Board 8 > Your First Thought 59: "Worst character design in gaming."

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Previous results:
1) Strongest non-Noble Niner: Zelda (Tifa, Squall, Bowser)
2) Weakest Noble Niner: Sonic (Crono, Sephiroth, Mega Man)
3) Fodder Line: Vyse (Isaac, Pac-Man, Revolver Ocelot)
4) Strongest Western Franchise: Witcher (Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls, Fallout)
5) Strongest Indie: Shovel Knight, Undertale (Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Stardew Valley)
6) Biggest GotD2 Snub: Pokemon Go (Skyward Sword, Smash 4, Mario 3D World)
7) TJF/"The Jug Factor": Tifa (Morrigan Aensland, Tina Armstrong, Jill Valentine)
8) Strongest Pokemon not in a Contest: Blastoise (Bulbasaur, Charmander, Greninja)
9) Most unpredictable character: Kefka (Alucard, Donkey Kong, Magus)
10) Game series with most inconsistent strength: Final Fantasy (Pokemon, Mario, GTA)
11) Most disappointing performance of GotD2: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Tropical Freeze, Undertale, Dragon Age)
12) Game series you wish was stronger: Donkey Kong/Country, Resident Evil, Phoenix Wright, Trails
13) Character that always disappoints: Tidus (Magus, Cecil Harvey, Donkey Kong)
14) A joke that stopped being funny: L-Block (GFNW, Weighted Companion Cube, CATS)
15) Character I am sick of seeing in contests: Link (Guybrush Threepwood, Lloyd Irving, Draven)
16) How did this get into Game of the Decade 2?: Dying Light (Fate/Grand Order, Persona 4 Golden, Obra Dinn)
17) Strongest game that's never been in a contest: Super Smash Bros. (Final Fantasy VII Remake, Skyward Sword, Final Fantasy V)
18) Theoretical winner of 'Worst. Game. Ever.': Big Rigs (E.T., Superman 64, Sonic 06)
19) Long-gone character that deserves another shot: Strider Hiryu (Liquid Snake, Terry Bogard, M. Bison)
20) Character that has fallen the furthest: Vincent (Magus, Tommy Vercetti, Crono, Gordon Freeman, Satan)
21) Low midcarder: Ness (Fox, Tidus, Zidane)
22) Strong franchise with characters not worth shit: Elder Scrolls (Grand Theft Auto, Tales, Persona)
23) Theoretical winner of 'Best. Boxart. Ever.': Ocarina of Time (FFVII, Phalanx, Mega Man)
24) Strongest Nintendo game with no N9er in it: Pokemon RBY (Star Fox 64, Xenoblade, something with Kirby)
25) Weakest playable character in Smash Ultimate: Alph (Mii Fighters, Dark Pit, Pichu, Little Mac)
26) Most photogenic character ever in a contest: Tifa (Dante, Crono, Solid Snake/Solid Shit)
27) Character I can beat in a fist fight: Guybrush (Olimar, Ness, a Pokemon)
28) Strongest game never on a Nintendo platform: Persona 5 (Kingdom Hearts/II, Symphony of the Night, God of War 2018, FFVII)
29) Franchise where the 1st game is the strongest: Pokemon (Chrono, Metal Gear Solid, Mass Effect)
30) The winner of 'Best. Video Game. Dad. Ever.': Kratos (God of War) (Jecht, Bowser, Phoenix Wright)
31) The Best SBAllen-Era Contest: Character Battle 2007 (Game of the Decade 1, Character Battle IX, Character Battle X)
32) The strongest incarnation of Link: Ocarina of Time (2007, Breath of the Wild, "Just Link what do you even mean")
33) Character Battle entrant you'd kiss on the lips: Tifa (Zelda, Morrigan, Lara Croft, Samus, KOS-MOS, Link)
34) The most fun Character Battle match ever: Link/Draven/Shepard (Mario/Vivi/Ganondorf, Frog/Chief, Red vs. Blue/Cloud vs. Sephiroth, Ryu/Dante '10, Mario vs. Crono 2)
35) The weakest Zelda game: Zelda II (One of the CD-i games, Spirit Tracks, Four Swords Adventures)
36) Character always screwed by bracket placement: Knuckles (Tidus, Cecil, Alucard)
37) Character much stronger than they should be: Crono (Link, Zelda, Alucard)
38) Weakest Final Fantasy character not in a contest yet: https://imgur.com/a/wf2HoyY
39) Noble Nine Breaker: Vincent (Pikachu, L-Block, Missingno.)
40) Strongest game that's not a part of a series: Shadow of the Colossus (Chrono Trigger, Undertale, Mario RPG)
41) Hyped character that bombed their first match: Kerrigan (Kefka, Monika, Sans, Magus)
42) Most AMERICAN Character Battle entrant ever: Duke Nukem (Steve Armstrong, Guile, Terry Bogard)
43) Most AMERICAN game series of all time: Call of Duty (Duke Nukem, Metal Gear, Halo, Metal Wolf Chaos)
44) Most canonically powerful Noble Nine member: Sephiroth (Sonic, Link, Cloud)
45) Real person you want in a Character Battle: Barack Obama (Charles Barkley, Mike Tyson, a pro wrestler [a bunch got 2 votes])
46) Weakest possible entrant in 'Best. System. Ever.': N-Gage (3D0, Ouya, game.com, Virtual Boy)
47) Most beautiful game ever in a contest: Okami (Shadow of the Colossus, Journey, Celeste, Ico)
48) Generic enemy w/ most potential contest strength: Goomba (Koopa Troopa, Piranha Plant, Slime, Cactuar)
49) Video game world you'd most like to live in: Pokemon (FFX, Animal Crossing, FFVII, Celeste, Skyrim, Animal Crossing, FFX, Persona, Zelda)
50) Most overhyped game of all time: No Man's Sky (Duke Nukem Forever, Brawl, Spore, Ocarina of Time, Daikatana)
51) Most disappointing video game sequel ever: Brawl (FFX-2, Mass Effect 3, Devil May Cry 2, Golden Sun DD)
52) Game with the best playable cast: FFX (FFVII, FFVI, Smash Ultimate, Persona 4, Mass Effect 2, Chrono Trigger)
53) Series most desperately in need of a new game: F-Zero (Banjo, Suikoden, Skies, Chrono, Paper Mario, Portal, Star Fox)
54) Game series with the best soundtracks: Final Fantasy (Nier, Chrono, Xenoblade, Umineko, Sonic, Kirby, Ys)
55) Greatest Fictional Rivalry of All Time: Red vs Blue (Mario vs Sonic, Cloud vs Sephiroth, Mario vs Bowser, Holmes vs Moriarty)
56) The Game that Changed Everything: Super/Mario Bros. (Mario 64, FFVII, OoT)
57) Most fun character battle entrant to chill with: Dante (Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Estelle. No real consensus.)
58) Winner of 'Best. Video Game. Weapon. Ever.': Master Sword (Buster Sword, Lionheart, Masamune)

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Big the Cat

...Isn't that bad, but he came to mind.

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Tidus

Wait no KH 1 Sora

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Luso (Final Fantasy Tactics A2)
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Hbthebattle posted...

Luso (Final Fantasy Tactics A2)

The correct answer (I hope.)

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I thought of Nooj from FFX-2.

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Spring Breeze Dancin'

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I thought of Karol from Tales of Vesperia

I don't know why, I don't have any particular thoughts on Karol's design

My first thought was so wrong relative to my personal opinion that I refuse to even post it.

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Tingle

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For some reason:
Kain (Legacy of Kain)

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Reshiram

like why would anyone get black version

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Rex (Xenoblade 2)

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Lester the Unlikely

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my first thought was FFX Seymour, and then frustrations that I couldn't think of the real worsts

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Waluigi

I thought of Mario and I have no idea why

Hbthebattle posted...

Luso (Final Fantasy Tactics A2)

this is a good answer
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kerrigan

what???

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Pyra (Xenoblade 2)

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Yuumi (League of Legends)

Vaan

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RyoCaliente posted...

Tidus

Wait no KH 1 Sora

You have brought shame and dishonor to your family

Abby (TLoU2)

It's not that she's unrealistically buff, it's that she's inconsistent from different angles and that frustrates me.
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Master Belch (EarthBound)

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Sora

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My first thought was Tidus just because I was trying to list modern FF characters in my mind to hunt for my actual answer

but then I had a different non-FF thought which is the Bomberman design from Act Zero.
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bad boxart Mega Man

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I pictured Lulu from FFX

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Bubsy
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Tingle

I dont believe this, but it was my first thought with a bullet.

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Ryza

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Very first thought was Velvet Crowe (come at me bros).

but that's definitely me exaggerrating, so I'm going to go with Mack Rell from Ace Attorney Investigations

Birdo

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Velvet's design is pretty bad. It's not anywhere near Worst Ever level though

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Tidus
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Tingle

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NFUN posted...

Ryza

How can thighs be a bad design?

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Tetsuya Nomura

... I saw an extra suffix where there wasn't one.

Actual video game character that came to mind was Sylvie Paula Paula from KoF XIV.

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Ryza has an unsettling combination of 'egregiously sexualized for the purpose of appealing to horny otakus' and 'cutesy anime girl with big eyes' that comes across as inherently creepy.

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Tingle

Nominate

The Van Wilder of Board 8

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the first thing that came to my mind was a stereotypical poorly drawn wolf-man (probably sonic) oc. probably not even a real one but yeah

thinking about it my real answer would probably be something along those lines but worse and appealing to 10 cursed fetishes seen on tumblr at once

Vaan

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Hbthebattle posted...

Luso (Final Fantasy Tactics A2)

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Nooj

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Uh

For some reason after several seconds of blanking, this is what came to my mind

Lulu

Where two or three belts gather in her name, there she is with them

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Banjo

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Seymour (FFX)

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Tidus

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Mokap

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