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Ocarina of Time reclaims number one game ranking photo

For a while, Nintendo crown jewel Super Mario Galaxy had become the highest ranked game of all time, beating out The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time and breaking a nine year streak for the N64 classic. Well, a new review of Galaxy has come along and, like a fiendish pooper of parties, reduced Galaxy's overall score down by a mere few percent on Game Rankings, just enough to allow Link a leg back up to the top.

Ocarina is now at number one again, but its streak was broken for a short period. Can it last another nine years on top, or will Super Mario Galaxy squeak back into dominance? The two games are essentially neck-and-neck with OoT at 97.6% and Galaxy at 97.3%. All we need is another review to tip the balance back in the spacefaring plumber's favor. 

It's a good day to be Nintendo, at any rate.


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Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 08:38
Rainbowblack
the next review will tip it back in zeldas favor. fanboyism is a strong force. noone acually thinks SMG is a better game than OOT
Y0j1mb0's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 08:39
Y0j1mb0
I have a feeling when the new Smash Bros Melee comes out these two titles might be outranked....
Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 08:40
Oni
I can't honestly believe somebody would actually review a 9-year-old game just to boot it back to the top of an arbitrary list.

Some people have far too much time on their hands.
TorpedoTed's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 08:41
TorpedoTed
Nah Zelda on th e64 was a classic!!
Just out of interest where was FFVII ranked?? that was my fav game ever!!
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 08:41
Jim Sterling
The review wasn't of Zelda, it was of Galaxy. I'm going to clarify that in the post.
vishusdelishus's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 08:46
vishusdelishus
Get clarifying Jim, you don't want to piss off salivating fanboys who haven't eaten in 3 days to make room for turkey. They're a frothy bunch, and by 'frothy' I mean 'starved, rabid and insane'
Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 08:47
Oni
Oooooooh! Ok.
Roflcopter Pilot's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 08:53
Roflcopter Pilot
Well, this is just fucking retarded.
glipe's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 08:54
glipe
I was reading about this earlier in the day and had the iconic image of Link when he finds an object in a chest!

DA DAA DA DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! You got the GameRankings No.1 Spot!
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 09:40
Holyetheline
OMG who gave SMG a less than perfect review to lower it's score?
iBones's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 09:40
iBones
Yeah, that's right. Sit down Mario.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 09:40
Fading Star
Interesting. The fight continues.
Atlas's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 10:03
Atlas
I DID INDEED NOTICE THIS! I was going to say something, but then I realized THAT MASS EFFECT HAS DROPPED BELOW HALO 3! It was 0.1% above it, now it is 0.3% below it...
Tron Knotts's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 10:14
Tron Knotts
Rainbow, I think Galaxy is a WAY better game than Ocarina.

If I were a reviewer, I'd give Galaxy a 9.8, and Ocarina a 7.5. In short, Ocarine is extremely boring to play at times due to the bland graphics, minutes upon minutes of footwork with little sense of purpose and even less to entert But most of all, OoT really tries to be nothing more that A Link to the Past in 3D, adding little to nothing to the Zelda formula. And no, becoming a "Grown Up", and losing half your weapons doesn't add to the Zelda formula. If anything, it detracts from the game.

I feel like OoT was a rough draft of Zelda in 3D, Majora's Mask was an experiment (and an awesome one at that. A far superior experience to OoT), Wind Waker was a half finished attempt to fix OoT, and Twilight Princess actually did the job right.

I loved TP, but barely liked OoT.

*Flame sheilds on*.
Angry Irish's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 10:15
Angry Irish
I think Roflcopter Pilot said everything that needs to be said.
StriderS's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 10:18
StriderS
woah galazy has more reviews then zelda that probably effects something rite
DOOM's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 10:23
DOOM
DOOM is the number one game!
dclark's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 10:37
dclark
I don't think its a matter of specifically giving the game a bad score to bring it down. If anyone recalls last year at this time Twilight Princess was number 2. Now its way down on the list at number 33. Its more a matter of the best reviews hitting the site first. This may be due to biased reviewers influenced by the company who want the game reviewed prior to release to build the hype, or by the Fanboys who hardly play the game before voting or reviewing it as 10/10. Either way, give it time. I wouldn't ber surprised if Galaxy dropped even more.

Also note that this list does not accurately measure the "best game of all time" It is more a measure of "the best game since the N64/PSX era. The list defaults at a minimum of 20 reviews required. There is not a single SNES or Genesis or Gameboy or NES game with that many reviews. Not that changing this minimum number to 5 adds 4 new games to the top 10: Super Mario World (SNES), Super Metroid (SNES), Starcraft: Brood War (PC) and Metal Gear Solid (GBC).

It's important to keep in mind that though I really like having access to a list like this, it should be taken with a grain of salt.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 10:38
brad drac
As someone who dearly loves OoT, I have to say I think galaxy is a better game. I prefer the zelda format to platformers, but I've simply never played a game as damn near flawless in every respect as ur mr gay.
BFeld13's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 10:41
BFeld13
Oh snap!
DonWii's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 10:45
DonWii
Well, I doubt it will go below Metroid. Not sure it can go back up to #1.

Either way, the charts show that Nintendo puts out the highest rated games every generation.
lowercaseluke's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 11:12
lowercaseluke
I don't think I've ever seen a list like this that I agree with, although I do enjoy seeing WoW at #99.
Clockwork's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 11:32
Clockwork
OH NOE THEY DIDUNT!
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 11:55
Cheeburga
It's not the greatest game though..

Maybe if they re-made it.
MrFudge's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 12:06
MrFudge
I think DOOM may be a little biased somehow...
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 12:34
Wedge
...

They did remake it. It's called Twilight Princess.
DaTgUy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 12:49
DaTgUy
Ocarina of time is still one of my favourites, I am currently playing it again for about the 10th time on my PC...thank god for the 360 wired controller!
dclark's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 12:53
dclark
Agreed DaTgUy!

That wired controller is the best purchase I've made in a long time! I only wish I had a second one instead of those crappy wireless controllers that I got withmy 360.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 12:56
Kyousuke Nanbu
Not really Wedge, see Ocarina is actually good whereas TP was shit.
Knives's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 12:59
Knives
Wasn't it easier to get better scores years ago?
JonDarkwood's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 13:34
JonDarkwood
It's not the best game by today's standards. But game reviews should be done based on a game's own merit, not compared to other games. Not all reviewers do that so aggregations of ratings are never a real indication of anything.
webrunner's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 13:34
webrunner
At the time when Ocarina came out, scores tended to not be out of 5 as often, and there were more places doing /10 with halves, or even /100 scores. Before, a near perfect game would get 95/100, now it just gets 9/10
nicolastheadept's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 15:04
nicolastheadept
@DaTgUy LOL, thats exactly why I got the 360 wired controller just for my PC!
donkeykong's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 16:11
donkeykong
@tron knotts... really? Twilight Princess? There was nothing ground-breaking about that game. Ocarina might not seem special today but for its time it could be compared to nothing. Furthermore, we were all younger when it came out which makes it inherently better, because the world is just a bit more magical when you're young. That's exactly why super mario bros 3 was the greatest game in the world when it came out, AND NOW, and if it came out now and not then it would be garbage. TP is mediocre for its time and will eventually be forgotten.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 16:28
Necros
Well. That was fast.

@ Kyousuke
I call shenanigans. Ocarina was much more important, impactful, and "the best" at the time it came out, but overall, Twilight Princess is the much more polished game, even if it owes much of its structure to its spiritual predecessor.

@ webrunner
Um, most places like IGN still use scores like 9.5, basically keeping the ?/100 scale still in place, which is ridiculous. I'm personally in favor of using single numbers out of 10, but until then, I'm fine with increments of .5 until fanboys can get over the difference between a 9.6 and a 9.7.
winojesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 18:56
winojesus
ps3 is teh suck! er or something. yaay.
Capn Birdseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2007 22:52
Capn Birdseye
The problem with reviews is that they are only relevant at the point of time they were reviewed. Of course a 9 year old game won't be as good as it once was, there have been advances in all areas of games since then.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/23/2007 08:37
Mxyzptlk
NOOOOO000!!! HOW WILL I SLEEP AT NIGHT?!?!
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/23/2007 16:18
MechaMonkey
Why is OoT still getting reviews? Oh, that's right, Zelda fanboys.
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