It's that time of year again for everyone's favorite contest! This will be the third rendition of the contest as old as time itself. There are no cash prizes or rewards, just a lot of RPGs in a bracket, battling it out with your votes! Previous winners include Xenogears and Final Fantasy IX and that's it. Will one of them be able to reclaim the throne, or will another seek vengeance in this battle to the death? Only time will tell. But if you're pumped up now, just wait until you read the rules!
~RULES~ - You have 20 nominations to use. I'm not forcing you to use every spot, but I do encourage it. - The bracket will almost certainly consist of 128 participants, so use them wisely. - JRPGs, WRPGs, ARPGs, SRPGs, MMORPGs, etc... They all count! So long as they ARE RPGs. - For the first time EVER, I will be allowing Zelda II and the Metroidvanias, as well as anything else that may have had a sketchy eligibility. - Remakes such as Pokemon FR/LG and Persona PSP can count, but ports such as SoA Legends and P3P won't. - If you have any questions about eligibility, just ask. - No cheating or rallying please. This is a small contest so you literally should barely care about it. - There's no set end date on nominations, it mainly just depends on interest level. - If I missed anything, tell me ASAP so that I can hopefully epit the OP. ~RULES~
1. Secret of Mana 2. Final Fantasy VI 3. Chrono Trigger 4. EarthBound 5. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 6. Final Fantasy VII 7. Xenogears 8. Final Fantasy IX 9. Vagrant Story 10. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 11. Dragon Quest VIII 12. Okami (is this an RPG? I'm not sure) 13. Borderlands 14. Dragon Age: Origins 15. Mass Effect 2 16. Deus Ex: Human Revolution 17. Dark Souls 18. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 19. Mass Effect 3 20. Xenonblade Chronicles
1. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness 2. Final Fantasy VI 3. Fallout 4. The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind 5. Final Fantasy 1 6. Fallout 3 7. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2 8. Diablo 2 9. Golden Sun 10. Xenosaga: Episode 1 11. Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal 12. Torchlight 13. Persona 3 14. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
For all the M-rated RPGs I've played, I don't own any of them but Fallout 1. :/
But I've played through enough of each game for them to count.
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Golden Sun isn't half-bad, but it needs to cut the crap with the Yes/No questions, which make Zubats look like thylacines in comparison.
1. Persona 4 2. Paper Mario (N64) 3.Persona 3/FES/Portable 4. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow 5. POkemon FireRed/LeafGreen 6. Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal 7. Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver 8. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum 9. Tales of Symphonia 10. Tales of the Abyss 11. Tales of Graces f 12. Kingdom Hearts II 13. Final Fantasy X 14. Super Mario RPG 15. Tales of Symphonia Dawn 16. Pokemon Stadium 2 (does this count?) 17. Suikoden III 18. Suikoden V 19. Final Fantasy VI 20. Suikoden II
1. Persona 4 2. Persona 3 3. Tales of Vesperia 4. Tales of Graces f 5. Tales of the Abyss 6. Final Fantasy X 7. Final Fantasy XIII 8. Final Fantasy VIII 9. SMT: Nocturne 10. SMT: Devil Survivor 2 11. SMT: Devil Survivor 12. Pokemon Black/White 13. Dragon Quest VIII 14. Kingdom Hearts 2 15. Kingdom Hearts 16. Final Fantasy IX 17. SMT: Digital Devil Saga 18. SMT: Digital Devil Saga 2 19. Tales of Symphonia 20. Star Ocean 2
1. Arcanum 2. Chrono Cross 3. Chrono Trigger 4. Diablo II 5. Disgaea 6. Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game 7. Fallout 2 8. Final Fantasy VI 9. Final Fantasy VII 10. Final Fantasy IX 11. Final Fantasy Tactics 12. Geneforge 2 13. Jagged Alliance 2 14. Planescape Torment 15. Pools of Radiance 16. Super Mario RPG 17. System Shock 2 18. Ultima IV 19. Ultima VII 20. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
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1. Valkyria Chronicles 2. Valkyria Chronicles II 3. Tales of Symphonia 4. Tales of Phantasia 5. Tales of Vesperia 6. Tales of Graces f 7. Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland 8. Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland 9. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 10. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 11. Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals 12. Guild Wars 13. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness 14. Final Fantasy VI 15. The World Ends with You 16. Earthbound 17. Mother 3 18. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride 19. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 20. Radiant Historia
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In no particular order, but these are most definitely my top 20:
1. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 2. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga 3. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story 4. Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones 5. Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald 6. EarthBound 7. Mother 3 8. Golden Sun 9. The Last Story 10. Tales of Phantasia 11. Final Fantasy IV 12. Final Fantasy VI 13. Chrono Trigger 14. The World Ends With You 15. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride 16. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies 17. Breath of Fire II 18. Mega Man Battle Network 19. Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood 20. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
1. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne 2. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 3. Persona 3 4. Chrono Trigger 5. Final Fantasy VIII 6. Final Fantasy X 7. Final Fantasy IX 8. Final Fantasy VII 9. Golden Sun 10. Golden Sun: The Lost Age 11. Legend of the Dragoon 12. Shadow Hearts 13. Kingdom Hearts 14. Kingdom Hearts 2 15. Final Fantasy XII: Revenent Wings 16. Xenogears 17. Final Fantasy Tactics 18. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 19. Final Fantasy VI 20. The World Ends With You
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1. SoM 2. CT 3. FF1 4. DW4 (ok, fine, DQ4) 5. Super Metroid 6. Borderlands 7. Morrowind 8. Skyrim 9. Fallout 3 10. Diablo 2 11. FFT 12. Ogre Battle 13. Illusion of Gaia 14. Phantasy Star IV 15. Might and Magic: World of Xeen 16. Final Fantasy Adventure (Seiken Densetsu 1) 17. Seiken Densetsu 3 18. World of Warcraft 19. Heroes of Might & Magic IV (or whichever HOMM people want to support, but I'm saying 4.) 20. Puzzle Quest
Though, I gotta say, if Metroidvania titles count, then pretty much anything where your character becomes stronger should, like Mega Man. I certainly wouldn't think of River City Ransom or Double Dragon 1 as RPGs, but they would fit that criteria.
1. Shining Force 2 2. Shining Force 3. Lufia 4. Lufia 2 5. Final Fantasy VI 6. Final Fantasy IX 7. Final Fantasy Tactics 8. Final Fantasy X 9. Suikoden 3 10. Morrowind 11. Oblivion 12. Secret of Evermore 13. Earthbound 14. Super Mario RPG 15. Grandia II 16. Skies of Arcadia 17. Diablo II 18. Breath of Fire 19. Breath of Fire II 20. Breath of Fire III
1. Golden Sun 2. Golden Sun: The Lost Age 3. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 4. Jade Empire 5. Mass Effect 1 6. Mass Effect 2 7. Skyrim 8. Radiant Historia 9. The World Ends With You 10. Kingdom Hearts 11. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories 12. Kingdom Hearts II 13. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow 14. Pokemon Silver/Gold/Crystal 15. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance 16. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn 17. Neverwinter Knights II: Mask of the Betrayer 18. Nier 19. World of Warcraft 20. Chrono Trigger
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If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate. - Zapp Brannigan
1. The World Ends With You 2. Tales of Symphonia 3. Pokemon Black/White 4. Dark Cloud 5. Persona 4 6. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow 7. Kingdom Hearts II 8. Tales of the Abyss 9. Persona 3 10. Suikoden V 11. Lunar: Silver Star Story 12. Final Fantasy IX 13. Final Fantasy Tactics 14. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 15. Chrono Trigger 16. Kingdom Hearts 17. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness 18. Golden Sun: The Lost Age 19. Tales of Vesperia 20. Dark Cloud 2
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I sold my sig for gas money. SuperNiceDog just kicked my ass.
In no particular order after the first five or so...
1. Mother 3 2. Shining Force 3. Earthbound 4. Zelda 2: Adventure of Link 5. Shining Force 2 6. Pokemon Black/White 7. Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal 8. Secret of Mana 9. Golden Sun 10. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness 11. Suikoden II 12. Suikoden III 13. Suikoden V 14. Star Ocean 2 15. Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals 16. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride 17. Tales of Symphonia 18. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 19. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories 20. Nier
1. Xenogears 2. Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together 3. Heroes of Might and Magic IV 4. Fallout 2 5. Final Fantasy VII 6. Final Fantasy VIII 7. Final Fantasy IX 8. Final Fantasy X 9. Final Fantasy Tactics 10. Chrono Trigger 11. Seiken Densetsu 3 12. Xenoblade Chronicles 13. Fire Emblem 8: The Sacred Stones 14. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King 15. Mass Effect 2 16. Mass Effect 3 17. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 18. Suikoden II 19. Star Ocean 2: The Second Story 20. The Legend of Dragoon
- For the first time EVER, I will be allowing Zelda II and the Metroidvanias, as well as anything else that may have had a sketchy eligibility.
The Metroidvanias are entirely stats-based though, which is primarily what makes something an RPG.
And Super Metroid isn't eligible.
You're really sending mixed messages there, tazzy. First you say Metroidvanias are allowable, and then you say one of the series that gives that subgenre its name isn't eligible. Are other Metroid games allowed? And if not, then where exactly is the line on the matter? Any game that has an explicit character sheet with numerical statistics that are presented to the player?
Whatever. Replace Super Metroid with Quest For Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero. (Am willing to make this any other member of that series if somebody else has a favorite.)
1. Kingdom Hearts II 2. Xenosaga I 3. Xenosaga III 4. FF VII 5. FF X 6. FF XII 7. Pokemon Fr/Lg 8. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness 9. Persona 3: FES 10. SMT: Digital Devil Saga I 11. SMT: Digital Devil Saga II 12. Dragon Quest VIII 13. Tales of the Abyss 14. Fire Emblem 15. Golden Sun 16. Golden Sun: The Lost Age 17. Super Robot Wars: Original Generation 2 18. Dark Cloud 2
I'd nominate P4 if I had already beaten it. I'm tempted to nominate just because it's so damn addicting.
TC, how will you determine which noms make it through?
1. Final Fantasy IV 2. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years 3. Chrono Cross 4. The Legend Of Dragoon 5. Legend Of Legaia 6. League Of Legends 7. Suikoden V 8. Sailor Moon: Another Story 9. Valkyrie Profile 10. Phantasy Star Online 11. Breath Of Fire II 12. Digimon World 13. Super Mario RPG
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