Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 449 ft Cactuar, Phantoon, Scyther

(+) Yeah! (+)

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 448:

Pigma Dengar (Star Fox) is Low Fodder
Monk (Final Fantasy) is Low Fodder
Psylocke (X-Men) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Cactuar (Final Fantasy)
Phantoon (Super Metroid)
Scyther (Pokemon)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Shazam (DC Comics)

---

Nominate Seaking (Pokemon)

---

Mid Fodder for Cactuar. It is less well-known than the Chocobo and doesn't have the personality of Moogle, but it is still a FF series icon that has been in pretty much every game since its debut in 6. It was even in a few of the Mario sports games that Square developed.

Low Fodder for Phantoon. It's not as memorable as Crocomire who I think was borderline mid to begin with, and Phantoon's only reappearance being in Other M will not help either.

High Fodder for Scyther. It was a rare Pokemon to come across in Gen 1, but it got a good amount of focus in the anime where it was one of Tracy's signature Pokemon. Scyther was more common in Gen 2, and should get some nostalgia-type votes from people who though it was the coolest ever back in the day.

Low Fodder for Shazam. Comic notoriety will not get a character too far, and Shazam really only has the movie going for him beyond that. His movie ended up being forgotten in favor of Wonder Woman and bunch of mediocre DC movies despite being well-received - perhaps a result of Shazam being a tier 2 DC hero.

---

Cactuar (Final Fantasy) - low fodder
Final Fantasy has a lot of famous creatures and summons but by the time we get to Cactuar I think were into who cares territory.

Phantoon (Super Metroid) - low fodder
Probably not on par with Kraid.

Scyther (Pokemon) - High fodder
I think people generally like Scyther but its a bit limited in RBY by joining late and being annoying to get. GSC helps a little on that front.

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Shazam (DC Comics) - low fodder
just has very little going for him outside the movie, which wasnt that big a deal and is no longer current.

---

throwing this out there, hopefully they are allowed

Nominate:
Archie Andrews
Big Bird
Michael Scott
Mia Khalifa
Slice of Bread (I Am Bread)

---

Agree with Axem. I think the Cactuar is technically to Final Fantasy as the Slime is to Dragon Quest, but the crucial difference is that the latter's the actual, charismatic mascot of its series, whereas the former's merely the most common regular enemy (I believe).

I'll also third Walter White + second Big Bird, Rick Sanchez, and Slice of Bread, as well as nominate the following:

Goat (Goat Simulator)
Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad)
Mike Ehrmantraut (Breaking Bad)
Saul Goodman (Breaking Bad)

Fun(?) fact: I was yesterday years old when I learned that there was a Breaking Bad video game.

---

brb finding a porn video game to see how a porn star would do in a contest

---

Nominate:
-Goat
-Big Bird
-Archie Andrews
-Jesse Pinkman
-Saul Goodman

---

GTM posted...

throwing this out there, hopefully they are allowed

Nominate:
Archie Andrews
Big Bird
Michael Scott
Mia Khalifa
Slice of Bread (I Am Bread)

Mia is indeed not eligible, but there is an Office video game so Michael Scott is fine.

Second GTM's nominations and also second Goat, Jesse and Saul.

---

Day 450 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78960711

---