Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 202 ft Monster Hunter, Lakitu, Daxter

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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

If you feel that a character has been over or under-ranked, or if a new development has come up that would affect their contest strength, you may nominate them for a re-ranking. You may nominate one character per day for this, and 3 votes are needed to get them on the slate. One character with 3 votes will come up for re-ranking today.

Re-ranking Nomination List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V6dx-tu-FD1rCxbX69eQwEzE7x1F6nNRNFochYHu1dc/edit?usp=sharing

Results from Day 201:

Rufus Shinra (Final Fantasy VII) is Mid Fodder
Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2) is Mid Fodder
Raphael (TMNT) is Fodder Line

Re-Ranking Result:

Urbosa (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) is now High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Daxter (Jak and Daxter)
Lakitu (Mario series)
Monster Hunter (Monster Hunter series/MvC: Infinite)


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Re-rank Goomba

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Nominate:
Octorok (Legend of Zelda series)
Yoshimitsu (Tekken/Soul Calibur)
Lu Bu (Dynasty Warriors)
Groose (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
May (Pokemon)
Laguna Loire (Final Fantasy VIII)
Garnet/Dagger (Final Fantasy IX)
Freya Crescent (Final Fantasy IX)
Zeus (God of War)

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Daxter (Jak and Daxter) - Low fodder

Probably on the good side of low fodder though.

Lakitu (Mario series) - Mid fodder

Reasonably well-known Mario enemy and been around since Mario 1 but it shows up deep enough into the game that I don't think it comes off as instantly iconic and while it does make notable appearances here and there it's not playable in pretty much anything.

Monster Hunter (Monster Hunter series/MvC: Infinite) - Low fodder

Dragonborn's weeaboo cousin.

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Daxter: Low Fodder
Lakitu: Low Fodder

Monster Hunter: Mid Fodder - Despite not being a character anyone cares about, he's the main protagonist of the whole series, and called exactly the same thing. As such, I see pretty much all Monster Hunter fans voting for him against most characters, and that was already a decent base back in 2015 before World's breakout.

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Agree with Low Fodder on Daxter. Will say Mid for Lakitu and Monster Hunter.

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Day 203 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78291740

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