Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 398 ft Naoto Shirogane, Galuf, Moogle

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This is a topic to rate the contest strength of potential newcomers in the current contest environment.

I will pick the characters to rate and discuss for each day from user nominations - whoever the 3 most nominated characters are at that time. If there are more than 3 I will pick randomly. You can nominate any number of characters at any time, but you cannot nominate the same character twice.

All characters who were present in the 2018 Character Battle will NOT be eligible. Otherwise you can nominate any character that has appeared in video games; even comic book characters. This will exclude real-life athletes who have only appeared in long running sports series, however I will accept those who have their own games such as Shaq. I will accept nominations for iconic gaming duos too, if there is a compelling reason for both characters to be linked (either co-starring in a game ala Banjo & Kazooie, or always appearing together like Callie & Marie from Splatoon).

Each day will have a separate topic, and nominations will carry over. As far as actually rating the character's contest strength; I ask that users rank a characters potential strength with one of the following qualifiers - LAW Fodder, Low Fodder, Mid Fodder, High Fodder, Fodder Line, Low Midcarder, Midcarder, High Midcarder, Near Elite, Elite, LAW Tier (capable of beating Link). I will average all the ratings given to a character to come up with their final ranking. I have included a highlighted entrant from Character Battle X on each tier of the strength rankings below, to provide a baseline for each.

Note that LAW Fodder is meant to be a tier reserved for the weakest possible characters to put into a contest. A character will only be placed there if at least 3/4ths of the voters for that day agree on the LAW Fodder rating, and no ratings above Low Fodder are given. If either of those conditions are not met, the character will not be eligible for the LAW Fodder tier.

Current Character Strength Rankings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P1AIhHywBiLd6VAMZMNEGX-HW2td8u1D0Iw_tzHsORw/edit?usp=sharing

Nomination List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-KnSBDzppzPK5Ug1zmx8_x0bG4tqFDMPPH2k8J3s8sk/edit?usp=sharing

If you feel that a character has been over or under-ranked, or if a new development has come up that would affect their contest strength, you may nominate them for a re-ranking. You may nominate one character per day for this, and 3 votes are needed to get them on the slate. One character with 3 votes will come up for re-ranking today.

Re-ranking Nomination List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V6dx-tu-FD1rCxbX69eQwEzE7x1F6nNRNFochYHu1dc/edit?usp=sharing

Results from Day 397:

Frankenstein (Castlevania) is Mid Fodder
Firebrand (Ghosts n Goblins) is Low Fodder
Paperboy (Paperboy) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4)
Galuf (Final Fantasy V)
Moogle (Final Fantasy series)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Blaze Fielding (Streets of Rage)

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Nominate:

• Andy (Advance Wars)
• Bianca Whitaker (Dragon Quest V)
• Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Captain Planet (Captain Planet and the Planeteers)
• Chosen Undead (Dark Souls)
• Cid Pollendina (Final Fantasy IV)
• Connor (Detroit: Become Human)
• Dana Scully (The X-Files Game)
• Edward Chris von Muir (Final Fantasy IV)
• Erik (Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age)
• Fox Mulder (The X-Files Game)
• Gestahl (Final Fantasy VI)
• Jack (BioShock)
• Jerry Mouse (Tom and Jerry games)
• Liberty Prime (Fallout 3)
• Nurse Joy (Pokmon)
• Riki (Xenoblade Chronicles)
• Serena (Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age)
• Shadow Queen (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
• Sharla (Xenoblade Chronicles)
• Splash Woman (Mega Man 9)
• Sylvando (Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age)
• Tarzan (Disneys Tarzan)
• Tom Cat (Tom and Jerry games)
• Trini Kwan/Yellow Ranger (Power Rangers)
• Yshtola (Final Fantasy XIV)

Also:
Edge (Final Fantasy IV)

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Nominate:
Billy Cranston/Blue Ranger (Power Rangers)

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Re-rank Cynthia

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nominate Edge as well.

Naoto I will put with the rest of the P4 girls at Mid Fodder. From what I've seen all of them have sizable fanbases, and Naoto absolutely stands out from the rest in terms of design and characterization.

Galuf is an old man from FFV - pretty obvious Low Fodder vote here.

Moogle I say is Mid Fodder. Probably not as popular as the Chocobo, but still a very recognizable mascot for the Final Fantasy series that appears in nearly every game.

I will agree with moving Blaze down to Low Fodder. Streets of Rage 4 came out recently and didn't seem to make much of an impact on Gfaqs. I have seen a few topics for it, so there is definitely still a small fanbase that would vote for her.

I will second re-ranking Cynthia. High Fodder does seem too high for a Gen 4 human character, even one as popular as Cynthia. She'll easily be much stronger than N though.

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Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4) - Mid fodder

Persona 4 party member with waifu appeal that's not disliked? Sure.

Galuf (Final Fantasy V) - Low fodder

I think big FFV fans actually like Galuf? He does have one big moment. But nobody really cares about FFV's story to begin with so what he does in it doesn't matter. We ranked Bartz Mid Fodder and he at least had Dissidia exposure so Galuf is low.

Moogle (Final Fantasy series) - High fodder

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Today's Re-Ranking is:

Blaze Fielding (Streets of Rage) - Low fodder

At least for individual games, the Genesis beyond Sonic and fighting games kind of sucks here. Gamefaqs loves it some RPGs and Action-Adventures, this was not the console to own in that era for longer experiences, and Streets of Rage is exactly the type of old school game the site's generally not that into. SoRII looked miserable in 2009 too.

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Nominate:
Yosuke Hanamura (Persona 4)
Goro Akechi (Persona 5)

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Galuf is pretty easily the second best FFV character behind Gilgamesh...!

Naoto: mid fodder
Galuf: mid fodder
Moogle: high fodder

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I'll second Yosuke

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I'll agree with Axem's ratings for all four. Voters probably care about Moogles a fair bit more than Chocobos, which should be enough to compensate for the reduced mascot factor. Meanwhile, Blaze is clearly the standout character from her series for more reasons than one, and at least some voters will care about said series, but non-Sonic Sega is not generally a recipe for true relevance here.

I'll also nominate Edge, Goro, and Yosuke.

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nominate Amicia de Rune

Day 399 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78851854

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