Here's a unique listing, I've decided. Have you ever had a moment in video game history where there's this video game character who's awesome and yet in the end you felt he didn't get used enough? Yeah well here's the listing for characters who were pretty damn awesome but they should've had some more elaboration to them. Enjoy!


7. Gobi (Banjo-Kazooie)

Gobi is a camel from the platforming classic Banjo-Kazooie. About midway through the game you meet him in Gobi's Valley where you free him from a stump he's tied down. To get a jiggy you have to ground pound (or whatever the game calls it) his back which gets rid of his water. You do it again for an extra honeycomb. Later on Click Clock Wood you do it again to grow the flower for a jiggy (twice actually). Throughout all of these he complains and expresses hatred for Banjo and Kazooie. He also appears in Tooie in much the same role.

How It Should've Gone Down: He should've kept at it. Like at the final battle, Dingpot would love to rocket you to Gruntilda but he's not filled with water so Gobi, who's relaxing in the room, has to pay the price. In the credits, Banjo slips and hits him again. He could've fit into dozens of scenarios in Tooie.

How It Went Down: Actually after that Click Clock Wood he's barely seen ever again. In B-T he barely has a role at all and he's only really useful if you want to get every jiggy. So really after that moment Rare wasted a perfectly good amount of scenarioes for Cap'n Blubber.


6. The Group (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
*damn PhotoBucket can't find me a pic*
Basically in TP, The Group is just that. They're a small resistance of various nobodies who decide to aid you in your fight against Zant. They consist of Telma, an overweight bartender; Ashei, a gender-confused female warrior; Shad, the only one who's actually cool and he's a nerd; Rusl, Link's neighbor who's beard and hairstyle make him look homeless; and Auru, an old guy who's got the only gun in all of Hyrule and who's name sounds eerily similar to that guy from Ocarina of Time. They basically help you at certain parts.

How It Should've Gone Down: They help you get to each dungeon in some way, often in a way that involves some discovery and something of great importance. Then in the final dungeon a literal dozen of Darknuts attack simultaneously. They all then help where they're all wounded or killed and Rusl takes an arrow that would've killed Link and dies in a heart-wrenching moment.

How It Went Down: Shad actually did help you in some way. Finding that Cannon in the basement of the church was pretty damn cool. The others don't roll this way to the point that you begin wondering if they really want to save Hyrule or are just letting Link do all the hard work. Also they do help you in the final dungeon but are really just there for the sake of being there. Especially once you realize that all of the guys there Link could've easily killed himself.


5. Jean Bison (Sly 2: Band of Thieves)

Jean Bison is a member of the Klaww Gang in the 2nd game of the Sly Cooper series. When you read the Instruction Manual he appears with the rest of the Klaww Gang, Dimitri, Rajan and Arpeggio. Out of all of them he's certainly the most fearsome and from first glance he is obviously the leader.

How It Should've Went Down: Well the main villain of the game is Clockwerk through and through (from beyond the grave). So at the end of the final level Bison should've been the penultimate boss before accidentally resurrecting Clockwerk. Clockwerk then kills Bison before engaging in a final epic fight against Sly Cooper in a battle for the ages.

How It Went Down: First off Bison isn't even the leader of the Klaww Gang. That would be Arpeggio. That's right a crippled opera-singer who wouldn't be able to so much as scratch you in a fight outranks Bison who looks like he'll kick your ass if you look at him wrong. Then there's the fact that Bison is an uneducated lowbrow lumberjack who's engaged in a one-man war against Mother Nature which is kinda cool but not nearly as cool as what I described above.

4. Gol (Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy)

Gol is definately one of the most disappointing villains ever in video game villains IMHO. You start off seeing him with his sister Maia on Misty Island directing Lurkers for his nefarious plots. He then uses his chilling voice with Maia as his companion.

How It Should've Gone Down: You fight the Precursor Robot like you do in the game but it only kills Maia. Gol then emerges from the rubble saying that his sister was nothing more than his pawn. He then summons Dark Eco and becomes the ultimate final boss ever.

How It Did Go Down: Basically he and Maia are partners. Now here's the thing I dislike about Maia, she's really just the game's sex appeal. Gol should've been a solo villain. He's just one of those guys who seems as though he'd be better off as a solo villain.


3. The Panther King (Conker's Bad Fur Day)

The Panther King is definately one of the few good things in CBFD I can admire and is the game's overall main villain. He's basically a badass. When the game kicks off a butler accidentally spills his milk. So what does he do? Does he ask him to get him another glass? Hell no! He brutally murders the butler and has another guy get him another glass until deciding to off Conker.

How It Should've Gone Down: He works maliciously behind the scenes meeting with Conker early on keeping Conker in fear. Then at the end of the game the two have a final epic battle in a fight for the ages, B-K-style. Come on, it would've been awesome!

How It Went Down: For much of the game Conker remains unaware that the Panther King even exists so the level of conflict is -nil. Not only that but when they do meet up the Panther King is killed due to the mechanations of his psychopathic second-in-command before he can do much.


2. Zant (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

Zant is a total badass when the game kicked off. After ruthlessly taking over Hyrule he then later on attempts to kill Midna and resurrects Stallord. Also his mask is ******* scary if you're young enough (I'm not but my sister is).

How It Should've Went Down: You journey through some more dungeons for the Mirror of Twilight and ultimately engage in a fight against Zant as all of Hyrule and Twilight converge into a single point. Zant then brandishes a sword and you have a duel for the ages where Zant unleashes unfathomable magic in the ultimate final battle for the ages.

How It Went Down: Enter Ganondorf, the biggest cop-out excuse for a video game villain since... ever. Not only does Ganondorf have absolutely zero personality but all of his traits are taken right from Zant. So what to do with Zant? They make him into a nutcase. WTF! This is almost as bad as...


1. Xigbar (Kingdom Hearts II)

In KH2, the Organizaton is comprised of Nobodies. However with Zexion dead and Axel having quit all the sarcastic guys are gone sans Xigbar who adds some color. Now I'm cool with Xemnas being head honcho but Xigbar should be second-in-command because that would've made Organization XIII very colorful. Also he looks and sounds and acts like a total badass. Plus his little mind games with Sora in Hollow Bastion set him up as a secondary antagonist perfectly.

How It Should've Went Down: He acts as Xemnas' second-in-command for much of the game playing mind games and teasing Sora. He ultimately beats up Maleficent and does many other things serving Xemnas loyally but acting towards Sora antagonistically. When Sora outlives his usefulness, Sora engages in a final battle where Xigbar dies in an awesomely epic way.

How It Went Down: Enter Saix, who's as stoic and emotionless as Xemnas. It's kinda boring having two guys who have the exact same personality being in charge. He does all that stuff mentioned above and Xigbar just gets 2-3 scenes. WTF! This guy had so much potential. This is just one of the few things that really pisses me off 'bout KH2.