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[SmashQueen]

Five of my faves in no particular order. (Left out some, but these are held above others.)

Vaati, Legend of Zelda series - Okay, not only is he a Wind Sorcerer, a break from Ganon as a villain, and has been in - I think - three games (couldn't play one, another was easy, and a third I only borrowed from my cuz at the final battle), he was turned bad by the wickedness of the hearts of man. So...he turned evil because he became corrupt by others' influence. Plus, he's pretty cute chibi-fied.

King of Sorrow, Klonoa 2 - Love this guy. Add in the symbolism of who he represents along with what the entirety of Lunatea was about, and you have...a not-so-villainous villain. Really love this guy and to think

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he symbolizes Huepow from Door to Phantomile and acts like a kid trying to wreck the world... He also looks like Klonoa, reason being is that he presents Klonoa's sorrow.

Go figure. Gotta love symbolism...

Asch the Bloody, Tales of the Abyss - Now anybody who has gone through the game long enough knows his connection to

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Luke.

Since

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Luke is his replica, a clone, Asch's had to hide out under a different name instead of using his real name.

Quite sad, and the ending.... Gah.

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He dies. Luke survives showing up years later.

It's just one of those games where if you grow attached enough to the characters, you'll begin to even feel for the villains at times, even slightly. Ignore the following, it just rants on a failed "Tales of" game:

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ToS: DotNW could have done well by killing off more than just a few people and actually get rid of people we did and didn't like. You know, give me and maybe a few others a month, we can come up with a better plot that can pull in people, just by using ToS and TotA as examples.

Smithy, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - What's a great game without a great boss? Even his lair screamed "I'm evil, I'm here, get used to it or I'll have

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clones of living weapons

kill you." Destroying the Star Road, making wishes unable to come true, throwing the world into turmoil, and forcing everyone's favorite star spirit, Geno, to arrive and help out Mario. (Yes, I love Smithy if only for the sole reason of making Geno appear.) Seriously, I mean, you're given clues, you are given a foreshadowed glimpse of

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who Smithy might be until the moment you see him.

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Granted, I didn't count on him shape-shifting like he did...

I absolutely love this boss and the satisfactory of seeing "The End" after a tiresome battle (I don't grind). Last time I saw it earlier this year, I immediately wanted to start again. ^_^

Oswald the Black Sword, a.k.a. the Shadow Knight, Odin Sphere - If you've never played this, go look it up now. 2D graphics, a wonder soundtrack, and struggling characters all on opposite sides of a war. Well, two wars... The war for the Crystallization Cauldron which

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can and will destroy and the world

and the war of the heart. Starting off with Gwendolyn and ending with Velvet, Odin Sphere delves deep into everyone's (...okay at least five different someone's) lives as you inevitably face down what has been thrown into motion since the start:

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the end of the world.

But I digress...a bit. See, Oswald is one of the people that you end up playing as. At first you see him as the enemy, but later on you see just why he was fighting you in the first place. He's a bad guy alright when you start the game, but that's how you were forced into seeing him.

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He's like Vaati and Asch that way. It wasn't his choice...he just morphed into what he is. (Okay, so Vaati did some choices...still wasn't his fault.)

Why is he bad?

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It's Princess Mercedes' cousin Melvin's fault. He sold Oswald's soul to Odette, Queen of the Dead for power. (...I think. I know it's his fault, but it's been a long while since I've played.)

Because of that though

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Oswald...is Melvin's slave. Ew. (I say that because Melvin is evil and ugly.) And the one who leads Oswald to Gwendolyn... Holy crud I didn't see that coming.

I love the plot twists in this game...

[JaxTH]

Vaati always wanted power according to Minish Cap.

And Smithy is the like...AWESOME! I like saying you fight him hell.

[SmashQueen]

Ah. Well, I think it was in the manga version of MC that Vaati actually went back to being good. :3 Still like him as a villain.

[Purge]

Purge from Space Channel 5 Part 2.
He's only 18, and shows it with his playful and childish like ways. Also, he hits on Ulala. A lot.

[Noctourne Wonderland]

Vaati is awsome.

[TORiAS_the_fallen]

Yggdrasil and Co....

Because evil, hot, angsty angels pawn all...

[striker0]

For me, my favorite villain has to be.....
Dark Helmet from Spaceballs.
Poor guy is surrounded by idiots, but he's still a interesting villain.