Current Events > So this character battle was awful.

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The same old shit. It got worse when its fucking Link and Zelda in the finals. Really?

They really need to take out the retro characters and make one for exclusively new gen to make things interesting.

Only characters from this generation or something.
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character battle has always been lame except for when L-block won it
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Idk it was kinda interesting seeing the usual ff mainstays do so badly

Zelda is kinda random too

I expected geralt, Kratos, the yakuza guys etc to do better but hey
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I agree that Link is probably the worst example of what a "best character" should be. People say they vote for characters who are from their favorite series, which is lame because GameFAQs already has competitions for that.

I don't agree with arbitrary limits though. New characters only would be equally lame, and what constitutes a new character?

For example, let's look at the Mario series with the smash-hit installment in the 3D Super Mario games, Super Mario Odyssey. A breakout star from that game was Mayor Pauline. Obviously Pauline is not new to the video-game world, she was the OG Mario girl, and appeared in a variety of Mario v. Donkey Kong games since then. The thing is, it wasn't until last year that she finally got the spotlight and her character is practically brand new.
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Definitely agree. Would really like to have seen some GTA characters in the contest as well. Someone like Trevor Philips or Roman Bellic are good examples of interesting characters IMO.
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I didn't even bother this year because you have to input your contact info
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