Wii_TuRtLe posted...
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.
Red/Blue beating iconic, recurring and old rivalries like Ryu/Ken and Samus/Ridley kinda disprove that.
On Red vs. Blue, the voters probably perceive that rivalry as being representative of the whole Pokemon series for some reason - it might as well be "Pokemon protagonist vs. rival". I don't want to talk about this as I have zero interest in Pokemon, but to be fair, I'll admit that the Red vs. Blue rivalry technically being limited to one game made me pick Ryu vs. Ken over it, and then I picked Samus vs. Ridley to the final four on the altar of not wanting to underestimate Metroid again after last year (and I think at some stage in the bracketmaking process I had the Bosses over Samus's team).
Speaking of which, the Samus/Ridley rivalry, despite being a mere sideshow (although most certainly the main thing going on as far as that series' characters go) in its series, managed to finish ahead of rivalries like Mega Man X/Zero and Sonic/Robotnik that represent their series much better. Well there's some deviation from my earlier theory! I'll look into that in my next post.
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