Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1310

(+) Yeah! (+)

I guess... it closely ties to "worldwide" gaming popularity for Pikachu to be a Top 5-level character. It's just still weird to see it on the site given where he started from.
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Well MM is close to Pika in all of Europe.

It's just UK and Portugal who seem to have a beef with MM.

cali will save us, they are about to start waking up
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SlugSh0t posted...

cali will save us, they are about to start waking up

You forgot about SURFING PIKACHU.
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hylianknight3 posted...

SlugSh0t posted...

cali will save us, they are about to start waking up

You forgot about SURFING PIKACHU.

exactly.. he's leading there
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NY and FL were also going for Pikachu earlier but have since flipped.

I think a loss for MM here might actually be better for his overall contest placement. This result is close enough that I'd actually take the loser today as the favorite in next week's rematch (which will happen unless Ganondorf trolls everyone hard).
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

I guess... it closely ties to "worldwide" gaming popularity for Pikachu to be a Top 5-level character. It's just still weird to see it on the site given where he started from.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/946-north-division-round-1-pikachu-vs-parappa-the-rapper

Same character who let PaRappa the Rapper score 45.59% on him in 2002 might be the character to break the Noble Nine by its purest definition (though I"ve considered it broken since 2007).
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HaRRicH posted...

hombad46 posted...

I rallied both subreddits just to see what happens

On one hand, I appreciate this equal opportunity to direct people to GameFAQs. On the other hand though:

ZeldaTPLink posted...

why

To quote a certain jester: "CHAOS! CHAOS!"
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hombad46 posted...

Beats being stuck in snow traffic for the last four hours of X vs Tifa

Oh man that fuckin' sucks dude I'm sorry.

I could've tried to get out of work early today but there are other contest matches I'm more worried about than this tbh
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Lmao @KamikazePotato
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I highly doubt that's actually KP.
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I figured, Im tagging him so he sees
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8 hours to go!

Pikachu by the hour:
time | percent | gain/loss | lead/deficit
20:00 | 49.16% | -58 | -58
21:00 | 48.83% | -59 | -117
22:00 | 48.58% | -57 | -174
23:00 | 48.93% | -36 | -210
00:00 | 49.74% | -8 | -218
01:00 | 52.60% | +77 | -141
02:00 | 50.47% | +15 | -126
03:00 | 56.42% | +120 | -6
04:00 | 52.16% | +35 | +29
05:00 | 50.07% | +1 | +30
06:00 | 51.98% | +28 | +58
07:00 | 52.99% | +45 | +103
08:00 | 47.44% | -47 | +56
09:00 | 47.53% | -47 | +9
10:00 | 48.66% | -29 | -20
11:00 | 48.28% | -37 | -57

Based on the last 2 hours, Mega Man wins by 264 votes.
Based on the last hour, Mega Man wins by 353 votes.
Based on the last 30 minutes, Mega Man wins by 121 votes.

Contest is resumed!

I came back from work, checked the results. This is what I have to say.

1st match=I expected Link with more than 85%. Guess he can't just SFF everyone it seems now.
2nd match=Didn't expected the match to be so close. Of course Americans with their bad taste have MM with higher percentage.

Also as others have said I live in Greece and when I came to the site in 2002 it was the first time that I heard of MM too. I am still surpised to see that he is still so strong.

Also can someone rally for Pika? Man I should had social sites accounts everywhere but I hate the social sites!
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Safer_777 posted...

Contest is resumed!

I came back from work, checked the results. This is what I have to say.

1st match=I expected Link with more than 85%. Guess he can't just SFF everyone it seems now.
2nd match=Didn't expected the match to be so close. Of course Americans with their bad taste have MM with higher percentage.

Also as others have said I live in Greece and when I came to the site in 2002 it was the first time that I heard of MM too. I am still surpised to see that he is still so strong.

Also can someone rally for Pika? Man I should had social sites accounts everywhere but I hate the social sites!

And why do you hate social sites?
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Safer_777 posted...

Also can someone rally for Pika? Man I should had social sites accounts everywhere but I hate the social sites!

If anything, people should stop rallying for Pikachu. They seem to be backfiring
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i honestly think sonic would be doing better than mm. He demolishes near n9 nintendo/square characters.. I think only vincent was sorta close.
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Someone needs to tweet Ryan Reynolds.
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@Ultimaphazon Now that would be awesome!
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It makes sense that Pikachu/Pokemon would be strong on GameFAQs, especially once everyone got over the "it's cool to hate it" fad. The series is one of Nintendo's corner stones and unlike Animal Crossing it's also geared towards users that frequent GameFAQs.

Now Samus being this strong has always confused me, I always felt she should be closer to Kirby tier than Mario tier on the Nintendo totem pole.
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So does MM have this, or is there another twist?
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Qwaar posted...

So does MM have this, or is there another twist?

Depends if Nick calls it
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@Qwaar 90% chance MM has it.
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charmander6000 posted...

It makes sense that Pikachu/Pokemon would be strong on GameFAQs, especially once everyone got over the "it's cool to hate it" fad. The series is one of Nintendo's corner stones and unlike Animal Crossing it's also geared towards users that frequent GameFAQs.

Now Samus being this strong has always confused me, I always felt she should be closer to Kirby tier than Mario tier on the Nintendo totem pole.

i absolutely agree that metroid is much less a gamefaqs series and as its time as a cornerstone of nintendo drifts further away we'll see samus drop.

tennisboy213 posted...

03:00 | 56.42% | +120 | -6

haha
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imagine liking Pikachu more than Mega Man
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ninkendo posted...

imagine liking Pikachu more than Mega Man

mega man is for kids
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ninkendo posted...

imagine liking Pikachu more than Mega Man

more than who?

SlugSh0t posted...

ninkendo posted...

imagine liking Pikachu more than Mega Man

mega man is for kids

Because Pikachu is aimed straight for adults.

but it's also kinda interesting (and kinda sad) to see such a large portion of the modern world being willfully ignorant of the best video game franchise of all time
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Yeah, way too many people don't know about the Xeno series
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Metroid's relevance may have decreased over time but its biggest games seemed stronger than ever in 2015. Super Metroid even almost beat The Game of the Decade!
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ZenOfThunder posted...

Lmao @KamikazePotato

So this is what identity theft feels like.
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7 hours to go!

time | percent | gain/loss | lead/deficit
12:00 | 48.06% | -42 | -99

Based on the last 2 hours, Mega Man wins by 376 votes.
Based on the last hour, Mega Man wins by 393 votes.
Based on the last 30 minutes, Mega Man wins by 617 votes.

Based on the last 12 hours, Mega Man wins by 30 votes (that was the closest I could get for Pikachu).

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MM will win but Id like ganon to beat pikachu next round.
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this board has a shitton of megaman fanboys is why they are so biased for him. I remember back in 2k5 they were so against the thought of sonic going 50/50 with him, and he did. Same with Crono/sonic, and we know what happened there.
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charmander6000 posted...

Now Samus being this strong has always confused me, I always felt she should be closer to Kirby tier than Mario tier on the Nintendo totem pole.

Super Metroid and Metroid Prime are way more well loved than any single Kirby game.

Closest is Kirby Super Star.
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Nanis23 posted...

Mega Man has a history of bodying Pokemon and lower tier Nintendo alike by higher numbers than expected. People were so sure because they paid attention to past contests. This contest being different just means it's different, not that people weren't justified in expecting an easy win.
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SlugSh0t posted...

this board has a shitton of megaman fanboys is why they are so biased for him. I remember back in 2k5 they were so against the thought of sonic going 50/50 with him, and he did. Same with Crono/sonic, and we know what happened there.

To be fair. MM is far better than Sonic.

At least MM doesnt have a shit ton of abysmal games attached to him.

I dont care about MM. Im from UK and I have 0 attachment to him but Ive played a few MM games and theyre ok. As a character I dont mind him.

Sonic however I actively hate. I hate his games and what he is now. When I look at him I dont see sonic pre sega Saturn. I see him in the 3D era and hes been an absolute shithouse of a character in some of the worst video games ever created over the past two decades.
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SlugSh0t posted...

this board has a shitton of megaman fanboys is why they are so biased for him. I remember back in 2k5 they were so against the thought of sonic going 50/50 with him, and he did. Same with Crono/sonic, and we know what happened there.

Wow turns out an insular videogame board is biased torwards specific videogame characters.

All my good times with sonic 3 & knuckles invalidate everything you just said

NowItsAngeTime posted...

charmander6000 posted...

Now Samus being this strong has always confused me, I always felt she should be closer to Kirby tier than Mario tier on the Nintendo totem pole.

Super Metroid and Metroid Prime are way more well loved than any single Kirby game.

Closest is Kirby Super Star.

No kirby game would break 35% on prime/super

World 64 and smb3 are obviously ahead but I would t or any other Mario game ahead of prime/super.
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STElNER posted...

All my good times with sonic 3 & knuckles invalidate everything you just said

Thats your opinion and thats fine. I just hate him and will try to rally for Auron
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Why do I feel this is more MM being weaker than Pikachu suddenly being a beast

Like MM seems like a strong candidate for weakest N9er right now.

ninkendo posted...

but it's also kinda interesting (and kinda sad) to see such a large portion of the modern world being willfully ignorant of the best video game franchise of all time

Yuri_LowelI posted...

SlugSh0t posted...

this board has a shitton of megaman fanboys is why they are so biased for him. I remember back in 2k5 they were so against the thought of sonic going 50/50 with him, and he did. Same with Crono/sonic, and we know what happened there.

To be fair. MM is far better than Sonic.

At least MM doesnt have a shit ton of abysmal games attached to him.

I dont care about MM. Im from UK and I have 0 attachment to him but Ive played a few MM games and theyre ok. As a character I dont mind him.

Sonic however I actively hate. I hate his games and what he is now. When I look at him I dont see sonic pre sega Saturn. I see him in the 3D era and hes been an absolute shithouse of a character in some of the worst video games ever created over the past two decades.

Sonic is terrible yes
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Yeah I think it's Mega Man being weaker, myself.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2121-20xx-division-final-mega-man-vs-yoshi

I mean people are going to say that Pikachu beating Yoshi with 54% is strong. But... uh... compared to Mega Man? Not really. Mega Man at anything near peak power isn't having trouble pulling rank on Pokemon. He did it even in 2013 when they were on roids with Zero holding his legs.
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Mega Man SFFing Yoshi proves nothing
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