Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 38 ft Wakka, Trevor Phillips, Angry Sun

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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 37:

Agent 47 (Hitman series) is Mid Fodder
Dark (Aliens vs. Predator 2010) is Low Fodder
Mike Haggar (Final Fight) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Trevor Philips (Grand Theft Auto V)
Wakka (Final Fantasy X)
Angry Sun (Super Mario Bros 3)
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Wakka is mid-fodder, people seem to actually not like him for some reason, maybe cuz he is a racist? I think the only power FFX has is the Auron, the girls, sometimes Jecht and maybe Tidus depending on which direction the wind is blowing. wakka might be high though, i'll see what others are saying

Trevor is also mid-fodder, even though he's the most beloved GTAV protagonist it doesn't seem like the GTAV story mode is relevant anymore. it literally never gets any more play. maybe if it were more recent.

Angry Sun could probably get away with being high fodder, people "get" the joke but i think he'd sink against anyone at the fodder line because nobody actually cares about angry sun
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To me Wakka is Fodder Line. He strikes me as similar to Tidus in that his reception is mostly positive, but some people don't like him and are outspoken about it. It's mostly his humor that keeps him from being truly hated.

Agree with Mid Fodder for Trevor. Not a character Gfaqs cares too much for.

Agree with High Fodder for Angry Sun.
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I agree with Zen that Wakka is Mid Fodder. He's basically Tidus except merely a secondary character rather than the focus of his game, and unlike Tidus, he hasn't really gotten more well-liked with time. I think not being liked as a character would badly weigh against him in a contest.

I say Trevor Philips is Low Fodder. This Generic McDude isn't going to get votes just because he's the main protagonist of a big game, especially since most of GameFAQs is more inclined towards hating than caring about said game.

Finally, I'm going with Mid Foddder for Angry Sun. In contest terms, it's basically Cappy except with more of a pedigree, but not as much of a character. I wouldn't necessarily take it to beat someone like Guile or even Gordon Freeman.

Nominations:
? Block (Mario)
Captain Olimar (Pikmin)
Duke Nukem
Falco Lombardi (Star Fox)
Handsome Jack
James McCloud (Star Fox)
Krystal (Star Fox)
Peppy Hare (Star Fox)
Slippy Toad (Star Fox)
Wolf O'Donnell (Star Fox)

We have somehow managed to overlook an entire notable series of prospects - before now, that is.
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I think that Wakka gets a lot of focus for being a secondary character, especially when compared to Lulu or Kimahri.

And I def had Star Fox characters to nominate, I just somehow haven't gotten to any lol

nominations:

? Block (Mario series)
Captain Olimar (Pikmin)
Falco Lombardi (Star Fox)
Krystal (Star Fox)
Wolf O'Donnell (Star Fox)
Soma Cruz (Castlevania)
Zangief (Street Fighter)
Sazh Katzroy (Final Fantasy XIII)
Epona (Legend of Zelda series)
Lord Raptor (Darkstalkers)
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Second wolf
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Day 39 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77841223
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