What would video games be without rivalries? Mario without a Bowser to bring down would only be half as fun. Link without a Ganon would be like a day without sunshine. The point being, rivalries in video games help make them what they are and definitely factor in to why we love certain franchises as much as we do.

Here are the ten best video game rivalries, as chosen by Gameranx.

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