Favorite Video Game Tournament (Pokémon Wins! + Condorcet)

[Hiraki]

Tetris
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Super Mario 64
A Link to the Past

Ocarina of Time
Super Mario Bros. 3

Pac-Man

[Alduskkel]

Portal 2 and Bastion lost? There is no justice.

Portal
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Bonus Match 1:
Bastion

Bonus Match 2:
Pac-Man

[BS2000]

Portal
Pokemon Gen 1
Mario Kart 64
Majora's Mask

Civilization 2
Ocarina Of Time

Centipede

[mith]

Number of games remaining by nominations:

14: 1/1
10: 0/1
7: 1/4
6: 2/7
5: 2/8
4: 2/11
3: 0/23
2: 0/8
1: 0/1

[xRECKONERx]

Match 57:
Portal

Match 58:
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Match 59:
Super Mario 64

Match 60:
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Bonus Match 1:
Bastion
Chrono Trigger

Bonus Match 2:
Frogger

[Nexus]

Portal
Age of Empires
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Pokemon G/S/C/HG/SS
Super Mario Bros. 3

Pac-Man

[Gammagooey]

Match 57:
Portal

Bonus Match 1:
Bastion

[Rhinox]

Portal
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Super Mario 64
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Super Mario Bros. 3
RollerCoaster Tycoon

Pac-Man




I wonder.. do people think Super Mario 64 is the best mario game or is it the one to make it this far due to the matchups? Cuz I kinda feel like 3 and world were better than 64 but that is just my opinion. Same with the pokemons/zeldas/etc, did the bests of the series make it this far?

Would it make sense in the future to do runoffs between games of the same series before getting into the main brackets? Not that favorite video game will be run again for a few years probably if ever...

[Pala]

Portal
Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/FireRed/LeafGreen
Super Mario 64
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Bonus Match 1:
Super Mario Bros. 3
The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time

Bonus Match 2:
Pac-Man

[Brandi]

Match 57:
Portal


Match 58:
Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/FireRed/LeafGreen

Match 59:
Mario Kart 64

Match 60:
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past


Bonus Match 1:
Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal/HeartGold/SoulSilver
The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time


Bonus Match 2:
Space Invaders

[Mastermind of Sin]

Portal

Pokemon

Mario Kart 64

Zelda: Link to the Past

Chrono Trigger
Super Smash Bros

Pac-Man

I wonder.. do people think Super Mario 64 is the best mario game or is it the one to make it this far due to the matchups? Cuz I kinda feel like 3 and world were better than 64 but that is just my opinion. Same with the pokemons/zeldas/etc, did the bests of the series make it this far?

Would it make sense in the future to do runoffs between games of the same series before getting into the main brackets? Not that favorite video game will be run again for a few years probably if ever...

Super Mario 64 actually kinda sucked, but all the better mario games had tougher matchups. I'm glad to see most of the Pokemon games lose, although I'd concede that the Gold/Silver series was probably better than RBY. A Link to the Past is definitely one of the best, if not THE best Zelda games, so no complaints here.

It wouldn't make sense to do runoffs between games of the same series, because each game is significantly different. That said, I do think that in the future we need to differentiate between game series that are literally different games with the same theme (ie Zelda, Mario, etc) and series that are just continuations/updates of each other (ie Madden, NBA Live, etc). I personally don't think it makes sense to count Madden 2003 and Madden 2004 (to name two random years) as "different games" for the purposes of this tournament. Basically, every sports series was gimped automatically, even though they are essentially the same game, just with different stats and feature updates. I'd maybe consider breaking up a longer-running franchise like Madden by console generation, since there were graphical and feature updates that separated the games significantly as they transcended each platform.

[Untrod Tripod]

Portal

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Super Mario 64

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Chrono Trigger
The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time

Space Invaders

[Yiley]

Match 57:
Tetris

Match 58:
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Match 59:
Mario Kart 64

Match 60:
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Bonus Match 1:
Sid Meier's Civilization II
Super Smash Bros.

Bonus Match 2:
Pac-Man
Tetris for the win!

[pickemgenius]

Match 57:
Portal

Match 58:
Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/FireRed/LeafGreen

Match 59:
Mario Kart 64

Match 60:
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Bonus Match 1: Vote for up to two.
Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal/HeartGold/SoulSilver
Super Smash Bros.

Bonus Match 2:
Pac-Man

[Brandi]

Match 57:
Tetris

Match 58:
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Match 59:
Mario Kart 64

Match 60:
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Bonus Match 1:
Sid Meier's Civilization II
Super Smash Bros.

Bonus Match 2:
Pac-Man
Tetris for the win!

NOT THIS TIME YILEY
NOT THIS TIME
TETRIS IS DED

[Yiley]

No
Tetris must win.

[Yiley]

It yurt got stuck with the wrong game. I personally hate protal

[mith]

It wouldn't make sense to do runoffs between games of the same series, because each game is significantly different. That said, I do think that in the future we need to differentiate between game series that are literally different games with the same theme (ie Zelda, Mario, etc) and series that are just continuations/updates of each other (ie Madden, NBA Live, etc). I personally don't think it makes sense to count Madden 2003 and Madden 2004 (to name two random years) as "different games" for the purposes of this tournament. Basically, every sports series was gimped automatically, even though they are essentially the same game, just with different stats and feature updates. I'd maybe consider breaking up a longer-running franchise like Madden by console generation, since there were graphical and feature updates that separated the games significantly as they transcended each platform.

Had any of the sports series received multiple nominations (even spread among multiple games) from different people, they would have shown up in the runoffs at least - in fact, this is how Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 made it in the bracket. It may just be that no one else thought that highly of them.

It may have been the case though that people didn't nominate individual sports games because they only would consider them as part of the series rather than a game worthy of nomination in their own right. Breaking them up by generation might make sense, yes. (Actually, if I had done that, I probably would have just done the same with the other series; combining Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, or Final Fantasy VII-IX into a single entry wouldn't be all that crazy.)

[Xalxe]

Portal
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Mario Kart 64
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Bonus Match 1: Vote for up to two.
Bastion

Bonus Match 2:
Pac-Man

[Yiley]

Also I would like to say the sports games are different games. Are you going to say the first madden game is the same as the last one to come out? Nope. Not by a long shot.

[Hiraki]

Portal might actually beat Tetris?

I'm going to sincerely answer this question:

How many times have you guys beaten Portal 1?

[Eddard Stark]

Match 57:

Portal

Match 58:

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Match 59:

Mario Kart 64

Match 60:

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

[Tamuz]

Portal might actually beat Tetris?

I'm going to sincerely answer this question:

How many times have you guys beaten Portal 1?

How many times have you beaten Tetris?

[Espeonage]

Tetris
Pokemon RGBY
Super Mario
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BM1 - Pokemon GSC, Civ 2
BM2 - Centipede

[ChannelDelibird]

Portal
Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/FireRed/LeafGreen
Mario Kart 64
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal/HeartGold/SoulSilver
Sid Meier's Civilization II

Pac-Man