The 'Shroom:Issue 102/Ultimate Character Tournament

Welcome to the Ultimate Character Tournament 2015!

Click here to view last month's winners and losers!

Click here to jump straight to this month's round of voting!

Introduction

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Back in September 2009, Ralphfan (talk) posted the idea of doing the Ultimate Character Tournament — a series of polls in a bracket-style "tournament" to determine the best character from several video game series. Originally, it was supposed to coincide with the anniversary festivities in 2010, but due to skepticism from the committee, the project was supported by The 'Shroom instead and became more closely affiliated with the publication. Planning meetings were held throughout the last few months of 2009, and the event ran from January 2010 through August 2010. It was considered one of the first major events that The 'Shroom had ever sponsored and was widely successful, pulling in hundreds of votes for each poll that was posted. Five years later, The 'Shroom staff has decided to host a second Ultimate Character Tournament to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the event and the 100th edition of the newsletter! Several major changes have been made, though, in order to make it a truly ultimate character tournament: Planning meetings were scrapped in order to set the event up quickly and efficiently. Instead, Super Mario Bros. (talk) created the bracket with advice from the Core Staff, and will be the manager. The list of "tournament participants" (characters) has been streamlined from 234 participants to 72 participants in order to maintain focus. Whereas the focus of the original tournament was mostly on the Mario series, the event has been expanded to include major characters from 30 different franchises.

How It Works

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The tournament will feature characters from various video game franchises going head-to-head in a series of polls. The participants specifically featured in the bracket are: All playable characters in the Super Smash Bros. series, including alternative costumes, with the exception of the Pokémon Trainer character from Super Smash Bros. Brawl; instead, Ivysaur and Squirtle (who were components of the aforementioned scrapped character) were individually included in the bracket Tabuu, who is the central boss character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl Four characters total from the Rare franchises Banjo and Conker, in honor of the last tournament and Rare's 30th anniversary Two participants will be listed in every poll, and the voters will decide who wins and moves on to the next bracket. There will be one round of voting held every month, including a preliminary round to be held this month. The participants in the preliminary round were specifically chosen due to either being third-party franchises or being alternative costumes in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS / Wii U, though the match-ups themselves are randomized. The match-ups for Round 1 have also been randomized.

Schedule

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Round # Voting Period Results Announced Participants Advancements Preliminary Round Start: July 18th, 2015 August 15th, 2015 16 participants 8 place in tournament Finish: August 8th, 2015 Round 1 Start: August 22nd, 2015 September 19th, 2015 64 participants 32 advance to next round Finish: September 12th, 2015 Round 2 Start: September 19th, 2015 October 17th, 2015 32 participants 16 advance to next round Finish: October 10th, 2015 Round 3 Start: October 17th, 2015 November 21st, 2015 16 participants 8 advance to next round Finish: November 7th, 2015 Round 4 Start: November 21st, 2015 December 19th, 2015 8 participants 4 advance to next round Finish: December 12th, 2015 Round 5 Start: December 19th, 2015 January 16th, 2016 4 participants 2 advance to next round Finish: January 9th, 2016 Round 6 Start: January 16th, 2016 February 20th, 2016 2 participants Winner is announced Finish: February 6th, 2016

Information

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Links Notes UCT 2015 - Characters (by series) UCT 2015 - Characters (total) Green text denotes addition from last tournament. Red text denotes removal from last year. Blue text denotes participant being defeated in tournament. UCT 2015 - Bracket Green text denotes participant has advanced to the next round. Red text denotes participant has been defeated. Blue text denotes participants have tied.

Previous Round

The winners from last month!

Sheik	VS.	Mewtwo
	Mewtwo advances to the next round!
30 votes! Sheik loses!		66 votes! Mewtwo wins!

Ryu	VS.	King Dedede
	King Dedede advances to the next round!
29 votes! Ryu loses!		64 votes! King Dedede wins!

Falco	VS.	R.O.B.
	Falco advances to the next round!
47 votes! Falco wins!		46 votes! R.O.B. loses!

Ludwig von Koopa	VS.	Zero Suit Samus
	Ludwig von Koopa advances to the next round!
46 votes! Ludwig von Koopa wins!		44 votes! Zero Suit Samus loses!

Pit	VS.	Duck Hunt
	Pit advances to the next round!
50 votes! Pit wins!		42 votes! Duck Hunt loses!

Lucas	VS.	Sonic
	Sonic advances to the next round!
41 votes! Lucas loses!		53 votes! Sonic wins!

Alph	VS.	Toon Link
	Toon Link advances to the next round!
21 votes! Alph loses!		72 votes! Toon Link wins!

Donkey Kong	VS.	Jigglypuff
	Donkey Kong advances to the next round!
61 votes! Donkey Kong wins!		32 votes! Jigglypuff loses!

Pac-Man	VS.	Villager
	Pac-Man advances to the next round!
48 votes! Pac-Man wins!		41 votes! Villager loses!

Wario	VS.	Zelda
	Wario advances to the next round!
57 votes! Wario wins!		33 votes! Zelda loses!

Bowser	VS.	Olimar
	Bowser advances to the next round!
66 votes! Bowser wins!		24 votes! Olimar loses!

Ice Climbers	VS.	Luigi
	Luigi advances to the next round!
20 votes! Ice Climbers lose!		73 votes! Luigi wins!

Shulk	VS.	Ness
	Ness advances to the next round!
38 votes! Shulk loses!		48 votes! Ness wins!

Squirtle	VS.	Diddy Kong
	Diddy Kong advances to the next round!
41 votes! Squirtle loses!		44 votes! Diddy Kong wins!

Morton Koopa	VS.	Dr. Mario
	Morton Koopa advances to the next round!
45 votes! Morton Koopa wins!		42 votes! Dr. Mario loses!

Pichu	VS.	Peach
	Peach advances to the next round!
29 votes! Pichu loses!		56 votes! Peach wins!

Kirby	VS.	Link
	Kirby advances to the next round!
60 votes! Kirby wins!		26 votes! Link loses!

Bowser Jr.	VS.	Little Mac
	Bowser Jr. advances to the next round!
62 votes! Bowser Jr. wins!		20 votes! Little Mac loses!

Wii Fit Trainer	VS.	Lemmy Koopa
	Lemmy Koopa advances to the next round!
25 votes! Wii Fit Trainer loses!		57 votes! Lemmy Koopa wins!

Pikachu	VS.	Palutena
	Pikachu advances to the next round!
55 votes! Pikachu wins!		25 votes! Palutena loses!

Roy Koopa	VS.	Lucario
	Lucario advances to the next round!
37 votes! Roy Koopa loses!		47 votes! Lucario wins!

Ivysaur	VS.	Mario
	Mario advances to the next round!
18 votes! Ivysaur loses!		66 votes! Mario wins!

Samus	VS.	Greninja
	Samus advances to the next round!
48 votes! Samus wins!		33 votes! Greninja loses!

Marth	VS.	Dark Pit
	Dark Pit advances to the next round!
33 votes! Marth loses!		46 votes! Dark Pit wins!

Roy	VS.	Robin
	Robin advances to the next round!
36 votes! Roy loses!		42 votes! Robin wins!

Ganondorf	VS.	Captain Falcon
	Captain Falcon advances to the next round!
28 votes! Ganondorf loses!		49 votes! Captain Falcon wins!

Lucina	VS.	Wolf
	Wolf advances to the next round!
34 votes! Lucina loses!		44 votes! Wolf wins!

Meta Knight	VS.	Mega Man
	Meta Knight advances to the next round!
47 votes! Meta Knight wins!		32 votes! Mega Man loses!

Young Link	VS.	Tabuu
	Young Link advances to the next round!
46 votes! Young Link wins!		34 votes! Tabuu loses!

Yoshi	VS.	Fox
	Yoshi advances to the next round!
68 votes! Yoshi wins!		17 votes! Fox loses!

Rosalina	VS.	Mr. Game & Watch
	Rosalina advances to the next round!
53 votes! Rosalina wins!		29 votes! Mr. Game & Watch loses!

Ike	VS.	Charizard
	Charizard advances to the next round!
33 votes! Ike loses!		46 votes! Charizard wins!

Round 2

Vote for who you want to advance in the tournament!

Mewtwo	VS.	King Dedede

Falco	VS.	Ludwig von Koopa

Pit	VS.	Sonic

Toon Link	VS.	Donkey Kong

Pac-Man	VS.	Wario

Bowser	VS.	Luigi

Ness	VS.	Diddy Kong

Morton Koopa	VS.	Peach

Kirby	VS.	Bowser Jr.

Lemmy Koopa	VS.	Pikachu

Lucario	VS.	Mario

Samus	VS.	Dark Pit

Robin	VS.	Captain Falcon

Wolf	VS.	Meta Knight

Young Link	VS.	Yoshi

Rosalina	VS.	Charizard

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