Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 140 ft Michael Corleone, Nightcrawler, Zelos

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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 139:

Captain Marvel (Marvel) is Mid Fodder
Mr. Freeze (DC Comics) is High Fodder
The Hulk (Marvel) is a Low Midcarder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Michael Corleone (The Godfather)
Nightcrawler (X-Men)
Zelos Wilder (Tales of Symphonia)
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Corleone: Mid Fodder. That's a legendary movie, there. I just don't see enough people caring that much for him to vote for him over a video game character, but he's at least going to beat some Mid Fodder.

Nightcrawler: Fodder Line. He's recognizable and popular, but he's no Wolverine. Low Midcarder is also justifiable.

Zelos: Mid Fodder. Kratos Aurion is High Fodder, but still tends to make brackets more often than Zelos, whose one appearance was getting 4th place in 2007 against... Marcus Fenix, who, uh, isn't very strong nowadays, but was back then. Nook and Kefka would advance from that match if held today. I don't see Zelos being in the same league as Kratos for those reasons, ergo he's a tier below.
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Agree with Mid Fodder for Michael Corleone. The Godfather is popular enough that I can see the protagonist beating some low fodder, even considering the age of the movie and the fact that Al Pacino may not be well-known to some younger voters.

Nightcrawler I will agree with Fodder Line, but its close between that and high fodder. He's been in a lot of games including X-Men arcade and had a sizable role in a few movies. Plus he was a well-liked character in X-Men Evolution, a series I think a lot of Gfaqs has seen.

It might just be out of personal bias for ToS, but I will give Zelos Mid Fodder. Losing to Tom Nook is not good in any year, but I also think the four-way format is horrible for non-Square JRPG characters in general. He may not be the most well-liked character from the game but he definitely stands out among the cast.
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Michael Corleone: Low Fodder - I have no confidence in pretty much any character from any 70s (or older) movie not called Star Wars to perform on a video gaming website, since I have no reason to believe GameFAQs truly cares about any other movie from that period no matter how legendary its reputation.

Nightcrawler: Fodder Line - I could easily see him being lower, but I think him comfortably being the second most popular of the X-Men (or at least I've always gotten that impression) is just enough for the higher placement.

Zelos Wilder: Low Fodder - Zelos should be a tier below Kratos, who sucked it up in 2013. Meanwhile, Lloyd getting thrashed by easily the weakest Ryu we've ever seen last year does not speak positively to any sort of rebound for ToS characters from the low level they've been at for quite a while.
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Nominate:

Ant-Man (Marvel)
Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Marvel)
Rocket Raccoon (Marvel)
Boba Fett (Star Wars)
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All Low Fodder. I mean come on now.

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Michael Corleone - Low fodder
Nightcrawler - High fodder
Zelda Wilder - mid fodder

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Day 141 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78097917
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