Board 8 > Your First Thought 50: "Most overhyped game of all time"

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Previous results:
1) Strongest non-Noble Niner: Zelda (Tifa, Squall, Bowser)
2) Weakest Noble Niner: Sonic (Crono, Sephiroth, Mega Man)
3) Fodder Line: Vyse (Isaac, Pac-Man, Revolver Ocelot)
4) Strongest Western Franchise: Witcher (Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls, Fallout)
5) Strongest Indie: Shovel Knight, Undertale (Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Stardew Valley)
6) Biggest GotD2 Snub: Pokemon Go (Skyward Sword, Smash 4, Mario 3D World)
7) TJF/"The Jug Factor": Tifa (Morrigan Aensland, Tina Armstrong, Jill Valentine)
8) Strongest Pokemon not in a Contest: Blastoise (Bulbasaur, Charmander, Greninja)
9) Most unpredictable character: Kefka (Alucard, Donkey Kong, Magus)
10) Game series with most inconsistent strength: Final Fantasy (Pokemon, Mario, GTA)
11) Most disappointing performance of GotD2: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Tropical Freeze, Undertale, Dragon Age)
12) Game series you wish was stronger: Donkey Kong/Country, Resident Evil, Phoenix Wright, Trails
13) Character that always disappoints: Tidus (Magus, Cecil Harvey, Donkey Kong)
14) A joke that stopped being funny: L-Block (GFNW, Weighted Companion Cube, CATS)
15) Character I am sick of seeing in contests: Link (Guybrush Threepwood, Lloyd Irving, Draven)
16) How did this get into Game of the Decade 2?: Dying Light (Fate/Grand Order, Persona 4 Golden, Obra Dinn)
17) Strongest game that's never been in a contest: Super Smash Bros. (Final Fantasy VII Remake, Skyward Sword, Final Fantasy V)
18) Theoretical winner of 'Worst. Game. Ever.': Big Rigs (E.T., Superman 64, Sonic 06)
19) Long-gone character that deserves another shot: Strider Hiryu (Liquid Snake, Terry Bogard, M. Bison)
20) Character that has fallen the furthest: Vincent (Magus, Tommy Vercetti, Crono, Gordon Freeman, Satan)
21) Low midcarder: Ness (Fox, Tidus, Zidane)
22) Strong franchise with characters not worth shit: Elder Scrolls (Grand Theft Auto, Tales, Persona)
23) Theoretical winner of 'Best. Boxart. Ever.': Ocarina of Time (FFVII, Phalanx, Mega Man)
24) Strongest Nintendo game with no N9er in it: Pokemon RBY (Star Fox 64, Xenoblade, something with Kirby)
25) Weakest playable character in Smash Ultimate: Alph (Mii Fighters, Dark Pit, Pichu, Little Mac)
26) Most photogenic character ever in a contest: Tifa (Dante, Crono, Solid Snake/Solid Shit)
27) Character I can beat in a fist fight: Guybrush (Olimar, Ness, a Pokemon)
28) Strongest game never on a Nintendo platform: Persona 5 (Kingdom Hearts/II, Symphony of the Night, God of War 2018, FFVII)
29) Franchise where the 1st game is the strongest: Pokemon (Chrono, Metal Gear Solid, Mass Effect)
30) The winner of 'Best. Video Game. Dad. Ever.': Kratos (God of War) (Jecht, Bowser, Phoenix Wright)
31) The Best SBAllen-Era Contest: Character Battle 2007 (Game of the Decade 1, Character Battle IX, Character Battle X)
32) The strongest incarnation of Link: Ocarina of Time (2007, Breath of the Wild, "Just Link what do you even mean")
33) Character Battle entrant you'd kiss on the lips: Tifa (Zelda, Morrigan, Lara Croft, Samus, KOS-MOS, Link)
34) The most fun Character Battle match ever: Link/Draven/Shepard (Mario/Vivi/Ganondorf, Frog/Chief, Red vs. Blue/Cloud vs. Sephiroth, Ryu/Dante '10, Mario vs. Crono 2)
35) The weakest Zelda game: Zelda II (One of the CD-i games, Spirit Tracks, Four Swords Adventures)
36) Character always screwed by bracket placement: Knuckles (Tidus, Cecil, Alucard)
37) Character much stronger than they should be: Crono (Link, Zelda, Alucard)
38) Weakest Final Fantasy character not in a contest yet: https://imgur.com/a/wf2HoyY
39) Noble Nine Breaker: Vincent (Pikachu, L-Block, Missingno.)
40) Strongest game that's not a part of a series: Shadow of the Colossus (Chrono Trigger, Undertale, Mario RPG)
41) Hyped character that bombed their first match: Kerrigan (Kefka, Monika, Sans, Magus)
42) Most AMERICAN Character Battle entrant ever: Duke Nukem (Steve Armstrong, Guile, Terry Bogard)
43) Most AMERICAN game series of all time: Call of Duty (Duke Nukem, Metal Gear, Halo, Metal Wolf Chaos)
44) Most canonically powerful Noble Nine member: Sephiroth (Sonic, Link, Cloud)
45) Real person you want in a Character Battle: Barack Obama (Charles Barkley, Mike Tyson, a pro wrestler [a bunch got 2 votes])
46) Weakest possible entrant in 'Best. System. Ever.': N-Gage (3D0, Ouya, game.com, Virtual Boy)
47) Most beautiful game ever in a contest: Okami (Shadow of the Colossus, Journey, Celeste, Ico)
48) Generic enemy w/ most potential contest strength: Goomba (Koopa Troopa, Piranha Plant, Slime, Cactuar)
49) Video game world you'd most like to live in: Pokemon (FFX, Animal Crossing, FFVII, Celeste, Skyrim, Animal Crossing, FFX, Persona, Zelda)

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Super Mario Odyssey

EDIT: Oh crap, it said overhyped, not overrated. My first thought for overhyped was Fable.

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Shadow of the Colossus

...Why the fuck did my mind go there first? I swear I'm not secretly an Ulti alt!

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Fortnite

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Breath of the Wild

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

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Spore
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Twilight Princess

It's Brawl tho

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Spec Ops: The Line

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for some reason Halo 2 popped into my head, but I think my actual answer was Halo 3, because specifically the scene at the end of Halo 2 where Master Chief says "sir, finishing this fight" was my actual thought

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Half-Life 3 (if it ever comes out)

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Brink

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Duke Nukem Forever

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Arti posted...

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Destiny

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Breath of the Wild

Real Answer: No Man's Sky

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Super Smash Bros Brawl
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No Man's Sky

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Ocarina of Time

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The overwatch ripoff game that was canceled before release

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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Ocarina of Time

(it's also my favorite game ever, but it has left such an indelible mark on all "greatest game" discussions that I have a tough time thinking of anything else)

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MrSmartGuy posted...

Duke Nukem Forever

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Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
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Duke Nukem Forever

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Great game OOT isn't the best game of all time.

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No Man's Sky

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Ocarina of Time

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Final Fantasy VII

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Spore

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Spore

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greengravy294 posted...

The overwatch ripoff game that was canceled before release

which one
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Witcher 3

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Super Mario RPG

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Final Fantasy VII

(this is not my actual opinion, I love FF7 and think it's fairly hyped)
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Ocarina of Time

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Breath of the Wild

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Spore

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Brawl

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GTA4

Huh.

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Brawl
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Resident Evil 2 Remake

at least for me personally.

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Destiny
Not sure if it actually is but that's where my mind went...

Ico
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No Man's Sky

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Smash Bros Brawl

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Bioshock Infinite

Especially devastating since that wasn't fans, it was almost entirely pre-release and the following first month before it just. Died.

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FF7

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Undertale

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