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Welcome to the first round of #BGE2020 pools!

Each game is randomly seeded into pools using the set generator at Random.org. There's no seeding, no ranking, and no preference or prioritization.

The results of the pools will determine how each game stacks up in the elimination rounds, coming later this year.

HOW TO VOTE

Voting is ranked, but it's not super intuitive, so listen up.

• You have 6 total votes to distribute.
• You can only select up to 3 options.
• You can only give each option up to 3 votes.
• NOTE: The number you pick is not the RANK of your choice (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd), but the number of VOTES you're giving it.
• The more votes (bigger numbers) a game gets, the better for that game.

EXAMPLES

• You could pick three games and order them by giving them 3, 2, and 1 votes.
• If you like three games equally, you could give them 2, 2, and 2 votes.
• If you only like two games, you could give them 3 and 3 votes (or 3 and 2, etc.).

This gives you a lot of granularity for how you assign your votes and thereby a lot of influence over which games can do well. Use your power wisely!

If you have questions, ask before voting!

I went with Shinobi (again), this time an outstanding port of the original arcade game. Also Dark Spire, which is one of the best dungeon crawlers I’ve ever played. Fun but tough as nails.

I have a feeling one of the best 3D Zelda games is going to do alright, so I voted for Bases Loaded II, Dark Spire, and Master System Shinobi. Mario Tennis on GBC would have gotten my 4th vote if I had one.

Wind Waker might be my number 2 Zelda game, fantastic.

Tomdoachi Life desperately needs a sequel. Hopefully Nintendo sees my vote here and is motivated to make one.