It wouldn't be a showdown without a speech from someone, would it? I'd have to say my three favourite speeches from games would have to be...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cIFNDy2zDM- That voice....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trOiSsnRWUc

Redguard from 1998 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEPYlJLvcEM at 4:34.

All of the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuwC2W-meIM#t=73l's dialog from Dragon's Dogma. Obvious spoilers for those that have not played it. Also Grigori's pre-battle dialog and during battle dialog had me at the edge of my seat the whole time.

I like openings.

"Whenever I smell asphalt, I think of Maureen. That's the last sensation I had before I blacked out; that thick smell of asphalt. And the first thing I saw when I woke up was her face. She said she'd fix my bike. Free. No strings attached. I should've known then that things are never that simple. Yeah, when I think of Maureen, I think of two things: asphalt, and trouble."