Contestants, step up to your stations. Tonight's mystery basket isn't truffles or wagyu. It's goosebumps. The question on the pass: which video game soundtrack is the greatest ever made? This is the music you still hum in the shower decades after you put the controller down, and that's a seasoning no blind tasting can measure. Trading opened less than a day ago and the kitchen is already loud.

Pull back the cloche and here's the plate. On Morfi's opinion markets, where people put real money behind what they believe, Final Fantasy VII has taken the early lead at 26% consensus, with 35 holders behind it. Hot on its heels is Chrono Trigger at 20% consensus, with 18 holders swearing by its time-hopping melodies. The rest of the menu, 3 other sides, hasn't been sent back yet, but for now it's all simmering on the back burner.

Where the crowd stands
  • Final Fantasy VII26%
  • Chrono Trigger20%
  • Undertale19%
  • The Legend of Zelda18%
  • Halo18%

Keep in mind these figures measure how strongly the crowd backs each side, not a headcount. So far 47 unique traders have stepped into the kitchen and put $138,860 on the line. For a fight that's barely a day old, the pans are already plenty hot.

Pixel-art cook-off stage with two music boxes on silver platters, one wrapped in crystal sparkles and one in clock gears, musical notes rising like steam.
Two signature dishes, one tasting spoon, and a judge who can't stop humming.

Now, the judge's verdict. Pause. Lean in. Sniff. Final Fantasy VII is the grand tasting menu: lavish, operatic, every course built to make you weep into your napkin. I understand why the crowd went for it first. But Chrono Trigger is the perfect bistro dish that haunts you for years, the one you'd rebuild from memory at three in the morning. In my opinion this race is far from over, and anyone serving up an easy win for the opera is putting it on the pass too early. The bistro has a habit of stealing Michelin stars.

What to watch next: whether Chrono Trigger's loyalists close the gap before this first service is over, and whether one of the underdogs from the back burner suddenly flares up. Opening leads in a fresh cook-off are only an amuse-bouche. Think your favourite score deserves the crown? Join the market on Morfi, grab your apron, and put your conviction on the plate.

Consensus over time
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  • Final Fantasy VII 25.6%
  • Chrono Trigger 19.9%
  • Undertale 19.1%
  • The Legend of Zelda 17.7%