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Here are my current nominees, as of February 10.

Main Event:
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (NES)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GCN)
Mother 3 (GBA)
Punch-Out!! (Wii)
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn (PC)

Best Mech Customization:
Mario Party 5 (GCN)
Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)

Most Innovative Mechanics:
Wii Sports (Wii)
Pac-Man (Arcade)
Super Mario Kart (SNES)
Pikmin (GCN)

Best Game that You've Never Played (Ever)
Metroid Prime (GCN)
Metroid Prime 2 (GCN)
Metroid Prime 3 (Wii)
Portal (Multi-Platform)
God of War (PS4)

Best Game Trilogy
Crash Bandicoot (PS1 trilogy)
Spyro the Dragon (PS1 trilogy)
Super Mario Bros (original NES trilogy)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis trilogy)
Earthbound/Mother

Best Light Gun Game
Jurassic Park (Arcade, 1994)
Duck Hunt (NES)

Best Game Not Available on Any Digital Service
Felix the Cat (NES)
Bomberman (NES)
Tetris and Dr. Mario (SNES)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GCN)
Super Mario Sunshine (GCN)

Best Mascot Racing Game
CTR: Crash Team Racing (PS1)
Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe (Wii U / Switch)
Mario Kart Double Dash (GCN)
Crash Nitro Kart (Multi-Platform)

Best Strategy Game
Warcraft II (PC)
Pikmin 3 (Wii U)

Best Boss Fight
N. Gin (Crash Bandicoot: Warped, PS1)
Title Defense Bald Bull (Punch-Out!!, Wii)
King Galaxian (Pac-Man World, PS1)

Best Shareware
Cave Story (PC)

Best Game Released in the Noughties (2000-2009)
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn (PC)
Mario Kart: Double Dash (GCN)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GCN)
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Punch-Out!! (Wii)
Mother 3 (GBA)
God of War II (PS2)
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS)

Funniest Game:
Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64)

Best Game of the Last 5 Years (Roughly 2014-2019)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch)
Octopath Traveler (Switch)
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U)
Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker (Wii U)
Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)
Pikmin 3 (Wii U)
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U / Switch)
Undertale (PC)
Life is Strange (Multi-Platform)

Best Social Gaming Experience
Words with Friends (Mobile)

Best First-Game-in-a-Series
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES, Yoshi series)
Pikmin (GCN)
Pac-Man (Arcade)
Mega Man (NES)
Splatoon (Wii U)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES, Mario role playing series)
Super Mario 64 (N64, 3D Mario series)
Baldur's Gate (PC)

Don't forget, folks, that nominations have to be made through the official form at thisoldneon.com/bge to be included. I know most of you are just using this thread for discussion and planning, but I wanted to make sure everyone is on the same page. User-submitted events have a limit of 10 nominations per person.

Added the mighty Ull as another best boss. Also added / updated lists for the noughties, the past five years, and social gaming

Specifically, updated stuff Includes the following:

Best Mech Customization (Kong Wen)
1. Armored Core

Best Game Released in the Noughties (2000-2009) (Slurmee)
1. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
2. Dead Space
3. Final Fantasy X
4. Shadowhearts: Covenant
5. Batman: Arkham Asylum
6. Shadow of the Colossus
7. Silent Hill 4: The Room
8. Tales of Symphonia
9. Animal Crossing
10. Metal Gear Solid 2: The Sons of Liberty

Best Game of the Last 5 Years (The Shoemaker)
1. Far Cry: Primal
2. Outlast
3. Tales of Berseria
4. What Remains of Edith Finch
5. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
6. Celeste
7. Life is Strange
8. Batman: The Telltale Series
9. Nioh

Best Social Gaming Experience (Claytone)
1. Journey - when I lose someone I’ve been traveling with it always breaks my heart a little.
2. X-Men (Arcade)
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Arcade)
4. Gauntlet (Arcade)
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
6. The Simpsons (Arcade)
7. Golden Axe (Arcade)
8. Smash TV (Arcade)
9. Double Dragon (Arcade)
10. Captain America and the Avengers (Arcade)

I'm adding The Talos Principle to my nominations for recent games.

Adding Phantamanta (from Sunshine) to best bosses.

Added more (only including new stuff)

Best Mech Customization (Kong Wen)

• Daemon x Machina (Switch) Just so cool how much customization there is in this game

Most Innovative Mechanics (VictorViper)

• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (PS4/XBone) The whole concept of this game is amazing

Best Game that You’ve Never Played (Ever) (Kiwi the Tortoise)

• Kingdom Hearts III (PS4.XBone) On my to do list
• Paper Mario A Thousand Year Door (GCN) Everyone talks wonders of this game

Best Boss Fight (Skullomancer)

• First boss in God of War (2018) (PS4) Was a really exciting boss fight

Best Game Released in the Noughties (2000-2009) (Slurmee)

• Mirror's Edge (PS3/360/PC) I remember getting really hype about this and playing the demo then watching the trailer over and over again. That OST just wow wow wow

Funniest Game (Sharecrow)

• Portal 2 (Ps3/360/PC) So much charm and humour

Best Social Gaming Experience (Claytone)

• Mainline Pokemon Franchise (GB, GBC, GBA, DS, 3DS) These games were basically my childhood and what we use to all gather and talk about.

Best First-Game-in-a-Series (Tayclone)

• Mega Man X (SNES) Had no idea this game was allowed to be included hands down one of my favorite games ever.

Just getting some ideas down. This list is far from complete.

Main Event (“BEST GAME EVER!!!)
Super Mario World (SNES)
F-Zero X (N64)
F-Zero GX (GCN)
F-Zero AX (Arcade)
Fallout 2 (PC)
Persona 3 [FES] (PS2)
Castlevania (NES)
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (TG-CD)
Mega Man 9 (WiiWare)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (PS2/GameCube/Xbox)
Super Meat Boy (multi)
No More Heroes (Wii)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
Celeste (multi)
Banjo-Kazooie (XBLA)
Resident Evil HD Remaster (if nominating this splinters it off from the 2002 SD version, please don't; I consider them equivalent)
Metal Gear Solid (PS)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)
Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis)
Galaga (Arcade)
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Rock Band 3 (multi)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
Half-Life (PC)
Pikmin 2 (GCN)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)
Ghouls'n Ghosts (Genesis)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (DS)
Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver Version (DS)


Most Innovative Mechanics
Guitar Hero (PS2)
WarioWare: Mega MicroGame$ (GBA)

Best Game that You’ve Never Played (Ever)
Final Fantasy VII (PS1)

Best Game Trilogy


Best Light Gun Game
Duck Hunt (NES)
The House of the Dead 2 (Dreamcast/Arcade)

Best Game Not Available on Any Digital Service
Space Channel 5
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Batman (NES)

Best Mascot Racing Game
Mario Kart 8 [Deluxe] (Wii U/Switch)
Pocketbike Racer (360)

Best Strategy Game
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (DS)

Best Boss Fight
Champion Blue (Pokémon Red/Blue Version)
Metal Gear Ray (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
Senator Armstrong (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
The End (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
Liquid Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid 4)
Psycho Mantis (Metal Gear Solid)

Best Game Released in the Noughties (2000-2009)
Super Mario Galaxy

Funniest Game
Pony Island

Best Game of the Last 5 Years (Roughly 2014-2019)
Celeste (multi)
Bayonetta 2 (Wii U)


Best Social Gaming Experience
Xbox Live Parties
NBA Jam

Best First-Game-In-A-Series
Doom (PC)
Castlevania

Added Final Fantasy X to my bge nominations (which I had egregiously overlooked) as well as God of War 2. Wasn’t sure if I should nominate 1 or 2 so had to sleep on it for awhile.

Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow is the last day to make your nominations, so if you've been ruminating, it's almost time to firm up your picks!

Today's the last day to make nominations!

Time to finalize those lists and submit them at thisoldneon.com/bge

Excited to open the voting for some polls on Monday!