10 Video Game Villains Who Actually Killed The Hero

10. Mephiles (Sonic The Hedgehog 2006)

The last thing anyone expects from a Sonic game is that the title character will die, especially via impalement. That would be like watching a Toy Story movie where Woody is strangled with his drawstring and Buzz suffocates inside his helmet.

But regardless, that's precisely what happened to the famous blue hedgehog in his underwhelming 2006 outing on PS3 and Xbox 360.

One of the main villains in the game is Mephiles, an evil entity who is accidentally unleashed upon the world and sets about trying to fuse with a second entity, Iblis, in order to become all-powerful. Naturally, Sonic tries to prevent this, but in a late-game encounter with Mephiles, things don't go so well for our brave, speedy hero.

After Mephiles distracts Sonic by blinding him, he impales him from behind with an energy spear, killing him. This was a surprising turn because, again, nobody expected Sonic to die, and while he was brought back to life later on, his death was one of the few bold and interesting things this game actually did.