Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 22 ft Roy, Homer Simpson, Ecco the Dolphin

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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 both members of said duo are named in the title of a game (Banjo-Kazooie, Sam & Max Hit the Road, etc).

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 - 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.

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

Results from Day 21:

Black Mage (Final Fantasy) is a Low Midcarder
The Grinch (Grinch games) is Mid Fodder
Madeline (Celeste) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Roy (Fire Emblem)
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
Ecco (Ecco the Dolphin)
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Roy: Fodder Line - Basically Robin except with a longer Smash legacy, and that people actually care about him, at least to an extent.

Homer Simpson: High Fodder - Hardly anyone remembers Simpsons games, and the TV series is simply not something I'm confident in having any strength on GameFAQs.

Ecco: Mid Fodder - Generic non-human animals automatically have more GameFAQs appeal than generic humans, and that goes double for a dolphin. Plus, a minority of voters probably remember Ecco's games fondly.
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Roy - High fodder. His game has never been officially released in the U.S., so most of his votes will come exclusively from Smash. He has less tourney representation than Marth, and less non-Smash popularity than Robin and Lucina. I see him being weaker than them.

Homer Simpson - Low midcarder. Everyone knows him, and in weird ways he's really relatable. Plus the Simpsons arcade game is fondly remembered.

Ecco - Mid fodder. Sega characters not named Sonic just don't do well here.
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Roy: High Fodder. Fire Emblem gets a lot of flak from Super Smash Bros. fans. Roy isn't impacted quite as much thanks to Melee nostalgia and being included in the roster before the "too many FE characters"/"too many swordsmen" complaints began pouring in. But at the end of the day, he's a clone fighter, Marth's inferior and someone whose game was never even released in the States. I expect him to be weaker than Ike, who looked like ass last year.

Homer Simpson - Low Midcarder. As far as fictional characters go, I think Homer would do pretty damn well for himself. Nostalgia for The Simpsons has been at a fever pitch these past few years, and while Simpsons video games have a chequered past, several of them are regarded fondly: the arcade game, Hit & Run, Road Rage and The Simpsons Game.

Ecco: Mid Fodder. I concur with MetalmindStats here. Ecco's status as a cute animal and semi-recognized Genesis relic should allow it to at least beat the worst of the worst - Monokuma, Hat Kid and the like - without too much trouble.
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TheCodeisBosco posted...

But at the end of the day, he's a clone fighter, Marth's inferior

I don't think that's how most people view him. Roy actually has a clear fanbase, unlike the likes of Marth and Robin, and Fire Emblem fans generally like him quite a bit even though his game was never released outside of Japan. As for Fire Emblem's status among the Smash community, I don't think that matters as much as you would think on a site that's always been focused on singleplayer games, and where Smash Ultimate tanked in last year's GotY polling. I, too, expect Roy to be weaker than Ike, but Ike did not look like he was on the Fodder Line last year, unless you think there was zero SFF or other weirdness in his entire path.

As for Homer, I guess I'll up my vote to Fodder Line; I could see him either there or where I originally voted him. For whatever reason, I just don't feel like he's someone most people would be inclined to vote for, and I don't think having games that are fondly regarded is the same thing as having games people actually remember and care about.
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Roy is High Fodder. Well-liked in Smash, but he has nothing else besides Melee nostalgia.

Homer is a Low Midcarder. He is very recognizable and has countless associated memes from the show that get him above the fodder line. But I don't think there is much of a fanbase for Simpsons games on the site.

Agree with everyone on Mid Fodder for Ecco.

nominations:

Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)
Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers)
Dixie Kong (DK series)
Shaq (Shaq-Fu)
Tellah (Final Fantasy IV)
King Boo (Mario series)
Catwoman (DC Comics)
Trevor Belmont (Castlevania)
Chloe Frazer (Uncharted)
Urdnot Wrex (Mass Effect)
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Day 23 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77801281
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