Makeing a list based on category and alignment.

Villains-
5.Exdeath V
4.Cloud of Darkness III
3.Edea VIII
2.Kefka VI- Even ending the world his psychotic nature doesn’t compare to #1
1.Hojo- (as stated by lollerskates) Without him most of the trouble wouldn’t have happened without him in VII. Even though i didnt put Sephiroth, Hojo is the only reason why he is the badass that he is. Reason why he is my favorite is because of all the f*cked up things he did. Killing Vincent then making him into the monster he is not before impregnating Lucrecia Crescent(Vincents love) with sephiroth (his own son whom he only viewed as a specimen). Making cloud into what he is. Enslaving and experimenting on Nanaki(Red XIII). Kidnapping and enslaving Aerith and her mother for 7 years while killing her father Prof. Gast in the process. So in short, if it was a living being it was considered to be anything he could experiment on for his own sick pleasure in the name of science.

Heroes-
5.Balthier XII, Locke Cole VI and Yuffie Kisaragi VII -Every now and then you have to a theif or a pirate to spice things up. Each one adds comic relief and extra detail to the story.
4.Cid Highwind VII- Only cid in the whole series to ever be put in the lead character role ever(when cloud falls into the life stream).
3.Cecil Harvey IV and Kain IV- They were the beginning of there roles in the series. Lead the way to many other jobs and classes similar in later series. with out these two many of them wouldnt exist.
2.Cloud Strife,Vincent Valentine and Vivi Oruntitia IX- They all deal with their inner demons throughout the whole game trying to overcome what is tearing them apart inside. Because of this its motivates them to push on and prevent others from feeling their pain.
1.Nanaki(Red XIII)- One of the most unique characters every put in the FF series, a young we’ll say firecat/wolf, who is the last of his kind. Though they never really publicized him as much as most FF characters (Only because of the lack of fan base) He still is one of the most unique and mysterious FF character ever created.

There is everyone put in order by Favorite and Pretty much favorite category. Like i said there are so many characters its kinda hard to just name five on a list. Reguardless it wont stop some morons from spewing insults at others opinions. Keep it to yourself and post your own list.

Fovorites FF :

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1. FF VII
2. FF VI
3. FF I (psx)
4. FF IV
5. FF V
6. FF III
7. FF IX
8. FF IV
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5)Vincent
4)Kefka
3)Terra
2)Kuja
1)Cecil Paladin

I Think Cecil is a great character, a little whiny at the beginning and kind of emo, because of everything he is doing, and how it affects him, such as killing innocent people, and him being destined to be a dark knight, but after he became a Paladin, he began to kick some major fucking ass! ahha:P Cecil is an amazing character.

5) Cloud
4) Vincent
3) Terra
2) Kefka
1) Cecil Paladin

Rikku is def my favorite just because of her crazy and jumpy personality

Zack Fair is my second. the dude is a one man army he was unstoppable till the end when he was finally brought down by oh 200 soldiers 10 helicopters probably a few tanks, and even then he killed most of them lol

as for the rest to close to call

I prefer the villains over the heroes.

My other comment on your recent post is I get tired of my fellow Pre-VII-ites failing to admit that Final Fantasy X was a great game, and while I love IV and VI, I don’t think they top it and are uber-better then X like most seem to scream to the heavens.

Even though I haven’t played VI (and am a HUGE VII fan) I’m shocked that Kefka wasn’t mentioned…and equally surprised that you claim no other villain matches Sephiroth’s evil. I mean, Sephiroth is pretty dark, but Kefka is TWISTED in ways which Sephiroth could never be. Kefka is the sort of guy who kicks puppies into vats of acid for fun, the sort of guy who would eat a live kitten to prove how evil he was. He has no redeeming factors, unless you count ‘is a GREAT bad guy’ as a redeeming factor. Sephiroth has a freaking in-game FANCLUB, and is idolized by every young man in his world. He’s a freaking war hero. He’s not committing evil for evil’s sake, he’s on a divine mission, given to him by his ‘ancestors’ to carry out the will of his ‘god(dess)’ to become a new god. Kefka wanted to become a new god basically because it sounded good. You can almost sympathize with Sephiroth’s motives (almost being the operative word), but Kefka is impossible to redeem. It’s like comparing Two-Face (Used to be the paradigm of good and hope, fell into madness when great evil befell him) to The Joker (is just plain nuts).

Then there’s villains like Kuja in IX, who took Sephiroth’s looks and mysterious connection to the main characters and combined it with Kefka’s crazy and magic, (Kuja was the *second* FF villain to actually succeed in destroying a world, after Kefka, and he did it while looking FABULOUS. His motivation? ‘It wouldn’t be fair for the world to exist without me.’), and Seymour in X, who seriously thought the world would be better if everyone was dead, and was just about as creepy to look at as Kefka.

So, I guess my lists break down into heroes and villains.

Top 5 Heroes:

- Zack (The unsung hero of FFVII; without him, Cloud would have been nothing. Literally.)
- Aerith (Her strength came from her unyielding spirit and her ability to profoundly touch everyone she met. Another who smiled at death, who was willing to give all to save all. Again, without her, Cloud would have been nothing.)
- Yuna (‘Death smiles at us all. All you can do is smile back.’ Yuna is so like Aerith, except that Aerith didn’t know she was going to die. Yuna did, and was determined to die fighting to save her home. She accepted her fate with grace, and feared only failing in her task as Summoner.)
- Sephiroth (Once upon a time, Sephiroth was a hero. He somehow managed to overcome everything in his tortured youth and became a fiercely loyal friend to his comrades…so loyal, it was his own downfall.)
- Vivi (Another one for the Yuna and Aerith group, who bravely dedicated his life to his friends even before he knew he could die the next day. Plus, he’s a Black Mage, and Black Mages are awesome. Always.)

Top 5 Villains:

- Professor Hojo (Everything bad that ever happens in VII happens because of this man. EVERYTHING. And it wasn’t even some sort of ‘accidental evil’ that he committed, like ‘When he went back in time with his time machine, he stepped on a butterfly, and now the fundamentals of history have changed and we’re all going to die’. He was pretty actively evil to everyone.)
- Kefka (I’ve expounded on Kefka’s villainous nature enough in this post. You get the picture.)
- Kuja (A master puppeteer villain, who pulled the strings in all the right places, and yet he stayed clearly visible the whole time, unlike Ultimecia, who basially fell out of the sky at the end of Disc 3 of VIII as the ‘omg true villain’.)
- Sephiroth (Everything that made him such a great hero made him such a great villain when he fell. Plus, the guy has died three times now and keeps coming back. Just as he said, he would never become a mere memory.)
- Sorceress Edea (I know she wasn’t the ‘real villain’ of VIII, but she might as well have been. I have no reason to hate Ultimecia, because I already hated all the sorceresses she was controlling in my time, and I got over it because /I already defeated them/. Add to it that Edea was the one who ran the orphanage that most of the characters were from and was the one who envisioned the Gardens that trained them into the heroes they became, and her story as caring woman turned evil murdering sorceress just seems /better/ than the others.)

The list is fine because it’s your opinion. While I have yet to play any of the games.
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I can’t sit through games like these for some reason but the story line interested me, maybe ill try playing them again later….

5. Auron ff10
I agree that auron is a great character,but like so many others he ranks down here.

4.Red13 ff7

in ff7 red 13 is my favorite character,good limits,stats are good if trained right, and he has that vibe ya know?

3. Zack ff7 crisis core
this is the big man, the second wielder of the buster sword after angelo. clouds best friend, but they killed him.

2.squall ff8
do i even need to say anything? with the rite items,gfs,and equipment, squall can whip some.

1. Cloud ff7

ive heard on many forums across the web agreeing with me on this one. clouds story made others think it wuz them doin wat he wuz doin. it was deep,magical,and hes a great character to play as.

I know im probably gonna get smack for this list but in m y opinion these deserve the top five. hey gary next time do a top ten and take all of our advice.

5. Cecil Harvey

4. Zack Fair

3. Cloud Strife

2. Tidus/Yuna (You can’t have one without the other….. If ya take one out, the other wouldn’t be as interesting. They count as one, at least for FFX)

1. Sephiroth (Like him in VII, and then found myself liking him in Crisis Core, even though he was good in most of it. Just an awesome villan for the ages.)

As for give me a break, give ME a break. It’s a list of five. It’s very difficult to list all the greats, so naturally, you go with you favorites from those you have played. I could name off Auron to Ultimecia, and from Garland to Tifa. That’s for the top 25 list….. so piss off and let those enjoy the games.

Cloud, Aeris, Celes, Terra, and Locke. My two top favorite FF villians are def kefka and sephiroth. Both are creepy and evil!

Ive played FF1, FF2, FF7, FF8, FF10, FF11, and FF12

there are ones I have not yet had the oppertunity to play, but based on the ones i have…i love these characters the most, thats just the way it is. It has nothing to do with age….please make your own lists just like Higwa did.

5. Vivi IX

4. Celis VI

3. Kain IV

2. Sabin VI

1. Kefka VI Villain (also the only FF Villain to succeed in ending the world. eat your heart out sephiroth, you whiney white haired bytch)!!!

It’s obvious that you’re young (my best guess is 19). Most “True” FF fans realize that this franchise has been flushing itself down the toilet since VII (IX was the only game on PS worth playing and X would have been decent if it wasn’t for #4 on your list). Do yourself a favor kid… FIND VI and PLAY IT!!!! It’s available on SNES (FFIII), PS1 (Final Fantasy Anthology i believe), and Gameboy Advance (FFVI Advance). That was the last truly great FF.

I have played all of them, since the very first one back in 1990. Trust me. I know what I am talking about.

And calling FFVII Pokemon is so funny, since FFX is the one with the Monster Hunter quest…EPIC FAIL.

Also, its a well known fact that since FF7 all the characters have become bland and mundane. They are all Teenage High schoolers who look for an adventure with a ’save the world’ mentality.

Terra, Cecil, Locke, Sabin, Edgar, MOG!! Celes… The range of characters from older games is much more appealing as far as story is concerned. They weren’t all “cookie cutter” characters.

Tidus is the absolute worst character, until they revealed VAAN lol. Like it was even possible to get more gay and more bland.

Hopefully the FFXIII universe will change their pursuit of ‘mainstream’ appeal and actually create a worthwhile cast of characters with a fitting story.

Sorry, this list doesn’t cut it. No, Shadow? Kefka? Sephiroth, the whiny bitch is #1? Hell, Garland is a better villain than him.

Auron is cool, but Sabin, Locke, Kain, Rydia, Gilgamesh, Ultros, Vivi, Steiner and any Cid are better than some of these.

Hell, Kefka should beat everyone on that list.