Besties Battle Bracket: Hub Worlds
Added 2026-02-03 08:01:01 +0000 UTC
Do you ever wish you could escape from all the stresses on Planet Earth? For this Besties Battle Bracket, the four best friends determine the best hub world. You're familiar with these spaces, typically the central starting point of an adventure. From the hub world, new stages and realms branch outward. Hub worlds are often safe, comforting reprieves from the thrills of fighting evil and saving the world. Or in the case of Dark Souls, they're practically on top of a graveyard.
But we'll say no more, for fear of spoiling this important and serious bracket!
Rubric:
Better amenities?
Compelling neighbors?
Where would you rather retire?
ROUND 1:
Super Mario 64 - Peach’s Castle
Sonic Adventure - Station Square
Astro Bot - Crash Site
Splatoon - Inkopolis
Assassins Creed 2 - Ezio’s Villa Auditore
Metal Gear Solid 5 - Mother Base
Dark Souls - Firelink Shrine
Bloodborne - The Hunter’s Dream
Mass Effect 2 - The Normandy
Destiny - The Tower
Hades - House of Hades
Fire Emblem Three Houses - Garreg Mach Monastery
Kirby and the Forgotten Realm - Waddledee Town
Persona 4 - Inaba
Sega Genesis Classics - Childhood Bedroom
Majora’s Mask - Clocktown
Comments
Fire Emblem got by a lot on how long ago they played it. They forgot that it’s ruled by a pretty zealous religion that send kids out to kill people they consider heretics. It also eventually gets razed to the ground by an attacking army, not the best place for retirement!
ThanaThots
2026-02-13 19:04:16 +0000 UTCI will not stand for the absolute disrespect on my buddies the messengers. They play dress up and are there for you at every step to offer you trick saws and blood sundries! For shame, Besties.
Cardinal27
2026-02-09 17:25:37 +0000 UTCHaving the castle from Mario 64 over Isle Delfino from Sunshine is absolutely insane.
Victor Hart
2026-02-07 22:49:15 +0000 UTCWas coming to the comments to say this exactly
Walker Weber
2026-02-07 00:34:38 +0000 UTCSkyhold from Dragon Age Inquisition should have been the Bioware rep, not the Normandy
Theresa
2026-02-06 21:54:30 +0000 UTCIn my most parental voice... I'm not mad, just disappointed that we did a whole hub world episode and no mention of Monster Hunter.
Zachary Martel
2026-02-06 01:10:23 +0000 UTCI won't stand for this Bloodborne Messenger slander, those are just little guys who like to dress up and deliver messages, they've never done anything bad!
Clay
2026-02-06 00:56:21 +0000 UTCCorrect answer is actually hotel krat
Dirch Frode
2026-02-05 04:30:25 +0000 UTCWant to shout out Diddy Kong Racing!
Peter Smith
2026-02-04 21:43:32 +0000 UTCNo love for Phantasy Star Online’s Pioneer 2? You could shop there, you could heal yourself, you had a bank and that’s where you would hang out with your friends and dupe spread needles.
MetaRidleyScott
2026-02-04 21:24:28 +0000 UTCInsane Isle Delphino snub, easily clears Peach’s castle in all rubric categories
William Vernia
2026-02-04 18:32:58 +0000 UTC
