That's right, boys and girl-bots, you have until 6:00 PM PST (midnight GMT) to submit your bracket for gaming's biggest popularity contest. Never heard of Character Battle, you say? Just imagine that the winners of March Madness were chosen based upon school enrollment, and you've got the basic idea. Take 64 of gaming's biggest virtual icons, drop them in a steel cage, and let the fanboys do their worst. Choose wisely, and you can win anywhere from $50 to $400 in online cash. Choose poorly, and you may find that your flesh has disintegrated à la Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
So, who are the early favorites to win this year's tournament? Keep in mind that Link, Cloud, and Sephiroth and
excluded from the main tourney on the grounds of sheer awesomeness. Will Mario at last reign supreme over his peers?
Will all your base belong to Cats? Or perhaps Dante will take this year's crown, if the "guys with swords and also
guns" demographic is to be believed. Anything can happen, though there is one thing that we can be assured of: if you
don't vote for Kirby, I will gouge out your eyes with a grapefruit spoon.
Haha! Just kidding! A regular spoon should suffice.
