Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 170 ft Andross, Bender, Metroid

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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 169:

Yoda (Star Wars) is a Low Midcarder
Dr. Mario (Dr. Mario) is a Low Midcarder
Jason Vorhees (Friday the 13th/Mortal Kombat X) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Andross (Star Fox)
Metroid (Metroid)
Bender (Futurama)
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Mid Fodder for Andross. Everyone knows him and he might get some "joke" votes if his SNES boss form is used as a pic. But no one will care much beyond that.

High Fodder for Metroid, bordering on fodder line. It is the namesake of the series and is very memorable due to appearing in every game. However I feel that it will only get votes out of respect for the series since it is a generic enemy, and might even see some anti-votes because of how annoying they are to deal with in certain games.

High Fodder for Bender, same as Fry. He may not be the "lead" character of the series but he has literally dozens of memes associated with him. He's 30% memes!
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Nominate:

Wander (Shadow of the Colossus)
Agro (Shadow of the Colossus)
Dungeon Man (Earthbound)
Paula (Earthbound)
Jeff (Earthbound)
Poo (Earthbound)
The Runaway Five (Earthbound)
Ninten (Earthbound Beginnings)
Porky/Pokey Minch (Earthbound/Mother 3)
Mecha-Drago (Mother 3)
Flint (Mother 3)
Hinawa (Mother 3)
Starman (Earthbound)
New Age Retro Hippie (Earthbound series)
Mani Mani Statue (Earthbound)
Dr. Light (Mega Man series)
Metal Face (Xenoblade)
Reyn (Xenoblade)
Dunban (Xenoblade)
Fiora (Xenoblade)
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Andross: Mid Fodder
Metroid: High Fodder
Bender: Mid Fodder

Nominations:
Adam Malkovich
Agro
Birdo
C-3PO
Cosmic Mario
Dick Tracy
Faby
Fiora
Ninten
Wart (Super Mario Bros. 2)
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Andross (Star Fox) - Mid fodder
Metroid (Metroid) - High fodder
Bender (Futurama) - Mid fodder

Feel like he might have actually been stronger than Fry back in the day but I'm not sure he's aged all that well. Wasn't sure on High vs. Mid for Fry so I'll go Mid here.

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Nominate:
Ninten
Birdo
Wander

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Nominate:

Jeanne (Bayonetta)
Rodin (Bayonetta)
Father Balder (Bayonetta)
Jubileus (Bayonetta)
Charlie's Angels (Charlie's Angels)
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LinkMarioSamus posted...

Nominate: The Runaway Five (Earthbound)
Charlie's Angels (Charlie's Angels)

I can't accept nominations for groups of 3 or more people - we'd end up ranking "the whole playable cast of Skies of Arcadia" as an entrant. However if you wanted to nominate the 2 lead singers of The Five together I would accept that.

nominations:

Agro (Shadow of the Colossus)
Paula (Earthbound)
Jeff (Earthbound)
Poo (Earthbound)
Ninten (Earthbound Beginnings)
Flint (Mother 3)
Starman (Earthbound)
New Age Retro Hippie (Earthbound series)
Wart (Super Mario Bros. 2)
Rodin (Bayonetta)
Balder (Bayonetta)
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Day 171 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78181919
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