Top 64 Tie-Breaker 3/3: Shadow of Yoshi

[This Old Neon]

Here's a tie-breaker! Only one of these two games will advance to the Top 32.

106 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - 1995 - SNES
112 - Shadow of the Colossus - 2005 - PS2

You have one vote. The poll will be open for 4 days.

[Kong Wen]

Rather than making something mechanical out of art, like so many "artsy" games end up attempting to do (a recent example is Child of Light, which is a storybook with some gameplay tacked on), Shadow of the Colossus makes something artistic out of mechanics. It focuses down on a core feature of most games (boss fights) and develops them into a great opus.

On the other hand, Yoshi's Island is something like the 50th game featuring Mario. They needed an excuse to make Yoshi the main character of a game, so they made Mario & Luigi into screaming babies...

[The Shoemaker]

Rather than making something mechanical out of art, like so many "artsy" games end up attempting to do (a recent example is Child of Light, which is a storybook with some gameplay tacked on), Shadow of the Colossus makes something artistic out of mechanics. It focuses down on a core feature of most games (boss fights) and develops them into a great opus.

On the other hand, Yoshi's Island is something like the 50th game featuring Mario. They needed an excuse to make Yoshi the main character of a game, so they made Mario & Luigi into screaming babies...

I'd give Yoshi's Island a little more credit than that, it was a fun, inventive platformer to be sure. But I agree with you on Shadow of the Collosus.

[Kong Wen]

On the other hand, Yoshi's Island is something like the 50th game featuring Mario. They needed an excuse to make Yoshi the main character of a game, so they made Mario & Luigi into screaming babies...

I'd give Yoshi's Island a little more credit than that, it was a fun, inventive platformer to be sure.

I might be inclined to believe that if a single person chimed in with a single reason to consider it inventive.

[The Shoemaker]

On the other hand, Yoshi's Island is something like the 50th game featuring Mario. They needed an excuse to make Yoshi the main character of a game, so they made Mario & Luigi into screaming babies...

I'd give Yoshi's Island a little more credit than that, it was a fun, inventive platformer to be sure.

I might be inclined to believe that if a single person chimed in with a single reason to consider it inventive.

I thought the idea of eating enemies and creating eggs to throw was a pretty new idea for the platforming genre, mixed in with a timed based health system rather than a traditional linear health system. Also, Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy!

I don't think it should go into the Top 32 though, nor should it win over Shadow of the Collosus.

[Humphries90]

Yoshi's Island is more of an annoyance than good. I've tried to enjoy it several times but I just can't.

Shadow of the Colossus all the way.

[Jordan]

It's not that inventive, but it is fun. I haven't played shadow of the colossus though so I'll refrain from making comparisons.

[The Shoemaker]

These tie breakers have been really close.

[SkyPikachu]

This is the only one so far which seems like there's a clear winner. Because the top ranked team gets through for a tie sotc needs 4 votes in 19 hours to win.

[Kong Wen]

Ack, where are we going to find 2 more good voters in 1 hour?!