Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1369

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New favorite 5 game poll, with Rune Factory 5, Shin Megami Tensei V, Street Fighter V, and Yakuza 5 added, and Resident Evil 5 and Civilization V removed

ya go my Final Fantasy V

LeonhartFour posted...

New favorite 5 game poll, with Rune Factory 5, Shin Megami Tensei V, Street Fighter V, and Yakuza 5 added, and Resident Evil 5 and Civilization V removed

RE5 should be there. The series is too huge to be excluded.

Pretty surprised Persona 5 isn't winning (even when you add the SMTV votes). Have to wonder how this poll would look if FFV were absent.

Allen removed the lowest two vote getters from last time, so it's hard to argue for RE5's inclusion when it couldn't even net 5% last time.

plasmabeam posted...

Pretty surprised Persona 5 isn't winning (even when you add the SMTV votes). Have to wonder how this poll would look if FFV were absent.

Persona 5 a Board 8 fad confirmed.

Not a huge change over the last two years. Final Fantasy V gained while Persona 5 dropped.

I'd expect most FFV voters to break Persona 5's way over Skyrim just because of it being a fellow JRPG and all but they're so remote in terms of platform, era, developer, and appeal that I'm not sure the overlap would be all that heavy and I'd expect most GTA5 voters probably breaking Skyrim's way would mostly cancel that out.

AxemRedRanger posted...

I'd expect most FFV voters to break Persona 5's way over Skyrim just because of it being a fellow JRPG and all but they're so remote in terms of platform, era, developer, and appeal that I'm not sure the overlap would be all that heavy and I'd expect most GTA5 voters probably breaking Skyrim's way would mostly cancel that out.

I can get behind that. I think Skyrim wins a 1v1 against P5, but I wouldn't feel confident picking either.

What has Bethesda even done since the last contest? I guess it's possible that some Sony fans gets salty that Microsoft bought them. But, it won't be until Starfield comes out that that really hits home since Bethesda published or developed games are still coming out on Playstation right now.

I bet heavily against Skyrim last contest because I thought FO76 squandered the goodwill Bethesda had. I turned out to be wrong on that front.

Same, although all that amounted to was picking Skyrim to lose in the Elite Eight to Dark Souls.

Starfield is supposed to come out this year and I think they released Skyrim again recently.

Super Mario Galaxy is now as old as the original Final Fantasy was during the first contest

Super Mario Bros. World is as old as Pong was during the first contest.

Going by Japan release date, give it another 6 months or so for North America

Final Fantasy X is two months away from buying its own beer.

Damn, it's now been 2 years since the last contest ended.

squexa posted...

Damn, it's now been 2 years since the last contest ended.

@SBAllen

I'll be honest, it's probably going to be a bit. All of the Games sites are still new toys for RV and they still have plenty of things they want us to be doing right now. Trying to fit in a contest will be a hard ask.

That is fair.

At least we know we have a bit more waiting to do.

Thanks for the heads-up, the candor is appreciated.

That's a shame but thanks for the update.

Thanks for checking in with us. We really do appreciate what you do.

I did wonder how much things would change after "Red Ventures" purchased GameFAQs (among other sites)

it seems it's just more work for SBAllen ;)

Thanks for the update.

SBAllen posted...

I'll be honest, it's probably going to be a bit. All of the Games sites are still new toys for RV and they still have plenty of things they want us to be doing right now. Trying to fit in a contest will be a hard ask.

Thanks for the response. I get that contests aren't the most productive use of developer/admin time. But it sounds like you still want to do one someday.

bacon i will forgive you for this transgression if you put cecil against like, call of duty heroman next contest

jk thanks for the update

Nah we're good without it

Eh, I feel like there's a fairly clear hierarchy of SNES > PS2 > PS1 > N64 at the top. Maybe N64 beats PS1 but probably not. Some matchups could be fun, but the biggest variable is how much people like handhelds in general and whoever gets that right wins the whole contest pretty much.

UltimaterializerX posted...

Consoles would be great, and truly unpredictable.

Not really. There are only maybe five or six consoles that would be worth anything.

UltimaterializerX posted...

because the SNES isnt an unbeatable titan like Breath of the Wild was.

yes it is

UltimaterializerX posted...

People care way more about consoles than games. Of contests that we might actually get, this one is the only great unknown left.

the console wars died a long time ago

I don't care about who would win between the Genesis and the Wii or anything like that

just have a SNES vs. PS2 POTD and call it a day

I mean we are on a site where outside of rallies the LAW applies so who cares if SNES wins easily?

I've never really cared who wins in the end because it's just one match but the idea of a console contest as a whole just holds no interest for me

I think it'd be a lot of blowouts and relatively few surprises

LeonhartFour posted...

I've never really cared who wins in the end because it's just one match but the idea of a console contest as a whole just holds no interest for me

I think it'd be a lot of blowouts and relatively few surprises

Lynx vs CD-i
ZX Spectrum vs Wonderswan

THE PEOPLE MUST KNOW!

Jay Solano beat Link. The N-Gage could beat the SNES.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8249-which-nintendo-console-is-your-all-time-favorite

Gamecube has been neck-and-neck with N64 all three times that poll has run and beaten it twice. I figure N64 most likely wins 1-on-1 just due to it being closer chronologically to the very dominant SNES but it probably wouldnt be by a whole lot, what with SNES and N64 games not looking or playing remotely similarly.

Shouldnt that cement Gamecube as the probable #5 or do people think it loses to the Switch or PS3 or something? If the latter, do they beat N64 too?

AxemRedRanger posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8249-which-nintendo-console-is-your-all-time-favorite

Gamecube has been neck-and-neck with N64 all three times that poll has run and beaten it twice. I figure N64 most likely wins 1-on-1 just due to it being closer chronologically to the very dominant SNES but it probably wouldnt be by a whole lot, what with SNES and N64 games not looking or playing remotely similarly.

Shouldnt that cement Gamecube as the probable #5 or do people think it loses to the Switch or PS3 or something? If the latter, do they beat N64 too?

Switch would crush Gamecube, and I say this as a guy who loves Gamecube more than any other system.

Gamecube > N64 is possible because N64 has the shallowest library of any Nintendo console. It would need OoT/MM/SM64 nostalgia to carry it anywhere. Is that enough to beat Gamecube's Melee/Prime/WW/ToS nostalgia? Probably.

The issue with Gamecube is that its games were low-key for the most part. People have to stop and think, "Hmm, what was on Gamecube again?" It also doesn't help that the Cube's flagship game (Melee) is basically obsolete at this point.

The only consoles with a shot at beating SNES are PS1/2 and PC. Switch could be a potential darkhorse due to its current popularity, the handheld factor, and the fact that it plays a ton of older games, but I think it would get SFF'd into the ground by SNES in a 1v1.

plasmabeam posted...

Switch would crush Gamecube, and I say this as a guy who loves Gamecube more than any other system.

Gamecube > N64 is possible because N64 has the shallowest library of any Nintendo console. It would need OoT/MM/SM64 nostalgia to carry it anywhere. Is that enough to beat Gamecube's Melee/Prime/WW/ToS nostalgia? Probably.

The issue with Gamecube is that its games were low-key for the most part. People have to stop and think, "Hmm, what was on Gamecube again?" It also doesn't help that the Cube's flagship game (Melee) is basically obsolete at this point.

The only consoles with a shot at beating SNES are PS1/2 and PC. Switch could be a potential darkhorse due to its current popularity, the handheld factor, and the fact that it plays a ton of older games, but I think it would get SFF'd into the ground by SNES in a 1v1.

I'll sign on for this analysis

The idea that a character battle would be completely predictable with a console battle being unpredictable is quite stupid. The last character battle wasn't even all that predictable except for the winner and that one is now four year ago, but why should a console battle be better in that regard. It would be a very small contest even if you include loads of fodder, the winner would not be in doubt, so while you can set it up to have some debatable matches (though N64 vs. GC shouldn't be), it wouldn't be more than a character battle would have.

Do Tifa vs Zelda round 1

do it

Tifa would definitely fold to Zelda like she did to Samus.

Would be very fun to put her against NNers that are not female though.

Heh, first Red Vultures puts a bullet in Giant Bomb, killing that site for good, and now they are "too busy" shitting up their other acquisitions to give us a 20 anniversary GameFAQs contest. CJayC should have never sold it to begin with

We actually have stuff planned for GB this year, but I can't talk about it. I'm actually product manager for GB and GS (and ComicVine) too as of a couple months ago.

Since you're invovled with GB now, some constructive feedback from someone who was subscribed to the site since around 2012, and listening to the Bombcast before that: they really need to focus on more gaming content, and less on the "general nerd 'culture'" stuff they've been pushing. I don't think I'll ever re-subscribe to GB, as Gerstmann is the only crew member left there that I like. Also they really need to do something about Jess/voidburger, as since she's joined the Bombcast has been completely impossible to listen to as she tries to talk over everyone constantly, and doesn't usually have anything constructive to say as she apparently has only ever played the Silent Hill series.

Thanks for the feedback, I'll pass it along to the team.