Nothing really crazy there. IMO, the N9 is grouped into three tiers
Link
Cloud
Sephiroth
Snake
Mario
Samus
Crono
Mega Man
Sonic
Within the two contentious tiers, I'd say anything is plausible except Sephiroth>Cloud and Samus>Mario. SFF makes those extreme longshots.
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