Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1363

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FF always wins.

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votes Dragon Warrior

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shane15 posted...

I thought FF was doing alright and then i remembered Mario and Metroid are in the poll.

I mean, Zelda won with the same competition two years ago so there's been an uptick for Final Fantasy.

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FFVII is back

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@ninkendo By the way Dragon Quest was known as Dragon Warrior in USA until DQ 7 right? Why is that? And also why it changed names and retroactively too?

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there was a Dungeons and Dragon's quest pack called Dragon Quest already and TSR owned the rights to the name. When that expired in 2003, Square-Enix picked it up and formally changed the name of the series in the west.

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Actually I dunno if FFVII Remake did much. It was obviously well-received enough to keep the series relevant, but the previous time this poll was held was like a year after BOTW's release.

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It has very clearly helped. Pretty sure we've seen that BotW love has not waned.

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Yeah I get the feeling it's only really a vocal minority that hates FFVII Remake.

Looks like at least ONE fanbase is fine with "subverting expectations".

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it helps that it's a GotY candidate

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Luckily by the time the next contest happens BotW 2 will be out while FFVII Remake Part 2 will be delayed until 2027.

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LinkMarioSamus posted...

Yeah I get the feeling it's only really a vocal minority that hates FFVII Remake.

for now

They said the same thing with episode vii....

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pjbasis posted...

for now

They said the same thing with episode vii....

Episode VII hate IS still a vocal minority.

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The analogy was for the entire trilogy! (because I expect it to be a trilogy)

To expound, FFVIIR-1 is probably always going to be the best because Midgar is the most iconic part of the game, the part they probably touched (besides expansion) the least. I highly suspect a very divergent plotline as we go further along, one that will reveal itself to be more and more controversial (ie. stupid and terrible).

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pjbasis posted...

The analogy was for the entire trilogy! (because I expect it to be a trilogy)

Whether people hate the rest doesn't really matter! Episode VII is easily the most powerful of the sequel trilogy.

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I'll agree with you if you're just trying to say that FFVIIR-1 will be a strong contest entrant regardless. But I don't think it would be entirely unaffected if its sequels are poorly received either. That's just how people are.

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Oh, if the others flop, it'll damage the overall brand, but it will also make the one good one stand out more. It's how people convince themselves Episode III is a good movie.

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Leonhart4 posted...

Episode VII hate IS still a vocal minority.

It is, sure, but there aren't mobs organizing to voice dislike for FFVII Remake the way they did for the Star Wars sequel trilogy or The Last of Us Part II.

I guess it helps "politics" aren't involved this time?

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Just stop

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LinkMarioSamus posted...

but there aren't mobs organizing to voice dislike for FFVII Remake

There should be imo

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yes yes we get it you want to be in on the ground floor so you can say you were there all along if the rest of it isn't good

leave that well treaded ground to Ulti

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I was gonna wait for the full FF7 collection to be available but i might just play part 1 if i ever get an opening.

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Man, stop talking about Star Wars here. I can't friggin' get over the fact that both the prequels and sequels trilogies are some of the most massively underrated things ever.

The original Star Wars trilogy is basically the Gen 1 of Pokmon -- massively loved (and rightfully so), but the later installments just made the franchise even better.

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Advokaiser posted...

I can't friggin' get over the fact that both the prequels and sequels trilogies are some of the most massively underrated things ever.

The original Star Wars trilogy is basically the Gen 1 of Pokmon -- massively loved (and rightfully so), but the later installments just made the franchise even better.

yikes now this is a take

the prequels are somehow both considered bad and also manage to be overrated

it's quite an achievement

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The prequels are bad.
The sequels are even worse.

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episode 1 is just boring
episode 2 is just bad
episode 3 is legit

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Guardians of the Galaxy is pretty good.

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Advokaiser posted...

The original Star Wars trilogy is basically the Gen 1 of Pokmon - all down hill from here

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Fortnite playrate poll today:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8157-
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Man 3 out of 4 people here haven't even tried to play it. And it is free too! In fact like 2% play it. Damn. I see why it did so bad in the contest.

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Fortnite's playrate has also gotten worse since the last time we had this poll 2 years ago. I would have expected the playrate to go up since our userbase has mostly remained the same over the past few years.
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Today's poll is an interesting way of putting salt to the wound of Smash fans.

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The bottom option has got to be purely joke votes.

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Wow, I had no idea about what the Paper Mario fanbase thought of their games:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/290355-paper-mario-the-origami-king/78869922

Now I see why TTYD is so strong... relatively speaking.

Also, Origami King should put a good fight for GotY.

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The hardcore Paper Mario fanbase prefers TTYD. I imagine the general Nintendo fanbase would lean the original. Origami King finishes 3rd because the others are either outright hated or just too divisive.

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Bump
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I think the general fanbase would prefer TTYD as well actually. Paper Mario is going to be stronger in contests because it has a superior name brand and came first though.

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It's clearly not that much stronger though. I doubt many matches if any would go differently if you replace one of them with the other.

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Damn it man. We really don't like online play here. Of course most games that are popular in the world now are online but not here!

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I always try to keep 1 online game on the back burner. Nice to have something you can just boot up and have a few games when you can't be arsed with anything else.

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Bump
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Original Paper Mario playrate poll today:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8180-
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Advokaiser posted...

Man, stop talking about Star Wars here. I can't friggin' get over the fact that both the prequels and sequels trilogies are some of the most massively underrated things ever.

The original Star Wars trilogy is basically the Gen 1 of Pokmon -- massively loved (and rightfully so), but the later installments just made the franchise even better.

I think the internet as a whole suffered massive brain damage with the strange love the PT has gotten recently. The ST is objectively a rotting dumpster fire, and no amount of "hipster cool" movements will change that fact. Episode 9 may actually be the worst movie I have ever watched

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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

Episode 9 may actually be the worst movie I have ever watched

Rey destroying Kylo's X-Wing in the desert and Rey and Kylo having a lightsaber battle at the distance using the force disagree with you.

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I honestly remember surprisingly little of Episode IX. I think it's because everything happens at breakneck speed so I didn't have time to process anything.

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There's also the fact that the plot, characters, settings and main villain don't make any fucking sense, and it's basically just 2 hours of non-stop special effects circle jerking

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Settings? I can see why one might not like the other stuff, but what was wrong with the setting?
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The only character I wasn't fond of in Episode IX was C3PO. The movie tried to pander older fans of the saga, and the character felt too archaic, cheesy and out of place imo. C3PO only works for the classic movies.

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Team Rocket Elite posted...

Settings? I can see why one might not like the other stuff, but what was wrong with the setting?

That planet they wind up on at the end was so contrived, with all the weird maybe Palpatine clones in the stands cheering or something. The crashed DS2 was also really stupid, since the station was obliterated

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Exegol was dumb, yes.

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