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Fall Console Wars Poll

  • ActRaiser (SNES) 98
  • Super Castlevania IV (SNES) 85
  • Gunstar Heroes (Genesis) 45
  • Ristar (Genesis) 17
  • 2017-08-28
  • —2017-09-16
  • 245 votes
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Can you hear the drums? We're gearing up for a console war.

For episode 175 of WOFF!, we want to go back a ways and cover a noteworthy 16-bit game. But we want your help picking which one, and we've pitted the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis against each other.

The winner of this poll by votes will be the subject of our 175th episode, which comes out in November. Here are your options.

You have until September 15th to submit your response. Vote using the form below, and be sure to lobby for your favorite in the comments, on Slack, and on social media.

Comments

CacharoRosieSaurus

Everyone and their mother knows Actraiser! Get some Genesis love!

Matt

FUCK this one is hard

Zachary Len Buffington

Actraiser can kiss my save scumming tookus. What do you really need?! Bullethell mechanics, kung fu throwing and refusing to use health bars. Flamesword gun? Yes please. Mowing down henchman faster then Brock Samson in 1969 charger is the only way to go! Gunstar Heroes baby!

John Ward

Gah, would have loved some Rocket Knight Adventures here. I guess It's more Castlevania

Zaid

I remember a simple tune in a music theme level of Ristar that I never got out of head. That game is too awesome. I remember it being super hard though. I doubt it aged very well.

Trond Steinsvoll Børsum

Super Castlevania all the way! One of my favorite SNES games and a great soundtrack to boot!

Maddie C

ActRaiser and it is not even close.

Mike Gallagher

Vote ActRaiser if you want to hear Gary be a curmudgeon; the game has not aged well at all.

Samuel Bair

Voting ActRaiser, I want it to get the WOFF treatment, even with its problems it's still full of some great monster designs.

sleepysmiles

i think ActRaiser is the most interesting/weird pick (and probably the winner at this rate), but it can be a chore to actually play. Gunstar Heroes is just so, so fun and creative and essential and i wish these good good episode boys too well to vote anything else.

Wonggifs

I really wish Gunstar Heroes would win this. It's one of the most fun and inventive games of the era, but it looks that stuffy old Actraiser will win. Hope the result doesn't preclude GH from a future episode.

Greg Polander

It's tough -- I love both ActRaiser and Super Castlevania IV to death. Damn you for making me pick! (shakes fist)

Zachary Len Buffington

This vote will show the Nintendo kids and the Genesis kids. Or at least which system you may have gotten first.

Thomas Behner

Tough call. Been into Castlevania recently, so that's my pick.

mosesplan

Gunstar Heroes is one of the crunchiest, punchiest, most imaginative and inspiring action games ever made. As for Actraiser, I've read convincing arguments positing that it's a pro-colonial screed encouraging the genocide of indigenous peoples. YOU BE THE JUDGE

Tom Jacques

Was also hoping for Rocket Knight! Voting Gunstar instead!

Beartaco

They played ActRaiser on one of Giant Bombs recent streams, and I had never heard of it before. Apparently it's like, Castlevania crossed with Populus? It sounds super fascinating and I'd love to hear you guys talk about it!