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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.

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.

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.