User blog:Super10ZX/Epic KFAD2 Character Rankings

Don’t really have a good intro for this. While I have given multiple tier lists and over a thousand forum posts which show my opinion on things, it’s almost always changing when it comes to the KFAD characters. More and more characters getting switched around with the more music I listen to that they happen to have.

So here’s my current ranking. It will probably continue to change overtime, but this is what it is now. And yeah, a lot of this is just kinda “I like this song”, but I mean, that was kinda hard for me to avoid showing why I like some of these guys. And I don’t think any characters were bad for the record.

The Alright Guys (D Tier)
These three just don’t grab me much with their music lists.

32. Eminem

Welp, someone had to be at the bottom. The reason I have Eminem this low is simply, I’m just not a fan of much of his music. It just doesn’t grab me, especially since I don’t like most rap. My Salsa was epic though and it will always be epic.

31. Pitbull and the Aliens

While I don’t find Pitbull bad, his music also doesn’t appeal to me that much. But I will admit there’s one or two tracks from him I like. Also not much of a fan of Latin Pop music either. Though I’m surprised how often I find myself listening to Mas Gasolina, it’s really good!

30. Adam Levine

HOBaRT Levine

Anyway, Maroon 5’s music can be pretty hit or miss for me. They can either make something fairly good or pretty bad. Also not entirely sure what would fall into Alternate 90’s Rock aside from the examples listed, so not really much I can say I like from that. When going through his remixes I feel I ended up liking his stuff a little more than I thought I would. Theme of Adamposting is really good, along with This Love and Moves Like Jagger X3. Maybe I should look into his sources a little more.

Pretty good, yet not good enough (C Tier)
These guys have one or two songs I really like, but don’t go much beyond that.

29. Papyrus

For awhile I had Papyrus below Adam, but upon thinking about his sources more he got a bit of a boost above him. He has Pasta from Fatal Fury 2, which is really good (especially the Smash remix, though a certain someone else seems to have it as well), and rips related to skeletons gives him my man Skeletor.

That’s not really enough to save him though. He also had some strong remixes and a nice victory theme, but I just don’t really click with him. Sorry big guy.

28. Rhythm Masters

I’m not really a rhythm game fan, so music from every rhythm game ever made just doesn’t appeal to me. Remix 9 from Rhythm Heaven Fever is really good, and so is Snow Goose... but someone else also has Snow Goose and I like his stuff a lot more.

Aside from those two examples, there isn’t a song from a rhythm game that I’m dying to hear rips of, so Rhythm Masters are unfortunately pretty low on my list.

27. Metal Ajit Pai

I don’t really care for Ajit’s own personal memes, but the rest of his sources make up for it. Slow internet includes Super Mario Maker 2, which had some strong original songs in it. And for the mech stuff, while I’m not into Gundam... at all. There were some good remixes from it. Xenoblade Chronicles X probably counts too, but Nintendo Power already has that.

The real star of the show in the mech sources is Neon Genesis Evangelion. I’ve listened to the opening theme A Cruel Angels Thesis so many times, and it never gets old. That song alone is enough to make Pai a threat. How we never got a remix of that song, or anything Evangelion, is borderline criminal.

26. Quote

Not a whole lot to say about him. His sources are fine, but nothing I find special or am really attached to. He would have been much better if the Indie Platformers source wasn’t limited to before 2010, mainly because of Shovel Knight for me. That alone could have brought Quote to mid B for me.

25. Law & Disorder

Ah yes, the fan favourite duo. I think I’ve made it clear beforehand I’m the not the biggest fan of these two. I’ve never played a single Ace Attorney or Danganraompa game, and while they both have a few tracks I like, it wasn’t enough for me to place them higher.

There was one point I actually thought about moving them down a bit, but than we got Case of Missing Gary, a Gadget Room remix. I didn’t even know they had that song before that point, but Gadget Room is a really good song and I’m always happy to here more of it.

Really Good (B Tier)
These characters I think have really good sources, just not on the level of A Tier.

24. Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell)

Haven’t listened to that much of Daft Punk’s original tracks but they got some really good stuff. Honestly there isn’t much for me to say about them.

23. Mariya Takeuchi

The first round loser turned finalist. Her sources are really strong, and I think it really helped her that there isn’t much of her sources already on SiIva. She had some really good remixes, both solo and dual arrangements. Do I think she should have made it to the final battle? Ehhh, not really. But she definitely had the funk to back her up.

22. Mr. Krabs

You know, I find it interesting why I’ve always had Krabs so low on my personal rankings. I like Spongebob and all, I just find his sources aren’t the greatest in the world. Spongebob has good music, but nothing I’ve ever thought was incredible. Rips related to crabs and money also aren’t highly appealing to me. Rips related to pirates though is a fairly strong source. Pirates of the Caribbean actually has some strong tracks, and I didn’t even realize until the dual arrangement he had One Piece!.... along with someone else higher up who I already knew had it.

21. ZUN

I have not played a single Touhou game. I am not a fan of Touhou. But it’s music just plain rocks! So many great jams from this series. U.N Owen Was Her and Bad Apple, while they may be the most popular songs from the series, they are just plain amazing! I ended up voting for him in all three of his matches, which I think says a lot for a series I’m not into.

20. The Jazz Cats

I like jazz, and I like cats. Simple as that. It’s a good source list, though I don’t think it’s the greatest. I really don’t think they should have beat both Nico Nico and Jack Bros. Regardless, jazz is always a nice calming thing to listen to, and cats gave some good potential of its own.

19. Weird Al

Oh hey, it’s the guy who crushed my main harder than anyone else!

Joking aside, Weird Al’s music is really good. Out of all the real life musicians in KFAD2, Weird Al is the highest (not counting two characters I like for more than just their own music). Amish Paradise is an absolute jam, and many of his iconic Michael Jackson parodies are really good too. And that’s another great thing about Al, the Michael Jackson music! MJ really made tons of great stuff during his time, and having access to that really makes Al shine.

Also Sonic 3, it’s got a great soundtrack, the S3 Mini Boss theme is one of the best Boss themes in all of Sonic, but as I feel I’ve been saying a little too much, someone higher up has it.

18. Nico Nico

When Nico Nico was first revealed, I didn’t really think much of her. I still kind of feel her source list is so vaguely written, that it caused me and probably others as well to not realize her full potential. But once I did, oh boy she went up a few begs! She has Driftveil City (I think anyway, I haven’t seen many others bring it up, but it has had numerous YTPMV’s on NND, I really hope I haven’t been wrong this whole time), and as her segment in the polka showed, I CAN’T DEFEAT AIRMAN! Ooohhhhhhhh, that song is an internet gem! And there’s even more great stuff like Ronald McDonald Insanity and the Kill Me Baby ending theme.

Late 2000’s anime also doesn’t have a whole lot that doesn’t overlap with Dr. Piccolo that I like, but it does mean she gets music from the Diamond & Pearl Series of the Pokémon anime, which has a really underrated soundtrack. And there’s even more beyond that! I think she arguably has the most sources out of everyone in the tournament. It sucks she had to lose so soon.

17. Johnny Bravo

I know this placement may seem like I’m trying to please certain, forum using people, but no this is just genuinely how I feel about Johnny and Nico.

I did grow up watching numerous Cartoon Network shows, such as Adventure Time and Regular Show, so Johnny’s sources I’ve always felt we’re pretty strong for me. Unlike Quote who’s source list was limited, Johnny Bravo having all of Cartoon Network’s original properties was a really good thing, from classics like Ed, Edd n Eddy and Codename Kids Next Door, to modern stuff like Steven Universe and Ok K.O.

Johnny has a really good source list and I’m happy he did well. It just shows how strong these characters are if Johnny wasn’t even at the very top of my B Tier. And as an aside, my favourite song in Johnny’s arsenal is the Island Song. I tear up with nostalgia every time :(

16. Jack Bros.

Hee-ho! Jack Frost and Mothman really had some strong sources. I don’t think I’ve actually played any Atlus titles, and haven’t listened to the soundtrack for many of them, but they sure have heat! My main reason for putting them so high is for the Persona 5 soundtrack. Yeah, it’s the most popular Persona game and all, but I think we can all admit just how good the music is. Aria of the Soul and Rivers in the Desert are just such good songs, and to think the Jack Bros have even more stuff like that. They had really good remixes too, like Battle - b2 and Burn My Dread.

15. Men In Black

If anyone got screwed over the hardest when it came to round 1 matches, than having to fight someone even stronger in losers, it would be Eminem. But Men In Black are pretty close. For awhile I didn’t even realize the full potential of rips related to aliens, but once I saw those examples Men In Black shot up so high on my rankings. Metroid music is pretty strong, especially with Smash remixes from how the source is worded, but easily Pikmin is what helped MIB get up so high up. Pikmin music is so underused on SiIvaGunner, and can really use more love.

But alien stuff goes even deeper. Pokémon songs like Deoxys and the Ultra Recon Squad, Sonic stuff like Planet Wisp. It really is an insanely wide source. Will Smith stuff isn’t the greatest, but it doesn’t hurt either. Getting stuff like Fresh Prince and all. There was just one thing that when thinking things more through, brought MIB from bottom A to top B. Lil Uzi Vert. Really don’t care for most rap as shown with Eminem, and when thinking how much it would probably effect MIB if they won, ehh brought them down one spot. But everything else still helps this duo out.

Insanely Good (A Tier)
Time for the characters I really love. These characters have such great sources and are able to stand above the rest in my eyes as great contenders.

14. Solid Snake

Easily one of the most underrated characters in my opinion. Despite winning a match, it’s hard to find many real Snake fans, or people who even really like him that much. But what he’s got is simply great!

Metal Gear I’ll agree doesn’t have the most iconic music in the world, but it alone has stuff I really like, such as Theme of Tara, Calling to the Night, and Nuclear. I haven’t even given much of Kojima’s other stuff a listen, and I hope I’ll change that one day.

But easily, what absolutely makes Snake for me, and a series I have just been loving the music of lately. CASTLEVANIA!!! I’ve been listening to much of the series these last two months, mainly JP Castlevania 3, Rondo of Blood, and Symphony of the Night, and its just incredible. Such a beautiful mix of action with well done composition and instrumentation. There’s a reason most of Snake’s remixes were Castlevania.

Maybe Snake might move up even higher one day if I look into more of Kojima’s works, time will tell.

13. MissingNo.

Aw yeah, SiIvaGunner Wiki’s golden boy!

Ok, I know most people here aren’t the biggest MissingNo fans, but I’ve always found his sources appealing. Creepypastas are easily my least favourite part of MissingNo. I’m just not a fan of them, and the one thing that could have saved it for me, Garfield Gameboy’d, apparently doesn’t count.

Everything else on the other hand. I’m really a fan of unused content in video games, seeing what ideas developers came up with before realizing they may not have been the best. I’m also a huge fan of glitches, so with both of those MissingNo places high for me.

Though while I understand this was done for the sake of balance, MissingNo only having games well known for glitches isn’t as big of a list as I would have liked. If he had games with tons of glitches but were also known for other things, MissingNo would have probably been one of my top favourites.

And while I haven’t heard a lot of glitch hop, the many remixes in said style I really enjoyed. This Is Most Disturbing is still my favourite remix in the whole tournament.

12. Wario Partners, LLP

Despite my love for the Mario franchise, I felt Wario and Waluigi were pretty weak in KFAD1. I don’t know, maybe I was a little salty they beat Geno. But now that they have been buffed to all Mario spinoffs excluding the RPG’s, and stuff from Mario Land 1 and 2, I ended up liking them a lot more.

Wario Land and especially WarioWare have great music. Tons of the Mario spinoffs have great stuff from Mario Kart, Party, to Hoops 3-on-3. And Mario Land 1 and 2 have really nice calming soundtracks. Just overall a solid duo.

11. Dr. Robotnik

Robotnik is just such a fun addition, and his source list definitely doesn’t slack off. Having all Sonic games on Sega consoles is definitely a limitation, but the music from classic and Dreamcast era Sonic is great, and having an exception with Sonic Mania is amazing. That game’s soundtrack is so clean, and I absolutely love it. Puyo Puyo also doesn’t hurt, although I’m not exactly a big Puyo guy. And all older Sonic cartoons is really good.

Robotnik’s YTP source is probably one of his best features. iteachvader’s original Robotnik songs help elevate him even higher than he already was, and he has other classics like “Its from the show” too.

He’s just overall a really solid contestant with no real weak points.

10. DJ Professor K

Coming at you live, its the crown holder himself!

I don’t really feel much introduction or reason is needed to prove why K is an awesome contest, since you know, he won, and other people on here have more than proved K’s worth. Hideki Naganuma’s music is just pure funk and I love it. I’ve been listening to Wrapped In Black for years now.

All other Sega games besides Sonic and Puyo Puyo is really good as well. Really hoping to see more NiGHTS Into Dreams rips during his takeover! And I’m happy one of my top 10 favourites was the one to take home the crown.

9. Thanos

Poor Thanos, you really deserved better. I still feel bad voting against you twice, but that’s just what happens with competition this though.

With all of Marvel and Star Wars, most of Disney and Pixar, and the song Fireflies, Thanos had a lot to offer. I still remember when people were saying he had too much in his source list. Maybe that’s the reason he did so poorly, just too much sources. But I don’t view that as a bad thing.

All these sources have really good music, some I’m nostalgic towards and others I love today.

8. HOBaRT

Yes, funny mixer made top 8. There’s no memes here, I legitimately think he had strong potential.

I don’t care for Lil Jon’s music, but everything else makes up for it. Hobart Drive is a really nice jazz track that really puts me at ease. Rips related to food is an insanely wide source that had tons of potential. Just yesterday I realized he had the Spider Man 2 pizza theme. Yeah, Thanos has it too, but if I’m just realizing stuff like that now, I’ll probably keep realizing more and more great food related songs fit in. It also kinda makes Papyrus’ rips related to pasta irrelevant, but oh well.

And than, rips related to Australia. This includes the Crash Bandicoot franchise, which means HOBaRT had the soundtrack, to Crash Twinsanity! That game’s soundtrack is absolutely incredible, with so many nice acapella tracks that are both calming and blood pumping. Seriously, if you haven’t listened to that OST do yourself a huge favour right now!

7. Off The Hook (ft. Paruko)

Aw, this still hurts. From finalists to round 1 losers, the fall of OTH was something I never could have predicted. Splatoon is a series with really good music, and I think it shows the quality of the music if they could make it to the finals of a music tournament with only two and a half games.

God of ink is ok in my opinion, and arrangements in the Splatoon style is a really good idea. Wasn’t used a whole lot, likely from being a late addition, but I would like to see this concept applied to regular rips some day.

6. King Dedede

Aw yes, it’s the barley changed, hardly buffed, penguin himself.

I will admit that Dedede kinda lacks variety, but he obviously wouldn’t be this high up if I didn’t like his sources. Kirby music is simply phenomenal, with way too many great tracks to go off of.

I’ve said this before, but it was such a long time ago I’ll say it again. Don’t think about how much Kirby has already been ripped, think about some of the great tracks we’ve barely heard rips of yet. Songs like C-R-O-W-N-E-D, Moonstruck Blossom, Hyness’ battle theme, so many great tracks we haven’t heard a lot of.

5. Donkey Kong

He’s finally here, preforming for you. If you know the words, you can join in too!

Donkey Kong’s source list is rather simple, yet very effective. The DK games have so many great songs, special shoutouts to Forest Interlude, potentially my favourite DK song of all time. The cartoon also has really good songs, definitely better then what you’d expect if you haven’t hurt much of them.

Pre-Microsoft Rareware is also an incredible source. I absolutely love the Banjo-Kazooie soundtrack, and hearing more of it was a real treat.

4. Nintendo Power

We’re getting close to the end, but before that it’s donut time.

Reggie and Bill have a really good lineup of franchises at their disposal. Zelda, Animal Crossing, the Wii games, Fire Emblem, and the reason these two are so high up, Xenoblade Chronicles! All these series simply have great music that I can and have listened to for hours.

Nintendo system and presentation music is awesome as well. The original 3DS eShop theme fills me with a sad sense of nostalgia every time I hear it, and songs like the Wii Shop Channel and Spotted from Yo-Kai Watch are great too.

There was some saying that Nintendo Power’s takeover would just be regular SiIva. Zelda and Animal Crossing, yeah maybe. But the Wii games, Fire Emblem, and especially Xenoblade really don’t have many rips to call their own, and I would love to hear more of them. Really, if you don’t like this duo, what’s wrong with you?

The Platinum Boys! (S Tier)
The big trio, the main three, the absolute cream of the crop. You already know who they are, so let’s just jump into it!

3. Dr. Piccolo

Oh boy. I’d say out of everyone in this tournament, I believe Dr. Piccolo to be the most controversial character in it. But before that, sources.

I had never heard Green and Purple before, and while I don’t like most rap, it ended up being fairly good, with an absolutely epic remix to back it up. Rips related to medical practices is really good too. Maybe I overhyped it a little trying to get people interested in the Namekian, but it is good. Dr. Mario’s got clean music, and he’s got Gentle Breeze from Trauma Center, which overlaps with Jack Bros yeah, but certainly a great song. Although, I gotta wonder how Pokémon Centers don’t fall under medical practices, but Brian Age does.

Than there’s Shonen Jump. A rather wide source list to be sure. Dragon Ball has some great music, special mention to Dan Dan Kokoro, the opening to Dragon Ball GT. It’s simply beautiful and makes me nostalgic for a series I didn’t grow up with. Other series with great music include One Piece, Naruto, Yu-Gi-Oh, My Hero Academia, Yu Yu Hakusho, and numerous others. I know that Dr. Stone and Demon Slayer are pretty hip with the kids these days.

But finally, we reach the.... stand, in the room. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. I know that since the tournament is over now there’s no reason to get heated over things like this, but I’ll never forget just how far discussions would go over just JoJo. People saying Dr. Piccolo is too op and it needs to be removed, to people saying “it’s only a minor source, he’ll only get like 3 JoJo rips if he wins”. Some people were legitimately upset that JoJo fans would somehow high jack the tournament and get Dr. Piccolo to the top. There was even one comment saying that JoJo fans were the true villains of the tournament, and it got over 100 likes. That one still makes me feel like someone peed in my Cheerios.

But now, why were people so concerned over JoJo? Because it’s a meme. All the JoJo fans are just MUDA this ORA that, hahahahahaahaha, look at all those fools. Now, I can’t guarantee every single person didn’t vote because of JoJokes, but I can assure you a fair amount didn’t. And I’m not one of those people. I don’t have Piccolo so high up because of stuff like the Bootaros, I have him high up because JoJo music is just plain awesome!

From the openings, to the original music, to the licensed music, the shows soundtrack is simply a joy! And I highly recommend you listen to at least a bit of it, regardless on your opinions of the series itself or it’s fanbase.

With Dr. Piccolo actually losing, it seems that many people have stopped joking about JoJo ruining the tournament or whatever. It sucks for me that he lost, but apart of me fears the hate I and other Piccolo fans may have endured if he won. I hope this could show at least one person why Dr. Piccolo was an awesome contestant.

2. Jack & Elmo

Hey how’s it goin, I’m Jack, and today, I’m gonna show you how to get tenth place in KFAD.

When Jack & Elmo were first revealed I really liked the concept behind them. But I never could have prepared for just how powerful they would become. Only two months after their reveal, The Glorious Octagon of Destiny happened. It was recommended to me, and I was forever changed on these two. The fact that we could get an entire day of content similar to that video, and the two have all the music used in it, I was instantly sold on their potential.

I looked into further Jack Black YTP’s, and continued to find more and more amazing content this duo had up their sleeves. They have songs like We Are Number One, the Mario 2 Overworld theme, Snow Goose, OVERDRIVE, In The Hall of the Mountain King, Big Blue, Bonestrousle, Sand Canyon, Masked Dedede, Bad Apple. And just think, everything I’ve said is just stuff from the OctagonCollab trilogy. It doesn’t even have to be pre existing stuff, we could have gotten new songs done in Jack Black YTPMV format.

Other Jack Black stuff like Kung Fu Fighting, the saxaboom, and Tenacious D are great too. Than we got stuff from The Muppets and Sesame Street. The Muppets has really good music, many songs I’ve grown up with and still think about to this day, and Sesame Street definitely doesn’t hurt.

Edutainment games is also a really strong source. Bill Nye, Mario’s Time Machine, and Pokémon Typing Adventure really help out. These two are just an incredible duo with some of the best sources this tournament had to offer.

1. Geno

You knew it. You didn’t even have to click on this to know it. Geno is my number one favourite character in the SiIvaGunner King for Another Day tournament. I assume we all know his sources, so I’d prefer to answer, why do I like Geno so much?

When I was young, I would eventually get my hands on two games. Partners In Time and Bowser’s Inside Story. Both of which I grew to love as I played both at the same time (though one clearly had a bigger impact on me than the other). I even remember saying in a very early year of school to someone, “Fawful’s the best”.

I used the internet for most of my live, but by 2013 was when I started using it on a constant basis. Eventually I learned of Chuggaconroy, who had played a game called Super Paper Mario. I watched the whole let’s play and grew to love the game. Despite how old it already was, when I found it at a store I got it right away, showing how the internet had already been making a big impact on my life.

Around the time Luigi was announced for SSB4, I started following the Smash speculation community in silence. This included watching Top 10 videos of who people wanted in Smash, and one character that constantly popped up in most of these videos was Geno. I had never heard of him before, but he looked cool, and the moves people would describe him having sounded like so much fun for Smash.

I have since gone on to own all Mario RPG’s except Thousand Year Door, and have beaten them all except the original (which I know is ironic with Geno and all), Color Splash, and Rabbids Kingdom Battle (which isn’t apart of Geno’s sources).

The Mario RPG’s have had a large Impact on me as a person, and their soundtracks continue to fill me with glee and happiness. I didn’t grow up with a lot of Yoko’s other work, but it continues to have the same wonderful style I know things like Mario & Luigi for. Around the time of Iwata’s passing, a video from one of my favourite YouTubers used Yoko’s Magicant remix in a video talking about it. It nearly brought me to tears, hearing the music and thinking how hard Iwata worked as a person. It was another reminder to me just how precious life is and to enjoy it while we have it.

Despite how hard I wanted Geno to win, he continued to fail to win once in both tournaments. The first tournament loss really upset and angered me, but this time, I felt disappointment yeah, but less anger. Unlike the first time where I wanted to see Wario and Waluigi lose in cold blood, this time I wanted Johnny to do well. I didn’t want my characters sacrifice to be in vain, and I don’t think it wasn’t. Johnny did well, scoring big wins against Nico Nico and the highly popular Papyrus, before being defeated by the one who sent Geno to losers. Kind of a poetic story how the ones who beat Geno all had conflicts with each other.

For me, the only other kind of character that could compete with Geno for my number one spot would be someone with the entire Pokémon franchise. But as it stands I’m happy to have supported Geno for this long. Maybe one day, when the planets align, the team will be crazy enough to do another tournament, and if that happens, you better know who I’m racing for to help snag that crown!

Final Results
Welp, that’s my opinion. I’m probably going to have to keep coming back and correcting things like typos, but I hope this wasn’t a waste of time for me to write, or you to read.

I would like to once again thank everyone who made both tournaments possible. You all have created something that has gotten me new friends and has made me find music I wouldn’t have otherwise. Even if Geno Lost, I still have tons of great remixes of his music to come back to for years to come.

Thank you to all the musicians, artists, writers, directors, other behind the scenes workers, Ethan64Music for coming up with the tournament in the first place, and Chaze the Chat for creating the SiIvaGunner channel that started this whole thing. Hope your doing well man.