Video Game Character Tournament Quarterfinals

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Maybe you should play something else. Hello and

welcome to GCR and wars. This is episode 18.

This is round three or the Semi -finals, I think

quarter quarter quarter finals semi -finals What

the hell ever of the GCR and wars? Video game

character tournament. I am TF2 and Mike and joining

me is Steve Megachon. Hello Hello optimus solo

aka solo Mac. Hello You're still retarded I'm

still gonna use that name. You shouldn't have

you know, but mac and cheese in your You shouldn't

had Nate add that mac and cheese into your Star

Wars Nate Crocker is here. Hello Hello Did mother

brain capture you or something like that No,

just retail stores I was gonna say, if your voice

goes a few octaves higher, you could be an eggplant

wizard. What does that mean? Eggplant wizard

is one of the villains from Captain N. Used to

hang out with Mother Brain and King Hibla all

the time. I see. For those of you that don't

listen to us all the time, Mike is the king of

references that nobody gets. Shut up. And of

course, we have TV's Mr. Neil. Yeah, I didn't

do it. That works All right, so it is the quarterfinal

round and we are gonna be doing this like we

did it last time We're going to have the reveals

and then talk about the next matchups after the

reveals. So Steve what is going on with the tournament?

Before Kevin has us go like what we did last

time Going bracket by bracket to break it down.

I will say that there have been quite a few upsets

It's Not gonna be anything anybody expected.

I'm just gonna say it now. There's gonna be some

pissed -off people. I guarantee it So yeah, I'm

I'm waiting to see what's gonna happen with the

panel whether you know people start throwing

tables over and pummeling each other or Yeah,

it's it's gonna all I think all hell is gonna

break loose in this one That can only lead to

more fun conversations and comments at the website

For those of you that are joining us late or

just trying to keep track of where we're at in

the tournament Last time we revealed all of the

winners of round one and we also kind of broke

down the round two matchups, which there was

eight of them. We kind of gave you our thoughts

on those eight matchups in round two and then

we put it up to you guys to decide who was gonna

make it to the quarterfinals. And obviously that's

what we're here today to do is to reveal the

winners of round two and to set up the quarterfinal

matchups. And we will begin... Way up in the

upper left corner of the bracket where we had

a round two matchup between Mario and Yoshi Steve

how did Mario and Yoshi fare when the the masses

got to pass their vote Somebody got shat out

as an egg Yoshi ate Mario 18 to 7 awesome Wow

18 to 7 holy crap Okay, I did not see that coming.

I didn't see it that far and away But well perhaps

our wish is granted and that it's not gonna be

just strictly vote on popularity and it's gonna

actually be who would actually Win in a matchup

for those that agreed and I think the panel was

kind of back and forth I mean, we thought we

predicted Mario would win, but I think a lot

of us were voting for Yoshi. So That's definitely

interesting. So Yoshi will move on to the quarterfinals

Which means he will be up against the winner

between last week's second battle, which was

Zelda versus Link. Steve, how did Zelda and Link

match up against each other? Well, before Steve

goes, I have to get Nate's opinion on this battle

personally, because Nate wasn't here last week,

and I think it's only fair that he give his opinion

on Zelda versus Link in general. Oh, okay. Well,

I don't know. Zelda is wiser than Link. But,

uh... Link... I don't know, Zelda always gets

kidnapped and Link has to save her, so... Probably

Link would win. Steve, how did it turn out? Uh...

Link smacked a hoe. Oh, no! No! Wow! My bitch

got slapped! Um, 22 to 5. Dang! 22 to 5... Dominating

win by link over Zelda so Zelda and Mario have

been eliminated from the tournament which sets

up our first quarterfinal matchup Yoshi Versus

link we will start with Mike. What do you think

when it comes to Yoshi? I don't know. I really

think this side of the brackets gonna turn into

an ultimate joke by the end of it because this

just seems It just seems so I heard Mario versus

Zelda Well, it would have been the second time

she got bitch -slapped Zelda would have beaten

Link, Zelda would have beaten Mario. You never

know. Anyways, back to Yoshi and Link. Yoshi

and Link, I don't know. I mean, Link has so many

weapons at his disposal. I honestly don't think

Yoshi's gonna be able to eat and spit Link out

as an egg. I just don't think that's gonna happen.

So do you think link has link would have had

better powers and more of a chance than Mario

did against Yoshi? Yeah What I Don't know. What

way do you see this breaking down Nate? If you

have Yoshi and Lincoln, you know based on each

of their powers, you know We had thought back

in the second round that Mario had a good chance

against Yoshi Just because he's so used to controlling

where Yoshi goes, you know could possibly jump

on his back and run Yoshi off a cliff As long

as he avoided Yoshi's tongue, the egg process

that Mario might have had a good chance. Now

Yoshi's going against somebody completely different

than Link. How do you see that breaking down,

Nate? Well, I was going to mention something

about Link being able to dodge and have Yoshi

fall off a cliff or something, because that is

really the only way to kill a Yoshi, is to have

him drop to his death. Or to make him very sad

by stealing a baby. I don't know. If you want

to talk about straight up fighting, definitely

Zelda. Or I'm sorry, Link. Link is going to win.

But I want Yoshi to win. I don't even care. Yoshi

is so much more fun than Link. I'm biased against

Link, I guess. I'm going to say Yoshi. Just because

he's invulnerable and awesome. Neil what would

each person have to do to come out victorious

in this one who has the easier edge? Let's see

of the baby dinosaur versus Ike Turner apparently

That's tough to say cuz You got link who could

basically bomb him like like the dongos and then

But then again Yoshi can actually eat bombs You

can eat Bob -ombs. Would Link's shield be enough

to defend him against Yoshi's tongue? I think

he would just eat the shield. There are enemies

in Zelda who eat the shield. True. That's not

looking good for Link. So I'm going to have to

go with Yoshi. Steve? As much as I want to vote

against Yoshi. I don't think that it's going

to happen here. Link, yes, is more aerodynamic,

has a bunch of weapons in his arsenal, but I

mean, really, what are you going to stop a dinosaur

that eats stuff? True. I mean, he pretty much

can eat any of his opposition. It doesn't really

matter. So I think that Link may go down here.

I think the way I'm going to view this one is

looking back at the path that they've come through

so far. I'm picturing Yoshi as this underrated

character who's never been able to quite be the

most popular Nintendo character. So he had a

mission and he took care of Toad. He took care

of Mario all on a quest to really claim that

number one spot. Whereas Link probably got pretty

battered with Lil Mac in round one and then he

hobbled into round two somewhat already battered.

Then had to do something. He never thought he

would do Zelda and in beating Zelda In beating

Zelda he comes into this next round Morally and

physically down and I don't think he his will

to to proceed is gonna be able to match up against

Yoshi That's how I'm gonna paint this one So

he's too he's too heartbroken and the bitter

Defeat or a victory over Zelda is gonna gonna

way too much on his mind to let him focus and

Yoshi's just gonna plow right through him I dig

that explanation so much I am a fan of that narrative

Excellent. All right. Yeah, Yoshi would just

be like He doesn't care he's not gonna feel bad

He's like you're an egg. You're not dead. You're

just an egg. I Don't have to feel bad about that

Alright, so that is a preview of the first quarterfinal

matchups You guys will have to let us know if

you agree with us or disagree with us when it

comes to Yoshi versus Link And we will move on

to the other set of battles here on the left

side of the bracket which we saw round two matchup

between Mega Man and Donkey Kong Steve how did

Mega Man and Donkey Kong turn out for us? Robot

Buster for the win Big dumb gorilla Mega Man

beats the big dumb gorilla 19 to 7 Wow, that's

by more than I thought it would be Mega Man with

the dominating they were pretty neck -and -neck

for about two days And the Mega Man fans showed

up Took Donnie Kong out. Does that mean that

Mega Man has barrel shooting powers now? I believe

so I believe he gets to carry and and big hands

like Gutsman so he can slam stuff or throw a

barrel at it Alright, so Mega Man will prevail

into the quarterfinal matchup where he will be

looking at the winner between Bomberman and Kirby.

How did Bomberman and Kirby fare, Steve? This

is gonna be another sad moment. Bomberman won

14 to 13. 14 to 13. What? Wow. One vote. One

vote. What the fuck is wrong with these voters?

And Booth Ninja Mr. Michael Powers is going to

go irate. Yeah, but we did get one on the tournaments

on this side that can eat stuff. So he had Kirby

winning the whole thing in a landslide, so he

is going to be very upset. But maybe our explanations

of Bomberman being able to somehow pull off the

upset convinced some people. I don't know the

closest vote we've had so far by one vote. So

that will make it Bomberman and Mega Man Let's

break down this matchup Nate. What do you like

between Mega Man and Bomberman? Wow, this is

like a weird matchup. They're very similar Fighters

actually except one is a specialist and the other

isn't and I'm gonna I'm thinking The one that

has bombs is just one of his powers will probably

win Unless you think about all the different

types of bombs Bomberman has, I don't own a single

Bomberman game, so I'm not actually sure all

of the different abilities that Bomberman has.

I'm not sure about this one yet. It definitely

is interesting, Bomberman and Mega Man. I never

foresaw that being a matchup that was possible

to happen. So that's interesting. Neil, what

do you think between this one? Who do you like?

Well, I'm looking up I'm looking up the most

similar character to Bomberman which would be

bomb man And I don't think he's weak to the guts

men powers. So This is a very interesting one

Think about a little bit Yeah, let's see. Like

I said last time Bomberman has has the power

glove. He's got the he's got the bomb kicker.

He's got all sorts of power -ups He's even got

a ride on like Yoshi So I think, I think Mega

Man's got some trouble here. He's not equipped

with the thing that can take Bomberman down.

And if they're on the soccer field, then Mega

Man's just boned. Yeah, I'm going to have to

give it to Bomberman. The dark horse of the tournament,

possibly Bomberman making a run here. Steve,

how do you think this one plays out? Yeah, this

round it's going to be kind of tough just because

one, I mean, I like Mega Man better, but if He

still isn't if it were Mega Man X. I think that

there would be a better opportunity here, but

it's Mega Man And being that him and Bomberman

are so much alike in this scenario It's I don't

know I think it's gonna be pretty neck -and -neck

and then with having the the guts men ask powers

with Donkey Kong The more the most he can do

is probably ground pound or throw the bombs right

back at him or managed to get close enough to

pick him up and throw him off something. But

I don't I don't know. This one's going to be

real tough. I want to vote Mega Man, but I have

this inkling of a feeling that it's going to

be Bomberman that takes it. How far can Bomberman

throw his bombs? Not very far. Because if that's

the case, then Mega Man could just switch to

his Buster and power up and blast him. Yeah,

I'm wondering if Mega Man can keep a distance

in this one if he has a better chance. Now, in

our scenarios, are we saying that Mega Man only

has the powers of the people that he's defeated

so far, or he doesn't have... Yeah. Okay. All

right, just making sure. So he could, you know,

do the beautiful Joe thing, or he could do the

Donkey Kong thing, or his buster. Okay. That

makes it interesting. Yes, it does. Yeah, we're

pretending like this is round one like you normally

start with Mega Man where he doesn't have any

of the powers yet So he's got to get him as he

goes through his level, right? How many hits

can Bob man take before he dies one bomb right?

Like he's got power -ups Right. Yeah, he's he's

much like Mario Mike you're keeping pretty quiet.

I know you're upset that Kirby's not in this

still probably It's just one of those things

where I wanted to see what would happen for Kirby

and Mega Man to fight each other But so did I

if someone was gonna be Kirby in this tournament

though Bomberman had one of the best shots at

it. I Don't know Mega Man and Bomberman I Think

Mega Man can just power on through with the Mega

Buster Seriously, between that and Donkey Kong's

powers, he could easily beat Bomberman. Give

Bomberman no credit? No, not really. Yeah, I

don't know how I feel about this one. I feel

like if Mega Man keeps his distance, you know,

he has his buster, which could come in handy.

He could probably take Bomberman out from across

the stage. If he gets real close, I guess he

does have, you know, a little bit of a chance

with Donkey Kong's quote unquote power. If you

can avoid the bombs But you know Bomberman I

mean like you said if it's a open playing field

like a Something comparable to a soccer field

or something like that. Bomberman has a good

shot This one can go either way. I think obviously

the popular vote would be Mega Man But we'll

see Mega Man's been through beautiful Joe and

Donkey Kong Bomberman's been through Conker and

Kirby Nate how would you finally vote this one

if you had to pick? I'm gonna go with with Mega

Man Like I'm I'm I just think Mega Man is a more

He's he's it takes longer for him to die So he

could he could get hit with several bombs and

who knows maybe even bomber and he gets hit once

with a pea shooter You know for Mega Man, and

he's done, so I don't know. I'm thinking bomber

man. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm thinking Mega

Man So that would be how that side of the bracket

Steve or Neil or Mike anything else to say on

that battle before I go on? I'm voting Mega Man.

Okay. So that's how we see that side of the matchup

Yoshi versus Link Mega Man versus Bomberman.

Let's move our attention to the other side of

the bracket. We're back in round two. We had

Sly Cooper who had beat Crash Bandicoot fighting

Spyro who had taken out Rayman. So it was Sly

Cooper against Spyro. Steve how did the votes

tally with this one? This one's very neck -and

-neck too, but it's not a one vote. It's a two

vote Sly got burned 12 to 2 or 12 to 10. Oh wow

And the power of the dragon fans continues Think

a lot of us were voting sly in that one. I know

Mike you were voting Spyro You've been voting

him since the beginning by row all the way your

I've been voting sly so Mike you're happy. Let's

start with you What are your thoughts you still

think Spyro has a good shot? Yeah, I mean Not

a lot can withstand stand up to his dragonfire

He's definitely gonna have his hands full regardless

of how this turns out in this next round because

the other matchup on this side of the bracket

that we were looking at next was a matchup between

Ratchet and Clank and Jack and Daxter. Steve,

which one of these teams is going to be facing

Spyro in the next round? Well, to begin with,

one was winning and it was making me very sad.

And then it came back and it destroyed them.

Ratchet and Clank won 16 to 7. To which made

me happy. 16 to 7. Ratchet and Clank take out

Jack and Daxter so they do the rest of the field

a favor by taking that duo out. So then we see

Ratchet and Clank fighting against Spyro. Mike,

do you still feel good about Spyro's chances?

I don't know. Ratchet and Clank, they're still

very, very sneaky. I'm not sure. I think it's

an unfair advantage at this point that we have

a double team in the tournament. Yeah, well,

that's could could be it could be that way could

be where they end up running the tables and we'll

have to So Jim and Earl or banjo and Kazooie

Spiro would torch him easily. I Think he would

have his hands full with either of Jack and Daxter

or ratchet and clank Nate when it comes to ratchet

and clank versus Spiro to Spiro have any chance

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to use his Skylander friends? No. Then definitely

Ratchet and Clank. They have way more firepower

and he's got way more abilities. He can even

glide like Spyro with Ratchet on his back. His

maneuverability is going to be pretty easy. job

for him. Yeah, I can see that. Neil, what chance

does Spyro have? I don't know. Ratchet and Clank

has a gun. That's been kind of a bias for me.

It's like, if you have a gun, you're probably

going to win. Yeah, I think Ratchet and Clank.

My only scenario, the only thing I can come up

with here, going again. to their path through

here. Spyro could have got an easy first round

victory against Rayman if he got a quick fire

breath to him, might have taken him out fairly

easily. And in his battle against Sly, it could

have gone a long time, but it's not like a battle,

Sly and Spyro is not a battle that either one

of them is going to be that hurt or that damaged.

It's going to be more of a chess match where

somebody eventually gets the checkmate and it's

over, where it's not necessarily like a bruise

them out like we would have seen with Donkey

Kong and. or I mean, a link in Lil Mac or something

like that. You know, Ratchet and Clank, same

with the first round, Toe Jam and Earl, that

would have been easy. But I can see the scenario

here that Ratchet and Clank saw Jack and Dexter

in the second round. And the only argument I

could see for Spyro would be that Ratchet and

Clank had such a brutal battle in their last

round that they came in hurt, injured, or not

100 % after they had to take out Jack and Dexter.

So maybe if they come in lumping, Spyro has a

chance. Otherwise, I think it's still Ratchet

and Clank. Steve? I'm going Ratchet and Clank

also because of that reason, but also because

if you figure, you know, even if Spyro and Sly

didn't actually duke it out heavily in their

fight, it would have been an endurance battle

going back and forth. So it would have wore both

of them out. And you figure that he's probably

exhausted a lot of his fire breathing. Could

be. At this point, because he probably was shooting

shots at Sly. Is Spyro like the How to Train

Your Dragons where you only have so many bullets

to shoot? No. Is anybody willing to put a vote

for Spyro in this round? Well, yeah. I mean,

at this point, he is the underdog. And how many

times have we seen underdogs come back and win?

He's like the Yoshi at this side. No, he's not.

Yes, he is. He's not. They got somebody's bitch

pet on the top of each quarter. All right. So

that matchup, like we said, is Spyro against

Ratchet and Clank, which takes us down to the

last quadrant here. And last round, we had Earthworm

Jim trying to shoot out Sonic the Hedgehog. Was

he able to catch the Speedster, Steve? Almost.

Really? Yes. He came close. He was actually winning

for about a day and then the Sonic fans came

back. Sonic won 15 to 11. Wow, that is way closer

than I thought it would be. 15 to 11, Sonic speeds

into the quarterfinals. where he will match up

against the winner between our last round two

matchup, which saw Pac -Man going against Dig

Dug. Is Neil going to be happy or sad, Steve?

Neither and both. Oh. Oh my god. Oh, that's right.

It's a tie. This is the tie. What was the vote,

Steve? 12 to 12. 12 to 12. Alright, so we have

our first tie, which is lucky for us because

we have five of us here. So... Between the five

of us, I think we can officially cast our votes

and break this tie since there's an odd number

of us. Before we actually cast any votes, I'll

ask for your official vote here in a few minutes,

but let's rehash some of the talk because Neil

and Nate were not able to give any scenarios

last time since they weren't on the record. Let's

start with Nate. Looking at Pac -Man going against

Dig Dug. Who has advantages, disadvantages? How

do you see this one before you don't give our

vote yet? But who do you see having the better

strength or how do you break this one down? I

don't know. Pac -Man has had some weird games

coming out lately where he has legs and he's

running around and he's doing Mario stuff. And

that's kind of weird. But at the same time, those

games have given him like more abilities. than

just running around a maze and eating things

and then getting hit, one -hit kills from ghosts.

And in fact, the ghosts are his friends in those

games. It's very strange. Anyway, Dig Dug has

not evolved since... I don't know. There's no

modern remakes of Dig Dug, are there? So there's

just the one game, right? Or, well, maybe like

two, but... There was two dig dugs. There were

two dig dugs and in those games he could dig

and he could dug and he could blow up balloons.

He could blow up Pac -Man. The way I see it,

yeah. He's like trying to get his nozzle into

Pac -Man or whatever and then Pac -Man sees it.

He's actually hiding in a corner with his nozzle

out there hoping that Pac -Man will just come

in and instantly eat it. like everything else.

Take his nozzle and blow it. And he'll be able

to do that. And Pac -Man needs to get that power

pellet so he can just run them right through

Dig Dug. There are so many double entendres in

this show. I know. Neil, help us out. Oh, go

ahead, Nate. Finish your thought. No, no. I mean,

whatever. I'd go with Pac -Man. I like Pac -Man.

Neil, how do you see it breaking down? He's got

an air pump he can throw like a spear. So I could

give it to Dig Dug. Right through his mouth and

into the back of his skull. Oh, God. Pac -Man

skull. Pac -Man's going down like a, like a,

not a, like a, like a. God darn it. That's what

I was thinking, yeah. I mean, if Pac -Man gets

ahold of a power pellet, does Dig Dug have any

chance? No. He'll run right through him. But

that's if he gets a hold of a power. So DigDug

has to get him before he gets that power pellet.

Yep. And then once Pac -Man has the power pellet,

DigDug has to hope he's far enough away that

he can outrun Pac -Man or delay him long enough.

He does have the chance to toss that shovel slash

blow up. I don't want to say anything inappropriate.

Anyways. Steve, you kind of talked about it last

week a little bit, but how are you seeing it

now that it's kind of a crucial thing where we're

all going to have to cast a deciding vote here?

I mean, I like one more than the other just because

he's 3D. So he fits with the rest of the cast.

They all have, you know, like, I don't know,

they're more next gen. Wow. Dig -Dug has bad

graphics. I'm racist against computer characters.

I'm surprised at how close some of these have

been. But, I mean, Dig -Dug, while he has the

more, I don't know, easier to defeat Pac -Man

abilities, he also doesn't have the most longevity

as far as video games. Yeah, like pac -man just

keeps like dying and evolving and dig dug just

dies He's died twice and he stayed dead the second

time as much as I think it would be funny either

way like I Was dig dug resilient that he's been

able to survive even though he hasn't had all

these other games and people still know who he

is. I don't just Maybe not everybody knows who

he is. I don't know I knew of the game and I

didn't really, you know, pay too much attention

to him. I knew Pac -Man, but that's because he's

like the Mario of Sony for the most part, like

on some levels, like he was at one time. And

it's the Mario of Sony? Well, not really, but

I mean, like he's of, or not Sony. Atari. What's

his publisher? Namco. Namco. Namco? Yeah, that's

what I meant. He's like the Mario of Namco, that's

what I meant. They're both Namco. It's just be

an all -out Namco or like one hits him with the

with the pole position car the other one comes

back with a soul caliber Well, you know dig dug

would use the pole position against you know,

I don't know I think Just on principle alone

because pac -man pisses me off when it plays

games. I'm gonna go dig dug Alright, so let's

see how this is breaking down Nate. Your official

vote was with who? And Neil, your official vote

is Dig Dug? Yep. Steve, your official vote is

Dig Dug? Yes. Mike? Pac -Man will eat him up

and spit him out. There you go. We said that

last round and you see how well that worked.

Mike took the easy way out, damn you. No, I mean,

okay, look at it. So apparently things that eat

things don't tend to last long in this tournament.

The only one with the exception is the invulnerable

one. Mike skirted the decision by picking Pac

-Man and leaving it still a tie up until my vote.

Dang it. I was hoping you four would just decide

it amongst yourselves. Wow. I mean, it kind of

goes to that scenario. Dig Dog has to be able

to hit Pac -Man with something before Pac -Man

gets that power pellet. That's provided if there

is a power pellet. No, there's always a power

pellet. You cannot take that away from him. He

started with that. It might be on the other side

of the arena, but Dig Dug has to somehow... I

mean, Pac -Man's not going to go after Dig Dug.

He's going to go after the power pellet. Dig

Dug is going to have to somehow stop him from

getting there by somehow landing that javelin

of his into Pac -Man. Digging a big hole in the

ground So he's gonna have to and having pac -man

fall on it And I figure he's gonna have only

a few shots to get pac -man before he gets to

that part of us So he's got to make one of those

count if not once pac -man gets that thing He

is gonna outrun dig dug with his invincibility

So see even if he does it like the thing with

dig dug is he has to chase pac -man Pac -man

is chasing the pellet, but dig or he digs a hole

A really big hole and drops Pac -Man and he can't

get to the pellet. Cause I mean if you argue

that then Mario and Luigi could have used the

star against each other and then it would have

been a tie. Oh god. And then Mario could have

used the star against Yoshi and then he could

have used the star against the next one and he

would have just swept the board. Let me ask you

guys one thing. People that know anything about

Dig Dug, cause I wasn't a huge player of his

game. If you had to answer the question which

character is faster is pac -man faster or is

dig dug faster Pac -man's way faster Because

of modern If pac -man's faster, even if he doesn't

have the power pellet Is he fast enough to get

around to the back of dig dug and somehow just

outmaneuver him and just eat him from behind?

Yes I'm putting that down. Yes male thoughts

It's possible I don't know. If Dig Dug is accurate

enough to hit him with his first shot, then I

think he has a chance. But I think the speed

of Pac -Man might tend to push me towards that

direction. I think I'm going to officially vote

for Pac -Man. Welcome to the winning team. I

apologize to everybody. I just pissed off with

that. We could have had an interesting bottom

of the bracket on each side with Bomberman and

Dig Dug going forward, though. That would have

been interesting. All right, so that means that

we now can move on to the other quarterfinal

matchup that took a little while I apologize,

but now we have Sonic the Hedgehog Going up against

Pac -Man We just talked a lot about Pac -Man

now that he's going up against Sonic the speed

factor goes away Nate So is it Sonic all the

way in this one? Yeah Come back to me, please

Sonic or Pac -Man, Mike? Sonic. He's way faster

than Pac -Man. And Sonic, no matter how many

times Pac -Man hits him, can just re -grab those

rings and have more energy as he goes along.

All right, you sold me. And Sonic's probably

just fast enough to just take the power pellets

himself if they're even a bit. How many rings

does he get? Even one's just a bit. We were gonna

set up an arena. We're going to put Pac -Man

on one side. We're going to put Sonic on the

other. We're going to put some rings opposite

Sonic, some power pellets opposite Pac -Man.

Go. Well, in that scenario... Sonic should be

faster to get the ring. So they're pretty much

all with each other now? Yeah, pretty much. That's

what it sounds like when you describe it like

that. Sonic's fast enough to go to the end of

the arena, pick up his rings, go back to the

other end of the arena, and just kick away the

power pellets. It's almost like Quicksilver here.

Oh god, now as I'm here my head is time in a

bottle. Crap. That's the song that's playing

during this battle as Sonic runs circles around

Pac -Man possibly. I don't know. Pac -Man, have

any chance Steve or are you gonna seek your revenge

that Dig Dug didn't make forward and let Sonic

annihilate Pac -Man? Oh, I'm gonna have Sonic

annihilate Pac -Man. Sonic's gonna run giant

circles around him until he... Chokes his air

out and then Does his hedgehog cutter and cuts

through cuts him in half Neil agree or disagree

Well, even without rings Sonic can just spin

dash through any enemies and last time I checked

last time I checked Pac -Man is not made of a

wall of spikes So I think it'll be no problem

for Sonic That would have been the one chance

that dig dug would have had in this matchup as

he could have if he would have held His thing

up at the right time maybe made Sonic run into

it Possibly. But I think Sonic probably would

have beat either opponent. But I think Big Doug

would have had the chance because he had that

spike. But yeah, I can see Sonic winning this

one pretty easily. Nate, coming back to you,

you think Sonic owns this one? Yeah, yeah, definitely.

Alright, so that is how the quarterfinals shape

up. Again, on the first side of the bracket,

we had Yoshi going against Link. You can vote

for the winner at the website. Then we had Mega

Man going against an upset Bomberman. Then on

the other side, we have Spyro going against Ratchet

and Clank and then Sonic going against Pac -Man.

We are getting down to the nitty -gritty. There's

only eight combatants left. You have to let us

know who you think should make all the way into

the final four. Definitely closer. We said each

round you kind of get some closer battles. We

had a one vote difference We had a two vote difference

and we had a tie So that means if you're wanting

somebody win spread the word get this out to

your friends Share it on your Facebook Twitter

or whatever you got to do to get some more votes

in here Mike, how do you see this all shaping

up? Are you surprised at the outcome so far?

And how are you looking at it now that we're

down to the finally the elite eight? It's gonna

be really interesting Yeah, I think I'm gonna

be really pissed off if Not that I dislike the

characters, but I think I'm gonna be really pissed

off if ratchet and clank win the whole thing

cuz that's just an Ultimate cheat because they

are a team and everyone else is a single player

I've forecasted into the internet. We know you

do and I Can honestly say I don't think that

they're gonna get to the final I mean, I think

they'll obviously, I think that they'll get to

the semi, but I don't think they'll get to the

final. Should be interesting. I see a couple

that stand out to me as possible favorites for

people. I've seen, going through the comments

that we've had so far in the different episode

posts, I definitely have seen arguments for a

couple different people that are still remaining.

Obviously, we saw Mario leave the tournament

now. A lot of people had him possibly winning

it all. And they were apparently gonna be upset

if he did so we avoided that But we did upset

people at the same time with Kirby leading But

I still think we got some favorites out there.

We have Yoshi. We got Link. We got Mega Man We

got Ratchet and Clank and we got Sonic all out

there as people that you know different people

No, nobody's been pulling for Spyro People been

pulling for those five or we could have an upset

we could have Bomberman Spyro Pac -Man one of

those guys trying to make a run at it, but I

don't know, Nate, how do you think about this?

I don't think the Sonic fans are going to let

Sonic not take this entire tournament. Are there

more? Well, I don't know, because we do have

Spyro, we do have Sonic, we do have Mega Man,

and Link and Yoshi, it's kind of heads or tails

on that one. And we also can look at how it's

something that we'll have to do when we break

it down next week. the path that each one has

come and how much that could possibly impact

their future rounds. And even though we might

have some favorites out there or people that

we think have a good chance, they might come

down to who they match up against. So we'll have

to kind of see how that goes. Neil, now that

Dig Dug is out, do you have a favorite you're

pulling for? Possibly Bomberman? Yeah, I'm going

to go with Bomberman. I like it going for the

underdog. Anybody else have favorites? TFDO and

Mike, is Spyro your favorite? It's going to be

interesting to see where these go. On the left

side, at this point, Spyro and Sonic are my favorites.

On the right side, I should say. On the left

side, it's Mega Man, but I can't decide between

Yoshi and Link. I'm just not sure on that one.

Nate, do you have a favorite? I mean, out of

all of them, I want Ratchet and Clank to win,

actually. Steve, what about you? I'm kind of

torn. Now, if it were Mega Man X, I'd be voting

Mega Man, but I don't care for regular Mega Man

as much because he's kind of a bitch compared

to the other one. But I really like Sonic 2,

but I also like Ratchet and Clank. I'm going

Sonic. Just because in I play them in Smash Brothers

and I kick royal ass So it's gonna be interesting

and we'll have to see what the arguments are

as they Pair up against specific people and see

how that might play a factor in and maybe somebody

gets the bad matchup Which apparently Kirby did

this round? We'll have to wait and see Mike How

do and Steve or whoever wants to give the information

out? How wait a minute? What about you? Do you

have a favorite? Oh, do I have a favorite? I

never Put my opinions out there like that, do

I? You usually do. I mean, I got a soft spot

for Link, but I think he's got a tough opponent

this next round with Yoshi and he has the toughest...

Link probably had the toughest path to a championship

because he had to go through Lil Mac, then Zelda,

now Yoshi, and then the possibility of Mega Man,

Bomberman, and then whoever makes it out of this

other side. So I mean, if Link somehow pulls

it off, he definitely earned it. But I think

having that tough of a path could really cost

him. So I don't know there's a One side of me

says maybe Mega Man on that side and then I don't

know I'm gonna have to really break down a matchup

between Ratchet and Clank and Sonic as That's

who I think will be paired up on that side and

that is an interesting matchup Sonic's really

got that speed going for him. Obviously Ratchet

and Clank have the duo so that's a tough one

tough one to come out of and then once you get

to the putting one side of the bracket against

the other then and kind of throw everything out

and it's all you know fair game and it's all

like back to ground zero i don't know i haven't

tried to compare anybody from the left side to

anybody of the right side without knowing who's

those people are going to be that much so it's

once we get to that point it's just going to

depend on who it is I know for me, and I understand

that Mega Man is a Capcom character, but he's

mostly been on... His classic incarnation has

mostly been on the Nintendo Entertainment System,

Super Nintendo, that kind of thing. It's gonna

be really funny to me if Mega Man and Sonic are

in the final, because you have Nintendo versus

Sega. That'd be an interesting one just because

of the... characters too. I don't know who has

the best chance against, you know, Link might

have a better chance against Ratchet and Clank

than anybody on this side. Whereas if it's Sonic,

you know, maybe that changes. Maybe all of a

sudden, you know, even an underdog like Bomberman

or someone like Yoshi has a chance against Sonic.

I don't know. It really depends on how you bring

it down and who gives the best argument. But

how can people vote to decide who's going to

make it on to the next round? You can go to geekcastradio

.com click on the GCN wars episode 18 post and

Listen to the podcast first. So you've heard

our opinions and then go and vote after that

And take part in the discussion there and try

to convince other people to vote certain exactly

We had a lot of people that are trying to pull

for certain people give different arguments that

May or may not influence other people as they

check it out before they vote Exactly and How

long do they have to vote? What is it a week,

Steve? It is because this airs on Wednesday at

10 a .m. It will go until Tuesday night at 9

p .m. So get your votes in and spread the word.

Put it out there on Twitter. Put it out there

on Facebook or whatever else you do. Tell your

friends about it. Let's make a high vote total

for this next round so we really see who people

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