Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 246 ft Papyrus, Kanji Tatsumi, Kitana

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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 245:

Miku Hatsune (Project Diva series) is Low Fodder
Error (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link) is Low Fodder
Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Papyrus (Undertale)
Kanji Tatsumi (Persona 4)
Kitana (Mortal Kombat)

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Gonna go with three rounds of Low Fodder.

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Kitana low

Nominate:

Carl Frederickson (Up)
Remy (Ratatouille)
Mike Wazowski (Monsters, Inc.)
Randall Boggs (Monsters, Inc.)
Henry J. Waternoose III (Monsters, Inc.)
Lightning McQueen (Cars)
Tow Mater (Cars)
Jessie the Yodelling Cowgirl (Toy Story)
"Stinky" Pete the Prospector (Toy Story)
Rex (Toy Story)
Hamm the Piggy-bank (Toy Story)
Slinky Dog (Toy Story)
Merida (Brave)
Vanellope (Wreck-it-Ralph)
Arlo (The Good Dinosaur)
Forky (Toy Story 4)
The Mandalorian (Star Wars)


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Papyrus (Undertale) - Low fodder

Sans' performance on Pac-Man might make him at least close to mid fodder (pac-man seems clearly stronger post-smash than he used to be) but he's clearly the favorite and nobody else from Undertale is gonna match that so down to low fodder they go.

Kanji Tatsumi (Persona 4) - Mid fodder

Chie was sorta decent against Jak in 2013, Kanji is probably about as well liked overall, Persona in general has definitely not dropped off, so I figure they're both mid fodder.

Kitana (Mortal Kombat) - Mid fodder

TJF plus recognizable character from a series gamefaqs has generally played at least a little of. We put Tina Armstrong in this tier too, it's clear standards for TJF making mid fodder aren't high. >_>

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LinkMarioSamus posted...

Nominate:
"Stinky" Pete the Prospector (Toy Story)
The Mandalorian (Star Wars)

I don't believe the Mandalorian has been in a game yet, will need backup on this.

also you already nominated Stinky Pete

For rankings, Low Fodder for Papyrus. His more popular brother didn't do well though that might be partly due to anti-votes. Papyrus may well see some anti-votes too.

Kanji is generally a well-liked character, but not everyone is on board with his hot temper and the particular brand of humor he brings to P4. I say he's Mid Fodder.

Kitana I will give Mid Fodder not because I think Gfaqs (or anyone for that matter) cares about her as a character. It's TJF of course, along with her generally stripperific design. I believe she's been in every main MK game since 2 as well.

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Papyrus: Low Fodder
Kanji: Mid Fodder
Kitana: Mid Fodder

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Day 247 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78398747

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