'm gonna have to bank in the Battle Challenge. 34 match streak, 59500 points, to bring me to 72800 overall.

My bracket blows, so this is a nice consolation.
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