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Heroezz posted...

I don't understand why 1997 is beating 1996 so badly. N64 and Super Mario 64 came out that year. SM64 was revolutionary. Is it cause FF7 and Goldeney came out in 1997?

FFVII is the main reason why, but it's also due to 1997's picture advantage.
1997 received better representation this round with the addition of Mario Kart and Star Fox 64.
Meanwhile....for some reason....1996 lost one of it's more notable games that was present last round:
Resident Evil.

So what are 1991 and 1994's ideal 8 games?

Super Mario World
Monkey Island 2
Final Fantasy IV
Sonic 1
Actraiser
Streets of Rage
F-Zero
Ninja Gaiden 3?

vs.

Final Fantasy VI
Super Metroid
Phantasy Star IV
Mega Man X
Sonic 3
Donkey Kong Country
DOOM 2
Shining Force 2?

1991 is rough going 8 deep

That 1991 list is missing Street Fighter II, but in general you're right. There's a big dropoff after the first four games for 91; the 4-picture format was perfect for it. If it doesn't get a SNES picture while 1994 gets its "Big 5" (the four from last round and DKC), I'll feel very confident in its chances.

I'd also sneak Killer Instinct in 1994, but that's just me!

Actually... let me completely reverse my last post. 1991 does have some good stuff! Assuming it gets its big four, it can round them out with

F-Zero
Super Castlevania IV
Battletoads
TMNT: Turtles in Time

That's not bad at all for a SNES year. Hell, I think it rivals what 1994 can muster for a secondary four. The question is whether it can get a few of these games.

Hmm, yeah I guess I missed some stuff for '91. That's better, but I still don't think it's nearly as impressive as '94.

I think 1996 is a year that sounds great at first then you go a little deeper and realise it doesn't have that many games.

With that said, still surprised at the level of beatdown this is.

Yeah, the picture kind of shows why 1997 is crushing.

Final Fantasy VII/Castlevania: SotN vs. Super Mario 64/Crash Bandicoot
Mario Kart 64/GoldenEye 007 vs. Tomb Raider/Kirby Super Star
Star Fox 64/Fallout vs. Super Mario RPG/Metal Slug
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter/PaRappa the Rapper vs. Suikoden/Nights into Dreams

1st Rotation: Even if you'd take SM64 > FFVII SotN would crush Crash even before any kind of PS SFF
2nd Rotation: Now it's the N64's turn to crush 1996's games
3rd Rotation: SMRPG wins it for 1996 though Metal Slug is likely dead weight plus we're getting to the point where people may have already voted
4th Rotation: 1996 wins, I guess, but honestly I doubt these games have swayed many voters one way or another.

Even if you moved Super Mario RPG to the second rotation it wouldn't defeat Mario Kart 64/GoldenEye 007. In 2009 the combined pair got 35.68% to SMRPG's 17.03%. Sure GoldenEye 007 is weaker now and SMRPG may be stronger, but that's still quite a gap to close with little support from Kirby Super Star/Tomb Raider.

Januzaj_Dragon posted...

RPGlord95 posted...

Yuri_LowelI posted...

BarbaricAvatar posted...

1999 is better than both of these years. Gamefaqs users are weird.

What n64 games did 99 have?

DK64
Pokemon Snap
Mario Party 2
Ogre Battle
Smash Bros
Mario Golf
New Tetris
Snowboard Kids 2

so not a lot at all.

Ah yes of course, the typical narrow-minded assumption that anything outside Nintendo doesn't exist for any given year.

There aren't a lot of communities out there where 1999 would be more popular than 1996 AND 1997. If the community is Nintendo-centric, it would lose to 1996 and its two big Mario games. If it's Square/Sony centric, it loses to FFVII and SotN.

A PC centric site may give 1999 the victory

System Shock 2
Quake 3
Age of Empires II
Unreal Tournament
Planescape: Torment
Counter-Strike
RollerCoaster Tycoon
Everquest

1996 may make the match interesting, but I'd take 1999 over them.

Very true, but then again, I'm not a PC gamer. Probably why I've been on GameFAQs for over 15 years.

Half-Life and Fallout 2 is 1998 and Fallout 1 is 1997. Heck Elder Scrolls II is 1996.

Now I don't know what this PC centric site would actually like, but those are huge PC franchises too, and that's just from what a console gamer like me can recognize.

98 would murder 99 on a PC site. Half-Life and Starcraft alone murder CS and Quake 3. those other games are kinda notable but not exactly loved. there's probably more too.

and 04 would wreck 98 as it's just a better version of 98.

I thought BarbaricAvatar was just comparing 1999 to 96 and 97.

Whatever, we've all known what this site likes for the better part of two decades now. GameFAQs enjoys big Nintendo games and RPGs and is heavily nostalgic, preferring older games to newer ones. Look at our voting demographic:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6509-how-old-are-you

We're approaching the point where nearly half the voters are age 30+, which HAS to be old compared to other gaming sites. I'm not sure if that's the average age of a person who visits GameFAQs, but it is the average age of a person who actually votes on the front page.

Heck, we have nearly as many 40-somethings as we do teenagers.

Old SNES, N64, and PS1/PS2 fans are we.

charmander6000 posted...

3rd Rotation: SMRPG wins it for 1996 though Metal Slug is likely dead weight plus we're getting to the point where people may have already voted

Nothing on star fox? This legendary game that spawned memes and fantastic gameplay? (And was also my entry into video games.)

Like ive said numerous times, 1999 is the best year for PC gaming.

charmander6000 posted...

A PC centric site may give 1999 the victory

System Shock 2
Quake 3
Age of Empires II
Unreal Tournament
Planescape: Torment
Counter-Strike
RollerCoaster Tycoon
Everquest

This, and include Heroes of Might and Magic 3, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, and Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun

BlazeCrusher posted...

charmander6000 posted...

3rd Rotation: SMRPG wins it for 1996 though Metal Slug is likely dead weight plus we're getting to the point where people may have already voted

Nothing on star fox? This legendary game that spawned memes and fantastic gameplay? (And was also my entry into video games.)

It's the second strongest game among the four in the third rotation. Among 1997 games it's the 5th strongest and I may take it over everything from 1996 outside of Super Mario 64 and Super Mario RPG (and Resident Evil if it made the picture)

transcience posted...

and 04 would wreck 98 as it's just a better version of 98.

What came out in 2004 besides Half-Life II, World of Warcraft, and Unreal Tournament 2004?

Umm Doom 3, The Sims 2, Far Cry, KotOR2

Oh wow, I haven't looked at the poll today and expected to see 1997 with around 66-67, not 69. What a beast.

And it's such a shame that 2000 will get dumped on in the final stats. It would have done notably better here.

Majora's Mask
Final Fantasy IX
Pokemon GSC
Chrono Cross
Diablo II
Deus Ex
Perfect Dark
Marvel vs Capcom 2

No, it wouldn't have won, but a quick glance at the above lineup and it's clear that it has answers to a lot of 1997's firepower that 1996 simply doesn't have. I think it would be closer to 40% than 30% here.

I'm still mad that I lost on a picture augh

Diablo 2 was pictured in the original bracket making period! dudjskaoeifjn

91 better win tomorrow

For max strength, 1991 should basically get four pictures of the SNES paired up with its four big games. Even Sonic.

I tried making different SNES pictures for the match

I hope SB at least likes one of them.. or one that someone else made

Not having a single Console pic chosen so far (and I know the most popular ones have had ones submitted) is disheartening

I am so happy with this result. My bracket is done so I'm just cheering for favorites.

And the hatred for FF7 is f***ing stupid. Nice to see it winning so hard.

(I know 1997 isn't FF7, don't care!)

Yeah, I'm not entirely sure why consoles aren't be represented at all when they were specifically called out in the bracket blurbs.

I am guessing it will be a contest for another time. You know best console ever?

transcience posted...

91 better win tomorrow

now that I'm back on the leaderboard I totally agree

And now that I'm home, current X-Stats:

1997 – 50.00%
1996 – 30.93%
2000 – 30.08%
2007 – 29.02%
1999 – 22.75%
1990 – 20.87%
2012 – 13.60%
1989 – 10.09%
1983 – 6.11%

man 1999 got robbed

could've beaten 1990

FF8 and Squall always get screwed.

I call shenanigans

I bet Allen trolls us hard and the only console we see is the NGage.

Oh, and 1996 needs to be able to get 56.08% on 1992 for 1997 = 1998

Mario & Sonic together on the top line for 1991 is what it needed, but 1994 also gets Super Metroid and FFVI on the top line. About as good as they could both hope for.

Mega Man X is snubbed. I don't even

that FFIV pic is great

CaptainOfCrush posted...

Mega Man X is snubbed. I don't even

would you say you are

System Shocked

I knew Allen would pick my FF4 picture =)

Well, at least the top lines are correct.

No Mega Man X is heartbreaking, though.

LeonhartFour posted...

CaptainOfCrush posted...

Mega Man X is snubbed. I don't even

would you say you are

System Shocked

Also my picture.

Allen wanted variety. I gave him variety!

Heh yep. The MMX snub is the biggest for either year, but 1991 also has some... oddities that make things a little more fair. Castlevania IV is absent, and FFIV is buried at the bottom.

Allen must have 91 in his bracket *sigh*

CaptainOfCrush posted...

Heh yep. The MMX snub is the biggest for either year, but 1991 also has some... oddities that make things a little more fair. Castlevania IV is absent, and FFIV is buried at the bottom.

This one feels balanced, at least.

My Super Metroid, Simpsons, and DKC.

also that SFII pic is from Super Street Fighter II (which is technically a 1994 game) but I won't complain about that

1991 getting Metroid II is kinda weird and probably not good considering 1994 has Super Metroid on the other side.

1994 lost MMX but got DKC1. Give a little, get a little.

Mega Man has been screwed all contest

LeonhartFour posted...

1991 getting Metroid II is kinda weird and probably not good considering 1994 has Super Metroid on the other side.

The Metroid II picture looks so damn good, I'd be worried that it would confuse people if Super Metroid weren't front and center for the other year.

1994 is stacked to hell if you look at the year. Something was going to get snubbed.

I approve of Killer Instinct in a match pic. Glad I wasn't the only one trying!