Spring 2006 Contest

This article is the Article of the Week for the week of 6/11/06.

The Spring 2006 Contest is the latest GameFAQs contest. Nominations for the Best. Series. Ever were opened in early May, and as of June were still open, having only been announced in a topic on Board 8, and not on the front page. On June 8th, the bracket was released, and entries are now open.

Final Fantasy, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid and Super Mario are all tipped to dominate, with an all-but-inevitable victory predicted to go to FF.

Popular outsiders garnering support on Board 8 included Monkey Island, Gyakuten Saiban, Seiken Densetsu, Mega Man Legends and Densetsu no Stafi. None of which made it into the contest.

32 series were included, with the weakest probably being Civilization (which, while popular, is not typically the kind of game associated with GameFAQs posters) or Shadow Hearts (relatively unknown, although popular on parts of GameFAQs)

Prior to nominations appearing, it had been believed that the contest would be cancelled due to the aftermath of the latest redesign. The most popular predictions for possible topics were a second Best. Game. Ever., or a '''Best. Female. Character. Ever.''' Current Contest Bracket Hyrule Division              (1) The Legend of Zelda - 100163 (89.97%) (8) Civilization - 11169 (10.03%)   Legend of Zelda Mega Man X      (4) Suikoden - 28018 (27.39%) (5) Mega Man X - 74270 (72.61%)    (3) Pokémon - 71579 (65.74%) (6) Star Ocean - 37307 (34.26%)   Pokémon Metroid    (2) Metroid - 75098 (70.57%) (7) Kirby - 31312 (29.43%)   Snake Division   (1) Metal Gear (8) Soul Calibur         (4) Fire Emblem (5) Silent Hill    (3) Castlevania (6) Halo       (2) Kingdom Hearts (7) Harvest Moon   Mushroom Division      (1) Super Mario Bros. (8) Madden NFL         (4) Grand Theft Auto (5) Warcraft    (3) Sonic (6) Devil May Cry       (2) Super Smash Bros. (7) Dragon Quest   Ultima Division   (1) Final Fantasy (8) Diablo         (4) Mario Kart (5) Mega Man    (3) The Elder Scrolls (6) Street Fighter       (2) Resident Evil (7) Shadow Hearts