Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 148 ft Lando Calrissian, Lugia, Asterix

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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 147:

Lucas (Mother 3) is Mid Fodder
Ant-Man/Scott Lang (Marvel) is High Fodder
Boba Fett (Star Wars) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Lando Calrissian (Star Wars)
Lugia (Pokemon)
Asterix (Asterix)
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I will say High Fodder for Lando. He doesn't have the iconic armor of Boba Fett, but he is very memorable for his role in Episodes V and VI. And he has made appearances in Solo and Star Wars Battlefront I/II, among other media. Billy Dee Williams also usually comes back for all voiced appearances of Lando, making him a consistent character.

Lugia I will say Fodder Line for. It over-performed against weak characters in CB9 before losing to Frog. . . with Cloud in the poll. I don't think people like Lugia as much as they used to in the early 2000s, but it's still a very well-known mon who starred in a movie most voters will have seen (Pokemon 2000). So Lugia won't be losing to fodder.

As far as I'm aware, there aren't too many Europeans voting in contests nowadays - so I will say Low Fodder for Asterix. I don't know if the series is popular enough right now that a rally could happen, and I doubt the many Asterix games will have much impact.
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Nominate:

Kingpin (Marvel)
Bullseye (Marvel)
Elektra Natchios (Marvel)
Cream the Rabbit (Sonic)
Vector the Crocodile (Sonic)
Espio the Chameleon (Sonic)
Charmy Bee (Sonic)
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I'll agree with High Fodder for Lando and Fodder Line for Lugia.

As for Asterix, LAW Fodder seems inevitable to me. The Asterix multimedia franchise is a long-lived cultural presence throughout continental Europe, but all those countries likely only host a few percentage points of GameFAQs voters combined. As for the rest of the world, I'll put his obscurity this way: I remember enjoying watching my brother play Asterix & Obelix: Kick Buttix when we were kids, and that puts me ahead of a good 90%+ of voters when it comes to recognizing/caring about Asterix whatsoever.

Nominations:
Bane
Liu Kang
Mileena
Psyduck
Reptile (Mortal Kombat)
Shao Kahn
Tellah
Tron
Two-Face
Villager (Animal Crossing)
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Honestly LAW Fodder for Asterix sounds about right. If Sarah Connor and Michael Corleone are Low Fodder, Asterix should logically be below even them - those two are practically household names by comparison.

High Fodder for the other two.
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Nominate:

Boris Grishenko (Goldeneye)
Ethan Mars (Heavy Rain)
Steve Burnside (Resident Evil: Code Veronica)
Ashley Williams (Evil Dead)
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Asterix - LAW Fodder

Just not really a thing Im the U.S.

Lando - Mid fodder

Probably the weakest major character in the original trilogy?

Lugia - Fodder Line

I have failed.

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nominations:

Kingpin (Marvel)
Bullseye (Marvel)
Elektra Natchios (Marvel)
Cream the Rabbit (Sonic)
Vector the Crocodile (Sonic)
Espio the Chameleon (Sonic)
Charmy Bee (Sonic)
Reptile (Mortal Kombat)
Villager (Animal Crossing)
Ash Williams (Evil Dead)
Boris Grishenko (Goldeneye)
Ethan Mars (Heavy Rain)
Steve Burnside (Resident Evil: Code Veronica)
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Nominate Sabretooth and William Stryker.
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Day 149 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78115911

also nominate Sabretooth
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