After long await, it's back! That's right, this is the

2010

Character Tournament

68 of your favorite Final Fantasy characters will duke it out March Madness style to crown a champion. You will determine who moves on to the next rounds by voting in polls. You may vote based on strength, usefulness, general likeability, or any other criteria you choose. The choice is yours!

Here are the general rules:

Vote in the poll for one character per 'match'. The matches are labeled by letters. For example, if you see in the poll:

A. Cloud (VII)
A. Locke(VI)
B. Bartz (V)
B. Rydia (IV)

it means Cloud is facing off against Locke and Bartz is facing off against Rydia, so you should vote for one character in each of those matches. The polls will be multiple choice so you will be able to vote in each match. Each poll will last only a couple of days so get those votes in!

Before we get on to this year's tournament, let's first honor those in the FF Character Hall of Fame (past winners):

Cloud (FFVII)


Rydia (FFIV)


Since they already won they won't be in this tournament.

So I said 68 characters up there, but if you follow tourament brackets you know that they usually only contain 64 slots. Well 60 of those slots are filled, and the remaining 8 characters are going to compete in the 'play in round' for the last four spots. That round begins now.

Play in Round Matchups

Benjamin (FFMQ) vs. Tristam (FFMQ)

Beowulf (FFT) vs. Setzer (FFVI)

Garnet (FFIX) vs. Aeris (FFVII)

Paine (FFX2) vs. Llyud (FFXIIRW)

Fight on!