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I only use 1 channel in the Discord but I don't think that we could hold a full scale VGMC in there.

+ Splatoon 3 | No Quarters | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYZFaE7VhE8
+ Splatoon 3: Side Order | d3molish | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdEF2egddLM
+ Splatoon 3 | We're So Back | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aR8AiFryHc
+ e-Reader | Main Menu | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-i-c47e7Bw
+ Bombastic | Trial Mode (Bombastic Style) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKW97viI53A

Nominate: Strong Bad emails

SUBSTITUTE
+3 Deoxys
+2 Dusclops
+1 Floette
-1 Clauncher
-2 Golett
-3 Grubbin

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Cinccino
+2 Torterra
+1 Thundurus
-1 Zarude
-2 Togepi
-3 Mienfoo

XIII_Rocks posted...

I mean that should be a no-brainer

Yes we're talking about Fandom's decisions but what's going to happen to LUE?

HYDRO CANNON
+3 Stakataka
+2 Sneasel
+1 Raging Bolt
-1 Hippopotas
-2 Zigzagoon
-3 Steenee

LEAF TORNADO
+3 Excadrill
+2 Terrakion
+1 Aromatisse
-1 Metang
-2 Zoroark
-3 Vulpix

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f623ebb9.png

Lopen posted...

Was the site run into the ground by someone who had no idea what they were doing and was content to rest on the few laurels it had until the site was treated as valueless to those higher up

Or was the site treated as valueless by those higher up which made the someone unable to do anything but watch it get sold to worse and worse entities.

No to both.

Stop posting.

Probably not for long, now that the Fandom admins are gonna learn of its existence for the first time.

It's true, I started frequenting here in 2015 (after only being a contest poster beforehand) because I realized that this was the most active non-CE board. So now we don't need to use that qualifier.

I'll change my vote to Asterix & Obelix XXL.

HURRICANE
+3 Orbeetle
+2 Buzzwole
+1 Exeggutor
-1 Aron
-2 Shelmet
-3 Barboach

CLOSE COMBAT
+3 Glimmora
+2 Tapu Lele
+1 Chi-Yu
-1 Guzzlord
-2 Wurmple
-3 Rattata

Boring day overall. Aron is spared my -3 due to being an essential part of battle facility cheese strats for the last several generations.

Never (even if they have another one it won't be great).

MFW last place

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/272009ab.png

Off the top of my head it might be 100%ing Action Henk (including all Rainbow medals). Game gets super hard near the end and a lot of casual players straight up don't finish the game (and then complain about it in the Steam reviews).

Possibly some miscellaneous scores/times in various IL games that I've played. Maybe some difficult Mario Maker levels as well.

Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand

OBLIVION WING
+3 Toedscool
+2 Spiritomb
+1 Dialga
-1 Burmy
-2 Sandshrew
-3 Lairon

ELECTRIFY
+3 Dondozo
+2 Froslass
+1 Tympole
-1 Marshtomp
-2 Phanpy
-3 Baltoy

Way too much NFE garbage in the first division; in a better group I should be giving Bewear negative points.

On the other hand I want to upvote nearly everything other than my bottom 3 in the second division. Nidoking is an honorary gen 5 Pokemon, Veluza is a cool fish, and Audino is the original EXP sponge. However Tympole is one of the funniest NFEs ever (incidentally something that I would also say about Toedscool, who is entirely uncontested up there).

Starcraft vs Halo

I haven't even taken time to think about any other answers but this is my #1.

I think I skipped the last few topics so I've forgotten.

ZeroSignal posted...

2) Point values of games are determined by the # of nominations. If you nominate 10 games, your top choice is 10 points. If you nominate one game, your only choice is worth 1 point.

Wait so our noms are actually ranked by order?

If S3 and SK were both released in 1994 then I'd say count them together because they were intended to be played as a single game. If not then it gets complicated.

Put my actual vote to F-Zero X.

It's not my vote compared to some of the other options here, but I want to give an honorable mention to Pokemon Snap for something that it did really well which never gets enough credit. All of its loading zones are cleverly hidden behind stage geometry and around corners so you (almost) never see new stuff loading into the stage. It always makes it looks like everything is already there by the time you arrive. They course layouts were carefully designed to accommodate this, and the end result is an increase in immersion because it makes them feel even bigger.

SOUL-STEALING 7-STAR STRIKE
+3 Swoobat
+2 Rampardos
+1 Lopunny
-1 Wailmer
-2 Regieleki
-3 Wyrdeer

SHADOW BONE
+3 Bisharp
+2 Pumpkaboo
+1 Yanma
-1 Leafeon
-2 Weedle
-3 Spewpa

First group is ridiculous, I wanted to give +3 to all of my top 3 and also Grapploct who had to get the cut.

I would have considered voting for Perfect Dark if they didn't drop the Game Boy Camera support.

Screenshots are a good idea, but people will need to remember that we're not just voting on the graphical fidelity of the games but their overall features and mechanics, which will not be shown in screenshots.

TORMENT
+3 Cyndaquil
+2 Qwilfish
+1 Torkoal
-1 Nosepass
-2 Empoleon
-3 Quaxwell

PSYCHO CUT
+3 Mareep
+2 Spectrier
+1 Sawk
-1 Xerneas
-2 Meltan
-3 Clobbopus

Uncharacteristic day for strong NFEs against weak evos.

Put my vote towards Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble since Crystal is gonna win anyway.

As far as the topic at hand, Pokemon Crystal is the obvious response, but Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble has to count for something. Zelda Oracles have an unprecedented amount of connectivity with each other and also have exclusive GBA content to top it off. Dance Dance Revolution had that handheld dance pad (is that cheating?).

Wait I just realized that we should have voted for Game Boy Camera for yesterday's topic, fuck.

ZenOfThunder posted...

i dont think i ever saw the graphics of a GBC game and went "wow"

The earliest instance of this in my life was Wario Land 2, which I randomly discovered on Nintendo's old website browsing the list of games. (It was actually a color-enhanced GB game, but I didn't know the difference at the time, so to me it was a GBC game) I was completely struck by how nice the game looked and it made want to buy it, even though I knew nothing about the gameplay or the character (didn't even know who Wario was or that he was connected to Mario). And I did buy it, and I'm so glad that I did, all because of the graphics.

Conker's Pocket Tales is another game that always caught my eye when seeing it in Nintendo Power (even though the actual game wasn't very good, as I found out later in life).

The most recent time was when I discovered (and played) Alice in Wonderland last year. Observe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvY46q20i_U

The part in the intro level where you walk "through" the flowers (layered sprites on top of your character) is mindblowing, because despite being a simple trick, games simply weren't doing that at the time. So it looks really advanced, relatively. Also all of the backgrounds are extremely detailed and the cutscenes look great. I love the animation at 3:35 in this video.

(Also, coincidence that they posted this video 2 weeks after I started speedrunning this game and uploaded a few runs to Youtube? )

KINESIS
+3 Klinklang
+2 Passimian
+1 Gastrodon
-1 Watchog
-2 Bunnelby
-3 Torracat

HEAL BELL
+3 Liepard
+2 Oranguru
+1 Slurpuff
-1 Tynamo
-2 Pyroar
-3 Tadbulb

ya go my liepard

Oh, actually, my vote goes to Robopon.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gbc/571628-robot-ponkottsu-star-version/boxes/15801

I didn't post this before because I thought it was GBC exclusive, but I just checked and it's backwards compatible.

Stop nominating Game Boy Color games.

Also for consideration: Pokemon Pinball is eligible.

(I think it's the only GB-compatible rumble pak game that I know of)

Crystal is Color-exclusive but GS are playable on the brick so that would be a valid vote.

(This isn't my vote)

I also agree that Pokemon Yellow should be counted separately than RB.

COURT CHANGE
+3 Vanilluxe
+2 Toedscruel
+1 Solgaleo
-1 Boldore
-2 Glaceon
-3 Electivire

TECTONIC RAGE
+3 Gigalith
+2 Muk
+1 Avalugg
-1 Melmetal
-2 Popplio
-3 Flabebe

Would have also -d Gallade and maybe Raichu if I had more room.

I don't think that it's "the hardest level in the game". It just got overblown due to the circumstances about being the last level. If it got even a single clear in its first year then it would have been treated like a more "usual" hard level of its era among dozens of other comparable ones.

G-MAX VOLCALITH
+3 Vespiquen
+2 Wishiwashi
+1 Mesprit
-1 Tranquill
-2 Combusken
-3 Tyrogue

G-MAX SWEETNESS
+3 Feraligatr
+2 Stoutland
+1 Greninja
-1 Stunky
-2 Fomantis
-3 Dartrix

Vespiquen my beloved.

Taggg

What cultural impact did San Andreas have?

GTA3
Final Fantasy X
Katamari Damacy
Um... Metal Gear Solid 2 I guess (as much as I don't want to)

Despite how many copies Gran Turismo has sold, it still feels niche to me.

SIMPLE BEAM
+3 Araquanid
+2 Galvantula
+1 Suicune
-1 Bellsprout
-2 Mudkip
-3 Nickit

STEEL BEAM
+3 Lunala
+2 Ursaluna
+1 Staraptor
-1 Shelgon
-2 Pancham
-3 Shroodle

I'm pre-emptively calling "giant spider SFF" if either of them don't win.

They've made is explicitly clear for over a year of repeated announcements that Pokemon Bank is remaining open even after the general service closes and I don't understand how people are still confused about it.

Hbthebattle posted...

Sawsbuck winning that division is also fucking absurd, jesus christ

Agreed, it's very rare for this board to actually give proper credit to a good Pokemon.

TECHNO BLAST
+3 Diggersby
+2 Sharpedo
+1 Toxtricity
-1 Sylveon
-2 Wormadam
-3 Noibat

BESTOW
+3 Haxorus
+2 Carracosta
+1 Arctozolt
-1 Dolliv
-2 Scorbunny
-3 Luxio

Bonus post: ~Honorable mentions~

Touch My Katamari - Cosmomule Cosmopolitan
Touch My Katamari - Jupiter Dub No.404
Touch My Katamari - ACID EUTRON #007 (Baraduke Remix)

These songs were all in consideration (to varying degrees) for the #15 spot before I locked in Hello World.

Beautiful Katamari - Sayonara Rolling Star

As I mentioned, there are parts of this song that I like better than the remix. But I eventually realized that I was conflating both versions together in my mind, and the whole of this song isn't as good as the whole of the remix, so I wasn't going to rank it.

We Love Katamari (demo disc) - La Morena Kumonai

It would have been funny to include an unreleased demo song on this list, but it didn't make the top 15 (although maybe it should have...).

Katamari Forever - Campus DAYDREAMER

Basically snubbed for the reason stated in my Be Gorgeous writeup. I couldn't justify listing it.

Katamari Forever - Katamari on the Swing (SEXY-SYNTHESIZER ALL ABOUT namco Mix)
Touch My Katamari - Katamari of Love (SEXY-SYNTHESIZER Remix)
Touch My Katamari - Katamari On Namco

When I was trying to figure out which one of these I liked the best, I realized that it wasn't the songs themselves that I was attracted to, but the sound of SEXY-SYNTHESIZER. In the case of the first two songs, the remix is like a "candy shell" on top of the original songs. You could put that "shell" on top of any song and I'd say that I liked it regardless of my feelings on the original. So there's no point in trying to compare any of these songs to each other. They all sound the same (I am saying that in a positive way).

POWER-UP PUNCH
+3 Sawsbuck
+2 Bouffalant
+1 Celebi
-1 Vibrava
-2 Metapod
-3 Espurr

ACUPRESSURE
+3 Tyrantrum
+2 Darmanitan
+1 Venusaur
-1 Thievul
-2 Helioptile
-3 Quilladin

47 Zebstrika
23 Reuniclus
Star of the Day: Reuniclus
I'm bored by today's winners so instead I'll highlight a surprising second place finisher even though he didn't have an overwhelming score. I didn't take Reuniclus for being this popular!

I expected Reuniclus to take an undisputed 1st place.

#1. Katamari Forever - Everlasting Love + You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0KzYztRZiw

This is... one of the happiest songs ever. This is the absolute cliche of when you're having a bad day and you listen to this song and you can forget about the things bothering you for the next 10 minutes because you're still riding the high from the song. This is literally one of my favorite songs ever, not restricted to video games. I love every single aspect about this song. I love the new arrangement. I love the new instrumentation. I love the new stuff added to it. Whoever thought of mixing You Are Smart into this song is a genius. Take a thin song that's made up of a bunch of beep boops and turn it into a backing track for a larger song. I'm also glad that this song is in English. Now I'm not normally a lyrics person at all, I rarely pay attention to the words that people sing even when they're in my own language. I usually treat singing like an extra instrument and just hear it as more sounds among all the other sounds. (That's why I don't have trouble listening to non-English music, I mean look right here, nearly this whole list is Japanese songs). I fully believe that this song would still be my #1 even if it had the original Japanese vocals from WLK. But there's something about this song, just due to the sheer number of times that I've listened to it, that being in English allows me to create an extra bond with it, by allowing me to fully follow along with it in a way that I wouldn't be able to otherwise. So this may have been a risky decision for them and possibly turned some people off from it, but for me it only helped. The part at 4:12, where it hits a climax and repeats the chorus with more instruments than earlier, still gives me chills every time even after hearing this song hundreds of times. I would say that this song is primarily responsible for me calling Katamari Forever my #1 favorite game soundtrack for many years, enough so that when a challenger approached, I started questioning whether I was actually overrating it due to the influence of one song rather than the whole thing. But I think I've settled it and ranked it fairly now (it remains in my top 3).

#2. We Love Katamari - DISCOPRINCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7vxowpoPaM

I was not a music listener growing up. I only knew songs that played on TV/movies/commercials or in public spaces, and didn't really know anything about them. It's possible that I may have had preferences about things that I liked more than others, maybe subconsciously, but it wasn't something that I thought about, even for songs that I recognized. Disco Prince is one of the first songs that I can ever remember that made me think "I want to hear more songs that sound like this". Of course being oblivious to music culture back then I had no idea how to actually go about doing that. So it wasn't until even later when I started getting into music and getting in touch with my own tastes that it finally caught up to me. At this point in my life I'd say that I do listen to other music that sounds "like this", which theoretically should be evident from the previous 13 songs on this list. So yeah, this possibly might have been one of the first songs that I ever actually "liked" (for context, this game came out when I was in high school). It's all great but I want to give a special shoutout to the percussion which really lives up to its "disco" name by doing that thing that it does.

Side note: This is one of the few songs in WLK which has an instrumental version, which automatically plays after the song loops once, assuming that you're playing a stage that's more than 7 minutes long. While you may think that the intrumental would be good to listen to, with its interesting synth and percussion parts, it's actually very painful hearing the intro without that strong first line at 0:31. The vocals are essential too.