H12

http://www.GameFAQs.com

If you've read much of the "Halo vs Starcraft" thread, you'll know that there's a "Best. Game. Ever." contest going on at GameFAQs. I just thought I'd take the time to make a thread for each match, now that it's in the Elite Eight and I won't flood the board too bad with it.

Today, it's the championship of the 8-Bit Division, where Super Mario Bros. 3 is taking on Legend of Zelda. I'm a personal fan of both, but I voted for SMB3. What would/did my fellow TFP'ers vote for?

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WarWagon

Mario, hands down.

bookerV

For me its Zelda > SMB3.
Now if it were SMB1, then perhaps I would have voted differently...

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Lokus

Come on, where else can you pick up frog and raccoon suits? You know, I never understood why the raccoon suit lets you fly, raccoons don't fly in real life unless they're being really sneaky about it.

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GakFace

Zelda.. sorry but that game was just too good. Mario 3 was cool and all but.... Zelda.

[zombie-mode] Zeeeeellllldaaaaa [/zombie-mode]

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BigGov

Neither. They didn't even have Tecmo Super Bowl on the list, so I never got into it.

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gar1976

Zelda. What other 8-bit (or any game, for that matter) had a second quest to play through after the first?

And finding that level 7 dungeon in the second quest (before the internet, mind you) was haaaard, especially since you didn't have the red candle yet.

DownwardSpiral

Legend of Zelda, no contest.

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SecretMethod70

Zelda. Easy.

I'm just pissed that Link to the Past beat out FFIII.

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Amethyst

I have always loved the Mario games and I have never liked Zelda. We own them and my kids and husband like playing them but I don't.

emmdubbs

TLOZ only b/c it was soooo hard... the best zelda however was when it was in it's 16 bit days... yeah supernintendo...*sigh* back when they knew how to make games...

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bltzkriegmcanon

I'm split because they're two entirely different genres. But they're easily the best of their day for the genre.

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H12

Quality-wise, I'm indifferent because I've never really given either the time to actually play and enjoy them. Contest-wise, I'm proud that happened; I need LoZ:LttP to get to the Championship and lose...that'd be GREAT for my bracket. *hint hint*

I never played much of that, but I wish it woulda made it just to raise hell in that division. I'm more upset that Punch-Out and Mega-friggin'-Man 2 didn't make it. Those three games would have been better picks than Adventure, Galaga, Phantasy Star, or Pitfall.

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Destrox

I've put more play time in SMB3 then LoZ... so SMB3 it is.

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doomdoom

Ever since SMB3 came out, I dont think ove gone a day with out mentioning its my favorite game ever.

Bim

I really don't know how many times I have played, Zelda games over and over and over.... tooooo many I think.

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bundy

Zelda. hands down.

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Gman

I think it's neat that if Wind Waker had beaten out Starcraft, there would be a Zelda game in every finals bracket.

H12

Agreed, and my bracket was looking like that.

Super Mario Bros. 3 won on GameFAQs, for those who wonder.

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YaWhateva

Selda, absolutely

It should of been Zelda Link to the Past vs Final Fantasy IV(our 2) with FFIV(2) winning.

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Stompy

Zelda.

Not being able to save in SMB3 was stupid. I hated going through all that crap again each time I had to play.

Mario was fun, but got boring pretty quick... it didn't get good till Super Mario World. Now, THAT game was awesome.

[edit]
Worded that wrong.. meant to say it got boring after a WHILE, not pretty quick

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H12

Besides that "boring" jibberish ya said, I agree with everything else stated. =P

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