If you want to be like that, Final Fantasy basically did do the same plot, they just replaced the characters and the motivations. The Cloud of Darkness wanted to destroy the world for the lulz, Zeromus wanted to destroy the world cause he thought humans were weak(iirc), Exdeath wanted to obtain the power of the void(and thus destroy the world), and Kefka wanted to do it for the lulz as well.
Dragon Quest certainly does the same thing. There always evil king baramos/psaro/nimzo/Rhapthorne/etc. who wants to destroy the world. It's getting kind of dull, but thankfully they changed it in the 9th installment.
Now that I think about it, Pokemon actually changed their goals more than many Final Fantasies. First you get a simple mafia that does bad things, then you get environmental terrorists, and last you get the cliche "destroy the world" team.
Stop it, you're Australian, not Canadian. Real Australians use "guv'ner". >:(