The Most Powerful Video Game Character

The Most Powerful Video Game Character is a contest ran by Ed Bellis. From fat plumbers and trained hitmen to corrupt gods and crazy robots, it's time to decide the most powerful video game character!

Rules
- This is a contest of how powerful the characters are, not who’s cooler or sexier or whatever. If you don’t vote that way, I can’t count your vote.

- Both characters are at their most recent power level, with all the capabilities that they could naturally attain and all the equipment they would consistently have.

- The fight occurs like an FMV sequence, not via number-crunching or stats. The characters exist in real time.

- Vote based on game feats alone (or things that are canon to the game universe, like sourcebooks).

- My writeups are not perfect. Feel free to post your own information!

- Obvious contest rules apply (no alts, no rallying, etc.).

- Each match lasts 24 hours, though I may end a match early if it's a blowout to save time.

First Round

 * 1) King of All Cosmos vs. Ridley (30-4)
 * 2) *We are moved to tears by the King's victory. Poor Ridley never stood a chance.
 * 3) Akiha Tohno vs. Pyron (11-28)
 * 4) *Even Akiha’s heat-absorption techniques couldn’t handle all of Pyron’s power.
 * 5) Arthas vs. Link (35-5)
 * 6) *Sometimes the good guys lose. The Master Sword pales in comparison with the mighty Frostmourne and Arthas’s Lich King hax.
 * 7) Sephiroth vs. Lancer (13-36)
 * 8) *Despite a good showing from Sephy, Lancer’s causality hax made this match literally over before it began.
 * 9) Kefka vs. Wesker (41-12)
 * 10) *After a dead even start, Kefka easily overtook Wesker… plotholes aside, of course.
 * 11) Ness vs. Solaris (14-21)
 * 12) *The planet’s power and some thoughts of overhyping were almost enough to give Ness the edge, but Solaris ultimately pulled it off.
 * 13) Cloud Strife vs. Lord Zetta (2-31)
 * 14) *FF7’s gotten a bad draw this contest, as Cloud loses in the biggest blowout of the contest so far
 * 15) Bowser vs. Mega Man (11-24)
 * 16) *Not even the spikes on the back of Bowser’s shell could give the Koopa king a win against the Blue Bomber.
 * 17) Kratos vs. Nrvnqsr Chaos (20-29)
 * 18) *Kratos's midrush made it close for a while, but the power of the beasts overwhelms the power of the Gods this time.
 * 19) Mantorok vs. Sargeras (15-20)
 * 20) *In a truly cosmic level fight, even the final, true ending form of Mantorok was not enough to overcome the raw might of the fallen titan and partial creator of the universe.
 * 21) Zero vs. Ryu (33-3)
 * 22) *For Ryu, the fight is everything, but Zero’s blowout must have made him question what he was fighting for.
 * 23) Master Chief vs. Yuna (31-16)
 * 24) *Yuna made it incredibly close and even led for awhile at the beginning of the match, but GAME FUEL-powered Chief overwhelmed her in the end.
 * 25) Dante vs. Magus (27-12)
 * 26) *A late surge from Magus wasn’t enough to overcome Dante’s cutscene-esque lead.
 * 27) Ganondorf vs. Archer (19-33)
 * 28) *A well-fought battle that was far closer throughout the topic than the final tally indicates.
 * 29) Laharl vs. Wilhelm (26-12)
 * 30) *The master manipulator couldn’t manipulate his way out of a humbling defeat.
 * 31) Akuma vs. Sora (40-12)
 * 32) *Akuma Shun Goku Satsus his way toward a crushing blowout and shows Sora who’s boss.
 * 33) Mewtwo vs. Viewtiful Joe (20-5)
 * 34) *Slowing down time matters little when Mewtwo is inside your brain, apparently. The Pokemon advances.
 * 35) The Nameless One vs. Pyramid Head (35-13)
 * 36) *Though it may have taken him quite literally a lifetime, the Nameless One was able to overcome Pyramid Head’s guilt-filled traps.
 * 37) Amaterasu vs. Gordon Freeman (26-5)
 * 38) *The Celestrial Paintbrush > the Gravity Gun.
 * 39) Kirby vs. Jedah Dohma (14-32)
 * 40) *Call it joke voting, call it overestimation, call it whatever you want, but Kirby proved he really didn’t suck all that much. Nevertheless, Jedah advances.
 * 41) Kuja vs. Ashley Riot (23-5)
 * 42) *Psychic hax doesn’t quite work when there’s no planet to stand on.
 * 43) Arcueid Brunestud vs. Yuri Hyuga (21-7)
 * 44) *Even the Godslayer was powerless against the might of a True Ancestor.
 * 45) Arceus vs. Vergil (26-9)
 * 46) *Despite all the debates over Pokemon canon and legitimacy, the supposed creator of the Pokemon universe wins easily.
 * 47) Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Mario (36-6)
 * 48) *The age-old battle of the video game icons ends decisively, with Sonic scoring one of the biggest blowouts yet.
 * 49) KOS-MOS vs. Shiki Tohno (30-2)
 * 50) *Another blowout, this one in favor of everyone’s favorite crazy starship-busting robot.
 * 51) Nightmare vs. Saber (9-21)
 * 52) *In a swordfight of dark vs. holy, Saber was able to use the power of Avalon to overcome the Soul Edge.
 * 53) Luca Blight vs. Ike (24-36)
 * 54) *The highest-scoring match thus far doesn’t disappoint, as Ike uses the power of Aether to defeat even Luca ****ing Blight.

External Link
The Bracket