Titular Antagonists

Games named after, or heavily allude to, their major antagonist(s).

Wario's Woods
Wario's Woods
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Wizard of Wor
Wizard of Wor
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Xevious
Xevious
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse
X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II
Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II

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10 months ago

Really cool idea. Here are a few more:

You have most of the Crash games but you forgot The Wrath of Cortex.
You could make a case for Hypnospace Outlaw.
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
The Tower of Druaga
Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

There's probably others I'm forgetting.

10 months ago

Great list!! Pretty sure Quake is named after the protagonist though. I would also suggest Paradise Killer and Hades.

10 months ago

My bad! I see that you already have Paradise Killer my incredibly well-informed and with-it friend. Ummm... Wizard of Wor?

10 months ago

I added all the suggestions, feel bad for not remembering Wizard of Wor.

Also Quake is actually the in-universe code-name for Shub-Niggurath and her forces as well as their world they come from. Wiki backs me up on that and I do remember the official expansion missions calling the enemies, essentially "the forces of Quake."

10 months ago

That's interesting! I remember seeing this old preview text on a YouTube video at some point and I guess it just stuck in my head as that was the canon.


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