1. Chrono Trigger (1) 2. Resident Evil 4 (2) 3. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (3) 4. Super Mario World (5) 5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (7) 6. Super Smash Bros. Melee (6) 7. Super Mario Galaxy (8) 8. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (9) 9. Super Mario 64 (4) 10. Super Mario Bros. 3 (11) 11. Final Fantasy VII (12) 12. Final Fantasy VI (13) 13. Final Fantasy IX (15) 14. Metal Gear Solid (10) 15. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (16) 16. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (17) 17. Final Fantasy X (14) 18. Tales of Symphonia (18) 19. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (20) 20. Portal (23) 21. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (22) 22. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (NR) 23. Okami (24) 24. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (25) 25. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (19)
Dropped out: Paper Mario (21)
Also receiving votes:
15 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials & Tribulations 13 - Star Fox 64 10 - Half-Life 2 7 - Paper Mario 3 - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 3 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 2 - Final Fantasy Tactics 2 - Mario Kart 64 2 - Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal 1 - Mega Man X 1 - Metroid Prime
Low number of voters today, for whatever the reason. Mario World is the top ranked Mario game now, LTTP hops back into the top 5 with its big win, the FF trio is knocking on the door to the top 10, MGS3 barely holds on, and Persona 4 gets back in the Top 25. All the weird results last week really seemed to consolidate the Top 25. Not many games outside of the Top 25 got a lot of support.
No matches today because the board is in the nomination craze so things are moving way too fast.
375 - Chrono Trigger 354 - Resident Evil 4 338 - Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow 321 - Super Mario World 305 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 300 - Super Smash Bros. Melee 280 - Super Mario Galaxy 263 - Super Mario Galaxy 2 257 - Super Mario 64 252 - Super Mario Bros. 3 226 - Final Fantasy VII 199 - Final Fantasy VI 191 - Final Fantasy IX 163 - Metal Gear Solid 145 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 120 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 115 - Final Fantasy X 111 - Tales of Symphonia 104 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 100 - Portal 82 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 65 - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 60 - Okami 55 - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest 35 - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 15 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials & Tribulations 13 - Star Fox 64 10 - Half-Life 2 7 - Paper Mario 3 - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 3 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 2 - Final Fantasy Tactics 2 - Mario Kart 64 2 - Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal 1 - Mega Man X 1 - Metroid Prime
Weird but true: Through five voters, five different games had 1 point each.
Also, what a crazy ending there. FFIX receives only nine points from the last two voters combined after getting at least that many from each of the first thirteen (and only that few from one; twelve of them had it in their top 15), and FFVI makes up 20 points on the younger game to charge ahead after seemingly on the verge of being jumped. Meanwhile, RE4 was just 1 point shy of being a unanimous #2...and then the final voter puts it seventh. (Hey, remember when everyone was on my case about not putting Chrono Trigger #1 after everyone else had agreed that it was? I had CT up at #2 as early as Week 5 and never had it lower than third after that--and that was coming from not even being on my preseason ballot.)
I really want to hear lefty justify why he has RE4 outside his top 5, and if I'm not mistaken he actually dropped it a spot.
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Ulti (in one of his Post-Contest Analyses): God of War turned a 5 hour deadlock into a total laugher Anagram: Oh God, Tidus and Yuna were involved?
If I had remembered to vote in time, I would also have put Melee in 2nd like lefty. So RE4 getting unanimous 2nd place would have required both of us to not vote for some reason.
Well, there's no reason to bother diagnosing Super Metroid's and Wind Waker's chances. Barring an epic collapse in conference play, those two will get in comfortably.
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I'm having major computer issues (which is why I wasn't there to push SOTN into the top 21!), so BUBBLE WATCH will be on temporary hold, but don't worry, I'll provide mass analyses once these issues are resolved.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Games of the Decades Conference) (3-16, 0-1) – 15 (37.50%) #15 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Games of the Decades Conference) (16-3, 1-0) – 25 (62.50%) --Majora's Mask opens up conference play with an easy win over CoD4.
Contra (Games of the Decades Conference) (9-10, 0-1) – 15 (37.50%) SoulCalibur II (Games of the Decades Conference) (14-5, 1-0) – 25 (62.50%) --SoulCalibur II imitates MM's example against Contra.
Earthbound (Games of the Decades Conference) (11-8, 1-0) – 20 (55.56%) Sonic Colors (Games of the Decades Conference) (6-13, 0-1) – 16 (44.44%) --It wasn't pretty, but a win's a win for Earthbound.
Final Fantasy VIII (Games of the Decades Conference) (13-6, 1-0) – 24 (70.59%) Shining Force II (Games of the Decades Conference) (5-14, 0-1) – 10 (29.41%) --FFVIII takes care of business in the conference opener against Shining Force II.
Max Payne (Games of the Decades Conference) (3-16, 0-1) – 9 (21.95%) Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal (Games of the Decades Conference) (15-4, 1-0) – 32 (78.05%) --The blowout of the day belongs to G/S/C as it crushes Max Payne.
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Games of the Decades Conference) (11-8, 0-1) – 16 (38.10%) Paper Mario (Games of the Decades Conference) (15-4, 1-0) – 26 (61.90%) --Paper Mario rebounds from last week's tough loss with a resounding win over MGS2.
Banjo-Kazooie (Sonic Overload Conference) (12-7, 1-0) – 24 (63.16%) Sonic CD (Sonic Overload Conference) (3-16, 0-1) – 14 (36.84%) --Banjo beats Sonic CD without much trouble.
Bioshock (Sonic Overload Conference) (12-7, 0-1) – 19 (48.72%) Sonic Adventure 2 (Sonic Overload Conference) (17-2, 1-0) – 20 (51.28%) --Well, that's a step in the right direction for Sonic Adventure 2.
Chrono Cross (Sonic Overload Conference) (10-9, 0-1) – 17 (45.95%) Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Sonic Overload Conference) (14-5, 1-0) – 20 (54.05%) --Chrono Cross put up a good fight, but it couldn't quite score the upset.
Civilization IV (Sonic Overload Conference) (12-7, 1-0) – 17 (51.52%) Mother 3 (Sonic Overload Conference) (10-9, 0-1) – 16 (48.48%) --Civ 4 edges out Mother 3 in a tight battle.
Final Fantasy Tactics (Sonic Overload Conference) (15-4, 1-0) – 20 (57.14%) Half-Life 2 (Sonic Overload Conference) (15-4, 0-1) – 15 (42.86%) --FFT gets a late surge to put HL2 away and secure the win.
Gears of War (Sonic Overload Conference) (1-18, 0-1) – 17 (48.57%) Guitar Hero II (Sonic Overload Conference) (2-17, 1-0) – 18 (51.43%) (OT, 11-9) --This match was so good that 24 hours wasn't enough, I guess.
Brave Fencer Musashi (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference) (2-17, 0-1) – 14 (48.28%) World of Goo (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference) (8-11, 1-0) – 15 (51.72%) --The vote totals were like trying to walk through goo on this one.
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference) (8-11, 0-1) – 12 (34.29%) #18 Tales of Symphonia (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference) (17-2, 1-0) – 23 (65.71%) --Symphonia opens conference play with a win over DQ5.
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LeonhartFour posted... I think SA2's schedule has become so unprecedentedly pathetic that people are actually starting to root for the thing to succeed.
My opinion of both SA games actually rose a little during the contest but not much. Beating BioShock was all kinds of muck.
I actually wouldn't mind SA2 > OOT though!
Another thing I've learned this contest is that I shouldn't trust B8 to like the following kinds of games all that much:
-PC in general, especially strategy games -Games best known for their "atmosphere" (when the likes Silent Hill 2, Wind Waker, BioShock, SOTC, and both Metroids are putting on some colossal bombs, what else do I have left to conclude?)
Oh yeah and didn't SOTN fail to break 40% on this same opponent?
LOL. It would be such a garbage result if Aria of Sorrow won, even eclipsing any of Super Metroid's losses (pretty easily at that). Oh well at least it gives hope for a certain other game to pull off another Mario upset.
Yes, because clearly fluke results are a total impossibility. If you follow this thing at all, you'll be aware of the "anti-Mario" sentiment that flares up once every month or so. It quickly dissipates however and should generally be ignored.