1. Wario (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)
Nintendo needed a villain for Super Mario Land 2. Tatanga sucked so they obviously weren't going back to that well. Instead they literally went with "Mario. But evil." Then they patted themselves on the back and went to smoke $100 bills.
Somehow the googly-eyed giant evil Mario turned into a landmark character for the company, becoming the star of two of their most absurd franchises: Wario Land and Warioware, both of which explore Wario's only goal in life: To get paid.
As one would expect from the anti-Mario, Wario is everything Mario isn't. He's a selfish, greedy, super macho dude who gets his powers from smelly garlic(as opposed to Mario's mushrooms) and he loves cutting farts. Wario is about as rude as they get, especially when compared to the goody-two-shoes Mario.
But despite his rudeness and greed, Wario isn't evil. The thing about Wario is he would never truly be pure evil like Bowser or Ganon. He's just an incredible bastard on all counts.
He's Nintendo's excuse for fart jokes. And he's the greatest character they've created.
Best moment: At the end of Shake It, Wario(who was promised a literal bottomless bag of coins for rescuing a princess) is given a lovely thank you from the princess of the Shake Dimension. Wario discovers his true feelings for the princess and they walk away into the sunset togeahhahaahaha no I'm joking with you. Instead, he almost violently tosses the princess to the side, just to get to his prize.
It's that sort of goofy crap that Wario pulls that shows both what a complete ass he is and why he's so great. All the other heroes want to save the princess. Wario just wants the gold. He's like a leprechaun. A fat, probably Italian leprechaun.
WAH
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