#1 Rock Band 2 (multi)
Vs.
#2 Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Please discuss or predict any of the matchups. Full Brackets here: <a href="http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=319302">DVDTalk Video Game Tournament</a>
orangecrush
05-29-09, 01:38 PM
I am really surprised that it came down to the #1 and #2 seeds.
fumanstan
05-29-09, 01:44 PM
Mario 3. Music games are fun, but just a enjoyable diversion for me.
mattysemo247
05-29-09, 01:50 PM
I would have never guessed that it would come down to these two
Rockmjd23
05-29-09, 01:51 PM
Well I of course have to go with SM3 over some party game.
:p
Michael Corvin
05-29-09, 02:04 PM
Well I of course have to go with SM3 over some party game.
:p
:lol:
ass.
chess
05-29-09, 02:10 PM
...almost voted for Rock Band.
Shagrath
05-29-09, 02:14 PM
Both games are really awesome. However, Rock Band is the game that keeps on giving. I have spent more hours with Rock Band than any other game ever. There's new content every week to keep it fresh. It's just awesome.
If it does lose though, SMB3 is a good game to lose to. I wouldn't say it's the best, but this isn't about the best. It's about your favorites.
superdeluxe
05-29-09, 02:16 PM
Mario all the way.
Michael Corvin
05-29-09, 02:18 PM
Both games are really awesome. However, Rock Band is the game that keeps on giving. I have spent more hours with Rock Band than any other game ever. There's new content every week to keep it fresh. It's just awesome.
Mario is fun to play through once every few years. Rock Band is fun to play once every few days. RB FTW.
Shagrath
05-29-09, 02:20 PM
Mario is fun to play through once every few years. Rock Band is fun to play once a day for a few years. RB FTW.
Fixed.
Groucho
05-29-09, 02:39 PM
10 years ago if you would have posted in this forum that one of the most popular upcoming games would involve the following as gameplay:
1. Colored circle moves from the top of the screen to the bottom of the screen.
2. Player presses a button that corresponds to the colored circle.
Everybody would have thought you were insane.
Shagrath
05-29-09, 02:50 PM
10 years ago if you would have posted in this forum that one of the most popular upcoming games would involve the following as gameplay:
1. Colored circle moves from the top of the screen to the bottom of the screen.
2. Player presses a button that corresponds to the colored circle.
Everybody would have thought you were insane.
DDR has been around for 10 years and is essentially the same thing. Putting that same concept to popular music is the key.
Maxflier
05-29-09, 03:24 PM
I'm not crazy about Mario games like apparently a lot of people here are, so I have to vote in favor of Rock Band 2. Very dissapointed with the 2 finalists.
Mad Dawg
05-29-09, 03:33 PM
This is a really tough one, but yeah, it came down to the fact that since '07, I've gone no more than a few days at a time without playing Rock Band. I loved Mario 3, but I just find RB to be consistently satisfying and virtually endless.
The Bus
05-29-09, 03:36 PM
Rock Band 2 is the only game aside from Wii Sports that I have gotten everyone to play. Nobody says no.
Super Mario 3 isn't even the best game in the Mario series.
orangecrush
05-29-09, 04:28 PM
Rock Band 2 is the only game aside from Wii Sports that I have gotten everyone to play. Nobody says no.
Super Mario 3 isn't even the best game in the Mario series.I think it is people's fond memories of The Wizard that is pushing Mario 3 at this point.
bunkaroo
05-29-09, 04:44 PM
Gotta go with RB2. Never was a big fan of SMB3. Definitely preferred SMW.
edstein
05-29-09, 04:58 PM
Mario for me. Rock Band is good but its not even close to the same league as Mario. Put a red hat and blue suspenders on a turd and it will sell like crazy. Put non master tracks in rock band and you have Rock Revolution which was horrible. It's only the quality of the songs that make Rock Band any good. The basic game play is no different than GH or RR. Flame at will, I can take it.
Goldberg74
05-29-09, 05:06 PM
Mario!
Decker
05-29-09, 05:32 PM
Which GBA game is Super Mario 3? I never had an NES.
fumanstan
05-29-09, 05:41 PM
Which GBA game is Super Mario 3? I never had an NES.
Super Mario Advance 4.
It's also on Wii Virtual Console. And no NES? :sad:
Raul3
05-29-09, 05:43 PM
I haven't followed these threads but I wanted to vote for RB just to make some people angry. ;)
DVDChris
05-29-09, 06:27 PM
wow rock band made it to the finals. Most Impressive, but I had to vote Mario.
Silkk_34
05-29-09, 06:39 PM
Definitely gotta be Super Mario Bros. 3
DVDChris
05-29-09, 07:08 PM
Mario is fun to play through once every few years. Rock Band is fun to play once every few days. RB FTW.
This is making me rethink my vote...a little.
FusionX
05-29-09, 07:11 PM
I think RB2 should win, but more people will vote against RB2, as opposed to voting for SMB3.
dtcarson
05-29-09, 08:32 PM
Yep.
But it's "favorite", not "best", "most impact", "most classic", etc. Of the 2, RB2 is my favorite by far.
Tarantino
05-29-09, 08:35 PM
Rock.
= J
fumanstan
05-29-09, 09:20 PM
I think RB2 should win, but more people will vote against RB2, as opposed to voting for SMB3.
Yep.
But it's "favorite", not "best", "most impact", "most classic", etc. Of the 2, RB2 is my favorite by far.
While that's true, that doesn't necessarily mean that people are voting based on those other criteria. The musical game genre in itself is less appealing to a lot of people and it's pretty easy to have no real taste for Rock Band while SMB3 has a broader appeal and something almost everyone has played.
orangecrush
06-01-09, 09:27 AM
A little over a day left to vote.
superdeluxe
06-01-09, 09:47 AM
I think RB2 should win, but more people will vote against RB2, as opposed to voting for SMB3.
whatever you need to tell yourself heh.
Bandit03
06-01-09, 11:16 AM
Went with Mario
Imprint
06-01-09, 11:51 AM
I went with Rock Band. Mario is a great game, but other than the 3 years I lost to World of Warcraft, I have never played a game a much as Rock Band. Can't wait for the 12-pack of Maiden next week!
FusionX
06-01-09, 11:55 AM
whatever you need to tell yourself heh.
Well, since there has been about 10X the anti-RB2 talk than pro-Mario 3 talk, I'd say that's a fair statement. "heh"
lordwow
06-01-09, 12:13 PM
I love Rock Band 2. It's very much the "Now" game though. I won't be playing Rock Band 2 20 years from now, but I still play SMB3. Gotta give the edge to SMB3.
orangecrush
06-02-09, 10:02 AM
A few more hours to vote.
orangecrush
06-02-09, 02:21 PM
And we have a winner. Thanks to everyone for their lists and voting.
slop101
06-02-09, 03:55 PM
Both games are really awesome. However, Rock Band is the game that keeps on giving. I have spent more hours with Rock Band than any other game ever. There's new content every week to keep it fresh. It's just awesome. Okay, voting for the game because of additional content that you pay for that doesn't come with the game and hasn't even come out yet is hardly fair. If you're gonna do that, it should be up against the whole Mario franchise, including Mario games that haven't come out yet.
Sure, Mario won, but people shouldn't be voting for RB2 based on content not included on the retail disc.
Shagrath
06-02-09, 04:04 PM
Okay, voting for the game because of additional content that you pay for that doesn't come with the game and hasn't even come out yet is hardly fair. If you're gonna do that, it should be up against the whole Mario franchise, including Mario games that haven't come out yet.
Sure, Mario won, but people shouldn't be voting for RB2 based on content not included on the retail disc.
Even if there was no additional content for RB2, *I* would've still voted for it.
If there was DLC available for SMB3, I think it would be acceptable to factor that into the equation. Same could be said for Fallout 3 or Gears of War.
orangecrush
06-02-09, 04:07 PM
Even if there was no additional content for RB2, *I* would've still voted for it.
If there was DLC available for SMB3, I think it would be acceptable to factor that into the equation. Same could be said for Fallout 3 or Gears of War.I don't know about you, but I factored in the e-reader card content of the GBA game into my decision.
Michael Corvin
06-02-09, 04:35 PM
A feature of the game is weekly DLC. I don't see how you could discount it. You aren't required to buy it, but it is a nice feature and a part of the game.
Thanks for the tourney orange. Kind of an anti-climactic ending though. It would be interesting to do it again eliminating Nintendo franchises in the nomination process.
orangecrush
06-03-09, 08:11 AM
A feature of the game is weekly DLC. I don't see how you could discount it. You aren't required to buy it, but it is a nice feature and a part of the game.
Thanks for the tourney orange. Kind of an anti-climactic ending though. It would be interesting to do it again eliminating Nintendo franchises in the nomination process.That would just lead to a Rock Band 2 victory. I was trying to think of different "tournaments," but I couldn't come up with anything I think would be worthwhile.
Shagrath
06-03-09, 08:20 AM
As much as I would've loved RB2 to win the tourney, I wouldn't want to eliminate Nintendo franchises in order to do so. These are games and characters that people have grown up with over the years, and it's hard to compete with that.
Michael Corvin
06-03-09, 08:22 AM
As much as I would've loved RB2 to win the tourney, I wouldn't want to eliminate Nintendo franchises in order to do so. These are games and characters that people have grown up with over the years, and it's hard to compete with that.
Oh I get that, I was just tossing it out there because it would be interesting to see how things played out without 10 Marios, 5 Zeldas and 5 Metroids eating up 20 slots of a tourney.
Shagrath
06-03-09, 08:31 AM
Maybe just a franchise tourney? Although I could easily see Mario or Zelda picking up the win for that. Might play out a little differently, and have a little more variety as well.
Michael Corvin
06-03-09, 08:33 AM
Have we done a favorite Character tourney yet?
Shagrath
06-03-09, 08:38 AM
Have we done a favorite Character tourney yet?
Rock Band doesn't have characters (notable ones anyways). Insta-fail! :)
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