Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 334 ft Dr. E. Gadd, Cyclops, Ico

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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 333:

Francis York Morgan (Deadly Premonition) is LAW Fodder
Rainbow Mika (Street Fighter) is Low Fodder
F.L.U.D.D. (Super Mario Sunshine) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Dr. E. Gadd (Luigis Mansion)
Cyclops (X-Men)
Ico (Ico)


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I'm siding with Low Fodder for E. Gadd and Ico. I could see the argument for LAW for Ico, but I get the sense his game is decently popular in its own right, just overshadowed by SotC. I guess I'll vote Mid Fodder for Cyclops, because he's among the more iconic X-Men and is sort of popular in the mainstream, even though I question how much GameFAQs will actually care.

Nominate Baby Luigi (Mario) and Nidoran F (Pokmon), and second/third/fourth AiAi, Alicia Melchiott, Articuno, Ashley (WarioWare), Baby Bowser, Basch fon Ronsenburg, Carnage, Cave Johnson, Chell, John Romero, Legolas, Melia Antiqua, Selvaria Bles, Shanoa, Sulley, Vector the Crocodile, Welkin Gunther, Yuri Hyuga, and Zell Dincht.

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Nominate:
Basch fon Ronsenburg (Final Fantasy XII)
Baby Bowser (Mario)
Chell (Portal)
Nidoran F (Pokmon)
Articuno (Pokemon)
Vector the Crocodile

also, the one who nominated Old Man Statue (Sonic Adventure) definitely wasn't me. Probably linkmariosamus?

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also nominate Nidoran F, John Romero and Baby Luigi.

agree with Metalmind. E Gadd might be close to mid though. Cyclops is one of the best-known X-Men but kind of became a joke of a character after the 90s. Luckily he's good in all the MvC games.

OPTIC BLAST

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Yes Old Man Statue was my nomination. He became something of an Ensemble Darkhorse to Runaway Guys fans because when they played Sonic Adventure they loved to waste time playing with it and trying to bring it everywhere.

ProtonJon basically played the game as if he was streaming.

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Dr. E. Gadd (Luigis Mansion) - Low fodder
Cyclops (X-Men) - Mid fodder
Ico (Ico) - Low fodder

Ico the game did pretty decently in GotD1. Might have faded some by now? Helps Ico the character that his name is the same as his game though.

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I support nomination for Ashley (WarioWare) and Melia Antiqua. I also wish to nominate Wooloo. Also, a question: is it possible to nominate Wolf Link, or is that going overboard?

Dr. E. Gadd (Luigis Mansion) - Fodder line. He's been more visible lately, with Luigi's Mansion 3 reviewing well, being received warmly by fans, and setting sales records for the series. He's had other spinoff appearances as well, including the Mario & Luigi games and Mario Party series. Even a name drop in a mainline Mario game (granted that game is Sunshine...) He's a well established Mario character, he can't be total garbage. Remember how Rosalina put up 44% on Geralt when everyone expected her to bomb (though I would rate her a few tiers above Gadd.)
Cyclops (X-Men) - High fodder - He's not Wolverine, but he was the team leader in the popular 90's cartoon, so GameFAQs should know who he is. He also has the Marvel vs Capcom appearances to his name.
Ico (Ico) - Low fodder - Protag of a one-off, early oughts Sony game that isn't an RPG, and couldn't crack a million copies. I think this the the right ranking for 'em.

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Rosalina is playable in Smash and had fans that cared about her even before that.

E. Gadd isnt and nobody cares.

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AdamantRock posted...

I support nomination for Ashley (WarioWare) and Melia Antiqua. I also wish to nominate Wooloo. Also, a question: is it possible to nominate Wolf Link, or is that going overboard?

We've had Toon Link, Dark Link, Young Link and CD-I Link so far; Wolf Link is the next logical step. I'll second him.

Day 335 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78683395

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