GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 999
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the way, Epona's dropped to 12th place at GameSpot's vote-in. It's
still beating Navi and Midna though, plus it's beating Agro for the
horse-vote! Just to rank their Nintendo-characters at this time (since
they make for 18.75% of the vote-in)... Luigi Yoshi Diddy Kong Toad Epona Navi Falco Midna R.O.B. Goombella Geno (yeah yeah) Doc Louis ...Diddy Kong's the only one looking completely out of place by our expectations, but it's worth noting DKCR came out last year and may be helping out. Toad looks a little out of place until you realize how unfairly he was treated in his two contest-related polls here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2870 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3691 Navi beating Falco looks hard to swallow, though it's also beating Midna...so maybe the LoZ-series isn't as hopeless for new characters as some of us once thought. I'd take Epona over Toad and Diddy Kong, but where she's at now isn't such a bad guess either. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
 
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Navi > Midna, really? Lol Gamespot. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
LinkMarioSamus posted... Navi > Midna, really? Lol Gamespot. You know it would go the same way on GFAQs. Besides, OoT3D came out recently. --- GT: peril1337 I bet sakurai will beg final fantasy to put Cloud in the game. -CloudXSoldier talking about Brawl |
Of course Navi is beating Midna. OOT >>>>> TP. Not to mention Navi treats Link with respect. --- 90s games > 00s games |
HaRRicH posted... There's no "potentially" for RBY beating LoZ:MM; it already beat it, Perfect Dark, and Banjo-Kazooie combined: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3462 Three N64 games vs. a Game Boy one! ...That has to mean something! |
Even if Majora's Mask gets all of PD's and BK's votes, it still loses! --- http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfiu09.gif http://i54.tinypic.com/10729w2.gif |
pjbasis posted... HaRRicH posted... There's no "potentially" for RBY beating LoZ:MM; it already beat it, Perfect Dark, and Banjo-Kazooie combined: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3462 Three N64 games vs. a Game Boy one! ...That has to mean something! It got over 50% on them. Even assuming MM got SFFed to hell and all the other votes would've gone to it.... RBY still wins. --- http://www.nbc.com/parks-and-recreation/exclusives/ron-dancing-animated.gif |
But.....but.....SFF! Damn, RBY is a beasht. I don't think even FFVIII could beat it! |
Honestly, if we got an FFVII/OoT-less bracket, I'd be very tempted to pick R/B/Y to win it all. I'd lean that way heavily. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
Pokemon
RBY seems like the logical choice in that situation... but nonetheless,
after seeing GSC essentially crap the bed in the GotD tournament, I'd
still be really nervous about choosing it. That's probably kind of irrational on my part, though. :P --- Nominate Tallahassee (Zombieland) for the BFC! "You know what they call Twinkies in Mexico? Los Submarinos!" |
"Zelda always wins" is a safe mentality to stick with. --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/Squall.jpg |
It
will be fun to see a GamFAQs and GameSpot contest side-by-side, if only
to show how irrelevant GameSpot is in the art of character battles. |
Our
contest won't be able to start in time before their contest starts. At
best, our contest might be able to start near the very end of their
contest. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
This would be my bets if we had a bracket without FFVII and OoT: 1._ALttP 2._Chrono Trigger 3._Super Mario 64 4._Majora's Mask 5._Pokemon R/B/Y 6._Final Fantasy X 7._Super Smash Bros. Brawl 8._Super Smash Bros. Melee 9._Goldeneye 10._Fallout 3 This are my Top 10 choices. My other 5 choices would be: 11._Wind Waker 12._Metal Gear Solid 3 13._Castlevania SOTN 14._Metal Gear Solid 4 15._Shadow of the Colossus This looks about right to me. EDIT: Oh wait! I forgot about Final Fantasy VIII and Twilight Princess! So... 11._Twilight Princess 12._Final Fantasy VIII 13._Wind Waker 14._Metal Gear Solid 3 15._Castlevania SOTN 16._Metal Gear Solid 4 17._Shadow of the Colossus --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
Ha, Wind Waker shouldn't be in the top 15 for odds. SOTN has zero chance of winning. Fallout and GoldenEye shouldn't be in the top ten either. Twilight Princess should be there instead of Wind Waker, and MGS1 should be there instead of MGS4. But I must say I like ranking FFX above either Smash game! --- Support Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII) for Character Battle IX! http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3834/banner1barret.jpg |
LeonhartFour posted... Fallout and GoldenEye shouldn't be in the top ten either. Twilight Princess should be there instead of Wind Waker, and MGS1 should be there instead of MGS4. But I must say I like ranking FFX above either Smash game! You're right, I'll re-do it... --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
Nothing
wrong with Fallout and Goldeneye in the top 10. They may not be in the
10 strongest games after OOT/FFVII, but they're rather untested and
different from most of our top games, which gives them higher winning
chances than some of them. It's like how Sephiroth has no hope of
winning a contest as long as Cloud is in the bracket, and Mario has no
chance as long as Link is there. --- 90s games > 00s games |
What about Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario World? Are we really 100% sure that Lttp wins over these two games in one on one? --- Ngamer64: Zylo, you're making less sense every day. Black Turtle > Me |
It looked like it in 2004, 2005, 2009, and this poll from two weeks ago: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4425 Between that and every character/series-contest to date, it's the safe bet LoZ:LttP wins over each of them. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
When FFVIII defeats FFX you're all gonna be so floored. And MGS1 is very clearly the top MGS game. |
This would be my bets if we had a bracket without FFVII and OoT: 1._ALttP 2._Chrono Trigger 3._Super Mario 64 4._Pokemon R/B/Y 5._Majora's Mask 6._Final Fantasy X 7._Super Smash Bros. Brawl 8._Super Smash Bros. Melee 9._Twilight Princess 10._Final Fantasy VI (added) This Top 10 looks very solid to me, but after that it gets A LOT trickier, so I'm going to take some wild guesses: 11._Final Fantasy VIII 12._Metal Gear Solid 13._Fallout 3 14._Goldeneye 15._Metal Gear Solid 3 16._Metal Gear Solid 4 17._Shadow of the Colossus 18._Resident Evil 4 19._Super Mario World 20._Super Mario Bros. 3 Some extras: 21._Wind Waker 22._Metroid Prime (added) 23._Half-Life 2 (added) 24._Oblivion 25._Pokemon G/S/C 26._Kingdom Hearts II 27._Final Fantasy IX 28._Kingdom Hearts I 29._Castlevania SOTN (added) 30._Super Mario RPG (added) Now THIS looks about right to me. |
Oh no! I forgot entirely about Final Fantasy 6! --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
Come on dude, beating FFIX is gonna be hard enough, but FFVIII? Don't let the ncaa games fool you. |
Oh hey this picked up the pace, only 75 posts left hmm And MGS1 is very clearly the top MGS game. Yeah. Which is lame. How does the rest go? I forget. --- http://img.imgcake.com/22763810150194882301443717534644274676943735581nmu.jpg |
I've edited my last post, so there it goes my Top 30! --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
MGS1 > MGS3 = MGS4 > MGS2 looks about right to me. --- Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. |
MGS2 was totally above MGS4 through SotC. |
Ha, I forgot about that. Good times. --- Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. |
All
we really know is that MGS2/3/4 are roughly equals through SotC. MGS1
is probably a tier or two above the rest of its series. There's a series that needs a series-poll. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
From: red sox 777 | #417 I'd be shocked if a western game won a full contest here, even if FFVII and OoT are gone. GoldenEye's not a likely candidate either. It's never really looked good in contests. --- http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/8/22/2094c2de-bae8-4f5b-9f27-67eaff0aaeaf.jpg |
Final
Fantasy VI is too high, SMW/SMB3 are too low. I think they should be in
just about the exact opposite places, with the Marios possibly being
even higher and FFVI if anything being lower. Shadow of the Colossus > Super Mario World is just impossible. |
From: HaRRicH | #189 I tried awhile back. "Too narrow" :/ --- Will not remove this line of my signature until the Seahawks, Jazz or Rockies win a title (Started 5-16-09) http://www.sporcle.com/games/Kazbar/gfaqscontest |
Yeah, Bacon doesn't seem to be too keen on running series polls and the like unless it's a special occasion. --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
For
shame, considering how wide an audience there is that knows it. It
started back in the 8-bit days, made a legendary game on the PS1 and a
spin-off just based off its VR Missions, had two big sequels on the PS2,
remakes of those games on various other systems, released a collection
of those three games, featured the first killer-app for the PS3 (which
was nearly GotY here), and some PSP-games including a PSP-GotY here.
All of that got Solid Snake into SSBB as well. If SB really feels like one of the strongest series from the Series Contest is too narrow though, well shucks..... --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
"Too
narrow" is just Bacon's catch-all for rejecting poll ideas he doesn't
like and doesn't have a real reason for not using them other than he
just doesn't want to. I submitted a "Favorite new series of this gen" poll a while back, and it got rejected for the same thing. --- http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8516/whatisdesiresig.gif |
XD "Too narrow, doesn't even break the PotD box!" --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
"Too
narrow" is just Bacon's catch-all for rejecting poll ideas he doesn't
like and doesn't have a real reason for not using them other than he
just doesn't want to. There is also "Too broad", which I've gotten before on a poll suggestion. "Too narrow, doesn't even break the PotD box!" He actually said that on a suggestion you submitted? --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I think the top ten games - aside from OoT and FFVII - would look something like this. 1) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 2) Pokemon R/B/Y 3) Super Mario 64 4) Majora's Mask 5) Chrono Trigger 6) Final Fantasy X 7) Super Mario World 8) Super Mario Bros. 3 9) Super Smash Bros. Brawl 10) Super Smash Bros. Melee I'd totally put MGS over the two Smashes if it wasn't for the GotD contest. >_> --- Nominate Tallahassee (Zombieland) for the BFC! "You know what they call Twinkies in Mexico? Los Submarinos!" |
Man, Majora's Mask is going to get so overrated by bracketmakers if we actually have an FFVII/OoT-less bracket. --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
LeonhartFour posted... Man, Majora's Mask is going to get so overrated by bracketmakers if we actually have an FFVII/OoT-less bracket. I could be overrating it... but then again, it's N64 Zelda. Can you overrate it? >___> --- Nominate Tallahassee (Zombieland) for the BFC! "You know what they call Twinkies in Mexico? Los Submarinos!" |
TheCodeisBosco posted... I think the top ten games - aside from OoT and FFVII - would look something like this. 1) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 2) Pokemon R/B/Y 3) Super Mario 64 4) Majora's Mask 5) Chrono Trigger 6) Final Fantasy X 7) Super Mario World 8) Super Mario Bros. 3 9) Super Smash Bros. Brawl 10) Super Smash Bros. Melee I'd totally put MGS over the two Smashes if it wasn't for the GotD contest. >_> I like your Top 10, but there's now way I'd put Chrono Trigger below ANY game that isn't ALttP. If anything, I'd put Chrono Trigger and ALttP in the very finals and I'd bet for very high chances of an upset in favour of Chrono. --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
From: TheCodeisBosco | #440 Yes. Yes, you can. At best, Majora's Mask is equal to FFX and Brawl. At best. And that's assuming there wasn't some final day silliness so Brawl or Square wouldn't win or something. --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
Advokaiser posted... TheCodeisBosco posted... I think the top ten games - aside from OoT and FFVII - would look something like this. 1) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 2) Pokemon R/B/Y 3) Super Mario 64 4) Majora's Mask 5) Chrono Trigger 6) Final Fantasy X 7) Super Mario World 8) Super Mario Bros. 3 9) Super Smash Bros. Brawl 10) Super Smash Bros. Melee I'd totally put MGS over the two Smashes if it wasn't for the GotD contest. >_> I like your Top 10, but there's now way I'd put Chrono Trigger below ANY game that isn't ALttP. If anything, I'd put Chrono Trigger and ALttP in the very finals and I'd bet for very high chances of an upset in favour of Chrono. Really? I mean, you could be right - as I said a while back, it seems like CT has been receiving even more love than usual as of late. But I just can't see it beating Pokemon RBY - even though GSC bombed in the GotD tournament, I still have a ton of faith in RBY, which has a much greater nostalgic pull. LeonhartFour posted... From: TheCodeisBosco | #440 I could be overrating it... but then again, it's N64 Zelda. Can you overrate it? >___> Yes. Yes, you can. At best, Majora's Mask is equal to FFX and Brawl. At best. And that's assuming there wasn't some final day silliness so Brawl or Square wouldn't win or something. There's literally no way I'd ever take Brawl over MM, whether it's Round One, the finals, or somewhere in between. FFX could maybe beat it in a rematch; but that's a big maybe. MM's reputation has improved in a huge way over the past few years. --- Nominate Tallahassee (Zombieland) for the BFC! "You know what they call Twinkies in Mexico? Los Submarinos!" |
From: TheCodeisBosco | #443 Yes, but it won by a few hundred votes just less than a year ago. And that's to say nothing of FFX's apparently improving reputation. Oh, and in a 12 hour match, FFX would wreck it. FFX could beat most games in that contest in a night match, actually. --- http://www.gifsoup.com/view/593815/frasier-and-niles-dance-o.gif?tti |
LeonhartFour posted... From: TheCodeisBosco | #443 FFX could maybe beat it in a rematch; but that's a big maybe. MM's reputation has improved in a huge way over the past few years. Yes, but it won by a few hundred votes just less than a year ago. And that's to say nothing of FFX's apparently improving reputation. Oh, and in a 12 hour match, FFX would wreck it. FFX could beat most games in that contest in a night match, actually. I don't doubt that FFX would beat MM in a night match, but the chance of those two games having a 12-hour match is awfully low, I'd say. And at the end of the day... choosing against Zelda in a debatable match just seems like a big risk. --- Nominate Tallahassee (Zombieland) for the BFC! "You know what they call Twinkies in Mexico? Los Submarinos!" |
And at the end of the day... choosing against Zelda in a debatable match just seems like a big risk. Sounds like SMS > Halo. >_> I'll take Brawl, Melee, FFX and even TP over MM next contest. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
From: TheCodeisBosco | #445 Actually, in such a contest, it would be fairly high since only the last two rounds are 24 hours as it stands right now. If Bacon pushed it back a round or two, then maybe. And really, the issue with me isn't whether or not MM would beat FFX in a rematch. The issue is that being equal to FFX isn't enough to be the 4th strongest game in a contest. --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg?tti |
charmander6000 posted... And at the end of the day... choosing against Zelda in a debatable match just seems like a big risk. Sounds like SMS > Halo. >_> I'll take Brawl, Melee, FFX and even TP over MM next contest. I took SMS, and I'm proud to admit it !! TP > MM, though? What on earth? >_> LeonhartFour posted... From: TheCodeisBosco | #445 but the chance of those two games having a 12-hour match is awfully low, I'd say. Actually, in such a contest, it would be fairly high since only the last two rounds are 24 hours as it stands right now. If Bacon pushed it back a round or two, then maybe. And really, the issue with me isn't whether or not MM would beat FFX in a rematch. The issue is that being equal to FFX isn't enough to be the 4th strongest game in a contest. Choosing between MM and CT for the #4 spot was really tough. All things considered, it probably should be CT, but I'd totally go for the upset, myself. --- Nominate Tallahassee (Zombieland) for the BFC! "You know what they call Twinkies in Mexico? Los Submarinos!" |
From: TheCodeisBosco | #448 Twilight Princess underestimation ahoy. If there's ever a Zelda game people underrate, it's that one. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4190 This is not out of Majora's Mask's range. --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
I would take FFX>CT right now. |
