Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 543 ft Emmett Graves, Toro Inoue, King Hippo

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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 542:

Polygon Man (Playstation All-Stars) is LAW Fodder
Launchpad McQuack (DuckTales) is Low Fodder
Roy Batty (Blade Runner) is LAW Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Emmett Graves (Starhawk)
Toro Inoue (Doko Demo Issyo/PSASBR)
King Hippo (Punch-Out)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Galeem (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)

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LAW Fodder for Emmett and Toro.

No one remembers Starhawk anymore and it never got a sequel, so I can't have faith in its protagonist being worth anything. For Toro, I just feel like he isn't known all that well outside of Japan. His only memorable game appearances for western audiences are Street Fighter x Tekken and PSASBR, neither of which will count for much.

Low Fodder for King Hippo. He's one of the more memorable Punch-Out opponents and just a funny character in general, and might even get a few votes out of Captain N. But I don't think any individual opponent outside of Mike Tyson matters enough to be worth more than low.

Low Fodder for Galeem. It might be better than Tabuu, but ultimately it will just be known as "Smash Ultimate final boss" since no one cares about the story of the game. It is definitely recognizable though, and the Sephiroth trailer also helps.

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Agreed with halfsilver.

Emmett Graves might get some milage out of the glowing blue eyes thing. I could maybe see low based off design.

Nominate:
Hobby (Excitebike)
Vic Viper (Gradius)
Crimson Viper (Street Fighter)
Iron Fist (Marvel)
MODOK (Marvel)
Super-Skrull (Marvel
Taskmaster (Marvel)
X-23 (X-Men)

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second axem's nominations I didn't know Excitebike guy had a name

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Also agree with halfsilver. Third Hobby, Vic Viper, and Crimson Viper.

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Day 544 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79180588

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