Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 610 ft Akihiko Sanada, Golbat, Hide

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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 609:

Benjamin (Final Fantasy Mystic Quest) is LAW Fodder
Krile (Final Fantasy V) is Low Fodder
Oxen (Oregon Trail) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Akihiko Sanada (Persona 3)
Golbat (Pokemon)
Hide (Nioh 2)

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Low Fodder for all today.

Akihiko is a main character and is pretty well-liked, but definitely less popular than Aigis or Mitsuru. Golbat is pretty close to mid due to its design standing out, but it never struck me as a particular favorite in Gen 1 and was pushed aside for Crobat in Gen 2. Hide is another custom character and I can't figure out if they have a "default" appearance in the game. But I'll give them the benefit of the doubt since Gfaqs seems to like Nioh.

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agreed with halfsilver.

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AxemRedRanger posted...

agreed with halfsilver.

Nominate Jimmy Lee, Phi, and Sigma.

Also, LMS was the one who originally nominated Ornlu, not Axem.

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Day 611 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79317588

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