I think the OP of the original got it right. Kefka is hands down the greatest video game villain in my opinion. There is only one other fictional villain that I would put ahead of Kefka in general and that is the Joker from the Bat-Man comics. I give the nod to the Joker over all because he saturates multiple media (print, tv, movies, radio, video gamess) while Kefka really only had one, maybe two (video games, fan fiction). But just look at the parallel between the two: Both are being sadistic, nihilistic clowns