From: LeonhartFour | #085
Systems Contest would be a total snoozefest except for maybe 2-3 matches, and that's if Bacon actually puts together a decent bracket. Not really interested in who wins between SNES and PS2 if it means we have to get a bracket with the 3DO, Colecovision, the Jaguar, the 32X, and the Neo Geo Color.
Nobody really looks fondly back on the Series Contest despite the mega Zelda/Final Fantasy matchup in the final because we had to trod through a bracket filled with Star Ocean, Suikoden, Shadow Hearts, Silent Hill, Fire Emblem, SoulCalibur, etc.
There's a lot of fun stuff (for me, anyway) we can enjoy in a well-made Systems Contest bracket. I'm confident the SNES would murder everything, so the best bracket will have a top half filled with sacrifices to the SNES and a bottom half loaded with the N64, PS2, PS1, and NES. The PS2 and PS1 can have an awesome semifinal match, but not before they prove themselves by beating the N64 and NES, respectively. There's also the question of how Nintendo's handhelds will perform (DS vs 360) and how new consoles will fare against the oldies (360 vs Genesis). The big four console makers should occupy at least 20 of the 32 spots, meaning we won't have too many spots filled with fodder like Atari's consoles and Turbografx and stuff.
Nintendo: 10-11 (5 consoles and 4 guaranteed handhelds; Game Boy Color and Virtual Boy probably make it)
Sega - 5 (I'm guessing the Game Gear and Master System both make it)
Sony - 5 (Guessing Vita makes it)
Microsoft - 2
That doesn't leave too much space for barely-known garbage, and most of it can be placed in decent R1 spots.
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