Gamespot 2009 Contest

The Gamespot 2009 Contest, titled All Time Greatest Video Game Hero was the first character contest held on Gamespot. Due to the lack of an announcement for the next GameFAQs Character Battle many members of Board 8 took interest to the contest. With a different demographic the contest became fresh as simple choices on GameFAQs became hard decisions on Gamespot and with many snubs and fodder characters people were quick to relate this to GameFAQs' original contest.

Other differences to the GameFAQs contest include multiple matches occuring at the same time, matches lasting for days and a different point system making later rounds worth not as much compare to GameFAQs. Huge favourites to win the tournament include Link, Solid Snake, Mario and Master Chief.