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This match is part of the Game of the Generation Tournament. For rules, details and current brackets go to the Tournament thread (Click)

 

[Danjin44]

Well this easy choice, BotW for me. Now if was between Sakurai’s Kid Icarus Uprisings vs BotW, then would have been much tougher choice.

 

[Entroyp]

This is so unfair

BoTW gets my vote.

 

[yunkaiza]

Ultimate is probably the best a smash game has ever been. BotW is mediocre. Easy choice.

 

[Arkam]

BOTW all day every day! A true game of the gen contender and WILL be in the final four!

 

[jshackles]

Both are amazing games so this is a tough pick. Personally I'm picking Breath of the Wild though, I feel like it'll have a huge impact on gaming in the years to come.

 

[TheDrunkenMerchant]

Super Smash Bros Ultimate. Still playing it since it came out. Breath of the Wild is an amazing first playthrough, but anything after that is when the major flaws of it start to really appear.

 

[Mister Wolf]

BOTW one of my all time favorite.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Smash is a fun party game, but nah...

 

[hemo memo]

This is a very easy choice. Zelda.

 

[Synless]

Smash is perfection. Zelda was a let down.

 

[Zekra Dezivad]

Zelda easily, it will be remembered as one of the most important games of the generation

 

[kunonabi]

Smash finally added Simon Belmont while BotW took out dungeons and mostly everything else I love about Zelda.

My choice is clear.

 

[BusierDonkey]

BotW is the best game made in decades, I have genuine nostalgia for it and it's just 3 years old.

 

[Shaqazooloo]

Breath of the Wild is an amazing experience.
Smash Ultimate's jank controls and online ruined it for me.

My choice is easy.

 

[CatLady]

BOTW all the way!

It's the only game I've played on the Switch and while I think it's over-rated/hyped, it was a really fun game and so much better than the majority of other 90+ MC score over-hyped games like MGSV, UC4 RDR2, TLOU2 etc.

Plus my first video game ever was the original Legend of Zelda.

 

[Shifty1897]

Tough call for me, I love both. Smash has broken online so it loses.

 

[Jadsey]

Not even close.

Smash port loses every time.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

BotW is my favorite 3D Zelda. I'll be replaying it for years to come unless BotW2 somehow manages to surpass it.

 

[Arachnid]

GOAT of the Wild

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Easy win for BOTW.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Smash is my most played game this gen, but BOTW is just unreal good.

 

[Aggressive Carrot]

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gets my vote.

 

[Kamina]

Both brilliant games. I didnt expect such a large poll difference.

 

[Kamina]

BOTW all day every day! A true game of the gen contender and WILL be in the final four!

BOTW one of my all time favorite.

Zelda easily, it will be remembered as one of the most important games of the generation

BotW is the best game made in decades, I have genuine nostalgia for it and it's just 3 years old.

Breath of the Wild is an amazing experience.
Smash Ultimate's jank controls and online ruined it for me.

My choice is easy.

BotW is my favorite 3D Zelda. I'll be replaying it for years to come unless BotW2 somehow manages to surpass it.

GOAT of the Wild

Easy win for BOTW.

Smash is my most played game this gen, but BOTW is just unreal good.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gets my vote.

I love you guys <3

 

[Slothbeing1209]

Should be botw vs okami.
Okami for me btw

 

[Lionel Richie]

Both brilliant games. I didnt expect such a large poll difference.

BOTW is the game that saved Nintendo. If that game is shit, hell if that game is only good, then it doesn't give the Switch its momentum. It was an all timer at a time that Nintendo badly needed one. It was so fucking clutch. It's like that Lebron block in the 2016 Finals. Shit would have gone topsy turvy without it.

 

[iconmaster]

Both brilliant games. I didnt expect such a large poll difference.

To be clear: Smash Ultimate is probably the best Smash has ever been. It has an incredible roster, tremendous stage and music variety, it's nicely balanced (except for a couple bottom-tier characters that really need help), and finally produced a single-player adventure that seems well-suited to the type of game Smash is. It's one of the best games on Switch, and deserves its incredible sales.

But Breath of the Wild was a revelation. It was Nintendo doing something with Zelda I no longer thought it was capable of doing, breaking away from the Ocarina of Time formula and rethinking the series from the perspective of someone playing that 1986 NES gold cartridge for the first time and going on a grand adventure into a wide-open world with few clear paths.

We can quibble about some of the smaller decisions, and I have no doubt some will in the next round. But taken as a whole, Breath of the Wild is in a league of its own.

 

[Jeeves]

I love BotW but Smash Ultimate really lives up to its subtitle. The ultimate gamer's game.

 

[Ogbert]

Zelda.

Also my choice for Game of the Generation. Absolutely adored every minute with it.

 

[Airbus Jr]

Breath of The Wild is like the goat Lionel Messi in this videogame death match competition

Will be hard to beat

It will take something like Witcher 3, Bloodborne or God of War to take it down

 

[its_Ditz]

.

 

[sid2vicious]

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

Smash would do pretty well if these brackets could somehow be seeded like sports

 

[Esca]

This was an easy one for me, I'm not a smash fan

 

[DelireMan7]

Both are great games.
But BOTW is a unique experience that expands the definition of videogame. It gets my vote

 

[carlosrox]

Love Ultimate to death but BOTW definitely deserves the nod, no question about it.

 

[Hakiroto]

Smash is good but Breath of the Wild is great.

 

[royox]

Smash: just a port of Smash WiiU with lots of "omega" copy-pasted characters and DLC ones. Worst Story Mode in any Smash bros game and less single player content. No able to choose your multiplayer modes, laggy as fuck but fun with friends on the same TV.

Zelda: GOAT material.

No contest.

 

[Bonsaibäumchen]

Didn't own a Nintendo console for a while now but I played both games at and with friends of mine. I get why Zelde BOTW has been hyped and was/is successfull. It deserves to win this round for sure.

PS.: Still planning on buying a switch (BOTW would be me first pick), waiting for next gen though and expecting a "Pro" Version of switch.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

SSBU is as good as Smash will ever get, and it’s still going to lose.

 

[GametimeUK]

Breath of the Wild for me. I don't think a casual party game like Smash stands a chance.

 

[Spukc]

Lol rip smash
Wank kiddy fighter anyway