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LeonhartFour posted...

_SecretSquirrel posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3283-division-4-round-2-alucard-falcon-pikachu-arthas

Pikachu defeating Alucard despite Falcon leaching was definitely a sign of things to come. Block beware.

I wonder if Alucard wins this match now with his newfound Netflix strength.

I think Pikachu is still a bit out of Alucard's reach, even with the Falcon leaching. Pikachu traded wins with Mega Man. Alucard spent an entire day trailing behind Bowser. I don't see that flipping even with the LFF.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3283-division-4-round-2-alucard-falcon-pikachu-arthas

Pikachu defeating Alucard despite Falcon leaching was definitely a sign of things to come. Block beware.

Snake

Yeah, I think Ammy still takes last here, but it might be more competitive this time around.

Space

At this point, Gordon probably takes last too.

I will say, the frustration factor of Donkey Kong 64 goes down quite a bit when you learn how to actually play Beaver Bother (you don't go for them head on, but instead you come at them from the side).

Testament

Also, if we interpret Samus vs. Mario 2018 and even Ganondorf improving on his 2004 performance against Link that same year to mean that Nintendo SFF isn't quite as potent or that the Nintendo hierarchy isn't quite as rigid, that's not good news for Frog here.

HaRRicH posted...

but I don't know how much harder they can wring percentages out of MMX or a Pokemon.

X could potentially stay stable here, but I don't know about the staying power of a third gen Pokemon who was in part running on meme power at the time.

Day

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3279-division-2-round-2-mario-zelda-mega-man-x-mudkip

So much Nintendo. And you have to believe Zelda would probably be the favorite now.

Kotetsu534 posted...

Vaguely interesting to me that virtually no one's first experience with GTA3 on this website was the Definitive Edition. Suggests that at least some of these remasters and re-makes are overwhelmingly selling to people who played the originals. I'd like to see that tested with the same poll ran for Resident Evil 2 (which, unlike GTAIII/VC, was an actual remake that received strong reviews; it's one of my favourite games of the last few years).

I'm not sure the GTA Definitive Editions would be the best sample cases for pure remake/remaster strength, seeing as though they are in the running for worst remasters of all time.

Patriots

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3278-division-2-round-2-luigi-l-snake-bowser-phoenix

This was a good day to be an L.

LeonhartFour posted...

honestly I feel like if anyone has faded, it's Duke

I'd rather be irrelevant, but in the nostalgia zone like Duke than be irrelevant and well away from the nostalgia zone like Altair is.

Duke > Marth

A scenario where two low-card characters split the Nintendo vote and still take both top spots is very much on the table here given that the non-Nintendo entrants aren't killers row, but I think Duke should be strong enough to rise above them. AC/Altair has completely fallen off here, so his best hope is that one of the Nintendo characters gets cannibalized by the other and gets third.

bitch

(Also, I initially read this as Thai _____ and thought of food.)

GET

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3276-division-1-round-2-zack-wario-link-zidane

Round 2 begins with ZackFAQs.

Leonhart4 posted...

Oh no Mario 1 has fallen back behind Yoshi's Island

Yoshi's Island is the best game in the poll, though.

Falcon

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3275-division-8-round-1-heavy-jill-kratos-ocelot

One of the more low key mind-boggling results, where Ocelot loses to Jill despite beating her the year prior, and having MGS4 release between the contests.

Love? (Baby, don't hurt me)

Nana is definitely one of the more out there choices from Smash that made a contest.

Yeah, I can't imagine anyone else wants the hassle of trying to administer the contests as votals drop and trying to get prize money is harder.

wrong.

Which was my answer for you're, I think

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3273-division-8-round-1-auron-marcus-rydia-sub-zero

LOL Marcus Fenix.

OrangeCrush980 posted...

I do suspect that's a legitimate "problem". I think their 3 options are:
1. Just keep porting Ultimate to each new console and add more DLC.
2. Try to top Ultimate with a new game which has all returning characters. It's possible but very difficult and expensive.
3. Do a full reboot and the next game only has like 20-30 characters. That game would be hated, but it might work out the best in the long run since 1 and 2 aren't sustainable forever while 3 at least has a chance.
I'd personally just go with #1. You'll have some people whining that it's being milked just like Skyrim and GTAV, but it's worth it and deserved.

#1 is definitely what is happening. Mario Kart 8 is pretty much a winning template to follow, especially with Smash being a far bigger project in magnitude.

Leonhart4 posted...

Hype K. Rool vs. Current Sandbag, who ya got?

Mass Effect has at least had a recent rerelease that could help Shepard

True, Hype K Rool defeats current Sandbag, but Shepard has also had five years of time not on their side, and a two year old remake probably isn't helping too much.

Leonhart4 posted...

Wow no respect for Shepard

I mean, it's hard to think too much of Shepard here when they went even with K. Rool during Smash frenzy, and it's only been downward since.

HaRRicH posted...

Counterpoint: that bag of sand has been in two GotY-winning games since that poll, including one that got to the 2010-2019 GotD semi-finals and could have arguably been our #2 game here.

I'd probably lean Magus > Sandbag in a rematch too, but I'm not convinced.

In 2018 Smash fever conditions, I'd definitely take the punching bag. In 2023 when everyone has long since moved on and there's no new entry in sight but the site's remaining 15000 people still really love Chrono Trigger, I'm taking Magus.

I think Sonic > Magus is pretty safe these days. You can pretty much trace Chrono Trigger's biggest lows to when vote totals were at its highest, and it's no coincidence that it's done pretty well for itself when it's just the site's core audience and little else determining the results.

Hot

The Amano art wouldn't be so bad if it at least resembled the way the characters look in the game. In most cases, it just doesn't.

Fuck

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3270-division-7-round-1-macmillan-leon-riku-siegfried

Capt MacMillan sure is a character that has been in a contest before.

ass

This or that.

wrong

World

Leonhart4 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3267-division-6-round-1-mewtwo-ness-pac-man-travis

I'd guess this one goes pretty much the same.

I remember Ness & Pac-Man being a well debated Round 1 match, and those who thought Pac-Man would stand out in the sea of Nintendo ended up being right. I'd be curious if Pac-Man could do that today, or what would happen if the fodder here wasn't basically Nintendo exclusive at the time.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3266-division-6-round-1-steel-cloud-midna-miles-e

LOL Axel Steel.

Guy

Times

Imagine telling someone on Board 8 that the character that finished below CATS and got <7% in a contest match would eventually win a debated match a few years later. Talk about a glow up.

Raven

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3263-division-5-round-1-wesker-sackboy-snake-vivi

Wesker is just that character that always seems to look underwhelming, for whatever reason. Not much else you can say about Snake vs. Vivi since that went the way we thought.