Bearanort 788 Posted January 24, 2013 I'm not ok with him being best villain of all time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob 5,571 Posted January 25, 2013 Xehanort doesnt approve. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dio Brando 5,810 Posted January 25, 2013 WTF,as much as I love Mario and Nintendo,but Bowser??????? REALLY?????? What about Ganondorf???? What about Kefka???? What about any other villian.....but BOWSER???????? The only thing I'm sure of is that Bowser has married Peach and that's why he had Bowser Jr. Nothing else Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OthersiderME 614 Posted January 25, 2013 My personal favorite video game villian is Alex from the Golden Sun series. He's successfully manipulated and tricked all the main party members and the other villians and of the series, almost got immortality and ultimate power(God intervened), almost obtained ultimate power again, didn't die at least twice, etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weiss 8,279 Posted January 25, 2013 Wow. Didn't see that coming. .-. He just does the same thing over and over again really. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 5,715 Posted January 25, 2013 Bowser is the right choice. He's the father of all modern video game villains. Before him, what did you have to fight? Sure Donkey Kong was kind of intimidating, but not as much as a fire breathing dragon-turtle hybrid. He basically set the standard for video games afterwards, making sure that the heroes didn't just run to the right side of the screen, but had to fight someone when they got there. And not just someone, but someone who the main character had a personal vendetta against. The villain had to be over the top in his power and threat in order for the true escapist nature of video games to be realized, while still remaining just beatable enough so that the day could be won by forces of good. Bowser has always been that: in the obstacle course of Mario, he is always the ultimate obstacle. Bowser set that tone, and every other villain since is in his wake since. 3 OthersiderME, Dio Brando and Space Cowboy reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I♥KH 1,280 Posted January 25, 2013 PFF .. I VOTED FOR VANITAS!!! HE IS THE TRUE PRES BOSS! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tails 6,692 Posted January 25, 2013 As far as character depth/development, Bowser probably doesn't deserve that spot, but Glados does fulfill that role well. Portal 2 was amazingly written. As far as success goes, Bowser probably is the most successful villain in video games, which this article pretty much convinced me of. So, I can see how he got number one. The Mario franchise just lacks story development really... Well, you obviously haven't played any of the RPG Mario games. Those games was where Bowser had more developement. And they are also Mario games that have story developement. So if I were you I'd give Super Mario RPG, The Mario&Luigi games, and Paper mario series a try before saying that the franchise lacks story. Xehanort doesnt approve. Well, Xehanort isn't even a well known villian. Not too much people know about him except for people that played Kingdom Hearts. PFF .. I VOTED FOR VANITAS!!! HE IS THE TRUE PRES BOSS! Too bad Vanitas has only been in one game (not counting KH3D) and not in over 100 games like Bowser has been. The only plan Vanitas had was forge with the X-Blade while Bowser cam eup with a crap ton of plans and never seems to run out of ideas. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
P50L 610 Posted January 25, 2013 LET'S KIDNAP PRINCESS PEACH FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME 1 Oishii reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dio Brando 5,810 Posted January 25, 2013 Bowser is the right choice. He's the father of all modern video game villains. Before him, what did you have to fight? Sure Donkey Kong was kind of intimidating, but not as much as a fire breathing dragon-turtle hybrid. He basically set the standard for video games afterwards, making sure that the heroes didn't just run to the right side of the screen, but had to fight someone when they got there. And not just someone, but someone who the main character had a personal vendetta against. The villain had to be over the top in his power and threat in order for the true escapist nature of video games to be realized, while still remaining just beatable enough so that the day could be won by forces of good. Bowser has always been that: in the obstacle course of Mario, he is always the ultimate obstacle. Bowser set that tone, and every other villain since is in his wake since. Y'know what, I think you're right.Bowser was the first video game villian we ever got now that I think about it,back then we were fighting mere dots in Atari 5200. While he isn't as big as he was back then,I think you're right about Bowser despite that I really wanted Ganondorf to be there . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LunarMadness 79 Posted January 25, 2013 (edited) Well, Bowser at least deserves for a medal for being a "try-harder." Edited January 25, 2013 by LunarMadness Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoxSox 3,593 Posted January 26, 2013 So... the villain who does the same exact damn thing every damn game is the "best"? Whatever. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
