Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 405 ft Noob Saibot, Splash Woman, Yosuke H.

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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 404:

Amicia de Rune (A Plague Tale: Innocence) is LAW Fodder
Fox Mulder (The X-Files Game) is Low Fodder
Trini Kwan/Yellow Ranger (Power Rangers) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Noob Saibot (Mortal Kombat)
Splash Woman (Mega Man 9)
Yosuke Hanamura (Persona 4)

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Nomations frost mortal kombat

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nominate Francis York Morgan for Re-Ranking. He has a new game and is relevant again, so I think we can take him out of the LAW basement.

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I will say Mid Fodder for Noob. While he has a reputation as an overly-edgy character, his design is rather muted and he's got some cool moves. Plus he's got the iconic MK ninja design and his name stand out Tobias Boon, heh

I will go Mid Fodder for Splash Woman as well. I think she is still the only female robot master and has a stand-out classic Megaman design. She'll definitely have the support of a lot of series fans due to the unique niche she occupies.

Yosuke I think will also be Mid Fodder, barely. While some people may dislike him due to moments of gay panic he displays in-game, there's a reason fans refer to him by the name "Brosuke". He supports the player at the beginning of the game and almost always backs him up from then on, and displays a lot of depth at times.

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nominate Drachma (Skies of Arcadia) and Parin (Gurumin)

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Yosuke - mid fodder

splash woman - low fodder

metal man kind of bombed and while this was predictable (metal blades being well liked was never going to mean metal man was strong) I do think hed be one of the strongest robot masters - its just that probably none of them are that good. I dont have much confidence in mega man 9 in particular to have endured.

Noon Saibot - mid fodder

barely and hes relying heavily on design for that. Ask me in 5 minutes and maybe Id go low.

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nominate Guts Man
duh-nuh

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Low Fodder for all three IMO. I strongly agree with Axem about Splash Woman, and meanwhile, Yosuke's no Kanji-like fan favorite, and I kind of think he needs to be as a male Persona 4 party member.

I'll also nominate Guts Man.

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nominate Guts Man

Day 406 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78867795

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