Players can perhaps give credit to Tetsuya Nomura for Sephiroth's character design, with FF7 director Yoshinori Kitase naming him as his favorite villain in the series as he was "kind of a mystery novel. And one might say Square Enix achieved that goal, as any mention of Final Fantasy 7 won't be complete without imagining Sephiroth's silhouette surrounded by flames. In FF7, there's no way of knowing whether that cutscene with Sephiroth will lead to battle or more questions about the game's overarching plot.
Sephiroth has that mysterious charm. However, despite his comedic appearance, no one wants to be near the jester Kefka. The FF6 villain shows no degree of remorse or mercy towards both his enemies and his allies. On multiple occasions, Kefka showed he couldn't care less if soldiers who accompanied him died in front of him. Instead, it's players knowing Kefka has a loose screw but never expecting him to pull it off. Kefka, slowly showing his true colors without players noticing it outright, made him quite the terrifying villain.
Sephiroth makes his presence known as an integral character in FF7 thanks to recurring flashbacks. However, while this strategy can be used in any story, FF7 maximizes Sephiroth's impact with how his presence actively affects Cloud. Players know Cloud as quiet, distant, and collected.
However, the game slowly makes it aware that Sephiroth constantly plagues Cloud's presence. When Tifa and his friends reveal Sephiroth's role in their lives, players know Sephiroth has to be stopped.
However, perhaps what's impactful is the fact that Sephiroth's presence in the protagonists' lives makes him such a scary villain. Unlike Sephiroth, Kefka immediately establishes himself as a villain in the story.
However, given how the past games worked, players simply looked at Kefka as the possible penultimate villain. Who better to be the boss before Emperor Gestahl than his faithful servant? Despite the visible "cracks" in his psyche, players can easily dismiss Kefka as the stereotypical henchman.
Players underestimating Kefka makes him terrifying, especially when it's revealed he's the ultimate villain in the story. Moreover, Kefka establishes his status without any ulterior motive. He doesn't want to usurp control over the empire, or even establish his own kingdom. Kefka simply wants to destroy. Sephiroth began his descent to madness upon discovering the true nature of his birth. Not only is he the son of Professor Hojo, a man he hated, but Sephiroth is also the byproduct of the Jenova Project.
As a result, Sephiroth had alien Jenova cells in his system, giving him remarkable abilities. Unfortunately, when Sephiroth discovered the true nature of his existence, he thought his birth prophesied his ascension into a Messiah.
Players slowly get to see Sephiroth's story unfold as they learn more about him in the game, which was at a steady pace. One of the most renowned mages in all of anime, and the main protagonist of the beloved series, Fairy Tail , Natsu Dragneel would get squashed like a bug. Being a remarkably talented mage with a slew of powers at his disposal, he would test almost any other competitor aside from maybe Rimaru Tempest. Kefka possesses magical immunity while also holding the title of God Of Magic, being familiar with a multitude of cataclysmic magical attacks.
In the end, Natsu would need a little more help than his Dragon Force when going up against Kefka. Let's just get this one out of the way early. Saitama is perhaps the single most OP character in the totality of anime, and that's the intention, considering he's written as a parody of the Shonen genre. He has faced numerous foes of all power levels, from lowly henchmen to inter-dimensional space gods, all of which he defeated with a single blow. His entire character arc remains predicated on the fact he continuously beats his opponents with one punch, enduring his quest to find an adversary that can match his strength.
Kefka would fall the same way as all the villains before him; in one punch. The matchup between Naruto and Kefka would prove to be the Clown God's greatest challenge. While being an immensely skilled fighter, Naruto also possesses a variety of techniques and transformations to aid him in combat. Kefka, being weak against all-out physical attacks, would find trouble in defending himself against the barrage.
But Naruto's true power lies in his transformations, and the use of nature's elements of wind, fire, water, lightning, and earth, all of which would not affect Kefka.
This heated battle would come down to the wire, but would ultimately result in the fall of Naruto. The world's greatest hero and teacher of UA highschool , All-Might, would be the perfect character to take down Kefka. Much like One Punch Man , All-Might's true power lies in his physical capabilities and requires no support from any spells, magic, ki, or any of nature's elements. All-Might has also proven to have outstanding defense and durability, being thrown through multiple buildings and structures and remaining unscratched.
While Kefka's magic had devastating potential that would impact the livelihood of All-Might and the entire planet, All-Might's supersonic speed and absolute brute strength would overwhelm Kefka. Kefka is just a psychotic asshole. While Sephiroth has good in him, or at least did in the past, Kefka has not a single solitary redeeming virtue.
But when it all comes down to it, what makes Kefka such a great villain is more than just the hate he garners. He transcends from a villain you hate into a villain you love to hate. Every time you fight him or otherwise spoil his plans, your level of satisfaction—your elation at victory—is far beyond what you feel when defeating villains in other games.
And it is the way he plays on your emotions that makes him the greatest video game villain of all time. What do I mean by that? There is no question about it. He is a bad guy. There is no 'well maybe'. No, he is an asshole. I find more entertainment and find truly good villain's in stories where you have to agree with the person on some level even if it is your 'job' to stop him.
It causes a struggle in your mind of 'Am I really doing whats right? Which is crap loads more entertaining than 'I just have to kill the SOB. The A. Kotaku East. By Richard Eisenbeis.
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