Board 8 > Your First Thought 41: "Hyped character that bombed their first match"

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Previous results:
1) Strongest non-Noble Niner: Zelda (Tifa, Squall, Bowser)
2) Weakest Noble Niner: Sonic (Crono, Sephiroth, Mega Man)
3) Fodder Line: Vyse (Isaac, Pac-Man, Revolver Ocelot)
4) Strongest Western Franchise: Witcher (Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls, Fallout)
5) Strongest Indie: Shovel Knight, Undertale (Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Stardew Valley)
6) Biggest GotD2 Snub: Pokemon Go (Skyward Sword, Smash 4, Mario 3D World)
7) TJF/"The Jug Factor": Tifa (Morrigan Aensland, Tina Armstrong, Jill Valentine)
8) Strongest Pokemon not in a Contest: Blastoise (Bulbasaur, Charmander, Greninja)
9) Most unpredictable character: Kefka (Alucard, Donkey Kong, Magus)
10) Game series with most inconsistent strength: Final Fantasy (Pokemon, Mario, GTA)
11) Most disappointing performance of GotD2: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Tropical Freeze, Undertale, Dragon Age)
12) Game series you wish was stronger: Donkey Kong/Country, Resident Evil, Phoenix Wright, Trails
13) Character that always disappoints: Tidus (Magus, Cecil Harvey, Donkey Kong)
14) A joke that stopped being funny: L-Block (GFNW, Weighted Companion Cube, CATS)
15) Character I am sick of seeing in contests: Link (Guybrush Threepwood, Lloyd Irving, Draven)
16) How did this get into Game of the Decade 2?: Dying Light (Fate/Grand Order, Persona 4 Golden, Obra Dinn)
17) Strongest game that's never been in a contest: Super Smash Bros. (Final Fantasy VII Remake, Skyward Sword, Final Fantasy V)
18) Theoretical winner of 'Worst. Game. Ever.': Big Rigs (E.T., Superman 64, Sonic 06)
19) Long-gone character that deserves another shot: Strider Hiryu (Liquid Snake, Terry Bogard, M. Bison)
20) Character that has fallen the furthest: Vincent (Magus, Tommy Vercetti, Crono, Gordon Freeman, Satan)
21) Low midcarder: Ness (Fox, Tidus, Zidane)
22) Strong franchise with characters not worth shit: Elder Scrolls (Grand Theft Auto, Tales, Persona)
23) Theoretical winner of 'Best. Boxart. Ever.': Ocarina of Time (FFVII, Phalanx, Mega Man)
24) Strongest Nintendo game with no N9er in it: Pokemon RBY (Star Fox 64, Xenoblade, something with Kirby)
25) Weakest playable character in Smash Ultimate: Alph (Mii Fighters, Dark Pit, Pichu, Little Mac)
26) Most photogenic character ever in a contest: Tifa (Dante, Crono, Solid Snake/Solid Shit)
27) Character I can beat in a fist fight: Guybrush (Olimar, Ness, a Pokemon)
28) Strongest game never on a Nintendo platform: Persona 5 (Kingdom Hearts/II, Symphony of the Night, God of War 2018, FFVII)
29) Franchise where the 1st game is the strongest: Pokemon (Chrono, Metal Gear Solid, Mass Effect)
30) The winner of 'Best. Video Game. Dad. Ever.': Kratos(God of War) (Jecht, Bowser, Phoenix Wright)
31) The Best SBAllen-Era Contest: Character Battle 2007 (Game of the Decade 1, Character Battle IX, Character Battle X)
32) The strongest incarnation of Link: Ocarina of Time (2007, Breath of the Wild, "Just Link what do you even mean")
33) Character Battle entrant you'd kiss on the lips: Tifa (Zelda, Morrigan, Lara Croft, Samus, KOS-MOS, Link)
34) The most fun Character Battle match ever: Link/Draven/Shepard (Mario/Vivi/Ganondorf, Frog/Chief, Red vs. Blue/Cloud vs. Sephiroth, Ryu/Dante '10, Mario vs. Crono 2)
35) The weakest Zelda game: Zelda II (One of the CD-i games, Spirit Tracks, Four Swords Adventures)
36) Character always screwed by bracket placement: Knuckles (Tidus, Cecil, Alucard)
37) Character much stronger than they should be: Crono (Link, Zelda, Alucard)
38) Weakest Final Fantasy character not in a contest yet: https://imgur.com/a/wf2HoyY
39) Noble Nine Breaker: Vincent (Pikachu, L-Block, Missingno.)
40) Strongest game that's not a part of a series: Shadow of the Colossus (Chrono Trigger, Undertale, Mario RPG)

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Kerrigan

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Kefka

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Kerrigan

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Kerrigan
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Sans

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Monika

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Kerrigan

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Every game in the series question being a part of a series in some way is hilarious, but also says some stuff about video games...

Anyway, Lucario. The hype was real, and while he did come in second and get through to the next round, he got crushed by Altair when it was expected to be close or for Lucario to win.

Also Balthier and Kerrigan.

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Midna

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Sans

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sorry my brain failed me and came up with

meat boy

this past contest is too fresh (unlike meat boy)

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Balthier. He was a lock for two rounds, and was the #4 pick to get out of the division.

He lost to Ada Wong.

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WarThaNemesis2 posted...

Balthier. He was a lock for two rounds, and was the #4 pick to get out of the division.

He lost to Ada Wong.

Twice!

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Leonhart4 posted...

Twice!

Correction:

He lost to Ada Wong with two other Capcom characters, one of whom was from the original Resident Evil 4, beating her down.

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Kerrigan

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That was indeed an important addendum

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Kerrigan

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Monika :(

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kerrigan
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I couldn't think of an actual example and instead thought of Pac-Man. I guess as a 1-seed it was a bit underwhelming to lose to Scorpion, but IIRC he actually looked fine in his first match. Maybe I was subconsciously thinking of Kefka's debut.

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Kefka

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Groose

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Kerrigan

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Lightning Strikes posted...

Anyway, Lucario. The hype was real, and while he did come in second and get through to the next round, he got crushed by Altair when it was expected to be close or for Lucario to win.

I'm still bummed about how poorly Lucario did. :[

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Kerrigan

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Monika

Geralt

Why did I think this? Did he even bomb his first match? I don't know!

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TotallyNotMI posted...

Geralt

Why did I think this? Did he even bomb his first match? I don't know!

He didn't exactly impress against Rosalina, but I wouldn't call it a bomb!

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Sans

And my second thought was Ness (because they're the same character apparently).

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Magus

I guess my brain just saw "hype" and "bomb" and went for it
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Kerrigan
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Monika

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MoogleKupo141 posted...

Kerrigan

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Terra

Lightning Strikes posted...

Every game in the series question being a part of a series in some way is hilarious, but also says some stuff about video games...

Anyway, Lucario. The hype was real, and while he did come in second and get through to the next round, he got crushed by Altair when it was expected to be close or for Lucario to win.

Also Balthier and Kerrigan.

What series is SotC a part of...?
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It's considered to be part of the same series as Ico and Last Guardian, I believe.

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Kefka

Wasn't around in 2003 so that's mostly based on stories, but yeah. Kerrigan's a really good answer too.

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Also I didnt play The Last Guardian but isnt that also supposed to be in the same world too?

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Janus5k posted...

Kefka

Wasn't around in 2003 so that's mostly based on stories, but yeah. Kerrigan's a really good answer too.

Let's just say that Kefka vs. Crono in round 2 was considered debatable to some people

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I made this topic basically for Kerrigan although there are some other good answers in here

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Magus (?)

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I thought of Madeline first because I was thinking of Celeste, which would have been a decent answer if this topic wasn't character-specific. Kefka was my next thought.

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Kerrigan

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Seifer.

People assumed he would be decent thanks to Squall being so strong and KH2. Dude lost to Amano art Celes.

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