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Best. Game. Ever. Contest Analysis Crew - Part 4
Division 5: Round 3 - Match 105 – (1) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time vs. (4) Final Fantasy IX Moltar’s Analysis The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Round 1 - 91.03% vs Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Round 2 - 76.89% vs Suikoden II Final Fantasy IX Round 1 - 51.09% vs Kingdom Hearts Round 2 - 57.85% vs Okami So OoT didn’t put on the most awesome performance last round against a game we all assumed was fodder. I just think that’s a case of Suikoden II being stronger than we expected and not Zelda “90% on Hearthstone” OoT losing a step. FF9 has looked good too, but Zelda is a roadblock for most games, and Ocarina of Time is the ultimate roadblock. FF9’s contest journey ends here, but maybe it looks okay in defeat and scores in the mid-30s. Moltar’s Bracket: Ocarina of Time Moltar’s Prediction: Ocarina of Time - 67% Transience’s Analysis Ocarina time. This is nothing more than a measurement. Suikoden 2 got 24% while FFX got 35% on Chrono Trigger. Can Ocarina outperform Chrono Trigger? Everyone assumes that FF10 > FF9 though this contest kind of suggests otherwise. FF9 probably gets in the low-mid 30s. That's what every FF game has done against high-tier Nintendo. I don't think that means anything bad if CT outdoes FF9 unless it gets to like 40% or something. All hail Zelda. transience's prediction: Ocarina with 68.87% Leonhart’s Analysis Ocarina of Time laid a rare egg last round against Suikoden II. Nobody is really sure what to make of that. For all intents and purposes, Suikoden II shouldn’t be that strong. Was it just a fluke or a sign of something more? Sadly, Undertale has sort of taken the drama out of the possibility of Ocarina of Time looking vulnerable, but still, I tend to think it was probably a fluke. It gets treated like Final Fantasy VII does nowadays. Its board vote is actually one of the worst times of the match for it now, which used to be unheard of for a big Zelda game. Final Fantasy IX has had a good run, with solid wins over pretty strong competition. Will it get a favorable result against Ocarina of Time and go 65/35 in defeat like virtually every other Final Fantasy game has thus far? I suppose it can be the next Magus that gets horribly overrated because of a round 3 overperformance against the best Zelda has to offer and then next time it comes around, it embarrasses itself against something it has no business losing to. I guess I can accept this narrative. Leonhart’s Vote: Final Fantasy IX Leonhart’s Prediction: Ocarina of Time with 66.25% --- Moltar Status: hype Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
Kleenex’s Analysis Ocarina did not look great last round, there’s no getting around that. Only putting up 77% on Suikoden II opens up all kinds of unfavorable comparisons to the other big games in the bracket, and it’s especially bizarre considering it also pulled off the biggest blowout of the contest in round 1. I suppose it’s possible Hearthstone is really just the weakest thing since Adventure, but that doesn’t seem super likely. FFIX, on the other hand, impressed me last round. I expected Okami to keep that match a lot closer and while that might partially be on Okami’s shoulders, IX certainly gets some credit as well. I do think Zelda will recover a bit today and look closer to its world-beating self, but the door is definitely open now. It’s just a shame that none of those aforementioned big games will get a crack at the King. Zelda: Ocarina of Time with 67% Guest’s Analysis - Luster Soldier OoT might have looked disappointing last round against Suikoden II, but that's because we're assuming Suikoden II to have the same strength it had 11 years ago when FFVII killed it in what was probably an SFF beatdown. Usually I don't believe in the idea of SFF involving 2 games that were released by 2 different companies, but there is a good rationale to assume SFF in FFVII/Suikoden II. Both are PS1 era JRPGs and would likely have some fanbase overlap. Being from the same era, Suikoden II was generally overshadowed by the much bigger game in FFVII. Because of this, Suikoden II was probably underrated in the X-Stats somewhat. Suikoden II failed to make it into the 2009 contest in favor of the original game getting into the bracket. That alone made people assume the game is weak if it couldn't even make it into the 2009 contest, even considering the expanded field compared to the 2004 contest. So this led to predictions of OoT putting up a percentage similar to what FFVII got in 2004. A lot of the results from 2004 should probably be ignored when coming up with predictions of how a match will turn out today. 2004 was a completely different time period, with higher vote totals and more Square domination back then. Much can change over the course of an 11 year period in between Suikoden II's first contest match and the round 1 match it had in this contest. Suikoden II probably does have reasons to boost, since it's an older game and we've seen older games performing better than expected. Suikoden II also got a release on PSN about 1 year ago, making it the first time the game has been released in any format since the game's original release way back on the PS1. This probably helped out Suikoden II by exposing the game to a lot of people who had never gotten a chance to play the original PS1 version. Even with Suikoden II likely be stronger today than it was in 2004, I think FFIX will be a clear step above it, so OoT won't put up the same kind of performance it got on Suikoden II. OoT should be able to re-assert its status as the number one game on the site with a result above 70%. I don't think OoT will go that high on FFIX, though I think it fall a little bit short of 70%. Luster Soldier's Bracket: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Luster Soldier's Prediction: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 69.46% Crew Consensus: The most shocking result possible --- Moltar Status: hype Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
those are some boring picks! --- xyzzy |
I'm pretty sure mortar just waits for my analysis before picking his % --- http://i.imgur.com/RHvCiY3.png |
transience posted... those are some boring picks! I thought about going really high but that has yet to work for me this round! --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
Division 5: Round 3 - Match 106 – (14) Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest vs. (2) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Moltar’s Analysis Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Round 1 - 50.36% vs Xenoblade Chronicles Round 2 - 52.11% vs Fire Emblem: Awakening Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Round 1 - 74.99% vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations Round 2 - 60.61% vs Banjo-Kazooie DKC2 had a nice little upset run through its fourpack of weakness, but the fun ends here for it. Going even with Xenoblade and a close win over Fire Emblem doesn’t say ‘SotN beater’ to me. It doesn’t even really strongly say 'Banjo-Kazooie beater' to me, and SotN easily took care of that. DKC2 may be stronger than I want to give it credit for, but it needed a dominating performance to be considered the favorite here, and it didn’t give that. Moltar’s Bracket: Symphony of the Night Moltar’s Prediction: Symphony of the Night - 58% Transience’s Analysis SOTN got 60%ish against Banjo Kazooie. Does DKC2 beat Banjo? I think so, but probably not 60-40. I trust in the SNES and will give DKC2 45ish percent credit, but not enough to go all the way. That'd be a crazy cinderella contest run if a game expected to lose in r1 got to r4 - and not like Mario RPG/Oblivion. DKC2 wasn't even considered for round 4. transience's prediction: Symphony of the Night with 54.63% Leonhart’s Analysis Aside from Mass Effect 3’s inevitable second place finish in the raw X-Stats, DKC2 is the only good thing I’ve got left going for me in this contest! Sadly, this is probably the end of the line for it. It got two good wins over niche RPGs, but Symphony of the Night is a classic. I wouldn’t be surprised if DKC2 caught a bit of a bandwagon due to being a 14 seed pulling off two pretty big upsets and overperforms somewhat here, but I don’t think it has much of a chance to win. At the very least, I hope it outdoes Banjo-Kazooie’s performance! Leonhart’s Vote: Donkey Kong Country 2 Leonhart’s Prediction: Symphony of the Night with 56.95% Kleenex’s Analysis Donkey Kong has been here two rounds too long and it’s time to finally give this thing the boot. The game got lucky to be placed in a soft part of the division, but SOTN will not show it the mercy that Xenoblade and Fire Emblem did. I still think SOTN is a weaker game than people give it credit for, but it has to be stronger than freaking Donkey Kong. It has to. Please. Please be stronger. Castlevania: SOTN with 55% Guest’s Analysis - Black Turtle DKC2 looked less than stellar last round, but still made it further than most people gave it credit for. Assumptions have been made that it is the benefit of the overall SNES boost, but it still struggled to beat a 3DS Fire Emblem game. This should be an easy win for SotN, which is not that far removed from the era of games that have looked impressive this contest. TuRtLe's Pick: Castlevania with 57.32% TuRtLe's Bracket: Castlevania > Super Mario Maker TuRtLe's Vote: DKC2 Crew Consensus: horrible night to be a DKC game --- Moltar Status: hype Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
The Mana Sword posted... I'm pretty sure mortar just waits for my analysis before picking his % who --- Moltar Status: hype Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
go go DKC --- satoru iwata |
And I get the highest pick on OoT. Well, it wasn't too much higher than the second highest pick. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
oh right earlier than usual write-ups tomorrow so please try to send them before evening thanks --- Moltar Status: hype Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
It would be great if FFIX can somehow breach 40 --- "I do because I can." http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/Micer101.png |
If FF 9 broke 40% here, except even more whining than Undertale! --- Why do we exist?What happens when we stop existing? 124 Gurus were better than me in BGE 2015 contest! |
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 50.64% 29215 Metroid Prime 49.36% 28481 TOTAL VOTES 57696 Super Mario 64 56.87% 32988 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 43.13% 25023 TOTAL VOTES 58011 Crew Predictions: 97/104 What Happened: Skyrim loses the first hour clean and spends the next 23 hours coming back; Mario 64 just barely delivers Zelda its worst 1v1 lost ever. What Will Happen: Mario 64 probably beats Skyrim but it's in the crossfire of Undertale/Pokemon so anything is possible Crew Prediction Challenge: points Leonhart: 96 Moltar: 96 Guest: 94 Kleenex: 92 transience: 92 Crew Accuracy Challenge: Moltar gets Skyrim, tran gets Mario 64 Leonhart: 22 transience: 20.5 Moltar: 20 Kleenex: 19.5 Guest: 17 --- xyzzy |
Probably? It will beat it worse than it beat TP. Also I am sure Tumblers prefer Mario over Dragonborn. --- Why do we exist?What happens when we stop existing? 124 Gurus were better than me in BGE 2015 contest! |
maaan it really sucks that we're not going to get to see OoT go up against CT/FF7 --- http://i.imgur.com/RHvCiY3.png |
Man, wishing I went just a bit higher with my SotN pick. This is getting ugly. --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy -trancer1 lol xstats |
The Mana Sword posted... on the plus side, Banjo > DKC is good stuff throw this man off the Crew --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
kleenex is right though bk > dkc2 is great --- thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris |
th3l3fty posted... kleenex is right though bk > dkc2 is great continue to keep this man off the Crew --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
both games suck come at me --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
I continue to stay off the crew of my own volition --- thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris |
kazooie is eh tooie is where it's at --- thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris |
Banjo Tooie is better than both Kazooie and DKC2. Come at me. |
th3l3fty posted... I continue to stay off the crew of my own volition says the man who keeps a reference to the Crew in his sig for the last seven years --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
Why oh why are my two favorite games of all time gone? --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
I've been offered a position on every crew since yoblazer left too much work --- thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris |
Division 6: Round 3 - Match 107 – (11) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past vs. (4) Dark Souls Moltar’s Analysis The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Round 1 - 88.02% vs Cave Story Round 2 - 65.45% vs Final Fantasy IV Dark Souls Round 1 - 66.70% vs Sid Meier's Civilization V Round 2 - 55.40% vs Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain DS did well to get past MGSV (despite the series looking unimpressive this year), but LttP is the end of the road for it. Games around its strength (I'm guessing) have been getting in the mid-60s on Zelda games, so I think it'll follow suit. Moltar’s Bracket: Link to the Past Moltar’s Prediction: Link to the Past – 65% Transience’s Analysis Pre-contest, I made a post in a contest prediction topic saying that if I were to pick an out of left field rally/insane to think about upset, I would pick Dark Souls over LTTP. Dark Souls has an *intense* fanbase that will go to the ends of the earth to make sure you know how great the game is. It's actually quite similar to how I'm perceiving the Undertale fanbase right now. Both fanbases possess a holy gospel that needs to be spread with the plebes. Of course, no one can actually pick that and know it's going to happen. We've seen some core tumblrer that's part of the Dark Souls community and made wild assumptions that we'll see a revenge rally here but that's not nearly enough to go on. In a sane world, Dark Souls probably gets doubled. After all, we're talking about a 2011 or 2012 game here that's known for its unforgiving nature and its depth in gameplay. We care about exactly zero of those kind of games. It did manage to beat Perfect Dark indirectly so it's obviously not fodder no matter what you think of MGSV - but it's also not in LTTP's class. It might not even be in FF4's class. I'm going to give it some credit though and say that it can keep LTTP down in the low 60s. If a rally happens then so be it. transience's prediction: Link to the Past with 61.11% --- no space all business |
Leonhart’s Analysis This is an easy win for Link to the Past, we all know that, but how easy? Dark Souls got a nice win over MGSV last round, but MGSV probably isn’t that strong. LTTP got 65% on Final Fantasy IV last round. I…think I’d take FFIV over both of these games based on what we’ve seen this year, although that feels kind of weird to say. It would be a pretty big validation for Dark Souls if it could outdo FFIV’s percentage, which also feels weird to say. But yeah, LTTP wins big. Let’s move on. Leonhart’s Vote: A Link to the Past Leonhart’s Prediction: A Link to the Past with 68.25% Kleenex’s Analysis Happy Zeldaday everyone! At the time of writing, Ocarina once against managed to disappoint. It surely will recover a decent amount, but struggling to put a doubling down on Final Fantasy IX isn’t all that impressive. This is especially bizarre because all the other Zelda games in the bracket have looked fine. OoT always wins syndrome finally starting to take effect? Who knows. Link to the Past has looked quite good - it scored the second biggest blowout of round one, and put a nice beatdown on Final Fantasy IV. It’s one of the handful of games vying for 3rd strongest on the site and it’s looking to make its case again this round. Dark Souls did well to take out MGSV, but after seeing every single Metal Gear game look like crap two rounds in a row, that win is not as encouraging as it might have been otherwise. Given how Bloodborne and Demon’s Souls did, I’m likely to err on the side of Dark Souls not really ending up looking terrible impressive today. There’s a good chance that’s just LttP bias too, but hey, whatever! Zelda: A Link to the Past with 66% Tsunami's Analysis I%u2019ve seen plenty of topics going around after every Undertale match asking if we%u2019d all still be so salty if it was a game that Board 8 as a whole loves, like Phoenix Wright, getting rallied, and the general consensus is that it doesn%u2019t matter what%u2019s being rallied; Board 8 dislikes it. Well, here%u2019s a potential reason why this should be the case: Once rallies start entering the picture, the contest stops making sense, and our competitive advantage over the casuals disappears. What is it about Undertale that makes it so easy to rally? I ask this because in Round 2, when it was facing Fallout 3, it was discovered that one of the most reblogged rally topics on tumblr came from a Dark Souls blog. Yet Dark Souls itself has received no extra support. It can%u2019t just be the fact that Undertale is a quirky indie game, because League of Legends is the exact opposite of that. Anyway, this should be a great opportunity for a %u201Cpractice run%u201D for when Undertale has to go against an even stronger Zelda game. Even though that won%u2019t happen, I still expect Dark Souls to impress here. Of course, that%u2019s a very relative term. Link to the Past is still a Zelda game and an SNES game, so a blowout is a foregone conclusion. A Link to the Past with 69.98% Crew Consensus: ZELDA --- no space all business (edited 12/3/2015 4:25:48 PM)report |
Division 6: Round 3 - Match 108 – (3) Super Metroid vs. (2) The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Moltar’s Analysis Super Metroid Round 1 - 79.46% vs Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Round 2 - 59.59% vs Super Mario Galaxy The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Round 1 - 75.89% vs Valkyria Chronicles Round 2 - 68.87% vs Final Fantasy XII SM overcame the Nintendo hierarchy once by beating Mario, but Zelda is a stronger franchise and MM is a stronger game. SM may put up a fight, but I'm thinking that MM is definitely up there and close to LttP. SM is not challenging that no matter how good it has looked. Moltar’s Bracket: Majora's Mask Moltar’s Prediction: Majora's Mask – 57% Transience’s Analysis This past week has taught me a whole lot about the site's feelings on Zelda and Metroid. - We *love* Zelda as a series even more than I expected. The fabulous five - Ocarina, LTTP, Majora, Wind Waker and Twilight Princess - are all super strong, possibly top 15 on the site. If you're a well-respected Zelda during the time period when Nintendo was relevant and good, you're guaranteed to do well. There isn't a huge gap between them anymore. Pre-contest, the general perception was Ocarina >> LTTP >> Majora > WW/TP. The gap between Ocarina/LTTP and the rest has shrunk considerably. Here's a theory: I think when our vote totals cut in half, it took our more casual fans away and left us with some real serious Zelda and FF fans, even moreso than before. Those people who voted for only one Zelda (Ocarina) or one Final Fantasy (7) have kind of faded away. As a result, Ocarina isn't the godslayer it used to be and FF7 can lose a site poll to 6. We'll come back around on this next week when we get 6 vs. 7. - Metroid is legit! But it's also not very Nintendo-y. Metroid almost seems more in line with Square than Nintendo sometimes. Its trends don't match up with traditional Nintendo games and the series seems to do best during years when Square/non-Nintendo is in vogue. In 2004, Samus put up like 41-42% on Cloud, a result so good that it pushed her to favourite status in 2005. Then the Nintendo Boost happened. 2005's Mario/Samus match wasn't a case of rSFF; it was Mario and every other Nintendo character boosting and her staying constant. Mario simply jumped ahead of her. Now that Nintendo is fading a little and Square is doing well again, I wouldn't be totally surprised if Samus beat Mario. Yep, I said it. I've written this before, but Metroid seems to pull in people who like more atmospheric experiences. It's a very well-respected series: there are Metroid fans (hello) that don't really like Zelda or Mario, but to the core Nintendo fan, it's pretty far down on the totem pole. Galaxy is New Nintendo and thus isn't strong enough to take advantage of that hierarchy but Majora absolutely is. Super Metroid is a hell of a game -- some would rightly say the greatest game ever made -- but it's not beating Majora's Mask. Let's just look at pure results. Majora beat Wind Waker 56/44 in GOTD and has had a 3DS remake since then. Now, I think some of that result is overlap/SFF, but it definitely projects Majora to be at least on FF6's level. Super Metroid ain't beating FF6. transience's prediction: Majora's Mask with 58.95% --- no space all business |
Leonhart’s Analysis Two Zelda games have already fallen this round. Could Majora’s Mask be the third?! Eh, I’m leaning toward no. As good as Super Metroid has looked, I think Majora’s Mask is a bit out of its league. Final Fantasy VI struggled to put away Wind Waker, and I’d take FFVI > Super Metroid at this point. We already know Majora’s Mask is stronger than Wind Waker, too. I don’t think Super Metroid will completely fold against MM like it has against LTTP in years past, if only because of the generation gap. Plus, Metroid seems to be stronger than usual this year. I know Prime just lost, but it did better against Skyrim than it did against Fallout 3 in GOTD, in addition to its beatdown of Half-Life 2. I think Super Metroid will hold its own, and that’ll be an impressive performance in and of itself. If it actually wins, it’s the second biggest star of the contest after Chrono Trigger. …And its reward will be getting tripled by LTTP yet again, just for old time’s sake. Leonhart’s Vote: Majora’s Mask Leonhart’s Prediction: Majora’s Mask with 54.10% Kleenex’s Analysis The slightly more interesting of today’s two matches. Super Metroid has looked bonkers this year. It put a huge beatdown on its first round opponent, then was completely unphased by Mario Galaxy in a match that was supposed to be debated. Majora has done what it needed to do, looking pretty good as you’d expect from from the reigning champ. You could certainly make a case for a very close match here, and I think some people might even bite on the upset in the oracle, but I think Metroid is finally going to flop here. I’m expecting some Nintendo Hierarchy to come into play here, and Zelda is still King, especially over Metroid. Super Metroid definitely redeemed itself in my eyes from it’s nearly losing to Mario Kart twice days, but I can’t help but feel it’s going to fold against the man in charge. Zelda: Majora’s Mask with 60% --- no space all business |
Guest’s Analysis - ZeldaTPLink Super Metroid: 79% on Call of Duty 4 60% on Super Mario Galaxy Majora's Mask: 76% on Valkyria Chronicles 69% on Final Fantasy XII So Super Metroid has been overperforming like hell. First it nearly quadruples Call of Duty. Then it pulls an upset against freaking Mario, and nearly breaks 60% on it. Before the contest started, people weren't expecting that. This means the Nintendo hierarchy may have changed and Super Metroid has a real chance against Zelda, right? No. My opinion is that OldFAQs is what is happening here. Metroid prime is a SNES classic. Galaxy is a Wii game, and those aged like milk in this site. When it comes to hierarchy, people are voting first for what brings them that sweet nostalgia, even if most of them prefer Mario over Metroid. Had this been a game like Skyward Sword or Link Between Worlds, I could see Super Metroid going to town here. But Majora's Mask? That's the #3, or maybe #2 game in the strongest franchise in this site. It's a N64 game. It stands firmly in the nostalgia zone, as proven in GotD when it beat every 6th and 7th generation game that faced it. When it's nostalgia vs nostalgia, the nintendo hierarchy should actually count. Majora's Mask was a weird game when it was released. It was a big departure from the franchise, it has a time limit system that most people hated, it had less dungeons, a smaller hyrule field, and no Zelda/Ganondorf. The Zelda fanbase likes to hate whatever the last main series Zelda is, and this was the target for a while. But then people grew up, learned to play the Inverted Song of Time, and began to appreciate the game for its unique things: the story, the characters, the complex sidequests, the darkness, and and the pretty cool dungeons. Imo, MM is a bad Zelda, but it's a great game, and my favorite in the series. So the nostalgia grew up and when other Zeldas came that people could hate, MM became loved. Percentage? I'm not sure how SFF works, but I'm gonna assume there will be some of it. But not enough to make Super Metroid look like turd. I think 60% is fair enough. Prediction: Majora's Mask 61.32% Crew Consensus: MORE ZELDA --- no space all business (edited 12/3/2015 4:28:46 PM)report |
Zelda always wins --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
Based
on what we saw so far from ocarina what do you think happens if it is
MM vs OoT? Does MM have an upset in it? Given the fatigue for ocarina
and its poor showing and MM potentially. Being stronger than ever
because of the remake (plus actually feeling fresh despite being just as
old) i wonder. I wouldnt put money on it, but right now im rooting for mm to make it there. Its a tough road through lttp unfortunately. --- These minor spelling errors were brought to you by an ipad having no real feedback to enable me to know when i mistype and my own laziness. |
Majora would probably get tripled --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
Super Metroid got this ladies and gentlemen. Majora no chance. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
I like you Lopen make it be --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
It's
not nostalgia only. The older games are still simply better than the
new ones and Super Metroid is just awesome. Best 2D Action Adventure in
my opinion. |
I
feel like Zelda might not do so well across the board today. I don't
know why but it feels like we're building toward something not very
great this contest --- satoru iwata |
OoT is probably only worth about 52% on CT this contest. It would have been the same 10 years ago. People need to remember 5 years ago when the wii was booming and Brawl was an elite game OoT was boosted by that. With low votals you cant expect dominance. |
Lopen's rarely seen in the wild unofficial guest analysis: Now I know you're all thinkin, oh, it's a Zelda game vs a Metroid game. Zelda wins easily, right? Say it with me now, ladies and gentlemen. It's Freaking Super Metroid Huh? What? Yeah. It works here, man. The sword that felled Samus now becomes her greatest asset. This same logic should've been used to kill off that Super Mario Galaxy upset hype before it got off the ground. Super Metroid is a huge game, critically acclaimed and beloved. It constantly gets best game of all time consideration, and is, without exaggeration, one of the defining games of the SNES. Majora's Mask, beloved as it may be by some, is really nothing more than the hipster Zelda game. It's no Ocarina of Time-- hell it's no Link to the Past. It's more in line with the rank and file, and Super Metroid can beat that rank and file. Galaxy couldn't beat it on series value alone, and neither should Majora here. And let's be honest, Super Metroid has just looked stronger this contest. 80% vs Call of Duty 4 vs 76% on Valkyria Chronicles. 60% on Super Mario Galaxy vs 69% on Final Fantasy XII. To me, Super Metroid is looking beast and Majora's Mask is looking much like generic Zelda brand hype, and even ignoring STATZ the name value is actually in Super Metroid's corner here, as is bein OLD SCHOOL. We all know OLD SCHOOL is the new cool this year. Lopen's prediction: Super Metroid with 55.98% --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! (edited 12/3/2015 5:56:07 PM)report |
