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Debate EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Game SERIES Debate to the Death! Super Mario series 111 Talk about a nostalgia-fest! Last week had more lengthy bonus question comments than ever before, and I'm pretty sure I read every single one of them. There was so much insight that I even pulled... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! The Legend of Zelda 212 Good gaming gods, last week's debate was epic, and I do not use that word lightly. I had to go through all 235 comments twice, just to make sure no tallying mistakes were made. The outcome broke ... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! MGS VS Half-Life 237 Last week's bonus questions brought in even more discussion than the week before, and when you outdo a Zelda and Final Fantasy debate, that's saying something. And boy did you guys and gamer girl... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! Halo VS Half-Life 244 Last week I introduced a new format for these weekly game debates, and it went great! I used two of the most loved series in the game industry of all time, and the result was just as vicious... Game SERIES Debate to the Death: Zelda VS Final Fantasy 170 Last week's debate turned out pretty close considering each series has opposing goals, but there was plenty of Dtoid Army support on both sides. Here's are the racing results:Twisted Metal s... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! T. Metal VS G. Turismo 66 Last week's debate will hopefully be a wake up call to those responsible for the Mortal Kombat series' future. The numbers from our microcosm debate poll may show that a small group of people are... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! SF VS MK 143 I guess last week's debate was a Super Smash Bros. battle on stock mode set for 82 lives each -- truly a debate to the death. The result was not pretty, and reminiscent to those times when you we... Game SERIES Debate to the Death!Smash Bros VS Mario Party 95 Last week's debate made me pretty nervous. On paper, comparing a cartoony and speedy shooter to a realistic and slow stealth shooting game made perfect sense. But this was Metal Gear -- could any... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! Metal Gear VS Metal Slug 130 Last week we stepped on another sports course to watch another industry rivalry. With a long line of games on other consoles in both series' pasts, it was tied for the first half of the votes. Ho... Game SERIES Debate to the Death!Mario Golf VS Tiger Woods 31 Time to tee off and debate until you're tee'd off! From turf to rough we move on from last week's debate to another sports series Dtoid discussion. Debate dare: read the rest of this in your... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! Madden VS Blitz 36 The debate destruction trail continues hot off the heels of Guitar Hero's corpse from last week. Another week, another homicide. This one wasn't as horrible to witness, but it still made you want... Game SERIES Debate to the Death: Mario Kart VS Gran Turismo 140 Last week I think we killed a game series. No one checked to see if it was breathing, we just all ran in fear and guilt. Could we have done anything to save the series? We might have to make a pa... Game SERIES Debate to the Death: Guitar Hero VS Rock Band 166 Last week we all went down guns ablazin' as everyone duked it out over what the better FPS gun was. One side was armed with a gravity gun, and man did they do a lot of damage. Unfortunately, the ... Game Debate to the Death! Gravity gun VS Portal gun 107 Last week was a fighting genre fight to the death. The clash of old versus new brought out all sorts of supporters and critics. The thought process of many of the comments was logical, balanced, ... Game Debate to the Death! Street Fighter IV VS BlazBlue 153 Last week we used more Dtoider input and took inFamous through another round of debate. Did it meet its death? Or did it persevere once again? The leader of the votes swayed several times -- just... Game Debate to the Death! Red Faction: Guerrilla VS inFamous 83 After much discussion and deliberation, the previous debate has finally come to an end. I expected an onslaught of opinions from both sides, and I definitely wasn't disappointed, but towards the ... Game Debate to the Death! Prototype VS inFamous 169 Last week's debate was the last odd game debate in our almost year long journey! It also ended with one of the best "odd debate" matchups of the entire series, with a legendary multipla... Game Debate to the Death! Counter-Strike VS Portal 113 Last week's debate could have gone so much worse, and I'm thoroughly pleased that it went as well as it did. I went into the PC odd game debates nervous about what games I could possibly pair up ... Game Debate to the Death! Portal VS The Longest Journey 102 Last week's debate started off the final odd debate brackets with the first of three PC rounds for the Dtoid Army to vote on. I don't think I could have picked a better rivalry to kick things off... Game Debate to the Death!Counter-Strike VS World of Warcraft 100 Last week's debate brought us to the end of the PSP odd game debate brackets with two very deserving games in the finals. The votes were a dead tie half way into the tallying, but in the end one ... Game Debate to the Death! Crisis Core: FFVII VS Patapon 45 Last week's debate put two distinctly different games against one another, and I have to admit I'm surprised by the outcome. I knew it would be close, but I thought the cult classic PSP game was ... Game Debate to the Death!Monster Hunter Freedom 2 VS Patapon 41 Last week's debate was the first round of the PSP odd debate brackets and it was a hell of a fight. For the first many votes, things were completely tied up. Then, as expected, LocoRoco took the ... Game Debate to the Death! LocoRoco VS Crisis Core: FFVII 56 The last debate was the DS odd debate finals bracket between two games that had no problem making their way to the third round riding the hands of fan support. Despite a strong start by both side... Game Debate to the Death! Phoenix Wright VS Henry Hatsworth 75 Last week was another battle between a recent-ish DS game versus an older DS game, and this time the support was for the other side of the fence. Here are the results:Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzl... Game Debate to the Death! Puzzle Quest VS Henry Hatsworth 48 Last week was one of the closest debates we've ever had. For the first fifty to sixty comments there was a steady tie as both games refused to back down. Eventually one game's momentum broug... Game Debate to the Death! Phoenix Wright VS Professor Layton 122 Last week was the conclusion of the PS3 odd debate brackets, and we certainly finished with an incredibly crazy comparison and contrast competition. With two games that are nothing alike, ev... Game Debate to the Death! M.G.S. 4 VS LittleBigPlanet 79 Last week was a big win for a Little game. Despite a few gripes with the winner, here are the overwhelming results:LittleBigPlanet (58 votes) -- Winner! Resistance 2 (9 votes)This week ... Game Debate to the Death! LittleBigPlanet VS Resistance 2 77 Last week we started the PS3 odd debate brackets with two completely different series that have both had a lot of success in past debates. Despite the previous amounts of support for both, the Dt... XFire's Debate Club talked Call of Duty, Dtoid was there 20 This Wednesday, I had the pleasure of representing Destructoid at the Xfire Debate Club to discuss the future of the Call of Duty franchise. Five other gaming commentators and myself, moderated b... Game Debate to the Death!Metal Gear Solid 4 VS Ninja Gaiden Sigma 113 Last week we finished up the Wii odd debate brackets with two games that appealed to completely different target audiences. Both were big winners in their initial rounds, and watching them go toe... Game Debate to the Death! No More Heroes VS Super Mario Galaxy 136 Last week we saw two Nintendo titans go to combat and the outcome felt just like Kimbo Slice's last fight. Landslides are always more painful when they involve two great competitors, so it was sa... Game Debate to the Death! Zelda: Twilight Princess VS Super Mario Galaxy 125 Yes, I know, my headline butchered Twilight Princess's actual game name quite a bit, but there literally wasn't enough room for its formal name to fit. Besides, neither of these two game series n... Game Debate to the Death! No More Heroes VS Metroid Prime 3: Corruption 147 Last week we finished up the Xbox 360 round of odd game debates and now we move on to the Wii brackets. After a ridiculously brutal matchup against Fallout 3, BioShock had to go the distance once... Game Debate to the Death! Mass Effect VS BioShock 153 Last week's debate was insane. I've been doing these debates almost every week for three years now, and it might be the closest to the perfect game debate we'll ever witness. The ways in whi... Game Debate to the Death! BioShock VS Fallout 3 197 Last week we began the Xbox 360 odd debate brackets and, well, let's just say that one game is going into round three with a lot of confidence after reading these results:Assassin's Creed (11 vot... Game Debate to the Death! Mass Effect VS Assassin's Creed 129 In the previous game debate we saw a classic scenario of story versus gameplay battle play out, with one side finishing far in the lead. Some argued that BioWare was overrated, while others argue... Game Debate to the Death! K.O.T.O.R. VS Ninja Gaiden 76 Last week we saw a lot of different opinions offered by both sides. A lot argued that Jade Empire's detailed gameplay went to waste because it was boring and didn't amount to as much as it should... Game Debate to the Death! Ninja Gaiden VS Jade Empire 81 Last week was a lengthy debate filled with great Dtoider arguments on both sides. The discussion ranged from nonlinear versus controlled gameplay to fun-factor versus complexities. A lot of you w... Game Debate to the Death! K.O.T.O.R. VS The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 138 Last week was quite the end of the year blowout debate. I threw my debate traps into the waters, cast out my anchor, and waited for a week to see what kind of things would wash up. A decent amoun... Game Debate to the Death! Xbox 360 VS Wii VS PS3 172 Last week was one of the larger game debates of the year, with a wide variety of games submitted by the Dtoid Army for consideration. Dozens of games received five or less votes, but when all the... Game Debate to the Death! Best Game of 2008?! 163 Last week was a really close Gamecube championship debate that had me guessing until the very end. At first Resident Evil 4 seemed to have it in the bag, but Wind Waker rallied on page two, only ... Game Debate to the Death! Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker VS Resident Evil 4 117 Last week wasn't just one of the best debates in a while, it was one of the best debates we've ever had here on Dtoid. I remember a few other discussions that ended with a one vote difference, bu... Game Debate to the Death! Super Smash Bros. Melee VS Resident Evil 4 146 Dear Luigi,I apologize for giving you a chance to shine last week when I had you compete against your cousin, Celda. I don't regret having family do battle with one another; when your brother pla... Game Debate to the Death! Luigi's Mansion VS Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker 153 Last week we finished our PS2 odd debate brackets with a monstrous battle between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Shadow of the Colossus. Despite a few recent landslide wins, I have to say that I've never... Game Debate to the Death! Metal Gear Solid 2 VS Shadow of the Colossus 134 Last week we discussed the pairing of an amazing action game and a breathtakingly emotional adventure game. Even though about half of the votes said it was a really hard choice, the "debate ... Game Debate to the Death! Shadow of the Colossus VS God of War 173 Last week was the first round of the PS2 odd debate brackets. Katamari Damacy and Metal Gear Solid 2 started things off with many Dtoiders so befuddled and torn that they didn't know who to vote ... Game Debate to the Death! Katamari Damacy VS Metal Gear Solid 2 127 Last week was the final round of the Nintendo 64 odd debate brackets. GoldenEye 007 is one of the most talked about N64 games of all time, and if there was ever a game from the same era to put it... Game Debate to the Death! GoldenEye 007 VS The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 130 Now that the Presidential election is over, we can move on to the debate that really matters! Last week we had a ruthless matchup that readers often compared to picking which of their children th... Game Debate to the Death! The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time VS Super Mario 64 167 Last week we had quite the epic "odd debate" matchup, and I can only hope this week's colossal competition will be just as exciting when I tally the votes. The score was dead even at a ... Game Debate to the Death! GoldenEye 007 VS Super Smash Bros. 64 140 Last week we had an early Halloween Debate between Silent Hill and Resident Evil 2, as well as a separate debate between the two series. Both games proved to be huge winners in earlier PlayStatio... Game Debate to the Death! Silent Hill VS Resident Evil 2 91 Of all the debates we've ever had together, last week's discussion definitely wins the "debate most called a landslide when actually the votes were almost dead even" award. Tallyin... Game Debate to the Death! Twisted Metal 2 VS Resident Evil 2 103 Last week we argued over two early 3D adventure games of completely different genre backgrounds, and the decision was overwhelmingly in favor of story and artistic expression over action and exci... Game Debate to the Death! Silent Hill VS Tomb Raider 79 Last week we came to the conclusion of the SNES / Sega Genesis odd debate brackets, with NBA Jam heating up and Donkey Kong Country on a banana and balloon filled rampage. Each side made the... Game Debate to the Death! Donkey Kong Country VS NBA Jam 45 Last week we witnessed two of the most played Sega Genesis games go toe-to-toe on the court, and the battle spilled into overtime before a clear winner was decided. Right from the start, NBA Jam ... Game Debate to the Death! Aladdin VS NBA Jam 69 Last week, we ran with a slightly modified version of the famous game debate in the movie Billy Madison, and sure enough, we had plenty of people telling each other that they sucked. While the de... Billy Madison Game Debate to the Death! Donkey Kong Country VS Mortal Kombat II 84 Last week we finished the NES debates with a monster of a matchup between Punch-Out!! and Bubble Bobble. As soon as the bell rang, NihonTiger90 started off swinging with a vote for P.O.!! I B... Game Debate to the Death! Bubble Bobble VS Punch-Out!! 70 Last week we started off round two with a wall of one-sided votes, and as the hours went by, not much changed. While I was a huge fan of Paperboy back in the day, I'm not going to lie, it felt gr... Game Debate to the Death! Paperboy VS Bubble Bobble 93 Last week I started a new vein for these debates to draw blood from as we discussed two highly appreciated, yet entirely different, retro games. The support for both NES games was tremendous, but... Game Debate to the Death! Excitebike VS Punch-Out!! 68 Last week's PS2 platformer debate brought out various different opinions from readers, with a healthy amount of fan support from all sides. While there was one clear winner, there was a vicious f... Game (Series) Debate to the Death! Jak & Daxter VS Sly Cooper VS Ratchet & Clank 95 Last week's DotA debate confused me more than the game of DotA itself. Either we don't have a lot of DotA gamers reading Dtoid, or they're all just too busy playing DotA to add to ... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 24 hour contest time GO: For the Glory (PC) Dtoid Twitter    Got news?   tips@destructoid.com Reviews & Previews Left 4 Dead 2 review Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex review Arkedo Series - 02 SWAP! review EyePet review New Super Mario Bros. 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