10:44 PM on 11.05.2008
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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 they loved more. While there were dozens of votes for both sides, as well a vicious bonus question battle, in the end the winner was clear. Here are the results:
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (101 votes) -- Winner!
- Super Mario 64 (34 votes) -- "Oh no!"
- Zelda series (27 votes) -- Winner!
- Mario series (26 votes) -- "Mamma Mia!"
This week we enter the Nintendo 64 odd debate finals bracket, with Ocarina of Time fighting the FPS winner from the first round for the championship. With a single player adventure game versus a multiplayer shooting game, this couldn't be more of an odd debate final for us to decide on. Will nostalgia weigh in more? Or will you make your pick based on how these two games have stood the test of time?
Which game do you think is better, and why? Give it some serious thought, get some N64 childhood friends to share their opinions as well, and check back next week for the winner. Then we move on to the first PS2 round of these odd debates.
P.S. There's still a few Mind Teasers that are unsolved!
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Contest:
tLoZ:OoT 4 lyfe.
If I had no friends at the time, I would have said OOT.
I hated the controls for Golden Eye.
I never could get the hang of using buttons to look around. It fels WAY too jumpy for my tastes.
As for nostalgia -- I played both games far more than was healthy back in the day. Do I still play either of them on occasion? Zelda 64 has stood the test of time incredibly well and will always be a classic. However, in my opinion, GoldenEye is barely playable nowadays.
I'm still surprised GoldenEye won the first round when PC shooters were already progressing farther around the same time, but so be it. Usually in these odd debates, multiplayer games give single player ones a hard challenge, but not this time.
Landslide VOTE: Ocarina of Time. It's a well deserved win.
I guess people love rehashed bullshit...
:O
That said, my vote goes for Zelda this time. It's one of the few N64/PSOne era 3D games that are still playable.
While I do remember some good times with Goldeneye, it never really picked up for me and my relatives. It also sucks now. It's pretty much unplayable.
also that isn't bond's hand to the left of the pp7...its his mouth
1. I never played Ocarina. Or any Zelda for that matter. So I really have nothing to compare goldeneye to.
2. Ocarina is going to win anyway.
So OOT, no contest. This is the easiest debate I've seen yet.
That said, I'm glad the zelda vs mario series race was close. I picked mario, but it wasn't an easy pick.
And I don't care what everyone says. SM64 kicks OoT's ass.
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On the one hand, we've got an overrated but still excellent Zelda game. On the other hand, we've got a revolutionary multiplayer game that hasn't aged nearly as well as it could have.
My vote goes to Zelda, I guess. I could go back and play it today, but I couldn't do the same with Goldeneye.
Goldeneye gets my vote.
However based solely on my childhood memories I have to vote for Goldeneye. All of the late nights playing 007 until we literally passed out from sleep deprivation, there are just so many epic evenings and battles.
Final vote: Goldeneye, just too much fun.
I still played Goldeneye loads though... even though I don't actually remember owning it. Weird.
This was a great multiplayer game (at the time) and it was awesome going over to friends houses to play.
I never really liked any of the Zeldas on the 64, they were garbage when compared to the NES/SNES versions and I actually thought Wind Waker was pretty decent...lol
I think Perfect Dark offered WAY more than Goldeneye,in terms of replayability,and depth.
Also,to thoses who disliked the controls in Goldeneye (and PD,you can use two controllers for dual analog stick functionality,which was WAY ahead of its time.
I prefer the Half-Life Goldeneye mod, for that game, anyway.
Reason 1: I had the ending of OOT spoiled for me at a sleepover
Reason 2: OOT is the worst sleepover game EVAR!
I think I enjoyed Ocarina more while playing it, but I got a ton more playtime from Goldeneye, so my vote has to go with Bond on this occasion.
As for those that say these titles still stand up today, they don't really. They are both done and dusted, time to let go.
I vote OoT, although it was a tough decision
Oh don't forget the golden guns.
Yeah no contest here - Goldeneye
(Although to be fair I would vote Ocarina of time IF the debate was purely based on which had aged better...I just got way more fun and playtime out of Goldeneye then I ever will out of OoT.).
My vote is for Goldeneye.
Then again I can't play Goldeneye again.
OoT though.
And if Zelda doesn't win this one I don't want to have anything to do with you guys again!
Ocarina of Time all the way.
I would never go back and play EITHER of these games now, but I got about 5-10x as much playtime out of Goldeneye back in the day. So I'll give it my vote for all it's not worth.