Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 23 ft Superman, Jak, King Boo

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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 22:

Roy (Fire Emblem) is High Fodder
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) is a Low Midcarder
Ecco (Ecco the Dolphin) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Superman (DC Comics)
Jak (Jak series)
King Boo (Mario series)
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I'm just now actively realizing that Jak missed CBX.

Superman - low midcarder. He may be synonymous with the word "superhero" but especially for the past 20 years he seems to play second fiddle to Batman on the DC totem pole.

Jak - high fodder. That's about where he's always been and I don't expect that to ever change. His fans pretty much remain loyal but with his series being functionally dead he's unlikely to gain any new fans.

King Boo - High fodder. Recognizable enough to get some throwaway votes from the Nintendo loyalists.
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Underleveled posted...

Superman - low midcarder. He may be synonymous with the word "superhero" but especially for the past 20 years he seems to play second fiddle to Batman on the DC totem pole.

Jak - high fodder. That's about where he's always been and I don't expect that to ever change. His fans pretty much remain loyal but with his series being functionally dead he's unlikely to gain any new fans.

I agree with these. For King Boo, I'm going to say Mid Fodder, and you can reference my Goomba and Bowser Jr. explanations for why.
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Jak - High Fodder
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Superman is a Low Midcarder. recognizable enough to get over the fodder line, but he doesn't have much in terms of relevant game appearances. His best-known game is Superman 64, which probably disappointed a lot of Gfaqs users as kids. His turn as a villain in Injustice was hit-or-miss with most people.

Jak is High Fodder thanks to recent rereleases of his games.

King Boo is Mid Fodder. I honestly think a regular Boo could be stronger than him.

nominations:

Rin Tohsaka (Fate/stay Night)
Tommy Vercetti (GTA Vice City)
Pauline (Mario series)
Rebecca Chambers (Resident Evil)
B. D. Joe (Crazy Taxi)
Skull Kid (Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
Banjo (Banjo-Kazooie)
Atreus (God of War)
Aladdin (Disney's Aladdin)
Jimi Hendrix (Guitar Hero)
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half_silver28 posted...

Tommy Vercetti (GTA Vice City)
Pauline (Mario series)
Rebecca Chambers (Resident Evil)
Aladdin (Disney's Aladdin)

Nom these
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Day 24 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77803955
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