Board 8 > NCAA Games II: Week 9 Results and Discussion Topic

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I can fault an entrant for looking bad against weak opponents!

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From: KCF0107 | #098
I don't care if it only faced games with no more than two wins, it still did what it had to do. Can't fault an entrant for that

No, you can't.

Doesn't mean you're obligated to reward them either.

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swirIdude posted...
By KCF's logic, a game that beats the following in its first eight weeks would be among the best in the contest:

There's something flawed about this.


Two things are wrong with this:

1. I just got done talking about how I do my rankings so you should have seen that I never said that it would be among the best in the contest. If it does happen to reach the tournament, I highly doubt that it would advance very far

2. There is no such thing as a flawless ranking system

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For me, not ranking a game is not necessarily penalizing it. Rather, a game has to show that it deserves to be ranked before I rank it. If you can't demonstrate that, because the schedule gives you no opportunities to do so......too bad. You don't start with a blank slate and accumulate losses that hurt your rank, you start off in the same position as all the other games, which, in a field of 168, is not in the top 25.*

*Except, of course, we didn't go into this tournament blind about this board's preferences, so there is a preseason top 25.

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charmander6000 posted...
Games from series I like > Games from series I know >= Games I know > Games with cool name > Other Games > Games with a title not in English.


I just now saw this one and this is how I vote:

Games I love > Games I like > Games I feel indifferent about > Games I don't like > Games I hate

I don't vote on matches where I haven't both games because you cannot tell the quality of a game without playing it, so how can you vote on a match in a contest about which is the better game?

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Where's LMS to divert attention away from me?

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He never does what he's supposed to, does he?

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He's too busy trying to call attention to an undefeated game losing to a one-loss game.

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#10 Super Mario World (Thousand-Year World of Sunshine Conference) (8-1) – 29 (64.44%)
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference) (8-1) – 16 (35.56%)
--Mario World hands POR its first loss in blowout fashion, a result that surprised (virtually) no one.

F-Zero GX (Patriot Time Portals Conference) (5-4) – 15 (33.33%)
#21 Final Fantasy VI (Twilight Barrel Galaxy Conference) (7-2) – 30 (66.67%)
--The competition has gotten a lot stiffer for F-Zero the last few weeks, so the wins have been harder to come by.

#3 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Zelda Overload Conference) (9-0) – 34 (80.95%)
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Brawl for Broke Conference) (4-5) – 8 (19.05%)
--LTTP gets to 9-0 with a beatdown of Brotherhood.

Worms: Armageddon (Patriot Time Portals Conference) (3-6) – 13 (30.23%)
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Thousand-Year World of Sunshine Conference) (6-3) – 30 (69.77%)
--TTYD has no problem getting rid of Worms.

#5 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Metroid Eater Conference) (9-0) – 32 (78.05%)
Star Ocean: The Second Story (Smash Trigger Conference) (2-7) – 9 (21.05%)
--MGS3 stays unbeaten with an easy win over Star Ocean 2.

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Games of the Decades Conference) (6-3) – 22 (48.89%)
#11 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials & Tribulations (Fanservice Conference) (9-0) – 23 (51.11%)
--MGS2 tried its hardest, but it couldn't pull the big upset of a highly ranked unbeaten game two weeks in a row. Somewhere, LMS is surely wringing his hands wondering how T&T could possibly be stronger than Super Metroid.

Contra (Games of the Decades Conference) (4-5) – 21 (56.76%)
Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Brawl for Broke Conference) (0-9) – 16 (43.24%)
--Alpha 3 just can't seem to catch a break, and it falls to 0-9 with a loss to Contra.

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (Thousand-Year World of Sunshine Conference) (6-3) – 18 (43.90%)
#25 Mega Man 2 (Zelda Overload Conference) (9-0) – 23 (56.10%)
--DMC3 gave it a good shot, but it wasn't able to put that first blemish on MM2's record.

#1 Chrono Trigger (Smash Trigger Conference) (9-0) – 36 (81.82%)
World of Goo (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference) (2-7) – 8 (18.18%)
--World of Goo got into a world of trouble in its match against CT.

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (Zelda Overload Conference) (1-8) – 13 (34.21%)
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Tanooki Blitzball Conference) (7-2) – 25 (65.79%)
--You know, I think you could easily transition something like Dragon Quest into a Harvest Moon style game, and not many people would catch the difference!

Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Sonic Overload Conference) (6-3) – 22 (48.89%)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Games of the Decades Conference) (7-2) – 23 (51.11%)
--Majora's Mask was up 21-14 late in the match, and S3&K went on a tear to try to catch up, but it fell just short of the comeback.

Sonic Adventure 2 (Sonic Overload Conference) (8-1) – 29 (65.91%)
Halo 2 (Metroid Eater Conference) (2-7) – 15 (34.09%)
--Sonic Adventure 2 is 8-1 with an easy win over Halo 2.

Star Fox 64 (Twilight Barrel Galaxy Conference) (7-2) – 31 (70.45%)
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (Nintendo Objections Conference) (5-4) – 13 (29.55%)
--Kirby 64 stayed close for the early part of the match, but Star Fox 64 just went berserk later on in the match and blew this thing wide open.

Battletoads (Brawl for Broke Conference) (1-8) – 20 (47.62%)
Animal Crossing (Tanooki Blitzball Conference) (5-4) – 22 (52.38%)
--The toads just couldn't pay off their debt to Tom Nook in time.

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So close MGS2. I am sorry that my vote didn't hold triple the weight

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The better game won, so no harm done.

Can't say the same about the other 23-22 result, unfortunately.

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Eh, we should probably be giving a toast to MGS2 for doing so well.

Nothing nonsensical about TNT > Super Metroid, at least as far as "consistency" is concerned.

On a side note, how scary is it that Animal Crossing could potentially improve to 7-4 after the next two weeks? Wait, I don't mean scary, I mean...hilarious!

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RPI


1. Chrono Trigger (1)
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (2)
3. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (3)
4. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4)
5. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (5)
6. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials & Tribulations (6)
7. Resident Evil 4 (7)
8. Super Mario 64 (9)
9. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (8)
10. Super Mario Galaxy (10)
11. Final Fantasy X (11)
12. Paper Mario (12)
13. Portal (15)
14. Metal Gear Solid (13)
15. Super Metroid (14)
16. Final Fantasy IX (16)
17. Super Mario World (22)
18. Mega Man 2 (17)
19. Final Fantasy VI (18)
20. Batman: Arkham Asylum (19)
21. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (23)
22. Metroid Prime (20)
23. Super Smash Bros. Melee (21)
24. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (24)
25. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (26)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (34)
Bioshock (27)
Star Fox 64 (39)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (31)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (32)

Big shake ups at the bottom, as four games appear on the board from the abyss. Multiple of which have created memes!

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Whoa, that's quite a jump for SF64 for a win over Kirby 64.

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aww yeah PW1 finally on the board

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And it looks like 16-bit Toon Link wants to do everything possible to make up for that bad performance against the Jedi Knights.

By this point, I'm honestly convinced that A Link to the Past is the strongest "old" Nintendo game, and the strongest Nintendo title aside from Melee.

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16-bit Toon Link

...uhh...what the ****? It's called a sprite.

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LeonhartFour posted...
The better game won, so no harm done.

Can't say the same about the other 23-22 result, unfortunately.

Don't worry, it's a positive sign. If S3&K is that close to Majora's Mask, it should be more than strong enough to end Mega Man 2's run.

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Yay Animal Crossing!

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swirIdude posted...
16-bit Toon Link

...uhh...what the ****? It's called a sprite.

I regard LttP Link to be Toon Link, just not the same one present in The Wind Waker.

I didn't want to say "LttP Toon Link", so I said "16-bit Toon Link" instead.

On a side note, what the heck happened to the Assassin's Creed series this week?

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Brotherhood, not surprising in the least bit, lost to LoZ: ALttP. Assassin's Creed II's loss, on the other hand, was a travesty

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I don't think this looks anything like Toon Link.

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VeryInsane posted...


I don't think this looks anything like Toon Link.

Dear god, I was referring to the in-game art style, not the concept art!

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It's not the same in-game either!

Toon Link doesn't have pink hair.

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Here's a 16 bit toon link.

Wow, Metal Gear Solid 2 has been impressing lately. Metal Gear Solid in general has looked pretty good, really. Granted, Super Metroid and PW3 could be overrated, considering Super Metroid hasn't faced anything notable prior to MGS2, aside from an SFF match against DKC. PW3 hasn't face anything notable, either, aside from narrowly defeating GSC, which hasn't exactly impressed.

MGS2 has lost to the following: MGS1 (close match), Galaxy 2 (pretty handily, but it was the first week), and Trials & Tribulations by one vote. It's defeated Super Metroid, Mega Man 3 (handily), and Skies of Arcadia. It hasn't done too shabby considering it's tough schedule. Too bad it's going to have its fourth loss to MGS3 next week, delaying serious consideration for the Top 25 for a while longer.

And, man, the Wind Waker and Majora's Mask have been stinking it up lately. I thought Wind Waker's easy win over Okami and Majora's Mask's win over MGS actually meant something. I still hope Okami will recover from its two losses and end up ranked, when all is said and done. It probably won't happen, though.

Oh, and check out the schedule for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. This HAS to be the toughest schedule in the contest by now:
Wins against:
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Lufia II
Team Fortress 2
Super Mario RPG

Losses against:
Chrono Trigger
Mario Kart 64
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Super Mario World

Future matches:
Mario Bros. 3
Goldeneye
Skies of Arcadia

I have faith in you, SOTN! Okay, maybe not against SMB3, but against other future noteworthy opponents.

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GoldenEye's is pretty rough, too.

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Huzzah for quick post! I didn't even know it existed....

I forgot about Goldeneye. I had no idea it was 2-6.

Wins against:
God of War II
Marvel Ultimate Alliance

Losses against:
MK64
SSBM
SMW2
SF64
TTYD
EBound

Future matches:
B/W (to be decided today)
SOTN
FFVII

So, Goldeneye will face only two weaklings by the end of Week 11, as opposed to three weaklings for Symphony of the Night. The heavy-hitting opponents SOTN has to face, though, are a bit more rough, having faced four games that are top 10 material.

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I have no idea if Goldeneye is the 64 one or the Wii one.

Can we have a clarification? I've been thinking it's the N64 version, but if it's the Wii one it may make me alter my voting patterns from now on.

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N64.

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Yesterday's results:

The Secret of Monkey Island (Smackdown Hotel Conference) (6-3) – 27 (69.23%)
Max Payne (Games of the Decades Conference) (2-7) – 12 (30.77%)
--It's no secret that Max Payne isn't very popular here.

GoldenEye 007 (Tanooki Blitzball Conference) (3-6) – 25 (51.02%)
Pokemon Black/White (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference) (5-4) – 24 (48.98%)
--GoldenEye finally gets over the Nintendo hurdle by winning a back and forth slobberknocker against Black/White.

Devil May Cry (Tanooki Blitzball Conference) (1-8) – 15 (33.33%)
Valkyria Chronicles (Brawl for Broke Conference) (5-4) – 30 (66.67%)
--Valkyria Chronicles gets over .500 with its doubling of DMC.

Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald (Nintendo Objections Conference) (5-4) – 28 (62.22%)
Legend of Legaia (Thousand-Year World of Sunshine Conference) (1-8) – 17 (37.78%)
--R/S/E beats Legaia without much trouble.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Zelda Overload Conference) (6-3) – 22 (41.51%)
#19 Super Mario Galaxy (Twilight Barrel Galaxy Conference) (8-1) – 31 (58.49%)
--This match was very close through the first update, but Galaxy went on an 12-4 run after that to blow the match wide open from there.

Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (Thousand-Year World of Sunshine Conference) (3-6) – 28 (62.22%)
MVP Baseball 2005 (Metroid Eater Conference) (0-9) – 17 (37.78%)
--Lufia II takes care of MVP Baseball without much trouble.

Street Fighter II (Tanooki Blitzball Conference) (6-3) – 28 (57.14%)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Smackdown Hotel Conference) (2-7) – 21 (42.86%)
--SF2 beats Ghost Trick by a touchdown.

God of War II (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference) (3-6) – 23 (60.53%)
Dark Cloud 2 (Smash Trigger Conference) (4-5) – 15 (39.47%)
--God of War II gets an easy win over Dark Cloud 2.

Xenogears (Brawl for Broke Conference) (5-4) – 19 (38.78%)
#12 Paper Mario (Games of the Decades Conference) (9-0) – 30 (61.22%)
--Xenogears does respectably, but Paper Mario wasn't in any danger of losing this one.

flower (Smackdown Hotel Conference) (1-8) – 12 (28.57%)
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (Thousand-Year World of Sunshine Conference) (7-2) – 30 (71.43%)
--Aria of Sorrow blows flower away.

#13 Metal Gear Solid (Zelda Overload Conference) (8-1) – 28 (58.33%)
Bioshock (Sonic Overload Conference) (7-2) – 20 (41.67%)
--MGS1 controlled this match from start to finish, although Bioshock kept it from getting too out of hand.

Suikoden V (Patriot Time Portals Conference) (3-6) – 30 (62.50%)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Smash Trigger Conference) (2-7) – 18 (37.50%)
--Halo has no problems getting anti-voted to defeat against Suikoden V.

Mana Khemia (Metroid Eater Conference) (0-9) – 7 (15.91%)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Zelda Overload Conference) (5-4) – 37 (84.09%)
--After that rough start, Link's Awakening has won four in a row to get above .500.

Gitaroo Man (Thousand-Year World of Sunshine Conference) (0-9) – 9 (21.43%)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Nintendo Objections Conference) (6-3) – 33 (78.57%)
--Winning is still uncharted territory for Gitaroo Man.

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Today I voted against Super Metroid because I want StarCraft to look good.

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Today I voted against Super Metroid because Starcraft is better.

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Today I voted for the games I like better.

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LeonhartFour posted...
Today I voted for the games I like better.

This.

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RPI

1. Chrono Trigger (1)
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (2)
3. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (3)
4. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4)
5. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials & Tribulations (6)
6. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (5)
7. Resident Evil 4 (7)
8. Super Mario Galaxy (10)
9. Super Mario 64 (8)
10. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (9)
11. Metal Gear Solid (14)
12. Paper Mario (12)
13. Final Fantasy X (11)
14. Portal (13)
15. Super Metroid (15)
16. Final Fantasy IX (16)
17. Super Mario World (17)
18. Mega Man 2 (18)
19. Final Fantasy VI (19)
20. Metroid Prime (22)
21. Super Smash Bros. Melee (23)
22. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (21)
23. Batman: Arkham Asylum (20)
24. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (24)
25. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (25)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (26)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (30)
Star Fox 64 (28)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (31)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (32)

LttP has closed in on CT's once insurmountable lead. Just in time for their thrilling rivalry week showdown next week! Brawl and TP return to the board to give the Wii more representation.

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MGS1 threatening to crack the top 10 despite having a loss? Pretty impressive.

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There are already 4 blemished games in the Top 10! (You know which 4.)

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swirIdude posted...
There are already 4 blemished games in the Top 10! (You know which 4.)

Not to overuse the word, but...ironically enough, all four of those games are in the same franchise!

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I understand that, but it's pretty impressive considering MGS1 isn't a Nintendo game.

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LeonhartFour posted...
I understand that, but it's pretty impressive considering MGS1 isn't a Nintendo game.

Thank you guys for building up my hype machine, one contest match at a time.

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Also, is Paper Mario really the last unbeaten Mario game?

I just noticed that.

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LeonhartFour posted...
Also, is Paper Mario really the last unbeaten Mario game?

I just noticed that.

You can't hate Paper!

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I think Fox will put an end to that next week.

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Scissors hate paper.

And so does Batman.

And Yoshi.

And Mario.

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Today I voted for Super Metroid because it's better, I like it better, and I want Super Metroid to look good!

Star Fox 64 vs. Paper Mario is coming, then? That will be interesting to see.

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I mean, both games at least have hardcore fans on this board! Who the heck cares so much for Marvel Ultimate Alliance?

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Yesterday's results:

Tekken 3 (Twilight Barrel Galaxy Conference) (1-8) – 13 (25.49%)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Smackdown Hotel Conference) (7-2) – 38 (74.51%)
--Mario RPG uses Timed Hits to its advantage to KO Tekken 3.

Psychonauts (Fanservice Conference) (3-6) – 19 (39.58%)
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Nintendo Objections Conference) (8-1) – 29 (60.42%)
--DKC2 doesn't let Psychonauts go crazy in this one.

Umineko no Naku Koro ni (Metroid Eater Conference) (0-9) – 14 (31.82%)
Jet Force Gemini (Smash Trigger Conference) (2-7) – 30 (68.18%)
--And all four winless games from Metroid Eater are still winless.

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Smash Trigger Conference) (4-5) – 27 (62.79%)
No More Heroes (Tanooki Blitzball Conference) (2-7) – 16 (37.21%)
--Drake's good fortune pushes Uncharted past No More Heroes.

Suikoden II (Nintendo Objections Conference) (7-2) – 24 (57.14%)
Sonic Colors (Games of the Decades Conference) (2-7) – 18 (42.86%)
--Suikoden II rebounds from its loss last week to take down Sonic Colors.

#2 Super Mario Bros. 3 (Tanooki Blitzball Conference) (8-1) – 31 (58.49%)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Metroid Eater Conference) (4-5) – 22 (41.51%)
--What is a Tanooki? ...Yeah, I got nothin'.

Cave Story (Twilight Barrel Galaxy Conference) (3-6) – 24 (58.54%)
World of Warcraft (Fanservice Conference) (0-9) – 17 (41.46%)
--WoW players couldn't come out of their caves to vote it over Cave Story.

Earthbound (Games of the Decades Conference) (8-1) – 23 (51.11%)
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference) (3-6) – 22 (48.89%)
--Earthbound narrowly avoids a big upset after blowing a sizable lead to DQ5.

Secret of Mana (Brawl for Broke Conference) (5-4) – 19 (44.19%)
Grim Fandango (Thousand-Year World of Sunshine Conference) (7-2) – 24 (55.81%)
--Mana is feeling rather grim after having its secret exposed by Manny Calavera.

Team Fortress 2 (Brawl for Broke Conference) (3-6) – 22 (52.38%)
Demon's Souls (Zelda Overload Conference) (2-7) – 20 (47.62%)
--Team Fortress 2 gets a narrow win over Demon's Souls.

Starcraft (Fanservice Conference) (5-4) – 22 (44.00%)
#18 Super Metroid (Nintendo Objections Conference) (8-1) – 28 (56.00%)
--Starcraft puts up a good fight, but it didn't have quite what it took to score the upset.

Sonic Adventure (Twilight Barrel Galaxy Conference) (4-5) – 22 (51.16%) (OT, 12-10)
Shadow Hearts (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference) (5-4) – 21 (48.84%)
--Sonic Adventure goes on a wild ride to edge Shadow Hearts in overtime.

Nier (Tanooki Blitzball Conference) (0-9) – 11 (26.19%)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Patriot Time Portals Conference) (7-2) – 31 (73.81%)
--Nier still can't get anywhere near that first win.

#16 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Nintendo Objections Conference) (7-2) – 31 (64.58%)
Tales of Vesperia (Brawl for Broke Conference) (6-3) – 17 (35.42%)
--Ace Attorney has no trouble putting away Vesperia.

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