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I can totally understand people hating on new Zelda games because they hate their gimmicks And hating on Phantom Hourglass is good too,regardless of gimmicks Spirit Tracks was actually quite enjoyable,of course it got hurt by no overworld (train overworld sucks but much better than sailing) And Twilight Princess was great (not OOT and MM levels of great,though!) MM=OOT>TP>OOA=OOS>LA>MC>LTTP>ST>PH Need to play WW and SS someday (I tried it but the controls killed me,I will give it another chance..) And yes i'm with LMS on the "LTTP is overrated" train |
Yoshimitsu at bare minimum is a tad bit more recognizable than Lu Bu simply from a nostalgia standpoint. Its not enough to carry him out the next round, but plenty against two other relative unknowns. --- @w@ Gamertag: SliceSabre |
HaRRicH posted... This division's a killer. Great job, SB...and terrible job, my bracket. Gut pick is that the Galaxies wouldn't be like that, but then again it does make sense for SMG2 to be. If this is really the case, I guess Samus could be safe? --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
Either way, Midna's loss to Scorpion in her debut match basically called this one. Just like I thought pre-contest. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
SliceSabre posted... Yoshimitsu at bare minimum is a tad bit more recognizable than Lu Bu simply from a nostalgia standpoint. Oh no doubt. Groose winning is one of those things that I'm not sure how it made it into my bracket, I didn't want him at all (though being third is killing me still). ...not that people should be doubting my completely intentional and rational Mewtwo > Vincent pick or anything --- sig |
The fact that Yoshimitsu likely has a name recognition over 50% is probably the only reason he's winning this match. And anyone that doesn't like LttP has disgusting taste! One of the most fun games ever. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Actually
I take back what I said earlier. Watching something Zelda-related flop
on this site is too much fun, and I say that as someone whose favorite
series is Zelda. I guess it's mostly out of a feeling of "YES! This
site isn't full of Zelda drones!", but oh well! Though I guess in this
case the entrant being Skyward Sword-related helps (haven't played SS,
not really interested in doing so - based off of what I've seen I doubt
I'll like it as much as any of the Zeldas I've played. Link's Awakening
and the DS Zeldas are the only ones I haven't played that I want to
play). Then again, I want to see Samus flop so I guess I'm just suicidal or something, wanting to see all my favorite characters/series flop. I legitimately want to though. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
creativename posted... The fact that Yoshimitsu likely has a name recognition over 50% is probably the only reason he's winning this match. I don't dislike LTTP, I just find it to be underwhelming in comparison to the other Zeldas I've played. LMS's pics for most overrated games (note that I like all of these): 1) Link to the Past 2) Yoshi's Island 3) Super Mario Bros. 3 4) Super Smash Bros. Melee 5) Metal Gear Solid 3 My pick for most underrated game would probably be Metal Gear Solid 2 or Super Mario Sunshine. Metroid: Other M has become a cliche pick for that. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
Absolutely.
That's the only reason I picked Yoshimitsu here. It was Yoshimitsu
over "who" (Groose) and "guy I technically know but is probably who to
most of GameFAQs" (Lu Bu) --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Avoid Phantom Hourglass dude Just...avoid Skip to Spirit Tracks,if you like it then you can try PH...just expect a worse game |
Nanis23 posted... Avoid Phantom Hourglass dude Okay yeah, it was definitely more Spirit Tracks. So that and Link's Awakening. I own an original DS model which is region-free IIRC, and I guess I can pick up a 3DS whenever to get access to Link's Awakening. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
No surprise. Soul Calibur has a good night vote. Tekken has a good night vote. But a character from Tekken AND Soul Calibur? --- Feeling tired? Allow me to prescribe you a peppermint latte |
Yeah
Yoshi's putting this one away with Europe like I thought he would after
looking at the map. He had like 70% in the UK when I looked so yeah. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
I am so happy Yoshimitsu is going to win something Three years of failed rallies and finally he has his time in the spotlight --- ~Zen |
The
idea of this site not being Zelda-crazy obviously isn't in the cards,
but I wonder what happens if the unimpressive streak for Zelda
characters becomes more than just coincidences. Next round what
percentage would Raiden have to hang on Link for people to start getting
FinalsFEAR? Even with Yoshi hurting him, something like 30% should
normally be far out of the realm of possibility, right? --- sig |
*Wakes up* *Votes in poll* *Sees result* XD Groose, you suck. And yay, Tekken finally wins a match in these contests. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN_wqNfrJts --- The Gamer In Me "Ike and Ash & Co. saw a Yoshi and didn't catch it." - Mer telling us his dream. |
Also Yoshimitsu's percentage on Groose is literally within tenths of a percent of Scorpion's percentage on Midna. You know what they say: Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. Or us, in this case, and not me because I called the upset correctly and am so happy for it. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
Scorpion vs Midna is nothing like Yoshimitsu vs Groose Just saying this in two places so you shut up about it --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Karma Hunter posted... The idea of this site not being Zelda-crazy obviously isn't in the cards, but I wonder what happens if the unimpressive streak for Zelda characters becomes more than just coincidences. Next round what percentage would Raiden have to hang on Link for people to start getting FinalsFEAR? Even with Yoshi hurting him, something like 30% should normally be far out of the realm of possibility, right? I was calling for everything Zelda-related this contest to disappoint, from Groose losing this match to Link losing in the final. What's sad is that Raiden's performance against Link could be an eye test for things to come. Alternately, it may not - it's possible that Raiden didn't get a Metal Gear Rising boost after all, and is still the same one we saw in 2008. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
Scorpion vs Midna would be like this match if like uhh... Johnny Cage was the guy in Scorpion's place (Scorpion was a known quantity unlike Yoshimitsu) The match finished Johnny Cage > Kratos Aurion > Midna (Groose is sucking above and beyond expectations) Maybe then the match would be perceived as similar. Otherwise there's nothing similar other than "fighting game character beats Zelda" --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Lopen posted... Scorpion vs Midna is nothing like Yoshimitsu vs Groose Your point? Midna losing to Scorpion was the main basis for me calling this one, and it's no coincidence that the percentages are lining up almost exactly. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
It is actually completely coincidental and you just got lucky! --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Not to mention that these percentages won't be anywhere near
close to Scorp/Midna when this match finishes. Groose probably loses
3-5% and Yoshi probably goes up by 2-3% by the time this match ends.
Europe is going to lay waste to the percentages here Yoshi is dominating over there (and Groose is losing by a ton too) --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
This is glorious. I'm owning Div 6 so far --- The Great GameFAQs Character Battle IX contest: 44/49 pts NP: Gilgamesh> Booker DeWitt > Kaim Argonar |
Lopen posted... Scorpion vs Midna would be like this match if like uhh... I saw it as fan-favorite from newest Zelda vs. badass fighting game mainstay. To we really have to get more complex than that? Also Scorpion wasn't a particularly known quantity pre-match back then, at least going off of contest history. He won three matches in 2002 due to piss-weak competition, then lost badly in the first round in his next two contests and completely failed to make the field afterwards. He was MIA for three years, which undermines your point to an extent. Also I wasn't including Lu Bu in this. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
guys, right now the last digit of everyone's percentages is divisible by 5 coincidence? --- sig |
Lopen posted... Not to mention that these percentages won't be anywhere near close to Scorp/Midna when this match finishes. Groose probably loses 3-5% and Yoshi probably goes up by 2-3% by the time this match ends. Europe is going to lay waste to the percentages here Yoshi is dominating over there (and Groose is losing by a ton too) Last I checked Yoshimitsu's percentage on Groose was about 0.5% lower than Scorpion's final percentage on Midna. So he'll probably finish about 1% higher at best. That being said, pre-contest I thought that Yoshimitsu is effectively the Scorpion of Tekken/SC. Judging from what some are saying that isn't the case, so you have a point in that Groose really is sucking that badly. A Zelda character is losing to a Dynasty Warriors character. Simply amazing. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
LinkMarioSamus posted... Karma Hunter posted...The idea of this site not being Zelda-crazy obviously isn't in the cards, but I wonder what happens if the unimpressive streak for Zelda characters becomes more than just coincidences. Next round what percentage would Raiden have to hang on Link for people to start getting FinalsFEAR? Even with Yoshi hurting him, something like 30% should normally be far out of the realm of possibility, right? Same, have a feeling that people are gradually distancing themselves from FF7 and Zelda in these popularity polls. FFVII and Zelda had their time to shine, time to vote for the underdogs for once. --- Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of man. |
Yoshimitsu
doesn't really have a good analogue to any other fighting game
character because none of them draw their popularity from two pretty
distinct franchises like him. Not that that'll stop you from comparing
him to Spinal from Killer Instinct combined with Chaos from Primal Rage
but just so you know comparing him to another fighting game character is
for the most part worthless. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
He is like a mini Link. --- www.dudewheresmyfreedom.com Proud to share the same beliefs as SmartMuffin |
I
was calling for everything FFVII-related to disappoint this contest as
well. Then I changed to Zack > Kefka because there was no real basis
for Kefka beating Zack and Hayabusa pre-contest other than expecting
FFVII and NG to drop, and I also changed to Aeris > Shepard and
Vincent > Sonic out of fanboyism, before backing out of the former
because it just sounded so wrong. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
The sad part is that comparing Yoshimitsu to Link actually makes more sense than comparing him to Scorpion --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Lopen posted... Yoshimitsu doesn't really have a good analogue to any other fighting game character because none of them draw their popularity from two pretty distinct franchises like him. Not that that'll stop you from comparing him to Spinal from Killer Instinct combined with Chaos from Primal Rage but just so you know comparing him to another fighting game character is for the most part worthless. Oh well, basic analogue was badass fighting game mainstay beats fan-favorite one-game Zelda character. That's all. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
nice try ZeldaFAQs, I'm not gonna fall for this upset again next you'll be telling me I'll be #1 on the Leaderboard on the last match of the contest and watch my bracket get destroyed by Snake beating Link --- sig |
Sure.
I'm just telling you that's a fairly meaningless analogue and you
should stop flaunting it in multiple topics as if it has any sort of
merit. That's all. I mean it scarcely holds more weight than saying
it's similar to a Pit who draws mostly from SSBB beating Tingle soundly. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
I'm
just saying that it was my main basis for picking Yoshimitsu >
Groose, and it ultimately worked, albeit not completely true since
Groose ended up losing to a freaking Dynasty Warriors character as well. So uh...next match. The only way I can see Mr. Game & Watch advancing is if he acts like a joke entrant. Which is entirely possible. Honestly, the match pic completely killed my confidence in Mr. Game & Watch since he looks like the least recognizable character there, but then again maybe that's because I was expecting Mr. Game & Watch to draw the pose he has in his main SSBM/B concept art. Still though, the idea of Mr. Game & Watch doing anything but coming in last there just doesn't sound right to me. Lee Everett shouldn't really be comparable to Booker DeWitt since he's more important to his game (not to mention it's a cel-shaded adult male vs. two weird things, instead of a weird thing vs. two generic males like in Gilgamesh's match), and Mr. Game & Watch shouldn't be comparable to Gilgamesh. Also IIRC no one actually likes Mr. Game & Watch in Melee. He's all Brawl, and we all know how characters like that perform. Is there a character who is low-tier in their pre-Brawl SSB appearances, but who is still a decent midcarder? Mr. Game & Watch could potentially be the first character to do that. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
Mr
Game and Watch is going to crush next match. I have no idea why he
isn't the favorite. It's a character from Smash Bros vs two indie game
characters. G&W could break 50% using similar logic to why Yoshimitsu is winning this match. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Yoshimitsu
spans an entire long-running series, while Mr. Game & Watch is all
Brawl (no one likes him in Melee, as I said). I don't see how that's
comparable. Never mind that everyone used similar excuses to make
Groose the favorite for this match (It's a Zelda character vs. Dynasty
Warriors and Tekken! Super Meat Boy and The Walking Dead are definitely
a step up in popularity from those two franchises, especially the
latter). Never mind that Game & Watch plays, at best, a marginal role in Brawl (and again, Melee doesn't count for him). For that matter, a Zelda character bombing today to two entrants whose series have never shown strength gives hope to a SSB character bombing tomorrow. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
I
have to say I'm loving watching Yoshimitsu obliterate the poll with
this block. It feels like what Alucard is supposed to be. Dude's
drawing ~50% updates regularly in a match where he started with just over 1/3. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
WELCOME TO THE LEAGUE OF DRA- Wait what. --- www.dudewheresmyfreedom.com Proud to share the same beliefs as SmartMuffin |
It's comparable because it's "that guy from a game I've actually played" vs "who" and "what" This is why Yoshimitsu is winning this match. And this is why G&W is going to walk away with tomorrow's match. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Well I guess me having actually played Super Meat Boy helps. Still, it's a Brawl-only character. That kind of character has consistently flopped in the past. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
Uh Game and Watch is in melee, dude. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
So new characters just all suck. ...Good luck Lee Everett! --- Fine! I'll go to the store and get your Goddamn drain cleaner! Character Battle IX Tingle Victory Parade - the journey is over.... |
Like
I said, G&W not winning would be the upset of the round to me. I
could (and did) see Kefka snagging first over Zack and Hayabusa. I can
see people finally developing a belated affinity for Drake to get him
edging out Pac, though it's hard. G&W not winning would contradict almost everything I thought I knew about GameFAQs. It just seems impossible. --- sig |
For
you and me both, KH. I actually sorta humored Kefka too and if I
hadn't gone ninja I probably would've went him before Zack. (though it
would've been me picking a feasible upset for the sake of picking an
upset, admittedly) G&W not winning would completely blindside me. Hell G&W not being 10% ahead of the nearest guy without some weird ass Meat Boy rally would surprise me. That's the match where the guru consensus makes zero sense to me... well, this match too, but that one moreso because at least ZELDAFEAR makes more sense than literally supporting an indie character to win a match. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
LinkMarioSamus posted... IIRC no one actually likes Mr. Game & Watch in Melee. He's all Brawl, and we all know how characters like that perform. Are you seriously arguing that gameplay strength has a major impact on CB strength? --- Harmony is peace. Peace is unity. Unity is harmony. I tell this to the King Nook. He ask me to leave. |
Karma Hunter posted... Like I said, G&W not winning would be the upset of the round to me. I could (and did) see Kefka snagging first over Zack and Hayabusa. I can see people finally developing a belated affinity for Drake to get him edging out Pac, though it's hard. It's not impossible if you assume voters don't see G&W as Smash but instead see him as 'G&W', if that makes any sense. If the original Game and Watch games entered a games contest we'd all rightly be calling for them to be piss-weak and challenge Chester and Tanner. By extension, the character itself should be beyond bad because he doesn't have a super appealing design to fall back on and his real games are complete zeroes. Of course, this just isn't happening even if G&W loses, but yeah. |
From: DoctorJimmy133 | #398 LinkMarioSamus posted... IIRC no one actually likes Mr. Game & Watch in Melee. He's all Brawl, and we all know how characters like that perform. Are you seriously arguing that gameplay strength has a major impact on CB strength? As he said in his posts, he doesn't like him in Melee, so he's pretending that the character has only been in 1 game. Not a very strong argument. --- Hey man, LlamaGuy did encrypt the passwords. With what? ROT-13? -CJayC |
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