Board 8 > How strong is Zelda this year?

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She seems to be performing far above 2k13, is there a reason? I havent looked into the xstats into great detail Ill admit. Was she that strong, or is squall just weak af now?
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Breath of the Wild boost?

Squall (and really, all FF main protagonists not named Cloud) are weaker than ever this year.
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She might be #2...

Im not even joking.

I think Mario would beat her one on one cause Nintendo would fall in line...

But I seriously think she would go about even with Crono and Cloud.

FinaIFantasy posted...

She might be #2...

Im not even joking.

I think Mario would beat her one on one cause Nintendo would fall in line...

But I seriously think she would go about even with Crono and Cloud.

Zelda only did 5-6% better on Aeris than in 2k6. Aeris has more than likely weakened since then.. maybe a lot. Though, you could be right.. that 6% would make it a 50-50 with Samus 2k6. That's assuming she boosted that much and Aeris didn't plummet off a cliff.
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Aeris hasn't weakened since 2006 (arguably), just like Tifa.

Zelda's x-stat is probably somewhere around 40% (or a little above that) which is high enough to potentially threaten lower Noble Niners like Sonic or Crono, but probably not someone like Snake or Mario.
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Haste_2 posted...

Aeris hasn't weakened since 2006 (arguably), just like Tifa.

Zelda's x-stat is probably somewhere around 40% (or a little above that) which is high enough to potentially threaten lower Noble Niners like Sonic or Crono, but probably not someone like Snake or Mario.

Definitely not Mario. Snake is a doubt.
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Zelda in 2k6 was arguably her strongest(aside from maybe now) when she had Twilight Princess Hype. Samus only struggled against Tifa, and that definitely could have been due to the Zero Suit Samus picture. I think Samus wins. I also think Samus will get the SFF votes in her favor. I am still not convinced Zelda > Sonic either because I do think a lot of final fantasy characters fell off hard.. look at vincent.
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Haste_2 posted...

Aeris hasn't weakened since 2006 (arguably), just like Tifa.

Zelda's x-stat is probably somewhere around 40% (or a little above that) which is high enough to potentially threaten lower Noble Niners like Sonic or Crono, but probably not someone like Snake or Mario.

Aeris performed under expectations on waluigi by a good bit
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I mean any stats on Waluigi that come from before he became a meme are probably trash anyway.

https://i.redd.it/ak1m2p5xxgiy.jpg
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SlugSh0t posted...

Was she that strong, or is squall just weak af now?

Squall is a fraud.

...And pretty weak now unfortunately compared to earlier contests.
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Haste_2 posted...

Aeris hasn't weakened since 2006 (arguably), just like Tifa.

Zelda's x-stat is probably somewhere around 40% (or a little above that) which is high enough to potentially threaten lower Noble Niners like Sonic or Crono, but probably not someone like Snake or Mario.

Not unless you think Aerith is a low-end near-elite, which also translates into Fox and Jill being stronger than they ever have before and Captain Toad being a legitimate midcarder.