Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 211 ft Edgar Figaro, Kitty Pryde, Mikey

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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

If you feel that a character has been over or under-ranked, or if a new development has come up that would affect their contest strength, you may nominate them for a re-ranking. You may nominate one character per day for this, and 3 votes are needed to get them on the slate. One character with 3 votes will come up for re-ranking today.

Re-ranking Nomination List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V6dx-tu-FD1rCxbX69eQwEzE7x1F6nNRNFochYHu1dc/edit?usp=sharing

Results from Day 210:

Villager (Animal Crossing) is High Fodder
Chaos (Sonic Adventure) is Low Fodder
Jason Lee Scott/Red Ranger (Power Rangers) is High Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Catwoman (DC Comics) is now High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Kitty Pryde (X-Men)
Michelangelo (TMNT)
Edgar Figaro (Final Fantasy VI)

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Kitty Pryde (X-Men) - Mid fodder

Not getting into the 90's animated series kneecaps her pretty hard and no prominence in the first couple X-Men movies is also a problem. She's just not even in the biggest X-men stuff for this site's demographic. Was in some later X-Men movies and X-Men Evolution but even so this feels really generous. I do recognize the name offhand though (wouldn't have a prayer of telling you what Gambit, Storm, or Beast's real names are), so she's probably got something going for her.

Michelangelo (TMNT) - Fodder line

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Edgar Figaro (Final Fantasy VI) - High fodder

Reasonably prominent secondary character in the game but not sure he stands out much to people that aren't still mega fans so many years later.

Nominate:
Shredder (TMNT)
Ditto (Pokmon)
Eevee (Pokemon)
Mew (Pokemon)
Fawful (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)
Hero/Solo (Dragon Quest IV)
Hero (Dragon Quest V)
Ivy Valentine (Soul Calibur)
Steven Armstrong (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
Snoopy (Snoopy Flying Ace)

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AxemRedRanger posted...

Kitty Pryde (X-Men) - Mid fodder

Not getting into the 90's animated series kneecaps her pretty hard and no prominence in the first couple X-Men movies is also a problem. She's just not even in the biggest X-men stuff for this site's demographic. Was in some later X-Men movies and X-Men Evolution but even so this feels really generous. I do recognize the name offhand though (wouldn't have a prayer of telling you what Gambit, Storm, or Beast's real names are), so she's probably got something going for her.

Michelangelo (TMNT) - Fodder line

turtles

Edgar Figaro (Final Fantasy VI) - High fodder

Reasonably prominent secondary character in the game but not sure he stands out much to people that aren't still mega fans so many years later.

Agree with all rankings. Sadly Kitty missing the 90s series and the early 00s movies really hurts, and her powers don't lend themselves well to games.

Mikey is similar to Ralph - everyone thought he was cool when they were kids, but nowadays some of Gfaqs will probably dislike him for how often he falls into the "team idiot" stereotype.


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Kitty low
mikey mid

I'll concur with all of Axem's rankings.

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Day 212 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78313531

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