Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 47 ft Professor Layton, Catwoman, Snorlax

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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 46:

Scar (The Lion King) is Fodder Line
Chrom (Fire Emblem) is High Fodder
Rise Kujikawa (Persona 4) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Professor Layton (Professor Layton series)
Snorlax (Pokemon)
Catwoman (DC Comics)
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Layton - Mid fodder. He got destroyed by Isaac back when he was new and relevant and there's no way he has gotten stronger.

Snorlax - low midcarder. Super popular gen 1 Pokemon, I could even see him being a solid midcarder.
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agree with metalmind on the first two

catwoman is mid fodder based solely on recognizability

catwoman got a new book recently and nobody even reads it. the wedding thing was a huge faux-paux for DC and people really soured on her. the shitty movie and awful game don't help. best she could get is a pic from Batman Returns or the Animated Series but those are both really dated. she draws someone people give a modicum of a shit about and she's done
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I also agree with Mid Fodder for Layton and Low Midcarder for Snorlax.

For Catwoman, I think the bad movie and game are far overshadowed by nostalgia for the animated series and Returns. There are also her appearances in the Arkham and Injustice games, and The Dark Knight Rises, to consider. I say she is High Fodder, assuming she gets a decent match pic.
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I concur with the Zenxsilver consensus regarding the first two.

As for Catwoman, I could easily see her being either Mid or High Fodder, but I'm going to err on the conservative Mid Fodder side. That's both because a good match pic is no guarantee and because a good chunk of GameFAQs might just automatically vote for even weak video game characters who are at least recognizable and reasonably well-liked (ex. Guile) over pretty much anyone who isn't from a video game. Basically, even though she shouldn't be that much weaker than The Joker, I'm going to trust Zen being in touch with things.
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reminder for everyone to look at the current nomination list and put in votes for some of the characters there (especially those stuck at 2 votes).

nominations:

Pichu (Pokmon)
Miriam (Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night)
The Hunter (Bloodborne)
Elena Fisher (Uncharted series)
Leonardo da Vinci (Assassin's Creed series)
Riesz (Trials of Mana/Seiken Densetsu 3)
Tharja (Fire Emblem Awakening)
Reno (Final Fantasy VII)
Maleficent (Disney/Kingdom Hearts)
Hanzo (Overwatch)
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I know I've asked this before but could you please put nominations in alphabetical order? It's actually really minimal work, just C&P the list to and from and online alphabetizer. Makes it so much easier for us and less likely for situations like

(2 noms)
Pichu - two users

(1 nom)
Pichu - a third user

Not that that's happened here but it happens a ton in contests. Human error.
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Underleveled posted...

I know I've asked this before but could you please put nominations in alphabetical order? It's actually really minimal work, just C&P the list to and from and online alphabetizer. Makes it so much easier for us and less likely for situations like

(2 noms)
Pichu - two users

(1 nom)
Pichu - a third user

Not that that's happened here but it happens a ton in contests. Human error.

well it did happen once in these topics - I forget who the character was but I found and corrected it before anyone called it out.

You make a fair point - I've alphabetized the nomination list
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putting Day 48 up early: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77861395
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