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[statnut]

1. Super Mario Kart
2. Tetris
3. Grand Theft Auto
4. Super Mario World
5. Zelda Ocarina of Time
6. Halo
7. Resident Evil IV
8. Final Fantasy XII
9. Street Fighter II
10. GoldenEye
11. Super Mario 64
12. Tomb Raider
13. Metal Gear Solid
14. Call of Duty 4
15. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
16. GTA San Andreas
17. Super Mario Bros
18. Zelda: A Link to the Past
19. Gran Turismo
20. Final Fantasy VII
21. Pro Evolution Soccer 4
22. The Orange Box
23. Lego Star Wars Complete Saga
24. Tekken 2
25. Wii Sports
26. Pokemon Red/Blue
27. Guitar Hero
28. Project Gotham Racing 4
29. Super Mario Galaxy
30. Resident Evil
31. Ico
32. Chrono Trigger
33. Gunstar Heroes
34. Soul Calibur
35. Advance Wars
36. Ridge Racer
37. Super Metroid
38. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
39. GTA Vice City
40. BioShock
41. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
42. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
43. God of War
44. Sega Rally Championship
45. Starfox 64
46. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
47. WarioWare Inc
48. Saturn Bomberman
49. Crash Bandicoot
50. Outrun 2

According to the Guiness book of world records. Seriously?

[Baskerville Holmes]

Influential? How?

Is the battle-kart racing genre really that popular?

[rdrsfn82]

That seems like an odd order and an odd statistic to measure.

It's not based on sales, and it has some sequels ranked higher than the original games that influenced them. I mean, why is RE4 ahead of the original, but the original GTA is ahead of GTA3 or Vice City which really started the big craze for the game?

Also, Halo isn't nearly as influential as Doom, Wolfenstein, or Goldeneye. Doom and Wolfenstein were the first two big FPS and Goldeneye was the first to show it could work as a multiplayer game on a console.

And FF12 that high? Really? For what?

This makes no sense.

[beioski]

by grant theft auto, do they mean grand theft auto 3? because noone remembers the first one

[Jack Burton]

1. Super Mario Kart
2. Tetris
3. Grand Theft Auto
4. Super Mario World
5. Zelda Ocarina of Time
6. Halo
7. Resident Evil IV
8. Final Fantasy XII
9. Street Fighter II
10. GoldenEye
11. Super Mario 64
12. Tomb Raider
13. Metal Gear Solid
14. Call of Duty 4
15. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
16. GTA San Andreas
17. Super Mario Bros
18. Zelda: A Link to the Past
19. Gran Turismo
20. Final Fantasy VII
21. Pro Evolution Soccer 4
22. The Orange Box
23. Lego Star Wars Complete Saga
24. Tekken 2
25. Wii Sports
26. Pokemon Red/Blue
27. Guitar Hero
28. Project Gotham Racing 4
29. Super Mario Galaxy
30. Resident Evil
31. Ico
32. Chrono Trigger
33. Gunstar Heroes
34. Soul Calibur
35. Advance Wars
36. Ridge Racer
37. Super Metroid
38. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
39. GTA Vice City
40. BioShock
41. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
42. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
43. God of War
44. Sega Rally Championship
45. Starfox 64
46. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
47. WarioWare Inc
48. Saturn Bomberman
49. Crash Bandicoot
50. Outrun 2

According to the Guiness book of world records. Seriously?

How is it more influential than Mario Bros? That fame created platformers which was the bread and but for at least 2 generations of game systems. Also Halo shouldn't be higher than Goldeneye. Goldeneye fully brought computer style FPS to consoles. They figured everything out and to this day games still follow their lead.

[TerriG]

I love Mario Kart to no end, but that makes no sense.

[rdrsfn82]

Influential? How?

Is the battle-kart racing genre really that popular?

Well it created the genre and the Mario Kart games have been among the biggest sellers on each Nintendo system since the SNES, but I don't think it's nearly as big as many other games.

[Jack Burton]

There aren't any good battle go cart mascot games besides Mario Kart. They only decent one I ever played was a Crash Bandicoot one for the PS1 ten years ago.

[Jack Burton]

This list is pretty damn odd. Lego Star Wars but no Donkey Kong or Pac Man?

[rdrsfn82]

There aren't any good battle go cart mascot games besides Mario Kart. They only decent one I ever played was a Crash Bandicoot one for the PS1 ten years ago.

I loved the Crash Bandicoot racing game.

[eltopo]

influential to bombad racing maybe

[cyphon]

There's a NASCAR Kart racing game. That's all you need to know about Mario Kart's impact.

There was a PAC Man. And Diddy Kong. And Crash. And Chocobo Racing. And many, many more.

[eltopo]

by grant theft auto, do they mean grand theft auto 3? because noone remembers the first one

yeah 3 is far more influential seeing as it started the whole 3-d "sandbox" game genre

[eltopo]

I love bioshock but how is it on the list ?

[rdrsfn82]

The more I think about it the more I think FF12 being that high is the biggest problem here. I mean, what did that game do that was original at all? Typical FF story. Gameplay and fighting system had all been done before. No new additions to anything really. In what way was it influential?