Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 532 ft Ichigo Kurosaki, Lemmy, Larry Koopa

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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 531:

Alex Trebek (Jeopardy!) is Mid Fodder
Luma (Mario series) is Mid Fodder
Garet (Golden Sun) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)
Lemmy Koopa (Mario series)
Larry Koopa (Mario series)

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Low Fodder for Ichigo. Bleach is probably pretty high up in watch rate here compared to most animes, but its debut on Adult Swim might have come a bit too late to get a huge foothold with the Gfaqs demographic. Plus Bleach has not had much in the way of relevant games unlike Naruto. Ichigo himself isn't too well-liked himself due to being too much of a cookie cutter Shonen Protagonist.

Lemmy I will give Mid Fodder. I think he's one of the most recognizable Koopa Kids due to his colorful hair and always incorporating a large ball or other circle-theming into his boss fights. Plus he's been playable in Smash and Mario Kart for a while along with the other Kids.

Larry on the other hand is probably the most generic Koopa Kid, so I give him Low Fodder. He's so unmemorable that he was given a magic wand as his trademark weapon - which EVERY Koopa Kid wielded in SMB3.

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Nominate Wakko Warner, Yakko Warner, Dot Warner (Animaniacs) and Pinky and The Brain (Pinky and the Brain)

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nominate Sayori (Doki Doki Literature Club)

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Ichigo - low fodder

there was a time when he probably could have been mid based on Bleachs popularity but were long past that.

Lemmy and Larry - high fodder

Theyre all in the same games and I dont think theyll vary much in strength. Theyve got their own personalities but these arent exactly deep rpg characters or whatever. Only question for me all high or all mid. We already ranked Ludwig high. Theyre playable in Smash and have notability outside it. I guess high but mid is viable too.

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I'll say Mid Fodder for both Koopalings; Ludwig being the fan favorite is probably just enough to put him a tier above the rest, and I'm not overly confident in the Mario character apathy vote anyways.

Agree with Low Fodder for Ichigo.

Nominate Kilik (Soul Calibur) and Tira (Soul Calibur) + second Heishiro Mitsurugi, Taki, and Talim.

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second Kilik and Tira.

Day 533 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79153541

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