Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 590 ft Emil (Nier), Cleopatra, Weedle

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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 589:

Beedrill (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder
Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club) is Low Fodder
Hank Pym/Ant-Man (Marvel) is LAW Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Emil (Nier)
Cleopatra (Civilization series)
Weedle (Pokemon)

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Emil (Nier) - Low fodder
He's a major character in Nier, Yoko Taro wears his face in all his public appearances, and I haven't played Automata but my understanding is that he makes some sort of appearance there? I kinda doubt people will care much about anything else to do with Emil unless they already care about the original Nier game to begin with, though. Replicant remaster might help a bit but we'll have to wait and see on that.

Speaking of, would Brother Nier and Papa Nier count as different characters?

Cleopatra (Civilization series) - Low fodder
I know very little about Civilization or its fanbase. Gandhi has the nuclear weapon thing going for him, does Cleopatra have anything notable? Hard to see her beating Low either way.

Weedle (Pokemon) - Low fodder
Caterpie has some anime stuff to maybe hold it up but Weedle? Nah.

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Nominate:
Kakuna (Pokemon)
Blasternaut (Math Blaster)
Muncher (Munchers)
Skullomania (Fighting EX Layer/Street Fighter EX)
Snoop Dogg (Def Jam: Fight for NY)
Malekith the Accursed (Marvel)
The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)

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papa and bro Nier would be separate characters - we rated papa a while back

agree with low fodder for all today and second Kakuna, Blasternaut and Muncher Math Blaster takes me back I haven't thought about it in years

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Also agree with Low Fodder for all.

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Day 591 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79278478

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