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Round 5 Results

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14 people submitted guesses.
The most common score was 8 / 10.
The average score was 6.64 / 10.

This one ended up...hoo boy.

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Hint:
51. Small bombs.

Answers:
Umineko no Naku Koro ni 9
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors 1
Super Metroid 1
Metroid Prime 1
Minesweeper 1
Bomberman 1

A reference to Battler's 'amazing' argument from Umineko Episode 4. Became something of a meme in the fanbase. Considering this seems very hard to google, I'm surprised so many people got it!

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Hint:
52. Despite having multiple sequels, this fighting game still has a death grip on a decent portion of the fanbase, who continue to play it to this day.

Answers:
Super Smash Bros. Melee 14

Was wondering if people would get tripped up by the hint calling Melee a 'fighting' game, but I guess that debate is in the past.

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Hint:
53. I rooted for the game that preceded it in its series to fail. That game underperformed, so we got this game as a response.

Answers:
Devil May Cry 5 6
Devil May Cry 3 3
Resident Evil 7 2
Sonic Mania 1
Mass Effect Legendary Edition 1
Final Fantasy XIII-2 1

Spite was the key part of this hint. The previous game couldn't just be a disappointing entry in a series; it was something I was rooting for to fail, which also implies a contentious pre-release buildup period. DmC: Devil May Cry stumbled so Devil May Cry 5 could soar.

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Hint:
54. This game got a follow-up sequel over 10 years after the fact, which while good, didn't quite live up to the original.

Answers:
Psychonauts 3
Psychonauts 2 1
Final Fantasy IV 1
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 1
Planescape: Torment 1
Tekken Tag Tournament 1
Earthbound 1
Kid Icarus: Uprising 1
Battletoads 1
Nier 1
Diablo II 1
Doom 1

A bloodbath of answers. I'd feel bad about making the hint too difficult if you guys didn't ace most of the other questions. One person had the right idea, but seemed to misread the prompt.

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Hint:
55. Climb to the top, and don't give up. You got this.

Answers:
Celeste 10
Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy 2
Journey 1
Metal Gear Solid 3 1

I tried to imbue the hint with Celeste's overall vibe. Getting Over It was also a hilariously accurate false positive.

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Hint:
56. Don't believe everyone's lies despite being considered a lackluster entry by the series' fans, this game is great, especially its updated re-release.

Answers:
Final Fantasy XII 10
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker 1
Resident Evil 3 1
Final Fantasy VIII 1
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 1

'Don't believe Ondore's lies!' was a meme for a hot minute. That combined with the other info made for a fairly clear answer.

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Hint:
57. Would not be on the list without mods. If you've been paying attention to hints and writeups throughout the topic, you'll have a better chance at figuring this one out.

Answers:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 10
Fallout New Vegas 3
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 1

Fun fact: my last Skyrim playthrough had over 150 mods.

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Hint:
58. A very successful kickstarter game in the genre of 'the original series is dead, so fuck it, we'll do it ourselves'.

Answers:
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 11
Pillars of Eternity 1
Wargroove 1
Mighty No. 9 1

I've never been so insulted as the day someone thought I would put Mighty No 9 on my Top 100 list. I mean, yeah, I got suckered into backing it, but that's completely different!

My record for backing good games is actually very poor. The kickstarter games I do like usually end up being stuff I didn't support beforehand although there is one notable exception later on the list. Hopefully Eiyuden can buck the trend as well.

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Hint:
59. A duology. Technically the series has three games, but we don't talk about the third. Nintendo has certainly forgotten about it, at least.

Answers:
Golden Sun / Golden Sun: The Lost Age 12
Paper Mario 1

Dark Dawn was so disappointing.

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Hint:
60. This game won its second GameFAQs Contest match, but to the chagrin of its fans, it didn't win by enough.

Answers:
Deus Ex 8
Undertale 2
Persona 4 1
NieR: Automata 1
Metal Gear Solid 2 1
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds 1

Contest knowledge fact-check. Plenty of games have gotten whiny fans during contest matches, but for some reason Deus Ex stood out.

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Drum roll please...the winners of Round 5 are:
Hbthebattle
Mac Arrowny
AxemRedRanger
DanKirby
Kenri

All with a score of 8 / 10! I checked multiple times just to be sure, but no one scored a 9 or higher. Jeez. Guess we're due for another Lightning Round!

To give people extra time to check in, the lightning round will start on Tuesday, November 20th, 4 PM, EST, and will last 24 hours.

I'll also post game writeups in the interim.