Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 391 ft Jafar, Ancient Minister, Michael Wils

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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 390:

Gary Oak (Pokemon Puzzle League) is a Midcarder
Guy (Final Fight/Street Fighter) is Low Fodder
Jessie Rasberry (Final Fantasy VII) is Mid Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Jimi Hendrix (Guitar Hero) is now Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Jafar (Disney's Aladdin)
Ancient Minister (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
Michael Wilson (Metal Wolf Chaos)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Flint (Mother 3)

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Nominate Paperboy (Paperboy)

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Jafar - pretty solid Mid Fodder. He's a good Disney villain and pretty prominent in Kingdom Hearts, but I don't think he's going to be stronger than even Jasmine so Mid Fodder might be his ceiling.

Ancient Minister - Low Fodder. I don't think people are really going to go out and vote for this guy and Brawl gets weaker and weaker every year.

Michael Wilson - LAW. Metal Wolf Chaos didn't even come out in the US until a year or two ago, which is way too late to matter. Though Michael is fun, he's just too obscure, and even worse is that the type of game he's in doesn't click with the site.

I don't think Flint would be LAW Fodder - he's pretty much universally beloved by fans of the game and he has some notoriety in the greater Nintendo fanbase - but obviously he's not getting much above Low Fodder. Mother 3's playrate is probably pretty good for a game that never got a Western release because it has a highly acclaimed, Itoi-approved fan translation. But that's not saying much.

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Agreed with Ranticoot.

We do have some information on Mother 3's playrate, by the way:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7671-over-the-last-30-years-how-many-of-the-games-in-the

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Yeah, I'll also agree with Ranticoot, and second ranking Paperboy, as well as seconding reranking Godzilla, I guess.

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Re-rank Godzilla

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agree with everyone so far and nominate Paperboy

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Day 392 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78836304

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