This was named Article of the Week in September of 2008.

Summer 2008 Contest

Announced:	August 8, 2008
Started:	September 18, 2008
Ended:	November 19, 2008
Winner:	Winner: Link Runner-up: Solid Snake
Contest Winner:	Strykr017 - 624 points
Notable matches:	Marth/Duke/Niko/Kefka Squall/Sora/Yoshi/Fox Crono/Pikachu/L-Block/Alucard Snake/Cube/Mega Man/Zero Samus/Crono/Vincent/Pikachu Sephiroth/Kirby/Sonic/Dante Snake/Cloud/Kirby/Sephiroth Link/Snake/Cloud/Crono

Fall 2008 Contest was the seventh GameFAQs character tournament held on GameFAQs. However, many veteran members of Board 8 still call it the Summer 2008 Contest.

2008 Contest Detailed Stat Listings Edit

• Board 8's 2008 Nominations
• Summer 2008 Total Nominations
• Board 8's 2008 Match Pics | R2 and following
• Most Surprising Results of 2008
• Most Impressive Performances of 2008
• Most Disappointing Performances of 2008
• Summer 2008 Match Trends
• Summer 2008 X-Stats

See Also Edit

• 2008 Contest Matches - detailed write-ups on every '08 Contest poll
• Board 8 on the 2008 Summer Leaderboard - final Top 50 standings with info on what users are from B8
• Summer 2008 1v1 Bracket

Contest Bracket
Division 1				Link Zack Mario Mega Man X	Link Mario Samus Crono	Link Crono Snake Cloud	Link Snake
Cecil Harvey Jade Curtiss Wario Zack Fair	Zack Wario Link Zidane	Link Zack Duke Altair
Link Luke fon Fabre Shadow the Hedgehog Zidane Tribal
Duke Nukem Kefka Marth Niko Bellic	Marth Duke Nukem Altair Lucario
Altair Guybrush Threepwood Isaac Lucario
Division 2
Liquid Snake Luigi Roxas Sho Minamimoto	Luigi Liquid Snake Bowser Phoenix	Liquid Snake Luigi Mario Mega Man X
Bowser Deckard Cain Geno Phoenix Wright
Fei Fong Wong Knuckles the Echidna Mario Zelda	Mario Zelda Mega Man X Mudkip
Lloyd Irving Mudkip Tom Nook Mega Man X
Division 3				Samus Vincent Crono Pikachu
Crash Bandicoot Nightmare Raz Samus Aran	Samus Nightmare Ganondorf Frog	Samus Ganondorf Vincent Gordon
Frog Ganondorf KOS-MOS Neku Sakuraba
Falco Lombardi GlaDOS Vincent Valentine Wander	Vincent Falco Scorpion Gordon
Balthier Bunansa Big Daddy Gordon Freeman Scorpion
Division 4
Amaterasu Crono Frank West Kaim Argonar	Crono Amaterasu L-Block Ryu SF	Crono L-Block Pikachu Alucard
L-Block Meta Knight Ryu (Street Fighter) The Dog
Alucard Captain Falcon Diddy Kong Kratos Aurion	Alucard Falcon Pikachu Arthas
Arthas Menethil Ike Pikachu Spy
Division 5				Snake Cube Cloud Mewtwo	Cloud Snake Sephiroth Kirby
Donkey Kong Miles 'Tails' Prower Tidus Weighted Companion Cube	Cube Tidus Mega Man Nero	Mega Man Cube Snake Zero
Banjo Captain Olimar Mega Man Nero
King Dedede Pit Ryu Hayabusa Zero	Ryu H Zero Solid Snake Vivi
Albert Wesker Sackboy Solid Snake Vivi Ornitier
Division 6
Chris Redfield Fox McCloud Sora Tim	Sora Fox Squall Yoshi	Squall Sora Cloud Mewtwo
CATS Nathan Drake Squall Leonhart Yoshi
Axel Steel Cloud Strife Midna Miles Edgeworth	Cloud Midna Mewtwo Pac-Man
Mewtwo Ness Pac-Man Travis Touchdown
Division 7				Kirby Dante Sephiroth Sonic
Big Boss Jinjo Kirby Lucas	Big Boss Kirby Master Chief Raiden	Kirby Master Chief Dante Leon
Kain Highwind Master Chief Professor Layton Raiden
Captain MacMillan Leon Kennedy Riku Siegfried Schtauffen	Leon Kennedy Riku Dante Hogger
Dante Hogger Laharl Ramza Beoulve
Division 8
Commander Shepard Magus Sandbag Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic Sandbag Auron Sub Zero	Auron Sonic Sephiroth Kratos
Auron Marcus Fenix Rydia Sub-Zero
Nana Ratchet Sephiroth Tifa Lockheart	Sephiroth Tifa Kratos Jill
Heavy Jill Valentine Kratos Revolver Ocelot

2008 Contest Matches
Round One Zack > Wario Link > Zidane Marth > Duke Altair > Lucario Luigi > Liquid Bowser > Phoenix Mario > Zelda X > Mudkip Samus > Nightmare Ganondorf > Frog Vincent > Falco Scorpion > Gordon Crono > Amaterasu L-Block > Ryu Alucard > Falcon	Pikachu > Arthas Cube > Tidus Mega Man > Nero Ryu H > Zero Snake > Vivi Sora > Fox Squall > Yoshi Cloud > Midna Mewtwo > Pac-Man Big Boss > Kirby Master Chief > Raiden Leon > Riku Dante > Hogger Sonic > Sandbag Auron > Sub-Zero Sephiroth > Tifa Kratos > Jill	Round Two Link > Zack Duke > Altair Liquid > Luigi Mario > X Samus > Ganondorf Vincent > Gordon Crono > L-Block Pikachu > Alucard Mega Man > Cube Snake > Zero Squall > Sora Cloud > Mewtwo Kirby > Master Chief Dante > Leon Auron > Sonic Sephiroth > Kratos	R3 and following Link > Zack Mario > X Samus > Vincent Crono > Pikachu Snake > Cube Cloud > Mewtwo Kirby > Dante Sephiroth > Sonic Link > Mario Samus > Crono Cloud > Snake Sephiroth > Kirby Link > Crono Snake > Cloud Link > Snake (Finals) Classic > CD-I (Bonus)