Current Events > Games where rhe villain isn't backed by any sort of organization/army etc

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The villain is just a normal character who is also dealing with the same problems as you. No robot army or minions or anything.

Or bonus points if your have an organization but they don't lol.

Gary Oak (Pokemon) is the closest I can come up with but he's more like a rival than a villain.
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Why Gary, wtf?
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kinetika_ posted...

Why Gary, wtf?

It's the only decent default name, and I never got the Dicks joke. Is it supposed to sound like "Dick soak?" I dungeddit.

Of course, I always came up with the most juvenile insult I could manage with the character limit.
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Sephiroth
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DeadBankerDream posted...

Sephiroth

I considered him too but he also had Jenovah and plus it's kind of contrary to the spirit of the thing since he just sits there in perfect safety the whole game.
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Pokey in Earthbound
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J03can posted...

Pokey in Earthbound

Probably the closest so far. He did have Giyas at the end but he plays the villain role and mostly has to deal with everything solo.
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Technically that one game where you play as a virus that was unleashed by a disgruntled programmer to ruin his former employer's products.

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Vesperia's Final Boss

However, The true final boss calls up the power of the superboss if you manage to bring all the devil arms to the battle)

Would you rule out villains who are sufficiently powerful on their own that they don't need an organization/army/higher power?

The main villain in Undertale isn't backed by anyone, for example, but they are incredibly powerful on their own.
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CyricZ posted...

Would you rule out villains who are sufficiently powerful on their own that they don't need an organization/army/higher power?

The main villain in Undertale isn't backed by anyone, for example, but they are incredibly powerful on their own.

Nah that counts.
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And don't Kirby final bosses just tend to be giant evil abominations that someone else released?

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Zelda

Shadow of the Colossus
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IHeartRadiation posted...

And don't Kirby final bosses just tend to be giant evil abominations that someone else released?

Some create armies of minions though, so only like 3-4 would count.
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IHeartRadiation posted...

And don't Kirby final bosses just tend to be giant evil abominations that someone else released?

Yeah at least a couple of them would count. Return to Dreamland comes to mind.

Shablagoo posted...

Shadow of the Colossus

Hm... I suppose regardless of who you consider the villain, they kinda sorta work together so... maybe?
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Vergil in DMCV

Wheatley in Portal 2.

Majora in Majora's Mask

Zulf in Bastion.

Alma from FEAR.

The Joker specifically from Telltale Batman
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Ah, I got one: Jon Irenicus from Baldur's Gate 2. He used people to achieve his goals, but didn't have any true army and was in it for himself.

Sarevok from BG1 could probably be considered, but he had more structure and underlings than Jon, so I don't know.

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Vergil in DMC3
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DevsBro posted...

Shablagoo posted...

Shadow of the Colossus

Hm... I suppose regardless of who you consider the villain, they kinda sorta work together so... maybe?

Yeah, that's ambiguous. Dormin might be a being or a collective. The colossi are simply the cap on their container.
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Persona 4
To an extent, Yu-Gi-Oh duelist of the roses
Tales of Graces
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Pretty much every ace attorney villain. Bravely Default. Skullgirl and Hat in Time.
All of these also have the bonus criteria of previous bosses and adversaries go to your side as well.
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CyricZ posted...

DevsBro posted...

Shablagoo posted...

Shadow of the Colossus

Hm... I suppose regardless of who you consider the villain, they kinda sorta work together so... maybe?

Yeah, that's ambiguous. Dormin might be a being or a collective. The colossi are simply the cap on their container.

I was referring more to how the villain could be either Wander or Dormin, and how in either case they miiiiiight be able to cite the other as an ally.

Like, consider you're mask face dude. Wander would be the Pokey to Dormin's Giygas.
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Digimon World is a weird one in that you don't actually meet the villain until the very end (with some vague foreshadowing at certain points in the game). He doesn't actually *do* anything until that point (except set events in motion before your character appears).