Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1268

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Yesterday's trend charts:

Time | 2001 | 2014 | Votes | Demographic
EBV | 83.52% | 16.48% | 261 | (0:00-0:05)
PHV | 82.62% | 17.38% | 1720 | (0:00-1:00)
FNV | 83.69% | 16.31% | 3543 | (1:00-6:00)
BSV | 83.22% | 16.78% | 2401 | (6:00-9:00)
DSV | 82.61% | 17.39% | 4335 | (9:00-14:30)
ASV | 83.56% | 16.44% | 4050 | (14:30-22:00)
SNV | 83.04% | 16.96% | 743 | (22:00-24:00)

Time | 2008 | 2009 | Votes | Demographic
EBV | 76.74% | 23.26% | 258 | (0:00-0:05)
PHV | 72.27% | 27.73% | 1684 | (0:00-1:00)
FNV | 72.66% | 27.34% | 3456 | (1:00-6:00)
BSV | 70.33% | 29.67% | 2312 | (6:00-9:00)
DSV | 71.05% | 28.95% | 4183 | (9:00-14:30)
ASV | 72.77% | 27.23% | 3863 | (14:30-22:00)
SNV | 71.06% | 28.94% | 698 | (22:00-24:00)

Looks like 2014 got the Smash Bros. Power Hour and day vote...!
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KamikazePotato posted...

Allen was pretty mean to match up FF7 and FF8 in the match pic rotation. That's brutal for 1999.

Snubbing Smash Bros. from the pic AND the notable games was a bigger omission, honestly.
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he's probably like 'you can't put every Smash game in there'

I wonder if we'll see anything like that with FF, like 1994 skipping FF6 and losing to 2004
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Also no one noticed, but 2001 snubbed MGS2 in both the match pic and the ? game list. Only MGS game that was.
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Huh, I thought I saw MGS2 in the notable games list. Guess not!
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If we ever get another games contest I will lead a rally for Super Smash Bros.
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Remember that Add/Remove nonsense where we removed SSB in favor of Soul Caliber or some nonsense?

That entire thing was a disaster. I don't think a single suggestion was a good idea.
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remember when Smash Bros. got removed from the 2009 contest for SoulCalibur?

would've been interesting in that match with FFVIII/Xenogears/StarCraft, too!
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KamikazePotato posted...

Remember that Add/Remove nonsense where we removed SSB in favor of Soul Caliber or some nonsense?

That entire thing was a disaster. I don't think a single suggestion was a good idea.

Nah, getting rid of Super Street Fighter II Turbo in favor of MK2 (which might have been my suggestion, actually? Don't remember) was a good one.

Getting rid of Golden Sun for Fire Emblem in a match with Melee and Wind Waker was by far the dumbest.
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LeonhartFour posted...

remember when Smash Bros. got removed from the 2009 contest for SoulCalibur?

would've been interesting in that match with FFVIII/Xenogears/StarCraft, too!

Oh god, don't get me started on those. Almost all of them were really stupid decisions. Who the fuck decided Fire Emblem needed to be put in a match against Melee?
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Oh right, I forgot about that one. That one was good!
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Yay I am on the leaderboard >_> second time this ever happened or something
Would have been happy if it wasn't for the low number of bracket enteries..
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So tomorrow's 2000 vs 1990 should be the first debatable match of this contest. I chose 2000 and am pretty confident about it. If 1990 wins it will be Super Mario Bros. 3 alone carrying all the weight and proving that individual games matter more than the entire roster. 1995 or 1997 will be a sure bet finalist then.
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2000 has it easy. 1990 might as well only be SMB3 and Final Fantasy, everything else is too weak. Considering FFIX > FF1, SMB3 has got to carry the year. Is it stronger than the combined weight of Majora's Mask and Pokemon Gold/Silver? Plus, while Deus Ex, Diablo II, and Perfect Dark aren't worldbeaters, they still have some strength.

I think 1994/2004 will be our first "casual killer". Board 8 knows FFVI and Super Metroid carry the year, but the rest of the site will see all the big western games and predict accordingly. Of course, with the small vote totals, that might make the difference.
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I think MM beats SMB3 cleanly. FFI seems like a bottom tier FF that would get wrecked by every FF game from FFVI and beyond.
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I still think adding SF4 and watching it struggle for third against Persona 4 made that match a lot more interesting than watching TWEWY get fodderized.

But yeah, Fire Emblem over Golden Sun and replacing SSB over other games was dumb.
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Not_Wylvane posted...

I still think adding SF4 made that match a lot more interesting than watching TWEWY get fodderized.

I mean, SFIV got fodderized, too. What's the difference?
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LeonhartFour posted...

Not_Wylvane posted...

I still think adding SF4 made that match a lot more interesting than watching TWEWY get fodderized.

I mean, SFIV got fodderized, too. What's the difference?

A hilarious battle for third place.

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/3474-division-8-round-1-gta4-persona-4-sf4-ssbb

And this was back before Persona became a bigger presence in general. Plus I feel the entire reason Bacon did the Add/Remove thing to begin with was solely to sneak SF4 into the bracket since it was released in a weird time.
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TWEWY could've done that, too!

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4111-southwest-division-round-1-world-ends-with-you-vs-dead
https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4154-southwest-division-round-2-dead-rising-vs-persona-4
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LeonhartFour posted...

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4154-southwest-division-round-2-dead-rising-vs-persona-4

What the fuck
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Nanis23 posted...

LeonhartFour posted...

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4154-southwest-division-round-2-dead-rising-vs-persona-4

What the fuck

Persona hadn't maxed out its Popularity stat yet.
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Mortal Kombat II was the best choice everything else was either lateral (Deus Ex, Street Fighter IV) or worse (Fire Emblem, SoulCalibur)

Was there another switch I can't remember.
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What did Deus Ex replace?
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I just checked the results. Everything as was expected.
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AxemRedRanger posted...

What did Deus Ex replace?

Fallout IIRC
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I got to thinking, what does a game of the decade contest look like in 2020?

these are probably the top 8 so far?

Skyrim
Breath of the Wild
Mass Effect 2
Last of Us
Witcher 3
Dark Souls
Smash 4
Undertale? FFXV?

I bet a lot of people gift this win to BOTW but I'm in a wait and see mode with the Switch.
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FFXV has a lot of backlash against it
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transcience posted...

I got to thinking, what does a game of the decade contest look like in 2020?

these are probably the top 8 so far?

Skyrim
Breath of the Wild
Mass Effect 2
Last of Us
Witcher 3
Dark Souls
Smash 4
Undertale? FFXV?

I bet a lot of people gift this win to BOTW but I'm in a wait and see mode with the Switch.

This contest has the potential to be less interesting than years.

Didn't Donkey Kong Country 2 replace some game?

And Skyrim's my bet for a 2020 GotD-contest right now. BotW will probably grow into the winner from what we've seen so far, but time will better show if that comes true or not.
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FFT is the only reason i voted for 1997, imo 1998 is a better year for gaming and i hope it makes it far.

FFT is 98 though
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I know we have a tendency to overrate Persona games, and P3 and P4 have basically disappointed at every turn, but I think Persona 5's finally big enough that it deserves to be in that top games of the decade list. If it ends up getting a port like P3 and P4 did, it'll probably be a Switch port, which would guarantee pretty high strength, too. Even without that though, I think it'd be reasonably strong.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

I know we have a tendency to overrate Persona games, and P3 and P4 have basically disappointed at every turn, but I think Persona 5's finally big enough that it deserves to be in that top games of the decade list. If it ends up getting a port like P3 and P4 did, it'll probably be a Switch port, which would guarantee pretty high strength, too. Even without that though, I think it'd be reasonably strong.

while it'll be a step up I still wouldn't take it over something like God of War, Assassin's Creed II or even Mass Effect 3
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ACII is apparently pure fodder, though. 21% on FFVI. Persona 4 can take that easily.
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Galaxy 2 I think could be a top 8 game in a decades contest depending on bracket
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I'd take P5, with time, over most of those.

Galaxy 2 lost to Mass Effect 1 and ME2 kinda bombed.
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Persona 5 should be strong but that's definitely one I'd rather wait and see six-twelve months from now before I make a judgment call on its strength.

Meanwhile I already have no problem saying BotW > Skyrim in a GotD2 finals.
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Potential future releases that could do well:

Kingdom Hearts 3
Super Mario Odyssey
Final Fantasy XVI?
Smash 5 - or, Smash 4 has the potential to get way stronger if it gets a Switch port. I think Mario Kart 8 has some potential from that too.
Elder Scrolls 6
Pokemon Sun/Moon/Stars if they're all counted together

Any other possible games people can think of?
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Oh yeah if Stars actually is a Switch release that should be pretty strong.

FF7 Remake if that counts and is actually a success
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I'll always be reluctant to trust a non-FF RPG to be a powerhouse.
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HaRRicH posted...

Didn't Donkey Kong Country 2 replace some game?

And Skyrim's my bet for a 2020 GotD-contest right now. BotW will probably grow into the winner from what we've seen so far, but time will better show if that comes true or not.

BotW is untouchable from this decade.
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HaRRicH posted...

Didn't Donkey Kong Country 2 replace some game?

Now that you mention it, I think it did, but I can't remember what it was.
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UItimaterializer posted...

BotW is untouchable from this decade.

Hey the decade isn't over.

ZeldaTPLink posted...

UItimaterializer posted...

BotW is untouchable from this decade.

Hey the decade isn't over.

It's more over than you think. There's only 2.5 more years, so most of the rest of the games coming out this decade have already been announced.
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http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Yesmar_ranks_every_GameFAQs_Contest_Match_Ever:_633-450

DKC2 was probably the biggest waste however. Originally Fallout was in its place, but it got replaced after the board requested that the superior DKC2 be allowed in, believing it was more deserving than its prequel which had made it in a different division. Well, it got SFFd and LPFd to Hell, and despite people laughing at it, I really would like to see DKC2 return in a more advantageous position, than the crappy one it got here

To Yesmar's credit, DKC2 has since won by surprise against a Nintendo fourpack of Xenoblade, FE:A, and SMM. It's still not strong, per say, but good call anyway.

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll?search=Donkey+kong+country+2
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Death Stranding is going to be GOTD
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Persona 4 did pretty good in 2015. We'll see if 5 can break through that ceiling.
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YOU'LL NEVER SEE iT COMING!
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