History BigBad / VisualNovels

* ''VisualNovel/AtlachNacha'' has Hatsune Hirasaka as a VillainProtagonist, having infiltrated Yaesaka High School for the purpose of eating/raping the [[GirlsLove female]] students to replenish her strength and prepare herself to battle her nemesis Shirogane. However, Hatsune can be played as a NominalHero, [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss and it turns out]] Shirogane himself is actually the true Big Bad, who not only makes his presence known at the end of the game, but is ''responsible'' for turning Hatsune into what she is now]].

** ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'': The overall villain of the duology is the Reaper of the Bailey, a mysterious London SerialKiller who is targeting anyone prosecuted by Barok van Zieks and acquitted, and is at the head of TheConspiracy that causes single case in the series. Their identity turns out to be [[spoiler:[[HangingJudge Lord Chief Justice Mael Strongheart]], who engineered everything so he could become the Attorney General and turn London into a crime-free utopia under his iron rule]].

** ''LightNovel/DanganronpaZero'': The mastermind behind the conspiracy to plunge Hope's Peak Academy into despair is [[spoiler:Junko Enoshima, who has [[MemoryGambit deleted her memories]] to turn herself into [[TomatoInTheMirror Ryoko Otonashi]], though her sister Mukuro Ikusaba is the acting leader in her place]].
** ''LightNovel/DanganronpaKirigiri'': [[spoiler:Mikado Shinsen, the fourth 000 detective,]] is the chairman of the Salvation for Victims of Crime Committee, who uses the organization to take violent revenge on criminals through the [[TenLittleMurderVictims Duel Noirs]], putting him in conflict with the titular [[TheHeroine Kyoko Kirigiri]].
** ''LightNovel/DanganronpaTogami'': The Byakuya Togami imposter, really [[spoiler:Kazuya Togami]], turns the world against Byakuya by declaring that he will TakeOverTheWorld if not killed within 24 hours, and uses the Despair Book to [[HatePlague spread despair]].

*** In ''Despair Arc/Side:Despair'', [[spoiler:Junko Enoshima]] reprises their role in ''LightNovel/DanganronpaZero'' as the leader of the despair cult and conspiracy to bring down Hope's Peak Academy, [[spoiler:eventually going on to TakeOverTheWorld]].

*** Season 4/1949 and (indirectly) 1950 has [[spoiler:[[KnightTemplar Major Gabriel]] [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Kaburaya]] of the GHQ, who turns the other villains into his pawns and [[KillEmAll starts killing everyone]] to engineer a gang war between Primavera and Golden Dragon as revenge for [[FreudianExcuse his family being killed by yakuza]]. In 1950, he controls [[FaceHeelTurn Richard]] and installs him as the direct threat, but is still the FinalBoss]].

* ''VisualNovel/YandereILoveYouSoIWantToKillYou'': [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Miyauchi Saki]], [[HotTeacher Kikushita Yuumi]], and [[SenpaiKohai Saito Maika]], the three {{Love Interest}}s of [[PlayerCharacter Oda Subaru]], are the titular {{Yandere}}s who torment him and [[PsychoticLoveTriangle each other]] to get him for themselves.

** ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'': The overall villain of the duology is the Reaper of the Bailey, a mysterious London SerialKiller who is targeting anyone prosecuted by Barok Van Zieks and acquitted, and is at the head of TheConspiracy that causes single case in the series. Their identity turns out to be [[spoiler:[[HangingJudge Lord Chief Justice Mael Strongheart]], who engineered everything so he could become the Attorney General and turn London into a crime-free utopia under his iron rule]].

** ''VisualNovel/DeathMark'': The one responsible for giving [[PlayerCharacter Kazuo Yashiki]] his [[MarkedToDie Mark]] and creating all the {{vengeful ghost}}s that he must fight for his life against is [[spoiler:Mary, the doll who pretended to be his ally throughout his investigations but is actually a sadist who thrives on the pain and suffering that comes from inflicting people with a Death Mark]].

* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'': Monokuma/Monobear, also known as the Ultimate Despair and the Mastermind, is the [[OverarchingVillain series antagonist]] as the host of all the [[DeadlyGame Mutual Killing Games]]. [[spoiler:By extension, there is also [[SamusIsAGirl 'his']] true self, Junko Enoshima, the Ultimate Fashionista and the EvilOverlord of the [[NebulousEvilOrganization Ultimate Despair]] that rules over the [[AfterTheEnd post-Tragedy world]]; the goal of the series is to overthrow her.]]

* ''VisualNovel/ScienceAdventureSeries'': The [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_300 Committee of 300]] are the [[OverarchingVillain overall villains]] of the series, as they plan to [[DepopulationBomb reduce humanity to a population of one billion]] and unite the remainder under a single totalitarian {{utopia|JustifiesTheMeans}} where peace is maintained through [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill the eradication of free will]]. Every individual BigBad has some kind of connection to them, direct or otherwise.

** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'': [[DaddysLittleVillain Franziska von Karma]] is effectively the closest to an overarching antagonist that the game has, and her motive is revenge that would be achieved by defeating Phoenix Wright [[spoiler:because she blamed Phoenix for causing Miles Edgeworth to disappear even though the real culprit for that was Damon Gant, and she planned to achieve her vengeance by defeating the lawyer that Miles Edgeworth was unable to defeat]]. The primary antagonist of the final case is [[spoiler:Matt Engarde, a famous actor who paid [[ProfessionalKiller Shelly de Killer]] to kill Juan Corrida, his rival, to preserve his image. He’s also ''Phoenix’s client'' who has [[TheWatson Maya]] kidnapped to force the lawyer to defend him.]]
** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'': Godot (aka [[spoiler:Diego Armando]]) is the mysterious, [[WhiteHairBlackHeart white-haired]], [[MalevolentMaskedMen masked]] new prosecutor. His main motive for going up against Phoenix is to get revenge on him [[spoiler:because he blames Phoenix for the murder of Mia Fey and is the game’s [[FinalBoss final culprit]]. However, his primary motivation in the final case is to [[AntiVillain save Maya]], and the one who poisoned him (both literally and metaphorically) is [[BitchInSheepsClothing Dahlia Hawthorne]], who is the culprit of Cases 1 and 4, and kickstarts the final case by attempting to kill Maya as part of a revenge plot conducted by her mother Morgan]].

** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' original trilogy:
*** In the first game, Miles Edgeworth is a ruthless and legendary [[RedBaron “Demon]] [[AmoralAttorney Prosecutor”]] who will do anything for a guilty verdict, bringing him into conflict with [[CrusadingLawyer Phoenix Wright]], [[spoiler:but it is his mentor, Manfred von Karma, who essentially set the entire series into motion with the murder of Edgeworth's father. A murder in the present that was orchestrated by him to get back at Edgeworth ultimately results in his comeuppance]].

*** ''Justice For All'': [[DaddysLittleVillain Franziska von Karma]] is effectively the closest to an overarching antagonist that the game has, and her motive is revenge that would be achieved by defeating Phoenix Wright [[spoiler:because she blamed Phoenix for causing Miles Edgeworth to disappear even though the real culprit for that was Damon Gant, and she planned to achieve her vengeance by defeating the lawyer that Miles Edgeworth was unable to defeat]]. The primary antagonist of the final case is [[spoiler:Matt Engarde, a famous actor who paid [[ProfessionalKiller Shelly de Killer]] to kill Juan Corrida, his rival, to preserve his image. He’s also ''Phoenix’s client'' who has [[TheWatson Maya]] kidnapped to force the lawyer to defend him.]]
*** ''Trials And Tribulations'': Godot (aka [[spoiler:Diego Armando]]) is the mysterious, [[WhiteHairBlackHeart white-haired]], [[MalevolentMaskedMen masked]] new prosecutor. His main motive for going up against Phoenix is to get revenge on him [[spoiler:because he blames Phoenix for the murder of Mia Fey and is the game’s [[FinalBoss final culprit]]. However, his primary motivation in the final case is to [[AntiVillain save Maya]], and the one who poisoned him (both literally and metaphorically) is [[BitchInSheepsClothing Dahlia Hawthorne]], who is the culprit of Cases 1 and 4, and kickstarts the final case by attempting to kill Maya as part of a revenge plot conducted by her mother Morgan]].

** ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'': [[spoiler[[AssInAmbassador Ambassador Quercus Alba]] of Allebhast]] is the head of the [[TheSyndicate international smuggling ring]] responsible for nearly every murder in the game. The lone exception is [[spoiler:the culprit of the third case, and even then it's the criminal's father who has a connection to Alba's syndicate]].

** ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' has Edgeworth pursuing the Yatagarasu, rumored to be head of an international [[TheSyndicate crime syndicate/smuggling ring]]. It turns out to be [[spoiler:Calisto Yew, TheMole [[CollectiveIdentity in the otherwise heroic Yatagarasu trio]], but she is working for the [[AssInAmbassador Ambassador of Allebhast]], Quercus Alba]], who is quite possibly the first ever Ace Attorney villain to be the TheManBehindTheMan to nearly all the other murderers in the game. The lone exception is [[spoiler:the culprit of the third case, and even then it's the criminal's father who has a connection to Alba's syndicate]].
** ''Ace Attorney Investigations 2'' has [[BigBadEnsemble The Conductor and The Mastermind]] as the ones responsible for most the murders in the game:

** ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'': The Phantom is the mysterious spy who bombed the space center seven years ago [[spoiler:and again during the game]], among other things brought on by trying to keep these crimes hidden, and subsequently plunged the courts into the Dark Age of the Law by [[spoiler:getting an innocent, Simon Blackquill, convicted in his place]], which resulted in Simon Blackquill becoming the main prosecutor. The Phantom is [[spoiler:impersonating Detective Bobby Fullbright after killing him a year before the game, trying to lead the case away from himself. Even though he is arrested, his true identity remains [[TheUnreveal unknown]], [[ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis even to himself]]]].

* In the ''Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}'', [[MotherNature Gaia, the spirit that embodies Earth]], is the OverarchingVillain of the overall story about humanity and their struggle to survive. Because humanity is growing out of their "nursery", so to speak, [[MyBelovedSmother Mother Earth]], who can't stand that Alaya (embodiment of humanity) becomes independent from her, [[GaiasVengeance does her best to destroy humanity's progress]].
** ''Literature/AngelNotes'': The Aristoteles/Ultimate Ones are the EldritchAbomination siblings of [[GreaterScopeVillain Gaia]] summoned by her to destroy humanity.
** ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'': Souren Araya is the superpowered MadScientist who manipulated all the other villains and is responsible for every single conflict Shiki faces, all in an attempt to reach the Origin so he can end the world [[WellIntentionedExtremist and all its meaningless deaths]]. Notably, he was confronted about halfway through the series and taken out, leaving [[spoiler:Lio Shirazumi]] as the FinalBoss whom Souren [[spoiler:drove insane by awakening his Origin]].
** ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'': Depending on the route, [[spoiler:Roa or SHIKI (whichever is dominant at the time) and Kohaku]].
*** In the Near Side Routes, the Dead Apostle Nrvnsqr/Nero Chaos initially appears to be this, but it is actually [[TheDragon his master]] Micheal Roa Valdamjong, an ancient FallenHero, who is the vampire SerialKiller terrorizing the city.
*** [[VideoGameRemake A Piece of Blue Glass Moon]] has a similar progression, Except it replaces Chaos with [[AbstractEater Vlov]] [[IronicName Arkhangel]], A Dead Apostle with the Principle of [[AnIcePerson Freezing]] that desires revenge on Roa for stealing the past 200 years from him.
*** In the Far Side Routes, [[spoiler:Yumizuka Satsuki/Sacchin was turned into a vampire by SHIKI/the real Shiki Tohno, but as it turns out, ''Kohaku'', Akiha’s maid and the final LoveInterest, is the real mastermind of the Far Side routes. The central focus of Far Side is Kohaku's plans to get revenge on the Tohno family for the abuse they heaped on her for years. Roa is killed rather quickly in these routes and it turns out SHIKI was largely controlled by Kohaku the entire time]].
** The sequel ''Kagetsu Tohya'' has Shiki Nanaya, Shiki Tohno’s SuperpoweredEvilSide that attempts to [[SplitPersonalityTakeover take over]] in his dream. [[spoiler:He is eventually killed by Shiki’s concept of death, who manifests as Kouma Kishima, the one who massacred Shiki’s family, who takes over as main villain until the end.]]
** ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'':
*** In the first game, [[EldritchAbomination The Night of Wallachia/TATARI]], the [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteenth Dead Apostle Ancestor]], exists as a living embodiment of rumors and haunts the city.
*** In the second game, [[HornyDevils White Len]], Len’s EvilCounterpart formed from TATARI, traps everyone in a dream world, [[spoiler:although [[GreaterScopeVillain Aoko Aozaki]] created her]].
*** In ''Actress Again'', the Dust of Osiris takes the position. As [[spoiler:a future TATARI-fied Sion]], she wishes to convert all life into data and store it in her supercomputer, [[WellIntentionedExtremist allowing it to remain forever]]. [[spoiler:Though Archetype:Earth, Arcueid’s SuperpoweredEvilSide, takes over as FinalBoss in her mode after defeating Dust, leaving Arceuid to stop her.]]
** ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': The BigBadEnsemble initially appears to be between [[EnfanteTerrible Illyasviel von Einzbern]], [[SmugSnake Shinji Matou]], and [[EvilSorcerer Caster]] [[spoiler:Theatre/{{Medea}}]], the three deadliest competitors of the Holy Grail War. However, [[SinisterMinister Kirei Kotomine]], [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]], and [[EvilOldFolks Zouken Matou]] are the true masterminds of the War. They are all working towards the same basic goal -- while Kotomine is allied with Gilgamesh, Zouken is not. Said goal is [[spoiler:unleashing [[GreaterScopeVillain Angra Mainyu]] from inside the Grail. Kotomine simply wants to watch the world burn, Gilgamesh is helping Kotomine so that he can rule over those strong enough to survive Angra Mainyu's apocalypse, and Zouken wants to use the Grail to become immortal]]. Each one, in turn, is the focus of one route: Kirei in ''Fate'', Gilgamesh in ''Unlimited Blade Works'', and Zouken in ''Heaven's Feel''.
** ''LightNovel/FateZero'': Initially appears to be between [[SerialKiller Ryuunosuke Uryuu]], Literature/{{Bluebeard}}[=/=][[spoiler:[[UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc Gilles de Rais]]]], and [[TheAce Tokiomi Tohsaka]], the deadliest competitors of the Fourth Holy Grail War, but [[HijackedByGanon Kirei, Gilgamesh, and Zouken]] are, as in the original, the true masterminds manipulating the war to get the Holy Grail.
** ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'': The mysterious girl Caren Hortensia [[spoiler:[[DaddysLittleVillain Kotomine]]]] is the one who trapped Shirou and everyone else in a GroundhogDayLoop, [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss or so it seems]], but the true culprit is Avenger Angra Mainyu, previously the GreaterScopeVillain, who has [[DemonicPossesion possessed]] Shirou and trapped him. Then his master Bazett [[TheStarscream betrays him]] and takes control of his clones, leaving her as the last opponent]].
** In ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' it's [[spoiler: Twice H. Pieceman who has been conducting the War in order to realize his goal of a ForeverWar to strengthen humanity]]
*** In ''CCC'', the derailment of the War is primarily [[spoiler: [[NaughtyNun Kiara Sesshouin]]'s fault, whose aim is to trap everything in an eternal LotusEaterMachine of her orgasmic pleasure]].
*** ''Anime/FateExtraLastEncore'' is an AlternateTimeline where [[spoiler:Kishinami loses to Pieceman, but Twice's despair at the ForeverWar failing corrupts him to the point where only a shadow of himself remains, who opts [[OmnicidialManiac to destroy all sentient life in every timeline]] from the belief that humanity will never meaningfully grow.]]
** [[spoiler: Archimedes]] for ''VideoGame/FateExtella'', though he's working on behalf of the true enemy, [[spoiler: the Velber; the alien invaders that previously attempted to conquer the Solar System thousands of years ago]].
** Karl der Große for ''VideoGame/FateExtellaLink'' as a WellIntentionedExtremist who wishes to create a utopia for all through an AssimilationPlot.
** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''
*** Observer on Timeless Temple has [[spoiler:[[Literature/TheBible Solomon]], [[TheArchmage The King of Mages]], ]] as the one responsible for the time distortion that is threatening humanity’s future.[[spoiler:However, He was revealed to be Beast I/[[Literature/ArsGoetia Goetia]], The Composite form of the 72 Demon God Pillars]].
*** The First arc of Arcade, However, has [[spoiler:Queen Draco, A Version of [[VideoGame/FateExtra Nero Claudius]] that became [[Anime/FatePrototype Beast VI]]]].
*** Epic of Remnant has [[spoiler:[[FourisDeath Four Demon God Pillars]] who survived the destruction of the Solomon Singularity]]
*** Cosmos in the Lostbelt has the Alien God [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Beast VII, and more mysteriously, A resurrected Olga Marie Animusphere]].

*** [[VideoGameRemake A Piece of Blue Glass Moon]] has a similar progression, Except it replaces Chaos with [[AbstractEater Vlov]] [[IronicName Arkhangel]], A Dead Apostle with the Principle of [[AnIcePerson Freezing]] that desires revenge on Roa for stealing the past 200 years from him.

*** The First arc of Arcade, However, has [[spoiler:Queen Draco, A Version of [[VideoGame/FateExtra Nero Claudius]] that became [[Anime/FatePrototype Beast VI]]. ]]

*** Cosmos in the Lostbelt has the Alien God [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Beast VII, and more mysteriously, A resurrected Olga Marie Animusphere]]

*** Observer on Timeless Temple has [[spoiler:[[Literature/TheBible Solomon]], [[TheArchmage The King of Mages]], ]] as the one responsible for the time distortion that is threatening humanity’s future.[[spoiler::However, He was revealed to be Beast I/''Literature/ArsGoetia'' Goetia, The Composite form of the 72 Demon God Pillars]].
*** The First arc of Arcade, However, has [[spoiler:Queen Draco, A Version of ''VideoGame/FateExtra Nero Claudius'' that became [[Anime/FatePrototype Beast VI]]. ]]