Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 111 ft Kid, Ratchet, Kazooie

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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 there is a compelling reason for both characters to be linked (either co-starring in a game ala Banjo & Kazooie, or always appearing together like Callie & Marie from Splatoon).

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 110:

Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones) is High Fodder
Princess Daisy (Mario series) is High Fodder
Celes Chere (Final Fantasy VI) is Fodder Line

Here is today's trio to rank:

Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie)
Kid (Chrono Cross)
Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank)
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Kazooie: High Fodder

She's memorable to series players as Banjo's sidekick who's with him at all times, as well as a crucial component of the pair's abilities. That should put her a notch above Gruntilda.

Kid: High Fodder

Kid is a principal protagonist of Chrono Cross, which looked very respectable in 2015. Plus, her character design should be a big boost on GameFAQs: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/chrono/images/5/51/Kid1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090511230255

Ratchet: Fodder Line

This is around where he was at his peak, and I'm counting on platformer nostalgia allowing him to maintain that strength.
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Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie) - High Fodder

Kid (Chrono Cross) - Mid Fodder

Chrono Cross has strength, mate. Bugger if the characters are one of the reasons why.

Kid is one of the ones with actual plot relevance but I don't think she's super special and she'd probably need to be to escape mid fodder - I mean, we put main character Serge in high. If anything I'd sooner expect those two to surprise us by failing hard than actually impressing.

Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank) - Fodder Line

Try as he might, Ratchet could not breathe underwater.

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Kazooie is High Fodder, almost Fodder Line. Breegul's name is in the game and people remember her snark, but they associate Banjo's image to their nostalgia more. Still good enough to advance against the right opponent.

Kid is probably Mid Fodder. Never made a contest. Didn't even know this was a girl! Chrono Trigger has the greater nostalgia and even that one's not looking as good as it used to.

Ratchet is at the top of Fodder Line. The reboot helped him and while he's not going to make round 3, he's not going to lose to fodder like Altair again.
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Kid mid

I agree with Metalmind on all 3.

nominations:

Noah (Bible Adventures)
Krillin (Dragonball Z)
Kris (Pokemon Crystal)
Cubone (Pokemon)
Giratina (Pokemon)
Snivy (Pokemon)
Lopunny (Pokemon)
Suicune (Pokemon)
Theodore Roosevelt (Civilization series)
Crobat (Pokemon)
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Day 112 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78027223
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