GameFAQs Contests

CaptainOfCrush posted...

It's difficult for lightning to strike the same place twice.

Spoken like someone whose never played Breath of the Wild.

It would be really nice for Link to win again. I don't think he's won a real contest since 2010 (rivalries was a pretty lame and forgettable thing). 7 years......if he doesn't win this year, there will be a bigger gap between the present and Link's last win than between Link's last win and his first win.

4-4-2-1-1-1-1 is best IMO

Round 4 and beyond should be 1 a day
Round 2 can be boring, so get through that quickly
That leaves 2 a day for Round 3 since 1 or 4 is weird.

CaptainOfCrush posted...

this is the first time in two decades that Link is the legit coolest character in gaming again.

What do you mean? Gamefaqs contests show Link has been the coolest character in gaming at least until 2010, and the 2nd coolest character until 2013!

Inb4 GameFAQs is so niche that BotW doesn't actually change Link's popularity (people here are already Zelda fanboys), and he either wins because of a rally or loses to another rally.

it's been nearly ten years since L-Block won

ZeldaTPLink posted...

Inb4 GameFAQs is so niche that BotW doesn't actually change Link's popularity (people here are already Zelda fanboys), and he either wins because of a rally or loses to another rally.

I can see him being arguably easier to rally for after BotW. It's a much, much bigger release than Skyward Sword was. Definitely his biggest game in a decade.

So we're getting a re-run of the Super Metroid playrate poll. Today's options are exactly identical to this poll from 3 years ago:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/5451-

Still haven't beaten Super Metroid yet. I've played it though.

I've beaten Fusion, Prime 1, and Zero Mission. That's it.

I've never completed a Metroid game.

I beat Metroid Prime 1 and 2.

Got to the final boss of 3 but then I had to move out of my parents' house and I didn't bring my Wii.

I don't like the 2D Metroids. They feel too desolated for my tastes

I've beat them all besides Other M and spin-offs like Hunters, FF, and Pinball.

Solid series.

Super Metroid finished with a playrate of 64.04% in yesterday's poll, an increase of almost 5% from the previous poll from 3 years earlier. The Board 8 wiki page for playrate has been updated with this new result:

http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Have_You_Played


Today's poll is an ownership poll for Castlevania: SOTN. However, there are clearly options for playing or not playing it, so I guess I could use this poll as a playrate poll. This poll is nearly identical to a poll from 5 years ago, besides the slightly altered poll question.

I suspect later years are gonna be more popular than people expect.

pjbasis posted...

I suspect later years are gonna be more popular than people expect.

Undertale aside, the last contest was thoroughly dominated by 1997-2001.

No doubt, I just mean they won't get blown out as bad, and could even stand up to early 90s.

02-06 might have some sleepers in it though. 2005 the one with re4 and mgs3? Twilight Princess and Kingdom Hearts II are also pretty heavy hitters sharing a year.

I'm thinking maybe 1994 for strongest pre-1998 year. Final Fantasy VI isn't extremely high in strength for being the strongest game of its year but Super Metroid is definitely the strongest 2nd and Mega Man X is definitely the strongest 3rd (for said pre-1998 period). Donkey Kong Country, Sonic 3, and Sonic & Knuckles make for some good nostalgic and high-name recognition stuff to round it out.

Maybe I'll make a list of notable 1985-2016 games for people to determine predictions or mathc pics whatever

I said this in the sticky topic, but I maintain that 2015 is going to do very, very well.

AxemRedRanger posted...

Mega Man X is definitely the strongest 3rd (for said pre-1998 period)

All of pre 1998?

You mean 1994 only

pjbasis posted...

2005 the one with re4 and mgs3

MGS3 is 2004. 2005 is carried VERY heavily by RE4 and will probably get slaughtered without any big Nintendo games/RPGs.

2006 might be the star of that period since it has a popular Zelda, KHII, and FFXII.

CaptainOfCrush posted...

2006 might be the star of that period since it has a popular Zelda, KHII, and FFXII.

One of these things is not like the others.

One of these things just doesn't belong.

trdl23 posted...

CaptainOfCrush posted...

2006 might be the star of that period since it has a popular Zelda, KHII, and FFXII.

One of these things is not like the others.

One of these things just doesn't belong.

this isn't 2006. FF12 is popular now.

pjbasis posted...

AxemRedRanger posted...

Mega Man X is definitely the strongest 3rd (for said pre-1998 period)

All of pre 1998?

You mean 1994 only

I mean that it's the strongest 3rd-strongest game of its year (pre-1998).

I see, maybe! Haven't really looked at the other years. Where's FFIV?

abdou posted...

this isn't 2006. FF12 is popular now.

It's not looked down upon quite as much, but that isn't the same as "popular."

I think FFIV is the 2nd strongest game of 1991, behind Super Mario World. Its strongest competition there is Sonic 1 and Street Fighter II.

So...does Dp's guru benefit carry over to the 2019 contest? Do we get two Guru picks in 2019?

swirIdude posted...

So...does Dp's guru benefit carry over to the 2019 contest? Do we get two Guru picks in 2019?

I'd rather do two guru picks.

I'm also fine with two, especially since we're no longer doing nomination rally tournaments

this better not be the only contest this year

also I imagine there are going to be multiple perfect brackets

LeonhartFour posted...

this better not be the only contest this year

also I imagine there are going to be multiple perfect brackets

Oooh, are we going to have an oracle contest tiebreaker?!

Nah, it'll go by whatever the official contest tiebreaker is (which is usually "total votes in the final match").

LeonhartFour posted...

this better not be the only contest this year

also I imagine there are going to be multiple perfect brackets

We're down to 1 contest per 2 years, so don't get your hopes up.

Now that I think about it, this contest offers new and exciting ways for sabotaging match pics.

ZeldaTPLink posted...

Now that I think about it, this contest offers new and exciting ways for sabotaging match pics.

people who deliberately try to sabotage match pics are the worst so this is another reason to not be enthusiastic about this idea

I'm fine with this being the only contest this year, but I wish we got another one in 2018.

Specially since there will probably be a gotd in 2020 so we shoild have contests in two consecutive years one way or another.

If only Superman 64 was released in 1998!

swirIdude posted...

So...does Dp's guru benefit carry over to the 2019 contest? Do we get two Guru picks in 2019?

I think Dp's Guru pick should carry over to the next contest after this one. However, the Guru winner for this contest should be rewarded with a Guru pick for the next contest. As a result of this, our next contest after this upcoming contest will have Guru picks from 2 different users.

How much of an effect will console releases have on their years? Will 2001 get a boost because the Gamecube came out that year?

watch out for 1999

FFVIII and Dreamcast

unstoppable combo

Team Rocket Elite posted...

How much of an effect will console releases have on their years? Will 2001 get a boost because the Gamecube came out that year?

Won't really be able to tell since Melee came out in 2001 and will boost that year a lot on its own.

Finals will be 1997 vs 1998.

With Link and Cloud as match pics.

1998 also has Pokemon.

Someone with more time than me could grab the entires in the last contest and list the yhears they came out.

I'm pretty sure I already saw such a list during the contest itself.

ZeldaTPLink posted...

1998 also has Pokemon.

I thought Pokemon RB came out in 1996?

UltimaterializerX posted...

ZeldaTPLink posted...

1998 also has Pokemon.

I thought Pokemon RB came out in 1996?

In Japan. We're going by North American release dates for this contest.

UltimaterializerX posted...

ZeldaTPLink posted...

1998 also has Pokemon.

I thought Pokemon RB came out in 1996?

In Japan.

1998 in America, which is what the years will be based on.

hahahahahahaha oh my god this will be worse than the villains contest. Even with a rally there is literally no possible way 1998 can lose unless 2017 is eligible.

According to Allen's topic, it's running from 1985 to 2016.