Plot Power Tournament Season 6! Week 1 - Where the plot-hype matters!

[DjinnAndTonic]

Out of hiatus! Let's get the plot-hype rolling!

Please vote for who you think would win in a match based on plot powers/logic. Typically voting on endgame forms here, but you may take a duelist at the peak of their power if you prefer. If you don't know a duelist very well, you may still vote on them if you take some time to research their plot powers, I suppose.

Godlike:
Lugia (PKMN) vs. Johnny (SH3)
Dart (LoD) vs. Guv (DQ8)
Lucia (Lunar2) vs. Dante (SMTN)
Aya Brea (Parasite Eve) vs. Ryu3 (BoF3)

Heavy:
Reis (FFT) vs. Argilla (DDS)
Geno (SMRPG) vs. Flik (Suikos)
Hugo Hewitt (WA4) vs. Tear Grants (TotA)
Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) vs. Cecelia Lyn Adelhyde (WA1)

Middle:
Dryst (Brig) vs. Umaro (FF6)
Deneb (OB) vs. Juan (S3)
Elena (FF7) vs. Zelos (ToS)
Seth (FE8) vs. Garet (GS)

Light:
Tia (Lufia2)  vs. Roger Bacon (SHs)
Leena (CC) vs. Margie Fatima (XG)
Alfred Schroedinger (WA3) vs. Lulu (S3)
Poco (AtLC) vs. Lute (SaGa Frontier)

Closes in a week. Happy voting!

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Just a little thing. Do you mean Todd Dukakis or Alfred Schroedinger there?

[Ultradude]

Heavy:
Hugo Hewitt (WA4) vs. Tear Grants (TotA)
Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) vs. Cecelia Lyn Adelhyde (WA1)

Middle:
Elena (FF7) vs. Zelos (ToS)
Seth (FE8) vs. Garet (GS)

Light:
Alfred Schroedinger (WA3) vs. Lulu (S3)

[DjinnAndTonic]

Just a little thing. Do you mean Todd Dukakis or Alfred Schroedinger there?

Whoops.

[Cmdr_King]

Godlike:
Lugia (PKMN) vs. Johnny (SH3)- Hmmm.  Both have a very force of nature feel to them.  But... I think Johnny's meant to be higher than that even, closer to Lady's "local cosmic horror" level, and Lugia's not really proactive like, say, Kyogre, so Johnny's probably ahead there anyway.
Dart (LoD) vs. Guv (DQ8)- For so many reasons.
Lucia (Lunar2) vs. Dante (SMTN)- Pass.
Aya Brea (Parasite Eve) vs. Ryu3 (BoF3)

Heavy:
Reis (FFT) vs. Argilla (DDS)- Gosh, good question.  Lean this way though.
Geno (SMRPG) vs. Flik (Suikos)- Eh, sure, heavenly being.
Hugo Hewitt (WA4) vs. Tear Grants (TotA)- Brionac feels very super-soldier-y, Tear is more Spec. Ops
Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) vs. Cecelia Lyn Adelhyde (WA1)

Middle:
Dryst (Brig) vs. Umaro (FF6)- Umaro is the Uke, Dryst uses the power of the hat to command him.
Deneb (OB) vs. Juan (S3)- No vote.
Elena (FF7) vs. Zelos (ToS)- Latent Chosen feels comperable to the newbie Turk, and Zelos is a lot more savvy.  Maybe AC is coloring my view of their overall plot skills though.
Seth (FE8) vs. Garet (GS)- Psy is pretty special, as I recall.

Light:
Tia (Lufia2)  vs. Roger Bacon (SHs)- Roger Bacon for Godlike.  No, he will not die.
Leena (CC) vs. Margie Fatima (XG)- FIGHTING SPIRIT or... something.  I think.  Margie cannonically sucks but... by comparison to the freaky-ass heroes, Leena is just a civillian.  So... I think.
Alfred Schroedinger (WA3) vs. Lulu (S3)- DYNAMITE MAKES THE SILLY TRIBAL BOY PEE HIS PANTS AND RUN YES
Poco (AtLC) vs. Lute (SaGa Frontier)

[TranceHime]

Godlike:
Lugia (PKMN) vs. Johnny (SH3)
Dart (LoD) vs. Guv (DQ8)
Lucia (Lunar2) vs. Dante (SMTN) - Yyyyyyeah.
Aya Brea (Parasite Eve) vs. Ryu3 (BoF3)

Heavy:
Reis (FFT) vs. Argilla (DDS) - Argh, tough one.
Geno (SMRPG) vs. Flik (Suikos)
Hugo Hewitt (WA4) vs. Tear Grants (TotA)
Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) vs. Cecelia Lyn Adelhyde (WA1)

Middle:
Dryst (Brig) vs. Umaro (FF6)
Deneb (OB) vs. Juan (S3)
Elena (FF7) vs. Zelos (ToS)
Seth (FE8) vs. Garet (GS)

Light:
Tia (Lufia2)  vs. Roger Bacon (SHs)
Leena (CC) vs. Margie Fatima (XG)
Alfred Schroedinger (WA3) vs. Lulu (S3)
Poco (AtLC) vs. Lute (SaGa Frontier) - Lute has plot power? I... dunno about that

[Random Consonant]

Godlike:
Aya Brea (Parasite Eve) vs. Ryu3 (BoF3) - I think the power of the Brood wins out over Aya's mitochondrial weirdness.

Heavy:
Geno (SMRPG) vs. Flik (Suikos) - Meh, not buying the heavenly being hype.
Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) vs. Cecelia Lyn Adelhyde (WA1) - Actually belongs in heavy to a certain extent

Middle:
Dryst (Brig) vs. Umaro (FF6) - Dryst is fairly badass.  Umaro is a yeti.
Seth (FE8) vs. Garet (GS) - Psynergy.

Light:
Tia (Lufia2)  vs. Roger Bacon (SHs) - Crazy old dude vs. a random shopkeeper.  Whatever.
Leena (CC) vs. Margie Fatima (XG) - Isn't Margie the head of a religious sect or something?  Beats a random villager, at any rate.
Poco (AtLC) vs. Lute (SaGa Frontier) - Man, I don't even know...

[Dark Holy Elf]

Godlike:
Lugia (PKMN) vs. Johnny (SH3): Johnny's not too far off of Lady plot power wise. The scene where he utterly annihilates his entire party and makes Killer run like hell stands out - only Shania is shown as having any sort of chance, and even then it's not a great one. "Better than a harmonixer and a ruthless, confident, malice demon" is uh.
Dart (LoD) vs. Guv (DQ8): Dart doesn't attack with curses, and I don't recall Guv having any plot power besides resisting those. Dragoons in general are badass, Dart moreso.

Heavy:
Reis (FFT) vs. Argilla (DDS): Eh, demon. Don't recall Reis having much plot power.
Geno (SMRPG) vs. Flik (Suikos): I too am not impressed by "heavenly being". Unfortunately this beats Flik who has next to nothing in plot power.
Hugo Hewitt (WA4) vs. Tear Grants (TotA): Uh yeah, I'll just say I think Hugo is in the wrong division and leave it at that. His plot power translates perfectly to combat. Voting him over Van would be easy, and Tear isn't on Van's level.
Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) vs. Cecelia Lyn Adelhyde (WA1): Cecilia's connection to the guardians makes her a dangerous foe. Moreso than Edgar's mechanical genius, I feel.

Middle:
Dryst (Brig) vs. Umaro (FF6): lol Umaro.

Light:
Tia (Lufia2)  vs. Roger Bacon (SHs): Think he's overall more crafty and resourceful.
Leena (CC) vs. Margie Fatima (XG): Plot portrays Margie as a non-combatant.
Alfred Schroedinger (WA3) vs. Lulu (S3): Makes Lulu asplode.

[superaielman]

Godlike:
Dart (LoD) vs. Guv (DQ8)
Aya Brea (Parasite Eve) vs. Ryu3 (BoF3)- Whoof. This is a fight.

Heavy:
Reis (FFT) vs. Argilla (DDS)- Has more control over her powers.
Hugo Hewitt (WA4) vs. Tear Grants (TotA)
Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) vs. Cecelia Lyn Adelhyde (WA1)-

Middle:
Dryst (Brig) vs. Umaro (FF6)- Mostly fucks around but shows flashes of competence when pressed.0
Deneb (OB) vs. Juan (S3)- Deneb managed to creative a form of life. That trumps Juan.
Seth (FE8) vs. Garet (GS)- Garet's an idiot, just one with psychic powers.

Light:
Tia (Lufia2)  vs. Roger Bacon (SHs)
Leena (CC) vs. Margie Fatima (XG)
Alfred Schroedinger (WA3) vs. Lulu (S3)
Poco (AtLC) vs. Lute (SaGa Frontier)- Poco has no real plot power, he's just a friend of Arc's. He defines light, a human who fights and nothing else.

Lute? Lute is negative in plot power. This scrub's plot consists of avoiding his domineering mother, joining *anyone* who talks to him, commenting on a porno mag, and that is literally it. He's so blazed that he can literally joins a revolution against a giant multinational evil corporation ten minutes after leaving his home land for the  first time to fight a giant mecha of some evil thing, fuck it it's Saga plot I'm blanking. The motherfucking drunken samurai who cuts things in half with a pipe has more plot in Lute's own quest, let alone anywhere else. He could get into a plot fight with Jogurt and lose because he'd get bored of chasing after the elusive rodent and would go sit around in a sleazy bar doing nothing.

[Meeplelard]

Godlike:
Lugia (PKMN) vs. Johnny (SH3): What Elfboy said, combined with how Lugia's probably one of the weakest ubers for Plot Power, honestly.  He's not a genetically created super freak like Mewtwo, doesn't control forces of nature like the Weather Trio, can't resurrect things like Ho-oh apparently can, doesn't control TIME AND SPACE like Dialga and Palkia, etc.  I suppose it makes sense why he's such a pure defensive Pokemon in battle <_<
Dart (LoD) vs. Guv (DQ8): Guv's plot power is essentially "immunity to curses" from what I recall.  Dart, meanwhile, has at least 2 Dragoon Stones, and one of them is the Divine Dragon which we know is totally bad ass.
Lucia (Lunar2) vs. Dante (SMTN):  I kneejerk Lucia, except Dante has a way of beating the impossible.
Aya Brea (Parasite Eve) vs. Ryu3 (BoF3): Ryu has the entire power of the freaking Brood going for him, combined with apparently being able to stand up to Myria, a goddess (and if someone uses Monkey's rant from before, Myria HAS proven herself quite capable at this; she did, afterall, quite literally manipulate the nature of an entire world.)  Aya...is like Guv; her main advantage is just that she can't be hurt by the villain's shenanigans, and her own cells are effectively poison to it.  I don't recall her having any sort of super human powers beyond that.

Heavy:
Reis (FFT) vs. Argilla (DDS): Does Reis have any real powers besides taking traits of a dragon (and not being of the BoF series <_<)?  Cause I'm thinking "Turn into a demon" would be better than that.
Geno (SMRPG) vs. Flik (Suikos): Flik's a strong warrior and all that...but thinking "Star Protector" or something is somewhat better.
Hugo Hewitt (WA4) vs. Tear Grants (TotA): One controls Time (to a degree), the other is just a skilled mage.  I also agree that Hugo should probably be up a rank.
Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) vs. Cecelia Lyn Adelhyde (WA1): Edgar I feel is a plot middle, cause his mechanical genius in game only really comes off at situational moments (Figaro Castle).  Cecilia has Mediums and such, at least.

Middle:
Dryst (Brig) vs. Umaro (FF6): Umaro can bust down walls effortlessly, which should give him a leg up on Dryst <_<
Deneb (OB) vs. Juan (S3): Juan's plot power is um...not much at all; his fighting style is more a parody that I don't take seriously.  Deneb, meanwhile, is treated as one of the greatest magicians in that universe, from what I recall, and even created her own brand of magic too boot.
Elena (FF7) vs. Zelos (ToS): Zelos has the whole Chosen thing and even some artificial magic powers.  Elena is an inexperienced Turk, which isn't THAT weak, definitely puts her below Reno/Rude.
Seth (FE8) vs. Garet (GS): Gonna kneejerk and say that Fire Adept > Seasoned Vet.

Light:
Tia (Lufia2)  vs. Roger Bacon (SHs): Roger Bacon should probably be higher, since he WAS a famous warlock and probably still has magic and such.  Tia is completely inexperienced fighter meanwhile.
Leena (CC) vs. Margie Fatima (XG): Leena evidently doesn't mind fighting, given she actually fights.  Margie...is at best a cheer leader.
Alfred Schroedinger (WA3) vs. Lulu (S3): One has dynamite and knows how to use it effectively (...in plot.)  The other's most famous moment involves himself getting killed while charging with a knife.  If nothing else, I picture Alfred throwing dynamite and Lulu charging said dynamite head on, followed by Alfred face palming at the moment <_<
Poco (AtLC) vs. Lute (SaGa Frontier): EDIT: Super explained it best.

[DjinnAndTonic]

On Guv and Aya:

I was giving them credit for somewhat gameplay-based plot abilities. They aren't really used too much in the plot scenes themselves, but the plot power tourney is supposed to take battle animations into account as well. Guv has the mighty ability to call forth swarms of trained monsters... and Aya has Revelate/Liberate. I thought about putting them lower, but I figured someone would point these things out as counterpoints if I ranked them too low.

On Hugo: Hmm... he probably -should- be a division up... Brionac members die so easily, I forget how stupidly super-powered they are.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

On Hugo: Hmm... he probably -should- be a division up... Brionac members die so easily, I forget how stupidly super-powered they are.

Given how your own PCs also have quite a bit of plot power dangling from their sleeves alongside having the powers of cheese, their easy-peasy deaths actually make sense. So.

[AndrewRogue]

Godlike:
Lugia (PKMN) vs. Johnny (SH3): Pokemon legendary plot power respect, with a healthy dose of non-game material backing it up.
Lucia (Lunar2) vs. Dante (SMTN): Dante is really stupidly powerful. Tanks Lucia, kills.


Heavy:
Geno (SMRPG) vs. Flik (Suikos): Flik feels superhuman as Suiko fighters can be... but they never end up looking that great.

Middle:
Dryst (Brig) vs. Umaro (FF6): Not sure yet
Elena (FF7) vs. Zelos (ToS): Newb turk isn't cutting it here.

Light:

[Meeplelard]

Thing is, Call Team isn't really a Guv Plot Power.  Its more like he has a whistle, and the monsters come to his side.  Plot wise, that's not something he really does, its just given to him as a gameplay quirk.

Liberate...eh, I don't remember its animation being particularly special by Big Ultimate attack standards.  Wasn't it just "Transform, beat the shit out of the guy, revert?"  I could argue that if you take that animation into account, the whole "kills all her MP an stuns her" aspect is plot gameplay integration in order to exemplify how such a move drains her (contrast to BoF games where Plotwise, pure Bred Dragons can sustain a Dragon form for extended periods of time.  Heck, BoF3 seems to imply the Dragon forms are their NATURAL state, and the human form is just a regressed form that holds back their powers.  The upkeep was obviously an attempt to balance the form in game <_< )

I dunno; if you take battle animations into account, doesn't Sephiroth just sort of win this hands down?  I mean, how do you argue with Super Nova's animation.  I cna't think of many other animations that are so over the top...without delving into SRW...that it blows up most of a solar system, including the sun, just to kill you <_<

Battle Animations are purely stylistic, as far as I'm concerned, and don't really bare any weight in a plot power tourney, ESPECIALLY since older games are at a clear disadvantage.  In the above example, Sephiroth's Super Nova would be completely ignored for that reason <_<

[superaielman]

Aya strikes me as a decent Godlike. The ability to (However limited) set people's cells on fire is an awesome skill. Just that Ryu's power of Dragons is stronger, and he can use it for far longer periods of time. Meeple hit the nail on the head when he talked about Liberate's problems, Aya clearly has limitations plotwise and gameplay wise with what she can do with PE. Ryu's so nasty that the game's goddess is literally in fear of his power to the point of either killing or sticking every dragon she can find in an isolated garden away from humanity.

[Excal]

Godlike:
Dart (LoD) vs. Guv (DQ8) - Dragon vs. guy whose power is the supernatural ability to kill dragons.

Heavy:
Geno (SMRPG) vs. Flik (Suikos) - Flik never struck me as that exceptionally competant.  Nor do the supplimental materials give him that.  He's just a fairly competant guy in several fields.  Geno, on the other hand, is a divine agent.
Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) vs. Cecelia Lyn Adelhyde (WA1) - Affinity with machines vs. Divine oracle and accomplished mage.

Middle:
Dryst (Brig) vs. Umaro (FF6) - Umaro is a mindless beast.  Dryst is a fairly accomplished Rune Knight, which means he commands mindless beasts.
Deneb (OB) vs. Juan (S3) - Juan doesn't actually have much plot power.  The extent he gets is beats up weak armies.  Deneb not only makes her own race, but she fights strong armies.
Elena (FF7) vs. Zelos (ToS) - I'd give Zelos more credit if he were competant.
Seth (FE8) vs. Garet (GS) - Adepts are rare and powerful in their world.  However, Seth has something even more powerful that that.  He's a Fire Emblem character with a name.

Light:
Tia (Lufia2)  vs. Roger Bacon (SHs) - The cool guy whose been alive for centuries over the storekeeper, yes.
Leena (CC) vs. Margie Fatima (XG) - Actually runs into combat.
Alfred Schroedinger (WA3) vs. Lulu (S3) - That rushing into dynamite writeup makes me happy.

[VySaika]

Godlike:
Lugia (PKMN) vs. Johnny (SH3)
Dart (LoD) vs. Guv (DQ8) - Dragoon is pretty nuts on plot power. Especially Dart.
Lucia (Lunar2) vs. Dante (SMTN)
Aya Brea (Parasite Eve) vs. Ryu3 (BoF3) - Brood is even moreso.

Heavy:
Reis (FFT) vs. Argilla (DDS) - Argilla doesn't seem that special as far as DDS demons go. However, DDS demons do get some hype in general over normal people that Reis does not.
Geno (SMRPG) vs. Flik (Suikos) - Hmm. Sketchy divine being and hardcore suiko vet kinda cancel eachother out. So gonna vote MACHINE GUN ARM > lighting rune, here.
Hugo Hewitt (WA4) vs. Tear Grants (TotA) - Hugo outside of Godlike. Yeah, this isn't ending well for Heavy.
Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) vs. Cecelia Lyn Adelhyde (WA1) - Edgar forfeits like a gentleman. He might lose the match, but he'd rather do that then strike a pretty girl. Especially a princess.

Middle:
Dryst (Brig) vs. Umaro (FF6)
Deneb (OB) vs. Juan (S3) - See Excal, really.
Elena (FF7) vs. Zelos (ToS) - She does have a hell of a punch, but I don't think she's up to taking out Zelos.
Seth (FE8) vs. Garet (GS) - Hmm. Any of the other Adepts might take this. Garet...is kind of a putz. Seth can handle this one.

Light:
Tia (Lufia2)  vs. Roger Bacon (SHs) - Yeah.
Leena (CC) vs. Margie Fatima (XG) - She fights monsters with kitchen utensils. That's gotta count for something here.
Alfred Schroedinger (WA3) vs. Lulu (S3) - Explosion is not difficult.
Poco (AtLC) vs. Lute (SaGa Frontier) - Uhh...guess I'll go with Lute > Mondo and Mondo was pretty badass. Or something.

[DjinnAndTonic]

b]Hugo Hewitt (WA4)[/b] vs. Tear Grants (TotA) - Hugo outside of Godlike. Yeah, this isn't ending well for Heavy.

Hmm... he is obviously under-ranked... any suggestions on how I can handle this? Perhaps I should just put him in Godlike next week and replace him in Heavy with someone else? Thoughts? Ideas? I'd like to fix this mistake before it wrecks the PlotPower Tourney any further...

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

b]Hugo Hewitt (WA4)[/b] vs. Tear Grants (TotA) - Hugo outside of Godlike. Yeah, this isn't ending well for Heavy.

Hmm... he is obviously under-ranked... any suggestions on how I can handle this? Perhaps I should just put him in Godlike next week and replace him in Heavy with someone else? Thoughts? Ideas? I'd like to fix this mistake before it wrecks the PlotPower Tourney any further...

Honestly? You had him start in Heavy, now you cope with it. Misrankings happen, and while this isn't the DL where the misrankings get fixed by the pools, I think you may as well let it roll. It's just inelegant to have him swap divisions like that, and hey, for all we know there may be another misranked Godlike in the field. Mistakes happen - just make sure to keep those tabs for following seasons.

[Dhyerwolf]

Godlike:
Lugia (PKMN) vs. Johnny (SH3)
Dart (LoD) vs. Guv (DQ8)- Guv probably shouldn't be in Godlike.
Aya Brea (Parasite Eve) vs. Ryu3 (BoF3)

Heavy:
Reis (FFT) vs. Argilla (DDS)- Reis probably shouldn't be in Heavy.
Geno (SMRPG) vs. Flik (Suikos)- Flik would work well in Middle!
Hugo Hewitt (WA4) vs. Tear Grants (TotA)
Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) vs. Cecelia Lyn Adelhyde (WA1)

Middle:
Dryst (Brig) vs. Umaro (FF6)
Deneb (OB) vs. Juan (S3)
Elena (FF7) vs. Zelos (ToS)
Seth (FE8) vs. Garet (GS)

Light:
Tia (Lufia2)  vs. Roger Bacon (SHs)- Alchemy and magic powers that lead to eternal life surely imply too much power for light.
Leena (CC) vs. Margie Fatima (XG)- Uh...I do suppose Leena's ability to get to the beach by herself trumps any of Margie's plot powers, which just seem to be having hereditary titles and being engaged to a moron.
Alfred Schroedinger (WA3) vs. Lulu (S3)
Poco (AtLC) vs. Lute (SaGa Frontier)

If there any weeks with new competitors. you  might want to run them by someone and see well the divisions sit.

[Taishyr]

Lugia (PKMN) vs. Johnny (SH3)
Dart (LoD) vs. Guv (DQ8)
Lucia (Lunar2) vs. Dante (SMTN) - Okay, this one's cute. Going off DMC1 and SMT:N...

DMC1, he has the ability to not fucking die (Alastor), Devil Trigger to go completely apeshit, and a variety of weapons.
SMT:N, he has the ability to fall spectacularly, is a high-ranking "demon" for the Candelabra shit, and has plot ID skills.

Lucia has the capability to pretty much turn anything into nuclear waste with practical initiative at the height of her power (Atomic Burn), and gut says she'd react before Dante in either form. Still, it's amusing. Do DMC2/3/4 make this any closer?

Aya Brea (Parasite Eve) vs. Ryu3 (BoF3) - Know enough PE plot to vote, and what super said; Aya's probably fine as a low Godlike with the whole "your cells? They burn." Ryu says "Oh that's nice, but I just step on you."

Heavy:
Reis (FFT) vs. Argilla (DDS)
Geno (SMRPG) vs. Flik (Suikos) - Being a "divine agent" gets little respect from me, but I've more respect for that than I do Flik.
Hugo Hewitt (WA4) vs. Tear Grants (TotA)
Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) vs. Cecelia Lyn Adelhyde (WA1)

Middle:
Deneb (OB) vs. Juan (S3) - Deneb also might be more a Low Heavy in this sort of thing, but that depends on how many OB games the person's played, I guess.
Seth (FE8) vs. Garet (GS) - Kinda have to agree with Gate here. Garet gets confused by the horse.
 
Light:
Tia (Lufia2)  vs. Roger Bacon (SHs) - ... h-uh. I can see the logic for Bacon in Light as he seems to take absolutely no offensive role, but... it's heavily indicated that he's a damn good sorcerer with tons of knowledge behind him, and the only reason he -isn't- fighting is 1) age/laziness and 2) while he may be good as compared to most humans, he's possibly not much better than the rest of the group he helps in a straight fight. Still.
Alfred Schroedinger (WA3) vs. Lulu (S3) - When your plot power is dying, you auto-lose.
Poco (AtLC) vs. Lute (SaGa Frontier) - When your plot power is getting super to write a minirant about how inane you are, you auto-lose.

[alanna82]

Dart (LoD) vs. Guv (DQ8)
Aya Brea (Parasite Eve) vs. Ryu3 (BoF3)

Heavy:

Geno (SMRPG) vs. Flik (Suikos)
Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) vs. Cecelia Lyn Adelhyde (WA1)

Middle:

Elena (FF7) vs. Zelos (ToS)
Seth (FE8) vs. Garet (GS)- Seth gets his ass kicked in the tutorial. Adept> almost losing in Tutorial

Light:
Tia (Lufia2)  vs. Roger Bacon (SHs)- Bacon is not a light.
Leena (CC) vs. Margie Fatima (XG)- Head of church> commoner
Alfred Schroedinger (WA3) vs. Lulu (S3)
Poco (AtLC) vs. Lute (SaGa Frontier)

[Ultradude]

Seth (FE8) vs. Garet (GS)- Seth gets his ass kicked in the tutorial. Adept> almost losing in Tutorial

Well that comes down to where you see Valter.

I see Valter as ripping Garet apart, personally.

[OblivionKnight]

Godlike:
Lugia (PKMN) vs. Johnny (SH3) - Johnny.  Awaker > pet.
Dart (LoD) vs. Guv (DQ8) - Guv.  Dart's a dragoon, that can use the power of dragons.  Guv...still has dragon power.  They're close, but Dart needs to have his spirit (which get stolen at points!), whereas Guv is all natural.
Lucia (Lunar2) vs. Dante (SMTN) - Lucia.
Aya Brea (Parasite Eve) vs. Ryu3 (BoF3) - Aya.  Everyone has mitochondria, that I know of.

Heavy:
Reis (FFT) vs. Argilla (DDS) - Argilla.  Digital entity becoming real is cool.
Geno (SMRPG) vs. Flik (Suikos) - Geno.
Hugo Hewitt (WA4) vs. Tear Grants (TotA) - Mmm...interesting.  Tear's song definitely gets hype from me.  Hugo...has the time thing.  Hugo, I think.
Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6) vs. Cecelia Lyn Adelhyde (WA1) - Cecilia.  Guardians > tools.

Middle:
Dryst (Brig) vs. Umaro (FF6) - Dryst.
Deneb (OB) vs. Juan (S3) - Deneb.
Elena (FF7) vs. Zelos (ToS) - Zelos.
Seth (FE8) vs. Garet (GS) - Garet.  See Allana.

Light:
Tia (Lufia2)  vs. Roger Bacon (SHs) - BACON.
Leena (CC) vs. Margie Fatima (XG) - Margie.  Summons rats. 
Alfred Schroedinger (WA3) vs. Lulu (S3) - Alfred.
Poco (AtLC) vs. Lute (SaGa Frontier) - LUTE IS A MAIN CHARACTER THEREFORE LOTS OF PLOT POWER!!!!

[superaielman]

Aya Brea (Parasite Eve) vs. Ryu3 (BoF3) - Aya.  Everyone has mitochondria, that I know of.

Ryu's both resistant to fire in the gameplay sense, he's one of the few characters who has actual control of his genes and what goes in them.  Aya and Eve aren't *that* hard to kill, you just have to get past the whole 'set you on fire' thing.