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S.Peelman on 07 December 2022
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mZuzek said:
mZuzek said:

It's actually kinda funny going back through my previous lists and seeing just how many games used to be in front of Ocarina of Time and have since fallen behind it, some off the list entirely.

I actually got a bit interested to check this out in detail and it shocked me just how many there are, so, for our Ocarina of Time enjoyers, here's all of them:

- Star Fox 64 was ahead for 8 years, it's now at #28.
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U was ahead for 7 years, it's now at #29.
- The Wind Waker was ahead in 6 years, it's now at #27.
- Portal was ahead for 3 years, it's now at #31.
- Metroid: Samus Returns was ahead for 3 years, it's now at #39.
- Super Meat Boy was ahead for 3 years, it's now at #45.
- Super Mario Odyssey was ahead for 3 years and has since fallen off the list entirely.
- GTA: San Andreas was ahead for 2 years and has also fallen off the list.
- Metroid Prime 3 was ahead once, it's now at #32.
- Splatoon was ahead once, it's now at #34 (though it was off the list last year).
- Splatoon 2 was ahead once, it's now at #35.
- Twilight Princess was ahead once (lol), it's now at #41.
- Hyper Light Drifter was ahead once, and has fallen off the list this year, though it still made the honorable mentions at least.
- Spirit Tracks, Star Fox Zero, Smash Bros. Ultimate, AM2R, and Tekken 5 (lol) were all ahead one time and have disappeared from the list.

So that's 18 whole games Ocarina of Time saw falling behind it. Which is funny because Ocarina of Time debuted at #17 in my first list. Since then, it has stayed in the #23-27 range every year. It's like, every year I convince myself that my opinion of it has improved just enough for it to stay roughly at the same spot, while everything else explodes.

umm, I hope that wasn't too uninteresting

No this is very interesting. Yes, while those games are all good, they’re indeed not that good.

This also reminds me I should make a neat spreadsheet of this where I can do this whole thing more efficiently. I now have simple .txt files for every year. I make neat spreadsheets for everything else so I might as well do it for a Top 50 Games list too.

Last edited by S.Peelman - on 07 December 2022