We're kicking off the Negative World March Madness: Third Party Edition, where our favorite non-Nintendo games go head to head and only one may prevail. The matchups are as follows:

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

Vote for the game that you think should win the matchup. Please vote on every matchup or your votes will not be counted. Not having played a game does not disqualify you from voting. If a game has appeared on multiple platforms, use your discretion in choosing which version to consider. Please cast your votes in the following format, bolding the game that you choose to advance:

(1) Game 1 vs. (8) Game 8
(4) Game 4 vs. (5) Game 5

Polls are open until the end of the day Monday, April13th. Enjoy!


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(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

Posted by

Jargon

on: 04/10/15, 07:36

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

Eh. I don't feel particularly impressed with most of the games left in this bracket, except RE4 and maybe Sonic 2 and MMX2. Sad about Harvest Moon 64 and Little King's Story.

Posted by

TriforceBun

on: 04/10/15, 08:07

Edited:

04/10/15, 08:08

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

Posted by

Super_Conzo

on: 04/10/15, 09:03

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

Mana and X2 was SUPER HARD. Had to pick one though.

Posted by

Zero

on: 04/10/15, 09:04

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil
(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

Posted by

Shadowlink

on: 04/10/15, 09:28

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

I call bullshit if MH3 loses. You people need to check your heads!

Posted by

TheOldManFromZelda

on: 04/10/15, 13:32

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

Posted by

Stephen

on: 04/10/15, 14:26

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

Posted by

Beardednerd

on: 04/10/15, 14:35

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

Never played much of either but I prefer the concept of Castlevania.
I absolutely love Cave Story. Easy pick.
Sonic is always better than Resident Evil in my mind, particularly Sonic 2.
Tried Secret of Mana and just didn't care for it. Mega Man X2 it is.

Posted by

DrFinkelstein

on: 04/10/15, 14:52

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

Posted by

canonj

on: 04/10/15, 16:32

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

Posted by

nate38

on: 04/10/15, 17:27

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

- I love these GBA/DS Castlevania games.
- I don't feel that strongly about BG&E, but I liked it more than Cave Story.

- RE4 heads and shoulders above basically the only Sonic game I really liked.
- Haven't played either. MMX is a great game, so MMX2 it is.

Posted by

gojira

on: 04/10/15, 17:30

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

Posted by

ludist210

on: 04/10/15, 17:41

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

I tried to bold Monster Hunter twice but I couldn't. Weird.

@TheOldManFromZelda

..Yeah, what the Hell IS THIS?

It's #1 for a reason, guys...

Posted by

Mr_Mustache

on: 04/10/15, 18:46

Edited:

04/10/15, 18:47

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

- Dawn of Sorrow is one of my most favorite games of all time. Easy pick.
- I like both of these, but I've replayed Cave Story. With Beyond Good & Evil, one play through was enough.

- How is this even a match up? Easy choice.
- I love me some Mega Man X, and the sequel held up surprisingly well. My vote goes to Capcom!

Posted by

GameDadGrant

on: 04/10/15, 23:30

Edited:

04/10/15, 23:30

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

I don't know if I have more to say, I'd just be repeating myself.

Posted by

Mop it up

on: 04/10/15, 23:46

@TheOldManFromZelda Dawn is actually my favorite handheld Castlevania and my second favorite Castlevania period (behind Symphony of the Night.)

Dawn > Aria yeah I said it.

Posted by

Zero

on: 04/11/15, 01:23

Zero said:

Dawn > Aria yeah I said it.

I agree.

Posted by

GameDadGrant

on: 04/11/15, 02:00

(1) Monster Hunter Tri vs. (8) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(13) Cave Story vs. (12) Beyond Good & Evil

(2) Resident Evil 4 vs. (10) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(3) Secret of Mana vs. (11) Mega Man X2

Posted by

Hero_Of_Hyrule

on: 04/11/15, 02:03

Any more votes? I probably should have bumped this earlier, there's been a pretty weak turnout.

Amongst those who votes on the last ballots, we're missing votes from NinSage, ploot, chrisbg99 and pokefreak911.

Posted by

Jargon

on: 04/13/15, 06:45

Edited:

04/13/15, 07:08