Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 33 ft Linkle, Marcus Fenix, Garland

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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 32:

Tom Nook (Animal Crossing) is Mid Fodder
Venom Snake (Metal Gear Solid V) is Mid Fodder
Pyra (Xenoblade Chronicles 2) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Linkle (Hyrule Warriors)
Garland (Final Fantasy)
Marcus Fenix (Gears of War)
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Garland would knock them all down.
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Linkle is a Midcarder. I think Gfaqs likes the idea of female Link overall, and she's really cute too.

Both Garland and Marcus are Mid Fodder. I don't think the OG Final Fantasy has many fans - Garland is mostly relying on the "I will knock you all down" meme and Dissidia. Marcus is recognizable, but Gears of War is not popular on this site and a lot of people dislike him in general.
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nominations:

Navi (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
Chiaki Nanami (Danganronpa)
A2 (Nier: Automata)
The King of All Cosmos (Katamari Damacy)
Jaws (Jaws NES)
Futaba Sakura (Persona 5)
Midna (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
Mileena (Mortal Kombat)
Jotaro Kujo (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)
Prince of Persia (The Prince of Persia series)
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Linkle (Hyrule Warriors) - probably above Epona, at least, so maybe an upper mid-carder?
Garland (Final Fantasy) - high fodder, I guess. At least he's the main villain.
Marcus Fenix (Gears of War) - mid-fodder these days.
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Linkle: Midcarder - Contrary to half_silver, I would say Linkle isn't very well liked, but the Link connection should still be a draw. Exactly half of Base Link seems about right.

Garland: Mid Fodder - Has a popular enough source to save him from the depths of contest oblivion.

Marcus Fenix: Low Fodder - All the Xbox dudebros have long since left GameFAQs, and unlike Master Chief, Fenix won't be getting respect/general apathy votes. It doesn't help that Fenix wasn't even that strong at his peak, either.

Nominations:
Catherine (Catherine)
Conker (Conker's Bad Fur Day)
Cynthia
Magikarp
Midna
Morrigan Aensland
Prince of Persia
Rydia of Mist (Final Fantasy IV)
Tanner (Driver)
Vault Boy (Fallout)
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second morrigan
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Day 34 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77829167
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