Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 13 ft ExDeath, Dr. Wily, Vergil

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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 12:

Goomba (Mario series) is Fodder Line
Diablo (Diablo series) is High Fodder
CATS (Zero Wing) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

ExDeath (Final Fantasy V)
Dr. Wily (Mega Man)
Vergil (Devil May Cry)
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ExDeath: Mid Fodder - Gilgamesh has a fanbase and recurring roles in other FF games. He doesn't.

Dr. Wily: Fodder Line - One notch worse than Proto Man.

Vergil: High Fodder - Cool design plus a semi-popular series.

Nominations:
Android 21 (Dragon Ball FighterZ)
Big the Cat (Sonic Adventure)
Big Daddy (BioShock)
Ecco (Ecco the Dolphin)
Felicia (Darkstalkers)
Kazuya Mishima (Tekken)
Kitana (Mortal Kombat)
Lulu (Final Fantasy X)
Mog (Final Fantasy VI)
Proto Man (Mega Man)
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I don't really know FFV, but Mid Fodder seems correct for ExDeath. He's eclipsed by Gilgamesh from his own game, which is a more obscure FF to begin with. He at least has Dissidia.

Fodder Line for Dr. Wily. He has the recognition to beat high fodder, but he's not a character people care strongly about.

High Fodder for Vergil. I put him in a similar boat as Strider - a cool character people like, but has little relevance today.

nominations:
Tetra (Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker)
Felicia (Darkstalkers)
Mog (FFVI)
Android 21 (DBZ Fighters)
Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island series)
Garrett (Thief)
Wolf (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
Tony Hawk (Tony Hawk games)
The Hulk (Marvel)
Serah Farron (Final Fantasy XIII-2)
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half_silver28 posted...

I don't really know FFV, but Mid Fodder seems correct for ExDeath. He's eclipsed by Gilgamesh from his own game, which is a more obscure FF to begin with. He at least has Dissidia.

Fodder Line for Dr. Wily. He has the recognition to beat high fodder, but he's not a character people care strongly about.

High Fodder for Vergil. I put him in a similar boat as Strider - a cool character people like, but has little relevance today.

nominations:
Tetra (Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker)
Felicia (Darkstalkers)
Mog (FFVI)
Android 21 (DBZ Fighters)
Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island series)
Garrett (Thief)
Wolf (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
Tony Hawk (Tony Hawk games)
The Hulk (Marvel)
Serah Farron (Final Fantasy XIII-2)

But unlike Strider, Vergil was just in a well received game in DMCV. Hes not really irrelevant right now.
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I actually didn't know that - haven't played DMCV. Even so I don't know if that gets him out of High Fodder range. Very recent games tend to struggle on Gfaqs (unless they're main series Nintendo).

still waiting for another rating on these characters so we can move on to the next day. . .
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bump.

someone please rate these characters so we can move on. I know this collection of villains isn't exciting, but I'll try to make sure future days aren't as bland in their selections
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I'm not sure why Vergil is even in this he has a few contests under his belt. I guess it's just speculating how much DMC5 boosted him.
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Fodder Line Vergil
Mid Fodder X-Death
High Fodder Wily

If you need help
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ExDeath (Final Fantasy V)- Mid Fodder
Dr. Wily (Mega Man) - High Fodder
Vergil (Devil May Cry) - High Fodder
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Lopen posted...

I'm not sure why Vergil is even in this he has a few contests under his belt. I guess it's just speculating how much DMC5 boosted him.

I'm allowing any character who wasn't in Character Battle X last year to be nominated in this topic. It has been 6 years since the 2013 contest, and a lot of things have changed in regard to new game releases and traffic on Gfaqs.

Thank you for the ratings everyone, Day 14 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77773559
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