Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 24 ft Aladdin, Skull Kid, Ada Wong

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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 23:

Superman (DC Comics) is a Low Midcarder
Jak (Jak series) is High Fodder
King Boo (Mario series) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Aladdin (Disney's Aladdin)
Skull Kid (Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
Ada Wong (Resident Evil)
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Aladdin: Fodder Line - Theoretically should be weaker than Simba, but I feel like GameFAQs is more likely to vote for Aladdin (despite his not overly memorable design), especially in light of his well-received games.

Skull Kid: Fodder Line - He could easily be almost as weak as Groose or as strong as Epona, and I wouldn't bat an eye. This is in between those two extremes.

Ada Wong: High Fodder - Not as important or seemingly well-remembered as Claire, but she has the sex appeal to compensate for it on GameFAQs.
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agree with Metalmind except make Skull Kid Low Midcarder because I think he'll get a lot of blind love votes
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Aladdin - Low midcarder
Skull Kid - Low midcarder
Ada Wong - High fodder

Mostly for reasons already stated.
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Aladdin is Fodder Line. The Lion King is a more popular Disney movie, and I don't think a huge number of people will vote for him based on a few well-received games from the early 90s.

Skull Kid I think will be pretty strong based on Majora's Mask being old enough for prime nostalgia voting. Low Midcarder for him.

Ada could just be high fodder, but I think that she'll be stronger than Claire based on pure sex appeal and the fact that she appears in RE2 and 4. She also has a lot more appearances in main RE games in general than Claire. Fodder Line for her.

Nominations:

Mythra (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
Dudley (Street Fighter III/IV)
Sheena Fujibayashi (Tales of Symphonia)
Heather Mason (Silent Hill 3)
Viewtiful Joe (Viewtiful Joe)
Cappy (Super Mario Odyssey)
Twintelle (ARMS)
Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN Adventures)
Snorlax (Pokemon)
Harley Quinn (DC Comics)
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Noms:
Robo
Professor Oak
Harry Potter

Also a suggestion, put the noms in alphabetical order under each #?
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I thought about doing that, but it doesn't seem like docs has a way to sort A-Z. I could maybe sort by series though.

Day 25 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77806723
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