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Guinness' Top 50 Game Franchises of All Time
« on: May 09, 2010, 02:22:38 pm »
According to Guinness, who apparently now decides greatness in the same way that GameFAQs does (via poll), the "Chrono Trigger" franchise is 37th.

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/704527/Guinness-World-Records-Names-Top-50-Game-Franchises-Of-All-Time.html#readmore

It's also odd that WoW isn't a part of the Warcraft franchise (even though I was glad they didn't call it the "Metal Gear Solid" series) and funny that Final Fantasy is beat out (by one spot) by Kingdom Hearts...>_>
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Re: Guinness' Top 50 Game Franchises of All Time
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2010, 04:02:54 pm »
How is Goldeneye 007 a franchise? I'm glad it's there, but...?
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Re: Guinness' Top 50 Game Franchises of All Time
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2010, 12:18:50 am »
Probably because if they had put the "Bond" franchise it wouldn't have made the list with all the other games in it that were crap...
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Re: Guinness' Top 50 Game Franchises of All Time
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2010, 01:37:05 pm »

Aww...

Ours is stuck between two racing games that I couldn't care less about.

And how come Legend of Zelda beat out Super Mario Bros?

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Re: Guinness' Top 50 Game Franchises of All Time
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2010, 03:26:23 pm »
Someone on another board I saw the list at noticed a glaring error on the part of these so-called gamers: NO METROID!!
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Re: Guinness' Top 50 Game Franchises of All Time
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2010, 02:03:35 am »
As far as I'm concerned, Legend of Zelda should beat out any game on the list. I'll be honest, Chrono and the Metal Gear series are probably my top games. But as far the influence, the pervasiveness, and the sheer awesomeness? Zelda wins every time. The sad fact is that Mario is great, but the gameplay never significantly expands. Or when it did, it imbibed basically Zelda elements. Zelda has grown and changed over the years, as well as influencing all games.

Mario is great, but I think Zelda is better. Game Informer ranks the original as the best game of all time out of two hundred others.

Anyway, that's my rant for the night on the subject.
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Re: Guinness' Top 50 Game Franchises of All Time
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2010, 10:54:20 pm »
Halo #1 ? Ok the game was really fun but it's not a timeless classic.
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