Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1297

(+) Yeah! (+)

Bomberman is awesome.

Bomberman 64 one of the best games ever
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Not gonna lie if Alucard makes it out of the division I would love it so much
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^5 my bomb brother
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LeonhartFour posted...

Bomberman is awesome.

Bomberman 64 one of the best games ever

Oh man, no wonder I love you guys.

Bomberman 64: The Second Attack! is one of my top ten games of all time.
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Am I the only one who didn't like Bomberman 64 as much as the original?
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TheOneAboveAll3 posted...

Am I the only one who didn't like Bomberman 64 as much as the original?

let's hope so

it's probably one of my top ten most played games ever in terms of total time logged
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UltimaterializerX posted...

TheOneAboveAll3 posted...

UltimaterializerX posted...

I in no way trolled until people started whining and treating me like ****, and when people do that garbage I have every right to enter pit bull attack dog mode.

I'm not even disagreeing with you here (nor am I agreeing with you). It was just less fun with the bickering, so I tried to stop it. That's all.

It beasts studying for a clin lab midterm.

Quick, list the 4 types of hypersensitivity reactions and give an example of each without using Dr. Google. Puke. Boring.

You were on these boards 15 years ago and you still have midterms? What?
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Red is everything Ash should've been. Glad to see he's doing well against what I like to call the biggest fanfic OC of gaming.
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Oh cool, my Kingdom Hearts reddit post didn't get taken down. Not sure it's doing much, but...!
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Bomberman 64: The Second Attack is awesome
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Bomberman Hero was always my favorite

Though the other two N64 games were great too.
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first good cut by Sora in a while
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LeonhartFour posted...

first good cut by Sora in a while

Third biggest of the match.
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and of course he gives most of it right back

how do these plucky underdogs keep doing it
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I actually kinda prefer Bomberman 64 to the Second Attack but yeah all N64 Bomberman is good Bomberman. Even Bomberman Hero
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Finally got around to Bomberman 64 and Hero earlier this year. Didn't quite 100% either but I beat the secret boss on both.

Neither's single player is great but I preferred Hero's. It was much more action-packed and just seemed more fun on a basic level. Collecting everything necessary to unlock the final areas was less annoying in Hero. And the Bomb Jumping in Bomberman 64 was REAL janky. Bomberman 64 of course wins multiplayer though, because it actually exists!

Would play Second Attack next but the prices on that one have gotten ridiculous.
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KamikazePotato posted...

Bomberman 64: The Second Attack is awesome

Magic Pommy for the win.
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The difficulty in Bomberman 64's bomb jumping kinda contributed to me liking it a lot I think. It really felt like an accomplishment to move through the levels in that game. I don't think it was as prominent in Second Attack.

It's kinda like why I prefer Super Metroid's wall jumping to Metroid Zero Mission's. Zero Mission's is 10x easier but half the fun in wall jumping was the sense of accomplishment in actually executing.
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Oh look, two straight cuts for Crash... (Small ones, though.)
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Fun with numbers!

If Tidus = Yuna, Alucard gets 53.44% on DK

If Spyro = Crash, Chun-Li gets 52.72% on Big Boss

If Kefka = Alucard, Peach gets 53.91% on L-Block
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LeonhartFour posted...

If Spyro = Crash, Chun-Li gets 52.72% on Big Boss

I was promised fun, not despair...!

(Also I would guess Spyro > Crash)
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I agree that it's nice to see Bomberman looking decent for once. I love his games. I haven't done much single-player, but I playing multi-player with friends from time to time and have loads of fun. (We all suck really badly, though.)
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Bomberman Hero was where it's at.
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CasanovaZelos posted...

Oh cool, my Kingdom Hearts reddit post didn't get taken down. Not sure it's doing much, but...!

Sora isn't even universally liked in the fanbase!
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Crash has been consistently stronger than Spyro except for maybe 2013. Big Boss may have fallen but I don't take Chun-Li over him.
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LordoftheMorons posted...

(Also I would guess Spyro > Crash)

I wouldn't. Crash has always been the bigger PS1 mascot. Ratchet's the only PS mascot I'd entertain taking over Crash.
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My very first GameFAQs account was "Regulus," named after the Bomberman 64 character.
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isnt it past bed time for the vast majority of Pokmon fanboys right now?
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INTERWEBUSER posted...

isnt it past bed time for the vast majority of Pokmon fanboys right now?

Funny how people who're voting for Pokemon Trainer Red are likely to be older than people voting for Sora.
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LeonhartFour posted...

Ratchet's the only PS mascot I'd entertain taking over Crash.

Out of fanboyism no doubt!
I can't imagine the PS2 guys really doing any damage. This is 90s land.

And Crash is definitely stronger than Spyro as much as I don't want it to be true.
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Oh right, I should include a couple more things, too.

If Bomberman = Crash = Spyro, Kefka gets 57.30% on Big Boss and 46.07% on Ganondorf.

If Tidus = Zidane = Cecil = Lightning:

Dante gets 60.09% on DK
Dante gets 54.63% on Zero
Dante gets 59.34% on Big Boss
Zero gets 56.01% on DK
Zero gets 55.18% on Big Boss
Big Boss gets 50.93% on DK

if anyone wants any random number comparisons feel free to ask and I will do my best to comply
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pjbasis posted...

Out of fanboyism no doubt!

Nah, based on performance. Ratchet was pretty good in 2010 and 2013.

I still think Crash probably wins now (the thought of Ratchet actually beating Big Boss is hard to fathom), but Ratchet would've had a chance in recent contests.
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Up to 9th place. Don't think I've ever been that high before. Or on the leaderboard for this many days.

Having Sora winning the division and Riku winning 3 rounds will cost me though. My tiebreaker is way too high as well, I thought we'd have some rallies.

also as strange as it is to say, Europe has arrived to save the day for Pokemon, it seems

Red's really taking off now

and Big Boss/Crash is one of those very rare matches where the percentages are very similar (and close to the overall result, to boot) in America, Canada, and the UK
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That's six cuts in a row for Sora.
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Make that eight. There's that dreaded Kingdom Hearts night vote.
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OK, why the fuck is Big Boss so shit? I thought it was Ridley boost thanks to Smash, but for someone that beat Luigi to be such a weakling..what
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Pac-Man factor is real
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Nanis23 posted...

OK, why the fuck is Big Boss so shit? I thought it was Ridley boost thanks to Smash, but for someone that beat Luigi to be such a weakling..what

Big Boss nearly lost that match depsite Ness being in the poll.
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Nanis23 posted...

OK, why the fuck is Big Boss so shit? I thought it was Ridley boost thanks to Smash, but for someone that beat Luigi to be such a weakling..what

Big Boss has historically done better with Naked Snake pics as opposed to what he has now
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Crash vs. Ratchet would be ugly, especially now. And not in favour of Ratchet.
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To be fair, he would've lost to Luigi 1v1, Ness was in that poll.
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Also, I just saw the difference the registered user bonus made in the Kratos/Pikachu match and damn, that was to prevent rallies but boosted the real issue in these contests, Pokemon.
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I think it's over really. Can't see Sora making a comeback now. Sucks for my bracket, but good for my oracle and battle challenge (same for Yuna vs. Alucard).
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I never found out...why didn't they do an expert challenge again ? Now my bracket is dead I've lost quite a bit of interest in the tournament, and the idea of having to update the bracket every day kept me involved. Also got me a nice karma prize at the end.
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Qwaar posted...

I never found out...why didn't they do an expert challenge again ? Now my bracket is dead I've lost quite a bit of interest in the tournament, and the idea of having to update the bracket every day kept me involved. Also got me a nice karma prize at the end.

The Expert Challenge was only for the 2013 contest with the 3-way format. It's the Battle Challenge that was used for the GotD and Rivals contest.
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Well the 3-way played a big part in it, so no idea how it would work on a 1vs1 format
Sure the idea of updating it each day and being able to lose points is still different from a normal bracket...but not by much
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