[Courtney]

Usually, I'd say #9 NFL Blitz could take it easy, but the Zelda series, represented here by #8 Twilight Princess, has such a strong showing in this competition that nothing's impossible.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess



vs.

NFL Blitz

[Mikey]

One of the best nights ever:

I was working at the bowling center at the time, and we had a dude kick in the front of the Blitz game in our arcade. Dude got hauled off for stealing all the quarters and we shut the thing down for the night... HOWEVER, after we closed for the night, me, Eric, and Todd plugged the thing back in, reached in the front and flipped the credit button ALL NIGHT LONG. We literally played the thing from 2:30am til 7:30 the next morning when the morning crew showed up to open.

[Jack Quinn]

Twilight Princess is one of the best games I have ever played. Blitz is fun, but its not even the best football game in this showdown.

[Lucky]

If I had gotten around to playing Twilight Princess my vote may be different. But its been collecting dust since I bought it as the few times I've tossed it in the Wii I've realized I don't have the patience or time for the game. More of me just not being a gamer anymore and not wanting to to stay up until dawn playing a game. So no vote for it from me.

Blitz on the other hand is a game I wasted WAY too many quarters on and probably could have bought it for a home system quite a few times. In fact I probably could have bought a damn arcade version for the amount I spent on it. But I loved it even though I knew I was wasting too much money on it. And its the last real arcade game I ever played because it was in the Commuter center of my college freshman year (the one year I was a commuter) and with the exception of the occasional trip to Dave and Buster's I haven't been near too many arcades since.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Who didn't go for "Da Bomb" every time? Nothing like a 90 yard pass.

[Stu]

RPG Game I've never played but would play if the opportunity came up.
Or American Football game which I'd never play in a million years?
Hmm.

[DevSop]

Good, it doesn't want you anyway.

[Stu]

Is that the real cover to NFL Blitz, or a joke cover?

[creepy]

Sept 7, 2008 10:17:53 GMT -5 Lucky said:

Blitz on the other hand is a game I wasted WAY too many quarters on and probably could have bought it for a home system quite a few times. In fact I probably could have bought a damn arcade version for the amount I spent on it. But I loved it even though I knew I was wasting too much money on it. And its the last real arcade game I ever played because it was in the Commuter center of my college freshman year (the one year I was a commuter) and with the exception of the occasional trip to Dave and Buster's I haven't been near too many arcades since.

Basically the same. My buddy Brad and I used to work the shithole dollar theatre 12-6 and slam a 6 pack of beer in the chemical closet at 6 pm Tuesday -Thursday. We would then go to the bowling alley and play Blitz for 30 minutes. We would then go to college night classes. We did this every week for a whole semester. Best college semester ever.




As far as Twilight Princess is concerned, I got to a certain part and kept fucking up on it about 6 times. I never went back to it. That was last summer and I just stopped caring. It was visually stunning, but it just lacked a certain something. Maybe I'll start it up again someday. It is a beautiful game.

[Lucky]

Sept 7, 2008 16:23:04 GMT -5 Stu said:

Is that the real cover to NFL Blitz, or a joke cover?

Its real. Blitz wasn't a standard football game. It was a fast and ridiculous gameplay that was as arcade or cartoonish as it could be. It was basically NBA Jam except that they also encouraged you to hit wrestling maneuvers on each other after the plays. It was just ridiculously fun.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

I'm a fan of realistic sports game over the arcadey types. The exception being NBA Jam back in the day. Plus Twilight Princess is fantastic. It was my first Zelda game since the original and I loved playing it on the Wii and using the controller like a sword, aiming the bow, etc.

[Courtney]

Dammit, I need a tiebreak. Hmm, I can't see who voted or I'd get an outside person. And I don't want to just toss a coin. Hmm...anyone got any ideas?

[bdbdbd]

Just move Twilight Princess ahead because it's the right thing to do?

[Byrntrigan]

Yeah, if you didn't select a tie breaker person before the showdown started I'd recommend using your boyfriend as the tie breaker.

Or Pun as he didn't submit a list. I used him for the Tag Showdown...

[Courtney]

Good idea. That's done.

[Byrntrigan]

So who won?

[Jack Quinn]

if there is any justice in the world it was Twilight Princess

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Sept 12, 2008 20:01:10 GMT -5 Jack Quinn said:

if there is any justice in the world it was Twilight Princess

Wow. You want a Princess game to beat an NFL game? 8-)

[Jack Quinn]

clearly

[Byrntrigan]

Moose clearly believes in intelligent design & smartness > sports

[The Jewish Cunthead]

No he doesn't... it's Moose for fuck's sake. He believes in nothing.

[Jack Quinn]

I believe you suck, how's that?

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Let me just get this straight. You're not voting for a football game that lets you drop an elbow after tackling someone, but instead the game with a little boy named after sausage?

[Jack Quinn]

there are better football games in THIS VERY SHOWDOWN that I voted for.

and [sop]that little boy is HAWT[/sop]

[Byrntrigan]

and he turns into a wolf. Let us not forget...