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I like Europe, they don't greatly favor Nintendo or Square like NA/Asia.

The only thing from Square that is actually strong in North America is Kingdom Hearts and Chrono Trigger. Final Fantasy is weak here, especially FFVII. Everything else from Final Fantasy does bad here, but not anywhere on the level of FFVII.
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Well, Square love in Europe is definitely more balanced when you compare it to Asia! But FF games usually do so well overnight because Europe prefers Square over Nintendo and prefers Square more than North America does.
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"So cold. I am always by your side."
"There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!"

Ken vs. Lightning, who you got?

Lightning. I can't trust Ken after nearly losing to WESKER.
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"Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia

I'd take Lightning to beat Ken. She just has far too much hype right now. All evidence I've seen shows that she's a relatively well liked main FF character. More than you can say for FF9,10, or 12. Her doing so well is no shock at all.
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Nominate Red XIII for the Character Battle VII!
He's the Lion with a fire tail from Final Fantasy VII.

You're satisfied with Squall at 53% on Ganondorf, Leon? I'd want higher than that!
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Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi

I'd have taken Lightning to beat Ken before the contest.
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Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi

From: red sox 777 | #305
You're satisfied with Squall at 53% on Ganondorf, Leon? I'd want higher than that!

Setting Ken equal to Akuma gives Squall a 55.53% win as of right now, and I'm being pretty generous because Akuma > Ken!
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"Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?"
"I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!"

Setting Ken equal to Akuma gives Squall a 55.53% win as of right now, and I'm being pretty generous because Akuma > Ken!

That sounds much better. 55-56% is what I would have expected.
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Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi

There is absolutely no way Squall gets 55-56% on Ganondorf.

Nominate Red XIII for the Character Battle VII!
He's the Lion with a fire tail from Final Fantasy VII.

Akuma > Ken ?
I'm not sure I buy that. Ken has certainly generated some hate with the overabundance of flowchart Kens during the first few months of SFIV, but I have a hard time taking Akuma over the guy who has been there since SFII.

I'm not saying Akuma > Ken can't be happening, but my intuition just tells me that Ken should be stronger.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

I can see Squall getting that. I think Ganondorf's lost a step since he got around 47.5% on Vincent.
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Not Wylvane

I don't think Ken being one of the original twelve is really that big of a deal. Akuma's been around for 15 years now, and he's been in virtually every SF-related game since his debut. I think it's probably a Knuckles/Shadow relationship (the color scheme even matches!). I don't think the difference between the two is very big.
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"Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?"
"I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!"

Ken > Akuma. Been there from the start, and he's been very well received by the majority of SF fans.
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Nominate Red XIII for the Character Battle VII!
He's the Lion with a fire tail from Final Fantasy VII.

While it's true that Akuma has been around for 15 years, it's obvious that none of the SF games released in those past 15 years has been anywhere near the popularity of of the first games. His first appearance was SSF2T, where he was the secret super-boss, and that's probably his most popular game (at least until SFIV). SFAlpha and SF3 aren't worth anything.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

either way I doubt either of the 2 breaks 52 on the other in a 1 v1 setting.
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Shakes Fist!

SFAlpha and SF3 aren't worth anything.

I don't know about that.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3398

Yeah, the original series is the most popular overall, but over half of the voters who've played a SF game prefer a different series, one Akuma has been a part of.
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"Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?"
"I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!"

I'd take Ken to hit 54 or so on Akuma.
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Nominate Red XIII for the Character Battle VII!
He's the Lion with a fire tail from Final Fantasy VII.

Plus, it's like I said, if you hold a Favorite Sonic Series (or game) poll, the original 2-D games are probably going to win in a landslide, but yet Shadow and Knuckles don't really appear to be too far apart despite Shadow being exclusively a 3-D Sonic guy.
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"Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?"
"I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!"

Hm, Alpha and 3 do look better in that poll than I would have figured. Still, I doubt Akuma got any kind of strength from Super Turbo, considering he was really just a cheap annoying bastard. He wasn't playable, and considering the main point to SF is the Versus mode, Akuma may as well not be a part of that game.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Has there not been a favorite street fighter character poll before?
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Nominate Red XIII for the Character Battle VII!
He's the Lion with a fire tail from Final Fantasy VII.

From: voltch | #315
either way I doubt either of the 2 breaks 52 on the other in a 1 v1 setting.

Indirectly perhaps, but you have to believe Ken crushes Akuma when it comes to people who aren't fans of the series.
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Easy win.

Nevermind what I just said. I forgot there was a cheat to play as Akuma In ST.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

I think that Ken > Akuma. Ken is far more iconic, in a way he's the face of Street Fighter (along with Ryu, of course).
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"I do read sometimes." Mat Cauthon, The Wheel of Time.

From: LeonhartFour | #316
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3398

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT

Street Fighter II and Street Fighter III

are different series.

What the **** is this ****!?
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Seriously?

Revised my mock bracket again. Look good yet...?

http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=350689&tclass=Character%20Battle%20IX
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You're still feeding one of the biggest wildcards we've got against Cloud in the first match.
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Why?

Has there not been a favorite street fighter character poll before?

There was, but unfortunately Akuma was not in said poll. Bacon held 2 polls prior to the release of SFIV.
The first one asking about the favorite of the original 8, the second to ask for the favorite of the 4 bosses.
I don't feel like searching for the polls.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Still? I moved him down from Crono. I really don't think Epona has as much potential as Dark Link
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3398

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT

Street Fighter II and Street Fighter III

are different series.

What the **** is this ****!?

Sort of. Each Street Fighter game is kinda like its own mini-series, cause they have more releases than most series have games!

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From his looks Magus is Macho Man Randy Savage as an anime zombie. The black wind howls, and one of you will snap into a Slim Jim ooh yeeeah! -sonicblastpunch

Why do I see a Tales character from a Tales game that might not even be released here.
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3395
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Sir Chris

From: KleenexTissue50 | #330
Why do I see a Tales character from a Tales game that might not even be released here.

Character Battle IX! It's next year. **** happens.
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Crono vs Vincent
Squall vs Crono
Vincent vs Squall

24 hour 1 on 1. Who would you guys take for each?
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Nominate Red XIII for the Character Battle VII!
He's the Lion with a fire tail from Final Fantasy VII.

Vincent
Squall
Vincent...?
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Crono
Crono
Squall
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Sir Chris

Toss-ups, all 3 of them.
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Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi

If I was predicting a bracket.

Vincent
Squall
Squall
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I see no reason for Asbel Lhant to even be there...
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"Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia

So Mewtwo LFF'd Sora MORE than Fox and Yoshi combined then? That seems even harder to believe since Yoshi is likely stronger than Mewtwo.

I don't think you follow.

Replacing Yoshi and Fox with Mewtwo gives Sora an extra 0.4%. Mewtwo got about 55% of Yoshi and Fox's total votes so we can assume that Sora gets a bit more than 0.4% if we remove the remainder that is Mewtwo. That puts him at a solid 49% on Squall. That we can agree on.

BUT what if those who voted for Mewtwo prioritised Mewtwo over Sora despite knowing/liking Sora, which they probably would not do for Squall. This is just a theory but it makes perfect sense if we assume an overlap. I'm not saying it's necessarily true, but not impossible.

Either way, Squall does no better than 51% on Sora and he's only going to get weaker from now on.

From: Fayt_Esteed | #338
I see no reason for Asbel Lhant to even be there...

I needed to feed Snake something and it might as well be the obligatory weak Tales character.
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From: Lightning Strikes | #339
So Mewtwo LFF'd Sora MORE than Fox and Yoshi combined then? That seems even harder to believe since Yoshi is likely stronger than Mewtwo.

I don't think you follow.

Replacing Yoshi and Fox with Mewtwo gives Sora an extra 0.4%. Mewtwo got about 55% of Yoshi and Fox's total votes so we can assume that Sora gets a bit more than 0.4% if we remove the remainder that is Mewtwo. That puts him at a solid 49% on Squall. That we can agree on.

BUT what if those who voted for Mewtwo prioritised Mewtwo over Sora despite knowing/liking Sora, which they probably would not do for Squall. This is just a theory but it makes perfect sense if we assume an overlap. I'm not saying it's necessarily true, but not impossible.

Either way, Squall does no better than 51% on Sora and he's only going to get weaker from now on.

THERE IS A CLOUD IN THE WAY
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Christ.

Aw man, Ken is beasting right now. I really hope he can avoid the doubling, even though his ASV is LOL(although who knows how great ASV is now in this format anyway, perhaps kids will be scared off of pedo-Ganon there).
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holy crap, you used an apostrophe to make a word plural at least 3 times in that post. that's like cryptonite to me if I was batman - Bako Ikporamee

I thought the official name was "Farted in Elevator" Ganondorf?

Whatever, I guess the only pic needing a name was "Swamp Thing."
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Indirectly perhaps, but you have to believe Ken crushes Akuma when it comes to people who aren't fans of the series.

Why? Ken's not any more well known than Akuma at this point.

Either way, Squall does no better than 51% on Sora and he's only going to get weaker from now on.

Considering he's done better than 51% on him every time, I find this hard to believe.
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"Spoil it for me. I'm never going to play that game so I want to know if he's going to be another Auron or another Sin." - Soul about Jecht vs. PW

I thought we had covered that already.

Cloud SFFs Squall and Sora about equally as shown by the relative consistency. If we assume there is a tiny difference, Mewtwo likely has some influence on Sora to cancel it out.

Really cloud hasn't been much of a SFF powerhouse in four-ways, except to characters from his own game. He couldn't SFF Kefka by more than a tiny percentage.

Cloud SFFs Squall and Sora about equally as shown by the relative consistency.

Which also would imply Nintendo LFF on Sora is a moot point as well.
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"The great GF...Bahamut."
"...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..."

I needed to feed Snake something and it might as well be the obligatory weak Tales character.

...Do we even NEED Tales characters in these contests anymore? No! And this is coming from someone who likes the Tales series.
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"Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia

I thought Ganon looked good in that picture -- and that's as someone that doesn't like Ganon. I don't see how people could possibly argue a pic disadvantage here.

I would take Lightning over Ken despite loving Ken.

I would also think that Akuma would beat Ken in a straight up battle on GameFAQs (again Ken is my favorite character, but Akuma has more going for him in terms of mainstream appeal). And now that Ken is nerfed in SFIV Akuma sees more playtime.

Akuma > Ken 51 - 52%

Squall isn't getting weaker btw, he just had Dissidia and it's likely that he will be in other things being the 2 most popular FF lead.

Sonic is going to 60 - 40 Ganon I think.
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Curt - PSN - CPhoenixM
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.

Considering he's done better than 51% on him every time, I find this hard to believe.

So you're saying that there will be absolutely no slant towards Sora if you remove Yoshi and Fox, despite Sora and Nintendo sharing the same patterns and vote groups?

I'm not saying it's large but it doesn't need to be.

So you're saying that there will be absolutely no slant towards Sora if you remove Yoshi and Fox, despite Sora and Nintendo sharing the same patterns and vote groups?

Not by more than 1%, no. It should split relatively evenly.
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"Spoil it for me. I'm never going to play that game so I want to know if he's going to be another Auron or another Sin." - Soul about Jecht vs. PW