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Good morning, one and all. I don't know about you but it's hot as fuck over here. Need a way to cool down? Well, I can't help you. What I can do is welcome you to this week's edition of Rate the Game. I can also present to you how last week's Kirby's Adventure on the NES fared on our cool-as-fuck leaderboard! A major fixture of Nintendo's line-up of memorable and beloved characters surely would have a game that would join the ranks of Super Mario World and Ocarina of Time, no? What does the leaderboard have to say about this matter?

Rate the Game Results

1. Super Mario World (4.81)
2. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (4.8)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (4.8)
4. Hitman: Codename 47 (4.75)
5. Mass Effect (4.75)
6. Goldeneye 007 (4.72)
7. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4.7)
8. Silent Hill 2 (4.66)
9. Portal (4.5)
10. Red Dead Redemption (4.5)
11. Chrono Trigger (4.5)
12. Final Fantasy 3 (4.5)
13. Silent Hill 3 (4.5)
14. Mega Man 2 (4.44)
15. Donkey Kong Country (4.44)
16. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (4.44)
17. Super Mario Bros. (4.41)
18. God of War (4.4)
19. Mega Man X (4.36)
20. Metal Gear Solid (4.33)
21. BioShock (4.33)
22. Perfect Dark (4.3)
23. Shadow of the Colossus (4.28)
24. The Last of Us (4.28)
25. Super Street Fighter 2 (4.15)
26. Sonic the Hedgehog (4.14)
27. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4.125)
28. Super Mario 64 (4.07)
29. Grand Theft Auto 3 (4.06)
30. The Legend of Zelda (4.06)
31. NBA Jam (4.05)
32. Super Mario Kart (4.0)
33. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (4.0)
34. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (4.0)
35. Super Smash Bros. (4.0)
36. Super Metroid (4.0)
37. The Simpsons (4.0)
38. Resident Evil 4 (4.0)
39. EarthBound (4.0)
40. Fallout 3 (4.0)
41. Mirror's Edge (4.0)
42. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (4.0)
43. Donkey Kong Country 2 (4.0)
44. Banjo-Kazooie (4.0)
45. Final Fantasy 7 (3.94)
46. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (3.92)
47. Mega Man (3.89)
48. Castlevania (3.86)
49. Contra (3.86)
50. Devil May Cry (3.86)
51. Half-Life 2 (3.85)
52. Half-Life (3.83)
53. Infamous (3.83)
54. SimCity 2000 (3.8)
55. Final Fight (3.8)
56. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (3.77)
57. Batman: Arkham Asylum (3.76)
58. Double Dragon (3.75)
59. Max Payne (3.75)
60. Tetris (3.69)
61. Mortal Kombat 2 (3.67)
62. Alan Wake (3.66)
63. Diablo (3.66)
64. F.E.A.R. (3.66)
65. Mortal Kombat (3.65)
66. Doom (3.625)
67. StarFox (3.61)
68. Resident Evil (3.58)
69. Kirby's Adventure (3.57)
70. Ninja Gaiden (3.5)
71. Burnout Paradise (3.5)
72. Dark Souls (3.5)
73. Shinobi (3.5)
74. Dead Space (3.4)
75. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (3.39)
76. Resident Evil: Nemesis (3.38)
77. Crash Bandicoot (3.33)
78. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.33)
79. Wolfenstein 3D (3.33)
80. Dead Island (3.33)
81. Left 4 Dead (3.33)
82. Condemned: Criminal Origins (3.33)
83. Gears of War (3.27)
84. Borderlands (3.22)
85. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (3.22)
86. Duke Nukem 3D (3.2)
87. Darkstalkers (3.2)
88. Quake (3.2)
89. SoulCalibur (3.16)
90. Pac-Man (3.125)
91. Killer Instinct (3.11)
92. Virtua Fighter (3.09)
93. Rock Band (3.09)
94. Earthworm Jim (3.0)
95. Metroid (3.0)
96. Time Crisis (3.0)
97. Tekken (3.0)
98. Halo 2 (3.0)
99. The Secret of Monkey Island (3.0)
100. Shenmue (3.0)
101. Guitar Hero (2.875)
102. Streets of Rage (2.84)
103. Altered Beast (2.8)
104. Bayonetta (2.75)
105. Assassin's Creed (2.71)
106. Gauntlet (2.71)
107. Dead Rising (2/71)
108. Saints Row (2.66)
109. The Sims (2.6)
110. Silent Hill (2.6)
111. Tomb Raider (2.55)
112. Halo: Combat Evolved (2.5)
113. Twisted Metal (2.42) 114. Crackdown (2.42)
115. Golden Axe (2.33)
116. Gran Turismo (2.3)
117. Ghosts n' Goblins (2.14)



Well, our favorite pink blob of cute might have some game but unfortunately not enough game to be part of the top of the list. Kirby's Adventure lands in the quagmire that is the middle of the pack with an OK-ish overall score of 3.57. Sucking and blowing can only get you so far, I suppose.

Speaking of length, we're not that far away from the final game in this party. Week 118 must have something good in store for us. I'm not basing that on anything, mind you. Let's take another step closer to the end and pull another game from the bowl.

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Ta-da! I alluded to this one a while back and it's finally come around. This week we take a look at one of the bigger follow-ups to an arcade classic, Gauntlet Legends. Actually, the original Gauntlet isn't sitting too pretty on our leaderboard, but maybe this one has what it takes to be a top title? What say you? We've got seven more of these babies in the tank so let's do this. Until next week!