Fun fact, if you don't free the koopas on the way to Bowser's castle, Bowser won't be able to use that special attack when you fight him the second time
I love how stupidly french "Bloque monsieur" sounds lmao. Fun fact but in the french version of the game, he is called Charlie Bloc and he speaks english to maintain the running gag of him talking in a different language !
When doing the picnic basket, after Luigi is thrown up, when he’s at the top floating, press B to make him slam down, you’re not dealing the full amount of damage with it
@@jacobmaitland3613 You still get the excellent without it but it’s not as powerful as the slam, you see he gets the excellent by default just not as powerful
My rebuttal to the gen 5 comment at 4:33 is so is gen 1. Voltorb and Electrode is just a pokeball with eyes. Exeggcute are just eggs. Every gen has those pokemon. (I'm not defending the Vanillite line tho. That line actually sucks)
That final boss is so god damn memorable! The music, the presentation, it is peak Mario. I also remember as a kid not being able to mash fast enough to suck up Fawful, so I had my dad do it every time 😂
When i was young i almost never succed inhale anything with Bowser, so this was a problem for dark Fawful, but with magikoopa (this feels weird for me, like in Japan, in France we use Kamek as both the race and the individual one) his jetpack finally get his arse kicked.
German version was even worse with that! We have the main Kamek, the other Kameks that are called magikoopas and Kameks and the red robe wearing guys with propellers on their head from Yoshis Island that are also called magikoopa!
This was very well narrated. Good balance between personal reasons, overall atmosphere, and the gameplay itself. Also with a really solid amount of energy, and a feeling of stakes when/where appropriate, it's very easy to get that wrong.
@@OhKayEl Every Pokemon generation has good designs and bad ones. Joltik, Hydreigon, Bisharp, Volcarona, Chandelure, Lilligant?? C'mon. Not every gen V pokemon is as bad as Klang.
@@ninjathis3009 Klink is the Lego of Pokemon. You build it as it evolves, so I stand by that bastard of a Steel-type. (Also, Trubbish is "ackssshually" more creative than Grimer but I'm not gonna go there.)
The Stone Blooper Bossfight was my Endboss as a child. I was so bad at this and i needed so much attempts. Now it's really easy for me xD Btw. great video! The first place was obvious but for a good reason. Everything in this bossfight ist sooo good!
1. I gave up on that eating the giga carrot because I didn’t read the dialogue so I missed the part where he was talking about the super-digestive enzyme 2. in the 3DS version Fawful and, vacuum helmet, attack is where the helmet grabs the ceiling and Fawful swings to bowser changes to Fawful, and the vacuum helmet ramming Bowser and the one where he eats Luigi and moves side to side he just spins around Mario in the 3DS version 3. The Dark Star core changes his attack from the little umbrella, spike thing shooting at you to the 3DS version the little dark bubbles going around Mario and Luigi, which are really hard to dodge.
It's very rare that a game makes the final boss the best in the game, let alone the damn franchise. Very few games succeed at that, and literally everything lines up perfectly, my favorite element being Bowser VS Dark Bowser. The music is epic, yes, but I will always be a sucker for "the final boss is a dark version of you". Bowser wins that fight not because of his pure power, but because of his heart and persistence - the two things that his minions follow him into battle for and carry him out almost without question (which this game explores and breaks down multiple times and is at the heart of his most powerful attacks). It's the perfect finale for a game exploring the depths of potentially the most iconic gaming villain of all time.
I’ll never forget the final boss of this game because if you fail to inhale the core he heals 1000 hp and you have to beat him again. I was so bad at inhaling I was endlessly stuck fighting dark bowser and was a pro at dodging all his attacks.
some very interesting facts about Dark Star in the original BIS is that, during a Nerve mode(ie no items, no equipment/badges, stache only on level up, no special attacks, Jump/Hammer/Punch/Fire breath only.) low-level run where you only level up stache, and force +1 level only per area arc+always have challenge medal on, I've found some neat things about some of the bosses: 1. Dark Star will always rise up again after 1 turn in its vulnerable state, and that is completely assuming Mario and Luigi never level speed at all and have no gear except challenge medal on, and are very specifically, under level 35. 2. the 4 color orb attack Dark Star does, specifically if it decides to go "Top to Bottom" and is "4 orbs of the same color", is actually almost completely impossible to avoid. I've found this is because the 3rd and 4th orbs are too close to the screen. the 4th gets batted down too fast after the 3rd orb, so you're effectively frame-trapped when jumping the 3rd and will always get hit even if you do jump, the 4th always lands "Right" in the bros's hitbox. from what I understood about this attack, when its top to bottom+4 same color orbs, you have to jump perfectly by the 2nd orb or die. the reason why the 3rd orb traps you into the 4th deff has to due with how close to the screen they are. 3. at level 35 assuming no speed levels or gear, Mario out-speeds Dark Star, and that makes him get 1 extra turn against the Dark Star when its vulnerable 4. Dark Star is without a doubt the most aggressive boss in the entire BIS game, yet its also simple enough to understand. legit the 4 same color orb attack is the most problematic attack it has. cuz its the only truly near-unavoidable attack in the game, and only if it goes Top to bottom. if it goes Bottom to Top then you're fine- 5. the most notorious thing is Dark Star can heal over 120 hp from the Dark Satellmites starting from the 2nd/3rd time it gets up from vulnerable state its at this point you're required to use the not-upgraded Excellent!+POW badge to win not only this fight, but the Dark Fawful and Dark Bowser+Dark Star Core fights too. Junker is very interesting w/these Nerve mode rules because he will make the game a literal Mario Solo. normally you'd free Luigi but with such a low-level(level 19 is the max level at Junker with +1 level per area arc rule.) its pointless to free him. on the bright side it 1 less button to worry about, Junker actually saves the run cuz he keeps Luigi safe in the Trash Can. 🤔 Junker's only problem attack is the trash dump, you just haveta "wait 1 second" and react to what comes out. Blizzard Midbus's hide "Bomb in Snow trick" becomes a lot easier when you "Remember the snowball's design." if you do that then you'll hit the bomb every-time, but without knowing this, that's the only tricky part. Dark Fawful's a massive hp sponge in challenge medal w/nerve mode rules, a bit over 4k hp(total w/both enemies) with 5 turns of waiting til you can suck the Vacuum helmet. and you only have 1 drag attack of leeway before Mario/Weegee get koed. Dark Fawful's simple on paper but its when he switches up his Star Ray attack, esp to the point you have to memorize where the Pink Star is, is where I find he becomes very tricky. esp when he uses the Formation that covers the entire space+may or may not have an Intentional Gap, where you have to let go of Y early to have bowser punch the star, or get hit and die. Dark Bowser's.. basically an over 450khp wall within this ruleset(1500 hp revive w/challenge medal). the fact the final boss is legit significantly easier than Junker Mario Solo, Dark Star, or Dark Fawful, really says somethin fr I can deff confirm BIS deff wasn't meant to be played with no items, no equips(cept Excellent+POW badge, required for the last 3 fights in the game) and no special attacks. Dark Star's deff easy with gear and specials+items, but its when you take away everything that makes it easy, you realize exactly how threatening it actually is. its most deff the hardest and aggressive boss in BIS within these Nerve Mode rules. its only 1 problematic near-unavoidable attack in Dark Star w/the color orb attack. despite this, I'm very happy to confirm its actually completely possible to win and beat the game like this. I made it to Dark Bowser under these rules and adjusted when I saw the impossible scenarios via Dark Star needing the bros to be level 35+Excellent+POW Badge being required 🤲
I would swap Junker with the Shroobs. Other than that I agree with your list, especially the Bowser fight in Toadley Clinic. That's the perfect battle imo.
This video popped in my recommendations... will you make the other games of the series too? Also i don't think we should count the tutorial bosses in the same list as regular bosses, they're just here to teach some mechanics so ofc they suck and look pale in comparison. That's just my opinion tho, keep up the good work!
Man, i absolutely loved this game as a child, and yet, this is the only M&L game I've ever played for some reason... Which one would you recommend to try next?
I finished the Nintendo 3ds version yesterday, and some bosses work mechanics a little differently, some seem to take a lot more damage, or have less life😅
@@SmooolsLIVE well it is your list. I usually only factor difficulty especially with these games since a fight being tough asks you to learn to counter attack more consistently. Nowadays I don't have as much trouble but as a kid, breaking that barrier and seeing the boss glow to signal I'd won was such a great feeling
Partners in time is my second least favorite Mario and Luigi game (as of rn, I’m replaying the game before brothership comes out) and I loved the Shroobs boss in bowser’s inside story, since bowsers inside story was my first in the series I played I thought they were really cool. I hope they return one day.
I really don’t like the durmite fight. The insane amount of health and healing make it take wayyyy too long. Also, since it’s early in the game, you don’t even have a good variety of Bros attacks to keep things fresh.
Fun fact: during my first playthrough, I didn't get the fire flower, and I didn't know where the last attack Peice was until after I beat durmite, resulting in the longest durmite fight in my plethora of playthroughs.
Bro didn't need to diss on the gen 5 pokemon games with the inanimate object line, when gen 1 was the first to do so, with arguably worse designs, and competitive viability. Stop the gen 5 hate lol
I disagree, all the attacks in all of the bosses are really cool and fun, I dont mind having long bosses with those cool attacks, but I agree about Kretin, as Kretin is one of my least favorites...
@@andrewvanover9747 for some reason i kinda disliked junker tho he's at like my middle low range and kretin was what i was saying about pacing attack long boss
@@doop6478 ah, ye I agree about Kretin, bit the other bosses are amazing imo, og BIS is my favorite game of all time, and most of these are my favorite video game bosses
Fun fact, if you don't free the koopas on the way to Bowser's castle, Bowser won't be able to use that special attack when you fight him the second time
He doesn't use it regardless tho...
Oh wait I may have confused the koppa and the shy guy one
Yep. You mixed it up.
now what about bowser x
@@psakku bowser x has tons of new moves, none of which involve koopas, bob ombs, magikoopas, or broggy 💀
I love how stupidly french "Bloque monsieur" sounds lmao.
Fun fact but in the french version of the game, he is called Charlie Bloc and he speaks english to maintain the running gag of him talking in a different language !
I'm french, never knew he was supposed to be french, cool trivia !
Localization done right
In Italian DBZ the character of Piccolo is named Junior, which means Piccolo
Bowser's Inside Story was truly goated. Great ranking! 🔥
Glad you enjoyed!
When doing the picnic basket, after Luigi is thrown up, when he’s at the top floating, press B to make him slam down, you’re not dealing the full amount of damage with it
Wait how did he beat the game without knowing that you NEED to do that to knock over the star sage
@@jacobmaitland3613 You still get the excellent without it but it’s not as powerful as the slam, you see he gets the excellent by default just not as powerful
4:30 ooh, gen 5 slander. Haven’t seen that one before 🥱
My rebuttal to the gen 5 comment at 4:33 is so is gen 1. Voltorb and Electrode is just a pokeball with eyes. Exeggcute are just eggs. Every gen has those pokemon. (I'm not defending the Vanillite line tho. That line actually sucks)
Ekans is literally just a snake
Seel is just a seal
Most of Gen 1s designs are hard carried by nostalgia
Vanillite makes a lot more sense when you realize it’s supposed to be a fast food mascot turned into a Pokémon, but I think it’s definitely flawed
4:30 What about magnemite, grimer, voltorb, those kinda pokemon?
You dont get to say shit.
Tell him!
Watching this after the direct is so great
That final boss is so god damn memorable! The music, the presentation, it is peak Mario. I also remember as a kid not being able to mash fast enough to suck up Fawful, so I had my dad do it every time 😂
Of course, the final boss was no.1 it's peak! Good video btw!
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You can’t beat In the Final!
When i was young i almost never succed inhale anything with Bowser, so this was a problem for dark Fawful, but with magikoopa (this feels weird for me, like in Japan, in France we use Kamek as both the race and the individual one) his jetpack finally get his arse kicked.
German version was even worse with that! We have the main Kamek, the other Kameks that are called magikoopas and Kameks and the red robe wearing guys with propellers on their head from Yoshis Island that are also called magikoopa!
"the epitome of a gen 5 pokemon"
That tells me everything I need to know, no reason to continue watching
This was very well narrated.
Good balance between personal reasons, overall atmosphere, and the gameplay itself.
Also with a really solid amount of energy, and a feeling of stakes when/where appropriate, it's very easy to get that wrong.
I really love the mini games soundtrack that plays
Bro unironically said “Gen 5 = inanimate object” in 2024 lmfao
Pokemon Black and White are only loved as games nowadays, the monster designs sucked back then and they still suck now.
@@OhKayEl
Every Pokemon generation has good designs and bad ones.
Joltik, Hydreigon, Bisharp, Volcarona, Chandelure, Lilligant?? C'mon. Not every gen V pokemon is as bad as Klang.
i dont rly think its like that lol. its just banter. gen 5s my favorite game but i dont mind a slight diss cuz junker rly is just marios trubbish.
@@ninjathis3009 Klink is the Lego of Pokemon. You build it as it evolves, so I stand by that bastard of a Steel-type.
(Also, Trubbish is "ackssshually" more creative than Grimer but I'm not gonna go there.)
The Stone Blooper Bossfight was my Endboss as a child. I was so bad at this and i needed so much attempts. Now it's really easy for me xD
Btw. great video! The first place was obvious but for a good reason. Everything in this bossfight ist sooo good!
My Endbosses were the carrot minigame and the subsequent giant Bowser fight... T.T I had no stylus and my mic was faulty.
1. I gave up on that eating the giga carrot because I didn’t read the dialogue so I missed the part where he was talking about the super-digestive enzyme
2. in the 3DS version Fawful and, vacuum helmet, attack is where the helmet grabs the ceiling and Fawful swings to bowser changes to Fawful, and the vacuum helmet ramming Bowser and the one where he eats Luigi and moves side to side he just spins around Mario in the 3DS version
3. The Dark Star core changes his attack from the little umbrella, spike thing shooting at you to the 3DS version the little dark bubbles going around Mario and Luigi, which are really hard to dodge.
Hello smoools! I found your video on the TH-cam algorithm, your editing and script is very on point I love it! Keep up the good work :)
Would you mind if I did a video ranking Dream Team bosses? It’s my favorite in the series and I’ll credit you for the inspiration
No worries and no need to credit, love when people make videos on these games
bro gen 5 caught a stray with the junker lmao.
Me when there's like two Pokemon that people somehow think are lazier than Magnemite.
Love this game! One of my first RPGs I ever played and beat without guides
Definitely deserving of more attention, very solid video.
Really good top, but somehow, your take on Junker and gen 5 is trashier than Junker itself
It's very rare that a game makes the final boss the best in the game, let alone the damn franchise. Very few games succeed at that, and literally everything lines up perfectly, my favorite element being Bowser VS Dark Bowser. The music is epic, yes, but I will always be a sucker for "the final boss is a dark version of you". Bowser wins that fight not because of his pure power, but because of his heart and persistence - the two things that his minions follow him into battle for and carry him out almost without question (which this game explores and breaks down multiple times and is at the heart of his most powerful attacks). It's the perfect finale for a game exploring the depths of potentially the most iconic gaming villain of all time.
Funniest thing. As a kid this was my first and absolute favorite mario rpg style game. And to this day I haven't beaten the dark bowser boss fight xD
U forget to mention that last battle the theme hits hard
God I remember despising the Durmite rematch, probably was the first time as a kid that it took me multiple times to beat a boss.
The Final is one of the best tracks to ever exist
Mar and loogie, Bowwow’s inner book
I’ll never forget the final boss of this game because if you fail to inhale the core he heals 1000 hp and you have to beat him again. I was so bad at inhaling I was endlessly stuck fighting dark bowser and was a pro at dodging all his attacks.
bowser x is the best in the game you should’ve included it as a separate boss. that fight is legitimately difficult if you refuse to grind.
I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!!
some very interesting facts about Dark Star in the original BIS is that, during a Nerve mode(ie no items, no equipment/badges, stache only on level up, no special attacks, Jump/Hammer/Punch/Fire breath only.) low-level run where you only level up stache, and force +1 level only per area arc+always have challenge medal on, I've found some neat things about some of the bosses:
1. Dark Star will always rise up again after 1 turn in its vulnerable state, and that is completely assuming Mario and Luigi never level speed at all and have no gear except challenge medal on, and are very specifically, under level 35.
2. the 4 color orb attack Dark Star does, specifically if it decides to go "Top to Bottom" and is "4 orbs of the same color",
is actually almost completely impossible to avoid. I've found this is because the 3rd and 4th orbs are too close to the screen. the 4th gets batted down too fast after the 3rd orb, so you're effectively frame-trapped when jumping the 3rd
and will always get hit even if you do jump, the 4th always lands "Right" in the bros's hitbox.
from what I understood about this attack, when its top to bottom+4 same color orbs, you have to jump perfectly by the 2nd orb or die. the reason why the 3rd orb traps you into the 4th deff has to due with how close to the screen they are.
3. at level 35 assuming no speed levels or gear, Mario out-speeds Dark Star, and that makes him get 1 extra turn against the Dark Star when its vulnerable
4. Dark Star is without a doubt the most aggressive boss in the entire BIS game, yet its also simple enough to understand.
legit the 4 same color orb attack is the most problematic attack it has.
cuz its the only truly near-unavoidable attack in the game, and only if it goes Top to bottom.
if it goes Bottom to Top then you're fine-
5. the most notorious thing is Dark Star can heal over 120 hp from the Dark Satellmites starting from the 2nd/3rd time it gets up from vulnerable state
its at this point you're required to use the not-upgraded Excellent!+POW badge to win not only this fight, but the Dark Fawful and Dark Bowser+Dark Star Core fights too.
Junker is very interesting w/these Nerve mode rules because he will make the game a literal Mario Solo. normally you'd free Luigi but with such a low-level(level 19 is the max level at Junker with +1 level per area arc rule.) its pointless to free him.
on the bright side it 1 less button to worry about, Junker actually saves the run cuz he keeps Luigi safe in the Trash Can. 🤔
Junker's only problem attack is the trash dump, you just haveta "wait 1 second" and react to what comes out.
Blizzard Midbus's hide "Bomb in Snow trick" becomes a lot easier when you "Remember the snowball's design." if you do that then you'll hit the bomb every-time, but without knowing this, that's the only tricky part.
Dark Fawful's a massive hp sponge in challenge medal w/nerve mode rules, a bit over 4k hp(total w/both enemies) with 5 turns of waiting til you can suck the Vacuum helmet. and you only have 1 drag attack of leeway before Mario/Weegee get koed.
Dark Fawful's simple on paper but its when he switches up his Star Ray attack, esp to the point you have to memorize where the Pink Star is, is where I find he becomes very tricky.
esp when he uses the Formation that covers the entire space+may or may not have an Intentional Gap, where you have to let go of Y early to have bowser punch the star, or get hit and die.
Dark Bowser's.. basically an over 450khp wall within this ruleset(1500 hp revive w/challenge medal).
the fact the final boss is legit significantly easier than Junker Mario Solo, Dark Star, or Dark Fawful, really says somethin fr
I can deff confirm BIS deff wasn't meant to be played with no items, no equips(cept Excellent+POW badge, required for the last 3 fights in the game) and no special attacks.
Dark Star's deff easy with gear and specials+items, but its when you take away everything that makes it easy, you realize exactly how threatening it actually is. its most deff the hardest and aggressive boss in BIS within these Nerve Mode rules.
its only 1 problematic near-unavoidable attack in Dark Star w/the color orb attack.
despite this, I'm very happy to confirm its actually completely possible to win and beat the game like this.
I made it to Dark Bowser under these rules and adjusted when I saw the impossible scenarios via Dark Star needing the bros to be level 35+Excellent+POW Badge being required 🤲
The tutorials are NOT bosses, neither is chakron
Idk, I thought junker was pretty memorable. Mf mopped the floor with me about a thousand times as a kid
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I would swap Junker with the Shroobs. Other than that I agree with your list, especially the Bowser fight in Toadley Clinic. That's the perfect battle imo.
9:56 GET OUT🗣🗣‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
i genuinely dont remember junker and ive played the game through a few times, guess its time to replay
Funny story.
I've managed to 5 turn Bowser X.
Jump Helmet is INSANE in the damage department.
This video popped in my recommendations... will you make the other games of the series too?
Also i don't think we should count the tutorial bosses in the same list as regular bosses, they're just here to teach some mechanics so ofc they suck and look pale in comparison.
That's just my opinion tho, keep up the good work!
And princess peach is fainted
Why’d my 3ds break when I was probably like 30 minutes away from the final boss
Wisdurm was rough but i did manage to beat it lol
I have ptsd from junker
Using the Gen 5 object Pokemon complaint in recent times?? Ew
Man, i absolutely loved this game as a child, and yet, this is the only M&L game I've ever played for some reason... Which one would you recommend to try next?
Partners in Time
I have history with the trash man and little ball guys that's why they're my number 1 and 2 (I know the names but this is funnier
I finished the Nintendo 3ds version yesterday, and some bosses work mechanics a little differently, some seem to take a lot more damage, or have less life😅
How did you not mention the music for the final boss? It’s one of the best themes to come out of the series! I’m glad we got it in Smash Ultimate
We did? Since when?
@@pretendpasta4796 I’m pretty sure it was just added in Ultimate. I am 100% sure it is in Smash Ultimate, though. It’s labeled as “The Grand Finale”.
Only reason junker is memorable is because my kid self was under leveled so I remember being stuck forever because he just one shot the bros
Nah even if you’re not underleveled he hits like a fucking truck i should’ve accounted more for difficulty
@@SmooolsLIVE well it is your list. I usually only factor difficulty especially with these games since a fight being tough asks you to learn to counter attack more consistently. Nowadays I don't have as much trouble but as a kid, breaking that barrier and seeing the boss glow to signal I'd won was such a great feeling
great video dude, you should do one of dream team
Partners in time is my second least favorite Mario and Luigi game (as of rn, I’m replaying the game before brothership comes out) and I loved the Shroobs boss in bowser’s inside story, since bowsers inside story was my first in the series I played I thought they were really cool. I hope they return one day.
my fav ds game ever
These bossfights WOULD be fun if I never clicked baby mode 💀💀💀💀💀💀🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
(Im terrible at the game)
I really don’t like the durmite fight. The insane amount of health and healing make it take wayyyy too long. Also, since it’s early in the game, you don’t even have a good variety of Bros attacks to keep things fresh.
That's what made the fight funnier to me instead. I know it's just me but the linger the battle the most fun I have
That’s why I grinded the bros to believe it or not level 12 when I played this game again and then fight it so I can kill it in 2-3 turns
Fun fact: during my first playthrough, I didn't get the fire flower, and I didn't know where the last attack Peice was until after I beat durmite, resulting in the longest durmite fight in my plethora of playthroughs.
Hey, I'm a partner in time stan and I always forget about the shroob boss in this game lol (i played BIS first so thats probably why)
How hard is this game to beat because I might be getting this game soon I just want to know the difficulty of the game
Great video
Great vid!
You're not including the giant bowser fights?
They're called dark sattelmites not dark starlets
Worst boss for me was the clone Mario and clone Luigi it feels so boring
I loved the fight, it was one of the few challenging bosses.
@@oqueeoquee4382 it was a struggle for 7 year old me lol
I absolutely hate Kretin. I would rank him lower than the tutorial bosses even. I never had any fun during that fight at all.
Bro didn't need to diss on the gen 5 pokemon games with the inanimate object line, when gen 1 was the first to do so, with arguably worse designs, and competitive viability. Stop the gen 5 hate lol
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Love this game!
HATED THE JUNIKER BOSSFIGHT
what does second sage even mean?
final boss is much lower on my list because i couldn't beat him without finding the star attack first and i couldn't find it
why do you say broque monseeuuur? it's pronounced monshuur
few attacks bad pacing long boss boring attacks KRETIN tho putting junker under kretin is crazy junker is a bit higher for me
I disagree, all the attacks in all of the bosses are really cool and fun, I dont mind having long bosses with those cool attacks, but I agree about Kretin, as Kretin is one of my least favorites...
@@andrewvanover9747 for some reason i kinda disliked junker tho he's at like my middle low range and kretin was what i was saying about pacing attack long boss
@@doop6478 ah, ye I agree about Kretin, bit the other bosses are amazing imo, og BIS is my favorite game of all time, and most of these are my favorite video game bosses
@@andrewvanover9747 it was so much fun ngl it's an
actual insanely good game was so much fun to play on my 3ds