On June 26, 2006, CJayC announced that there was going to be a 2006 Character Battle. However there was now a "twist"- instead of nominating any 10 characters, you had to nominate 7 male characters and 7 female characters. The bracket was made of 32 spots for males and females, with the strongest male going against the strongest female in the Championship. Link, Cloud, Sephiroth, and Mario were separated in a "Battle Royale", similar to the "Tournament of Champions" of SC2005.