Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 45 ft Gooigi, Felix, Angry Video Game Nerd

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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 44:

Solaire of Astora (Dark Souls) is High Fodder
Lucca Ashtear (Chrono Trigger) is High Fodder
Agent J (Men in Black) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Gooigi (Luigis Mansion)
Felix (Golden Sun)
Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN Adventures)
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tagging for my boy gooigi
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Felix- High fodder. Should be weaker than Isaac but that match against Master Chief gives me faith that he isn't garbage.
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darkx his match against chief was in 2003

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yeah high fodder fuck it
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Gooigi: Mid Fodder - I don't have any confidence in such a new and hardly-seen character to perform just because it looks like Luigi. At least that'll be good for a few votes, though.

I'm also going to say Mid Fodder for Felix. Isaac didn't look great in 2018, even accounting for possible SFF, and he's the Golden Sun character people still remember. Felix was at least as strong once upon a time, when The Lost Age was new, so that doesn't mean he still will be now.

I have a hunch that Angry Video Game Nerd is Low Fodder, though I could be totally off.
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I agree with Mid Fodder for Felix. He has fallen into Isaac's shadow since his iconic match back in 2003.

Gooigi I say is High Fodder. It helps that his color scheme is green, honestly.

Angry Video Game Nerd I say is Mid Fodder. I don't think he's super popular these days, but I think he will get some support thanks to old memes and the fact that he is still active and reviewing retro games.

nominations:

Ellen Ripley (Alien)
Leah (Stardew Valley)
Lucario (Pokmon)
Ludwig von Koopa (Mario series)
The Merchant (Resident Evil 4)
Dunban (Xenoblade Chronicles)
Schala (Chrono Trigger)
Alien Warrior (Alien)
Cave Johnson (Portal 2)
Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo games)
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you can change my felix to mid fodder, i forgot isaac made it into a recent contest and bombed

Gooigi high fodder for reasons stated by half silver

avgn low fodder for reasons stated by metalmind
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Eh I'll go mid fodder for AVGN with strong rally potential.

Low fodder for Gooigi
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Day 46 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77857409
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