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SWEET SIXTEEN: Negative World March Madness: Third Party Edition (Raccoon City)
by 
Jargon S
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April 19, 2015, 04:13:42
 


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) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight

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 Tuesday, April 21. Enjoy!

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Posted: 04/19/15, 04:13:42  - Edited by 
Jargon S
  on: 04/19/15, 04:13:35    
 
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(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight

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I hope people give Mega Man 2 credit for being such a big influence of Shovel Knight when voting on this.


Posted by 
Jargon
  on: 04/19/15, 04:14:37
@Jargon

But I hope people realize how fresh and fun Shovel Knight was in our various collections.

(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight


Posted by 
DrFinkelstein
  on: 04/19/15, 04:31:43
(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight


Posted by 
TheOldManFromZelda
  on: 04/19/15, 04:36:16
@DrFinkelstein

Mega Man 2 was fresher


Posted by 
Jargon
  on: 04/19/15, 05:07:51
(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight


Posted by 
GameDadGrant
  on: 04/19/15, 05:10:37
(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight


Posted by 
Beardednerd
  on: 04/19/15, 05:31:50
@Jargon

Can't say I entirely agree. Even if it were the freshest experience of its release year, being fresh now matters more to me than something being fresh 20 years ago.


Posted by 
DrFinkelstein
  on: 04/19/15, 05:34:52
(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight


Posted by 
Stephen
  on: 04/19/15, 05:36:23
@DrFinkelstein

Why?

And if you played MM2 now, it would feel just as fresh in relation to most games as Shovel Knight did. Except MM2 borrow heavily on SK, the way SK did from MM2.


Posted by 
Jargon
  on: 04/19/15, 06:01:45  - Edited by 
Jargon
  on: 04/19/15, 06:03:23
(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)
(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight


GOTTA GOTTA GOTTA SWIPE IT LEFT


Posted by 
nate38
  on: 04/19/15, 06:11:21
(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight


Posted by 
canonj
  on: 04/19/15, 06:26:54
(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight


Posted by 
Shadowlink
  on: 04/19/15, 06:28:07
(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight

I really, really, really wanted to vote for Shovel Knight, but nostalgia has a strong hold on me.

All four of these games are absolutely top tier.


Posted by 
ploot
  on: 04/19/15, 06:58:39
(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight

I quite like Shovel Knight, but I agree with Jargon--its Mega Man influences are clear, and MM2 (even though it's not my absolute favorite in the series) was quite a bit more original. Heck, MM9 was really the first game to go "daringly retro"--Shovel Knight did it very well too, but in a world where nostalgia is now king, its design choices aren't notably fresh in the way many groundbreaking NES games were.


Posted by 
TriforceBun
  on: 04/19/15, 07:03:33  - Edited by 
TriforceBun
  on: 04/19/15, 07:04:13
@Jargon

But I'm not just playing MM2 now for the first time. Just because I perceived both games were fresh experiences at their release doesn't mean I'm slandering one over the other for the purposes of this poll. I had a lot of fun with Shovel Knight this past year. I had a lot of fun with Mega Man 2 growing up. Plus there isn't a future expansion to Mega Man 2 that I'm eagerly anticipating right now.

I'm not asking you to vote against your feelings but just as you wanted to make the point that the original has value for being the original, I presented the counterpoint that despite its influences, as far as fun recent games go, Shovel Knight was in a league of its own too.

If you don't agree, cool beans. If you do, cool beans. I'm looking forward to the next section of the bracket regardless of the result.


Posted by 
DrFinkelstein
  on: 04/19/15, 07:35:35
@DrFinkelstein

It just sounded like recency was a criteria for you, when I think you should try to vote in a vacuum in a tournament like this. Maybe I misunderstood and, regardless, you're free to vote however you wish.


Posted by 
Jargon
  on: 04/19/15, 07:37:59
(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight

First one is easy, CT is one of the best games ever.

Second one... actually still kind of easy. Shovel Knight is great but Mega Man 2 is legendary.


Posted by 
Zero
  on: 04/19/15, 17:54:59
(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight

This is where my tastes differ from a lot of Nintendo fans. I've tried to play Chrono Trigger a few times but I never felt compelled to play for long. I've never been a huge RPG fan so maybe that's why. As far as REmake goes, that game blew me away. Yeah it looked fantastic, but the Crimson Heads really made you think differently how to play the game. They Lisa Trevor stuff they added was also really cool.

Mega Man has never really appealed to me. I think it's because it's the type of game that feels like it needs to be played perfectly to do well. I like to think when I play games. If plan A doesn't work what's plan B going to be? But with Mega Man it seems like there's only a plan A and you just have to keep trying until you get it.


Posted by 
gojira
  on: 04/19/15, 18:40:23
(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight


Posted by 
Chocobo_Rider
  on: 04/19/15, 20:47:38
(1) Chrono Trigger v. (5) Resident Evil (REmake)

(2) Mega Man 2 vs. (6) Shovel Knight


Posted by 
Super_Conzo
  on: 04/19/15, 20:55:43
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