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Welcome to the "BEST GAME EVER!!!" Project's first Side-Event: the Survivor Series!

You can vote for 1 game in this tie-breaker. Vote carefully—you can't change your vote after submitting it. The top 3 games will advance to the next round.

1986 - Metroid - NES
2003 - F-Zero GX - GCN
2004 - Metroid: Zero Mission - GBA
2008 - Mega Man 9 - Multiplatform
2011 - Super Mario 3D Land - 3DS
2014 - Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition - PC

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

Hopefully there's no tie here again!

I spent a lot of time with Mario 3D Land. It was an excellent portable title and a unique twist between the 2d and 2d Mario gameplay. I got a lot of extra playtime out of it with the StreetPass feature trying to get the best clear time on every level. It is also a very pretty 3DS game.

The problem with Metroid is that if you die you start with almost no life and have to grind for it to fill up. It's a boring and tedious process. Even worse the more tanks you get.

I went with an awesome Metroid game in this pool: Guacamelee!. Besides having a nicely-designed world that's not too little and not too much, it spices up the usual exploraction formula with some seriously tight combat mechanics.

Metroid, Metroid: Zero Mission, and Guacamelee! all advance in this tie-breaker. Wow... I wonder what genre of games you guys like?