History CardCarryingVillain / Videogames

-->'''Charnel''': Kill the blasphemer!\\
'''Persephone''': Charnel! Death is not the answer to everything...\\
'''Charnel''': Yes, [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] also has its merits.

* Yuuki Terumi of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' [[BitchInSheepsClothing pretended to be good]] at the beginning of ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger Calamity Trigger]]'', but by ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift]]'', abandons the facade entirely, nicely encapsulated by this little speech he gives to Hakumen:
-->"OK, all right, fine! How about this reason? Seems as good as any. I do all the wonderful things I do because [[ForTheEvulz I want to see the miserable look on the faces of people like YOU when you're wallowing in despair, dismay, grief, frustration, misery]]...all sorts of other unpleasant nouns. You could say I'm bored, but at least misery is interesting."
** Another ''Blazblue'' example is [[BloodKnight Azrael]]. He's the aptly named [[TheBerserker Mad Dog]] of Sector Seven who slaughtered thousands of people, ally and enemy alike, in the Ikaruga Civil War. And he'll gladly tell you all about it over a glass of beer.

-->"OK, all right, fine! How about this reason? Seems as good as any. I do all the wonderful things I do because [[ForTheEvulz I want to see the miserable look on the faces of people like YOU when you're wallowing in despair, dismay, grief, frustration, misery]]...all sorts of other unpleasant nouns."

** I shall kill you...with '''death'''!

** Didn't seem so accidental to me. Although he's also a villain with a side of [[LargeHam ham]], so maybe it is after all.

** Then let me introduce Dr. Weil, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'', who had the ambition of fulfilling all three spheres, and ''even succeeding''. And this is one of the modern examples that's ''not'' played for [[LaughablyEvil laughs]] or [[EvilIsCool cool]]; he provides us with one of the quotes before battling Zero, describing himself really well.
*** Strangely, despite realising he's evil (he actually says [[AGodAmI "I am the Devil!"]]), he [[ItsAllAboutMe doesn't think he deserves his rightful punishment]]. It makes him even more demented.

* Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik, the main villain of the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' series. He makes no pretense about being an evil villain, and seems to openly revel in the fact. He gets away with this and is still a fairly interesting character, largely because of how [[TheDeterminator stubbornly persistent]], [[ManChild childish]], [[LargeHam over the top]] and ridiculously inventive and resourceful he is, not to mention that in the games, [[AffablyEvil he isn't all that evil to begin with]] ([[EnemyMine even occasionally aiding the heroes if necessary]]), and largely treats his challenges with Sonic as an implied [[FriendlyEnemies friendly rivalry.]]
** E-123 Omega is also this, despite being a friend of {{Anti Hero}}es Shadow and Rouge. This is justified, because he was a servant of Eggman to begin with who wants revenge on his own creator for locking him up, and only tags along with them at first because it would aid his goal. Even as he became a neutral protagonist later in the series, he still has sociopathic tendencies.

** [[JustifiedTrope He does explain later on that people's hatred of him is what keeps him from]] [[RetGone disappearing]]. [[DoubleSubverted Still, when he enjoys everything else he mentioned and specifically does it as his only source of entertainment with no regrets or]] IDidWhatIHadToDo... There's just no excuse.
** However, if it suits his plan, he would still present himself as a 'mild mannered' officer of NOL, as shown with anyone else not Hakumen, Ragna, Kokonoe or Rachel. He still gave off the vibes of 'suspicious and is dangerous to trust' regardless.
* [[BigBad Nene]] from ''BlueDragon'' definitely fits. Wanting to "share [his] pain and fear" with others is all the explaination he bothers to give for spending the entire game (and many years prior) [[KickTheDog spreading chaos, death, and fear throughout the known world.]]

* The BigBad of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' [[spoiler:[[ChurchMilitant Kirei]] [[SinisterMinister Kotomine]]]] is of the Destruction variety. [[EvilFeelsGood He finds pleasure only in the suffering of others]]. Unusually, however, he [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife spent most of his life]] trying [[BeingGoodSucks in vain]] to find something - anything! - he enjoyed that wasn't completely evil, trying to suppress that side of him. It isn't until ''FateZero'' that he just says "Fuck it", and gives in. [[spoiler:The fact that evil makes him happy is exactly what makes him [[BeingEvilSucks unhappy]].]] In a way, this could make him a TragicVillain.

*** Strangely, despite realising he's evil (he actually says [[AGodAmI "I am]] [[InvertedTrope the Devil!"]]), he [[ItsAllAboutMe doesn't think he deserves his rightful punishment]]. It makes him even more demented.

* Dr. Nefarious of ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'', a MadScientist LargeHam robot [[CrushKillDestroy bent on destroying the "Squishies"]].
** Chairman Drek makes Nefarious look like an amateur. The sheer glee he gets out of performing and boasting about his pointlessly evil acts, such as literally tearing apart, bombing and polluting entire planets (including his own planet) as part of the [[OnlyInItForTheMoney mother of all money-laundering real estate scams]] (and the deliciously slimy performance by his voice actor) makes him arguably the most entertaining villain in the franchise.

* In VideoGame/TheSims (3, not sure about it's predecessors) you can become this if you have the "Evil" trait, though the worst things you can do are [[PokeThePoodle steal candy from a baby, scare people,]] [[EvilIsPetty fight,]] or [[YourMom imply someone's mother is a llama]]([[FridgeLogic Even if the person in question]] [[RuleOfFunny is the character's child)]]; though these do [[ForTheEvulz increase your mood]]. You can also choose a [[PunchClockVillain career as a criminal]].
** In Sims 2, the Fortune aspiration often invites the Lifetime Goal of 'Become a Master Criminal'. In the 'random event cards', one of the two options offers on one involves putting the hero in a death trap while monologuing. [[note]]The other being more along the lines of just shooting them.[[/note]] Yes, really.

* Complicated [[MyCard literal]] case with Seiga Kaku of ''{{Touhou}}'' fame. She's a {{pride}}ful, self-centered, ManipulativeBitch of a "[[ObviouslyEvil Wicked]] [[HermitGuru Hermit]]" who [[CallingYourAttacks styles her Spell Cards with names]] such as "Evil Sign 'Yang Xiaogui'" [[note]]養小鬼: A sorcery which involves taming dead spirits to use as tools[[/note]] and "Demonify 'Zouhuo Rumo'" [[note]]走火入魔: A state of frenzy often associated with the mismanagement of the "vital forces"[[/note]]. She has no regard for the course of nature, flipping off both Heaven and Hell with ImmortalityImmorality and being a [[{{Necromancer}} necromantic]] (and possibly [[ILoveTheDead necroromantic]]) EvilMentor whom's main reason for doing ''anything'' can be chalked up to "ItAmusedMe"... She's also a very [[AffablyEvil friendly and cheerful]] woman who loves socializing and hanging out with "interesting" people, and aside from the whole desecrating-of-the-dead-in-order-to-raise-them stuff, she never really does anything particularily bad.

** Chairman Drek makes Nefarious look like an amateur. The sheer glee he gets out of performing and boasting about pointlessly evil acts (and the deliciously slimy performance by his voice actor) makes him arguably the most entertaining villain in the franchise.

* E-123 Omega from ''SonicTheHedgehog'', despite being a friend of {{Anti Hero}}es Shadow and Rouge.

* Most demons from the ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}}'' series actively try to cultivate an evil and {{Badass}} image for themselves through means that vary from [[KickTheDog wanton acts of violence and depravity]] to [[PokeThePoodle not recycling and playing Ding Dong Ditch.]] Most of them [[NobleDemon fall into the latter category]] - place them next to the former, and they will [[EvenEvilHasStandards recoil in disgust.]]

** The majority of the villains introduced in the Mario RPG's in general fall under this trope. Most of them want to either take over the world or destroy it for no reason other than just being evil.

** The majority of the villains introduced in the Mario RPG's fall under this trope. Most of them want to either take over the world or destroy it for no reason other than just being evil.

** Most of the villains introduced in the Mario RPG's fall under this trope. The majority of them want to either take over the world or destroy it for no reason other than just being evil.

** Most of the villains introduced in the Mario RPGs fall under this trope. The majority of them want to either take over the world or destroy it for no reason other than just being evil.

** Most of the non-Bowser Mario RPG villains in general fall under this trope. The majority of them want to either take over the world or destroy it for no reason other than just being evil.

** Most of the Mario RPG villains in general (that aren't Bowser) fall under this trope. The majority of them want to either take over the world or destroy it for no reason other than just being evil.

** Most of the Mario RPG villains in general fall under this trope. The majority of them want to either take over the world or destroy it for no reason other than just being evil.

*** Most of the Mario RPG villains in general fall under this trope. The majority of them want to either take over the world or destroy it for no reason other than just being evil.

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*** Most of the Mario RPG villains in general fall under this trope. The majority of them want to either take over the world or destroy it for no reason other than just being evil.

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* Joey Rottenwood, the BigBad of ''TheSpellcastingSeries''. He [[GenreSavvy firmly believes in all time-honored villain traditions]], including [[BondVillainStupidity telling Ernie his plot while he has him captured]], and he has a knack for making [[VillainExitStageLeft absurdly easy escapes]] when his plans are foiled. He even reads a villain's manual to ensure he's doing everything correctly.
* Charnel of ''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}'', occasionally taken to rather humorous levels given he's an evil god of slaughter.
-->'''Charnel''': He ''lies''! Do not believe anything he says!\\
'''James''': ...What if he tells me you're a villain?\\
'''Charnel''': Don't believe anything ''else'' he has to say!
** Another bit with him:
-->'''Charnel''': Kill the blasphemer!\\
'''Persephone''': Charnel! Death is not the answer to everything...\\
'''Charnel''': Yes, [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] also has its merits.
* In ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', Bowser actively pursues a life of evil debauchery, seeks evil locales for his castles, and enjoys being called "your vileness". However, in the spinoffs and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'', his evilness began to decline with being a "NobleDemon" too much, especially as in the Mario RPG's. Despite helping his enemies to his status as a Card-Carrying Villain, they only show that Bowser has become capable of goodness, at least to some degree. Still, his attempts to be a Card-Carrying Villain in the main platformers are still effective, whether Mario defeats him or not. His attempts in the Super Mario Galaxy games take him up a level, since he planned to take over his galaxy and, later, the entire universe, which would still end in disaster [[spoiler:and kill him with the entire universe]].
** The Smithy Gang from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' seem to enjoy causing widespread chaos. Smithy even says he'd like to "Get rid of all wishes and create a world filled with...WEAPONS!!
-->'''Axem Red:''' We fight for evil!
-->'''Axem Black:''' We live for disorder!
-->'''Axem Green:''' We like what we do!
-->'''Axem Pink:''' We struggle for chaos!
-->'''Axem Yellow:''' We are...
-->'''All:''' [[PowerRangers ...the AXEM RANGERS!!]]
* Gyigas from ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' is not only called evil but "Evil itself".
* In ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, Ganondorf refers to himself as the Great King of Evil. For bonus points, he also seeks WorldDomination and has cultivated a fine EvilLaugh.
* Every single evil-affilated racer in the ''VideoGame/{{F-Zero}}'' series. '''''EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.''''' Special mention goes to [[EvilIsHammy Black Shadow]].
** Bonus points: his voice actor in the [[AnimeOfTheGame anime adaptation]] is NorioWakamoto.
* Luca Blight from ''SuikodenII'', even after [[AnnoyingArrows being showered with arrows]], [[ClimaxBoss battling three squads of the opposing army's most powerful soldiers simultaneously]], being showered with ''[[NoOneCouldSurviveThat even more]]'' arrows, and [[DuelBoss losing a duel to the death with the main character]], still has the strength to roar triumphantly in his FinalSpeech that even though it took hundreds to kill him, he [[OmnicidalManiac slaughtered humans by the thousands]], and that he is probably the single most evil man who has ever lived (which is probably true), before finally dying.

* Arkham from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' is obsessed with evil and spreading it wherever he goes, referring to the term "eeevil" with religious reverence as he carries what must be the Antichrist's Bible for Dummies over his heart. Vergil simply ignores him in these moments.
* Murray The Demonic Skull from ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''.
** [[BigBad LeChuck]] from the same series.

* The non-Naughty Dog installments of the ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot'' series portray many of its main antagonists as card-carrying villains, especially as the series took a more comedic turn.

* The Genma of the ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}}'' series revel in being referred to as "evil", most notably in the second game (evident by the final boss being the Golden Evil Statue, and also by the content of some in-game documents).
* Gnarl of ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'', in a [[LargeHam most over-the-top manner]]. He takes such great delight in evil for the sake of evil. [[CatchPhrase Evil always finds a way!]]
* [[UpToEleven ALL]] of the antagonists in ''HerosRealm'' fit the bill, but special mention goes to Balthalas, who sports a fantastic EvilLaugh to boot.
* Bio-Haz, in the obscure Game Boy RPG ''VideoGame/GreatGreed'', is a textbook EvilOverlord trying to conquer Greene Kingdom, and he's generating as much pollution as possible because it makes him and his army stronger. [[spoiler:It's not until the end of the game that you learn he has another motive besides his [[TitleDrop great greed]]; he wants to save the ''human'' world from pollution by using Greene Kingdom as its garbage dump.]]
* Ridley, and most of the Space Pirates for that matter, in ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' seems to have no other motivation for trying to (ostensibly) take over the galaxy, other than that it's an evil thing to do. They commit horrors and atrocities just for the pure fun of it (although some games suggest most of the Pirates are just a mindless drone race following the orders of dominant intelligent figures like Ridley). Sometimes, a motivation will be supplied from the villain of the week, but usually, they're there, they're bad, kill'em all and reap your rewards.

* The super-villain Rictus in ''VideoGame/{{Anachronox}}'':
** I shall kill you...with '''death'''!
* Irenicus from ''Videogame/BaldursGate 2'' may count. It isn't that he revels in being a villain, he simply does not care enough to bother denying the charge.
--> "[[GenreSavvy No, you'll warrant no villain's exposition from me]]."
* The Soviets in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer:RedAlert'' series.
* E-123 Omega from ''SonicTheHedgehog'', despite being a friend of {{Anti Hero}}es Shadow and Rouge.
* House Steiner in the ''{{Mechwarrior}}'' game franchise: on the couple of occasions you aren't fighting them, they're setting you up for a murderous betrayal. The original ''BattleTech'' universe portrays them as more morally ambiguous.
** Somewhat justified in ''MechCommander 2'' and ''MechWarrior 4: Vengeance/Mercenaries'', as they are being lead by Katherine Steiner-Davion.
* Malefor, the BigBad of ''TheLegendOfSpyro'' trilogy, has absolutely no problems with his title as The Dark Master and, in fact, took the name himself. He's also a third sphere version intending to destroy the world. Unlike most examples of this trope, he's played ''dead serious'' and is pure terror.
** Didn't seem so accidental to me. Although he's also a villain with a side of [[LargeHam ham]], so maybe it is after all.

* King Squid from ''Videogame/JablessAdventure'' outright identifies himself as "the villain" and tells the hero, Jables, that it's too late to stop him from...to be honest, King Squid never really gets to explain what, exactly, his evil scheme is.
* In ''MetalWolfChaos'', [[EvilChancellor Vice-President Richard Hawk]] is never given any motive for his coup d'état and subsequent oppression. He just seems to really hate freedom.
* [[BigBad Nene]] from ''BlueDragon'' definitely fits. Wanting to "share [his] pain and fear" with others is all the explaination he bothers to give for spending the entire game (and many years prior) [[KickTheDog spreading chaos, death, and fear throughout the known world.]]
* Most of the evil races in ''GalacticCivilizations'' take so much ''joy'' in their skull collections. If you're playing an evil race and are on good terms with other evil races, they may occasionally warn you that the good guys want to stop both you and them from torturing people.
* Your character in ''VideoGame/{{Dungeons}}'', along with everyone else, except the heroes.
* Most of the Path of Dark class promotions in ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic VII'' have a name that is either more associated with not-quite-a-good-guy than their Light counterpart (Warlock vs Arch Druid, Bounty Hunter vs Ranger Lord, etc) or invoke darkness (Priest of Dark, Black Knight). The Paladin promotion is called ''Villain'', and yes, the guy that promotes you to it uses it himself.
* The BigBad of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' [[spoiler:[[ChurchMilitant Kirei]] [[SinisterMinister Kotomine]]]] is of the Destruction variety. [[EvilFeelsGood He finds pleasure only in the suffering of others]]. Unusually, however, he [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife spent most of his life]] trying [[BeingGoodSucks in vain]] to find something - anything! - he enjoyed that wasn't completely evil, trying to suppress that side of him. It isn't until ''FateZero'' that he just says "Fuck it", and gives in. [[spoiler:The fact that evil makes him happy is exactly what makes him [[BeingEvilSucks unhappy]].]] In a way, this could make him a TragicVillain.
* In VideoGame/TheSims (3, not sure about it's predecessors) you can become this if you have the "Evil" trait, though the worst things you can do are [[PokeThePoodle steal candy from a baby, scare people,]] [[EvilIsPetty fight,]] or [[YourMom imply someone's mother is a llama]]([[FridgeLogic Even if the person in question]] [[RuleOfFunny is the character's child)]]; though these do [[ForTheEvulz increase your mood]]. You can also choose a [[PunchClockVillain career as a criminal]].
** In Sims 2, the Fortune aspiration often invites the Lifetime Goal of 'Become a Master Criminal'. In the 'random event cards', one of the two options offers on one involves putting the hero in a death trap while monologuing. [[note]]The other being more along the lines of just shooting them.[[/note]] Yes, really.
* The ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable'' games has Lord Dearche, the [[EvilOverlord King of Darkness]] and BigBad of the first game. It reaches the point where, after developing into a NobleDemon by the end of the second game, she absolutely refuses to admit that [[HeelFaceTurn she's no longer that evil]]. In fact, reminding her of her good deeds or that [[spoiler:[[HundredPercentAdorationRating practically everyone in Eltria adores her]]]] is a very quick way to trigger her BerserkButton.

* Yuuki Terumi of ''BlazBlue'' [[BitchInSheepsClothing pretended to be good]] at the beginning of ''Calamity Trigger'', but by ''Continuum Shift'', abandons the facade entirely, nicely encapsulated by this little speech he gives to Hakumen:

* In ''Videogame/TheLegendofZelda'', Ganondorf has referred to himself as the Great King of Evil.

** " No, you'll warrant no villain's exposition from me"

* The Ilwrath of StarControl II go on at length about how evil they are, as a matter of [[ReligionOfEvil religion]]. They certainly do enjoy torture, genocide, murder, etc. However, you can induce a LogicBomb by pointing out that, although they are certainly evil by external measures, by following the tenents and customs of their society, they are, in fact, good.

* Malefor, the BigBad of ''TheLegendOfSpyro'' trilogy, has absolutely no problems with his title as The Dark Master and, in fact, took the name himself. He's also a third sphere version intending to destroy the world. Unlike most examples of this trope, he's played ''dead serious'' and is pure NightmareFuel.

* Charnel of ''{{Sacrifice}}'', occasionally taken to rather humorous levels given he's an evil god of slaughter.