Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 7 ft Spider-Man, Rayman, Giovanni

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This is a new 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 both members of said duo are named in the title of a game (Banjo-Kazooie, Sam & Max Hit the Road, etc).

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 - 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.

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

Results from Day 6:

Mohandas Gandhi (Civilization series) is Low Fodder
Paper Mario is a Midcarder
Darth Vader is a High Midcarder

Here is today's trio to rate:

Spider-Man (Marvel)
Rayman (Rayman series)
Giovanni (Pokemon series)
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Spider-Man will be Near Elite. Marvel is big right now and there is another Spidey movie coming out soon. He has a lot of game appearances, with several being pretty good. Last year's PS4 Spider-Man game did very well too. And he's an iconic character who everyone knows on top of that.

Rayman will be Mid Fodder. I don't think there is anything that would significantly move him from his 2013 level of strength. People know him, but his series has a pretty small fanbase on Gfaqs.

Giovanni will be High Fodder. He doesn't do a lot to stand out among human characters in Pokemon, or even among other gym leaders. I think most of his strength will be coming from his anime incarnation (that version of him was in Pokemon Puzzle League too). His appearances in the OG series are in nostalgia territory and he was a popular villain in general. I think this is enough to get him to High Fodder.
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half_silver28 posted...

Spider-Man will be Near Elite. Marvel is big right now and there is another Spidey movie coming out soon. He has a lot of game appearances, with several being pretty good. Last year's PS4 Spider-Man game did very well too. And he's an iconic character who everyone knows on top of that.

I agree with this. In the complete inverse of Darth Vader's situation, Spidey might just be at his peak between the PS4 Spider-Man and the MCU.

Rayman: High Fodder - Rayman actually looked way better than you might realize in 2013, assuming that Squall's strength hadn't already collapsed by then. Rayman has since lost relevance, but the nostalgic upswing of similar characters such as Crash and Spyro should compensate for that.

Giovanni: Fodder Line - Gen 1 Pokmon is a force, even when it comes to a human character who isn't top tier in terms of strength.

Nominations:

Bahamut (Final Fantasy)
Blastoise (Pokmon)
Bulbasaur (Pokmon)
Dracula (Castlevania)
Dr. Wily (Mega Man)
Jecht (Final Fantasy X)
Linkle (Hyrule Warriors)
Majora (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
Tetra (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker)
Zack Fair (Final Fantasy VII)
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Rayman's strength in 2013 was borderline between mid and low fodder to me, and admittedly it is hard to judge Squall's strength in that contest since he ran into Pokerallies.

nominations for this round:
Bulbasaur (Pokmon)
Dracula (Castlevania)
Dr. Wily (Mega Man)
Jecht (Final Fantasy X)
Gandalf (Lord of the Rings)
Rugal Bernstein (King of Fighters)
Sagat (Street Fighter series)
Angry Sun (Super Mario Bros 3)
Chie Satonaka (Persona 4)
The Joker (DC Comics)
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bump

Also I meant to say Rayman's 2013 strength was between mid and high fodder above.
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bump. waiting on another rating on these characters. . . >_>
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Oh Shoot. Now I know about the purpose of this.

Can I retract my nominations? I will instead do:

Kyoko Kirigiri (Danganronpa)
Gundham Tanaka (Danganronpa)
Kokichi Ouma (Danganronpa)
Chiaki Nanami (Danganronpa)
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Spider-Man (Marvel) - High Midcarder
Rayman (Rayman series) - High Fodder
Giovanni (Pokemon series) - Fodder-line
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AvaGames posted...

Oh Shoot. Now I know about the purpose of this.

Can I retract my nominations? I will instead do:

Kyoko Kirigiri (Danganronpa)
Gundham Tanaka (Danganronpa)
Kokichi Ouma (Danganronpa)
Chiaki Nanami (Danganronpa)

Are you sure you want to retract your previous nominations? I added a vote of my own to one of yours and was probably gonna nominate Aoi as well. You are allowed as many nominations as you please.
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@AvaGames if you really want to retract your previous nominations, either PM me or reply in this topic

Day 8 is now up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77756133
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Spider-Man (Marvel) - Near Elite
Rayman (Rayman series) - High Fodder
Giovanni (Pokemon series) - High Fodder
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