Nintendo antagonists: Bowser, Donkey Kong, Wart, Pokémon crime syndicates, Recurring enemies in The Legend of Zelda series, Ganon, Glass Joe

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Bowser, Donkey Kong, Wart, Pokémon crime syndicates, Recurring enemies in The Legend of Zelda series, Ganon, Glass Joe, Goomba, Soda Popinski, King Hippo, Ridley, Meowth, Bald Bull, Great Tiger, Deoxys, Don Flamenco, Piston Hondo, Zapdos, Dog, Super Macho Man, Articuno, Giygas, Mr. Sandman, Raichu, Moltres, Mother Brain, Bear Hugger, Von Kaiser, Aran Ryan, Disco Kid, R.O.B.. Excerpt: Each anime saga and set of video games in the Pokémon franchise has featured a crime syndicate seeking to take over the world. Unlike real-world crime syndicates, these organizations usually forgo the use of weapons in favor of battling with their Pokémon in order to subdue opposition. The syndicate is, as a rule, utterly defeated at the end of the game/saga, by the player character in the games, and Ash Ketchum and his friends in the anime. Team Rocket Roketto-dan, literally "Rocket Gang" or "Rocket Brigade"), is the first syndicate to be revealed in the Pokémon metaseries. In each of its various incarnations, Team Rocket desires to steal Pokémon to further its goal of world domination. They are led by the criminal mastermind, Giovanni. After debuting in the original games, Red and Blue, the syndicate then appeared in the animated series and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. IGN listed Team Rocket in their list of the "Top Video Game Villains", stating "Team Rocket is straight up gangsta", citing how they kill a Cubone's mother, and cut off Slowpoke tails. Giovanni Sakaki) is the leader of Team Rocket and the Viridian City Gym Leader. In the anime, Giovanni is shown to have inherited his Team Rocket position from his mother. Aside from the operations of Team Rocket, he also funded the creation of Mewtwo in Mewtwo Strikes Back. Mewtwo eventually escaped from him and he attempted to recapture the Pokémon in Mewtwo Returns, which to date is ...