User blog comment:The Crazy Terror/PE Proposal: Dr. Wily/@comment-31599322-20190917205716/@comment-1705775-20190917212840

Wily is nothing compared to Sigma - I don't understand the desire to have Wily added to "pure evil", it comes off as wanting him in the "badge of honor" club when in reality what makes characters like Wily fun and long-lived antagonists is that they are *NOT* purely evil.. if Wily, Bowser, Eggman etc were Pure Evil right off the bat I doubt they'd of enjoyed as long a popularity as they do..

there's exceptions (Joker, Ganon etc) but in general PE are not fun for long-running antagonists at all.. you generally want a PE dead or out of the story rather quick due to the very nature of PE.. guys like Wily you actually want to stick around because while "evil" they are still fun.