Since people are interested, some reasoning behind why some games are, or are not, included. I considered putting this in the first post, but felt it'd be cluttered.
Mana Khemia 2, Dragon Quest V, Star Ocean- I know, for a fact, that these games have picked up additional players since the previous topic. So, checking up on their progress. Mana Khemia 2 in particular did very well last time, and if things fall into place is a top contender for ranking the next time around.
Soul Nomad, SRW OG- These games have reasonably strong playership, but I'm curious how they fare on the rankability scale. I'm hoping to get a good sense of whether they'd ever have a chance for real ranking from this topic.
Tales of Vesperia, Mother 3- Games have visible, dedicated fanbases. I expect both to do poorly, but having some concrete numbers for their fans to see and work on would be beneficial.
ToV is additionally the token 360 game. The only other game even remotely viable at that is Blue Dragon, but to my knowledge every Blue Dragon player has played ToV, but not the other way around.
Valkyria Chronicles, Disgaea 3- Token PS3 games. I couldn't decide between the game I thought was better played, and the one I didn't think would get DNRed to oblivion, so I ran both and will let the gods deal with it. If it wasn't obvious, also an experiment to see if VC will get DNRed to death.
Fire Emblem 10- Although I don't think the game got new players, what it did get was the third most nods in the ranking topic. As such, I was uneasy just ignoring it, so here it is.
Suikoden Tierkreis, Valkyrie Profile DS- Games that, had I planned the last topic out more carefully, I would have included in that. They're heirs to strong DL legacies and on the best of the modern systems, so getting a feel for their chances is a good thing.
Wizard of Oz- Recently released media.vision game that some sectors of the DL are raving about. Never seen that before.
Eternal Sonata- Token aiel fanservice. Can it fail less than Xenosaga 3?
Persona 1- I mentioned, when asked about handheld rankings, this game and joked "it might finally improve enough to be rankable?!" Then I thought, hey, it might. So sure, why not.
Knights of the Old Republic- As super mentioned, game has gotten a playership surge out of nowhere. I'm not convinced d20 games are terribly thrilling as DL concepts (and KotOR doesn't have as robust a spell/skill system as DnD, so it's even worse there), but I'm curious if that playership surge really hit the sort of folks that respond to DL topics.
And games that didn't get in.
Kingdom Hearts, Pokemon Gen 4- From the last topic, it feels clear to me that players isn't the problem with these games. They're already at rankable, or near-rankable, status. Just, they suffer apathy from the writer set, and are series prone to arguments about rankability to start with. As such, spamming them at people seemed counterproductive, since it'd get annoying, and overall they need things this topic isn't meant to provide.
Xenosaga 3, Radiata Stories- Yeah. These games have proved themselves gross failures. They can go bye bye.
Suikoden Tactics, La Pucelle- Finished middle of the pack last time around. They didn't pick up new players, so I figured their slots could go to other games this time. They'll probably be back in the future.
SMT Nocturne, Phantom Brave- Their such marginal ranks to start with that (one rank? Two? Just produces few duellers), on the whole, I'm not inclined to spend time whipping people into them.
Blue Dragon- See above.
Star Ocean 4- I can think of two players of the game. That's, uh, not a healthy start.
