Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 85 ft Godzilla, Big Daddy, Callie and Marie

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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 there is a compelling reason for both characters to be linked (either co-starring in a game ala Banjo & Kazooie, or always appearing together like Callie & Marie from Splatoon).

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 - LAW Fodder, 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.

Note that LAW Fodder is meant to be a tier reserved for the weakest possible characters to put into a contest. A character will only be placed there if at least 3/4ths of the voters for that day agree on the LAW Fodder rating, and no ratings above Low Fodder are given. If either of those conditions are not met, the character will not be eligible for the LAW Fodder tier.

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 84:

Majora (Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask) is a Low Midcarder
Sabrina (Pokemon) is High Fodder
Fei Fong Wong (Xenogears) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Godzilla (Godzilla games)
Big Daddy (BioShock)
Callie & Marie (Splatoon)
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Mid fodder for all.

Godzilla - Like King Kong, I just don't think anyone really cares about him as a character.

Big Daddy - He was beginning to tank when he last left us, choking to Lloyd of all people, and I don't see any reason why he would have gone back up since then.

Callie & Marie - The stars of the original Splatoon. Anyone who played it will be voting for them against anyone they are even close to indifferent too. Unfortunately, the Wii U sold like ass and consequently the original Splatoon has a small playerbase compared to the second.
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Agree with Mid Fodder for Big Daddy and Callie & Marie. I don't think Splatoon as a whole is popular enough on the site to overcome the weakness of being on the WiiU.

For Godzilla I will say High Fodder. His design is much more iconic and recognizable than King Kong, and Godzilla movies do come out often enough to keep him relevant. Not to mention the sheer quantity of Godzilla games that exist. Destroy All Monsters for the Gamecube could be a game that some voters have nostalgia for too.
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I agree with darkx. Mid Fodder to all. If one of these is High Fodder, it's Callie & Marie. But the Wii U was a massive failure, so...
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Godzilla (Godzilla games) - Mid fodder

Godzilla > King Kong is certainly true but I think we ranked King Kong a tier too high so...

Big Daddy (BioShock) - Mid fodder

...I think he still probably loses to Gordon?

Callie & Marie (Splatoon) - Mid fodder
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nominations:

Carmelita Fox (Sly Cooper)
Claude (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
Elma (Xenoblade Chronicles X) - metalmind
Kane (WWF/WWE games)
Rex (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
Sophie (Tales of Graces)
Ho-Oh (Pokemon)
Johnny Gat (Saints Row)
The Punisher (Marvel)
Rena Ryugu (Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni)
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Nominate
Rena ryuugu
Sweet Tooth
Barret Wallace
Cait sith
Celes Chere
Bahamut
Woody
Like Skywalker
Cid Highwind
Red xiii
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was able to find time; Day 86 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77957885
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