@axel I had the same thought as well, but awhile back I came to the best decision for me (and I can't stress that enough because what I'm good with may not vibe with you at all):

I'm getting this now, ASAP, and if there IS a PS5 version for Part 1, I'll bite the bullet on that too.

I came to this conclusion for two reasons:

1.) Since the original is my favorite game of all time, I don't mind having multiple copies, DEPENDENT on what a PS5 version has.

2.) IF the PS5 does backwards compatibility Series X is doing (where it's somehow automatically uprezzing the previous generation's games in the hardware itself), then having the PS4 version is fine for me. HOWEVER, I don't think Sony is doing the same thing in that area, or if they are not to the extent, quite like Xbox, so I would much rather experience this as soon as possible.

Again, that's just me, and your criteria is for you to help you determine what's best for you.

Personal thoughts regarding the controller:

Positives:

• Like the size.
• Haptic feedback and tension in the triggers are the most exciting parts
• PS Button being a textured logo and not just a circle

Negatives:

• The built-in mic is bold, but without using for myself, it currently feels pointless
• Touchpad is doubled down on being unnecessary UNLESS it can introduce more accessibility options. If not, then it's not worth it.
• I wish there was more of a balance to the colors OR the face buttons had their OG color to them

This picture is a FAKE, but I like this concept a lot more.

@mbun After seeing by how much for how long Kirby was dominating, I was shocked Glados won that match because I was CONVINCED Kirby was going to win out.

But that's the beauty of doing these things: I'm always surprised and people vote how they wish.

And we have our winner! In a dominating 9-2 decision, the Greatest Video Game Character of All Time as voted by you (from an outsourced bracket of course)...

Samus Aran!

Looking back, her path to glory was an interesting one. As a reminder, here's who she defeated to stand alone:

Chun-Li
Raiden (Mortal Kombat)
Luigi
Mega Man
Bayonetta
and now Glados

On a final note, thank you to every person who voted and/or commented! I greatly appreciate you choosing to participate and humor me in seeing what the collective voting would be. Until the next thread!

We've finally made it to the Grand Final. After many matches, votes, twists and turns, two characters face off in one last match.

Samus beat Bayonetta 7-5 to lay claim in being the last human standing, yet Glados has eliminated tournament sweetheart Kirby 8-4 truly cementing her evil.

It comes down to this: Of our two remaining combatants, which, in your opinion, is the Greatest Video Game Character of All Time?!

This last poll will remain up for two days and we will crown our winner at that time. See you then!

Samus or Glados?

We now have our Final Four, so going over these 1 on 1s one at a time, let's see who comprises the next two of our last three polls:

By way of a 7-3 vote, Bayonetta moves on against Wario. Her opponent is going to be Samus, who overcame Mega Man 6-4. On the other side, Glados was able to overcome Donkey Kong in the closest difference of 6-5. She will now go against Kirby who had the breeziest victory over Pikachu 8-3.

One of these four characters will be what you all consider to be the greatest video game character of all time. But who will it be? We gotta know the Finals to know that, and we can't get there until you make that last head to head. Vote below, come back in two days, and then vote one last time.

Bayonetta or Samus?
Glados or Kirby?

We now have only eight characters remaining, and to get to the remaining, most were from this past cycle were close calls. Also, moving forward, every poll is going to have a captcha to hopefully counteract the problems the polls experienced within the first hour. With that said let's see who is left:

• The largest three matchups were pretty decisive: Bayonetta and Kirby got by Master Chief and Solid Snake respectively with a score of 7-3 and Glados beat Bowser 6-2.
• Relatively speaking, the only "average" difference came with Pikachu shocking Toon Link 6-3.
• One match had a two vote difference in a 5-3 win for Donkey Kong over Mario, but THREE decisions were only made by a single vote: Samus over Luigi (6-5), Wario defeats Sonic (5-4), and Mega Man blasting Kratos (4-3).

As we determine the most unlikely of the Final Four characters, I gotta be honest: Wouldn't have predicted this to be the outcome in a hundred tries. But it's always been up to you! Who should continue on to the Semifinals? Quarterfinals below, and results Thursday.

Bayonetta or Wario?
Mega Man or Samus?
Donkey Kong or Glados?
Kirby or Pikachu?

@capnbobamous Not to my knowledge, as I have no way to track if someone just copies it and move it elsewhere.

I'm doing a complete refresh and creating the polls from scratch. Thank you a ton for the heads up. Super happy I decided to log back in for something else. Please give me a few minutes so I can try to fix this.

EDIT: Ok, I replaced each poll with a new link, and added a captcha to it. Don't really know if that'll do anything. If you've placed a vote within the last hour, please do so again. If this happens again, because I have no idea how 1.) this happened and 2.) if something/one is intentionally doing this, I'll have to stop the thread prematurely.

I'll check back in a little bit to see if things should've stabilized. If so, then we'll carry on. If not, I'll shut it down.

Alrighty everybody we have our Final 16! Instead of having it always being broken up into quadrants like I did last year, I've decided that, from this post forward, you should be able to see every matchup for every round. Before we get to those, let's see how the last round played out and lemme tell ya, your Nintendo fandom shows strong!

• There were two virtual no contests in this round with Mario torching Spyro 8-1, and Donkey Kong beating Tifa 7-2.
• Three matchups had the 6-4 decision: Bowser defeating DOOM Guy, Glados outperforming Banjo & Kazooie, and Kirby zipping past Zelda.
• There were another two differences in two votes with Solid Snake over Pac-Man, and Pikachu over Fox, but the score was 5-3.
• The lone nail-biter sees Toon Link emerge victorious over Nathan Drake 6-5.

And now, here are the remaining matchups and from here you can tell how the different permutations can be. Have fun determining who will be the remaining eight and I'll confirm that in two days.

Bayonetta or Master Chief?
Wario or Sonic?
Kratos or Mega Man?
Luigi or Samus?
Mario or Donkey Kong?
Bowser or Glados?
Solid Snake or Kirby?
Toon Link or Pikachu?

Hello one and all! I'm back to let you know what the left side panned out and present you with the right side. So about that left side, let's see who filled out the first half of the remaining 16.

• There was only one blowout, with Samus obliterating Raiden by a 9-1 margin.
• Most of the others were a two to four vote difference. Three matches had the same 7-3 outcome: Master Chief beats Ciri, Wario defeats Knuckles, and Mega Man overcame Cloud.
• Two of the head to heads had a difference of three votes: Kratos icing Sub-Zero, 7-4 and Bayonetta putting down Ryu, 6-3.
• Finally, the two closest outcomes were Luigi owning a 7-5 victory over Ratchet & Clank and Sonic outpacing Ellie 6-4.

Now let's take a look at the other half. Hope you all have a good weekend, and I'll update on Sunday. Have fun voting!

Mario or Spyro?
Tifa or Donkey Kong?
DOOM Guy or Bowser?
Banjo & Kazooie or Glados?
Solid Snake or Pac-Man?
Kirby or Zelda?
Toon Link or Nathan Drake?
Fox McCloud or Pikachu?