Welcome to year three of VGChartz March Madness!

It's March, and that means March Madness in the United States. For those unfamiliar with March Madness, it refers to the NCAA Men's basketball championship, a single-elimination tournament that brings together Division 1 basketball teams from all over the country.

Since this is VGChartz, I'm replacing the basketball teams with video games.

Here's the plan:

There are three threads: nomination, tournament, and prediction. In this nomination thread, members can post up to fifty* games they would like to see appear in the tournament. The 64* games that receive the most votes will make the final roster. In the tournament thread, we will vote on a daily basis for each round of the tournament. And in the prediction thread, members can submit their prognostications for the tournament. The member with the most accurate bracket will win, from me, a Steam game of his or her choice, not to exceed $20.

Please post your nominations in this thread. You may post up to fifty (50) games.

• 2015 Nomination Thread
• 2015 Tournament Thread
• 2015 Prediction Thread

• 2014 Nomination Thread
• 2014 Tournament Thread
• 2014 Prediction Thread

• 2013 Nomination Thread
• 2013 Tournament Thread
• 2013 Prediction Thread

Tournament games:

My nominations:

Retro City Rampage 
Donkey Kong Country 3
Gears of War 
Shadow of the Colossus 
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 
The Elder Scrolls III 
Panzer Dragoon 
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Devil May Cry (2001)
The Legend of Zelda 
Halo 2
Demon's Souls
Tomb Raider II
Metroid: Zero Mission
Beyond Good & Evil
Super Mario Galaxy
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Super Street Fighter II
Final Fantasy VII
Chrono Trigger
SoulCalibur
BioShock
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
Tetris DX
Psychonauts
Perfect Dark
Metal Gear Solid
Super Mario Galaxy 2 
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds 
Ico 
Metroid Prime
Super Mario World
Banjo-Kazooie 
GoldenEye 007 
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 
Super Mario Bros. 3 
StarCraft 
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Mario Kart 8
Super Metroid
Tomb Raider (1996)
Xenoblade Chronicles
Banjo-Tooie
Super Mario 64
Half-Life 2 
Final Fantasy VI 
Resident Evil 4 
Halo: Combat Evolved
Deus Ex
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 

Nominations are now open! If you nominate a title that corresponds to two different games, please add the year after it, e.g., Tomb Raider (1996) or Tomb Raider (2013).

Looking good Vek! Will have a think and replace this post accordingly.

I've had a think, and I've decided to just post my Top 50:

50. Pokemon B/W
49. Bit Trip Beat
48. PWAA: Justice For All
47. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
46. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
45. Half Life 2
44. ZombiU
43. Saints Row 3
42. PullBlox
41. The Last Story
40. Bioshock 2
39. Layton and Pandora's Box
38. Pokemon B/W2
37. AJ:AA
36. Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
35. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
34. GTA: Vice City Stories
33. Dangan Ronpa
32. Bit Trip Flux
31. Ratchet and Clank 3
30. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
29. Layton and the Spectre's Call
28. Pandora's Tower
27. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
26. Metroid Prime 3
25. Chrono Trigger
24. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
23. Super Smash Bros. 3DS
22. Ratchet and Clank
21. GTA: Vice City
20. Fire Emblem: Awakening
19. Okami
18. Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch
17. Layton and the Miracle Mask
16. Skyward Sword
15. Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
14. Spyro
13. Ratchet and Clank 2
12. PWAA: Trials And Tribulations
11. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
10. Spyro 2
9. GTA V
8. PWAA: Dual Destinies
7. PL V PWAA
6. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
5. Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
4. Spyro 3
3. Ratchet and Clank A Crack In Time
2. GTA San Andreas
1. Xenoblade Chronicles

Chrono Cross
Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy X
Halo 2
Legend of Dragoon
Lost Odyssey
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)

Tagged.

So these 50 games are not limited to 2015, but for any games, right?

Any game, any era. And you can nominate fewer than 50, too. 

I'm going to think about them , fifty is a lot of games.

1 Contra

2 Tetris

3 Super Mario Land

4 Sonic Advance

5 Sonic Rush

6 MOON

7 Pokemon Black/White

8 Pokemon Gold/Silver

 9 Pokemon X/Y

10 Pokemon Mistery Dungeon. Red Rescue Team

11 Shadow of the Colossus 

12 Mario Kart Wii

13 Mario Kart DS

14 Super Smash Bros. Brawl

15 Super Mario Galaxy

16 Bravely Default

17 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

18 Persona 3

19 Chrono Trigger

20 BioShock

21 Tetris 3DS

22 Super Mario Galaxy 2

23 Super Mario 64

24 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

25 Age of Empires II

26 Megaman Zero

27 Bomberman

28 God of War

29 Pokemon Snap

30 Kid Ikarus Uprising

31 Shovel Knight

32 Hotline Miami

33 Katawa Shoujo

34 The Elder Scrolls Skyrim

35 Wii Sports

36 Fire Emblem Awakening

37 Fire Emblem the Sacred Stones

38 Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare

39 Codename S.T.E.A.M.

40 Team Fortress 2

41 Portal 2

42 Plants VS Zombies

43 Corpse Party

44 Age of Mythology

45 Unreal Tournament 2003

46 Minecraft

47 To the Moon

48 Mortal Kombat

49 Castlevania Portrait of Ruin

50 2048