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I like it best, but input buffering and dropped frames put it beneath Melee for me. The physics themselves are the best they've ever been, but I really hate the buffer, makes mashing-oriented recovery like Bowser or DK or mashing out of a grab feel awful since an accidental input is so easy.
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Yes

Love my jank loser barbarian. Not a Top 5 Belmont but still good.
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Can't say I totally agree with the assessment of Warcraft III, at least single-player wise. There's a clear reason Starcraft remained the multiplayer standard after WC3's release, but I felt the hero system allowed for some interesting mission-based campaign encounters. Stuff like The Culling, the final Night Elf Mission, the invasion of Alderaan, the defense of Kel'Thuzad summoning Archimonde - those specific scenarios played to the strengths of the hero-focused engine and benefitted for it. Now, as a follow-up to Warcraft 2 and Starcraft, yeah there's quite a big issue, and it's telling that a fan-made mod had SIGNIFICANTLY more impact than the actual game it was centered around.

But I have a lot of good memories that I do attribute to Warcraft 3, or at least the tools given to make it enjoyable, since the Map Editor was included and such a big part of my personal experience with the game. And it's hard to separate "Warcraft 3 Map Editor" as its own game instead of just saying "Warcraft 3", at least moreso than separating, say, Half-Life 1 and Team Fortress Classic or Counter-Strike.

Always nice to hear raw emotion, though. Even if I disagree, it's always good to hear another perspective. Plus the Activision-ing of Blizzard lately has been rrrreally rough. And by 'lately' I mean 'the last decade, but Overwatch was nice for a while'.
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Kiryu. As much as I think Mac's feats are comparable (Don Flamenco flat-out Team Rockets a charging bull, Bald Bull no-sells a bull charge, Mr. Sandman destroying a building with his bare fists and Mac can still get hit by those), Mac's canonically lost at least three fights by the end of Punch-Out Wii, whilst Kiryu is a five time, five time, five time, FIVE TIME, FIVE TIME Millennium Tower Battle Champion (note: could be six time, in fact I assume it's six time but I haven't played Yakuza 6 to be sure). The sheer amount of ways and angles Kiryu can not only attack from, but react to just gives him such an insane ring awareness that Mac doesn't have an answer to other than "dodge his punch, then counter-punch".
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I'd take Robotnik > Big Daddy these days, so I'll say Big Daddy at present. Everyone else mentioned I don't imagine struggling with Robotnik except maybe Jecht.
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Ulti you want a copy of A Hat In Time whenever it inevitably goes on sale on Steam? It's a 3D platformer based off of fixing the mistakes that games like Mario Sunshine made with a very Mario RPG-styled humor. Just hit me up, it's one of those games where I'm just happy it made the bracket if one or two more people end up picking it up out of curiosity.
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dk;pichu
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I can see why people would be happy to have James in the game. I do feel that the town and the protagonists work in tandem in order to make an interesting combination - it's why James and Heather stand out compared to Harry and Robert, for instance. Playing with the inherent insecurities of the character makes for a unique emotional connection where you can't project yourself onto the character because James is kind of a terrible person. Makes for a very interesting and exciting MC, but not one with any sort of casual appeal.

It's like nominating The Narrator from Fight Club instead of Tyler Durden - yeah you're getting the point of the whole thing, but one of them is WAY more marketable.
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https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/438/993/e16.jpg
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Bowser
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As a big DK fan and watching him choke again and again, man was this a good year. It's nice for him to have fun matches that don't involve him strangling himself on his own tie. Just felt good to be on the right side of that upset.

I mean I fully expected K Rool and DK to lose back to back after that, but wow has it been nice to be a DK fan since the 2015 contest.
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I am sorry that the fanbase soured you on the Persona series. They're not exceptional RPG's, but the sense of style and character end up meaning a lot to people (myself included), and that probably makes them resonate way too strongly when the niche little series gets even the slightest bit of recognition.

Do wish we could get better characters than Yu in the bracket from Persona, though. If we're gonna get "just happy to be there" fodder, might as well make them good characters outside of extended material.
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g&w;richter
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tag

Just wanna say, these are the things that got me into these contests for more than a cursory glance. Read the 2002-2006 ones all through high school, so thank you, always appreciate these = )
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I have already voted for Santa Claus over Link.

I would do it again.
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dk;snake
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You got the clutch.

You got the power.
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The Dirtiest Plumber In The Game

Let's go Mario.
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Prinnies fall everyone explodes.

Etna (Disgaea series)
Villainous Female Otherworldly
Minimum Bid: 34 GP
Upkeep: 2/week
Pure Support

Abilities

Red Moon (Passive) - Should Etna's attached mercenary be KO'd or injured before battle, they will turn into a Prinny. They will be considered a Neutral <Their Gender> Otherworldly for ability purposes with the same upkeep as normal. However, all abilities they have activated will still be considered negated (if they would normally be negated by KO), and they will only have access to the following ability:

I'm Finished, Dood! (Pre-Battle, AP 0, Fatigue 1) - Etna may hurl Prinny at a target enemy mercenary. The mercenary will begin battle at 50% of their maximum health points, unable to be recovered past that. Prinny will be considered KO'd, and unable to be affected by the ability "Red Moon" after this ability resolves. If this ability resolves multiple times on a single target, they will be considered to be KO'd.

Prinny is as it appears in Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!, equipped with the Hero Scarf. It has the personality of <attached mercenary>.

Upgrades

(Character Upgrade; 15 XP)

-Prinnies retain all equipment from their original forms.

(Ability Upgrade; 15 XP)

-Red Moon may be declared as a Peacetime ability at a Fatigue 2 cost. The effects of "Red Moon" will apply to all mercenaries across both teams, including the ability to utilize "I'm Finished, Dood" on a per-mercenary basis.

(New Ability; 20 XP)

Beauty Queen Etna (Passive) - Etna's best trait is taking what she wants from her subordinates, including direct power. Each time that an ability named "I'm Finished, Dood!" is used by a mercenary, Etna will remove 5 XP from that mercenary, if possible, during the following Results period. Out of which upgrade this 5 XP comes from may be chosen by Etna's merc leader, otherwise this ability will be considered ignored. If this would result in a mercenary losing access to an upgrade, they will be considered unable to access it. Etna will then allow her merc leader to redistribute this XP as they see fit. If XP is taken from an enemy mercenary, it may be redistributed to another enemy mercenary.

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Built around self-KO happy teams to build up junk, as well as allowing for a rare option of XP redistribution, light politic elements, Etna does nothing but make everything harder for everyone else and take advantage of them.
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dk;snake
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Snake
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gimme a game or a series. if I have slight familiarity with it, I'll make a model. no promises anything will make it to M5, but to at least give some activity.
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The Mario Super Show's always replaced with Zelda on Fridays.
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Snake
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Bowser
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Ash can't seem to keep Pikachu from powering down every time they get to a new region. The Loser's Bracket was no different.
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Bowser
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Tom Bombadil posted...

Incineroar

Sure I got 15 minutes.

Incineroar (Pokemon Series)
Heel Male Beast
Minimum Bid: 34 GP
Upkeep: 1/week

Incineroar is as he appears in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon at Level 100. It has access to its entire level-up learnset, with the exception of Swagger, as well as the moves Flamethrower, Drain Punch, Snatch, Power Trip, and Revenge. It also has access to its Super Smash Bros. Ultimate moveset, with the exception of shielding, gameplay mechanics, or its Final Smash. It is holding Incinium Z and may use its Z-Move without a trainer present.

Abilities

Irish Whip (Start of Battle, AP 1) - Incineroar may select a target mercenary to hit with the most devastating of wrestling techniques: the Irish Whip. The mercenary will obey kayfabe, beginning the fight moving forward at a full sprint (or whatever the equivalent would be), unable to attack, defend themselves, or stop moving until they either are stopped from moving by the terrain or attacked by the enemy. Incineroar will start in front of the enemy team if this ability resolves.

Upgrades

(Ability Upgrade; 10 XP)

-Incineroar may Irish Whip a post-rosters random mercenary instead.

(Ability Upgrade; 15 XP)

-For every mercenary Incineroar Irish Whips, he will gain a 50% attack power increase for this week's battle.

(New Ability; 15 XP)

For The Kids (Passive) - Incineroar is oddly good with children, and that carries over to him wanting to defend the little guys in Mercs. If a 1/week allied mercenary, including Incineroar, is targeted by an enemy ability that either has resolved or would resolve if they were rostered, Incineroar may automatically utilize his Irish Whip ability (still with Start of Battle timing and requiring Incineroar to be rostered) on a random post-rosters enemy mercenary. This ability may trigger multiple times, including multiple times off of a single ability. Incineroar will never Irish Whip the same mercenary twice.

Terrain: Iki Town - A small four-hut town where the island Kahuna, Hala, resides. All NPC's and Pokemon have cleared, access to the rest of Melemele Island is denied. Attackers start at the south entrance, while defenders start at the kahuna's hut.
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Bowser
Sonic
Snake
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Yoshi
Snake
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Sephiroth
Solid Snake
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Vivi
Tifa Lockhart

Solid Snake
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Godot
Snake if Snake, Phoenix if Zelda
Bowser
Luigi
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Bowser
Alucard
Ganondorf
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Excellent match, glad for whoever wins (I believe I have Pika but I haven't checked).
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Seems pretty open and shut.
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Yeah Smash 4. The best part of Ganon is him just being a huge bully and going "if I'm going down, you're going down with me". King of Disrespect 2k14.
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On the rare chance someone hasn't heard it. He's the leader of the bunch.
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Rise Kujikawa (Persona 4)
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Bowser (Super Mario Bros)
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Samurai Jack - Aku (Film/TV)
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - Telence T. D'arby (Comics)
Masters Of The Universe - He-Man (Film/TV)
NieR Automata - 9S (Video Games)
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(1) Luigi
(3) Ryu
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Game & Wario and Nintendo Land basically can't be ported to other consoles due to how deep the functionality is, to the point where a lot would have to be reworked for the ground up.

And yeah I doubt #FE will be ported for all of the fifteen copies it will sell compared to the twenty it sold last time.
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Yoshi's Island gives you a bonus level per world if you get 100% on each of the levels in the world.

They are just bonus levels, but some have interesting concepts, at the very least. Don't even get anything really interesting from them... but they're fun!

I think 3D Land was the first Mario game that gave bonus worlds for more than just "the sake of having eight or so bonus levels for completion"?
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Is Tubular the hated one? I mean, it was hard, but I always found Outrageous was the hardest of the set (and, y'know, involved actual platforming, which was a plus).

And yeah it's basically a bragging rights skin to show your friends and go "look I beat the hard levels here's the proof look how cool my game is the bullets are BIRDS now"
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(12) The Boss
(16) Rosalina
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This is my personal breakdown

Essential:

Castlevania (Aged incredibly well for NES, short, very hard but not unfair like CVIII)
Rondo of Blood (best version of the classicvania formula)
Symphony (is Symphony)
Aria of Sorrow OR Order of Ecclesia (either is a great way of showing where the Igavania formula evolved to)
Netflix (It's just good to watch. Well acted, well animated, got me invested in a lot of the characters)

Recommended:

Bloodlines (Damn great classic-style)
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (not Castlevania, but is Castlevania. Antiquates III)
Whatever You Didn't Pick Out of Aria or Ecclesia
Portrait of Ruin (A great evolution of Bloodlines' dynamic)

Follow-Ups:

Super Castlevania IV (Antiquated by time, easier than the rest of the series. Was really impressive when it came out, but the design isn't stellar)
Dawn of Sorrow (Direct follow-up to Aria, would definitely do if you like Aria)
Lords of Shadow (It's not a great God of War game, but it's good)

And then just pursue the rest by what's interesting.
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Missile (Ghost Trick)
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Estelle Bright (The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky)
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(11) Godot

(2) Kirby
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Mario Party 2, The Greatest Of All Time
World
Galaxy
Yoshi's Island
3D World
SMB3
Odyssey
Galaxy 2
Sunshine
SMB2
64
SMB
3D Land
New Wii
Land 2
New DS
Lost Levels
New U
New 2
Land

Galaxy 2 and above are all absolutely fantastic, SMB and above are at least great with large drawbacks, everything under is at least a good distraction, Land is almost a video game sometimes.
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