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Hello all! After Survivor Polls have taken the forum by storm, I thought I would switch things up and do something new. Since it's March, why not use a little format everyone knows and see if we can't find a new way to crown a champion of Nintendo games! Yes, it will be Ocarina of Time, but at least there might be some suspense! Here's how it works: I've divided Nintendo games into eight groups: NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, Gameboy/GBA, DS, and 3DS/Wii U. I then seeded each category using Negative World's own ratings. I only included games with at least 25 votes to make sure the most popular are represented (although I included Link Between Worlds as an act of executive discretion). If a game was on multiple systems, I included only the first version unless it was a true remake like Metroid: Zero Mission. The resulting groups are as follows:
NES
1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Super Mario Bros.
3. Mega Man 2
4. The Legend of Zelda
5. Tetris
6. Contra
7. Super Mario Bros. 2
8. Mega Man 3
SNES
1. Super Metroid
2. Chrono Trigger
3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
4. Final Fantasy 6
5. Super Mario World
6. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
7. Earthbound
8. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
N64
1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Super Mario 64
3. The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask
4. Goldeneye
5. Perfect Dark
6. Star Fox 64
7. Banjo Kazooie
8. Paper Mario
Gamecube
1. Metroid Prime
2. Super Smash Bros. Melee
3. Resident Evil 4
4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
5. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
6. F-Zero GX
7. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
8. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Wii
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2
2. Super Mario Galaxy
3. Xenoblade Chronicles
4. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
5. Donkey Kong Country Returns
6. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
7. Monster Hunter Tri
8. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Gameboy/GBA
1. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
2. Pokemon Red/Blue
3. Donkey Kong '94
4. Wario Ware: Mega Microgame$!
5. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
6. Metroid: Zero Mission
7. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
8. Metroid Fusion
DS
1. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
2. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
3. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
4. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
5. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
6. Mario Kart DS
7. The World Ends With You
8. The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass
3DS/Wii U
1. Super Mario 3D World
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
3. Super Mario 3D Land
4. Kid Icarus Uprising
5. Mario Kart 7
6. New Super Mario Bros. U
7. Pushmo
8. Nintendo Land
With seeding done, I created four regions and randomly assigned two games from each seed to the regions, so that a random one seed was playing a random eight seed, a random two seed was playing a random seven seed, etc. I used some discretion to rerandomize if I felt that a system or franchise was overly represented in a region, but there is no rhyme or reason to how they are arranged otherwise. Starting next week we will begin voting region by region for games to advance until we arrive at victory. For now, let's just discuss the seeding, see who got screwed by random chance, what we think might be good upset possibilities, etc. If you don't like anything about how I set it up... too bad!     Special thanks to The Big G for these awesome graphics!URL to share (right click and copy) |
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03/08/14, 20:13 |
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If anyone better than me at Photoshop (i.e. anyone) wants to take a stab at making a prettier version of the brackets that either they or I can update as we go along, that would be cool. Also, let me know if anyone notices anything wrong (like the same game appearing twice or something), so I can fix it before we start voting. I'm thinking that we will vote by region with post votes only and no polls, but I'd be willing to hear other suggestions.
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on: 03/08/14, 20:15 |
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I see Super Mario Bros. is listed twice, against Monster Hunter Tri and The World Ends With You. Otherwise, I haven't noticed anything else wrong quickly glancing through it.
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on: 03/08/14, 20:31 |
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Aha thanks. I put that in twice instead of Dawn of Sorrow. I'll put Dawn of Sorrow against Monster Hunter rather than having a DS/DS battle. Fixed!
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on: 03/08/14, 20:42 |
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03/08/14, 20:46 |
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Oh, thank God. I thought this was going to be a terrible basketball thing. Interested! @TheBigG753I think that looks pretty good.
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on: 03/09/14, 00:02 |
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@TheBigG753Sweet! Thanks man, once I get home I'll replace my crappy one. If you wanna do all of them, all the better!
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on: 03/09/14, 00:37 |
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@JargonSure, I'll add them to my above post.
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on: 03/09/14, 01:13 |
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Are we voting for the games that we LIKE more or that are BETTER? EDIT- I'd also like to call "Poop Sandwich" on Final Fantasy III being listed in the SNES section and designated as "VI." Booooooooo.
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on: 03/09/14, 01:15 |
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Yeah! Ocarina of Time wins again! Too early?
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on: 03/09/14, 02:35 |
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@Mr_MustacheIt is VI. Why perpetuate an outdated naming convention? @kriswrightIt's never the wrong time to declare Ocarina the best.
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on: 03/09/14, 02:37 |
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@ShadowlinkCheck the box:  Might as well just call it Biohazard 4, too.
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on: 03/09/14, 02:40 |
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@Mr_MustacheA box from 20 years ago? You aren't exactly refuting the 'outdated naming convention' argument. Wiki said:The game was known as Final Fantasy III when it was first released in North America, as the original Final Fantasy III had not been released outside of Japan at the time. However, most later localizations used the original title. As for 'Biohazard 4', did they rename the game in the from Resident Evil back to Biohazard in the West whilst I wasn't looking? I'm fairly certain they didn't.
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on: 03/09/14, 02:44 |
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@Shadowlink.. ALL the games are from 20 years ago. Its in the SNES section, ugh. "MOST" localizations; not the SNES version, the one which we're using here. If it was "PlayStation March Madness," I'd understand. It isn't.
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on: 03/09/14, 02:47 |
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@Mr_MustacheWell if you want to live in the past, that's your business. In the meantime I think this is a spectacularly stupid thing for you to be mad about. Par for the course though I guess.
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on: 03/09/14, 03:05 |
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I love this idea. @TheBigG753Great job on the bracket. Seeing the logos lined up side by side makes the whole thing so much more stimulating and interesting to look at.
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on: 03/09/14, 03:06 |
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Yeah, I didn't mean to sound cynical. It'll be fun to see the match ups along the way. A couple of notes: Screwed by random chance: Earthbound (vs. Galaxy), F-Zero GX (vs. LttP). Interesting match ups: DKCR vs MP3 (Wii heavy hitters), Uprising vs Minish Cap (Handheld matchup. Can Uprising lay a glove on any Zelda game?) Favorite? Chrono Trigger vs. Pushmo. Just seems like a funny matchup to me.
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on: 03/09/14, 03:17 |
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@kriswrightMinish Cap is good, but even coming from a mega-Zelda fan, I would unequivocally declare Uprising to be the superior game.
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on: 03/09/14, 03:19 |
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@ShadowlinkMe too. But Uprising is a controversial game. I'm curious to see if the folks who love it will outweigh the ones who don't - particularly with the usual Zelda bump mixed in.
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on: 03/09/14, 03:23 |
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This should be interesting.
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on: 03/09/14, 03:24 |
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Yay, it just started and we're already arguing about Final Fantasy naming! Looking forward to DKCR vs. MP3. Retro vs Retro! I like this idea, because it gives some of my favorite SNES games another chance in the NW ring to prove themsel… kriswright said:Earthbound (vs. Galaxy) Well, frick.
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on: 03/09/14, 03:32 |
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