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Game of the Decade Contest Analysis Crew - Part 6
Northeast Division: Round 3 - Match 95 – (1) Metroid Prime vs. (4) Okami Moltar’s Analysis Metroid Prime Round 1 - 73.34% on Star Ocean 3 Round 2 - 64.61% against Devil May Cry 3 Poor DMC franchise Okami Round 1 - 71.41% on No More Heroes Round 2 - 56.31% against Mega Man 9 Downloadable games are decent after all. Not much to say here. Prime isn’t a beast, but it shouldn’t have a problem beating Okami here. Okami is liked enough to be a solid competitor, and I’d take it over DMC3, but as the match with MM9 showed, it just isn’t big enough to take on a game like Prime. Which is looking strong after Paper Mario’s been looking good. Sweet 2009 vindication. Moltar’s Bracket: Metroid Prime wins Moltar’s Prediction: Metroid Prime - 58% Lopen’s Analysis Zzzzzz. Only interesting part about this match will be seeing if Okami can outdo DMC3. Would not surprise me in the least, but I'll say it's unable to just because it wouldn't be Lopen if I admitted DMC weakness Lopen's prediction: Metroid Prime with 64.62% Transience’s Analysis Metroid Prime and Okami looked like a debatable match after round 1, but then Prime went and waxed DMC3 while Okami had some struggles with Mega Man 9. Would Mega Man 9 beat DMC3? ...that would be pretty funny if it happened, and I guess it would be possible given how bad DMC3 has been. But I'd side with DMC3. Anyway, the determining factor for this for me was always that Metroid Prime is a well-known, well-received Nintendo game while Okami is a bit under the radar. Metroid has the advantage in brand name loyalty and in quality of game. Okami, good as it is, is still just a bit too small-time to wrestle with the big boys. transience's prediction: Metroid Prime with 59.96% Leon’s Analysis Pre-contest, I briefly entertained the possibility of Okami beating Prime here, although I didn’t really consider it that deeply and didn’t pull the trigger on it. There’s really no chance of that at this point, although I certainly think Okami will still do respectably. Regardless, Prime has done a good job of redeeming itself after a pitiful showing in the last Games Contest. It’s even got some people onboard the Prime > Half-Life 2 train, although I’m not there yet myself. I’m still not sure what that 65% on DMC3 is worth. If you assume DMC1 and DMC3 are equal, Prime would be projected to get 57.82% on KOTOR, which is pretty good. Still, most people seem to think the original is stronger, so yeah. Oh wait, the match against Okami? Okami looks good in defeat as always. That’s becoming a recurring theme around here. I think it’ll manage 40% here. Prime’s looking good, but it’s not elite or anything. We’ll see if it changes my mind. This is its big chance. Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: I really liked doing all the scanning stuff in Prime. I love little things like that, like triggering awesome conversations during investigations during Phoenix Wright. Leonhart’s Vote: Metroid Prime. Leonhart’s Prediction: Metroid Prime with 58.60% |
Kleenex’s Analysis I have Okami winning this in my bracket. I'm not totally sure what I was thinking when I did that. Probably that Metroid Prime sucks. After Round 1 it almost looked like I had a shot at getting this right! After Round 2, not so much. I think Okami will probably end up looking pretty respectable when things are all said and done - Metroid Prime still isn't that great. It just doesn't suck enough to make this upset happen. ...or does it? Kleenex's Prediction: Metroid Prime with 56.17% Applekidjosh’s Analysis I think both of these games are about equal in the SVF department, so it will come down to actual contest strength... and unfortunately Okami doesn't have what it takes here. I'd go on but that's all there is to say and I also have a lot of homework tonight. The match pic does go in Okami's favor, which might help? AKJ says Metroid Prime with 55.55 Guest’s Analysis - Kotetsu534 Okami easily won its first two matches, as it was expected to do, but they were against fodder/near-fodder so they're difficult to read much from. Based off Metroid Prime's 64.5% on DMC3 and KOTOR's 58% on DMC, taking the DMCs as equal, Metroid Prime is projected to get 58% on KOTOR. KOTOR only narrowly lost to Halo: CE, so I'd take it to be about as strong as Halo 2, which put up 54% on Okami in a 4-way. That gives Metroid Prime around 62% on Okami, but I'm lowering that because Okami would've been nearer Halo 2 over the first 12 hours, and because I think Okami tends to hold up well against stronger opposition - see Amaterasu breaking 40% on Luigi in a night match. Metroid Prime with 60.17% Crew Consensus: Prime to pick up a victory tonight. |
Guest with some crazy extrapolation! it might be valid if DMC3 had a chance at being as strong as DMC. --- xyzzy |
The guest is cruising for his third accuracy point! --- I predict and analyse the Game of the Decade contest here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/56817040 |
Whoa, that is some crazy extrapolation. Good luck, guest. --- It takes a genius to make something simple truly great. Dr. Football, you are the man! I'll take you down next contest though... |
Metroid Prime vs Okami Dang it, this sucks. How am I supposed to drum up support for Prime > HL2 when I have to put up with THIS? And by "this" I mean how Prime keeps getting stuck with Night Matches where it takes huge percentage tumbles the entire time because Europe and Asia have such bad taste, and now it gets paired against a game that destroys the overnight vote because Europe/Asia/Australia are nuts about it, and it's featuring a character that has already held up well vs Nintendo during the night hours. PLUS the most ridiculous pic disadvantage of the entire bracket so far. Seriously, who turned off the lights on Samus? WHATEVER, my wonderful Final Four superstar is still going to survive and advance, and keep the following things to keep in mind for Round Four: it's going to be a Day Match, HL2 sucks in the daylight as its going to show us again tomorrow, and Samus will look awesome against the nerdy Gordon Freeman in the match pic (hopefully with her arm up about to blast his head off). If MP can stay above 60 despite every disadvantage in the book, then yikes! But if not I'm still not worried, because honestly. Metroid Prime with 60.01% --- thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com If I were you I'd search B8 for The Show, the cool Ng/yoblazer Contest podcast! |
Yeah,
looks like I overegged it - even if Okami is doing a lot better
relative to DMC3 and SO3 at this point, it should still rise more than
2.4%. Ah well. --- I predict and analyse the Game of the Decade contest here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/56817040 |
From: Master Moltar | #102 WHAT DOES THIS EVEN SAY --- img184.imageshack.us/img184/7595/lovevk5.gif Joker is sick and twisted and must be stoped at all costed what plans do you have in store for Batman anyway |
To the mad extrapolator, it makes perfect sense! --- I predict and analyse the Game of the Decade contest here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/56817040 |
From: Ngamer64 | #106 Metroid's day vote has never been great, you know. Although to be fair, HL's is terrible, so Prime will win it by default, so whatever. And man, my Halo prediction ended up nearly being spot on! Let's go for another! Actually, this may not end far from HL2's percentage. GTA3 vs. Okami: Who you got? --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
Crew Predictions - 88/98 What Happened: Fallout and Halo win Why it Happened: Batman has some strength after all, as it was able to keep itself over 40% on Fallout 3. Then, Halo had a bit of trouble with Uncharted at first, but then that beastly Halo ASV gave it the win by a comfortable margin. USA loves its Halo! What will Happen: Fallout looking good for Round 4 Crew Prediction Challenge - lol guest Moltar - 87 Tran - 87 AKJ - 84 Kleenex - 84 Leon - 83 Lopen - 82 Guest - 78 Crew Accuracy Challenge - Moltar gets the point for Fallout and Leon gets the point for Halo. Guest - 16.5 (GfK: 1, BT: 2, CM: 2, Kotetsu: 2, dragon: 1, NGamer: 1, Ultima: 2, TRT: 1, Greyfeld: 1, Mr3790: 1, Big Bob: 0.5, pjbasis: 1, Chris: 1) Moltar - 16 Kleenex - 13.5 Tran - 13.5 Leon - 13 AKJ - 12.5 Lopen - 9 --- Moltar Status: 116 Points - Vote: Halo Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
I'd take GTAIII with plenty of room to spare, especially in this era of "SmartVoterFAQs". HL2/Prime will probably go the same way as TF2/Fable. --- Currently Playing - Zelda: Majora's Mask Next Games Up - Super Smash Bros. Melee, Resident Evil 4, Okami |
From: Master Moltar | #101 For the record, we have MM9 > DMC3 in the stats now! --- Support Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII) for Character Battle IX! http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3834/banner1barret.jpg |
at the end of the contest, I want to try and rank all 128 games by strength. that game is going to be so damn low. --- xyzzy |
Wait a minute MM9 > DMC3??? Uh oh...would you take LBP over DMC3? If not, HL2's dead. It...probably is anyway. But I wouldn't rule it out. --- Currently Playing - Zelda: Majora's Mask Next Games Up - Super Smash Bros. Melee, Resident Evil 4, Okami |
I'm so mad Halo's day vote was that good --- "Luster, you are a delight" ~NGamer "Yes, yes I am." ~ Luster Soldier |
Northeast Division: Round 3 - Match 96 – (6) God of War vs. (2) Half-Life 2 Moltar’s Analysis God of War Round 1 - 65.29% on Left 4 Dead Round 2 - 51.46% on Tales of Symphonia Rolling it back from 2009. Half-Life 2 Round 1 - 74.48% on Left 4 Dead 2 Round 2 - 56.17% on Grand Theft Auto III This could be a nail in HL2’s coffin. Here’s a very interesting match. Half-Life was a good ‘upset’ pick against Metroid Prime, but now it may not even make it that far. HL2 had a great showing against a lesser Valve-game, but didn’t look too good against GTA3. Now, we know that all the GTA games are pretty close in strength, and the other GTA games have all looked bad. It may be that HL2 isn’t as strong as most were hoping for. God of War has done pretty much what was expected of it so far. A good win over L4D and a close win over ToS. It hasn’t disappointed, but it hasn’t impressed either. It looks like it will at least be able to keep up with HL2. Basically, this match comes down to Half-Life 2. It’s possible that GTA3 is stronger than the rest and HL2 will be fine here, but there’s a better chance that HL2 isn’t as strong as we thought pre-contest. I’ll stick with HL2 here, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it blew this match. Moltar’s Bracket: Half-Life 2 wins Moltar’s Prediction: Half-Life 2 - 52% Lopen’s Analysis Lots of ways to look at this... or maybe it was just two. Easiest way says to look at their respective performances against Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2. Half Life 2 wins that, though with all the rumors of Valve SFF and Left 4 Dead 2 possibly being weaker, I'm not sure how much that means. You could also look at how HL2 did against GTA3, then look at how the other GTA games did and be like “wow Half-Life 2 just isn't very strong!” Conversely, you could look at how God of War 2 did against The Wind Waker and say the same about it. Anyway, I don't think this match is clear at all, but it's hard for me to side with the more casual game against a well known rallier. I just hope someone picks GoW! Lopen's prediction: Half-Life 2 with 50.12% Transience’s Analysis This match is scaring the hell out of me. In my mind it hasn't gotten enough hype. - God of War beat San Andreas last year - God of War has looked better this year than last year - I'd pick San Andreas over GTA3 - Half-Life 2 got 56% on GTA3 - God of War is much better than HL2 in the daytime The only reason I'm not picking God of War is because that game tends to bomb at the worst possible times. This is going to be the closest r3 match in my mind. transience's prediction: Half-Life 2 with 50.50% |
Leon’s Analysis Pre-contest, a lot of people were hyping this as a big showdown, but I’m still not really sure why. Not that Half-Life 2 is going to kill God of War or anything, but this always felt like one of those 55/45 matches that would never be in doubt. Nothing’s really done much to change my mind about it. God of War got 51.50% on Tales of Symphonia and Half-Life 2 got 56% on GTA3 last round. I think GTA3 would be around the level of San Andreas, if not above since it doesn’t have to deal with potential RacistFAQs, and God of War didn’t finish that far ahead of San Andreas last Games Contest. Yes, it also lost to Tales of Symphonia last time, too. Things change when the format changes, but still. I think HL2 has done enough to keep itself in a position to win this one without much trouble. God of War needed to beat Tales by more than that, I think, although I do believe in Symphonia’s strength, and I’d probably take it over GTA3. GoW can certainly win this match and I won’t be surprised, but I feel pretty good about HL2 here. Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: I’m not really a big fan of violent games with lots of blood and guts. Leonhart’s Vote: Half-Life 2. Leonhart’s Prediction: Half-Life 2 with 55.11% Kleenex’s Analysis People are still overestimating God of War it seems. The game almost lost to Tales of Symphonia last round. It's not that strong. Half-Life 2 isn't that strong either, but it should be out of range of GoW. This whole division blows. Kleenex's Prediction: Half-Life 2 with 55.55% Applekidjosh’s Analysis People are also touting this as a debatable match, I believe, but with the trends we've got I'm still feelin HL2! God of War is sure to have the better day vote, but HL2 will be getting all the SVF. It really astounds me to think Portal could be stronger than HL2, but Gamefaqs taste has never made a lot of sense to me. I guess I'll be looking for HL2 to get a great start and bleed percentage all day, especially with the ASV. Depending on just how bad that goes, it could lose, but I'm hopeful! AKJ says HL2 > GoW with 52.99% Crew Consensus: Half-Life sweep? We’re screwed |
You guys. Every goddamn time. Stop with the curse already. --- I like how each new topic you make reveals such varied facets of your idiocy. - foolmo Now this is entertainment! |
MM9 > DMC3? ..At least it's not Demon's Souls > DMC3, Lopen! .......right? --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png "SEXTON HILLBEAST" - TimJab |
Curse? Most of them took HL2 too narrowly. 55/45 imo --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
Emergency Guest Analysis - Luster Soldier Half-Life 2 shouldn't really have too much of a problem here. God of War was very close to San Andreas in a 4-way match from last year and Half-Life 2 just got about 56% on GTA III last round. The 4 GTAs have show themselves to be very close in strength, so I can't see GTA III being too much weaker than San Andreas. Luster Soldier's Bracket: Half-Life 2 Luster Soldier's Prediction: Half-Life 2 - 53.95% --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ! |
Half Life 2 vs God of War Half-Life 2 with 54.81% --- thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com If I were you I'd search B8 for The Show, the cool Ng/yoblazer Contest podcast! |
Yeah, what were you guys worried about? --- http://card.mygamercard.net/Mach+Tornado.png |
^5 Leon for not being a wuss --- This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
cool, Half-Life 2 didn't suck it up. next round could be good. granted, I expect God of War to cut 2% off this lead before this is over, but not bad. --- xyzzy |
From: The Mana Sword | #126 Aw yeah I knew people were getting worried over nothing (LOL Action games). GTA3 the strongest GTA confirmed. GoW definitely isn't bringing this down to 53% or anything though. HL2 has done its part to maintain that big showdown. --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |
Besides, if we're going "Game of the Decade", GTAIII is probably way up there. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/Mach+Tornado.png |
Honestly,
I feel like SmartVoterFaqs has lost all its credibility when an average
handheld rpg beat one of the biggest games of the decade. --- A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII http://i25.tinypic.com/2cp5chf.jpg |
It's not SmartVoterFAQs. It's ElitistFAQs. And what's more elitist than voting white over black, I mean come on --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
so... Tales of Symphonia would have beaten God of War in the daytime, right? --- xyzzy |
There's a good chance of it. It'd have been closer at the very least. GTA3 > ToS in the stats if HL2 stays above 54.85%, by the way. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
From: WarThaNemesis2 | #121 I... I... guess :( --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
ToS beats GoW in the daytime. This GoW ASV is embarrassing. --- DFF |
East Division: Round 3 - Match 97 – (1) Super Smash Bros. Melee vs. (4) Call of Duty 4 Moltar’s Analysis Super Smash Bros. Melee Round 1 - 87.16% on Guitar Hero 2 Round 2 - 71.39% on Morrowind Melee continuing to look great Call of Duty 4 Round 1 - 62.92% on Prince of Persia Round 2 - 55.43% on Perfect Dark lol CoD Modern Warfare games clearly aren’t what they were a year ago. CoD4 struggled with Perfect Dark and MW2 got rocked by KH. CoD4 is going to get crushed by Melee here. Almost at Melee vs. Brawl... Almost there.... Moltar’s Bracket: Melee wins Moltar’s Prediction: Melee - 67% Lopen’s Analysis It's Melee, a front runner to win the contest. I would like to say “this is Melee's first real test” but after seeing CoD4 struggle with Perfect Dark, I'm not sure. Well I dunno I guess Perfect Dark has some popularity but “completely different level” here. Lopen's prediction: Smash Bros Melee with 63.54% Transience’s Analysis KH1 murdered Modern Warfare 2. COD4 probably isn't far away from it and Melee is a good step and a half ahead of KH1. If that wasn't bad enough, Melee trumps COD4 in the multiplayer category. I could see COD4 being weaker than Morrowind at this point - I mean, it almost lost to Perfect Dark. transience's prediction: Super Smash Bros. Melee with 70.50% Leon’s Analysis This match will give us a pretty decent point of comparison between Melee and Brawl since Brawl faced Call of Duty 4 twice in the last Games Contest. It got 61.76% in round 2 (with Galaxy in the poll) and 69% in round 3 (although Brawl stood out like a sore thumb with FO3 and MGS4 also being in that poll, so who knows). I’ve heard people murmuring about how much worse CoD4 has looked in this contest, but the game wasn’t really all that strong in the first place. People seemed to look at it beating Galaxy as a sign that it was pretty strong, but as we’ve seen in this contest, it was more a sign of Galaxy not being worth much more than anything else. That being said, Melee’s going to rock it hard. A doubling wouldn’t surprise me at all. I’d be pretty shocked if this thing breached 70% here since that’s what it got on Morrowind, but that’d say a lot more about CoD4 than it would about Melee. Regardless, I’d say mid-to-high 60s should be what Melee needs to shoot for here. Anything less than that wouldn’t be very inspiring for its match against Brawl. Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: I actually liked playing on Poke Floats and Big Blue. The one stage we were not permitted to pick was Icicle Mountain. Stupid auto-scroll stages. Leonhart’s Vote: Super Smash Bros. Melee. Leonhart’s Prediction: Super Smash Bros. Melee with 65.95% |
Kleenex’s Analysis Man, why even bother. Smash Bros. Division. Smash wins. CoD's not that great. We won't be able to compare Melee and Brawl based on this result. Yadda yadda yadda. Kleenex's Prediction: Super Smash Bros. Melee with 68.97% Applekidjosh’s Analysis As far as predicting round 3 matches goes, I think this has the least possible chance of an upset at approximately 0%. NOTHING CAN STOP MELEE!!! ...until it faces Brawl next round? Maybe? I hope? Smash Bros Melee > CoD4 with 66.66% Guest’s Analysis - TsunamiXXVIII The winner of this match isn’t in doubt; Melee got 71.39% over Morrowind last round while COD4 got 55.43% over Perfect Dark. I think I would take Perfect Dark over Morrowind, but certainly not by enough to put Modern Warfare anywhere near Melee’s range. Do we have any past results we can judge this by? Hmm…Morrowind and Perfect Dark both got bombed out of the 2009 contest in the first round, and besides, LOL 4-ways. However, that same contest provides something far more useful: a barometer for the inevitable Melee-Brawl clash. Call of Duty 4 went two rounds with Brawl, getting 38.24% on it with GTA IV and an SFF’d Galaxy in the poll before exiting in last place against Brawl, MGS4, and Fallout 3, still getting 31.00% on the first-place Brawl. I’m not really sure how to translate 4-way stats into 1v1 stats, though, so I’m not sure what Melee has to beat in order to be ahead of Brawl, so I’ll extrapolate through the 2004 X-Stats instead. They say that Melee would be expected to score about 66.44% against Perfect Dark, which…seems a bit low, likely a side effect of the fact that Perfect Dark was the Ultimate Loser of its division in that contest (though not of the entire contest, since it was in the same division as the champion). Still, plugging in the 55.43 against Perfect Dark to calculate what COD4’s expected value would’ve been…this actually makes sense. Super Smash Bros. Melee with 64.10% of the vote Crew Consensus: Melee superior |
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No time for writeup, I've got a SHOW to host! Catch up time in a bit. Melee vs Call of Duty 4 Super Smash Bros. Melee with 67.68% --- thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com If I were you I'd search B8 for The Show, the cool Ng/yoblazer Contest podcast! |
So uh I think tran gets the point Yeah --- DFF |
expect a doubling see a tripling oh smash bros --- Porre either became an aristocratic mercantile state or a placid direct democracy depending on if the lady who ran an inn was able to serve people beef jerky. |
Man, CoD4 sucks. Weaker than Morrowind and Warcraft 3 by a decent margin? Yikes. --- http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2369/mythbattlers.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sensui22/1248835958206.png |
Crew Predictions - 90/100 What Happened: Nothing surprising, the higher-seeds win Why it Happened: Prime isn't too strong, but it still managed to be stronger than a game with solid strength like Okami. A day match would have had it look better though. Half-Life 2, despite the worries it raised after its match with GTA3, silenced the doubters with a good showing against God of War. What will Happen: Prime/HL2 is looking very close. Could go either way at this point. Crew Prediction Challenge - sweeps Moltar - 89 Tran - 89 AKJ - 86 Kleenex - 86 Leon - 85 Lopen - 84 Guest - 80 Crew Accuracy Challenge - Moltar gets the point for Prime and Luster gets the point for HL2. Guest - 17.5 (GfK: 1, BT: 2, CM: 2, Kotetsu: 2, dragon: 1, NGamer: 1, Ultima: 2, TRT: 1, Greyfeld: 1, Mr3790: 1, Big Bob: 0.5, pjbasis: 1, Chris: 1, Luster: 1) Moltar - 17 Kleenex - 13.5 Tran - 13.5 Leon - 13 AKJ - 12.5 --- Moltar Status: 120 Points - Vote: Half-Life 2 Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
Well if you're going to drop me from the accuracy rankings you'd better drop guest from the prediction rankings! --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Show over, time to sleep for 12 hours, super fast writeups before then. Half Life 2 vs God of War Nothing would please me more than to see HL2 completely flop in this poll, kindly opening the door for my Metroid Prime Superpick, but I just can't see it. SmartVoterFAQs probably turned GTA3 into the strongest of the series (as I predicted from the start, I'll have you know!), and it probably also keeps any action game from being able to seriously contend with something carrying as much "true GotD" hype/respect voting as HL2. GoW ought to improve on GTA's percentage and keep it reasonably close with an assist from the Day Match, but I doubt the winner is ever in question. Half-Life 2 - 54.81% Melee vs Call of Duty 4 It's entirely ridiculous that a series roughly 10 million people are playing at this very moment could be as pathetic in a 1v1 situation as Call of Duty. (Then again I guess those 10 million+ subscribers didn't exactly save WoW's bacon either.) Anyways, the only interesting point here is that the tables are turned and Melee will finally have the ADVANTAGE in a Night Match, as CoD will miss out on the mini-Halo push it might have made during the ASV. Also this picture is awesome, so I'll raise the pick beyond the doubling I was initially thinking to Super Smash Bros. Melee - 67.68% Brawl vs Pokemon D/P Speaking of turning the tables, here's Brawl in another of those Day Matches it loves so dear... but this time it has to contend with the Pokemon ASV, uh oh! Despite being an SFF affair that might not tell us a ton about either entrant, this poll is actually pretty intriguing to me just as barometer of where Nintendo fans stand in terms of Smash vs Pokemon loyalty. D/P is clearly near the bottom of the Pokemon ladder while Brawl provides a much larger chunk of the popularity for its series, but we did see R/B/Y outperform Melee in that match with Ocarina, and in the last "Favorite Nintendo Series" poll Smash managed only 10% to Pokemon's 19%. In other words, Brawl might not have such an easy time SFFing D/P as you might think. I'm thinking Pokemon resists just enough to keep this one under a doubling- which might look bad compared to Melee's percentage, but will still be a highly respectable showing IMO. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 65.77% --- thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com If I were you I'd search B8 for The Show, the cool Ng/yoblazer Contest podcast! |
From: KamikazePotato | #140 Kleenex with the surprise steal! --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
Melee is so lucky it doesn't get a night match against FFX. --- DFF |
From: Ngamer64 | #145 Also, lawl --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
East Division: Round 3 - Match 98 – (3) Pokemon D/P/P vs. (2) Super Smash Bros. Brawl Moltar’s Analysis Pokemon DPP Round 1 - 55.04% on Metroid Fusion Round 2 - 64.79% on Fire Emblem: PoR Pokemon looking good like usual Super Smash Bros. Brawl Round 1 - 83.26% on Mario Kart DS Round 2 - 76.44% on Valkyria Chronicles Brawl beastin’ Another match with Smash, another Smash victory. Pokemon tends to hold up pretty well in SFF matches, but we’ve already seen Galaxy beat DPP, and Brawl thrashed Galaxy. The winner of this match isn’t in any doubt. Still, Pokemon usually goes out looking good, so maybe there will be a decent performance from DPP here. also lol cod4 Moltar’s Bracket: Brawl wins Moltar’s Prediction: Brawl - 67% Lopen’s Analysis I like using the other Fire Emblem game as a good estimate of what Fire Emblem PoR's strength is, which we can then compare to Fire Emblem PoR vs Pokemanz DPP which I don't see all that much SFF between. So let's just assume that Pokemanz DPP is somewhere around the level of KotoR... which is good, but not that great. Brawl should walk over this match and it shouldn't be all that close. 60-40 seems reasonable. Lopen's prediction: Smash Bros Brawl with 60.40% Transience’s Analysis You'd expect this to be a SFF match but Pokemon just doesn't roll like that. I'd pick DPP over COD4 at this point so if Brawl can keep up with Melee's percentage, it'll be in good shape. Not that percentages are going to matter in this upcoming Smash-off. transience's prediction: Super Smash Bros. Brawl with 68.90% Leon’s Analysis While Melee’s match at least gives us some clue toward that epic showdown next round, this one probably will tell us nothing. It doesn’t really matter how high Brawl goes because we can just chalk up a really high number to SFF. Really, Brawl can only disappoint here by going too low, just like Melee against CoD4. Actually, I suppose we have a decent frame of reference since D/P was in the same match with CoD4 last contest, albeit with Galaxy in the match with it. I suppose Brawl would at least need to match Melee’s percentage to look good here. Let’s set this up for an epic showdown that actually lives up to the hype, people! Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: I didn’t think the Subspace Emissary was really all that bad. Leonhart’s Vote: Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Leonhart’s Prediction: Super Smash Bros. Brawl with 67.60% |
Kleenex’s Analysis Smash Bros. again. Need better matches. Tomorrow should have one. I supposed Pokemon could impress here? Maybe? LOL Melee is going to 60/40 Brawl? Kleenex's Prediction: Super Smash Bros. Brawl with 65.11% Applekidjosh’s Analysis oh crap I forgot about this since it's such an obvious match. Brawl wins and the only thing to look for here is how badly it kicks ass so we can spend a week guessing how good it'll do against Melee. AKJ says Brawl > Pokemon with 68% Guest’s Analysis - Biolizard28 This is it. The moment I've been waiting for. The moment where Brawl finally gets crushed under the sheer power of Pokemon Platinum and... and... Who the f*** am I kidding? There's no way. This is basically Pokemon taking on the entire Nintendo fanbase. That is far too tall an order. Putting any faith in a non-Gen 1/2 game is a complete waste of time. Nostalgia is a powerful force on GameFAQs. It's what keeps DPP from ever touching RBY or GSC in terms of strength. DPP is seen as the moment the series became tolerable again, but most will still insist that the first two generations were the best ever. Brawl, on the other hand, thrives on the fact that bigger is better. Brawl will win, but I will be infinitely disappointed in you all. Bracket: Pokemon (DP)Platinum Prediction: Brawl with 65% Crew Consensus: Brawl smashes Pokemon |
