Gamespot's All Time Greatest Game Sidekick

Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:42 am

As you know, Gamespot likes to do random tournaments and well, they've got another one going, and this one I actually caught in time to participate.

It's titled All Time Greatest Game Sidekick, and it focuses on our hero's right hand man (or woman, or Droid, or what is that? :poke: ), the ones who stand just outside the spotlight while the hero takes all the credit. They've got a http://www.gamespot.com/greatest-video-game-sidekick/sidekick/index.html?tag=content_nav%3Bsubnav%3Bfull+list, as is appropriate, and the bracket is setup http://www.gamespot.com/greatest-video-game-sidekick/bracket/index.html?tag=content_nav%3Bbracket. I believe you can make your own, and vote on the sidekicks as well.

All the info can be found at Gamespot's http://www.gamespot.com/greatest-video-game-sidekick/index.html?tag=content_nav%3Bblog for the tournament, as well as "behind the sidekicks" bios. So, who do you guys think will win?

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Current Matchups - 09/12 to 09/16

*Currently winning

Bracket 1

58% - Tails vs Lucca - 42%
60% - Dominic Santiago vs Chocobo - 40%
53.4% - Cortana vs Moogle - 46.6%
54.8% - Launchpad McQuack vs Zero - 45.2%

Bracket 2

64% - Garrus Vakarian vs Minsc - 36%
37.2% - Sully vs HK-47 - 62.8%
66.7% - Clank vs Elika - 33.3%
46% - Albert Einstein vs Yoshi - 54%

Bracket 3

66.2% - Luigi vs Murray - 33.8%
62.7% - Dogmeat vs Agro the Horse - 37.3%
52.7% - Daxter vs Toad - 47.3%
39.6% - Midna vs Alyx Vance - 60.4%

Bracket 4

61.6% - Companion Cube vs Rush - 38.4%
60.8% - Epona vs Navi - 39.2%
49.7% - Diddy Kong vs Vivi - 50.3%
41% - Frog vs Otacon - 59%



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Spoiler

Round 1 Results

Bracket 1

Tails vs Globox
Wakka vs Lucca
Dominic Santiago vs Blob
Chocobo vs The Darkness
Cortana vs Dandelion
Moogle vs Athena
Captain John Price vs Launchpad McQuack
Zero vs Prinny

Bracket 2

Garrus Vakarian vs Arokh
Sheva Alomar vs Minsc
Sully vs Jan Ors
HK-47 vs Aika
Clank vs Doc Louis
Elika vs R.O.B.
Falco vs Albert Einstein
Yoshi vs Johnson

Bracket 3

Luigi vs Kai
Murray vs Maya Fey
Dogmeat vs Geno
Agro the Horse vs Barry Burton
Daxter vs Barry Wheeler
Toad vs Bentley
Midna vs Issun
Alyx Vance vs Alex Jacobson

Bracket 4

Companion Cube vs Crow
Rush vs Zeke Dunbar
Epona vs Lian Xing
Navi vs Servbot
Diddy Kong vs Goombella
Vivi vs Morte
Frog vs Dog
Otacon vs Luke Triton

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Carlos Rojas
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:47 pm

So, who do you guys think will win?

Alyx Vance or Luigi.

I'll be rooting for Navi though. :evil:
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Spencey!
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:54 am

the adoring fan.
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Robert Bindley
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:34 am

I was gonna scream bloody murder that Jan Ors wasn't on the list. Then I saw her.

But they did forget Max from the Sam & Max series of games. Also, I don't see Maureen "Mo" Corley from Full Throttle.
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Aliish Sheldonn
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:13 am

Modryn Oreyn was awesome. How I enjoyed walking with him for mile after mile so very, very slowly.
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:04 pm

I hate these. We're going to have a character like Morte from Planescape Torment or Minsc being beaten by the companion cube (CUZ LOL SO RANDUM) or Captain Price, just like how The Master got beaten by Bowser or Shodan got knocked out in the first round.

I liked how last time Master Chief got beaten by Bubble Bub, Sephiroph getting beaten by General RAAM and GLaDOS getting beaten by Darth Vader :evil:
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Angela Woods
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:45 am

I would agree that Alyx Vance has a lot going for her as a videogame sidekick. She's not only the romantic interest for Gordon Freeman, she's a capable fighter and scientist. She shows compassion in her reactions toward the humans that the Combine have mutilated (the techs that had their hands, feet, and more removed). She doesn't have a cartoonish figure or fantasy armor either.
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Louise Lowe
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:03 am

Dogmeat :wink_smile:
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Jah Allen
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:26 pm

Well I am glad that Zero made the list.
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:12 pm

From their list, HK-47 and Morte. Otherwise I'd say Metal Gear Mk2 from Snatcher or Otacon.

Iwazaru from Killer7 is kinda cool too.
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dell
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:24 pm

Why the [censored] is Sheeva there?! What the [censored] is up with that?!

Did these people even play Resident Evil 5? Didn't they notice that regardless of difficulty, how you play, how good you are, she'd walk into your range of fire and die because her AI is [censored]? Or that she'd get herself killed at whatever opportunity she had at hand because you as a player can't look after her all the god damned time, and she's [censored] armed and can't kill [censored]?! God, I hate that game...
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Kit Marsden
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:40 pm

Morte! :D
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Damien Mulvenna
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:23 am

Lian from Syphon Filter.

Holy [censored]! I just looked a the list and she's actually on there!

Other sidekicks I like are:
Athena, Companion Cube, Dogmeat, HK-47, and Sully.
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Tiffany Carter
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:01 am

Doc Louis.
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Ridhwan Hemsome
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:23 pm

Alyx Vance.

As far as character and personality, I'd say Alistair from DA:O. He was my favorite character in that game, probably from any game.

Edit: OH MAH GAWD GARRUS!

Garrus Vakarian built a better mousetrap.
But nobody can calibrate it right.

I visited Garrus Vakarian during Christmas, and he said: "Can it wait? I'm in the middle of some celebrations."

Garrus Vakarian let the gunship shoot him, because he was tired of being so damn beautiful.

The Reapers are called Reapers because Garrus Vakarian was already taken.

The Reapers aren't 'stuck' in Deep Space. They're just waiting for Garrus Vakarian to take a break from his calibrations.

Garrus Vakarian calibrated the Omega Relay.

Sovereign and a Thresher Maw got in an arm wrestle.
Garrus Vakarian won.
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Brad Johnson
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:50 am

Companion Cube. :wub:
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Kayla Bee
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:22 am

Other: Ed Brown from Policenauts. :P

From that list, Frog maybe.
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Ella Loapaga
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:02 pm

Daxter from the Jak series.

Also, Shadow, from Dead to Rights.
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Kate Norris
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:30 pm

TOO MANY CHOICES!!!!! i'm tied between Barry from Alan Wake, Dogmeat, Daxter, Bently, Clank, and Dominic Santiago from Gears of War though his ai svcks.
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Christina Trayler
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:05 am

Diddy Kong
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Khamaji Taylor
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:35 pm

I think it's weird Yoshi's on that list. I mean it's pretty weird seeing Mario ride him now that Yoshi has become sort of a person, he even drives his own Maro-Kart, he probably goes grocery shopping, he probably has a wife and kids, but along comes this mustached guy that rides him from behind every so often.
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Rebecca Dosch
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:46 pm

Dandelion!
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Betsy Humpledink
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:55 pm

HK_47 has my vote. Doubt he will win, however.
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Soph
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:31 am

I sweat, if Captain Price or the Companion Cube wins, I will commit suicide. I will have truly lost hope in humanity.
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Emma-Jane Merrin
 
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Post » Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:41 am

I sweat, if Captain Price or the Companion Cube wins, I will commit suicide. I will have truly lost hope in humanity.

What's wrong with a bro cube?
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