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Poll1657

Monday, May 31st, 2004

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Poll 1657
Round Division 8 Final
Match # 57
Match Date Monday, May 31st, 2004
Vote difference 10,578
Oracle
Expectations
Super Mario Bros. 3 - 51.98%
46 for - 6 against
GameFAQs
Prediction
Super Mario Bros. 3 - 40.31%
(16,503 brackets)

CJayC was accepting fan art for the final rounds of the contest. Pretty good idea, considering how hard it is to come up with new ideas for game pictures. Character pictures are one thing, game pictures are something else.

And my, how the mighty have fallen in this contest. Ever since Final Fantasy 6 took the initial lead on LTTP, the aura of invoncibility was gone for Zelda. The Wind Waker ended Zelda's winning streak, and The Legend of Zelda lost with ease to Mario 3 in this match. It was as hyped as any match could get, but like a lot of other Zelda hype in this contest, it all died after LTTP's match against FF6. And unlike any other match in which Zelda loses, there was no whining here. It was almost a foreshadowing of how badly Zelda was going to do for the rest of this contest.

But let's not take away from Mario 3 here. It has always been my opinion that this game is the best of all time, and it's fitting for it to do well in a contest entitled 'Best. Game. Ever.'. It isn't my favorite game of all time, but I clearly think that it's the best. It showed in this match, at least. SFF finally worked against a Zelda title, and I would assume it would be out of respect for what Mario 3 did for the industry. Zelda wound up becoming the superior Nintendo series over time, but Mario 3 was clearly the superior back in the NES days. No surprise at all that it won this match with ease.

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2004 Spring Contest Matches

Round One
SMB3 > Metal Gear
Metroid > Pac-Man
Contra > Phantasy Star
FF > Pitfall
Donkey Kong > Duck Hunt
Zelda > Adventure
Pong > River City Ransom
Tetris > Galaga
CT > Secret of Mana
SMRPG > Street Fighter II
Sonic 2 > Shining Force
SMW > Simpsons
Zelda: LttP > Gunstar Heroes
Super Metroid > PS IV
Doom > Earthbound

FF VI > Mortal Kombat
FF VII > Suikoden II
Xenogears > Pokemon GSC
FFT > DDR
MGS > RE
SotN > Perfect Dark
Goldeneye > PDS
SM64 > NiGHTS
Zelda: OoT > Fallout 2
Starcraft > Halo
KH > Soul Calibur
Zelda: WW > Skies of Arcadia
Metroid Prime > Half-Life
FFTA > Fire Emblem
FF X > Shenmue
GTA: Vice City > KoTOR
SSBM > MGS 2

Round Two
SMB 3 > Metroid
FF > Contra
Zelda > Donkey Kong
Tetris > Pong
CT > SMRPG
SMW > Sonic 2
Zelda: LttP > Super Metroid
FF VI > Doom
FF VII > Xenogears
MGS > FFT
Goldeneye > SotN
Zelda: OoT > SM64
Starcraft > KH
Zelda: WW > Metroid Prime
FF X > FFTA
SSBM > GTA: Vice City

R3 and following
SMB3 > FF
Zelda > Tetris
CT > SMW
Zelda: LttP > FF VI
FF VII > MGS
Zelda: OoT > Goldeneye
Starcraft > Zelda: WW
SSBM > FF X
SMB3 > Zelda
CT > Zelda: LttP
FF VII > Zelda: OoT
SSBM > Starcraft
CT > SMB3
FF VII > SSBM
FF VII > CT (Finals)

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