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Spring 2006 Contest Analysis Crew - Part 2
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| Master Moltar | Posted 7/17/2006 4:13:58 PM | message detail | #151 |
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The Elder Scrolls.........35.23% 38904 Street Fighter................64.77% 71526 TOTAL VOTES......................110430 65.96% of the brackets predicted this match correctly. A decent performance from both sides. TES is a brand new entry, and we really didn't know how it would fare against a popular franchise like Street Fighter. Needless to say, it didn't do too bad. Messed up alot of brackets in the process too. Today, Residend Evil is blowing Shadow Hearts away. Shouldn't have expected anything more from Grade-A Fodder though. Moltar - 3 Soul - 3 Ulti - 2 HaRRich - 2 HM - 2 Yoblazer - 1 Leon - 1 Mnm - 0 Lopen - 0 Yay, I get a point! --- Moltar Status: Disappointed, I lost my perfect bracket. Resident Evil vs. Shadow Hearts - Bracket: RE - Vote: RE (13/15) |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/17/2006 4:19:45 PM | message detail | #152 |
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+9 Moltar +8 Heroic Mario +7 Soul +6 Lopen +5 mnm +4 Leonhart +3 Ulti +2 HaRRicH +1 yoblazer The Rankings (Through The Elder Scrolls/Street Fighter) 1. Master Moltar (74) 2. XxSoulxX (60) 3. UltimaterializerX (57) 4. Lopen (51) 5. yoblazer33 (48) 5. Heroic Mario (48) 7. Leonhart (45) 8. therealmnm (42) 9. HaRRicH (39) --- Moltar Status: Disappointed, I lost my perfect bracket. Resident Evil vs. Shadow Hearts - Bracket: RE - Vote: RE (13/15) |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/17/2006 9:53:57 PM | message detail | #153 |
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Hyrule Division: Round 2 - Match 17 – (1)Legend of Zelda vs. (5)Mega Man X Moltar’s Analysis Legend of Zelda Round 1 – 89.97% vs. Civilization (10.03%) Legend of Zelda easily makes it past Civilization. I mean…really easily. Mega Man X Round 1 – 72.61% vs. Suikoden (27.39%) In a seeding upset we all saw coming, MMX tops Suikoden Round 2 is here, and what we start off with is a potential SFF-fest. How fun. Only question here is how much SFF will suffer. We all saw what Link did to Mega Man. Anyway, let’s lengthen this a little. Last round, Zelda did the impossible and garned 100,000 votes…for itself. That’s incredible. MMX did decently against Suikoden, though we did expect a little bit better. Many of us were interested in how MMX would fare in a Contest setting, since it’s always Mega Man Classic getting the attention. Well, this match probably won’t tell us much. Nintendo sides with Mega Man, but Legend of Zelda is more important to Nintendo fans than MMX, and thus we have SFF. MMX may get some Sony/Capcom support, but that’s about it. Moltar’s Bracket Says: Legend of Zelda will win. Moltar’s Prediction is: LoZ: 77% - MMX: 23% Ulti’s Analysis This match is going to be Link/Mega Man version 2.0, only likely worse. The only "drama" we'll see in this match will be whether or not MMX breaks 30%. And yeah, I seriously think Zelda is strong enough to SFF the MMX series that badly. Prediction: Zelda with 72.13% Soul’s Analysis LoZ defeated Civilization with 89.97% MMX defeated Suikoden with 72.61% Round 2 begins with a favorite to win the contest, Zelda. Being that it is one of the favorites, this match should be a very easy to predict match, right? Right. As strong as Mega Man is, it's still considered Nintendo by GameFAQs. Want proof? Just look at Yoshi last summer. Or look at Mega Man himself two years ago. Hell, you can even look at Zero when he faced Mario last year. All those characters underperformed greatly. This is because people think Mega Man is Nintendo. Thus, Mega Man X will get his ass kicked, SFF style in this match. Comprende? My prediction: LoZ wins with 75.00% of the vote. HaRRich’s Analysis Legend of Zelda VERSUS Mega Man X Predicted winner: Legend of Zelda Earlier this contest: ---LoZ - 89.97% against Civilization ---MMX - 72.61% against Suikoden Top 100 List comparison: ---LoZ:OoT - #2, LoZ:LttP - #4, LoZ - #30, LoZ:WW - #45, LoZ:MM - #46 ---MMX - N/A (had no games on the drop-down list) Best Game Ever x-stat comparison: ---LoZ:OoT - 46.18% (32-64 Division runner-up), LoZ:LttP - 41.61% (16 Division runner-up), LoZ:WW - 37.29% (was behind Starcraft), LoZ - 34.49% (8 Divison runner-up) ---MMX - N/A (no rep) Does anybody remember Link/Mega Man? Expect a lot of the same, but worse; many people consider Link and Mega Man to be the representation of their entire series, and this match will feature only MMX instead of the entire Mega Man series. LoZ already has the old-school vote on lock-down thanks to LoZ:LttP (and the original LoZ, too, but that's beside the point), which is where many of the MMX games reside. It's been said that the MMX games on the Playstation aren't near as good or as popular as the SNES ones, which would get trumped by LoZ:MM or LoZ:WW (maybe even some of the Gameboy games)...oh, and LoZ:OoT too. This match will make Suikoden look horrible, for sure..... Legend of Zelda wins with 76.12% |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/17/2006 9:54:26 PM | message detail | #154 |
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Leon’s Analysis Ha, I told you that the Legend of Zelda wouldn’t break 90% on Civilization, didn’t I? Man, I love being right. Well, with that little bit of gloating out of the way, let’s move on to analyzing the first match of the second round. As you would expect from finally seeing the entirety of the second strongest series on this site put together as one entry, the Legend of Zelda put on one of the most dominant performances we’ve ever seen. Even in the very first match of the contest, we saw some record-breaking numbers. It became the first entry ever to break 100,000 votes on its own (heh, and we were doubting that we’d see any match break 100,000 before the Final Four), beating Cloud Strife’s old record by 6000 votes. The Legend of Zelda (the series) beat out the Legend of Zelda (original NES game) for the largest margin of victory by about 800 votes, which is even more impressive when you consider that Civilization managed more than twice as many votes as Adventure. It placed at #7 for highest winning percentage, and it placed at #5 for highest prediction percentage. Overall, this is the sort of thing you would expect from a contender for the championship. On the other hand, Mega Man X disappointed by the expectations of some (though it did just about as I predicted) against Suikoden by failing to triple it. The match also drew 9000 fewer votes than the Legend of Zelda’s match, and for some reason, 22.16% of the brackets actually thought Suikoden could win this one, making it the biggest “bracket buster” of the Hyrule Division. On the bright side, we finally got to see more than X’s forehead in a match picture! Of course, we didn’t even have to see the first round matches to know that Zelda is going to win this match, and easily at that. The only question is: By how much? There is also the issue with whether or not Mega Man X will suffer any noticeable amount of SFF in this match. While the majority of the series has been on a Sony console, the first three games were released on the Super Nintendo, thus putting in a measure of fanbase overlap. In my opinion, when you throw an entire series into the mix—especially one with several games—you drastically increase the probability of overlap anyway. Sharing a console is just icing on the cake and likely makes the SFF a little more severe. I suppose one thing to take into consideration when considering the percentage is the difference in strength between Civilization and Suikoden. We already know that Suikoden is a weak cult series (though I think the series is not a bottom feeder like the characters, but it’s still very weak), but what about Civilization? I mean, it’s a well-received PC series with good sales, and PC games generally aren’t totally weak (even Half-Life did well for itself). Yet, for some reason, I’d feel rather squeamish about taking it to beat Suikoden at the moment (I suppose that’s because it seems weird to pick anything that barely scored 10% to win ANY match). Naturally, SFF will probably throw off any projections I could make, and it seems nearly impossible to gauge it in this situation. Leonhart’s Prediction: The Legend of Zelda with 80.77% |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/17/2006 9:55:02 PM | message detail | #155 |
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HM’s Analysis The Legend of Zelda Previous Matches: The Legend of Zelda – 89.97% -- 100,163 Civilization – 10.03% -- 11,169 Mega Man X Previous Matches: Mega Man X – 72.61% -- 74,270 Suikoden – 27.39% -- 28,018 Unfortunately, this is where Mega Man X’s run comes to an end. After a pretty solid beat down of Suikoden (I think Suikoden didn’t do too bad, myself), Mega Man X has to go up and face one of two beasts in this tournament – Zelda. In the last round, LoZ went and set records by being the only competitor to ever hit 100,000 votes on its own and shattering Cloud’s record as the most votes by a single competitor – 96,000 votes. It is pretty clear and present who is going to win this one, and without any trouble at all. Even with a blowout coming, Mega Man X shouldn’t do too badly, all things considered. I suspect it’ll perform a little worse than Mega Man performed on Link, which was met with some pretty nasty SFF. Some of the crew thinks that LoZ is going to SFF MMX, which never made a lick of sense to me. Merely because MMX started on a Nintendo platform does not mean it is liable to get SFFed by Nintendo series. It really doesn’t matter that much, though, because a blowout is a blowout. The Legend Zelda will continue the dominance of its division until it meets Metal Gear and ultimately Final Fantasy in the finals. Again, it’s quite a shame that MMX’s run had to come to such an abrupt end when it could have gone places almost anywhere else in the bracket. Hopefully there isn’t much SFF like people are calling for so we don’t get odd extrapolated stats … Aitch Emm’s Bracket : The Legend of Zelda Aitch Emm’s Prediction : The Legend of Zelda – 72% ; Mega Man X – 28% Aitch Emm’s Vote : Mega Man X Yoblazer’s Analysis Let's get Round 2 started! With half the contest left to go, everyone knows there are only three more remotely debatable matches left. Everyone also knows this is not one of them. Taking their first round results into consideration, there is absolutely no question that The Legend of Zelda goes into this match as the overwhelming favorite. True, Final Fantasy had the opening round's most jaw-dropping performance, but that doesn't suddenly erase Zelda's juggernaut status on this site, and it will prove that for us today. Mega Man X, on the other hand, was not particularly impressive against Suikoden, failing to earn the tripling on a very cultish RPG series. Perhaps it is nowhere near as all-encompassing as its older brother. When people see Mega Man, they might think not only about the NES games, but about everything else - everything that makes Mega Man a legend and one of the most established names in our industry (maybe I should have thought of this before picking Mario Kart, LOL). When people see Mega Man X, they see one series. It may carry some pop, but it's still only one series. When you consider the FACT that A Link to the Past would garner over 50% in a poll against every single MMX game, you begin to see how bleak this really is. Now let's add Ocarina of Time, the original Legend of Zelda (which, don't be fooled, is one of the more popular games here), Majora's Mask, Wind Waker, and its host of other games, and we'll get a nice bloodbath. I undershot both Zelda and Final Fantasy's percentages in the first round. After a nice wake-up call, I'll be sure not to do that again. The Legend of Zelda + Two of the four most popular games on the site + Many more popular games + The holy grail of Nintendo fans + SFF wrecking machine + Credibility up the wazoo - None here Mega Man X + Pretty popular in its own right + Good amount of games - Not as legendary or broad as the original Mega Man - This will be much more embarrassing than Link/Mega Man 2004 My prediction: The Legend of Zelda def. Mega Man X (80-20) |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/17/2006 9:55:50 PM | message detail | #156 |
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Mnm’s Analysis Battle Music: X vs. Zero (MMX5) Okay, I've been thoroughly owned this past round. This is actually the worst I've done in any contest I've entered in the first round, by both actually matches correct and predicting how strong I think each contestant will be. AM I LOSING MY TOUCH?!?!?!!?! Anyways, this write-up will be rather short, as I have a ton of things to do (find an apartment, find furniture, start my new job… you know, basic real world stuff….). The Legend of Zelda tore through Civilization with no problem whatsoever, proving that it will most likely be a major force in this contest. However, with Mega Man's performance against Mario Kart, maybe the Mega Man games have more legs in this contest than I thought. Of course seeing how Mega Man himself has both SFF'd and been SFF'd by Nintendo characters; maybe Mega Man/Mario Kart was a result of SFF tiering. I'm not quite ready to say that MMX will be able to stand up to LoZ even if Mega Man easily dispatched Mario Kart. However, I still don't think it will be a total flop. The popularity of Zero shows that the Mega Man X fanbase is pretty solid. It should still get a fair amount of support against LoZ. But it won't come close to making a match of it, unfortunately. Too bad, as MMX is probably my second or third favorite series in this contest. Bracket: Legend of Zelda Vote: MMX Prediction: Legend of Zelda with 69.58% Lopen’s Analysis Another speed bump on Zelda's path to the finals. I wish Mega Man X was considered more than a speed bump here, but it isn't. Not to fault Mega Man X, very few series would be considered anything more than a speed bump. The real questions here are: 1. How much is Zelda going to win by? 2. How much should it win by to be perceived as a threat to FF's walk to the title? Both tough questions to answer, at this point. All things aside, I think if Zelda got even a tripling on Mega Man X it'd be looking really good right here. I'm not sure where that puts MMX in the eventual stats or anything… I'm just going offa what looks impressive for that match. But, we've all seen Mega Man's Nintendoesque attitude, we know he can do weird stuff if paired up against the likes of Yoshi or Link. There's a significant overlap there… and series have been giving out blowouts like it's nobody's business. I think Mega Man X is a pretty popular series, despite my prediction… but I don't think X-Stats are going to be worth anything in this contest when all's said and done anyway. Lopen's Prediction: Legend of Zelda with 80.59% Comments: Yep, LoZ wins. Very easily too. |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 7/17/2006 9:59:01 PM | message detail | #157 |
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Feel the pain of the BOX, Lopen! --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| Lopen | Posted 7/17/2006 10:48:48 PM | message detail | #158 |
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Lopen's bracket says: "Box will win". Lopen's vote: Box Lopen's prediction: Box with 70.12%. You shall never succeed! --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/17/2006 11:15:57 PM | message detail | #159 |
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Might be a tight fit in that box! --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Lopen | Posted 7/17/2006 11:17:23 PM | message detail | #160 |
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I'm just showing you how to get boxed in properly, kid. I'm still very much in this match! --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/17/2006 11:18:26 PM | message detail | #161 |
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Zelda is just teasing you. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/18/2006 11:54:28 AM | message detail | #162 |
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Resident Evil...........87.76% 97696 Shadow Hearts......12.24% 13627 TOTAL VOTES...................111323 96.21% of the brackets predicted this match correctly. Resident Evil knocks Shadow Hearts all the way to the back of the fodder line with the biggest non-Noble Nine blowout we've ever seen in these Contests. RE almost also broke 100K votes, which would have been quite the feat. Today, LoZ continues its path of dominance by nearing 81% on MMX. Soul - 4 Moltar - 3 Ulti - 2 HaRRich - 2 HM - 2 Yoblazer - 1 Leon - 1 Mnm - 0 Lopen - 0 Soul had the highest RE pick, so he gets the point. --- Moltar Status: Disappointed, I lost my perfect bracket. Legend of Zelda vs. Mega Man X - Bracket: LoZ - Vote: LoZ (14/16) |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/18/2006 11:58:38 AM | message detail | #163 |
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+9 Soul +8 Leon +7 HM +6 Ulti +5 Moltar +4 HaRRich +3 Mnm +2 Yo +1 Lopen The Rankings (Through The Resident Evil/Shadow Hearts) 1. Master Moltar (79) 2. XxSoulxX (69) 3. UltimaterializerX (63) 4. Leonhart (53) 5. Lopen (52) 5. Heroic Mario (52) 7. yoblazer33 (50) 8. therealmnm (45) 9. HaRRicH (43) --- Moltar Status: Disappointed, I lost my perfect bracket. Legend of Zelda vs. Mega Man X - Bracket: LoZ - Vote: LoZ (14/16) |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/18/2006 1:42:41 PM | message detail | #164 |
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Ooh, looks like my pick is nearly spot on. Good thing I lowered it, too, or Lopen would have this one easily. While I won't be catching up to 3rd place with this match, I'll be closing the gap, at least. *makes note to shoot absurdedly high more often* --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/18/2006 4:52:40 PM | message detail | #165 |
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Looks like this point is going down to the wire. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/18/2006 6:37:18 PM | message detail | #166 |
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Hyrule Division: Round 2 - Match 18 – (3)Pokemon vs. (2)Metroid Moltar’s Analysis Pokemon Round 1 – 65.73% vs. Star Ocean (34.27%) Pokemon shows us that…people just hate Pikachu, they don’t mind the games. Metroid Round 1 – 70.57% vs. Kirby (29.43%) Metroid destroys Kirby, but we all saw that coming. Well, we go from one SFF-affair…to possibly another. Yay! Last round, Pokemon proved most of us wrong by easily beating Star Ocean. Many people underestimated the series because of the hate and its match with Xenogears. Of course, Star Ocean could just be that weak, but whatever. Metroid, which faced a Nintendo series weaker than it, won its first round match. Now it gets to face Pokemon, another series primarily identified with Nintendo. So that means we get to see how SFF-resistant Pokemon is in this match. Now, Metroid is known for not being too good SFF-wise, but it’s Pokemon, so it will probably win on its strength alone. Moltar’s Bracket Says: Metroid will win. Moltar’s Prediction is: Pokemon: 30% - Metroid: 70% Soul’s Analysis Pokemon defeated Star Ocean with 65.74% Metroid defeated Kirby with 70.57% A Nintendo Vs. Nintendo match. Know what that means? Same Fanbase Factor. Ooooh. Aaaah. Basically, this comes down to which series you think the Nintendo fans will side with. In this case, it's pretty simple. Pokemon is not as hated as before, but it's still hated. Metroid should win this one as it's not hated by the masses. H-H-H-Here we go! So they're finally here performing for you, If you know the words you can join in too, Put your hands togeather if you want to clap, As we take you through this monkey rap, HUH! DK. Donkey Kong!! He's the leader of the bunch, you know him well, He's finally back, to kick some tail, His coconut gun can fire in spurts, If he shoots ya, it's gunna hurt, He's bigger, faster and stronger too, He's the first member of the DK crew! Huh!! DK, Donkey Kong!! DK, Donkey Kong is here!! This Kong's got style, so listen up dudes, Shecan shrink in size to suit her mood, She's quick and nimble when she needs to be, She can flout through the air and climb up trees, If you choose her, you'll not choose wrong, With a skip and a hop, she's one cool Kong! Huh!! DK, Donkey Kong!! He has no style, he has no grace, This Kong has a funny face, He can handstand when he needs to, And stretch his arms out just for you, Inflate himself just like a baloon, This crazy Kong just digs this tune! Huh!! DK, Donkey Kong!! DK, Donkey Kong is here!! He's back again and about time too, And this time he's in the mood, He can fly real high with his jetpack on, With his pistols out he's one tough Kong, He'll make you smile when he plays his tune, But Kremlings beware 'cause he's after you! Huh!! DK, Donkey Kong!! Huh!! Finally he's here, he's here for you, It's the last member of the DK crew, This Kong's so strong, it isn't funny, He'll make a Kremling cry out for mummy, He can pick up a boulder with relative ease, Makes crushing rocks seem such a breeze, He may move slow, he can't jump high, But this Kong is one heck of a guy! Huh!! C'mon Cranky take it to the fridge! Walnuts, peanuts, pineapple smells, Grapes, melons, oranges and coconut shells, Walnuts, peanuts, pineapple smells, Grapes, melons, oranges and coconut shells, Oh yeah!! My Prediction: Donkey Kong knocks out Samus and Metroid with barrels and oranges. And Metroid wins with 68.95% of the vote. |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/18/2006 6:37:53 PM | message detail | #167 |
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Hyrule Division: Round 2 - Match 18 – (3)Pokemon vs. (2)Metroid Ulti’s Analysis *Pokemon kills Star Ocean early* OMG METROID LOSEZ! *Pokemon's percentage levels later* OMG POKEMON WINS CLOSE! *Metroid kills Kirby* OMG METROID CAN ACTUALLY SFF THINGS IT WINZ!1 Typical Board 8, calling entire contests when meaningless matches have barely begun. Anyway, though Pokemon hate has all but died off, people are letting what happened to Samus last summer cloud their brain. Remember Xenogears/GSC? Xenogears would still whip the entire Pokemon series' ass --- any game in it. Relax. Metroid is still beloved enough to win this, methinks. Prediction: Metroid with 63.63% Leon’s Analysis *Samus Aran checks her Series Contest to-do list* 1. SFF Kirby “Check. Let’s see…Next on the list…” 2. SFF Pokemon “That shouldn’t be a problem. After that…” 3. Get SFF’d by the Legend of Zelda “Man, this list gets easier as I go!” In its first match, Metroid seemingly proved that it was actually capable of dishing out SFF instead of always taking it by scoring a tad over 70% against Kirby. Then again, perhaps the pink puffball’s series actually IS that weak, but we’ll probably never know. It doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things though. Metroid would have won with ease anyway. Honestly, you’ve got at least three Metroid games before you get to the most popular Kirby game, but I digress. Pokemon was supposed to be involved in one of the closer matches of the first round, but it destroyed Star Ocean from the very beginning and ended up with a near doubling, even with the big shot of Pikachu plastered on its side of the match picture. Some people didn’t think the series had that kind of blowout potential, but it certainly looks like the hate has died down in the last couple of years. While it appears that Star Ocean is fodder, having all of the Pokemon games together under one label (particularly Red/Blue/Yellow, which I expected to be the most popular set anyway) definitely helped to make this an even bigger blowout. Even Xenogears couldn’t have kept this match close, I think. As for this match, Metroid’s odds of blowing this one are slim to none. I’d take Kirby to beat Star Ocean head-to-head, and it outperformed Pokemon against the stronger opponent, SFF notwithstanding. There’s no idea of gauging how much was in that match, but I couldn’t have seen Kirby breaking 40% on it one way or the other. And sure, while Metroid is prone to getting SFF’d, Pokemon is even worse. Samus Aran and Metroid have always been a solid third place on the Nintendo pecking order on GameFAQs. If you think that Pokemon will ever be the one dishing out SFF, you’re crazy. Then you’re left with two questions: 1) Is Pokemon stronger than Kirby? And 2) How ugly is the SFF for this one? Before its match with Star Ocean, I would’ve answered the first question in the negative. Now…I think it probably is. As for the second question, I think it can avoid taking as bad of a beating as Kirby did, but it probably still gets doubled. I’d love to see Pokemon put up a fight and break 40% here though. Leonhart’s Prediction: Metroid with 67.12% |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/18/2006 6:38:41 PM | message detail | #168 |
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HM’s Analysis Metroid Previous Matches: Metroid – 70.57% -- 75,098 Kirby – 29.43% -- 31, 312 Pokemon Previous Matches: Pokemon – 65.74% -- 71,579 Star Ocean – 34.26% -- 37,037 Even though Star Ocean should be here right now, Pokemon somehow managed to slip by (I claim cheating) and is up against a fellow Nintendo franchise in Metroid. This one is probably going to be one of the worst beatings of the second round due to the weakness of Pokemon (No, folks, it beating Star Ocean does not give it any strength) and the strength of Metroid. Add in any potential SFF and this one is gonna be a nasty affair. Pokemon did the unexpected last round and gave a real beating to Star Ocean. Personally, I was shocked that Pokemon was able to actually beat something with over 55% of the vote. Still, even with a near doubling, Pokemon is not something to be feared nor is it a series with any type of real strength. That match, more than anything, proved that Star Ocean is absolutely not cared for in the slightest on this site. I suppose the evidence was there and I just missed it. At any rate, Pokemon is in for a beating here. Metroid demolished Kirby worse than most people expected, which was good to see because it should speak pretty well of Metroid’s strength in this contest. It has a pretty simple path of beating down two Nintendo franchises and losing out to one … you know, I never noticed before, but this division is filled to the brim with Nintendo series. It’s a shame we couldn’t see Kirby and Metroid in different parts of the bracket where there could be some real action going on. Anyway, Metroid is undoubtedly one of GameFAQs’ favorite series and it’ll continue to show in this match. So yeah, this’ll be another boring match in the Hyrule Division. I expect Metroid to do nearly a quadrupling here. It might seem a bit high, but it wouldn’t surprise me at all if it went even higher. But, if Pokemon manages to avoid a tripling, consider me a believer that Pokemon has some notable strength. Aitch Emm’s Bracket : Metroid Aitch Emm’s Prediction : Metroid – 79% ; Pokemon – 21% Aitch Emm’s Vote : Metroid Yoblazer’s Analysis Is this a boring division or what? While Pokemon was very impressive against the pathetic Star Ocean, there's no need to second-guess this match's result. After Mario Kart's disappointing performance, there's no way I'd take it against Metroid, and I'm very, VERY weary of taking Super Smash Bros. over Samus's series, either. What does that mean? It means that Metroid obeys the traditional chain of command and likely is the third strongest Nintendo series. It has old school credibility and a very popular SNES game in Super Metroid. Unfortunately, it took the N64 generation off, but it came back with a vengeance on the Gamecube via the outstanding Prime titles, which have given Metroid a real shot in the arm. As a series, Pokemon's strength seems to have increased dramatically. This is understandable when considering that, for better or worse, it has been the biggest thing in our industry in the past decade. It might not be very popular on GameFAQs, but it's credible and influential enough to get the job done on something like Star Ocean. Metroid, on the other hand, is simply out of its league. Pokemon + Impressive first round match shows us this is the strongest Poke-entry to date + Tons of influence + Might hold up better than Kirby - Pretty low on the Nintendo ladder - Very little console love Metroid + Quite possibly Nintendo's #3 + Lots of credibility + Old school hit and the Primes to get it on the right track again - You've got Link next, Ms. Aran My prediction: Metroid def. Pokemon (69-31) |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/18/2006 6:39:07 PM | message detail | #169 |
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Mnm’s Analysis Battle Music: Boss Battle 1 (Super Metroid Kraid Fight) Super busy now, so the next few write-ups will be pretty short. Pokemon already has had its time to shine in this contest after beating Star Ocean in a "debated" match. Unfortunately, Metroid is where its path will end. Metroid has the unfortunate opportunity YET AGAIN to see its demise at the hands of a SFF beating from the Legend of Zelda. Which is too bad, since it could very well be one of the strongest entities outside of the big three. Look for Metroid to take out its frustration on Pokemon in this match. I call a tripling… Bracket: Metroid Vote: Metroid Prediction: Metroid with 75% HaRRich’s Analysis Predicted winner: Metroid Earlier this contest: ---Pokemon - 65.73% against Star Ocean ---Metroid - 70.57% against Kirby Top 100 List comparison: ---Pokemon R/B/Y - #28, Pokemon G/S/C - #59 ---Super Metroid - #24, Metroid Prime - #29, Metroid - #65, MP2: Echoes - #74 (Metroid Fusion had the drop-down list and was still snubbed) Best Game Ever x-stat comparison: ---Pokemon G/S/C - 16.79% (was behind FF7/Xenogears) ---Metroid Prime - 33.4% (may have been SFF'd by LoZ:WW, was behind Starcraft), Super Metroid - 21.63% (SFF'd by LoZ:LttP), Metroid - 17.53% (SFF'd by SMB3) So Pokemon impressed against Star Ocean, great -- it turns out SO was fodder all along. Pokemon probably is stronger than we give it credit for, but still...SO disappointed way too much to get any respect from me in this. Meanwhile, Metroid beat Kirby's ass worse than Pokemon beat SO. Yes, one could say SFF, but even then, to see that Metroid actually does have the power to cast SFF instead of receiving it is great news for it, especially considering that a Samus/Kirby match would be much closer...besides, I figure SFF is pretty small in that match (although existant). Considering many people would take Kirby over Pokemon, the outcome seems obvious already in Pokemon/Metroid...and that's because it is. However, I'm goin' to take this further since I'm doubting Kirby > Pokemon: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=525 In a battle of being the favorite Nintendo series, Metroid gets about 5% more than Pokemon to take third place (behind LoZ and Mario, naturally). That poll was also held in May of 2001, which was before the Gamecube was even released. That means there is no Metroid Prime (Overall GotY, 2002), Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (3rd in Overall GotY, 2004), Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA GotY, 2004), Metroid Fusion (GBA GotY, 2002), or Metroid Prime: Hunters (which had demos shipped with the DS) at the time of that poll. Granted, Pokemon has had more releases since then too, but NOTHING like the Metroid series has had this generation. The handheld Metroid games can combat with most Pokemon titles, I would figure, and at least two of the console Metroid titles would beat any Pokemon title. To Pokemon's credit, it will outdo Kirby's performance, but I would expect Star Ocean to look horrible after this match...and wait until LoZ/Metroid takes place..... Metroid wins with 66.12% |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/18/2006 6:39:43 PM | message detail | #170 |
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Lopen’s Analysis Before the contest started, I'd have said "Kirby's probably stronger than Pokemon". Oh, sure, I thought the Pokemon hate had gone down, but I didn't think it was a serious player, just enough to beat Star Ocean without sweating it. Still, what it did last round was impressive. I don't think Star Ocean is that much less popular than Suikoden. It might not be at all. And if you think that, you've got Pokemon looking to be about as much a force as Mega Man X. Now, don't get me wrong, here, I don't think Pokemon's a threat to win this match, but I think it'll surprise. In fact, you might as well just take my Kirby/Metroid percentage here, and take the whole damn analysis sans the smores references, too. Pokemon won't just roll over. And Metroid's bad at SFF until further notice. Pokemon's definitely got a fan base here. It may not have reared its head for the other contests, but I do think Pokemon >> Pokemon GSC and Pikachu. Last round just reassured me of that. Pokemon could be considered a lot like a Kirby on SSJ3 oh my gawd powerup for seven episodes! (making fun of DBZ is fun!) , when you think about it. Both are mainly from the Gameboy, with mild support from SSBM and random N64/GC releases… but Pokemon's games are that much more popular. The main edge that Kirby had was the lovable character, and I just don't think people are letting that influence voting very much. Pokemon should do much better. Lopen's Prediction: Metroid with 57.08% Comments: Yeah, we all know Metroid is going to win...but by how much? We're ALL over the place for this match. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/18/2006 7:05:52 PM | message detail | #171 |
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Interesting that HaRRicH's and my predictions are exactly 1% apart. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/18/2006 7:17:53 PM | message detail | #172 |
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I always end mine as __.12%, so I'm totally blaming that on you. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| trannyscience | Posted 7/18/2006 7:18:46 PM | message detail | #173 |
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I always seem to end mine in .45 for some reason. --- xyzzy |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/18/2006 7:19:50 PM | message detail | #174 |
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Always, you say? *makes note to end predictions in .13% and hope to get the same first two numbers as HaRRicH* --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/18/2006 7:20:26 PM | message detail | #175 |
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Well, except for SMB/Madden. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| shadow8021 | Posted 7/18/2006 9:33:18 PM | message detail | #176 |
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Wow, only 2 people picked Metroid to outdo iut's percentage on Kirby on Pokemon. --- Series Contest Score: 14/16 Today's Pick: The Legend of Zelda |
| DaruniaTheGoron | Posted 7/18/2006 11:25:11 PM | message detail | #177 |
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From: shadow8021 Wow, only 2 people picked Metroid to outdo iut's percentage on Kirby on Pokemon. Because Pokemon has seena resurgance on this site. Anyway, good job Lopen, you already have this one in the bag. --- ...little Weezing it's gonna stand up against my ****in' Charizard? Just get back on your bike and keep pretending to be cool with your lame ass mohawk ****er. - phoenix1487 Sp2k6: 14/16 |
| Lugia2 | Posted 7/19/2006 7:49:35 AM | message detail | #178 |
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Can't do any predictions now, but it looks like Pokemon is a LOT stronger than we give it credit for. I mean- 47%!?!?! More than 40!?!?!? Oh well. Looks like HM got screwed over. Again. At least you still got the bracket point! ;) --- VIVA LA REVOLU-er, Wii!! Thank you Nintendo, thank you very much. |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/19/2006 12:12:52 PM | message detail | #179 |
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The Legend of Zelda....80.32% 104400 Mega Man X....................19.68% 25577 TOTAL VOTES..........................129977 95.59% of the brackets predicted this match correctly. Holy 3rd most popular match of all time, Batman! LoZ continues on its path of dominace by beating MMX wih over 80% of the vote AND cracking 100K votes for the second time thus far. Today, Pokemon continues to prove to us that we did underestimate it, as its going toe-to-toe with Metroid. Soul - 4 Moltar - 3 Ulti - 2 HaRRich - 2 HM - 2 Lopen - 1 Yoblazer - 1 Leon - 1 Mnm - 0 Lopen gets his first point, even though his percentae was boxed in. Very nice. --- Moltar Status: Disappointed, I lost my perfect bracket. Pokemon vs. Metroid - Bracket: Metroid - Vote: Metroid (16/18) |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/19/2006 12:18:55 PM | message detail | #180 |
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+9 Lopen +8 Yo +7 Leon +6 Moltar +5 HaRRich +4 Soul +3 Ulti +2 HM +1 Mnm The Rankings (Through Legend of Zelda/Mega Man X) 1. Master Moltar (85) 2. XxSoulxX (73) 3. UltimaterializerX (66) 4. Lopen (61) 5. Leonhart (60) 6. yoblazer33 (58) 7. Heroic Mario (54) 8. HaRRicH (48) 9. therealmnm (46) --- Moltar Status: Disappointed, I lost my perfect bracket. Pokemon vs. Metroid - Bracket: Metroid - Vote: Metroid (16/18) |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/19/2006 7:55:04 PM | message detail | #181 |
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Snake Division: Round 2 - Match 19 – (1)Metal Gear vs. (4)Fire Emblem Moltar’s Analysis Metal Gear Round 1 – 69.9% vs. Soul Calibur (30.1%) Soul Calibur isn’t an easy opponent, as it showed MG last round. Fire Emblem Round 1 – 57.05% vs. Silent Hill (42.95%) In the Battle of the Fodder, FE gets the victory over Silent Hill. Aren’t the opponents supposed to get tougher as the tourney progresses? That’s definitely not the case here. Neither FE or SH should have made it to Round 2 because of how weak they are, but I guess it doesn’t hurt to make Metal Gear look good. Facing the strongest 8 seed in Round 1 and failing to break 70% isn’t the best start. Still, it’s not like Metal Gear is in any threat to lose its divison. Fire Emblem is undoubtedly weaker than Soul Calibur. The only two things it has going for it are that it’s a Nintendo RPG, and Marth and Roy are in SSB:M, which was enough to get it over Silent Hill. Metal Gear is no Silent Hill though, and it has just about everything else going for it. Expect a thrashing, folks. Moltar’s Bracket Says: Metal Gear will win. Moltar’s Prediction is: Metal Gear: 77% - Fire Emblem: 23% Ulti’s Analysis Fiore Emblem had its little run of glory, but a 55-45 win over something as ****ing cult as Silent Hill spells really bad news against something as established as MGS. NintendoFAQs isn't going to stop FE from getting killed here. Prediction: MGS with 71.23% Soul’s Analysis Metal Gear defeated Soul Calibur with 69.89% Fire Emblem defeated Silent Hill with 57.05% Another match, another easy win for Snake and co. Fire Emblem may have Nintendo backing, but Snake is noble nine for a reason. Yes, characters =/= series, but come on now. Fire Emblem had a hard time defeating Silent Hill. Metal Gear got just a little under 70% against a much tougher opponent in Soul Calibur. You know, it's been a while since I actually wrote up a decent analysis. If you're looking for one here, keep on going. I'm sure HM will have more then enough written for the entire crew. My prediction: Metal Gear wins with 77.77% of the vote. Yoblazer’s Analysis Everyone ready for my first and only one paragraph analysis? Awesome, because writing an intricate masterpiece for this match would accomplish nothing more than wasting my time. While Fire Emblem may be Nintendo, it is (by far) the newest and weakest of all Nintendo series. It got here not by virtue its own strength, but by being lucky enough to draw a first round opponent that has an extremely small fanbase on GameFAQs. I feel that its future in the US is a bright one, as it's the only true non-spinoff RPG series that Nintendo has to offer. Even still, it's only a baby right now, and after Metal Gear's 70/30 beatdown of Soul Calibur, we should all be expecting something ugly. Metal Gear + Three very popular games in the last eight years + Tons of credibility and some old school influence + Spans a surprising amount of consoles and eras - Nothing for the rest of the division, really Fire Emblem + Made it this far + Has a bright future + Nintendo - It's going to get killed My prediction: Metal Gear def. Fire Emblem (76-24) Mnm’s Analysis Battle Music: Duel (MGS) This is probably the most boring match of the second round. I don't mind at all that I won't be around for most of the match. I don't even care to see how strong Fire Emblem is. Bottom line is that it's going to get crushed in this matchup. Bracket: Metal Gear Vote: Metal Gear Prediction: Metal Gear with 77.74% |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/19/2006 7:55:45 PM | message detail | #182 |
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Leon’s Analysis It’s hard to believe that this division has essentially been decided after one round when it was considered to be debatable before the contest began. Metal Gear exceeded nearly everyone’s expectations by getting nearly 70% on Soul Calibur (it’s a shame I had to miss that one because I would’ve gone crazy with glee, being the Metal Gear mark that I am). Then Castlevania went 55/45 on Halo (and a past Favorite Konami Series poll shows that Metal Gear is the company’s favorite son by a good margin), and Kingdom Hearts failed to exceed Metal Gear’s performance by 5% on Harvest Moon. Basically, the division was handed to it on a silver platter and it didn’t even have to do very much to get it. We knew that Metal Gear had lucked out in its divisional draw by not getting some of the strongest competitors out there, but it turns out to be an even better draw for it than we thought as we’ve seen newer, less established series struggle so far. And Metal Gear will actually have less competition from its second round opponent than it did against Soul Calibur. While Fire Emblem won its first match with little trouble, keep in mind that it was against Silent Hill. Harkening back to the Favorite Konami Series poll I mentioned earlier, Silent Hill got less than 7% in it, and it was beaten out by Yu-Gi-Oh. In other words, you’re looking at a really weak franchise, and Fire Emblem wasn’t exactly dominant there (by non-Ulti standards, at any rate). However, it saddens me to see that there are actually people around the board who believe it has a chance to beat Metal Gear because “It’s Nintendo.” That mentality instantly makes any debate frustrating because it doesn’t matter how logical your argument is. It’s automatically debunked by such a BRILLIANT response. Anyway, that’s a rant for another time. Despite Fire Emblem being Nintendo, it’s far from a powerhouse. Even though it’s actually a long-running series, it’s still new to the American shores. As we’ve seen in this contest so far, that’s not a comforting sign. Also keep in mind that this site isn’t a big fan of RPGs that don’t start with “Final” and end with “Fantasy” (or “Tactics,” but you get the idea). Throw it up against one of the strongest non-Nintendo, non-Square franchises, and you have all the signs of a massacre. But just how bad could this one be…? Let’s look into that, shall we? In the Games Contest, Metal Gear Solid broke 70% on the original Resident Evil. Obviously, it didn’t beat the most popular entry of the series, but when you consider the fact that Resident Evil has slaughtered Silent Hill in a couple of “Favorite Survivor-Horror Game” polls (where “I don’t play those kind of games” came in second, by the way), this points to a big blowout. Also, Resident Evil and Fire Emblem were nearly equal in the stats (with a small edge to RE), but when you realize that the former is almost certainly underrated (though I admit that it’s possible that FE is as well, but I don’t think it’ll be to the same extent since I believe there’s a possibility that MGS overperformed on RE a bit, too), that widens the gap a bit. And while Soul Calibur certainly bombed in the first round against Metal Gear, I’d still feel comfortable taking it to beat Fire Emblem. I don’t think it’d be THAT close either. I’m going to be waiting to see how high Metal Gear can go, and I’ll love every minute of it. Leonhart’s Prediction: Metal Gear with 75.44% |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/19/2006 7:56:04 PM | message detail | #183 |
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HM’s Analysis Metal Gear Previous Matches : Metal Gear – 69.89% -- 77,349 Soul Calibur – 30.11% -- 33,321 Fire Emblem Previous Matches: Fire Emblem – 57.05% -- 57,798 Silent Hill – 42.95% -- 43,512 This will be one of the more enjoyable matches for me simply due to Metal Gear getting another shot at blowing out an opponent – something we do not get to see that often! I think this has potential to get that awesome title of “Blowout of the Round” because of both Fire Emblem’s weakness and Metal Gear’s strength – it’ll be the fourth strongest series in the extrapolated stats, as I called for back during the beginning of this contest!! Last round, we saw Metal Gear exceed expectations by thrashing Soul Calibur with an impressive 70%. Some might say that it was due to Soul Calibur being overrated in the stats by StarCraft, but this contest does take into consideration all three games in the series. Of course, Metal Gear is just far too strong for any of that to matter, as evident by the blowout. I think that match dealt more with Metal Gear’s strength over Soul Calibur’s weakness. Fire Emblem managed to pull a nice 57% against a somewhat debated match against Silent Hill. Its performance was nothing particularly impressive nor did it really exceed expectations by very much. When it comes down to two series that GameFAQs really does not care much for, the Nintendo series is likely to be the one to come out on top. However, even with Fire Emblem’s win over Silent Hill, there is no chance of it doing anything noteworthy against Metal Gear. This match seems to be getting some unnecessary attention from random people on Board 8. It seems like every day there is another topic asking about the winner of Metal Gear and Fire Emblem, despite its rather ordinary performance against Silent Hill. The best thing I can possibly come up with as to why this is even remotely the case is because Fire Emblem is associated with Nintendo and clearly it means it stands a chance – I laugh. Metal Gear is undoubtedly going to be one of the strongest series in this contest – I think it’ll even put a good showing against Zelda. Even though it is against Fire Emblem, I think this match will help to show what kind of strength Metal Gear actually has backing it. Some may look at Soul Calibur’s blowout as it being overrated and this match as Fire Emblem being weak, but I think both are showing more for Metal Gear than anything else. I have faith this’ll definitely be a few percentage points above a tripling. Ultimately, Fire Emblem is just another stepping stone to a division victory for Metal Gear. This one is going to be a blowout, folks, so be expecting some huge numbers to be displayed by Solid Snake’s franchise. I’ll go ahead and make a bold prediction in this very analysis that says Metal Gear not only wins this division but also never falls below 58% in the final percentage!! Aitch Emm’s Bracket : Metal Gear Aitch Emm’s Prediction : Metal Gear – 78% ; Fire Emblem – 22% Aitch Emm’s Vote : Metal Gear |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/19/2006 7:57:07 PM | message detail | #184 |
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HaRRich’s Analysis Predicted winner: Metal Gear Earlier this contest: ---MG - 69.89% against Soul Calibur ---FE - 57.05% against Silent Hill Top 100 List comparison: ---MGS - #8, MGS3 - #21, MGS2 - #41 ---FE (GBA) - #54 Best Game Ever x-stat comparison: ---MGS2 - 32.52%, MGS - 28.7% (may have been SFF'd by FF7), MG - 14.13% ---FE - 16.59% (was behind FFTA/FFX) Metal Gear wins due to this... http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2430 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1453 #8 + #21 + #41 > #54 ...but I'm going to pretty much repost (then edit) something I said during FE/SH to explain why I think MG will "only" win by so much. Ahem: "Fire Emblem might actually be able to match Soul Calibur's performance and/or compete with SC. I've heard a fair share of talk that it did as well as it did against Kingdom Hearts because of SC2, and I think it goes without saying that SC and SC2 are the two biggest parts of the SC series -- SC3 is practically forgotten in terms of popularity with them. So, if that's the case, that would almost be like the SC series losing to KH...and KH was behind Starcraft, so -- now that we've seen SC be beaten down by MG, Castlevania skeet-skeet on Halo, and KH failing to triple Harvest Moon -- we now have more reason to believe some of the games behind Starcraft became over-rated. How over-rated, that's your call, but the unadjusted stats have it at 34.28%, and that's not even first taking away the 600 cheat-votes CJayC confirmed in Starcraft/SSBM... ...now, from there, let's talk about FE. As we've all mentioned before, FE had been out a grand total of four months when its match against FFTA started, which isn't the best chance in the world for a game to get. Furthermore, FFTA then faced FFX in the next round, so there was likely SFF in that match. So, you look at the stats...and FE has 16.59%, so it has to go up some -- again, your call on how much. There's been at least one more American release of FE since then on the handhelds, and I know FE:PoR got (a distant) runner-up in the Gamecube GotY this past year (behind RE4, obviously)... ...from there, you may throw in the Nintendo boost, that it'd be an (S)RPG against a fighter and that it'd be Nintendo VS Namco (which has done work before for Nintendo, if you're aching to push for SFF in some fashion) if we're talking about FE/SC, there being two more diverse fanbases in MG/FE than MG/SC if we're talking MG/FE...whatever. FE/SH still managed to break 100,000 votes though, so perhaps neither series are as obscure as we once thought, and it may also be worth mentioning that SC got #51 while FE got #54 on the Top 100 List....." I'm not taking that risk of FE matching SC, but using that logic -- assuming there are no faults in it (there very well could be though) -- it would make it look like FE can avoid the tripling and maybe come close to SC's performance. I'll pick with that risk in mind. Metal Gear wins with 71.12% Lopen’s Analysis Okay, I had Metal Gear vs. Silent Hill here. But, make no mistake about it, the reason I thought Silent Hill would win is because they were both so weak that raw exposure advantage would win SH the match. Well you know what? I still think that. Not all of that, but the gist of it… that neither one could draw 60% on hunk of stale bread… trilogy. (It's a series, after all!) The only thing that has me doubting Metal Gear's blowout potential here is the loyalty of the Fire Emblem fans. I've seen their rabidness on Board 8. But I'm not sure if that's generally the case. At best for Fire Emblem, we've got a really weak version of Halo… that is a series that can resist blowouts just because its fans will vote it over almost anything. |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/19/2006 7:57:15 PM | message detail | #185 |
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But… but… I've seen the same rabidness on B8 for things like Shadow Hearts and Suikoden. Nevermind, I'll go with my gut, here. Lopen's Prediction: Metal Gear with 87.58% Comments: Metal Gear wins! We're all also saying FE is going to get it worse than Soul Calibur did. |
| SuperiorSnake | Posted 7/19/2006 8:46:55 PM | message detail | #186 |
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... What the hell, Lopen. You best not get the point, that's all I have to say. I was supposed to be the highest one! --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/19/2006 8:48:13 PM | message detail | #187 |
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I thought it was a typo at first, to be honest. --- Moltar Status: Disappointed, I lost my perfect bracket. Pokemon vs. Metroid - Bracket: Metroid - Vote: Metroid (16/18) |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/19/2006 8:56:15 PM | message detail | #188 |
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Haha! Soul AND mnm got boxed in! I've actually got a little breathing room this time. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 7/19/2006 9:04:45 PM | message detail | #189 |
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Oh damn, that sucks. --- - "ertyu is actually a language. For example, 'dum' is ertyunese for 'godly'." - Topaz Kitsune Not changing signature until HHH pedigrees Candice through a table. 07/07/06 |
| Lopen | Posted 7/19/2006 10:26:04 PM | message detail | #190 |
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Wow. I thought I may have aimed a little high, but jeez. So much faith in Fire Emblem. This is freakin Metal Gear,
people! All Metal Gear has to do is break 82 and some odd % to get me
the point. Easy win! My round 2 shut out shall continue! --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! Have you been... to the well of knowledge!? http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/19/2006 10:26:22 PM | message detail | #191 |
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I sent in the rest of my round 2 analysis save for SF/RE. Tell me if you don't get it. --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/19/2006 10:27:48 PM | message detail | #192 |
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Wow. I thought I may have aimed a little high, but jeez. So much
faith in Fire Emblem. This is freakin Metal Gear, people! All Metal
Gear has to do is break 82 and some odd % to get me the point. Easy
win! My round 2 shut out shall continue! I would love to see Metal Gear get as high as possible -- even breaking 90%! But, you know, you're not getting the point. I'm getting my second Metal Gear point, yo. --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/20/2006 12:31:03 AM | message detail | #193 |
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Looks like HaRRicH's point to lose now. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| Lopen | Posted 7/20/2006 12:34:41 AM | message detail | #194 |
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I blame this entirely on Solid's sprite, by the way. A Raiden sprite would've easily made up the 20%. --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| H__RR____H | Posted 7/20/2006 1:22:03 AM | message detail | #195 |
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Here's to hoping I get to keep this point -- lord knows I need it. --- Damn, most of my dates involve mocking and/or beating up people like you and your bride-to-be, so I really have no advice --Horatio |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/20/2006 1:07:51 PM | message detail | #196 |
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Pokemon....47.44% 59428 Metroid........52.56% 65831 TOTAL VOTES.......125259 57.29% of the brackets predicted this match correctly. Wow, we sure did underestimate Pokemon. When people said they took it over Metroid, many thought they had no chance of being right. Well, Pokemon nearly had the upset. In the second closest match of the Contest (ha), Metroid beats Pokemon. Today, either Fire Emblem is doing really good, or Metal gear very bad. Soul - 4 Moltar - 3 Lopen - 2 Ulti - 2 HaRRich - 2 HM - 2 Yoblazer - 1 Leon - 1 Mnm - 0 2 points in a row for Lopen, nice job. --- Moltar Status: Disappointed, I lost my perfect bracket. Metal Gear vs. Fire Emblem - Bracket: MG - Vote: MG (18/20) |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/20/2006 1:14:49 PM | message detail | #197 |
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+9 Lopen +8 Ulti +7 HaRRich +6 Leon +5 Soul +4 Yo +3 Moltar +2 Mnm +1 HM The Rankings (Through Metroid/Pokemon) 1. Master Moltar (88) 2. XxSoulxX (78) 3. UltimaterializerX (74) 4. Lopen (70) 5. Leonhart (66) 6. yoblazer33 (62) 7. Heroic Mario (55) 7. HaRRicH (55) 9. therealmnm (48) --- Moltar Status: Disappointed, I lost my perfect bracket. Metal Gear vs. Fire Emblem - Bracket: MG - Vote: MG (18/20) |
| Jmast7 | Posted 7/20/2006 1:46:51 PM | message detail | #198 |
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Today, either Fire Emblem is doing really good, or Metal gear very bad. So... which is it? <_< Or it is a combination of both? --- "I have never cared for the Yankees, and for a very good reason: The Yankees are evil." – Dave Barry |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 7/20/2006 2:33:45 PM | message detail | #199 |
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Both, probably. --- - "ertyu is actually a language. For example, 'dum' is ertyunese for 'godly'." - Topaz Kitsune Not changing signature until HHH pedigrees Candice through a table. 07/07/06 |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/20/2006 3:09:46 PM | message detail | #200 |
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I think we just underestimated Fire Emblem, though Silent Hill is getting very close to being equal with Soul Calibur. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
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