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Pretty tl;dr but I thought this was pretty cool and thought-provoking when I came across it a couple years ago (spoilers):

http://www.zeldauniverse.net/article...-majoras-mask/

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12-30-2011 , 02:31 PM

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BASaint

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pretty forgettable game. being OOC's smaller brother hurts

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12-30-2011 , 02:34 PM

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hardest zelda game as well..discounting undrafted which will hopefully stay undrafted this entire draft.

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12-30-2011 , 02:35 PM

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MVP '05 is still such a fantastic game...nothing has come out on the Xbox since that can even touch it.

Who needs Barry Bonds when you can play with Jon Dowd?

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12-30-2011 , 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BASaint

pretty forgettable game. being OOC's smaller brother hurts

A little.

Helps that Majora's Mask is the better game to play today.

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12-30-2011 , 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Tumaterminator

hardest zelda game as well..discounting undrafted which will hopefully stay undrafted this entire draft.

UNDRAFTED is not that difficult. The original is harder.

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12-30-2011 , 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Chilltown

A little.

Helps that Majora's Mask is the better game to play today.

Yikes no way.

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12-30-2011 , 02:42 PM

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Yikes no way.

Yes way.

It has the best opening 30 minutes to a game ever.

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12-30-2011 , 02:43 PM

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probably true, so insane.

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12-30-2011 , 02:45 PM

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I don't remember why, but I never finished Majora's Mask. I feel like it was a pretty good game though, guess I just lost interest. It's obviously no OoT but seems fine here.

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12-30-2011 , 02:46 PM

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MVP 05 was so ****ing awesome, would love to play that with updated rosters over the latest MLB: The Show any day of the week.

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12-30-2011 , 03:17 PM

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About time Mario Kart was picked, although I'd love to hear your rationale for choosing it over the N64 version.

i think the single-player of the n64 version took a step backward, although multiplayer was still very strong.

i already had chose a game from the n64 era and i felt like the SNES/genesis era was getting thin, so i jumped on what i considered to be the last remaining elite SNES option available (although it's very possible that i'm overlooking a classic game).

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12-30-2011 , 03:19 PM

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I'm just asking an honest question to anyone..I'm really not trying to battle or put anyone down-

When is the last time you played Mario 1/3/SMW for anything besides a quick nostalgia trip? Did you beat the game? Did you get bored and turn it off relatively early? [I can say for myself I play mario 1 more than the others but also for MUCH shorter time/usually get bored. mario 3 slightly better/usually get through a few worlds then warp to world 8 and get tilted quit somewhere in there, and smw i put in long sessions with friends all the time. THIS IS NOT INDICATIVE OF ANYTHING BESIDES PERSONAL PREFERENCE.]

I'm probably way different than most ITT, but I play old games way more than newer ones. For example I bought the latest Zelda game on release day, played it ~3 hours, and then its just sat on my shelf ever since. I'd say I probably play ~30 hours of current generation consoles per year and ~200 hours of NES/SNES games on my emulator on my computer. With poker, pointsperpossession, going to gym, social life, 2p2 posting, etc. I just don't have time to dive into these massive games that are out nowadays, so I'd much rather sit down and play an old school game for 20-30 minutes at a time.

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12-30-2011 , 03:21 PM

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i should have qualified with "average" 20-30 year old.

i'm not sure we're an accurate representation of the average person. most people never heard of chrono trigger, ff3, etc - let alone played them until the console burnt out. on the other hand, everyone owned goldeneye - even those who weren't true "gamers"

Thats much more fair of a statement, but I still think you need to change 'average person' to 'average American.' RPG/adventure games have always been huge in other countries(particularly Japan).

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12-30-2011 , 03:38 PM

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The moon got closer and closer.

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12-30-2011 , 03:40 PM

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UNDRAFTED was a huge step back for single-player. Check the IGN review. It also got just a 3/5 from Next Generation magazine, which was the most intelligent video game publication of the '90s. For a sequel to an excellent game that brought us a new sub-genre, it was a huge disappointment.

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12-30-2011 , 03:50 PM

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I'll have my pick up in 5 minutes

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12-30-2011 , 03:52 PM

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Personally prefer the n64 version by a lot.

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12-30-2011 , 03:58 PM

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My second round pick is....

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12-30-2011 , 04:03 PM

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Surprised that UNDRAFTED PC game and UNDRAFTED XBOX game are still on the board.

Edit: less obvious

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12-30-2011 , 04:04 PM

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Personally prefer the n64 version by a lot.

i already said it, but i think it has the most fun racing engine of any game ever. seriously infinite replay value. the newer versions all sucked.

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12-30-2011 , 04:04 PM

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Be less obvious

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12-30-2011 , 04:06 PM

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I'm not

Last edited by goofyballer; 12-30-2011 at 04:06 PM. Reason: @aspoker b4 his edit

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12-30-2011 , 04:09 PM

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Mario Kart 64 and Super Smash Brothers are both mega-elite games that still have tremendous replay value to this day. It's incredible how inferior all later versions of each game were