Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 11 ft Galeem, Kyle Hyde, Diddy Kong

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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 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 10:

Gandalf (Lord of the Rings) is a Low Midcarder
Slime (Dragon Quest) is High Fodder
Bulbasaur is a Midcarder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Galeem (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
Kyle Hyde (Hotel Dusk: Room 215)
Diddy Kong (DK series)
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Galeem: Mid Fodder - No one plays Smash for its storyline and original characters, and Master Hand didn't exactly impress in 2018. On top of that, Smash Ultimate itself put in repeated subpar showings in the GotY 2018 voting.

Kyle Hyde: Low Fodder - Do I even need to explain this one?

Diddy Kong: Fodder Line - Should be stronger than K. Rool, who looked like High Fodder at worst. I'm not all that high on DK characters' strength, though.

Nominations:
Cid Highwind (Final Fantasy VII)
Darth Revan (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic)
Diablo (Diablo)
Goomba (Mario)
Marth (Fire Emblem)
MissingNo. (Pokmon)
Pit (Kid Icarus)
Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank)
Solaire of Astora (Dark Souls)
Zeus (God of War)
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Galeem: Mid Fodder - Now I'm wondering who would win a "forgettable Smash final boss" match between this guy and Tabuu.
Kyle Hyde: Low Fodder - I only know who this is because he had a cool animated trophy in Smash.
Diddy Kong: Low Midcarder - He's been in enough games (plus Smash) that he wouldn't totally flop, but he's not going to do anything crazy either.

Nominate Banjo & Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie) and King Boo (Mario)
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Kyle Hyde is low low low fodder. Raw Draven could 60-40 him. I love him, he's one of my favorite characters ever, but his game is obscure as shit and he'd be weak as hell.

But this topic reminds me that I want to do a real-time playthrough of Hotel Dusk this December on the 40th anniversary of its setting.
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Underleveled posted...

But this topic reminds me that I want to do a real-time playthrough of Hotel Dusk this December on the 40th anniversary of its setting.

Nice!
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Galeem - Low Fodder. I expect Galeem to be noticeably weaker than Master Hand, or even Tabuu. World of Light left a much smaller impact than Subspace Emissary, and at least Hand has nostalgia in its favor. Galeem also wouldn't exactly have a pic advantage...

Kyle Hyde - Low Fodder. I adore Hotel Dusk. It's arguably the best game on the DS. But its sales were miniscule and a lot of time has passed since its release. Kyle might benefit from a match pic, though, since his character design and art style are superb and eye-catching.

Diddy Kong - Fodder Line. K. Rool impressed last year, and Donkey Kong looked downright sterling, but I doubt Diddy can do much. His initial Character Battle appearance was really bad, and he's just not a character people seem to feel strongly about.
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Nominate:

Goomba (Mario)
Fulgore (Killer Instinct)
Leisure Suit Larry (Leisure Suit Larry)
Rash (Battletoads)
Bill Rizer (Contra)
Twintelle (ARMS)
Butters Stotch (South Park)
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more nominations and votes are nice, keep it up : )

Galeem is mid fodder only because Smash Ultimate is still fairly new. a year from now he might be low fodder.

Kyle Hyde is too obscure to be anything besides low fodder. Diddy I expect will be around the fodder line, same as K.Rool. He has a lot of visibility in spinoffs and smash, but very few people really care about him.

nominations:
Fulgore (Killer Instinct)
Banjo & Kazooie
Marth (Fire Emblem)
Diablo (Diablo)
Darth Revan (Star Wars: KOTOR)
Roxas (Kingdom Hearts)
Silver the Hedgehog (Sonic series)
Axel Stone (Streets of Rage)
Heihachi Mishima (Tekken)
Vergil (Devil May Cry)
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Day 12 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77765159
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