Talking about game-contests, let's go back to what yo said earlier:
From: PartOfYourWorld | #094
Epona has appeared in three of the top 10-15 games on this site. Absolutely incredible.
Let's take a quick look at the top fifteen games on the site, shall we? We certainly don't have anything definite on the order of them, but we have a decent idea of who they are. Let's look at the top five games in the last contest:
LoZ:MM
FFX
SSBB
SSBM
LoZ:TP
Now let's look at what are probably the top ten games that weren't in this bracket:
LoZ:OoT
FF7
LoZ:LttP
RBY
SM64
SMW
SMB3
CT
MGS
GE 007
Just combining these two lists makes for a pretty solid selection for the top fifteen games here. Now, check this out -- here's a list of characters in the order of who makes the most relevant appearances in these games:
Link - 8 (six if you don't count Young/Toon Link in SSBM/B, four without the SSB-series)
Mario - 6 (five if you don't count Dr. Mario in SSBM, three without the SSB-series)
Ganondorf - 5 (three without the SSB-series)
Zelda - 5 (three without the SSB-series)
Bowser - 5 (three without the SSB-series)
Peach - 5 (three without the SSB-series)
Luigi - 4 (two without the SSB-series)
Yoshi - 4 (two without the SSB-series)
Epona - 3
Pikachu - 3 (one without the SSB-series)
Charizard - 3 (two if you don't count Poke-powers in SSBM, one without the SSB-series)
Jigglypuff - 3 (one without the SSB-series)
Samus - 3 (two if you don't count ZSS in SSBB, none without the SSB-series)
Toad - 2 (four if you count Peach's attack in the SSB-series)
Dark Link - 2 (four if you count Event-mode in the SSB-series)
Solid Snake - 2 (one without the SSB-series)
Mewtwo - 2 (one without the SSB-series)
Squirtle - 2 (one without the SSB-series)
Pokemon Trainer Red (one without the SSB-series)
Tingle - 2 (one without the SSB-series)
Navi - 2 (one if you don't count the Wii-pointer in the Wii-version of LoZ:TP)
Cloud - 1
Sephiroth - 1
Vincent - 1
Tifa - 1
Aeris - 1
Zack - 1
Cid - 1
Midgar Zolom - 1
Barret - 1
Auron - 1
Yuna - 1
Tidus - 1
Rikku - 1
Crono - 1
Missingno - 1
Midna - 1
Otacon - 1
Sonic - 1 (none without the SSB-series)
many other SSB-characters by Nintendo- 1 to 2 (none without the SSB-series)
Seifer - 0
Morrigan - 0
Mega Man - 0
There's a pretty comprehensive list of characters we've seen along with the NRT-characters selected over Epona in the last NRT-contest...and Mega Man so I could include all of the Noble Nine.
Looking at it like this, the only members of the Noble Nine who have as many appearances as Epona are Link, Mario, and Samus...and if you take the SSB-series away, Samus disappears while Epona ties Mario with three games. In fact, if you take away the SSB-series, Epona's in a five-way tie for second place. Princess Peach and Jigglypuff are the only nearby company that don't look good, and even then Peach is above the fodder line despite rarely being seen while Jigglypuff would look a lot better outside of a vote-in that removed Missingno/Mudkip/Toad.
Get Epona into a contest, A-sap.
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First with SSBB > SMG in 2009, then with the GotD-contest: BT owned me once again.
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