2008 Nomination Rally Tournament

The 2008 edition of the Nomination Rally Tournament was held by HaRRicH in early 2008. This contest was different in that it was for games in anticipation for a games contest. It was decided that the board would support three winners for the Spring 2009 Contest. The winner of the tournament was Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow while Star Fox 64 and Donkey Kong Country 2 won the other two spots.

Format
In the first phase 64 games were split into 8 divisions where a single elimination contest occurs to decide the eight winners. In the second phase all 8 games were thrown into a one match, for the first two days the game with the most votes will win a spot in the nomination rally while two games with the lowest votes are eliminated. On the final day the final two games will go against each other with the winner getting the final nomination spot.

Day 1

 * 1) Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow - 12 (1st Place)
 * 2) Donkey Kong Country 2 - 5
 * 3) Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden - 4
 * 4) Metal Gear Solid 3 - 4
 * 5) Star Fox 64 - 4
 * 6) Sonic 3 & Knuckles - 3
 * 7) Mega Man X - 1 (Eliminated)
 * 8) Mega Man 2 - 0 (Eliminated)

Day 2

 * 1) Star Fox 64 - 11 (2nd Place)
 * 2) Donkey Kong Country 2 - 8
 * 3) Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden - 7 (7)
 * 4) Metal Gear Solid 3 - 7 (5) (Eliminated)
 * 5) Sonic 3 & Knuckles - 5 (Eliminated)

Day 3

 * 1) Donkey Kong Country 2 - 25 (3rd Place)
 * 2) Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden - 11 (Eliminated)

Aftermath
At first Donkey Kong Country 2 failed to reach the bracket, but SBAllen gave the board power to add/remove a few games in the bracket and thus DKC2 was able to reach the bracket. Sadly there was a reason why it missed the bracket in the first place as the game was SFF and failed to get even 10% against Goldeneye 007, Super Mario RPG and Resident Evil 2. Star Fox 64 was stuck in a similar SFF position, but it was at least able to look semi-decent based on the circumstances as it placed third against Final Fantasy VII, Mario Kart 64 and Suikoden. Pokemon RBY on the other hand looked the greatest getting over 50% of the vote in its first round match and continued to look good until LFF from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Super Smash Bros. Melee] prevented it from defeating [[Final Fantasy X in the fight for second in the fourth round.

Trivia

 * Despite not winning a nomination spot 38 games were able to make the Spring 2009 Contest bracket.