Top 10 Super Mario Villains
Dimentio is an evil harlequin magician and the main antagonist of the 2007 Nintendo Wii video game known as "Super Paper Mario". One of his notable features is that he has created his own Dimension, known as Dimension D. Totally THE BEST villain. There were little hints sprinkled within the game about his true purpose, but nobody saw this coming. Unlike count bleck who, spoilers, decides nothing matters anymore without tippy, the love of his life, Dimentio actually wants to destroy all worlds, making better ones, becoming a god. He's a genius in that he pretends to serve count bleck but in reality, wants all the power to himself. He probably was the one Mario villain that got the closest to his goal. Plus, he's an absolute nihilist, not caring for the other people in the worlds, only caring about becoming omnipotent. He's a sociopath who made a master plan from the very beginning. On top of all that, he's an enjoyable villain. Dimentio is by far the best villain, no question about it, and I'm really sad that he didn't get the attention he deserved as one.
When I first saw this guy back when I was 9, I knew he was going to be something special. Whats not to like about this guy? He got what he needed to be done done, and he played everybody. His magic capabilities are just plain awesome and not to mention his unique design and personality. He's very cocky and slick but not too conceited to become annoying. I also like that even as he supposedly dies he decides to take everything down with him. He was a real threat and such a sweet turn instead of the usual "kidnapping the princess or gaining ultimate power" cliche, no, he wants to destroy everything to rebuild it in what he deems perfect. He had gotten so close to reaching said goals too and he didn't even need to do anything to get that far. Truly a magical villain.
While I think Count Bleck is a better character, my vote goes to Dimentio because Count Bleck is not what I would consider evil because of his intentions and reasons and actions at the end of his game (I mean no joke, Bleck is in my opinion the most fleshed out and tragic villain in Mario history), and even so, choosing my favorite Mario villain... no. Favorite Mario character between Count Bleck and Dimentio was difficult enough because both of them are well written characters.
But Dimentio is probably the smartest, most clever, and most dangerous Mario villain to date. It's implied that he was planning on taking the Chaos heart for himself throughout the entire game, and everything Dimentio did was part of his plan, whether it was helping the heroes to make sure the pure hearts were used to defeat Count Bleck, to even attacking the heroes so it appeared he was loyal to Count Bleck.
I kid you not. It actually took me a while to suspect Dimentio was up to something grand.
Dimentio. The Master of Dimensions! The Pleaser of Crowds! And my all time favorite Mario villain and maybe my favorite video game villain period. First off what makes this guy unique is that he believes his goals are justified and that those who oppose his goals are the evil ones. And let me remind you his goal is to destroy all worlds and replace them with new ones. And I am not entirely sure what he deems perfect will be a good thing. It would probably would look like something from a nightmare of a kid who hates clowns. Also this guy uses similes a lot. And doesn't stop to insult the heroes either. Also he manipulated Count Bleck and the heroes to achieve his goal. And if it wasn't for Count Bleck and Tippi using the power of their love to revive the Pure Hearts Dimentio would have probably succeeded. And who knows if he did truly die. After all Dimentio is a magician. So he probably has tricks up his nonexistant sleeves. Oh and Dimentio's face is not a mask. I am tired of people ...more
Bowser is the main antagonist of the Mario Bros. Franchise. From kidnapping Princess Peach to simply destroying a fun game between Mario and Friends in the Mario Party spinoff series, this king of the Koopas has set up a certain hatred towards himself amongst the large cast of Mario Characters. He first appeared in the 1985 popular videogame, Super Mario Bros., in which he was responsible for kidnapping Princess Toadstool (more commonly known as Princess Peach), which was released in Arcades and on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Videogame System. What is there to say that there hasn't been already? Bowser is the original final boss and the RPG's help do him even more justice.
Bowser is my favorite villain. He isn't always the smartest; yet, in M&LDT he actually outsmarts the main villain Antasma to become the main villain in Dreamy Bowser, the most powerful incarnation of Bowser (besides Black Paint Bowser, Dark Bowser, Star Rod Bowser, Crown Sticker Bowser, Paper Bowser and Real Bowser giant mech...Bowser has a lot of powerful forms doesn't he? ) and nearly succeeds in winning unless you beat his face in. It is a strong testament to his badassitrey that of the top ten spots only four are from main Mario games with the rest being from RPGS, one of which is Wario, who's more of an anti-hero and Bowser Jr., who is his son.
I will admit that he is not the smartest or most evil villain but come on! He's a big bad fire-breathing turtle monster who is never gonna give up until he has accomplished his goals. I like how in Mario & Luigi Dream Team Bowser actually outwits another villain, Antasma in being the better villain in that game. Because its usually another villain who outwits Bowser and sometimes he even has to team up with Mario.
While not the most powerful, smartest, most complicated, or, really, any, Villain in Mario, there's simply no denying how iconic Bowser is. He's the Cruela De Vil of the Mario Universe. He's that one annoying neighbor that keeps on appearing everyday, until you get used to him and even like him. He's the first, the original, the one that made Mario famous (besides his power ups). Let's be honest. When you think of Mario Villains, who do you immediately think of?
Bowser.
Fawful, known in Japan as Gerakobits, is a fictional character appearing in the Mario & Luigi series of role-playing video games developed by AlphaDream. Fawful, the loyal minion who does anything for Cackletta using a flying mouth! And he is her most best pupil, making peach robots which is awesome. But when she doesn't show the same respect for him, works on his own and brainwashes all of Bowser's army, turn Peach's castle into a ROBOT, and absorbs the dark star. Even after Mario and co. defeat him, he gets absorbed by Dark Bowser and when Bowser inhales him, Fawful still fight Mario and Luigi as a powerful boss. He's not even always a villain, actually. In partners in time he's a shop guy and he plays that role well too.
From a lowly sidekick, to a superstar, to a lowly salesman, to the one who'd turn the whole Mushroom Kingdom upside down, by himself! He's received a huge power-boost and is the second final villain Bowser faces. Imagine a ten-foot monster who shatters giant boulders with a single punch, who could breathe gigantic amounts of fire effortlessly, who can even absorb smaller foes and eat them, who can transform into a giant fighting machine the size of his own castle… that's what you'll need to battle Fawful. What does Fawful have in his arsenal? Like 99% of Bowser's army plus his own Fawfulized army, Bowser's castle, a castle that is able to turn into a giant, mechanized fighting robot that was able to launch giant unavoidable beams and large gravity-sucking holes, the Dark Star, the entire Mushroom Kingdom in his hands, and himself (intelligence, half of Dark Star's power already in him, yup). Heck, even Bowser couldn't believe someone this evil existed, nobody believed such a villain ...more
Fawful is just the best. He starts out as the hilarious sidekick of Cackletta in Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga and practically does EVERYTHING to make her plans succeed. He sees through all of Mario and Luigi's tricks, destroys the Koopa Cruiser, and even retrieves Cackletta's soul at the moment of her death. He tries to betray Cackletta later but is defeated by the bros. He plots his return in Partners in Time and actually makes an enormous comeback in Bowser's Inside Story, thinking each step through, carefully and ingeniously imprisoning the bros. inside Bowser and leaving Bowser almost powerless against him via brainwashing minions. He even takes over the entire Mushroom Kingdom and turns Peach's Castle into a GIANT FIGHTING ROBOT! He seizes control of the all-powerful Dark Star and all the way is a funny, quirky villain who has a very unique character. Plus he has fury.
Unlike other Mario villains this one is not a one shot character. At first he is the quirky but smart minion of Cackletta in Mario & Luigi:Superstar Saga, then the still hilarious Badge Salesman in Mario & Luigi:Partners in Time, but then he becomes the main villain in Mario & Luigi:Bowser's Inside Story. But sadly it seems he was defeated for good and we can only we hope he will return one day with more chortles then ever.
Bowser Jr., or sometimes simply Jr., is a video game character who appears in Nintendo's Mario franchise as the secondary antagonist. He is the youngest son of the series' primary antagonist, Bowser. Do I really have to explain? Bowser loves this kid. He has tools of mass destruction. And apart from this, he's a good person! Well, as good as a villain can be, anyway. He wants nothing more than to have fun and make his papa proud.
He is shadow Mario, he can reincarnate things, and his theme from smg is my favorite Mario song. Him and diddy kong should've been in Mario kart 8 instead of baby rosalina and pink gold peach.
He may be cute, but the koopa prince is also smart. Bowser Jr will build a robot and smash the opposition flat. Making Bowser proud.
He's smarter than his father and has proven himself to be a great villain in Mario Sunshine, Mario Rabbids, etc.
Count Bleck, true name Lord Blumiere, is the central antagonist turned anti-hero of the 2007 Nintendo Wii videogame Super Paper Mario. Without a doubt the most complicated villain in the Mario series, and dare I say, one of the most complicatwd villains ever. He tries to destroy every world because he lost his loved one, and now everything lost meaning to his eyes. He lies to his underlings, saying that he wants to create a perfect world, while in reality he doesn't want to recreate anything, he just wants everything to die, and the only one who understood his true plan was Dimentio (which is my second favorite. ) Also, the loved one he lost is your partner Tippi. So, when you go face him, he does a somewhat regretful speech about how it doesn't matter anymore, because he's gone too far. Truly a fantastic character, especially considering that this's a Mario game.
Count Bleck is the creator of the chaos heart and the void. The void was an inter-dimensional rift in the fabric of space time destined to destroy the multiverse. Only the power of 8 pure hearts could stop the chaos heart and destroy the void. A lot of people thought Dimentio was more powerful than a Count Bleck, because after Count Bleck was defeated, Dimentio stole the Chaos Heart and fused it with himself and Luigi (who was the perfect host for the chaos heart) to become Super Dimentio. However, if we look at their stats, we find that Super Dimentio, despite being a fusion of Dimentio, the chaos heart, and Luigi, was still only as powerful as Count Bleck. Super Dimentio has 200 health, Count Bleck does 8 damage. It would take Count Bleck 25 hits to destroy Super Dimentio. Count Bleck has 150 health, and Super Dimentio does 6 damage. It would take Super Dimentio... 25 hits to destroy Count Bleck! Their equal, despite Dimentio having literally fused himself with Luigi and the chaos ...more
Count Bleck is the best mario villain of all time. He should be way higher than Dimentio. He's way more powerful. Dimentio had to completely fuse himself with Luigi and the Chaos Heart just to become a boss that was easier to defeat then Count Bleck was. And most of Count Bleck's powers didn't even come from the Chaos Heart!
I don't think I've ever felt as genuinely sorry for a video game villain as the Count. He decided to destroy literally everything just because his love was banned into another dimension and he couldn't find her. Easily one of my favorite video game villains PERIOD.
Fawful executed the plans, she came up eith them. Fawful was the henchman, the one who made everything work, Cackletta was the brains of the operation.
Can create portals, fire, lightning, however never really exposed her full powers. Mysterious, full of potential and even fawful saw her as more superior than himself
By far my favorite Mario villain of all time. She scared the Hell out of me as a child, but she really grew on me.
I think Cackletta is slightly better the nFawful, she had a more intimidating design and after all she was Fawful's master. She also possesed Bowser and made him look super scary!
The hell? How is King Boo low on this list? I mean he shouldn't be number one but he's still an awesome villain and deserves to be higher on the list. I think if you play both of the Luigi's Mansion games, you can see why he's someone you shouldn't mess with. He breaks the Dark Moon, causing the ghosts to go hostile, kidnaps Mario twice, and overloads the universe with hostile ghosts with a possible chance of it collapsing, and tries to become the supreme ruler of the world. Also, you know a villain's awesome if he produces two jumpscares in Dark Moon and his latest design has pink eyes. If it wasn't for Luigi, he probably would have succeeded, he wasn't even discovered as responsible by E. Gadd and Luigi until later on in the game, obviously a sneaky and intimidating kind of villain. Then again, he's King Boo, the name speaks for itself.
While Bowser just wants to conquer the land and capture Peach, King Boo enslaves all ghosts and tries to destroy reality just so he could get his revenge on Luigi, even threatening to imprison everyone he loves in paintings for all eternity. He's simply cold, cruel and sadistic, crazy on revenge, and that makes him one of the most evil villains of the franchise.
The reason that he is good because he is the first villain and only villain to ever capture Mario. He is everything like Bowser but better. Also he is a ghost so obvoiusly he can't be defeated for good. He is the only villain to hate luigi and not Mario. He controlls an army of ghost. He is the most smartest villain for sure. You should look up the Bowser and king boo theory. It is confusing but true.
One of the better Mario villains, but... not exactly the BEST. His appearance in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon was swell, but... he isn't exactly the most... powerful. Like in Mario 64, all our little Italian plumber has to do is ground pound to collect his star. I guess... he's alright, probably deserves this rank.
I like Antasma the way he speaks and how he do things. Antadma is a basically a smoke which had a purple dye which I thought looked silly. But later when he was revealed as a bat he is cool.
I am not sure if he had any intensions to kill Antasma, but he got betrayed in the end by the ultimate loser King Bowser.(no idea why he is no.2). It was also told Antasma had a tragic past, being trapped in a dimension for 100 years just because of some nightmare which made him become evil.
He is also very smart and ittelegient, having ideas which not evil dumb Bowser could have thought of. He was smart enough to Peirce through the dimension he was trapped into and Bowser couldn't even think about breaking the bridge to let Mario fall into Lava himself in Mario Bros.
The best part is his final form. The coolest form of all, he became all powerful. Although he could only demostrate it in the dream vorld, it is still very cool.He is quite smart to think of make dream portals on ...more
He was a very unique villain. The way how he spoke, the way how he looked, the whole nightmarish concept around him, not to mention the intense battle and amazing music he had. He was overall one of the best M&L villains and arguably one of the best Mario villains, period.
Antasma became one of my favorite villains the moment I first saw him. His design just looks so badass and his theme sounds so epic. I think Antasma is better than Fawful, who I don't really like. (Yeah I said it, FIGHT IT! )
I agree, antasma looks more like a villain than fawful does, fawful looks too silly to be a villain so I think antasma is better than fawful.
Dry Bowser is the fossilized version of the main antagonist of the Mario Bros. Franchise, Bowser. He first appeared in New Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo DS after Bowser had been dumped into the lava and was left with his skeleton. Since then, Dry Bowser has appeared as a villain in games like Super Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario Bros games, and similar titles. He also appears in some Mario Spinoff series, including Mario Kart. I think Dry Bowser looks awesome, but I feel like his existence is a bit of a scam. He's a clone character and was loved by game designers so they stuffed him in over and over again.
I mean, this might not be helpful, but he's one of my worst enemies in MARIOKART 8. Yes, that's the unhelpful part. In fact, all of it is a unhelpful part.
Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus made him even cooler than he was. And he was already a more awesome Bowser to begin with.
He's okay. He had an awesome appearance in Super Mario 3d Land.
Basically Cackletta but creepier and more powerful.
It's literally Cackletta with Bowser's body.
A fusion of Cackletta and Bowser, disturbing look but creepy as well
Donkey Kong is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981. It is an early example of the platform game genre, as the gameplay focuses on maneuvering the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles. They were enemies then friends then enemies again now friends and so on. Now I'm confused
The first Mario villain.
He looks strong
Kamek is a common enemy in the Mario Bros. Franchise. He usually appears in New Super Mario Bros. Games, Super Mario Bros. Games, or other similar games. He also appears in spinoff titles, like Mario Party, in which he is not a playable character but creates an obstacle for the players on their way to winning, like mixing up their orbs. Kamek is amazing! Without him, we wouldn't have Bowser! He took care of Bowser when he was a kid. Even now, he still looks out for him. Whenever he's fallen, Kamek assists. Kamek even goes to lengths like reviving Bowser and turning him into Dry Bones Bowser.
"Why is Dimentio higher then Kamek? " Well, because Kamek has literally a little to no chance of lore while Dimentio has to be one of the most well-written Mario series characters, possibly in the entire series. Kamek is more like a helper to Bowser.
How is Dimentio higher than Kamek? Dimentio was in 1 game, and Kamek has been in lots! He is the main antagonist of the awesome Yoshi series, and he has aided my other favorite character, Bowser, many times!
Kamek is a reccuring villain in the mario series and yoshi series. He's been there to get Mario since he was a baby. He raised Bowser. He's definitely one of the best villains.
Waluigi is a lanky self-centered, brusque young lad as he is considered evil and the main rival of Luigi. Waluigi is shown causing local havoc in most games he appears in alongside his partner Wario. Waluigi is not instinctively evil or the antagonist (not counting DDR), as a matter of fact, he shows great compassion for his fellow peers, typically for characters Daisy and Wario. Waluigi is also described as lonely, rejected, sad, or depressed due to his relationship with the Super Smash Bros. franchise, and people outside of Nintendo continually rejecting him. In recent years, people have come to Waluigi's defense, giving him support and even starting a cult following. In sum, Waluigi is the ...read more. Not really a villain and yet he's got more fans than Bowser. Obviously, something went right for this to happen.
Waluigi is one of the most creative characters Nintendo has ever created. I love this guy!
He's not a good or developed character like some of the characters in the contenders area.
I literally pretty much picked him because he is my favorite mario character ever.
Nastasia is a great villain. She leaves an impression, even though we don't fight her. Also, she can mind control people, and is responsible for single handedly converting almost all of Bowser's army to Count Bleck's cause.
You don't fight her, but she still leaves an impression!
Wario is a character in Nintendo's Mario series who was originally designed as an antagonist to Mario. His motives are driven by greed and he will take the side of whoever will give him the most pay. Although he may seem like just a mean man with no heart, he does have a very tragic past. Well, he's more like a greedy man then a villain, and as the descriptions says, he was ORIGINALLY planned to be a villain. He's more like... a rival to Mario, just like Waluigi's sole purpose in life was to have a rival for Luigi.
I hate just about every villain on this list, so I had to go with Wario. Wario's only a villain in one true Mario game though...
How is Wario below Waluigi?
Birdo is a dinosaur that is well known for her (or his) confused Gender. It was originally stated that Birdo was a male who believed he was a female, but this was changed in later games. Birdo is commonly referred to as a girl, however, they are in a relationship with Yoshi. Birdo first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 2 as an enemy towards the player. She is now included in many spinoff titles of the Mario franchise as a playable character, including the Mario Kart series and the Mario Party series. I am so confused, how is she a antagonist of Mario's she's barely in any game.
Not really a villain. BUT she is my favourite mario character of all time
She used to be an enemy back then, so this counts.
His boss battle I Super Mario Sunshine is really disturbing because you have to rip out his tentacles countless of times. Otherwise he is cool
Shy Guys are an enemy from the Mario and Yoshi series that have been seen in many games, and they are masked because of their shyness. Overrated in my family
Too cute to be a villain
Ludwig Von Koopa is a villain in the Super Mario Franchise. He is the self-proclaimed leader of the Koopalings and has a pompous and arrogant personality. He is said to have all the powers of the other six Koopalings. He can clone himself, cause earthquakes, teleport, and shoot lightning bolts from his hands. He can also flutter. He was named after Ludwig Van Beethoven and both have similar hair. He is the smartest and cruelest Koopaling. All of the Koopalings in the official games are stupidly easy, but Ludwig is generally more challenging and creative when it comes to the Koopaling bosses.
Best villain in the game
Mimi is a terrifying villain. The way she literally snaps her own neck, then twists her head around to become a huge spider is sooo creepy. She even has a purple textbox, which is reserved for the most horrific characters in the paper mario series.
It is SO creepy and gross when she literally snaps her own neck! Totally should be higher on this list
I love that she can copy other people and she is creepy as hell!
The best dark version of any character ever. Shadow Mario, Mr. L, the Shadow Queen, none of them even come close to being more bad ass that Dark Bowser. He is eviller Bowser, hellbent on destroying the entire planet in his ever growing greed for power. He is also the only dark version character I think is just as good as the original.
I know Dark Bowser just seems like a darker clone of Bowser, but he's much more than that. Dark Bowser is living embodiment of darkness that wants to cover the entire Mushroom into eternal darkness.
Are you kidding me?! Dark Bowser should be number one tied with a favorite villain of mine I also think dark Bowser should replace Bowser all in favor?
Definitely should be higher on this list, a very underrated character in my opinion from a game like Inside Story.
King Bob-omb became a recurring boss in later games, specifically spin off games such as Mario Party 9 and Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. I hate all bob-ombs and it doesn't seem like this one is worse on the evil scale.
The youngest of the seven original children of the Koopa King. Lemmy has always been fascinated by the circus and acrobatic acts and so he's made it his life's calling. Lemmy dreams of showing the world his incredible physical feats and never passes up a chance to gain a captive audience. Though he clearly suffers from a degree of mania and is therefore unpredictable, Lemmy is far and away the least malevolent of the seven Koopalings.
Koopa Troopas, or just simply Koopas, known in Japan as Nokonoko, are a fictional race of turtle-like creatures from the Mario series, as well as its sister Yoshi series. They most often appear as common ground enemies. Koopa Troopa may not be the strongest villan but he is a fantastic one... A turtle that can walk... Imagine if he was real! He is actually fast in takes a real turtle like 1 day to go 1 mile.
He is so cool. He should be 1st!
Really the first original paper mario antagonist since SPM, he deserves to be higher.