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GBAtemp GotY 2015 - Round 1

Welcome to the first GBAtemp game of the year vote!
Here we have the top 50 games from 2015 as chosen by the GBAtemp staff. We believe that the GBAtemp GotY should be decided by our community as a whole, so would like our fellow Tempers to vote on their favourite games of the year for 2015 from the above poll.
Multiple votes are allowed, 25 titles will make it through to round 2.

 

[chavosaur]

No Smash. -.-

As previously stated guys...

Smash Bros came out in 2014.

Time to crawl out from the bunker and get with the times

 

[YugamiSekai]

All the Nintendo games are games I haven't even played yet. ;-;

 

[Rioluwott]

What about Pokemon SMD?
its a good game that came out this year
inb4 EUR

 

[Deleted User]

Out of all of these, I've only played Undertale, so I'll vote that.

 

[TobiasAmaranth]

If folks don't know what Undertale is yet, they should use this as a sign that they need to go play it. Before the end of these polls. Clearly. ;3

 

[Pedeadstrian]

Life is Strange.. anyone?

..hello? Why is everyone running away? ..

Not everyone enjoys the episodic adventures of angsty teens.

Do you even have to ask which one I voted for?

Also, not bashing or anything (I love the shit outta the VN), but why is S;G on the list? Didn't that come out in like 2009? Unless of course we're talking about S;G0, which hasn't come out yet.

Steins;Gate didn't officially come out in NA consoles until this year. If anything, it came out last year (for the PC), so it still doesn't belong on the list, but I voted for it anyway because it's amazing.

 

[Bubsy Bobcat]

Why isn't Bubsy Two-Fur on the list?

 

[ric.]

Steins;Gate didn't officially come out in NA consoles until this year. If anything, it came out last year (for the PC), so it still doesn't belong on the list, but I voted for it anyway because it's amazing.

Ahh, I see. I played the fan translation a long time ago but it's good to see it get translated officially! Hopefully S;G0 will get the same treatment. And S;G Hiyoku Renri no Darling too, just for the hell of it.

 

[Nepeta]

Splatoon, Undertale, Life is Strange, and MH4U for me. If I had to pick one, probably Life is Strange, although I haven't finished Undertale yet so that may change once I do.

 

[Pedeadstrian]

Ahh, I see. I played the fan translation a long time ago but it's good to see it get translated officially! Hopefully S;G0 will get the same treatment. And S;G Hiyoku Renri no Darling too, just for the hell of it.

Hopefully it doesn't get the same treatment, because it took them over 3 years to officially release it, causing people to play the fan-translation instead of the official version, causing a loss of sales. Hopefully, when they release S;G0 in two weeks in Japan, they say "Hey, we'll have a localized version out in a few months!"

 

[Social_Outlaw]

It's either between Bloodborne, Fallout 4, or MGSV

Bloodborne is hard, but I recognize it. I might take a break after getting frustrated but I understand it's craft and I love it.

Fallout 4 is stripped down but it has a enhanced visuals, and alternative's elements to upbring it's shortcomings.

MGSV has the body Cheetah but lack the speed of a cheetah. MGSV gives me a welcome home but it's similar to the Fallout 4 case somewhat but its excellent

 

[ric.]

Hopefully it doesn't get the same treatment, because it took them over 3 years to officially release it, causing people to play the fan-translation instead of the official version, causing a loss of sales. Hopefully, when they release S;G0 in two weeks in Japan, they say "Hey, we'll have a localized version out in a few months!"

Who did the translation anyway? I mean, the market for VNs is small as it is, so hopefully the game did well enough. Otherwise I might have to order a copy right now. How's the localization? Did they change names, censor scenes, remove stuff or something like that?

 

[vayanui8]

Who did the translation anyway? I mean, the market for VNs is small as it is, so hopefully the game did well enough. Otherwise I might have to order a copy right now. How's the localization? Did they change names, censor scenes, remove stuff or something like that?

It was Jast, one of the main VN localization companies. No serious censorship except for a couple ages being upped a year due to legal issues I believe. Translation is good and Id recommend it. They also changed radio kaikan to radi-kan for some reason, most likely copyright. Don't believe there was any censorship or changes other than that.

 

[Bladexdsl]

stop voting for overrated mario games you damn fan boys

 

[Pedeadstrian]

Who did the translation anyway? I mean, the market for VNs is small as it is, so hopefully the game did well enough. Otherwise I might have to order a copy right now. How's the localization? Did they change names, censor scenes, remove stuff or something like that?

The fan translation used the name Ruka(ko), but the official translation is Luka(ko). It's a change I didn't like, and hope it's not in S;G0, just like how I hope they don't make Aeris' name "Aerith" in FF7:R.

 

[HaloEffect17]

This has to win.

 

[vayanui8]

The fan translation used the name Ruka(ko), but the official translation is Luka(ko). It's a change I didn't like, and hope it's not in S;G0, just like how I hope they don't make Aeris' name "Aerith" in FF7:R.

Those changes aren't technically wrong, but I agree. It was very odd seeing it changed to lukako. Aerith is the better translation over aeris though imo

 

[ric.]

Seriously why the hell are people voting Mario Maker, it's a $60 dollar level editor that doesn't even have slopes. What is this world coming to.

The fan translation used the name Ruka(ko), but the official translation is Luka(ko). It's a change I didn't like, and hope it's not in S;G0, just like how I hope they don't make Aeris' name "Aerith" in FF7:R.

Lukako definitely sounds weird - what did the funimation dub call the character? I remember Rukako being used but I might be wrong.

 

[BLsquared]

Well, this is quite the list.
I voted for Fallout 4 and Undertale, although I would have gone with Splatoon as well has I noticed it on there. Ah well.
I have not actually played Undertale, but from what my very good friend has told me, it sounds amazing. Fallout 4 and Space Engineers are just taking up a lot of mine time right now.
If Splatoon does win, I understand; who doesn't like what Super Mario Sunshine's multiplayer would have looked like had it existed?

Seriously why the hell are people voting Mario Maker, it's a $60 dollar level editor that doesn't even have slopes. What is this world coming to.

I know, right? SMM should have been a $10 digital-only release, in my opinion. Even then, it is definitely not GOTY.

 

[HaloEffect17]

If Splatoon does win, I understand; who doesn't like what Super Mario Sunshine's multiplayer would have looked like had it existed?

Yep, I'm a pure Sunshine fan so Splatoon was like a gift from the heavens. Most ingenious game I've seen done right in awhile.