Yeah its like Dragon Quest III the most influential over Dragon Quest???
Yeah its like Dragon Quest III the most influential over Dragon Quest???Yes, absolutely
Mega Man 4
SMB1 (can't replace, though I almost tried with Duck Hunt)
SMB3 (the second-oldest "greatest game ever" contender I would still respect in a conversation and only behind...)
MM2 (...trickiest choice here, but this was the first game I was ever hyped for and the series had six mainline gameson the same system)
LoZ (#goldcartridge)
SBAllen was right about S3&K. We should have consolidated efforts into S&K -- people would have thought of its connectivity anyway.
Then in the 2015 Games Contest, the Guru nomination was Sonic 3 & Knuckles, which we could officially nominate now because it had a Steam port. However, it was shafted from the bracket because Allen also took review scores and such into account, so it got left out (I believe he stated it was the game that had the most nominations that didn't make the bracket). This was also why Mario 1 didn't make it.
tricky one. Mario, Zelda, Mega Man, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Metal Gear, all had notable starts here. Metroid did too but, well, that really kicked into gear after Super Metroid and frankly it's a lesser series to most of those. a bunch of series are in that situation.
Super Mario Bros.
The Legend of Zelda
Final Fantasy
first two feel like locks considering they became some of the biggest and most synonymous games with Nintendo to this day. FF feels like a lock as well considering it defined JRPGs and continues to this day as one of the most successful JRPG series out there. i guess the weight on choices i'd give is 1) importance to the system, 2) lasting legacy. if it's something talked about to this day or if it left a significant mark, basically. while Mario 3 obviously is important, i don't think that one game is going to be more relevant than an entire series such as Metal Gear, Dragon Quest, or Mega Man. and between SMB1 and SMB3, it's gotta be 1, as opposed to arguments for MM2 or DQ.
This was a constant issue with contests where the nominations were treated as if they were a legally binding contract, and if something needed to be dropped/added there was nothing Ceej or Bacon could do about it.
I don't think this was an issue with Ceej. If anything, he went too far the other way messing with things to make "fun" matches.