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posting updated "new entrant" table (original at post #233 with a bunch of notes and stats following it) now with colour-coding to indicate contest debuts & characters immediately returning from a soft boot in previous contest; so white/no colour is a character returning from 1 or more contests of absence. Also adjusted some sizing so might avoid compression entirely this time...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/4/3/AAC56kAAEw8T.png

Interesting how, for "returning after any absence" characters, Kain was the best in XXII! And we're down to just Quina and Vincent for this year for that title, though we're a long way from Kain's 19th place finish, let alone Dad's 12th last year, so will be interesting to see who outlasts & how far they can go.

XXII really was a banner year for contest debuts too, damn. I guess that was following on Shadowbringers and 7R though Dark Nation really was a greengravy run more than a 7R run... Ardyn lost the tiebreaker to get in the contest year before, and iirc Judgemaster Cid was a Shaduln initiative (with assist from Bane after early Vivi exit?). Ba'Gamnan, another Genny powerhouse performance respectfully following up Braska's the prior year.