Round 1 begins! First, I made a Round 1 bracket for you all to enjoy: (CLICK FOR BIGGER PICTURE)

And, for you all to read, here are the ROUND 1 MATCHUPS!!

#1 Wheatley (Portal) vs. #32 Bartz Kaluser (Final Fantasy)

#2 GlaDOS (Portal) vs. #31 Tim (Braid)

#3 Samus Aran (Metroid) vs. #30 The Kid (Bastion)

#4 The Pyro (Team Fortress 2) vs. #29 Midna (The Legend of Zelda)

#5 The Sniper (Team Fortress 2) vs. #28 Geo Stelar (Mega Man Star Force)

#6 Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. #27 Isaac Clarke (Dead Space)

#7 Riku (Kingdom Hearts) vs. #26 Error (The Legend of Zelda)

#8 Count Bleck (Paper Mario) vs. #25 Dimentio (Paper Mario)

#9 Mario (Super Mario) vs. #24 Fawful (Mario & Luigi)

#10 Pit (Kid Icarus) vs. #23 Meat Boy (Super Meat Boy)

#11 Neku Sakuraba (The World Ends With You) vs. #22 Ghirahim (The Legend of Zelda)

#12 Link (The Legend of Zelda) vs. #21 The Guide (Terraria)

#13 Mega Man (Mega Man) vs. #20 Fox McCloud (Star Fox)

#14 Mewtwo (Pokemon) vs. #19 The Medic (Team Fortress 2)

#15 Rayman (Rayman) vs. #18 John-117/Master Chief (Halo)

#16 Proto Man (Mega Man) vs. #17 Gordon Freeman (Half-Life)

You can vote for one character in each matchup to determine the winner - let's give this until Saturday morning (for reference, it is currently Thursday evening when I post this, so about 1.5 days). Which sixteen will advance to the second round??