Round 6: The Augean Stables

[This Old Neon]

Round 6: The Augean Stables

You can vote for 1-5 games in this poll. Vote carefully—you can't change your votes after submitting them. The top 5 games at the end of the week will move on to Round 7: The Top 128 Qualifiers.

1987 - [Mike Tyson's] Punch-Out!! - NES
1989 - Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - NES
1997 - Star Fox 64 / Lylat Wars - N64
2000 - Paper Mario - N64
2002 - Metroid Fusion - GBA
2004 - Pokémon Emerald Version - GBA
2004 - Pikmin 2 - GCN
2005 - Shadow of the Colossus - PS2
2007 - Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen - DS
2007 - Final Fantasy IV DS - DS

You are encouraged to discuss your choices and your reasons for selecting the games you did.

[The Shoemaker]

Really good set of games here. Castlevania III almost gets a vote for the music alone. It's also a well design very challenging platformer.

Star Fox 64 is a classic, I can play it over and over again.

Punch Out is also a classic. Really addicting puzzle-fighting game.

Unfortunately I've never played Pikmin 2.

[Kong Wen]

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! is a masterpiece. I beat it as a kid, and it's one of my earliest "badass" game accomplishments.

I almost voted for Castlevania III, but I think I prefer both earlier games in the series. It's good, but there's something about it... I don't know. The challenge feels more uneven.

Metroid Fusion is perhaps my favourite 2D Metroid game. It has great exploraction, and it also has the benefit of ramping up the atmospheric tension inherent in the series to 200% with the introduction of a stalker figure. The fact that I experienced some truly terrifying moments out of a 2D GBA game played on a Micro screen is a testament to this game's excellent design.

I also voted for Shadow of the Colossus and Dragon Quest IV.

[Jordan]

I voted strategically in this one. I really liked Star Fox 64 and Punch Out but I figured everybody would vote for those, so I hard picked games that I personally enjoyed greatly which weren't already guaranteed votes.

[Humphries90]

Daaaaaaamn! What a list of games! Going to have to think about this group a little more.

[Pluvius]

Missed Metroid Fusion on this list, totally would've voted for it as well.

Rob

[Sharecrow]

Missed Metroid Fusion on this list, totally would've voted for it as well.

Rob

Why? Because it's the best Metroid game ever made?

[VictorViper]

A sad admission: the games I'd be likely to vote for are unplayed. Abstaining.

[Forscyvus]

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[pdSlooper]

Oh Final Fantasy 4 DS, I will always love you.