WC's BVGC: Bracket One - Opening Round

Tebow · 05-31-2009, 09:01 PM

Keep all discussion in the discussion thread. Only votes in this thread.

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Spyro vs. Zelda

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Spyro
Spyro the Dragon is a platform game developed by Insomniac Games for the Sony PlayStation. It stars the title character, a young purple dragon named Spyro and his dragonfly friend, Sparx, and is the first game in the Spyro the Dragon series. The first game was massively popular at its initial release and would later become one of the most recognizable, popular and respected gaming icons for the PlayStation gaming console.

Zelda
Although she is an NPC in most of the games she appeared in, Princess Zelda is actually more famous than the protagonist of the Zelda games.

Sure, one reason is that the games are called Legend of Zelda (and not Legend of Link), but more importantly, it's that most Zelda games allowed you to customize the main character's name. What may have been Link for you, was Tom, Chris, or AAAAAA for another player. But one name was always constant: Zelda. The mysterious princess first appeared in the US in 1987's Legend of Zelda for the NES (which was the cartridge conversion of the Japanese Zelda no Densetsu for the Famicom Disk System).

Because of the title's popularity, Nintendo continued the series on every new gaming platform (with the exception of the Virtual Boy). Through a licensing deal, Zelda even appeared in three games for the Philips CD-i. Sadly, the games' quality was subpar, taking the wind out of Zelda's first appearance as a playable character in Zelda's Adventure in 1994.

Donkey Kong vs. Conker

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Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong made his first appearance as the titular character of the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong alongside protagonist Mario (then known as "Jumpman") and damsel in distress, the Lady (later renamed Pauline). As Jumpman, the player must reach Donkey Kong at the top of each stage, where he is holding the Lady captive. Donkey Kong attempts to hinder the player's progress by throwing barrels, springs, and other objects towards Jumpman. The ape reappeared the following year in the sequel Donkey Kong Junior, where Donkey Kong is taken captive and locked in a cage by the re-named Mario, while Donkey Kong Junior sets out to rescue him. Donkey Kong resumed his antagonistic role in Donkey Kong 3, this time the character Stanley The Bugman taking Mario's place as the protagonist. Stanley fights Donkey Kong's attempts to invade a greenhouse along with a horde of killer bees.

After Donkey Kong, Mario went on to become Nintendo's primary mascot, while Donkey Kong and his son were relegated to supporting roles and cameos such as in the arcade version of Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Kart, and the Virtual Boy game Mario's Tennis. The 1994 Game Boy version of Donkey Kong marked his re-emergence as a major character. He was redesigned, appearing with a red necktie, which sometimes bears his initials, "DK".

Conker
Conker's Bad Fur Day is a Nintendo 64 video game developed and published by Rare, and distributed by Nintendo. The game stars Conker the Squirrel, a Rare character who had previously appeared in other games marketed towards children, such as Diddy Kong Racing for the Nintendo 64 and Conker's Pocket Tales for the Game Boy Color. Marketed as an "adult" platform game, Bad Fur Day features scatological humour, cartoon violence, sexual themes and a penchant for parodies. The game received very positive critical reviews, despite its limited advertising, and earned a cult following. A remake of the game was made available on the Xbox in 2005 in the form of Conker: Live & Reloaded.

Tetra vs. Kain

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Tetra
Tetra is a young female pirate who, in The Wind Waker and The Phantom Hourglass, causes Link to start his journey. Her mother died a few years before the events of The Wind Waker, and she was left to lead the group of pirates. She is the one whom Ganondorf intended the Helmaroc King to kidnap, instead of Aryll. Initially, she does not like Link, unimpressed by his sadness owing to the kidnapping. Later, however, she notices Link wielding the Master Sword as he advances to slay the Helmaroc King.

She periodically helps Link in his quest, and, later, her true identity is revealed in Hyrule Castle: she is Princess Zelda, the last heiress in the Hylian Royal Family bloodline. Before this, Tetra did not know she was Zelda, yet knew of Hyrule, the legend of the Hero of Time, and the Master Sword, and wore a large piece of the Triforce of Wisdom around her neck as a necklace. When reunited with her ancestor, the King of Hyrule, their Triforce pieces unite, triggering her physical transformation into the fair-skinned, blonde Princess Zelda.

Tetra also appears in Tetra's Trackers, a part of the Japanese version of Four Swords Adventures, as well as Phantom Hourglass, where she is taken by the Ghost Ship, from which Link must rescue her. Link then learns that he must also defeat Bellum to restore her from being transformed into stone.

Kain
Kain is a fictional character and the titular character that appears in the Legacy of Kain series of video games. Depending on the game and its viewpoint, Kain has been either the central protagonist, or an antagonist, but in all his depictions he is an anti-hero, interested only in his own goals. The character was designed by Denis Dyack and voiced in all his appearances by Simon Templeman.

An arrogant noble murdered and revived as a vampire, Kain embarked on a crusade to kill his assassins and then be restored to human form. When he came to revere his powers, Kain turned his back on his prophesied duty and became a vampire lord ruling over the land. Kain's attentions later turned to averting his destined doom at the hands of his lieutenant Raziel. Kain's manipulations of Raziel in the hopes of changing his destiny effectively set in motion the events that make up most of the Legacy of Kain series.

The character of Kain has been positively received by critics, described as a "typical Oedipus figure" or "gnostic hero", with much praise directed at his dark portrayal in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and the quality of Simon Templeman's voice acting.In 2000, Kain was ranked tenth in a Gamespot Readers' Choice poll for the top ten villains in video gaming.

Duke Nukem vs. Nightmare

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Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem is an action hero created by computer game developers Todd Replogle, George Broussard, Allen Blum and Scott Miller of Apogee Software (now 3D Realms). Since Duke Nukem 3D, Nukem has been voiced by voice actor Jon St. John.

Nightmare
Appearing as a possessed, demonic knight in armor in the Soulcalibur series of games, Nightmare was originally the human fighter Siegfried before being overcome by the power of the Soul Edge. He wields the Edge (his massive blade with a freakish embedded eye) in battle.

Kratos vs. Jecht

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Kratos
This former Spartan general has suffered from a bit of bad luck. He's lost everything he holds dear and he's a bit cranky because of it.
The only man to face off against the gods, he eventually becomes a god himself, reigning supreme over all in his way, and it looks like he'll keep on fighting as long as he has a breath left in his body.

Jecht
Jecht is a character from the Final Fantasy videogame series. Jecht, the father of Final Fantasy X hero Tidus, followed a career path remarkably like his son. He jumped from a career as a professional blitzballer to becoming a summoner’s Guardian – in his case, he disappeared to the land of Spira a decade or two before his son did the same, becoming one of the guardians of the legendary summoner Braska.

Princess Peach vs. Otocan

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Princess Peach
Mario's love interest from the long-running Nintendo game franchise. Not to be confused with the other Mario gals, Pauline and Daisy, Peach was originally known in the west just as Princess Toadstool.

Otocan
Dr. Hal Emmerich (ハル・エメリッヒ博士, Haru Emerihhi Hakase?), nicknamed Otacon (オタコン, Otakon?) due to his fondness of anime, first appears in Metal Gear Solid as an ArmsTech employee who designed Metal Gear REX.[9] After being rescued by Snake from the Ninja, he begins to assist him after he realizes that REX is being used by the terrorists to launch a new type of nuclear warhead. His assistance is instrumental to Snake's victory, but at a cost: he is forced to watch Snake execute Sniper Wolf, a woman he had developed a crush on. Kojima states that he created Otacon as his way of glorifying the otaku stereotype by having a character who fights the terrorists with his intellect rather than his brawn.[10] According to Kojima, the original idea of Otacon was to make him "heavier, wearing a cap, and programming while eating a chocolate bar". However, the design Shinkawa did for the character was a slender one instead.[11]

In Metal Gear Solid 2, Otacon and Solid Snake form Philanthropy, an anti-proliferation organization dedicated to the eradication of all Metal Gears. During the Tanker chapter, Otacon once again supports Snake via the codec and is in charge of saving the player's progress. He later appears in the Plant chapter, having infiltrated the Big Shell facility with Snake to save his stepsister Emma, who is among the hostages. Tragically, Emma is grievously wounded by Vamp and later dies in Otacon's arms. He later transports the surviving hostages to safety and then provides support to Raiden via codec for the remainder of the game. Lead character designer Yoji Shinkawa stated in an interview that Otacon was designed to look somewhat "tougher" than he did in Metal Gear Solid.[12]

Though Otacon himself does not appear in Metal Gear Solid 3 (the game being set in the 1960s), his grandfather (who was part of the Manhattan project) is mentioned in a radio call between Naked Snake and Sigint (although Sigint is unable to remember his name correctly) and he appears in a photograph alongside Russian weapons designer Aleksandr Leonovitch Granin.[13]

Otacon appears in Metal Gear Solid 4, still lending his support to Snake. He builds with Sunny (Olga's daughter) a robotic companion to Snake called Metal Gear Mk. II, which he controls remotely. The Mk. II is taken from a robotic character of the same name in Snatcher.[1] He becomes romantically involved with Naomi Hunter through the course of the story although he once again loses her to circumstances beyond his control, thus forcing him yet again to witness the death of a woman he cared about. In the coda of MGS4, Otacon tells Snake that he and Sunny will live with Snake for the remainder of his life, to serve as witnesses of his existence.

Otacon is also seen with Solid Snake's crew in Super Smash Bros Brawl. Snake claims his knowledge of R.O.B. is because he is the geeky type.

Goku vs. Kirby

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Goku
Son Goku is a character from the Dragon Ball Z anime series.
Here is perhaps the most refined example of the shonen manga hero. He is immensely strong, pure of heart, extremely competitive, not inordinately bright, but dedicated wholeheartedly to the cause of beating the living hell out of evil.

Kirby
First Appearance: NES, 1986. Well, he's not a marshmallow, we're pretty sure of that. And he can fly, so that knocks out solid rubber... Anyway, whatever Kirby is, he's a load of fun at parties.

He likes putting bad guys in his mouth, much like Mario's pal Yoshi... could there be a connection? Kirby looks cute enough, but he can turn plumb nasty when it comes to his arch foe, the curiously named King Dedede. He's, um, 'one tough cream puff'.

Superman vs. Cloud

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Superman
Superman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero widely considered to be an American cultural icon.[1][2][3][4] Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective Comics, Inc. in 1938, the character first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June 30, 1938) and subsequently appeared in various radio serials, television programs, films, newspaper strips, and video games. With the success of his adventures, Superman helped to create the superhero genre and establish its primacy within the American comic book.[1] The character's appearance is distinctive and iconic: a blue, red and yellow costume, complete with cape, with a stylized "S" shield on his chest.[5][6][7] This shield is now typically used across media to symbolize the character.[8]

Cloud
Cloud Strife is a character from the Final Fantasy VII videogame. Cloud does his best to put up a cold, withdrawn front, but there’s a sympathetic person inside there somewhere, and eventually a capable leader of the Avalanche rebellion. In this regard, he set a trend for RPG heroes in the 32-bit age, when tortured adolescence was very much in style.

Necro · 05-31-2009, 09:12 PM

Can you put those descriptions still in the thread? Maybe have them all one after another on top. And then have the bracket on the bottom. Only saying that cause some people including myself dont recall all of these characters.

Tebow · 05-31-2009, 09:12 PM

Ok I'll change it.

James Deuce · 05-31-2009, 09:13 PM

Spyro vs. Zelda
Donkey Kong vs. Conker
Tetra vs. Kain
Duke Nukem vs. Nightmare
Kratos vs. Jecht
Princess Peacg vs. Otocan
Goku vs. Kirby
Superman vs. Kirby

Kirby is on here twice.

Balla · 05-31-2009, 09:17 PM

Spyro vs. Zelda
Donkey Kong vs. Conker
Tetra vs. Kain
Duke Nukem vs. Nightmare
Kratos vs. Jecht
Princess Peach vs. Otocan
Goku vs. Kirby
Superman vs. Cloud

Sir Nicky Talent · 06-01-2009, 01:12 AM

Spyro vs. Zelda
Donkey Kong vs. Conker
Tetra vs. Kain
Duke Nukem vs. Nightmare
Kratos vs. Jecht
Princess Peach vs. Otocan
Goku vs. Kirby
Superman vs. Cloud

Jayman · 06-01-2009, 09:34 AM

Spyro vs. Zelda
Donkey Kong vs. Conker
Tetra vs. Kain
Duke Nukem vs. Nightmare
Kratos vs. Jecht
Princess Peach vs. Otocan
Goku vs. Kirby
Superman vs. Cloud

Dmac · 06-01-2009, 10:21 AM

Spyro vs. Zelda
Donkey Kong vs. Conker
Tetra vs. Kain
Duke Nukem vs. Nightmare
Kratos vs. Jecht
Princess Peach vs. Otocan
Goku vs. Kirby
Superman vs. Cloud

Guardian Devil · 06-01-2009, 11:30 AM

Spyro vs. Zelda
Donkey Kong vs. Conker
Tetra vs. Kain
Duke Nukem vs. Nightmare
Kratos vs. Jecht
Princess Peach vs. Otocan
Goku vs. Kirby
Superman vs. Cloud

Tebow · 06-01-2009, 03:23 PM

Spyro vs. Zelda
Donkey Kong vs. Conker
Tetra vs. Kain
Duke Nukem vs. Nightmare
Kratos vs. Jecht
Princess Peach vs. Otocan
Goku vs. Kirby
Superman vs. Cloud