What makes a hero? A villain?

[Stonecutter]

I agree with you. Mario really isn't a hero. I won't delve into that one any further, rather I'll just list my selections and my reasons.

Heros
Solid Snake - I think this one is farily obvious. He's just like any movie "hero" man against an army, etc. If MGS were a movie I suppose he'd just be another run-of-the-mill deep voiced tough guy, but in the video game wolrd he's fairly unparalled.

Orta - Well, the PDO story is still a bit hazy to me, everything that I know about the actual story tells me she went through a lot and prevailed. You really have to play PDO to understand.

Samus - Samus is a bit questionable. Like every nintendo character she isn't very dynamic but I still think she has enough to give her a place on the list.

Villians
Kefka - Well, he caused armegeddon and then continued to pick on the survivors. You play FFVI and you know how evil he was.

Zerg Swarm - Singluar conscience, hell-bent on distruction and consumption. What more do you need?