Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 64 ft Aigis, Waddle Dee, Jack Sparrow

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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 - LAW Fodder, 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.

Note that LAW Fodder is meant to be a tier reserved for the weakest possible characters to put into a contest. A character will only be placed there if at least 3/4ths of the voters for that day agree on the LAW Fodder rating, and no ratings above Low Fodder are given. If either of those conditions are not met, the character will not be eligible for the LAW Fodder tier.

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 63:

Thor (Marvel) is Fodder Line
Jeff Probst (Survivor games) is Low Fodder
Max Caulfield (Life is Strange) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Aigis (Persona 3)
Waddle Dee (Kirby series)
Captain Jack Sparrow (Disney/Kingdom Hearts)
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Aigis - Mid fodder. She's a Persona character, which means she has fans, but she's not a protagonist, isn't in Smash, and is only recognizable to people who have played P3. Not much of a chance.

Waddle Dee - High fodder, but barely. He's almost as recognizable as a Goomba, but he ain't making anywhere near the Fodder Line. He beats up on most Low and Mid Fodder, at least.

Jack Sparrow - Mid fodder. People don't really care about Johnny Depp like they used to. And I stopped caring about Pirates after the second movie was essentially a longer-feeling version of the first - and from what I understand, a lot of people were the same way. I don't think this is the place for him and don't expect him to do well.
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Aigis: Low Fodder because Persona 3 characters should be significantly weaker than Persona 4/5 characters, and both Chie and Yu have looked like Mid Fodder in their contests.

Waddle Dee: Based on the past track records of characters with similar appeal, I see no reason to expect it to bring in votes. I voted High Fodder for Goomba back on its day, and Kirby is about 75% as strong as Mario, which puts Waddle Dee on the upper end of Low Fodder.

Jack Sparrow: Even though his popularity isn't exactly at its peak, I still feel like he's sufficiently well-liked and mainstream to contend closely with Claire Redfield, so High Fodder.

Nominations:
Crazy Hand (Super Smash Bros. Melee)
Doctor Strange (Marvel)
Fa Mulan (Mulan)
Hero/Eight (Dragon Quest VIII)
Hero/Solo (Dragon Quest IV)
Hero/The Luminary
Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
Mufasa (The Lion King)
Nala (The Lion King)
Son Gohan (Dragon Ball)
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Aigis- low fodder
Waddle Dee - high fodder
Jack Sparrow - high fodder
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I can't say I agree with Aigis being low fodder since she is a fan favorite from Persona 3, whereas most of the characters from P4 have mixed reception within their fanbase (even Chie and Yu to an extent). Yu also lost some of his series protagonist appeal to Joker imo. Aigis was also the protagonist of P3 The Answer and rivals most of the P4 cast in spinoff appearances. P3 is not nearly as popular as P4, but it does have a decent fanbase on Gfaqs. So I say Mid Fodder is correct for Aigis.

For Waddle Dee I say Mid Fodder. Recognition and overall cuteness will get him out of the basement, but anyone with a sizable fanbase will have no trouble beating him.

Agree with High Fodder for Jack Sparrow.

nominations:

Hero/Eight (Dragon Quest VIII)
Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
Son Gohan (Dragon Ball Z)
Spider-Gwen (Marvel)
T-Rex (Jurassic Park)
Taki (Soul Calibur)
Joe Musashi (Shinobi)
Mary-Kate & Ashley (Mary-Kate & Ashley games)
Laguna Loire (Final Fantasy VIII)
Turanga Leela (Futurama)
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Day 65 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77905587
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