Board 8 > Leonhart Ranks 124 User Nominated Games: The Top Five

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The list so far:

6. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials & Tribulations (Team Rocket Elite)
7. Mass Effect 3 (SaveEstelle)
8. Persona 4 (Team Rocket Elite)
9. Skies of Arcadia (Team Rocket Elite)
10. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NFUN)
11. Final Fantasy VII (Eerieka)
12. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (SaveEstelle)
13. Trails in the Sky: Second Chapter (NFUN)
14. Super Mario World (kateee)

All I did was point the finger of justice in the proper direction.

15. Mass Effect 2 (WalkingWiki)
16. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Dragon66116)
17. Sonic Generations (Johnbobb)
18. Metal Gear Solid (Snake5555555555)
19. Uncharted 4: A Thiefs End (SaveEstelle)
20. Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (LeonhartFour)
21. Kingdom Hearts II (Raka_Putra)
22. Mega Man X (Mac Arrowny)
23. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (Janus5k)
24. Kirby Super Star (Shonen_Bat)
25. Clannad (Robazoid)

Im a lawyer. I live for needless procedures.

26. Shadow Hearts: Covenant (Axl_Rose_85)
27. Tales of Symphonia (Team Rocket Elite)
28. Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutors Path (Axl_Rose_85)
29. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Anagram)
30. Final Fantasy Tactics (SaveEstelle)
31. NieR (tazzyboyishere)
32. Kingdom Hearts (NBIceman)
33. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice (Dragon66116)
34. Super Smash Bros. Melee (Anagram)
35. Persona 5 (greengravy294)
36. Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (Raka_Putra)
37. Bomberman 64 (Janus5k)
38. Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (Drakeryn)
39. Assassins Creed II (Johnbobb)
40. Final Fantasy IX (Eerieka)
41. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Snake555555555)

I like the sound of that Dashing young lawyer flying fabulously.

42. ESPN Extreme Games (LeonhartFour)
43. Sonic Mania (handsomeboy2012)
44. Umineko no Naku Koro ni (Drakeryn)
45. Final Fantasy XIII (Robazoid)
46. Shadow Hearts (tazzyboyishere)
47. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Shonen_Bat)
48. Trails in the Sky: First Chapter (Robazoid)
49. Final Fantasy VI (Eerieka)
50. Jak II (tazzyboyishere)
51. Persona 3 (pyresword)
52. Steins;Gate (Mac Arrowny)
53. Xenogears (SaveEstelle)
54. Portal 2 (banananor)
55. GoldenEye 007 (Pirateking2000)
56. Chess (Xeybozn)
57. Kirbys Dream Course (Janus5k)
58. Shadow of the Colossus (pyresword)
59. Paper Mario (NBIceman)
60. Tales of the Abyss (NBIceman)
61. Mega Man 2 (LOLIAmAnAlt)

Thanks to you, I am saddled with unnecessaryfeelings.

62. Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Raka_Putra)
63. Tetris Plus (LeonhartFour)
64. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (Janus5k)
65. Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Dragon66116)
66. Super Smash Bros. (Anagram)
67. Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (Axl_Rose_85)
68. Viewtiful Joe (kateee)
69. Four Square (Pirateking2000)
70. Assassins Creed: Brotherhood (Johnbobb)
71. Super Mario 64 (Pirateking2000)
72. The Last of Us (Dragon66116)
73. Super Mario Bros. (pjbasis)
74. Persona 4: Dancing All Night (Janus5k)
75. Skee-Ball (WhiteLens)
76. Mass Effect: Andromeda (kateee)
77. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Mac Arrowny)
78. Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (tazzyboyishere)
79. The Bouncer (LeonhartFour)
80. VVVVVV (NFUN)
81. The Simpsons (WhiteLens)
82. Chrono Cross (pjbasis)
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Why cant we have a normal, straightforward killing in this country once in a while?!

83. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Axl_Rose_85)
84. Mega Man 3 (Shonen_Bat)
85. Rock-Paper-Scissors (Xeybozn)
86. Super Paper Mario (pyresword)
87. Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (kateee)
88. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (pyresword)
89. inFAMOUS (pjbasis)
90. Steins;Gate 0 (pyresword)
91. Mega Man 5 (tazzyboyishere)
92. Sharks and Minnows (LeonhartFour)
93. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (pjbasis)
94. Bomberman Generations (NBIceman)
95. Animal Crossing (AxemRedRanger)
96. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Snake5555555555)
97. Metroid Prime (Mac Arrowny)
98. Portal (handsomeboy2012)
99. Jak 3 (Johnbobb)

Maybe I shouldnt be saying thisBut he definitely did it. Murder. At least once. Maybe twice.

100. Super Metroid (kateee)
101. Pokemon Snap (Anagram)
102. Wii Sports (handsomeboy2012)
103. Sonic Adventure 2 (Johnbobb)
104. Connect Four (WhiteLens)
105. The Floor is Lava (Xeybozn)
106. Life is Strange (Robazoid)
107. Scrabble (Raka_Putra)
108. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (pjbasis)
109. Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (Dragon66116)
110. Vagrant Story (Mac Arrowny)
111. Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City (AxemRedRanger)
112. Sonic Spinball (Drakeryn)
113. Donkey Kong 64 (AxemRedRanger)
114. The Simpsons: Barts Nightmare (Robazoid)
115. Hide-and-Seek (Xeybozn)
116. Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls (AxemRedRanger)

You look like I did after I mistakenly took a swig of Worcestershire sauce.

117. Charades (Raka_Putra)
118. Star Fox Adventures (NBIceman)
119. Musashi Samurai Legend (AxemRedRanger)
120. Tic-Tac-Toe (Xeybozn)
121. Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) (handsomeboy2012)
122. Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (Axl_Rose_85)
123. Shaq Fu (handsomeboy2012)
124. Monopoly (WhiteLens)
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heh, FF8 was actually winning for a bit
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dkc2 top 5 is throwing me for a loop
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You weren't the only one!
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didn't even expect it and I nominated it!
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5. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddys Kong Quest (Shonen_Bat)


This is my favorite 2-D platformer ever (My second favorite may surprise people even more, but nobody nominated it!). I love the look, feel, and sound of Donkey Kong Country 2. The various locations in this game are really good (The pirate theme is very cool), with an excellent soundtrack to enhance it. Diddy and Dixie are a great team, and they give you new teammate abilities to help you take out enemies you otherwise couldn't defeat and to reach bonus areas. Dixie's ponytail whirl is ridiculously good. It enables her to cover large distances while slowing your descent to make the platforming easier and is invaluable during certain boss fights, particularly the two duels against Kaptain K. Rool. Speaking of which, I love both of those fights. It's not a simple "jump on his head" or "throw something at him," but K. Rool throws wave after wave after wave of various obstacles in different patterns. One of the great thrills of this game is being able to defeat him without taking a hit, which I haven't been able to pull off with Diddy to this day. Hopefully, I will eventually accomplish that someday!

Donkey Kong Country 2 has masterful level design. It's an offshoot of Sonic's momentum-based platforming, although it uses enemy and item placement instead of speed to achieve it. It's one of those games where you want to replay the levels just to try to get through them more smoothly, and if you do it just right, you can roll through the level moving from one setpiece to the next. One of the biggest appeals of Donkey Kong Country 2 is finding all its secrets, whether it's the bonus rooms or the Hero Coins, which might be the single best collectible ever. They're strategically placed in each level, and many of them force you to think outside the box, thoroughly explore, and be swift to get them. Plus, there's the fact that Cranky Kong spends the entire game talking smack about you, so you're extra motivated to get them all so you can shove it in his face (as well as shove Mario, Link, and Yoshi off of the award pedestal). Then there's the Lost World, which you gain access to little by little as you earn Kremcoins from the bonus stages, and some of those stages can be pretty rough but satisfying to beat, especially Animal Antics.

Perhaps one of the coolest new gameplay touches in Donkey Kong Country 2 is the fact that now you can transform into the animal buddies, so they can revolve entire levels around their particular set of skills. It just expanded all that they could do with the game in terms of level design. Those animal stages can be kind of hit or miss sometimes, but they can be really fun when they get it right, too. This game is just a sheer joy to play, and I never get tired of it. It's a perfect combination of style and substance.

Bonus Question: What is your favorite 2-D platformer?

Third straight exact hit for AxemRedRanger, and NBIceman got it right, too! Bunch of people whiffed on this one though!
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top 5 is by far MGS3

i guess it would rank higher than AA3 as a 'game,' but AA3 has given me more as an experience, so hard to say
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#96 is about 96 spots too low
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LeonhartFour posted...

(My second favorite may surprise people even more, but nobody nominated it!)

sonic 3 and knuckles?
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Leaderboard after day 7!

kateee - 58
AxemRedRanger - 64
Janus5k - 65
NBIceman - 67
pjbasis - 80
Mac Arrowny - 82
LordoftheMorons - 88
linkhatesganon - 96
SaveEstelle - 102
Shonen_Bat - 103
The Mana Sword - 108
Eerieka - 112
Robazoid - 123

List should conclude tomorrow!
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GranzonEx posted...

#96 is about 96 spots too low

I'd be fine with giving it a big fat 0 if you really want
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I had some good competition for awhile but it appears my lead on last place has become insurmountable!
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SeabassDebeste posted...

LeonhartFour posted...

(My second favorite may surprise people even more, but nobody nominated it!)

sonic 3 and knuckles?

Ding ding ding
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Bonus Question: What is your favorite 2-D platformer?

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island probably. Yoshi's Woolly World was really fun though.
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you would figure that a community formed to talk about contests that's been around for fifteen years would have learned at this point to check previous results before submitting an entry
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Leonhart_Presents_30_for_30:_30_Characters,_30_Games,_30_Moments
i guess not!
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I mean even that list isn't exactly the same as this one
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Even though my friends call me a monster for doing it, I still think Mass Effect 3 Spoilers killing Mordin is one of the most emotional moments in the game. Definitely more painful than his ordinary death scene. You can really feel how much Shepard regrets it.
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For some reason I missed most of this series. Like a total blindspot.

Looks like part 2 is still locked at least so I have a day or two to peruse the older write-ups.
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LeonhartFour posted...

GranzonEx posted...

#96 is about 96 spots too low

I'd be fine with giving it a big fat 0 if you really want

a fitting ranking considering the chronological placement of the game
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Even though my friends call me a monster for doing it, I still think Mass Effect 3 Spoilers killing Mordin is one of the most emotional moments in the game. Definitely more painful than his ordinary death scene. You can really feel how much Shepard regrets it.

Yeah, that's one of the two Mass Effect 3 decisions I can't ever bring myself to make. The other being siding with the geth over the quarians.
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GranzonEx posted...

LeonhartFour posted...

GranzonEx posted...

#96 is about 96 spots too low

I'd be fine with giving it a big fat 0 if you really want

a fitting ranking considering the chronological placement of the game

I don't even know what you're trying to say here

MGSV isn't like Metal Gear Zero or anything

unless you're just trying to say we'd probably be better off if it never existed and I might be inclined to agree
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it technically is MGZ since it's before MG and BB haven't truly become BB until this game
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It's after MGS3 though...

For ME3 Geth over Quarians is kinda a weird choice. Would almost feel worse about Quarians over Geth though, since the Quarians are such dicks.
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I mean both choices suck if you're forced to make one or the other but I'd never do that to Tali because of the consequences of that decision.
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Super Mario World is definitely my favorite 2D platformer, followed closely by SMB3.

DKC2 is a great choice too.
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as for 2D platformers... smb3 and the genesis sonics definitely rank up there!

also ristar was dope
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Retag
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If shit forgot about this. Missed quite a lot!

Galaxy is the best of those. MGS3 is close though.
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AxemRedRanger posted...

you would figure that a community formed to talk about contests that's been around for fifteen years would have learned at this point to check previous results before submitting an entry
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Leonhart_Presents_30_for_30:_30_Characters,_30_Games,_30_Moments
i guess not!

Doesn't that kind of take some of the fun out of it, though?
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I don't know how this list became invisible to so many

perhaps it's just a referendum on my life
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FFX > Trials and Tribulations > Super Mario Galaxy
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4. Super Mario Galaxy (Shonen_Bat)


I'm kind of glad both Super Mario Galaxy games didn't get nominated here because they're essentially tied at this spot for me. I probably favor the sequel a little bit over the original, but I just love the concept of these games. I really enjoy space and interstellar travel as the theme for them, and it's just a blast (sometimes literally) flying all over the place and messing around with all the crazy gravity gimmicks. The camera work and presentation during some of the setpieces where Mario is flying through the air are excellent, like in Melty Molten Galaxy where Mario zooms out of the volcano as it erupts behind him. I'm not a huge fan of motion controls overall, but Super Mario Galaxy managed to make them feel good most of the time (with a couple of notable exceptions).

While I enjoy Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine had its moments, I was glad that Super Mario Galaxy brought the mainline series back to being more of a traditional platformer instead of being a big open world type game. Now the individual worlds can still be pretty large, but there's more of a focus on precision jumps and using the elements around you to maneuver through the stage. Some of those elements suck, like the rolling ball, which is the absolute worst thing in the game because of the motion controls, but for the most part, it handles really smoothly. I loved the Purple Comets because they would give you a special challenge, and some of them could be pretty tough, like doing a run through a level or a boss fight without taking a hit or beating a Cosmic Mario in a race.

Super Mario Galaxy has a lot of worlds in it, with some of my personal favorites being Melty Molten, Battlerock, Dreadnought, Buoy Base, and Gusty Garden. I think the boss levels are really fun, too. The final one is super good, and I love the final showdown with Bowser here. The bosses aren't very hard, but it's satisfying just slapping him around. Plus, the music really helps it feel epic. Both Super Mario Galaxy games have outstanding soundtracks. I love orchestral sound because it can make stuff feel grandiose. I'm big on atmosphere and appropriate music can go a long way toward establishing it, and they nail it here.

Perhaps the thing that puts Super Mario Galaxy over the top is simply this: Playable Luigi. Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine jilted the poor guy, and even Super Mario Odyssey relegated him to an alternate costume for Mario, but both Super Mario Galaxy games let him have his time in the spotlight. He even handles differently than Mario, since he can jump higher but has worse traction, similar to how he controlled in Super Mario Bros. 2. Also, the Cosmic Luigi races might be the hardest part of the game because he doesn't mess around. Unlike Cosmic Mario, he actively aims for the shortest routes, so you have very little leeway to screw up. Also, I like that Super Mario Galaxy ships Luigi/Rosalina because the dude just needs to leave Daisy in the dust!

Bonus Question: What is your favorite 3-D platformer?

Thanks to AxemRedRanger attempting to game the system, he has his fourth straight exact hit. Some people were way off on this one.
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ok SMG wasn't even on your last one I'm calling fraud
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Also probably UYA or Sly 2/3 for the question.
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Janus5k posted...

ok SMG wasn't even on your last one I'm calling fraud

I'm pretty sure I addressed this in the very first sentence...!

I didn't want to do a tie and I also didn't want to put them both back to back so I just put Galaxy 2 on the list
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Janus5k posted...

Also probably UYA or Sly 2/3 for the question.

I still need to play the Sly Cooper games one of these days. I already own all the PS2 games.
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Jak II if that's considered a platformer.

Otherwise either Super Mario Sunshine or Banjo Kazooie.
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let's go with Jak II so you have a good answer
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They're all good answers though I swear.
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too bad nobody nominated Sunshine

I'd have had some things to say about it
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i never even beat a level in SMG. i have so many games on my wall of shame. another reason i can't get odyssey. :(

favorite 3D platformer - banjo tooie had the smoothest gameplay, but i poured so many hours into DK64 that it's hard not to pick it in spite of its flaws
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you know you don't have to play Mario games in order right
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right, but why would i play odyssey when i still have galaxy? the fact i haven't beaten galaxy means that odyssey's probably a bad investment

you'd think not finishing TP/SS would have deterred me from getting BotW too, though in fairness i wanted a switch and BotW is insanely better than those two
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I wouldn't say "insanely," but it's the best Zelda game I've played.

I mean I own Wind Waker and still have never played it and I had no problem diving right into Breath of the Wild

just play something
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speaking of which the PS4 Ratchet & Clank game is free on PS+ this month so all you PS+ people who haven't played it should totally get it
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LeonhartFour posted...

just play something

this is probably my biggest issue. just don't have the patience/attention span to sit down and play something uninterrupted for a long time. difficulty/not knowing what to do just makes me give up immediately. <_<
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Favorite 3D platformer is Super Mario 64 easily. Nothing comes close.
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SeabassDebeste posted...

difficulty/not knowing what to do just makes me give up immediately. <_<

don't forget that you're literally posting on GameFAQs

there's no shame in using a guide or just asking for help here
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