I guess not every one of these games is going to appeal to everyone in the same way. I don't think it's going that much slower than the ninja game did, though I must admit I always dream of grander things for the contests I run.
Update:
Aika (Skies of Arcadia)
Atomsk (FLCL)
*B. Jenet (Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves) - Kenshin
Bartholomew Fatima (Xenogears)
Blackbeard/The Thing (Fantastic Four)
Brec (Suikoden 4)
Brook (One Piece)
*Captain Fargus (Fire Emblem 7) - Evillord
*Captain Hector Barbossa (Pirates of the Caribbean) - charon
*Captain James Hook (Peter Pan) - 521
*Captain Minamitsu Murasa (Touhou Project) - todbot
Captain Morgan (Captain Morgan Rum)
Captain Nemo (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea)
Captain Romulus Slag (Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction/Quest for Booty)
Captain Syrup (Wario Land)
*Corsair (Marvel Comics) - junk
*Dart (Fire Emblem 7) - Articuno
Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)
Dracule "Hawk-Eye" Mihawk (One Piece)
Dread Pirate Roberts, The (Princess Bride)
*Edward Newgate "Whitebeard" (One Piece) - Pirateking
*Elizabeth Swann (Pirates of the Caribbean) - charon
*Fargo (Chrono Cross) - junk
Faris Scherwiz (Final Fantasy V)
Franky (One Piece)
Gangplank (League of Legends)
Geese (Fire Emblem 6)
Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island)
*Havok (Marvel Comics) - junk
*Isabela (Dragon Age II) - Kenshin
Jack Shandy (On Stranger Tides)
Jason (Ice Pirates)
Jaster Rogue (Rogue Galaxy)
Johnny (Guilty Gear)
*Julio Scoundrel (The Order of the Stick) - todbot
*Kamina (Gurren Lagann) - Pirateking
Kika (Suikoden IV)
Long John Silver (Treasure Island)
*Marquise Spinneret Mindfang (Homestuck) - Drak
Maxi (Soul series)
May (Guilty Gear)
*Nebula (Marvel comics) - cyan
*Nico Robin (One Piece) - Suor
One-Eyed Willy (The Goonies)
Paul Burchill (WWE)
Pirate Man (Mega Man and Bass)
*Pirate Penguin (Legend of Mana) - Gen
*Red Sonja (Marvel comics) - Gen
Ridley (Metroid Series)
*Rokuro (Black Lagoon) - whipper
*Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) - Articuno
Ruby Heart (Marvel vs. Capcom 2)
*Ryoko (Tenchi Muyo!) - Gen
Sigurd (Suikoden IV)
*Simon (Gurren Lagann) - Kenshin
Smee (Peter Pan)
Snowe Vingerhut (Suikoden IV)
*Steve the Pirate (Dodgeball) - mcflubbin
*Tetra (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) - Evillord
Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)
Tron Bonne (Mega Man Legends)
Valeria (Conan the Barbarian)
Vyse (Skies of Arcadia)
Will Turner (Pirates of the Caribbean)
*Wolf O'Donnell (Star Fox) - Evillord
*Yoko (Gurren Lagann) - Kenshin
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