Board 8 > Your First Thought 40: "Strongest game that's not a part of a series"

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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.)

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Shadow of the Colossus

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Undertale

Took me a while to think of one

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Shadow of the Colossus

well the first thought was Okami then I realized there was a DS game

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My mind had a hard time finding one and then came up with Doki Doki Literature Club

'lol'

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My first thought was Undertale, which I guess is technically correct if we count the 2015 version

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My first thought was Chrono Trigger

Not thinking of any actual good candidates

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Super Mario RPG if that counts

otherwise Undertale

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My first thought was SotC but after a little bit more thinking, maybe Bloodborne? It's not actually in the Dark Souls series right?

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Menji posted...

Super Mario RPG if that counts

I think anything counts seeing as wrong answers have been accepted in the results before.

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Baba is You

>_>
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Super Mario RPG

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ZenOfThunder posted...

My first thought was SotC but after a little bit more thinking, maybe Bloodborne? It's not actually in the Dark Souls series right?

It isn't, but I don't think it can cleanly take on the MGS franchise

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good point I guess i forgot how strong SotC was (is? is.)

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Leonhart4 posted...

My first thought was Undertale, which I guess is technically correct if we count the 2015 version

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LordoftheMorons posted...

My first thought was Chrono Trigger

Not thinking of any actual good candidates

my first thought was also Chrono Trigger

first thought that actually isnt (technically) part of a series was Demons Souls
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yeah my guess is that the actual right answer is Shadow of the Colossus, which is still kinda mindblowing

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Shadow of the Colossus

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Skies of Arcadia

It was the first game that popped into my head that wasn't actually in a series. Chrono Trigger did show up first, but it's not a valid answer.

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Tetris

Pretty sure that's not actually a valid answer, though. Shadow of the Collosus is probably the right answer.
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Braid, lmao

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Spelunky

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Shadow of the Colossus

Wow, cant believe I actually thought of the right thing.

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Shadow of the Colossus

First thought was literally "Team Fortress 2" though, so I think I'm both wrong and have the worst answer.

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Chrono Trigger

What's a Cross?

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Xenogears counts right

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Spider-Man

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Shadow of the Colossus

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Okami

Not sure if it's part of a series or how strong it is though

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UltimaterializerX posted...

Chrono Trigger.

Two games is not a series.

Good thing Radical Dreamers exists

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League of Legends

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First thought was Xenoblade Chrionicles, which is of course invalid now.

First real answer was Octopath Traveler.

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Shadow of the Colossus

MZero posted...

Okami

Not sure if it's part of a series or how strong it is though

uhhh Okamiden and i think that's it

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UltimaterializerX posted...

Chrono Trigger.

Two games is not a series.

I mean, GameFAQs had a contest that defined otherwise.

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_SecretSquirrel posted...

Skies of Arcadia

It was the first game that popped into my head that wasn't actually in a series. Chrono Trigger did show up first, but it's not a valid answer.

I also thought of a few other games before CT, but yeah.

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Chrono Trigger

Stand by your failures, cowards!

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Shadow of the Colossus

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GildedFool posted...

Stand by your failures, cowards!

okay I admit that Witcher 3 was my very first thought

but Baba is You was my first qualifying thought
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People basically treat Witcher 3 like it's the only one at this point

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Haunting Ground

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Chrono Trigger

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Demon's Souls. though i don't know if it actually counts or not

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LiquidOshawott posted...

Shadow of the Colossus

well the first thought was Okami then I realized there was a DS game

My first thought too, but Shadow of the Colossus is no better in that regard. Literally a sequel to another game in GotD. Or was it prequel? I don't remember. It's definitely part of a series though.
Great_Paul posted...

Undertale

Took me a while to think of one

Nope, that doesn't work either.
Xeybozn posted...

Tetris

Pretty sure that's not actually a valid answer, though. Shadow of the Collosus is probably the right answer.

It might be. But I'd have to say that of the qualifying answers I've seen in this topic, Bloodborne is probably the best.

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TsunamiXXVIII posted...

It might be. But I'd have to say that of the qualifying answers I've seen in this topic, Bloodborne is probably the best.

Ah yes, because Shadow of the Colossus is clearly part of a series while Bloodborne and especially Tetris somehow aren't by that same definition. Galaxy brain take right here.

Honestly, Skies of Arcadia might actually be the answer using such a broad definition of the term series, which is kind of frightening to think about. Cuphead, Stardew Valley, and The Legend of Dragoon are also possibilities along those lines.

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...Cyberpunk 2077.

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Minecraft

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The Tetris take is bizarre because not only are there many games in that series that have been in polls, there is even a Tetris 2. Its a massive series. There was even a major one last year! And one of the best received games of the year before that.

Minecraft also has multiple games though maybe you can argue that it isnt a series as they are spinoffs.

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TsunamiXXVIII posted...

Nope, that doesn't work either.

Why not? Deltarune is not explicitly in the Undertale series.

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