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Joined: Aug 24 2005 Location: Mount Holly, NJ Posts: 1062

Real simple question: Who is your favorite video game villian?

Despite my desire to avoid being cliche, my love for Final Fantasy 7 forces me to choose Sephiroth. The backstory and character development in that game was top notch, so I have a hard time picking someone other than Sephiroth....

Except for maybe Boo. Boo is the little ghost in the Mario games known for attacking you when you turn your back on him. Fun fact: I'm getting Boo tattooed on my calf next month, kind of as a symbol of my childhood playing video games. Plus I don't think many people have a Boo tattoo.

Posted: Nov 07 2005 02:43 pm

I like no-frills bad guys that, instead of sitting around their pink satin upholstered lair, applying cosmetics, and reciting their master plan in haiku form like many new villians seem to do, get out there and take some action. The ones that don't mind getting their hands dirty.

Like Bowser: Bowser abducts Peach time and time again, even though he's always foiled. A lot of the things he says really crack me up too! Big, determined monster villians need to be in more videogames these days.

In the olden days, Donkey Kong was a pretty good villian. He didn't send henchmen after Jumpman and then become increasingly worried as they failed steadily, he started hurling barrels like there was no tomorrow- and how many stages did it take for him to get caught?! That's pretty good for an ape!

A ape villian that mystifies me though, is Andross from Starfox. What the hell did he ever do besides appear sinisterly on the Game Over screen or spew cubes at you in the final battle? I suppose all those little enemies in the game were his army or something, but most of those things could be taken down in one shot! Who could ever believe they would actually succeed with a load of wimpy little flying things like those?

Posted: Nov 07 2005 05:35 pm

I'm a Liquid Snake fan, mainly because Leonardo does his voice. That and he's evil, but still good looking.

Um, I'll say Vladimir Lem was a villain I felt personal betrayed by. That's right, I didn't see it coming, sue me...

Scissorman - time to get old school. This tiny man makes up for something with his GIANT PAIR OF SCISSORS!!! Also, a great XTC song.

Joined: Aug 22 2005 Posts: 328

I was always impressed by Kane from C&C. That slick bastard.

Posted: Nov 07 2005 08:00 pm

I'm kinda against video game tattoos, but even I'll admit that Boo is a pretty cool idea.

My favorite video game villains tend to be the persistent ones. I mark out for lovable failures like Bowser, Dr. Wily, and Dr. Robotnik, who I will never ever call Dr. Eggman.

Also:
Krang & Shredder in the original TMNT arcade game
Shang Tsung, particularly his MK:DA incarnation
M. Bison

Posted: Nov 07 2005 08:13 pm

Dr.Robotnik for sure (with you on the "no Eggman" thing. )
the machines and bosses he spawns are not only difficult but also fun to play and very clever. plus the last battles are all really epic with him (especially sonic 2,with the whole death egg level with the big crazy robot he builds. Awesome!)

Posted: Nov 07 2005 08:38 pm

For me, Sonic died after & Knuckles. The series could just not gain back the epic scope that game with Sonic 3 had. Sonic CD I'll count as being in the "good" years, but not Chaotix or 3D Blast or any other crazy sonic games. Sonic Spinball... I leave that up to you to decide.

Posted: Nov 08 2005 12:38 am

Kefka (Sephiroth never had a wicked laugh), Sigma (another persistent villain), and I suppose Krellian from Xenogears.

Posted: Nov 08 2005 12:55 am

My favorite villians in games have always been the nonspecific ones. The alien morphs from Flashback are a favorite villain of mine, as well as the varying species of aliens in the X-com games for PC. As far as specific guys go, Robotnik takes first place for me, mainly because I loved destroying his crappy inventions.

Posted: Nov 08 2005 03:34 am

Of course I'm a fan of many of the favorites already mentioned for the same reasons: Bowser, Wily, Robotnik, Shredder (Fuck you Syd, I didn't think anyone would beat me to him), and all the other hands on villians. I really liked Andross in Starfox 64 too. Another boss that gets much love but hasn't been mentioned yet is Mouser from Mario 2/Doki Doki Panic.

Know what my favorite ones are though? They're the enemies that I was scared shitless of. The ones that made me scream like a little girl as a kid, or that I absolutely hated having to deal with because I found them difficult. These include but are not limited to:
The Sun (Mario 3)
Baron von Blubba (Bubble Bobble)
Super Drunk (Bubble Bobble)
Phanto (Mario 2)

Joined: Aug 22 2005 Posts: 328

Oh yeah... I always thought Hitler in the original Wolf 3D was kinda creepy... that metal contraption he was in kinda freaked me out.

Posted: Nov 08 2005 02:49 pm

Tuckster wrote:

Oh yeah... I always thought Hitler in the original Wolf 3D was kinda creepy... that metal contraption he was in kinda freaked me out.

Eva! Auf Wiedersehen!
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Posted: Nov 08 2005 05:48 pm

Some of my favorites have already been mentioned, i.e. Kefka, Super Drunk.

I'll have to think here...

Chaos from FFI - I have not yet heard duplicated nor pre-used the notion of trapping a world inside a 2000 year loop. That has to be one of my favorite concepts for an RPG. There wasn't much detail, but for an NES game, it was awesome. Chaos/Garland rocks for this reason, that and his hit points coincidentally corresponded with the number of years in the time loop (Stupid, but I love coincidences).

Mother Brain from Super Metroid - She turned into a dinosaur. Sure, some might consider it weak, but I thought it was awesome, mainly because I was really into dinosaurs when I was younger. That and that's when the touching moment with the metroid happens and you get the kick-ass Hyper Beam.

Guardian and Chupon from Final Fantasy VI - They whooped your ass. They were ultimate. ACHOO!

Posted: Nov 08 2005 07:22 pm

Magus from Chrono Trigger. He kicked all sorts of ass.

Posted: Nov 09 2005 07:55 am

Sephiroth - Come on, The guy was pure sadistic fuckin' crazyass Evil. He oozed Evil, he made Kefka look like a choir boy. He owned.

Jenova - See above.

Dracula/Death/Shaft - The Castlevania games ruled. Especially Symphony of the Night.

Cyber Demon - This guy was a fuck. I mean, the level where he is a boss you can hear him stompin' around the whole fuckin' level. And unlike the Spider Mastermind, he didn't just die like a little bitch.

The final boss of Sunset Riders - Sure, I don't remember his name, but I blocked him out because of the shear torment he caused me. That fuckin' douchebag tricked me. For anyone who has played this, it was on the SNES, and the final boss is kind of a bitch(or he was when I used to play it when I was like eight). Anyways, you kill him, finally, and you shout for joy and then he pulls out a piece of Metal from his jacket and you have to do the whole thing over again. Fuckin' bastard.

Posted: Nov 09 2005 01:49 pm

YOU'RE A FUCKING CHOIR BOY! Where's a pic of Arnold when I need one.

Joined: Aug 22 2005 Posts: 328

Oh yeah, and with props to Syd's article: Helga!!

Are there any other games with cool female villains?

Posted: Nov 09 2005 06:45 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Tuckster wrote:

Oh yeah... I always thought Hitler in the original Wolf 3D was kinda creepy... that metal contraption he was in kinda freaked me out.

Eva! Auf Wiedersehen!
DEATH CAM! DEATH CAM!

all the bosses from wolf 3d and to a lesser extent,spear of destiny were really cool. i especially like dr.schabbs. whats cooler than a bloodyed up doctor throwing used hypodermic needles at you.
nothing,thats what.

Posted: Nov 09 2005 10:47 pm

B.B.King wrote:

all the bosses from wolf 3d and to a lesser extent,spear of destiny were really cool. i especially like dr.schabbs. whats cooler than a bloodyed up doctor throwing used hypodermic needles at you.
nothing,thats what.

I was also a big fan of the Pac-Man ghosts in the secret level from Episode 3: Die Fuhrer, Die!

That was copyright infringement at its best.

Joined: Nov 13 2005 Location: Osaka Posts: 144

Rantei from Shenmue. No other antagonist has every made me feel as emotionally connected to the main character. And after the confusingly obvious revelations in part 2, seeing him at the end made me tear up... in a manly way, of course.

Posted: Nov 14 2005 10:22 am

Actually, Robotnik has already been mentioned, but I'm a big fan of Shadow as well, since he's technically a villian. I don't care about storylines in games that much, but Shadow's levels in the Sonic Adventure games tended to be the most fun, and that makes him great in my book.

Posted: Apr 05 2006 04:06 pm

THE CYBERDEMON.
just hearing his foot step is really awesome, i like this villain, especially into the last level of the second episode from the original Doom.

TYSON. the 8bits picture of him in the game is the sickest avatar of all the punch-out's opponent.

and all the villains already named in the thread (special mention include bowser, hitler in wolf3d, dr willy)

Posted: Apr 05 2006 08:19 pm

I need to add Death Adder to this list.

Posted: Apr 05 2006 11:38 pm

Guildenstern from Vagrant Story is pretty rad.

Posted: Apr 06 2006 04:46 am

Dr. Jeebus wrote:

Actually, Robotnik has already been mentioned, but I'm a big fan of Shadow as well, since he's technically a villian. I don't care about storylines in games that much, but Shadow's levels in the Sonic Adventure games tended to be the most fun, and that makes him great in my book.

Doesn't he use a gun?