I was originaly going to post Best protagonist, but it would only be a mix of the best female and male characters. So here is the most overrated villain.

THE WINNER/LOSER ISSSSS....

A tie between Dr. Wily from the Mega Man series and Dr. Eggman frrom the Sonic series.

These two characters have a strong following for their stupidness, as they are said to be incredibly inteligent scientists, but they are some of the stupidest characters ever. They never learn how to give up and make the same strategy over and over. This mostly aplies for Wily, since he thinks the can destroy Mega Man by using 8 robot masters all the time, and if there is a Mega Man 11, he will try again, despite having failed 10 times. Eggman is said to have an IQ of more than 200, but he seems to have more an 50, since on the 2D games he always does the same thing over and over, and on the 3D games always have silly plots and he normaly is destroyed due to his inability to contain Sonic. If he was really that smart, he would have destroyed him at this point. Hell, in Sonic Unleashed, he had the chance to kill him, but as all stupid villains, he dosen't. These are cool characters, but dosen't deserve the respect and fame for being great villains they have.

AND THE MOST OVERRATED HERO ISSSSS....

Mario from, well, the Mario series

Yeah, I belive the face of gaming is really overated. I will say this: I love Mario. The series, but lets be honest: has mario shown any kind of personality in any game? The fact he is silent is somewhat to blame, but still, he could have been replaced by anything, since his job is to rescue the princess. What I loved in the oldest games in the series is the novelty of playing as a fat plumber, an unlikely hero, but as the series progressed, he became much more "normal", and his design was becoming "cuter". Again, let's be honest: if you saw this guy was going to save your princess, you would laugh out loud, wouldn't you. Considering what he does in the most recent games and his design, his novelty has worn off.

Also, I would also like to say that the entire cast of the series is rather overrated, and has some really annoying characters, but I will say more of that latter.