[Music] number one source for the sports gamer over the years there has been no shortage of great sports video games from all-time classics to games that are revered simply for the innovations they brought to the fold everyone has their favorite and though many sites have put together their own list of the best of the best no one has really ever put the power into the hands of the audience so that's exactly what we did at SG o we took 64 of the best sports games ever released and put them into a fan voted tournament at sports gamers online.
com and on our social media networks with the sole goal of finding out which game was king now before we go any further we publish new videos every day so be sure to subscribe to sports gamers online and hit that bell to turn on your notifications so you never miss the latest videos oh and leave a like on this video so we can get SGO in front of even more sports gamers now these games were decided on based on a number of factors including but not limited to the following in popularity the industry impact they had the overall quality of the games and the lasting appeal we also chose for this tournament to leave out fighting games like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter as those games deserve their own separate battle so over the course of three weeks votes came in from around the world with people voicing their opinions on why certain games deserve to be known as the greatest of all time again 64 games made the tournament and it was full of close contests in each round but before diving into those results let's do a quick look back at the full bracket each region was named after a system that changed the industry in one way or another games didn't necessarily have to be released on that console to fall into a specific region the four number one seeds in the tournament were Tecmo Super Bowl NFL 2k5 NBA 2k11 and NHL 94 all seeds and placements were chosen based on the amount of nominations received before the tournament began and now that you have an idea of how we chose the seeds for this bracket let's get right into the regions with the NES region where Tecmo Super Bowl sent at number one this region featured a number of classic games like Mario Tennis 64mph am tournament Edition and WWF no mercy some of the bigger matchups of the first round were Mario Tennis 64 going against number 9 seated Smackdown here comes the pain and number 7 out of the park baseball 20 facing off against number 10 Golden Tee golf up next we at the Genesis region where NHL 94 was the top seed going up against number 16 mutant league football the second seed in that region was none other than rocket League which faced off against what some may consider the best snowboarding game released number 15 seed 1080 snowboarding other games featured in this region were number 13 WWE day of reckoning number 14 Mario Kart 8 deluxe number 8 skate to and number 6 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 moving on to the PlayStation region where NFL 2k5 says the top seed the last NFL 2k game released up until now took out number 16 blades of steel to many this was going to be the toughest region to decide because it also featured number 2 MVP Baseball 2005 number 4 Mike Tyson's punch-out 5th seeded Tony Hawk's Pro Skater to number 9 NBA Street vol 2 and even a dark horse game in 14 seeded UFC Undisputed 3 finally we have the Xbox region where NBA 2k11 was number one going up against Joe Montana football 2 at the number 2 seed we had Pro Evolution Soccer 6 going up against number 15 Top Spin 4 and other games in the Xbox region were number 6 NFL Street – number 9 NBA level 5 number 12 college hoops 2k 8 and number 14 the original sports game pong now the Xbox Region wasn't short of any sort of controversy as despite not getting a lot of nominations to warrant a higher seed number 10 NCAA football 14 felt grossly under seated making its possible path to the championship a bit more difficult its first-round matchup prove that enough as it had to face number 7 Fight Night Round 4 so now that you've had a look at all the regions in the tournament let's get right into the results in the first round all for number one seeds advanced as they cruise through their opening round matchups but what would it tournament be without upsets the first round saw one of the biggest upsets of the whole event is number 14 Mario Kart 8 deluxe took out number 3 super mega baseball 2 in the genesis region also moving on was number 7 out of the park baseball 20 over number 10 Golden Tee golf in the NES region in the closest first-round matchup where the winner was decided by just one vote when the round came to an end from the X Box region we saw number 12 college hoops to k8 pull off the upset at number 5 we sports while the PlayStation region had almost all the higher seeds advanced with the exception of the 8 9 matchup we're number 9 MBA Street vol 2 beat out number 8 NASCAR racing 2003 now the second round proved to be more of the same in terms of excitement well you know as exciting as a fan vote tournament can be anyway as Mario Kart 8 deluxe continued it's surprising run with a win over number 6 Tiger Woods o 4 on the other side of things college hoops 2k8 beat 4th seeded fifo 9 while NCAA football also moved on with ease with a win over Pro Evolution Soccer in the most lopsided win in the entire tournament getting an astounding 98 percent of the boat and like the first round all number one seeds advanced with no real challenges but as the field dwindled down the competition was sure to get tougher which brings us right into the sweet 16 matchups and there was some damn good ones in the NES region it was number 1 Tecmo Super Bowl taking on number 4 WWF no mercy well number 2 NBA Jam tournament edition faced off with number 3 Madden oh 7 making it the only region where the top four seeds reached the sweet 16 in the Genesis region NHL 94 went up against NCAA football o 7 and number 2 rocket league faced off against Cinderella number 14 Mario Kart 8 deluxe the PlayStation Regents on number 1 NFL 2k5 faced off against number 5 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and number 2 MVP Baseball o 5 faced numbers three NBA 2k 17 and lastly the sweet 16 in the Xbox Region featured two double-digit seeds as number one NBA 2k11 faced off against number 12 college hoops 2k 8 while number 3 NFL Blitz faced number 10 NCAA football 14 these battles to get to the Elite Eight turned out to have the largest average vote difference with the average differential being over 20% aside from one close contest that was the matchup between rocket league and Mario Kart 8 where the 14th seeded kart racer sent the number two seed packing with 52% of the vote the other Cinderella number 12 college hoops two k-8 sods championship dreams come to an end at the hand of number one NBA 2k11 in the X Box region the sweet 16 is also where we saw the first number 1 to lose with NHL 94 falling to NCAA football a 7 this set the stage for an intriguing Elite Eight were three number one seeds battled for a chance to reach the Final Four while two double-digit seeds remain and there were no clear-cut favorites in any of the matchups for the chance to represent the NES region in the Final Four Tecmo Super Bowl went up against NBA Jam in the Genesis region we saw NCAA football oh seven go up against Mario Kart 8 the PlayStation Region had a matchup that many felt to be a toss-up with NFL 2k5 taking on MVP Baseball 2005 and the Xbox regional final saw NBA 2k11 going up against NC double-a 14 it was here that Mario Kart 8 finally met its match falling to NCAA football o 7 also moving on to the Final Four where Tecmo Super Bowl NCAA football 14 and NFL 2k5 meaning that just two of the tournament's top four seeds made it all the way to the semi finals in these final four matchups we saw NFL 2k5 beat NCAA football 14 which 66 percent of the votes and Tecmo Super Bowl get by NCAA football o 7 with 68 percent of the votes setting up a championship contest between two legendary football titles NFL 2k5 the last game of the original NFL 2k franchise going up against Tecmo Super Bowl the first football game to feature both the NFL and NFL PA licenses it was a dream ketchup with the winner being crowned as the greatest sports game of all time but despite having all the makings of being the closest contest of the tournament it was a pretty one-sided Affairs NFL 2k5 racked up a nice 69% of the vote to beat Tecmo Super Bowl nice nice next with deep modes excellent gameplay and features that fans haven't seen since there's no real question as to why NFL 2k5 ended up on top all we can hope for now though is that the future is bright for a series making its return kinda in 2021 so there you have it everybody the greatest sports game of all time is ESPN NFL 2k5 a game that was released over 15 years ago and if you want to know what made that game so special be on the lookout for SG O's full retrospective on FL 2k 5 where we go into every feature and mode in the fullest of details that you've never seen before and if you want to know even more about the greatest sports game ever go back and check out the 25 facts that you didn't know about NFL 2k5 [Music] you.
