Board 8 > Video Game Character of the Decade I: 1980s - Nominations

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tazzyboyishere
09/26/23 12:27:28 PM
#1:


Read the rules before nominating or I will turn players into payers

RULES
  • You have 20 individual nominations to use toward any 1980s video game character
  • There is currently no set amount of nominations needed to achieve placement in the bracket. Participation will be monitored and I will review the counts on Saturday to determine what the amount should be set at.
  • There are currently 64 open spots in the bracket. This will not change.
  • This is specifically decade of origin. If a character has appearances outside of the decade that's totally fine. Even if you wouldn't say Mario is a character you liked in the original trilogy, and only like him because of Super Mario Odyssey. He is still only eligible for 1980s.
  • Characters must have either originated from a video game, or be primarily known for being a video game character. This can be a bit wonky and we'll have to go on a case-by-case basis for some, I'm sure, but just don't nominate Batman or some shit.
  • Characters must have made their first appearance within this decade. For this first contest, I'll allow anyone introduced as a video game character before the 1980s, but idk if any named character exists until the 80s. I'm probably wrong on this though. Anyway, this rule will come more into play in later contests unless this has awful participation and I decide not to run anymore....
  • Inanimate objects do not count as characters. I don't care if MatPat has some theory on the Tetrominoes actually being humans in purgatory. Don't do this.
  • If the first appearance of a character happened in different decades within different territories (i.e. 1989 in Japan, but 1990 in the U.S.), then they can be eligible for both, but may only appear in one contest. Use nominations wisely in these edge cases!
  • No nomination changing after a character is locked into the bracket. This one won't come into effect until Friday. You can still change your other nominations at any point, and you can put a nomination toward anything locked in for the sake of granting a higher seeding, we just can't be removing nominations from "safe" characters.
  • Seeding help will return, so remember you can continue supporting games so they can get better seeds.
Okay I think that's it. Most was copy and pasted from the Gen contests, so if you followed those, you should have a decent idea.

Ongoing Nomination Document I will try to keep relatively updated:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hfwTMlP1lVFj8_XP_8NYcPrWdY7aHHZfNFiDmUcKxQk/edit?usp=sharing

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Snake5555555555
09/26/23 12:58:33 PM
#2:


Cool!

Android Queen (Soft & Cuddly)
Athena Asamiya (Psycho Soldier / Athena / The King of Fighters)
Bahamut (Final Fantasy)
Big Boss (Metal Gear)
Carmilla (Castlevania II: Simon's Quest)
Death (Castlevania)
Dracula (Castlevania)
Evil Otto (Berzerk)
Garland (Final Fantasy)
Gillian Seed (Snatcher)
Gray Fox (Metal Gear)
Jamie Seed (Snatcher)
Jon Hawking (Project Firestart)
Lila (War of the Dead)
Poison (Final Fight)
Rick Taylor (Splatterhouse)
Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
Simon Belmont (Castlevania)
Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
Wumpus (Hunt the Wumpus)

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Mythiot
09/26/23 1:14:11 PM
#3:


Big Boss (Metal Gear)
Birdo (Super Mario Bros. 2)
Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
Daisy (Super Mario Land)
Doc Louis (Punch-Out!!)
Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
Ganon(dorf?) (The Legend of Zelda)
Link (The Legend of Zelda)
Little Mac (Punch-Out!!)
Luigi (Mario Bros.)
Mario (Donkey Kong)
Mega Man (Mega Man)
Mother Brain (Metroid)
Ms. Pac-Man (Ms. Pac-Man)
Peach (Super Mario Bros.)
Ryu (Street Fighter)
Samus Aran (Metroid)
Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
Toad (Super Mario Bros.)
Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)

(Going by first appearances for where they're from)
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Neocrimson
09/26/23 1:20:53 PM
#4:


Mega Man (Mega Man)
Dracula (Castlevania)
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pjbasis
09/26/23 1:38:29 PM
#5:


Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
Arthur (Ghosts n Goblins)
Ninten (Mother)
Snake (Metal Gear)
Simon (Castlevania)
Mega Man (Mega Man)
Dr. Wily (Mega Man)
Link (Legend of Zelda)
Ganon (Legend of Zelda)
Samus (Metroid)
Ridley (Metroid)
Nathan "Rad" Spencer (Bionic Commando)
Bill Rizer (Contra)
Garland (Final Fantasy)
Firion (Final Fantasy II)
pit (Kid Icarus)

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StifledSilence
09/26/23 2:06:50 PM
#6:


Bowser (Super Mario Bros)
Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
Donkey Kong Jr (Donkey Kong Jr)
Goomba (Super Mario Bros)
Koopa Troopa (Super Mario Bros)
Luigi (Super Mario Bros)
Mario (Super Mario Bros)
Peach (Super Mario Bros)
Shy Guy (Super Mario Bros 2)
Toad (Super Mario Bros)
Wart (Super Mario Bros 2)

Palutena (Kid Icarus)
Pit (Kid Icarus)

Blinky (Pac Man)
Clyde (Pac Man)
Inky (Pac Man)
Ms. Pac Man (Ms. Pac Man)
Pac Man (Pac Man)
Pinky (Pac Man)

Solid Snake (Metal Gear)

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azuarc
09/26/23 2:19:41 PM
#7:


Interesting idea...and I have absolutely no idea who to nominate. 80's characters were mostly just mascot protagonists of their games.

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lordjers
09/26/23 2:44:10 PM
#8:


Mario Vs. Link finals

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jcgamer107
09/26/23 2:48:11 PM
#9:


OK alright

Luigi
Bowser
Donkey Kong
Toad
Wart (SMB2 USA)
Simon Belmont (Castlevania)
Mega Man
Pac-Man
Samus (Metroid)
Ridley (Metroid)
Ganon
Dig Dug (I guess that's the player-character's English name)
Q*Bert
Ace/Dexter (Space Ace)
Ryu (Street Fighter)
Bomberman
Carmen Sandiego
Prince (of Persia)
Error (Zelda II)
Mappy

This was actually hard to narrow down, could easily do 30

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UF8
09/26/23 3:00:15 PM
#10:


on a pre-80s note, can we nominate the Grue?

Rance (Rance)
Arle Nadja (Madou Monogatari) (barely counts!)
Mike Haggar (Final Fight)
... White Bomber? (Bomberman) (the whole of the 80s is retroactively just a mess for bomberman now i don't know whether lode runner connections should be treated as a thing now)
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tazzyboyishere
09/26/23 3:02:31 PM
#11:


UF8 posted...
on a pre-80s note, can we nominate the Grue?
I think this should be eligible. It's known more for Zork than it's origin.

UF8 posted...
... White Bomber? (Bomberman) (the whole of the 80s is retroactively just a mess for bomberman now i don't know whether lode runner connections should be treated as a thing now)
All Bombermans are going to be counted as Bomberman

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UF8
09/26/23 3:04:39 PM
#12:


cool and cool

Grue (Zork)
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tazzyboyishere
09/26/23 3:06:25 PM
#13:


Oh yeah, and in cases like Castlevania, where the characters are based on pre-established franchises, yet not considered part of said franchise (i.e. Bram Stoker's Dracula being completely divorced from Castlevania), then that's fair game. Just don't try to abuse this or I'm definitely just gonna blanket ban every edge case.

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pjbasis
09/26/23 3:23:15 PM
#14:


Bomberman (Bomberman)
Alis (phantasy star)

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Ashethan
09/26/23 5:11:21 PM
#15:


Do we go by US or JP release dates? For example FFI was released in 1987 in Japan, but 1990 in the US.

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Snake5555555555
09/26/23 5:12:29 PM
#16:


Ashethan posted...
Do we go by US or JP release dates? For example FFI was released in 1987 in Japan, but 1990 in the US.

From the rules:
If the first appearance of a character happened in different decades within different territories (i.e. 1989 in Japan, but 1990 in the U.S.), then they can be eligible for both, but may only appear in one contest. Use nominations wisely in these edge cases!

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tazzyboyishere
09/26/23 5:17:59 PM
#17:


Ashethan posted...
Do we go by US or JP release dates? For example FFI was released in 1987 in Japan, but 1990 in the US.
Better get that wallet out

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tazzyboyishere
09/26/23 5:36:29 PM
#18:


Alucard (Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse)
Big Boss (Metal Gear)
Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
Daisy (Super Mario Land)
Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
Dr. Wily (Mega Man)
Dracula (Castlevania)
Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
Link (The Legend of Zelda)
Luigi (Mario Bros.)
Mario (Donkey Kong)
Mega Man (Mega Man)
Nei (Phantasy Star II)
Ridley (Metroid)
Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
Samus Aran (Metroid)
Simon Belmont (Castlevania)
Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
Trevor Belmont (Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse)
Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)

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tazzyboyishere
09/26/23 7:16:39 PM
#19:


Up, might be too many contests going on rn

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Johnbobb
09/26/23 7:24:15 PM
#20:


Bub (Bubble Bobble)
Centipede (Centipede)
Paperboy (Paperboy)
Sagat (Street Fighter)
George (Rampage)
Lizzie (Rampage)
Ralph (Rampage)
Dig Dug (I guess that's the player-character's English name)
Q*Bert (Q*Bert)
Little Mac (Punch-Out!!)
Glass Joe (Punch-Out!!)
King Hippo (Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!)
The Prince (Prince of Persia)
Carmen Sandiego (Carmen Sandiego)
Larry Laffer (Leisure Suit Larry)
Bernard Bernoulli (Maniac Mansion)
Mr. Game & Watch (Game & Watch)

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tazzyboyishere
09/26/23 7:26:38 PM
#21:


Johnbobb posted...
I guess that's the player-character's English name
It's Taizo Hori

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pjbasis
09/26/23 7:28:39 PM
#22:


This is gonna be the easy year so any 1990 characters probably want to go here

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tazzyboyishere
09/26/23 7:31:05 PM
#23:


pjbasis posted...
This is gonna be the easy year so any 1990 characters probably want to go here
Yeah that's why I nominated Alucard. Would look way more interesting as a more dominant force because I'm enormously biased.

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MacArrowny
09/26/23 7:44:13 PM
#24:


Solid Snake
Big Boss
Samus
Ganon
Zelda
Carmen Sandiego
Dogi (Ys)
Adol (Ys)


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UF8
09/26/23 8:28:10 PM
#25:


this is also why i'm pushing the puyo angle through the rudest technicality now lol
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azuarc
09/26/23 8:40:36 PM
#26:


You think the 80's will be EASIER than the 90's? How many of the Noble Nine are from the 80's again?

Little Mac (Punch-Out!!)
The Prince (Prince of Persia)
Mike Haggar (Final Fight)
Nei (Phantasy Star II)
George (Rampage) (or Lizzie or Ralph, whoever gets support)

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MXCM
09/26/23 8:49:58 PM
#27:


Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
Dr. Wily (Mega Man)
Link (The Legend of Zelda)
Mario (Donkey Kong)
Mega Man (Mega Man)
Simon Belmont (Castlevania)
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plasmabeam
09/26/23 9:26:14 PM
#28:


  1. Adol (Ys)
  2. Alucard (Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse)
  3. Big Boss (Metal Gear)
  4. Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
  5. Death (Castlevania)
  6. Dracula (Castlevania)
  7. Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
  8. Ganon (The Legend of Zelda)
  9. Link (The Legend of Zelda)
  10. Kraid (Metroid)
  11. Mega Man (Mega Man)
  12. Metal Man (Mega Man 2)
  13. Mother Brain (Metroid)
  14. Ridley (Metroid)
  15. Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
  16. Samus Aran (Metroid)
  17. Simon Belmont (Castlevania)
  18. Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
  19. Trevor Belmont (Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse)
  20. Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)

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StifledSilence
09/27/23 9:38:26 AM
#29:


Up

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tazzyboyishere
09/27/23 9:40:57 AM
#30:


Bump, up to date

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jcgamer107
09/27/23 11:15:39 AM
#31:


Remove: Samus (Metroid)
Add: Glass Joe (Punch-Out!!)

I reluctantly cut him to make room but I'd like to see him get in

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pjbasis
09/27/23 12:40:35 PM
#32:


azuarc posted...
You think the 80's will be EASIER than the 90's? How many of the Noble Nine are from the 80's again?

Mario, Link, Samus, Snake, Mega Man

90s has Sonic, Cloud, Sephiroth, Crono

Not that different! And the 90s is gonna be way less top heavy so just getting in will be difficult.

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-hotdogturtle--
09/27/23 1:49:56 PM
#33:


Pac-Man
Bomberman
Taizo Hori

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tazzyboyishere
09/27/23 7:38:04 PM
#34:


up

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tazzyboyishere
09/28/23 7:21:54 AM
#35:


Bump

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tazzyboyishere
09/28/23 4:08:28 PM
#36:


Awjeez

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MacArrowny
09/28/23 4:12:55 PM
#37:


Maybe change it to be 32 characters?

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BSkullX
09/28/23 4:20:44 PM
#38:


Link (The Legend of Zelda)
Mario (Donkey Kong)
Mega Man (Mega Man)
Pac-Man (Pac-Man)
Bomberman (Bomberman)

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tazzyboyishere
09/28/23 4:21:08 PM
#39:


MacArrowny posted...
Maybe change it to be 32 characters?
Yeah, probably a good idea

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pjbasis
09/28/23 4:24:41 PM
#40:


Are there not even 64 characters nominated?

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Snake5555555555
09/28/23 5:58:25 PM
#41:


We need more Gray Fox nominations. Hurt me more!

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pjbasis
09/28/23 7:10:06 PM
#42:


Gray Fox (Metal Gear)

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tazzyboyishere
09/28/23 11:20:53 PM
#43:


bedtime bump

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WhiteLens
09/28/23 11:39:42 PM
#44:


Ryu (Street Fighter)
Ken (Street Fighter)
Sagat (Street Fighter)
Mike Haggar (Final Fight)
Ninten (EarthBound Beginnings)
Bahamut (Final Fantasy)
Garland (Final Fantasy)
Chaos (Final Fantasy)
Black Mage (Final Fantasy)
White Mage (Final Fantasy)
Firion (Final Fantasy II)
Doc Louis (Punch-Out!!)
Alucard (Castlevania III: Draculas Curse)
Trevor Belmont (Castlevania III: Simons Quest)
Peach (Super Mario Bros.)
Toad (Super Mario Bros.)

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Ashethan
09/28/23 11:46:42 PM
#45:


Master Higgins (Adventure Island)
Peach (Super Mario Bros)
Soda Popinski (Punchout)
Samus Aran (Metroid)
Book (Wonder Boy)
Little Mac (Punchout)
Matoya (Final Fantasy)
Bahamut (Final Fantasy)
Erdrick (Dragon Quest)
Error (Zelda II)
King Hippo (Punchout)
Palutena (Kid Icarus)
Sagat (Street Fighter)
Dragonlord (Dragon Quest)
Jason Frudnick (Blaster Master)
Billy Lee (Double Dragon)
Jimmy Lee (Double Dragon)
Poison (Final Fight)
Bomberman (Bomberman)
Lizzie (Rampage)

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UF8
09/29/23 11:20:23 AM
#46:


Teddy (Mother)
Texas Mac (Arm Wrestling)
Vodka Drunkenski/Soda Popinski (Super Punch Out!!)
Dezeni Man (Dezeni World)
Gillian Seed (Snatcher)
Athena Asamiya (Psycho Soldier / The King of Fighters)
Athena (Athena / SNK vs Capcom) (they're largely treated as separate characters and most places treat asamiya as her descendant so adding a nom for the og too, was alright in snk vs capcom too tbh)
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Xeybozn
09/29/23 11:31:56 AM
#47:


Arle Nadja (Madou Monogatari)
Athena Asamiya (Psycho Soldier / The King of Fighters)
Big Boss (Metal Gear)
Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
Carmen Sandiego (Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?)
Gray Fox (Metal Gear)
Grue (Zork)
Luigi (Mario Bros.)
Mike Haggar (Final Fight)
Ridley (Metroid)
Samus Aran (Metroid)
Solid Snake (Metal Gear)

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WhiteLens
09/29/23 12:36:28 PM
#48:


Pit (Kid Icarus)
Palutena (Kid Icarus)

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tazzyboyishere
09/29/23 12:45:27 PM
#49:


DROP:
Donkey Kong
Mega Man

ADD:
Pit
Palutena

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StifledSilence
09/29/23 1:11:23 PM
#50:


Drop:
Solid Snake
Peach

Add:
Master Higgins (Adventure Island)
Mr. Game and Watch (Game and Watch)

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