I did this once last July, before the massive influx of users, so I thought it would be fun to do it again and see how much has changed. The main thing that has changed, of course, is that we have a lot more users now and therefore a lot more voting on games. So for the sake of this write-up, I am only going to choose games with at least 10 votes. I have also decided that in the case of a tie, the game with more ratings wins out. Makes sense to me.

And if you are a current Negative Worlder and haven't rated any games yet, what are you waiting for already? DO IT! Heck, go do it even if you have rated games. And if you aren't a member, why not join up? It takes mere seconds and the benefits last... a lifetime!

It was interesting to look at the ratings, especially the top 5, with a mere .04 separating our #5 game from our #1 game. All in all though, not too many major shifts. Makes me think there could be some major changes in the positions with just a few votes. So if you are a member, maybe you should go make a difference!

Absent from the list this time around / last time's spot in the top 10
Super Mario Brothers (NES) / 10th
Super Mario Brothers 2 (NES) / 7th
Tetris (NES) / 6th

Yeah it is a bit confusing, Simbabbad is redoing the games database next so it should make more sense soon.

Kind of predictable. My personal list would look a lot different as I don't like Metroid.

I don't think Prime Trilogy should be on there. By that logic shouldn't the OoT Masterquest disk and the Collector's Disc both be ahead of OoT?

Those had Gamecube controls though. Besides that is a compilation.

I prefered the X, Y, Z over the bottom three C-buttons so sure. Besides, both discs have OoT plus more content. Nothing is inferior. Therefore, those compilations should be above. The Collector's disc even has 3 other Zelda games!

It's a losing argument. Compilations on top 10 lists should not happen without some level of consistency.

Then the system is broken I guess. Having Prime Trilogy on there but not the Zelda compilations or whatever makes 0 sense. And don't kid yourself, it's not the Wii controls, well that could well be part of it. The fact it has all 3 Prime games is what ranks it so high.

I'm just here for the constructive criticism. You know, trying to help you help yourselves.

It's a fine compilation. But it's just that, a compilation. I didn't agree with Orange Box being nominated for GOTY 2007 for that very reason. Metroid Prime 1 with Wiimote controls being #1 I would have no issue with. But all three games sharing one slot is just lame. Technically, this list is a top 11 list if you want to look at it that way (counting Prime 1 and Prime 1 Wiimake as 1 game if not, top 12).

Nice list indeed.

LOL, that's whining? I was discussing the list. Which is why it was posted I imagine. You kept persisting with why it does indeed deserve to be on there. I kept responding why I thought it shouldn't be. If what I am doing is whining then you are literally just whining about my whining.

Anyone not happy with the current list can just go here and use whatever criteria they want to drum up a satisfying top ten. If you think a min. of 10 votes is too high, or ports should be excluded, etc., it's easy to rectify. Zero's list is just a snapshot of what the users here think are the top games, but he's using his own criteria to create that list.

If you want Master Quest in the database then add it yourself.

Looks like I didn't even have to gripe about the Metroid Trilogy! (By the way, as far as I know, I have that game and Zero doesn't.)

All I can say is, the King is back. Long live The King.

I rated Ocarina of Time, and it fell a few places I still have some other games like Super Metroid and Super Mario Bros. 3 I haven't rated yet, so I'll get on with those at some point.

X-pert74 said:

I rated Ocarina of Time, and it fell a few places I still have some other games like Super Metroid and Super Mario Bros. 3 I haven't rated yet, so I'll get on with those at some point.

There should be an age limit for voting

@stephen08 Maybe not whining but as I stated in the OP AND on the first page when Jargon brought it up, this is just a list of how users here have rated games. OOT bonus disk isn't on there because our users didn't rate it high enough to be on there, otherwise I would have put it on there. No mystery.

THOUGH... I think next time I do this, I am going to exclude compilations and exclude ports of games already on the list (Chrono Trigger DS) and it'll probably make a bit more sense. And maybe then Majora's Mask will finally get the love and respect it deserves!

@Jargon Hey, I agree with his OOT score WAY more than I agree with your RE 4 score!

@Zero

Ok fine, age limit and minimum IQ

:p

Anything that gets Majora's Mask more recognition earns my stamp of approval.

Pfft, I played OOT way back when it came out, and I still went with that score.

That's a pretty fine list of games.

You should do a top 20 just so there are some wildcards thrown in. Everything on that list is a certifiable classic and is going to be on any Nintendo top ten. With another ten you guys might get some more variety.

Yeah but we have no fancy built in functionality for top 20 lists!

Besides, the next 10 are kind of predictable and mostly Nintendo franchises as well. As it stands now...

Yoshi's Island
Majora's Mask
Super Mario 64
Goldeneye
Super Smash Brothers Melee
Super Mario Brothers
Donkey Kong '94 (ohhh shocker! barely squeezing into my arbitrary 10 ratings limit...)
Resident Evil 4 Wii (surprised the Wii edition scored higher, but I know we have some RE 4 haters who brought down the GC version)
Metroid Prime 3
Twilight Princess Wii