What four games are on the Sega Genesis Mount Rushmore?

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Board 8 » What four games are on the Sega Genesis Mount Rushmore?
Shigeru Miyamoto calls you up. He wants to do a full ground-up remake of one of these Wii games as a Switch 2 launch title. Which do you choose? (You can understand Japanese) - Results (54 votes)
Wii Sports
3.7% (2 votes)
2
Super Mario Galaxy
14.81% (8 votes)
8
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (roster will be the same)
7.41% (4 votes)
4
Mario Kart Wii
7.41% (4 votes)
4
Xenoblade Chronicles
9.26% (5 votes)
5
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
18.52% (10 votes)
10
Wii Fit
3.7% (2 votes)
2
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
1.85% (1 vote)
1
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
18.52% (10 votes)
10
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
14.81% (8 votes)
8
This poll is now closed.
Discussion Topic: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80708068 (if you want to complain about this topic series do it here and not in the current topic)

Rules: If you list more than 4 things I'm gonna just tally the first 4 you say. If you list the same character multiple times it won't count. Be nice. Don't shove your personal definition of "Mount Rushmore" down others' throats. Have fun. If you're going to majorly change a vote please quote your old vote to make it easier for me.

Genesis specific-rules: Similar to the Wii Rushmore, I am not going to limit this in any way, although I am looking for official releases only and no bootlegs or fan games released after the system's lifecycle that run on the hardware.

If you think this Rushmore should be 4 Sonic games I won't stop you

Reference Links:
https://tiermaker.com/categories/video-games/mega-drive---genesis-games-396619
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Sega_Genesis_games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sega_Genesis_games

PREVIOUS RESULTS:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uCR-viOTP-yKhRZnTyvaoXj7teKRA12gz7m-1rfmhoY/ (Sheet 1)
"Video Games are ART": Journey, Shadow of the Colossus, Okami, Disco Elysium
Stand-Up Comedians: Carlin, Pryor, Seinfeld, MacDonald
Cryptids: Nessie, Bigfoot, Chupacabra, Mothman
Board Games: Chess, Monopoly, Scrabble, Go
Stephen King Stories: IT, The Shining, Carrie, The Stand
Nicktoons: Spongebob, Rugrats, Avatar TLA, Hey Arnold!
Metal Albums: Master of Puppets, Paranoid, Number of the Beast, Hybrid Theory
Super Maro 64 Courses: Bob-omb Battlefield, Tick Tock Clock, Cool Cool Mountain, Whomp's Fortress
Gen 3 Pokemon: Gardevoir, Mudkip, Rayquaza, Blaziken
[adult swim]: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Rick and Morty, Robot Chicken, Space Ghost C2C
Fictional Rabbits: Bugs Bunny, Easter Bunny, Peter Rabbit, White Rabbit (Alice)
CD-i games: Hotel Mario, Link: Faces, Zelda: Wand, Burn:Cycle
Wii games: Wii Sports, Mario Galaxy, Brawl, Mario Kart Wii

YESTERDAY: Paragraphs upon paragraphs of discourse yet no mention of the Wii-exclusive title Boogie.

Xenoblade came within two votes of Mario Kart Wii on the last page, but then two people changed their votes FROM Xenoblade and some more Mario Kart Wii votes trickled in. As this was happening I could sense KamikazePotato suddenly cry out in terror before being suddenly silenced.

Great topic, 10/10, needs more Mushroom Men

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ChatGPT's Rushmore:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/01181cbc.jpg

AI Rushmore brought to you by Microsoft CoPilot: will post in a bit, it is my anniversary and I have been yelled at already for doing this

UPCOMING RUSHMORES (nominations welcome):
4/4: NES Games
4/5: PS2 Games
4/6: N64 Games
4/7: PS1 Games
4/8: SNES Games
4/9: American Landmarks
4/10: Movie Villains
4/11: Time Travel Movies
4/12: Difficult Boss Battles
4/13: Game Shows
4/14: Video Game Hub Worlds
4/15: Mega Man Robot Masters
4/16: Bad GameFAQs contests
4/17: Video Game Consoles
4/18: Beatles Songs
4/19: Pixar
4/20: Stoner Movies (4/20 special)
4/21: Nick Jr. Shows
4/22: Sandwiches
4/23: Ubisoft
4/24: Fictional Detectives
4/25: Contest Upsets
4/26: Non-American Movie Directors
4/27: Dog Breeds
4/28: MCU Movies
4/29: Shonen Jump Protagonists
Nominations: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uCR-viOTP-yKhRZnTyvaoXj7teKRA12gz7m-1rfmhoY/ (Sheet 2)

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Streets of Rage 2
Phantasy Star IV
Ecco the Dolphin
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Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Altered Beast
Mortal Kombat
Aladdin
No problem!
This is a cute and pop genocide of love!
Sonic the Hedgehog
John Madden Football
Phantasy Star IV
Mortal Kombat
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ZenOfThunder posted...
Xenoblade came within two votes of Mario Kart Wii on the last page, but then two people changed their votes FROM Xenoblade and some more Mario Kart Wii votes trickled in. As this was happening I could sense KamikazePotato suddenly cry out in terror before being suddenly silenced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glN0W8WogK8
It's Reyn Time.
reposting from last topic just in case

Supporting/voting for:
Board 8 Projects
Non-President Americans (though maybe this should be Non-Politician Americans to narrow the scope a little?)
American Chain Restaurants (Not Fast Food)
Disney Movies (Canon)
Female Rappers
Fictional Maxs
Songs that mention James Dean (I have no idea what the context of this one is, I just think it would be funny to see how many we could come up with)

And a new, weird nomination:
Video Game Genres
  • Sonic 2
  • Mortal Kombat
  • NHL 94
  • Phantasy Star 2
Congratulations to azuarc, Guru champion!
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Mortal Kombat
Ecco the Dolphin
Phantasy Star IV
A hero cannot be defeated simply by making him die.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Ecco the Dolphin
Vectorman
Shining Force 2

*shrug*
"You're childish. What are you getting? Are you getting strawberry? Ha! That's such a childish flavor, only children eat strawberry."
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Disney's Aladdin
Ecco the Dolphin
This isn't funny Dean, the voice says I'm almost out of minutes!
~Alexandra
We won my friends!

Sonic the Hedgehog
Phantasy Star IV
Mortal Kombat
Golden Axe

Considered Sonic 2 as well.
Guinness Book of World Records is the name of the diary that belongs to azuarc , the winner of the Game of the Decade II guru contest.
Sonic 2
streets of rage 2
gunstar heroes
phantasy star 4
stop victory lapping around your desk, your chair has rollers, it's not even really exercise
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(|| ' ' ||) When have you ever seen three big, very smooth arcs
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Sonic 2 should be the rep over the original Sonic. It was the first mega hit, and it really established what the series would be more than the first game did. It's the more important game.
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Sonic 2
Phantasy Star 4
Sonic 3 + Knuckles
Comix Zone

Hi it's VI
Sonic the Hedgehog
Contra Hard Corps

these are the only good genesis games
All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Gunstar Heroes
Phantasy Star IV
Mortal Kombat
I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
If you're gonna scream, scream with me
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic & Knuckles
Phantasy Star 4
Streets of Rage 2

Sonic 2 probably more popular than Sonic 1. PS4 is great and one of the most expensive games ever to retail above $90 IIRC. Dunno if S&K is counted with Sonic 3 or standalone, but the stacking nature of it with other games is memorable. I always wanted Streets of Rage 2 but had a SNES instead - played it a bunch once it came out on the Wii Shop.
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Someone convince me why I should vote for Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, or both .
It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest
Ecco the Dolphin
Vectorman
Sonic the Hedgehog
Phantasy Star IV
If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?
#theresafreakingghostafterus
redrocket posted...
Someone convince me why I should vote for Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, or both .

I mean I already made the case for Sonic 2

Sonic 3 & Knuckles is one of my favorite games ever. I guess you could argue it's the first instance of DLC with the lock-on technology. I'd say it'd be on here if Sega did more with it, but as it stands, Sonic 2 was the biggest game on the Genesis.
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Oh yeah, Zen, you forgot to add the results for one 3 Pokemon between Mario 64 Stages and Adult Swim. Just been missing every topic since.
Guinness Book of World Records is the name of the diary that belongs to azuarc , the winner of the Game of the Decade II guru contest.
Sonic 2 has more speed, more attitude, more BLAST PROCESSING, and introduces Tails. Now that's totally radical.
I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
If you're gonna scream, scream with me
I'd also say Sonic 2 was the game that properly established Sonic as the rival to Mario. I don't feel like that sentiment was around with the first game alone.
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Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Mortal Kombat
Gunstar Heroes
Phantasy Star IV

Really tough call deciding which Sonic game to vote for. 2 was easily the most popular with casuals, but 3&K is just so much better. I could even see an argument for 1 just for starting the series. I hope they don't split the vote so much that none of them makes it.
Congrats to 2020 GotD Guru champ azuarc!
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Phantasy Star IV
Streets of Rage 2

Was not a Mega Drive kid, so my only real passion point is that Sonic 1 should absolutely be here even though 2 is better, that game was an enormous deal and started it all. Would also be cool for Phantasy Star IV to be on due to its importance to the genre.
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Blaaaaaaargh azuarc
Altered Beast
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Streets of Rage 2
Mortal Kombat
Formerly known as Raven 2
ctesjbuvf posted...
Oh yeah, Zen, you forgot to add the results for one 3 Pokemon between Mario 64 Stages and Adult Swim. Just been missing every topic since.

thank you! added
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Sonic
Sonic 2
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Mortal Kombat
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Congratulations to azuarc, the guru of gurus and winner of GotD 2020!
Sonic
Sonic 2
Shining Force 2
Streets of Rage 2

S for Sega!

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Xeybozn posted...
I hope they don't split the vote so much that none of them makes it.
Not sure which would be funnier: this happening, or the Rushmore just being all Sonic games
"You're childish. What are you getting? Are you getting strawberry? Ha! That's such a childish flavor, only children eat strawberry."
Yeah, I think we're more likely to get multiple Sonic games than none at all
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Sonic 2
Aladdin
Streets of Rage 2
Gunstar Heroes

Sonic 1 should be here too but I like variety. A bit more context for Sonic 2: Sonic 2 was one of the first video games to have a massive pre-release marketing campaign and be released across the entire US at the same time; besides the fact it's a fucking great game, Sonic 2 played a giant role in redefining how video games are promoted and released.

Aladdin was also really popular, apparently made Nintendo so envious it influenced Donkey Kong Country, and having a Virgin/Disney game on the Genesis rushmore sounds right to me, Streets of Rage might be the more resonating IP with Genesis fans besides Sonic and 2 is still one of the most popular beat 'em ups ever, Gunstar Heroes is the Treasure (also important devs to this system) run & gun game that is still so defining (like how you can see its DNA practically everywhere in even modern games like Cuphead)

HMs: all the other Sonic games, Phantasy Star II-IV, Shining Force 1/2, Vectorman, Golden Axe, Toe Jam and Earl, Earthworm Jim, John Madden Football, Mortal Kombat, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, The Revenge of Shinobi, Ecco the Dolphin, Castle/World of Illusion, Altered Beast, Streets of Rage 1
Born to lose, live to win!
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Gunstar Heroes
Phantasy Star IV
Contra: Hard Corps
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Sonic 3
Sonic 1
Phantasy Star 4
Shining Force
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Sonic 2
Phantasy Star IV
Mortal Kombat
Doom
darkx
Underleveled posted...
Doom

Doom was never (officially) ported to the Genesis. (Unless the 32X version counts? Do add-on games count as Genesis games?)
Congrats to 2020 GotD Guru champ azuarc!
oh wow I didn't even think of 32X and CD games

uuuhhhh let's say they count? cuz when we get to N64 isn't the expansion pack kinda the same thing as a 32X?
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I dunno, I feel like the 32X and CD deserve their own glorious Rushmores.
The azuarc of the contest universe is long, but it bends toward Guruship.
people didn't play enough 32X and CD games for them to deserve Rushmores. lumping them in with Genesis is best
All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Sonic 2
Streets of Rage 2
Ristar
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Sonic 2
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Streets of Rage 2
Golden Axe
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Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (or just count it as Sonic 3 if this combo isn't allowed)
Streets of Rage 2
Gunstar Heroes
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32X only has like 4 games to begin with
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If you're gonna scream, scream with me
Snake5555555555 posted...
32X only has like 4 games to begin with

Thats all it needs!
The azuarc of the contest universe is long, but it bends toward Guruship.
Mount Rushmore of games that require both the 32x and the Sega CD

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ZenOfThunder posted...
cuz when we get to N64 isn't the expansion pack kinda the same thing as a 32X?

Not really. The N64 expansion pack is just extra RAM, but the 32X adds new CPUs.

(CD/32X games should totally count for today, though. Not like they'd ever get their own day.)
Congrats to 2020 GotD Guru champ azuarc!
I mean if the CD-I can get its own day, what can't

you bought an N-Gage didn't you
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Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic & Knuckles
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