NinDB Top 25 - Results!

[Nester the Lark]

NinDB Top 25, 2007

Finally, after more than a month, here are the results of the NinDB Top 25 games poll! Against all odds, one tie has unfortunately persisted on the list.

Thanks to everyone who participated!

Now, without further ado, I present to you the Top 25...

--- The NinDB Top 25, 2007 ---

Rank  Title (system)                    Score Votes

1.    Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC)        255    12
2.    Super Mario 64 (N64)                173     9
3.    Yoshi's Island (SNES, GBA)          166     8
4.    The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of
        Time (N64, GC)                    160     9
5.    Super Mario World (SNES, GBA)       130     8
6.    The Legend of Zelda: Majora's
        Mask (N64)                        130     6
7.    Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES, GBA)      125     7
8.    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight
        Princess (GC, Wii)                 98     7
9.    Mario Kart DS (DS)                   95     6
10.   TIE:
      The Legend of Zelda: A Link To
        the Past (SNES, GBA)
      Resident Evil 4 (GC, Wii)            94     5
11.   Super Smash Bros. (N64)              93     7
12.   Metroid Prime (GC)                   86     5
13.   Super Metroid (SNES)                 84     5
14.   Super Mario Sunshine (GC)            72     4
15.   Paper Mario: The Thousand-year
        Door (GC)                          71     5
16.   Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's
        Kong Quest (SNES, GBA)             71     5
17.   Super Mario RPG: Legend of the
        Seven Stars (SNES)                 61     3
18.   Skies of Arcadia: Legends (GC)       57     3
19.   Star Fox 64 (N64)                    55     5
20.   Mario Kart 64 (N64)                  50     3
21.   Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)          49     4
22.   Super Mario Kart (SNES)              47     3
23.   Pokemon Red/Blue (GB)                46     4
24.   Pokemon Gold/Silver (GBC)            44     2
25.   Eternal Darkness: Sanity's
        Requiem (GC)                       43     3

--- Honorable Mentions (alphbetical order) ---

Kirby's Adventure (NES)
The Legend of Zelda (NES, GBA)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC)
Paper Mario (N64)
Super Mario Bros. (Multiple)

--- The One Point Club ---

Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shoujo (FDS, SFC)
TimeSplitters 2 (GC)
Urban Champion (NES)
Metroid (NES, GBA)

--- Poll Stats ---
Total votes:    14
Total games:    149
Favored system: GameCube

[Fryguy64]

The fact the Gamecube is the favoured system is interesting.

It reminds me of around a year ago, Edge magazine had a very bored person write in to their letters page... they had tallied up all the scores to work out the mean average "best system for games" - and it was the N64.

Still... good to see Melee is right up top, and Yoshi's Island is in the top 5. I never expect it to do that well - my influence must be infectious

[Dances in Undergarments]

Wouldn't the tie make them joint 10th and 11th place, making Smash Bros 12, etc, etc?

Also, "With a list like this, you'd swear we were on a Nintendo forum or something"

Also Melee number 1 makes me sad. I mean, I love Melee, but if you did this exact poll this time next year without a doubt it will be much lower and replaced with Brawl... so how does that make it 'BEST EVAAAAAAAAH'?

EDIT: By the way, nice work Nester.

Also, what were the actual points for the positions? I would like ot see how much Fry and I's Yoshi's Island love forced it up the charts.

[kirbychu]

dancesinunderwear said:

Also Melee number 1 makes me sad. I mean, I love Melee, but if you did this exact poll this time next year without a doubt it will be much lower and replaced with Brawl... so how does that make it 'BEST EVAAAAAAAAH'?

The same could be said of most of the games on here, though. Would Mario Sunshine still be so high up after Galaxy's release? Would Paper Mario 2 still be up there when Paper Mario 3 is out?

I'd take any of the more recent titles with a pinch of salt. Games like Twilight Princess would likely be lower on the list than games like ALttP if they weren't the most recent game in the series. The real winners are games like Mario 64 and Yoshi's Island. Over ten years old and still that high? They've stood the test of time.

[Dances in Undergarments]

kirbychu said:

dancesinunderwear said:

Also Melee number 1 makes me sad. I mean, I love Melee, but if you did this exact poll this time next year without a doubt it will be much lower and replaced with Brawl... so how does that make it 'BEST EVAAAAAAAAH'?

The same could be said of most of the games on here, though. Would Mario Sunshine still be so high up after Galaxy's release? Would Paper Mario 2 still be up there when Paper Mario 3 is out?

I'd take any of the more recent titles with a pinch of salt. Games like Twilight Princess would likely be lower on the list than games like ALttP if they weren't the most recent game in the series. The real winners are games like Mario 64 and Yoshi's Island. Over ten years old and still that high? They've stood the test of time.

Ya, thats what I was trying to get at. But at least, say, Mario Sunshine isn't going to be completely usurped by Galaxy, as it still has its own story / levels / mechanics / whatever, whereas with Melee, its just gonna be 'Brawl -'. Probably. Some guy will come and claim its better because you can teh wavedash and the ground based combat is better or some stupid thing, but it basically will be overwritten, methinks.

[Nester the Lark]

dancesinunderwear said:

Wouldn't the tie make them joint 10th and 11th place, making Smash Bros 12, etc, etc?

I prefer to have two games occupy one place because it seems to me that if one of the games spills over into 11th place, it isn't really a tie. Consequently, we end up with 26 games occupying 25 spaces.

Also Melee number 1 makes me sad. I mean, I love Melee, but if you did this exact poll this time next year without a doubt it will be much lower and replaced with Brawl... so how does that make it 'BEST EVAAAAAAAAH'?

I was thinking this would be like an annual thing, so this list only represents opinions for this year. (Which also explains the heavy GameCube slant.)

EDIT: By the way, nice work Nester.

Thanks!

Also, what were the actual points for the positions? I would like ot see how much Fry and I's Yoshi's Island love forced it up the charts.

I debated with myself as to how I should tally the results, and I ultimately came up with two methods: one emphasized individual votes, while the other heavily favored games that appeared on multiple lists. Both methods had their pros and cons, but I ultimately went with the former because it was simpler.

In the case of Yoshi's Island, it appeared on 8 of the 14 votes, and was relatively high on those lists, which is why it placed so high.

My main concern was cutting down the occurrence of ties. If two or more games received the same score, I would break the tie based on the number of votes each got. If the vote count was the same, it went through to the tiebreaker vote.

I'll try to update the list to include scores and vote counts.

[nocturnal YL]

So I was the only one voting for Famitan? Oh, you should see how text games actually deserve some praise!

Also a tad surprised to see SMW above SMB3.

[Wildcat]

Heh, interesting. Thanks for the hard work, Nester! I'll look forward to next year's list!

[Hiker of Games]

SHENANIGANS!

This doesn't reflect my opinion whatesoever! Recount! I couldn't find the ballot! SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!

[TV Eye]

masamune said:

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!

NOOOOOO!!!!!! EUTHANASIA!!!

*ahem*

Anyways, awesome list Nester, truly a great refection of Nintendo and all their glory. Seems we here have good taste in games!

[Deleted]

Well--Skies of Arcadia and Eternal Darkness both made it on the list, so I'm content! Great organizational job, Nester. This was funtimes!

[8bitretroshit]

Mario 64 scored higher then I thought it would.
Anyway, awesome work Nester

[Sqrt2]

I'm suprised to see that Majora's Mask scored higher than Twilight Princess.