The tournament has been divded into two seperate brackets.

First Set
The Guardian
Roy - Fire Emblem 6
Felix - Golden Sun
Xianghua - Soul Calibur II
Sabin - Final Fantasy 6
Link - lEGEND OF zELDA.
Kyle Katarn - Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series
Samus Aran - Metroid series
Bowser - The Super mario series
Laharl - Disgaea
Yuffie - Final Fantasy 7
Locke - Final Fantasy 6
Omega Metroid - Metroid series
Captain Olimar w/Pikmin - Pikmin
Simon Belmont - Castlevania series
Cloud - Final Fantasy 7
Ryu (1) - Breath of Fire
Aeris - Final Fantasy 7
Crono - Chrono Trigger
ElecMan.exe - Mega Man Battle Network series
Megaman - Megaman series
Paper Mario - Paper Mario series
Gleeok - The original Legedn of Zelda
Darunia - LoZ: Ocarina of Time
SA-X - Metroid Fusion
Laguna - Final Fantasy 8
Leblanc - Final Fantasy X-2
Lulu - Final Fantasy 10
Mithos - Tales of Symphonia
Mega Man Trigger - Mega Man Legends
Kain - Legacy of Kain series
Raziel - Legacy of Kain series
Elena/Milenia - Grandia 2
Duke Nukem - Duke Nukem series
KOS-MOS - Xenosaga
Ryu (3) - Street Fighter series
Balmung - .hack series
Kirby- Kirby's adventures
Arthas (Death Knight not the Lich King) Warcraft 3
Sarah Kerrigan the queen of blades (starcraft)
Baby Bonnie Hood - Darkstalkers
Leviathan (Mega Man Zero)
Donkey Kong
Billy Lee- Double Dragon
Prince of Persia (old version not the Sands of Time guy)
Morrigan (darkstalkers)
A Cyber Demon from DOOM
chaos - Xenosaga
Kain - Final Fantasy 4
Frog - Chrono Trigger
Kimahri - Final Fantasy 10
Orlah - Chrono Cross
Grant Dynasty - CV3
Sigma - Mega Man X
Faust - Guilty Gear
Voldo - Soul Calibur
Dracula - Castlevania series
Ludwig von Koopa - Mario series
Ridley - Metroid series
Flash Man - Mega Man series
Magnet Man -Mega Man series
X - Megaman X series
Zero - Megaman Zero series
Lucca - Chrono Trigger

Second set
Earthworm Jim
Samson - Cho Aniki
Sephiroth - Final Fantasy 7
Gogo - Final Fantasy 6
Zidane - Final Fantasy 9
Lynx - Chrono Cross
Magus - Chrono Trigger
Kefka - Final Fantasy 6
Solid Snake - Metal Gear series
Cecil - Final Fantasy 4
Mario - Super mario bros.
Link (Windwaker version) - LoZ Wind Waker
Lloyd - Tales of Symphonia
Peter Puppy - Earthworm Jim
Ken - Street Fighter series
Ryu (2) - Ninja Gaiden
Thrall - Warcraft III
Rancid - Timekillers
FireMan.exe - Mega Man Battle Network series
MagicMan. exe - Mega Man Battle Network series
Bleu - Breath of Fire
The Time Lord - Time Lord
Riku - Kingdom Hearts
Selphie - Final Fantasy 8
Terajima Ryoko - .hack series
Gitaroo Man - Gitaroo Man
Soma Cruz - Castlevania series
Julius Belmont - Castlevania series
Luigi - Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
Daios - Tales of Phantasia
Vectorman - Vectorman
Ness - Earthbound
Ivy - Soul Calibur
Sol Badguy - Guilty Gear
Hector - Fire Emblem 7
Rick (splatterhouse)
Lara Croft from Tomb raider
Zelda
Princess Toadstool
Tyrant (resident Evil)
Sub-zero(MK)
Havoc - Command & Conquer Renegade
Dias Flac (Star Ocean 2)
Jowy Atreides Blight (Suikoden 2)
Viktor (Suikoden 1 & 2)
Abobo Double Dragon
Kid Icarus
Jr. - Xenosaga
Vivi - Final Fantasy 9
Ganondorf - LoZ series
Kraid - Metoid series
Alucard - Castlevania series
Richter Belmont - Castlevania series
Trevor Belmont - Castlevania series
Rydia - Final Fantasy 4
Pitfall Harry - Pitfall
Terry Bogart - King of Fighters series
A Boy and his Blob - Aboy and his Blob
Id - Xenogears
Crey - Flame of Recca
Harupia - Megaman Zero series
Evil Otto - berzerk
Pharoah Man - Mega Man series.
A Bowazon - Diablo 2

The first two battles are....

From Bracket 1...
Felix, from Golden Sun
vs
Roy from Fire Emblem 6

From Bracket 2
The online battle between
Terajima Ryoko from .hack
vs
Fireman.exe from the Megaman battle Network series.

LET'S GET READY TO...........FIGHT!

Bracket 1

I'd go with Felix. He has psychic abilities such as telekinesis, and he's able to control the power of Earth. He also survived from a giant boulder crashing down on top of him.

Bracket 2

Ryoko I suppose. I'm not really that far into .hack, but from what I've read about her, she seems pretty skilled. Fire Man.exe just seems like a virus program, so he could probably have a quick Data Drain defeat him. Although I'm not sure Ryoko has that power.

EDIT: I threw these together. Bracket 1 is red, Bracket 2 is blue, obviously.

Bracket 1: I never played either game.
Bracket 2: I never played .hack, but I know Mr. Match seems incapable of making Navi's that can stand up to much punishment. So long as Ryoko can dodge his slow attacks, she will win by virtue of gettin more hits in. Especially if she has a peice of equipment with a water/ice attack.

I'm going to have to give the nod to Roy here.

The sheer cheapness of the Sword of Seals is the only thing that saves him though.

It'd really be a wear down battle with Felix and Roy beating the crap out of each other, then healing with Psynergy/SoS, and then rinse and repeat.

If these are cinematic battles, Felix will run out of Psynergy eventually, but Roy's sword wont.

I don't know enough about FireMan.exe to comment, but I will say:

GO RYOKO! BEAT THE LIVING TAR OUT OF THAT NAVI!

FireMan is actually pretty tough in the Rockman.exe anime. The only reason Megaman kicks his but is because Fireman is SLOW. I honestly haven't played .hack, so I can't comment on the other side of the battle....

Ah, so it seems this Fireman is much more of a powerhouse. Intresting.

The speed of a twin blade is high despite the weak attacks they do. Thats all i have to say, i played to the second game.

Uhh...Ryoko's a Heavy Axe(wo)man, BDD...

I can't say I'm really familair with either of them, but it sounds like we have a heavy axe user against a heavy fire weilding robot. I'm kinda partial to Fireman.exe here.

DANGIT, Its been too long since I last played the game. Anyways as long as she can get close enough to hit Fireman then she can win.

But can she get close enough to a robot thats spraying her down with flames? That's the question.

I think she is fast enough to avoid the flames, if not then i need to play the game again.Now where is my Action Replay?

I'd imagine it wouldn't take too many hits to bring FireMan down, and Ryoko can heal herself fairly well.

You DO realize Fireman has a sword, so he can fight back in melee?

No, no I didn't.

But a quick glance over at GameFAQ's shows that her best weapon gives her the ability to cast a high-level water spell ( I think ).

I'm still thinking Ryoko here.

I don't know either, at all, so I can't comment too much. But it seems to me that Ranged Fire beats Melee, but if the Melee has water powers as well, then she could take on a Ranged Fire person.

So, is there anyone terribly familair with the characters that could tell us the extent of her water powers?

Also, there really doesn't seem to be much arguing over Roy vs Felix. The popular votes says Roy wins that one. Anybodyc are to object?

One argument in Felix's favour is that while his psynergy can wear out, he can recharge it just by running about. Plus he can transform into sand for an easy escape, and possesses weapons with ancient spirits in them. And the Djinni could give him the upper hand.

Running about won't do much, as at a distance, Roy would start launching columns of fire at Felix.

You do make a good point about the sand, but he cant turn into sand unless there's sand underneath him, and even then, he can only go as far as the sand goes, making him an easy target.

Djiini and special weapons (read: Sol Blade/Excalibur) MIGHT make a difference, but with the magical resistance and physical defence bonuses that Roy gets from the SoS, I can't see it helping THAT much.

It's still an even fight, I just think Roy has the advantage.

At this point, I decalre the first battles over. The Bracket 1 victor: ROY!
Winner of Bracket 2: Terajima Ryoko!

Next battles
Bracket 1:
SABIN FIGARO of Final fantasy 6
vs
XIANGHUA for Soul Calibur 2

bracket 2:
THRALL from Warcraft 3
vs
VECTORMAN title character of his own game.

Can't comment on fight two, but Sabin could probably take his home. Bum Rush, Aura Beam, and Fire Dance are all nigh-unstoppable moves that can easily be whipped off in less than a second or two. Unless Xianghua closes and closes fast and aggressively, she's done from the start, and even at close range, Sabin probably has a Genji Glove and a Black Belt on him. Add onto that his ability to use espers and magic, and this one's fairly one-sided.

Thrall would open with a Chain Lightning and then move in to trap Vectorman in an earthquake, if he's got speed in his favor. If not, he'd summon his wolves as a distraction.

(also, commenting on Ryoko from before)
Shes not the fastest, but she has massive HP which means she can take as well as give. As for her water abilities, she can get some high level water spells, but she wouldn't be able to use too many of them before her MP would run out. However, MP recovers pretty fast in .hack, also...

Just FYI later on.

I put in a voucher for sabin bum-rushing multiple time, powerfull stuff there.

I think vectorman can reassemble himself in different ways, but its been a while since i played that game on the genisis. last i renember is that vectorman has a small tank form.

Thrall would decimate Vectorman. Vectorman can shoot energy bolts, as can Thrall. Thrall can also shoot lightning, cause earthquakes, see the future, and summon invisible ninja wolves.

Never played FF6, so I'm out for the first one, though...

Thrall, like many of the Warcraft heroes, is basically a demigod. He'd kick Vectorman's butt.

Braket one:
Saban because Xianghua loses to Heiachi(old dude from Tekken), and it is my opnion that Saban could kick Heiachi ass.

Bracket two:
I don't know about Thrall, but Vector man did take down an entire army of robots by himself. This includes a giant nuke with hands and an attitude. So I am going to give the fight too Vector man.

Vectorman CAN pullhimself backtogether, to clarify.

Can he pull himself back together after being hit by Chain Lightning?

Much as I like her, Xianghua doesn't stand much of a chance against Sabin.

Can't say much about the second fight.

Probably.

Vectorman can pull himself together, but he does have very limited stamina... and the WC3 Heroes can take quite the punishment at Thrall's level.

Are we assuming Thrall to be lvl 10?

I would assume that thoreticly all charaters are max levels of their genere, sorta end game acclumination and fight to the death (that goes for non level-based charaters too) but thats only my guess.

Thrall should be considered a high-level hero just because he's the leader of the Orcs. Even if we don't count endgame stats, the endgame situation requires him to be strong, since he's the warchief of the Horde.

True dat. But i have not played alot of wc3 to know that much about him.

By endgame, Thrall is helping fight off a horde of demons, so I'd say he's pretty damn strong.

The general rule is that its endgame stats, not how much you can twink a character out. *coughLaharlcough*

If one of Thrall's better abilites is a lightning attack that may actually heal or at least be ineffecive aginst Vectorman. two reasons one the health power ups in the game were a free floating yellow globes; two he was made too work close to the sun they probably put both heat and electric protection on him.