SE4: Franchise Firsts - Round 2, Bracket 1/2

[This Old Neon]

Welcome to the "BEST GAME EVER!!!" Project's fourth Side-Event: Franchise Firsts!

You can vote for 2 games in this bracket. Vote carefully—you can't change your vote after submitting it. The top 4 games at the end of the week will advance to the final round.

1986 - Metroid - NES
1986 - The Legend of Zelda - NES
1987 - [Mike Tyson's] Punch-Out!! - NES
1987 - Phantasy Star - SMS
1988 - Contra / Probotector - NES
1991 - Sonic the Hedgehog - Genesis/MD
1995 - Suikoden - PS1
2005 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - GBA/DS

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

[Jordan]

I've played all of these except for Phantasy Star and Suikoden, and in both cases I played other games in the series.

This is a tough bracket in my opinion. I will have to think really hard on this one because every one of these was great.

[Kong Wen]

RPGs.

I almost cast a vote for the entirely deserving original The Legend of Zelda as well, but hey, I'm OK with the slightly-not-as-good Metroid going through in its place.