10 Video Game Characters Who Bared Nipples Before Mario

9. Sephiroth

Mario Nipples
Square-Enix

For whatever reason, it's absolutely necessary for JRPG villains to rip their tops off as soon as sh*t starts to get real. It seems counter-intuitive to make yourself more vulnerable during desperate circumstances, but it's possibly to display true determination of spirit. Either that or hardened nipples are surprisingly efficacious at deflecting sword swipes.

After two rather unusual encounters with Sephiroth at the end of Final Fantasy VII, the first where he's some sort of giant demonic pigeon and the second as a dramatic horsey seraph, it comes down to brass tacks between Cloud and his arch-enemy. It's a duel you can't lose, despite the distraction of Sephy's chest ornaments. A single Omnislash is enough to make the evil Jenovan regret his shirt-shedding bravado.

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