Riddler (Arkhamverse)

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## Base Breaking Character

* Arkham Knight
* Arkham City
* Arkham Origins

### Alias

Edward NygmaThe Riddler
The World's Greatest Everything
Enigma
E. Nigma
Eddie
Rogue hacker

### Powers/Skills

Genius-level intellectMaster strategist
Expert combatant
Technological expertise
Computer hacking
Engineering
Expert marksmanship

### Allies

Riddlerbots
Riddler thugs
Scarecrow
Two-Face
Penguin
Harley Quinn

### Enemies

Batman  (archenemy) Catwoman
The police

### Goals

Display dirty evidence of corruption amongst the elite of Gotham City to the public to cause the destruction of the City.Prove to Gotham City that he is smarter than everyone.
Prove that he is smarter than Batman.
Kill Batman and his allies for outsmarting him.  (all failed)

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

Constantly taunts the player, which can become a bit annoying.His challenges are very difficult and tedious in *Arkham Knight*.

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

Has a lot of comedic and entertaining moments.The running gag of him trying to outsmart Batman and raging all the time while calling him a cheater.

### Type of Base Breaking Character

Laughably Evil Mastermind

**Edward Nashton**, better known as **Edward Nygma** or **The Riddler** and previously known as **Enigma** is a major antagonist in the *Batman: Arkham* franchise.

He is one of Gotham City's most professional criminals who is obsessed of proving to the world that he is smarter than everyone else, including Batman. He tasks the Caped Crusader to optionally find his personal trophies and solve certain riddles in a series of challenging puzzles.

He was voiced by Wally Wingert.

## What Makes Him A Base-Breaking Character?

### Why Do People Like (To Hate) Him?

* He is by far of the funniest and most entertaining villains in the franchise, and a lot of people are pleased with the running joke of him trying to outsmart Batman by sending him a series of challenges, and him constantly taunting him when he fails and raging when he succeeds and calls him a cheater.
* Wally Wingert does a great and memorable performance as the Riddler.
* His attitude is very in-character for the Riddler, and seems a loyal portrayal of him in the DC Comics.
* While his challenges become tedious and repetitive in *Arkham Knight*, they are fun to do in the other games, especially *Arkham City* where Batman is rewarded a hostage every time he solves a series of riddles.
* The puzzle room sequences in *Arkham City* and *Arkham Knight* are very creepy, with it having a lot of Saw-vibes, especially with the Riddler appearing on a projected image on the wall while giving instructions similar to Jigsaw, with both having catchphrases ("I want to play a game" for Jigsaw and "Riddle me this" for Riddler).
* It's very satisfying to defeat him, as he constantly brags about how Batman is an idiot and a cheater, and it's also kinda funny to beat the hell out of him during his boss fights in both *Arkham City* and *Arkham Knight*.

### Why Do People Dislike Him?

* His detractors think he was okay as just a bonus mission in *Arkham Asylum*, and that he takes way too mush space in the other games and is constantly overused, to the point that some people are actually pissed with the running gag of him always trying to outsmart Batman.
* While he has a lot of funny lines, they can be also very annoying if you constantly fail.
* While the challenges were "okay" in the first three games, it becomes particularily tedious and repetitive in *Arkham Knight,* with solving each riddle and unlocking each trophy becoming really difficult even by the series' standards, and Riddler taunting the player all the time doesn't help either. What makes it even more annoying is that it's now necessary to complete his side mission in order to get the true ending of the Knightfall Protocol.

## Trivia

* He is the only Base-Breaking character in the franchise, althrough the Arkham Knight has a lot of chances to count too.

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