Favorite Video Game Tournament (Pokémon Wins! + Condorcet)

[mith]

Yup, it's that time again.

See previous threads for an idea of how this works...

Favorite Movie (2007) - The Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Fictional Character (2008) - Han Solo
Favorite Song (2009) - Stairway to Heaven
Favorite Book (2009) - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Favorite Person (2010) - Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Favorite Game (2010) - Texas Hold'em Poker
Favorite Game (2012) - Chess
Favorite Band (2012) - Queen

Part 2: Choose Topics
Part 3: TV Show Nominations, Video Game Nominations

Brackets and Seeding

Pre-Runoff: Matches 1-8, Matches 9-14, Matches 15-22
Runoff Groups 1-9
Round 1: Matches 1-8, Matches 9-16, Matches 17-24, Matches 25-32
Round 2: Matches 33-40, Matches 41-48
Round 3: Matches 49-56
Round 4: Matches 57-60, Bonus 1-2
Round 5: Matches 61-62, Bonus 3-5
Round 6: Match 63, Third Place, Fifth Place, Bonus 6-7
Results: Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/FireRed/LeafGreen d. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

[mith]

Part 3: Nominations

Nominate your (up to) 25 Favorite Video Games. Order does not matter. You must nominate in the following format:

Game
Game
Game

For my sanity, please post your nominations as just a straight list with no numbers, bullets, or comments. It saves me a lot of time if I can just copy/paste into my spreadsheet rather than having to remove things first.

If you feel the need to comment on your nominations, do so before or after the entire list. Feel free to edit your list as much as you like, but post in the thread when you do so - I might have already started compiling my list and could miss your edit. I reserve the right to ignore nominations from anyone not following these guidelines.

Links are not required

, but are helpful in case there are duplicate games with the same name.

Games are not guaranteed a place in the bracket from a single nomination. Nominate your top 25 games regardless of others' selections

(ideally, don't look at other people's lists at all until you've posted yours, but you may want to look to make sure you're not missing something that belongs). Games above some number of nominations will be in the bracket, and there may be a runoff of some sort to determine remaining spots. See previous tournaments for details.

[Faraday]

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Crash Team Racing
Age of Empires
Age of Empires 2
Uncharted 2
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Ico
Tetris
Red Dead Redemption
Pokemon: Gold/Silver
Star Wars: Battlefront 2

[mith]

Clarification: Flash/other web-based games are fine here. Virtual implementations of board/card games are not.

[ChannelDelibird]

I'm sure there's a whole heap of stuff I've forgotten...

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Animal Crossing
Fire Emblem (2003)
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Football Manager 2013
Gladius
Halo 3
International Cricket Captain: Ashes Edition 2005
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart: Double Dash
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Pokemon Gold & Silver
Pokemon Red & Blue
Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire
Portal
Sid Meier's Civilization II
SpyParty
Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
Super Bubsy
Super Smash Bros Melee
The Walking Dead
Transport Tycoon Deluxe

[Xalxe]

Kingdom Hearts
Minecraft
Portal
Portal 2
Civilization IV
Limbo

[PrideandJoy]

Spongebob Squarepants the Movie game

[mith]

Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Contra
GoldenEye 007
Heavy Rain
Kingdom of Loathing
Mario Kart 64
N
Perfect Dark
Pokemon GSC
Rock Band 2
Sid Meier's Civilization V
SimCity
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
Super Mario 64
Star Wars: TIE Fighter
Tales of Symphonia
Tecmo Super Bowl
Tetris
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Sims
Warcraft II

[chesskid3]

Spongebob Squarepants the Movie game

oops this was me

also
QWOP
Robot Unicorn Attack
KanyeZone

[Untrod Tripod]

Nethack
Earthbound
Chrono Trigger
Minecraft
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Mario RPG
Portal
System Shock 2
Super Mario 3
Secret of Mana
Baldur's Gate II

[xRECKONERx]

League of Legends
Bioshock
Bioshock: Infinite
Chrono Trigger
Portal
Braid
World of Warcraft
Half-Life 2
The Walking Dead
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Final Fantasy VI
Advance Wars
Knights of the Old Republic
Psychonauts
Starcraft II
Minecraft
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

[Brandi]

Earthbound
Mother 3
League of Legends
Tropico 4
Borderlands 2
Faster than Light
Scribblenauts
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Bloodbowl: Chaos Edition
Spyro The Dragon
Pokemon Conquest
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald
Poekmon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum
Rune Factory
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Kingdom Hearts
Skyrim
Guild Wars 2
Skull Girls
Portal 2
Little Inferno
Portal

[xRECKONERx]

Bloodbowl: Chaos Edition

I thought mith said no digital versions of tabletop/board games?

[Brandi]

But its completely different than the tabletop/board game version? :/ I would not play the tabletop version at all ><
If it doesn't count then he can feel free to ignore it.

[ChaosOmega]

Bioshock
Deus Ex
Diablo II
Dungeons of Dredmor
Fallout 3
Fallout: New Vegas
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Jet Grind Radio
Jet Set Radio Future
Lost Kingdoms II
Mario Kart 64
Perfect Dark
Portal
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
Super Mario 64
Super Mario World
System Shock 2
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Sims
Thief II: The Metal Age
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
XCOM: Enemy Unknown

[PranaDevil]

But its completely different than the tabletop/board game version? :/ I would not play the tabletop version at all ><
If it doesn't count then he can feel free to ignore it.

It's as much the same game as Warhammer Shadow of the Horned Rat, or Warhammer Dark Omen is to it's tabletop counterpart really. Same base idea, executed in a different way. If you were talking about a Monopoly adaptation, then fair play, or say Solitaire or Poker... but Blood Bowl? Totally different game.

[Brandi]

But its completely different than the tabletop/board game version? :/ I would not play the tabletop version at all ><
If it doesn't count then he can feel free to ignore it.

It's as much the same game as Warhammer Shadow of the Horned Rat, or Warhammer Dark Omen is to it's tabletop counterpart really. Same base idea, executed in a different way. If you were talking about a Monopoly adaptation, then fair play, or say Solitaire or Poker... but Blood Bowl? Totally different game.

Yeah, the rule Reck was talking about he misunderstood anyway.
Bloodbowl is an actual video game where as the rule is about games like DOMINION or SETTLERS OF CATAN online. Games that are essentially board games but put on the internet.

[Matias]

Portal
The Last Of Us
The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Earthbound

Secret of Mana
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
World of Warcraft
Dance Dance Revolution
Castle Crashers

Mario Party 2
Psychonauts
Half-Life 2
Braid
Super Meat Boy

Super Mario Bros.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Pokemon Red/Blue
Pokemon Black/White
Wolfenstein 3D

Minecraft
Batman: Arkham City
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Final Fantasy VI

[mith]

My understanding (admittedly based on five minutes of google-fu) is that it is a rather faithful adaptation of the tabletop game, including a turn-based mode (in addition to the original real-time that got the developers sued). I'm inclined to say no, but I'm willing to be persuaded if someone wants to do a compare-contrast on them.

[crywolf20084]

Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts II
Borderlands
Borderlands 2
The Last of Us
Pokemon: Gold and Silver
Pokemon: Red and Blue
Mario Party

[Brandi]

My understanding (admittedly based on five minutes of google-fu) is that it is a rather faithful adaptation of the tabletop game, including a turn-based mode (in addition to the original real-time that got the developers sued). I'm inclined to say no, but I'm willing to be persuaded if someone wants to do a compare-contrast on them.

Except it's an actual video game that can be played in real time, pretty sure you can't do that with a board game. It's classified as an RTS. (There is also a turn based mode)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/216890/

Chaos edition also includes a lot of features/races not playable in the board game.

[Tamuz]

Baldur's Gate 2
Star Fox 64
Ogre Battle 64
Halo 2
Heroes of Might and Magic for Windows 1995
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Diablo II
SSB
Banjo Kazooie
Fallout 3
Jill of the Jungle
Hocus Pocus
Commander Keen 4
Jazz Jackrabbit
Majesty

[Oversoul]

Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver
Halo 3
Minecraft
Portal
Mario Kart Double Dash
GTA 3
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Super Smash Brothers Melee
Mario Party 6
Dark Souls
Pokemon Snap
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

[CooLDoG]

Doom 1/2
Blood
Duke 3d
League of Legends
Civilization 4
Tropico 4
Counter Strike
Team Fortress 2
The elder scrolls daggerfall
The elder scrolls oblivion
GTA: SA
Fallout 3

[Nero Cain]

Gun
Jade Empire
Mass Effect
The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
Diablo 2
Civilization V
Fallout 3
Two Worlds 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Resident Evil 2