Lopen posted...
Well I just don't think people are voting for the rivalry itself as much as voting for the games the rivalries are in, because I figure most voters aren't really thinking about the question-- cause who cares about rivalries anyway? I mean, It's just kinda telling when so few rivalries that are only featured in one or two games did very well at all-- almost all the sluggers are from stuff that recurs ad nauseam.
This is different from characters that are in a lot of games. It's easier to say "I like this character" than "I like this rivalry" because it's a question that's actually like, relevant to game talk.
So while I see your points, I don't really agree that's why things are as they are. Your perspective also doesn't explain why rivalries like Sub-Zero vs Scorpion did well, since the MK storyline has just as much crap going on as FFVII's, really.
As for Mortal Kombat:
-Personally, I'd never play a fighting game for storyline, but then again the last non-SSB fighting game I played was Soulcalibur II at my cousins' house way back in 2005. And I've never owned a non-SSB fighting game, nor do I have any in-person exposure whatsoever to Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat (and I thought that rivalries from such games wouldn't perform well - I only picked Sub-Zero's rivalry to beat Leon's because I didn't want to be burned by Sub-Zero again since I picked Tidus over him last year). However, this point is countered by how Sarah Kerrigan and Jim Raynor - characters who are from a franchise also best known for its multiplayer - are actually pretty strong, although then again, people actually do talk about StarCraft's storyline pretty often (and as my recent playthrough of the game can attest to, it deserves the high praise!).
-Scorpion and Sub-Zero seem to be easily at the forefront of the MK franchise, and the rivalry practically being MK9's box art, combined with how both of them are midcarders while we've never seen any other MK character make a contest...
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