It's time for another entry in Negative World March Madness! This year, I've decided to find out what Negative World thinks is the best game ever that WASN'T published by Nintendo (that's right, there's no way Ocarina of Time can win). The tournament will consist of four regions. Three of those regions, Green Hill Zone, Raccoon City, and Transyvlania are comprised of the best third party games on Nintendo platforms (including Virtual Console) as ranked by the Negative World community (minimum 10 ratings). The fourth region, Liberty City, is comprised of the best games never to appear on Nintendo systems, as ranked by Gamerankings. This means one Final Four entry is guaranteed to have never appeared on a Nintendo system. But don't worry, if you're not interested in voting for matchups between games that aren't on Nintendo platforms, you can just ignore that region. I realize that my seeding may result in some beloved non-Nintendo games being missing (Final Fantasy VII, for example), but there's no perfect way to do it and it's all for fun anyway. I'm pretty sure none of these games were published by Nintendo, but I didn't check every game so if one of them was and I didn't realize it, we'll just have to live with it. As always, if you don't like anything about the way I'm running the tournament, you're free to start your own. Voting will begin immediately. The regions are below. If any Photoshop savvy person wants to make them prettier, feel free! Green Hill Zone

Raccoon City

Transylvania

Liberty City

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