Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 605 ft Apollo Justice, Jax, King Watinga

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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 604:

Emperor Uriel Septim VII (Oblivion) is Low Fodder
Fearow (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder
Amanda Ripley (Alien: Isolation) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney)
Jax (Mortal Kombat)
King Watinga (Mario Paint)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Sakura Kasugano (Street Fighter)

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Low Fodder for Apollo. I don't see how he manages mid when even Edgeworth can barely do so. He has moved past the general negative perception of his namesake game, but I don't think he is much of a fan favorite regardless.

I thought about going mid for Jax, but I will say Low Fodder. He does stand out design-wise and first appeared in the popular MK2, but I don't think the average voter is going to care about him. I don't know if he's a fan favorite, but the active fanbase for the series on Gfaqs is probably pretty low, judging by MK11's performance in GotD2.

I can't see many people even recognizing King Watinga since he only appears in Mario Paint and Mario Maker 1, so I say LAW Fodder.

Sakura is a big fan favorite of the Street Fighter series - definitely a top 10 character in terms of popularity. She also only trails Ryu, Chun-Li, Akuma and Ken in playable game appearances. Since Sakura debuted in 1996's Street Fighter Alpha 2, she has been playable in every Street Fighter-related game with the exception of the Street Fighter 3 series and some Vs. games (TvC, MvC3, MvCI).

Sakura also sees a large amount of play due to being a shoto and is heavily tied to Ryu story-wise. I will say Mid Fodder for her. I considered going high for her, but I think some voters will be turned off by her schoolgirl design.

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Agreed with halfsilver.
I see Sakura having some shot at flopping hard but dont feel too strongly about it so I can roll with her in mid.

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AxemRedRanger posted...

Agreed with halfsilver.

Nominate Wonder Woman for re-ranking. Perhaps ranking her on par with Captain America, Iron Man, and Superman and ahead of Thor wasn't overly incongruous when her film franchise was trending up, but WW84's confusing release and subpar reception have halted any such momentum. That's the main reason she'd have been as big as the aforementioned three on this site, and frankly it was always a stretch to depend on a single recent movie that wasn't an Endgame-level phenomenon. Harley Quinn's probably overranked too, but at least she's a major fan-favorite villain from a franchise that's genuinely popular here on its own merits.

Also, nominate Krusty the Clown, Rhyhorn, and Snoop Dogg for ranking.

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second re-ranking Wonder Woman

Day 606 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79308140

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