Lol Bowser? I guess the list goes by longevity in the gaming industry instead of uniqueness and actual villainy. Andrew Ryan would be my top pick. The atmosphere of Rapture itself adds to Ryan's evilness, but he was a sick guy. The joker and The Reapers would round out my top 3. 

I'm going with intelligence, ability to carry out a plot/plan, and overall effectiveness. Bowser never even killed/got away with the princess so how is he the best villian? The reapers killed millions of people, Andrew Ryan brought down a civilization, and the Joker fucked with everyone, how are they below freakin' Bowser?!?!?!

Opinionated list is opinion

I don't think anybody understands what i'm trying to say

they put this 10 year old higher than the villain who might actually need to be at #1

Gary IS SO BADASS!

look at the UNBELIEVEABLE thing gary did to ASH

Gary is SO BADASS!

did you see what he just did to Ash? HE IS SO BADASS!

Gary MOTHERFUCKING Oak, people

his evil ways are almost unbearable

he is made of BADASSERY!

wait does anybody know the name of the kid i'm talking about right now because i forgot

^^ if this kid beat Sephiroth in the top villain list then maybe he needs to be at #1

Guinness World Records REALLY did this lol

really? REALLY?? LMAO

and they are being DEAD ASS serious...

Hmm, interesting list. Better than the ones they normally produce, but still pretty poor. The police in GTA? Really?

And Joker ahead of Ganon? This is all-time, not the past couple years...

Nice. Sephiroth made it in the top 10.

Gary Oak isn't even IN Pokemon Red and Blue. That would be Blue (or Green if in Japanese)

Ash Ketchum and Gary Oak are completely different characters made for the anime based off of Red

and Blue

They even have different personalities. Red is a lot less naive than Ash and is actually a talented trainer who can think on his feet. He knocks out a Team Rocket member, takes his uniform, then sneaks into Team Rockets base to get a look at Mewtwo being created. Pretty epic.

Blue unlike Gary, isn't a spoiled brat. He's more of a strong silent type with a lot of knowledge about battling.

Btw you guys should totally read Pokemon Adventures (the manga) It's a an awesome take on the series and Pokemon creator Satoshi Tajiri said it is the most representative of the world he was trying to create.

I love the artwork :p