That's exactly what it is. The demon controlling it obviously took an old heroes body, y'know seeing as SOS is where the old heroes were all buried , possessed it and the actual adjudicator itself is trapped at the top of a rotting, demon possessed corpse. pretty obvious stuff imo but then again, I play those games way too much.
Well yeah, i'm pretty sure it's like a parasite that controls a big corpse so you're technically fighting the bird but can only reach it if the body falls over. Also I don't know how the sword sticking out of its gut could confuse him, the implication is obviously that before you showed up it had fought with someone else who stuck it there and injured it's otherwise super tough skin, pretty much suggesting that they were stronger than you because if you don't smack the wound it's basically immune to your attacks.
@@DajuOnTH-cam Pure conjecture as I'm yet to play Demon's Souls but couldn't the sword in the gut indicate that the bird took control of a deceased body? Or is there something in the lore to dispute that?
Alright, Demon's Souls is one of my favorite games of all time and since I can't find any other comments about it I'll explain the Adjudicator. To start with, it's important to note the level in which you find it and what went on there. The Shrine of Storms was a place where the tribe of Shadowmen conducted rituals by which they would more or less "process" the souls of the dead and then use those souls as an offering to their deity - The Storm King. Each boss in the world was a key figure in this "soul processing" ritual. To start with before explaining its role, the Adjudicator is not the big fat man. The Adjudicator is the crow itself. The big fat man is just a flesh puppet prepared for it so it could do it's duties. That duty being to examine new bodies brought to shrine and judge whether they were worthy sacrifices for the Storm King or not. Those that were deemed worthy were passed on to be offered to the Storm Ruler at the shrine below, while those that were deemed unworthy were eaten by the Adjudicator as a form of ritual cleansing, making sure that both the body and soul of the deceased were safely dealt with rather than being allowed to roam as vengeful spirits. That's why the Adjudicator's body wields meat cleavers that steal the life from enemies they hit, it's designed to consume both body and soul of those it devours. This ultimately turned the Adjudicator into a Demon, since in the world of Demon's Souls a "demon" is any being that is able to gain power by absorbing the souls of others into its own being. When the Shadowmen died out the Adjudicator lost its purpose as a being of judgement and instead devolved into one of gluttony and greed, consuming anything that came into it's reach rather than doing it's duty judiciously.
I never played Demon Souls, but it's interesting you said they did rituals to 'The Storm King' as that's a character from the lore but doesn't actually appear, in Elden Ring. I wonder if they could be related, FromSoft do like to cross characters over like Patches, Irina etc
The huge Hermit from Metal Slug is, as far as I know, one of the crustaceans mutated by the laboratory present on the island. The Revolutionary Army found them and they just equipped the Hermit with all those guns and trained it as base defense, hence it chases you across this (suspiciously infinite) pier.
And ammo, don't forget they drop ammo as well. I've "oh shit-ed" my way through a couple bosses where I realized I ran out of ammo too soon and they were like "oh, did da widdle baby wun outta ammo? Here, melee these guys, dumbass!" And I was like "uh... thanks, I guess?"
In the FF7 remake it just kinda flies around at first almost like it's just waiting to keep working and all of a sudden catches a triple slash to the face, rough life
remake ff7 actually gave some good explanations for many of the monsters mostly the robots. The Robots they serve matance and security purposes for the most part. but they double as pest control.. the pests being the eldritch horrors the harvesting of the life stream creates. Disturbingly enough after the fall of the plate. you can see horrifying things making their way threw the hole above sector 7 while you're climbing to the shinra building. Its blink and you miss it. But there is some HUGE nightmareish things descending on midgar. The monsters around midgar are basicly Stalker/fallout mutants.
Considering you only ever fight the Swordipede in Hojo's lab, I'd say it was a failed design prototype that he probably requisitioned as additional security. The bizarreness would probably appeal to him.
I thought it was pretty cool they way they were able to bring in enemies like this. I wouldn't necessarily say the Swordipede was jarring, at least not in a negative sense.
@@evanbelton1297 The planet itself created like 8 nukes upon Jenova's arrival. And still failed. There are god level threats on the planet and it itself is one. Maybe sword fish isn't to out of place. "how it fly tho" Like literally everything else that flies using magic mixed with bio-engineering on this planet. Even the shit the planet itself made flies like that.
@@ChronicSkooma Exactly. Every Weapon was created by the planet/life stream in self-defense, and they look like giant mechs. Also when you think about it, Shinra should have little to no control. People can literally summon electricity on command with the Bolt spell, not to mention Ramuh. Granted, this is all tied to materia and the life stream. But I suppose that serves a social commentary for major corporations.
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For the first one; if the sword blades can rotate 360 degrees, it could use that like a propeller. Wouldn't really explain how it got off the ground, but baby steps. Now, if they didn't put that in, they could add it in a patch and it would be the wind up to an AOE attack. Just a thought. The adjudicator may be an awkward attempt at a deadly sin; Greed. If it's a shrine guardian meant to test the demon slayers and they fail so he eats them it could be a combo with pride. Both would explain his greater mass; the no head could be a blind point as in he doesn't see how greedy he really is - so it would also be an inverse criticism of his own flaws. Which as much as they've been the downfall of those before you, will also be his. Thinking just one more and I'll be strong enough... Then your MC comes along and, nope! I could also be entirely wrong and it's just some Dev with all the Lulz. As far as the contra entry - there are a lot of Devs that end up in the family way during development. I'd argue abstract expression of internalized fears due to impending parenthood and how many things cannot be controlled in the process, that can go wrong. But again, I don't get paid as that guy/girl's psychotherapist. I'd probably be much better off if I did though. (I'd hate to see that bill; it'd make me jealous) 7 - copious amounts of LSD. That's all I got. How else would you make a hermit crab feel ten feet tall? o. O maybe we should just ask Alice? But then raccoons might get involved... I think the harder you look at the rest; the closer you get to the abyss. So I throw my hands up. I don't think you're supposed to look for an explanation for some of these Devs' ideas. Probably safer for your own sanity that way.
I think you may be on to something (or possibly ON something). LSD, 'shrooms, real good ganja... sometimes you need a break that a KitKat won't provide, unless it's laced with copious amounts of cocaine or other various stimulants. Lack of sleep, however, seems like the most logical explanation. I've seen stuff, unexplainable stuff, due to my inability to sleep properly. Mix that in with massive amounts of stress and coffee, or other simulants, and you got yourself a cocktail of commotion for the brain. Those devs put up with way more than they should!
Mara actually makes a lot of sense. In the Persona games, enemy Shadows are manifestations of people's repressed emotions, including sins such as lust. That's why other enemies include a big mouth (Gluttony), a golden knight on horseback (Pride) and various creatures wearing barely any clothes (Lust).
every demon in the SMT series is based off a mythological creature/person. Mara was based in sri lankan buddhism and was sometimes depicted with a penor growing out of his head. Buddist mythology was really into phallic representation. You should look up the korean folklore of where the common cold came from.
To add onto what taylor w said, mara is the demon that is supposed to have tempted buddha, and failed to sway him to earthly pleasure. As well, they explain in one of the games that the shadows appear as gods/demons because they are a manifestation of human consciousness, and humans have worshiped stuff as long as human have existed. For the out of game reason, it is probably that having a character to base something on makes the design much easier then coming up with hundreds of new, unique characters with story and consistent design.
The name comes from a buddhist demon, yes, but the visual design is based on the fact that its name also means penis in Japanese. This is taken one step further by having it resemble a wheeled shrine, possibly a reference to the Kanamara penis festival.
Sonic 1's final boss definitely wasn't that memorable as say, the Death Egg Robot, Metal Sonic from Heroes, Egg dragoon from Unleashed, or pretty much every other boss in the series. But it was the 1st game, so I'm thankful the bosses got better with each game.
Dark souls fan: no, wait, these bosses are fully explained with the lore you missed on 234 items lying in 20 different locations that totally described them with one-sentenced abstract poetry
For me, Genji: Days of the Blade on PS3 had the most outrageous/insane boss I've ever fought against. The final boss was Amahagane & Mashogane combined and it created this nearly 2 hour slog of pain I will never forget.
In the 1987 Star Wars game you fight Darth Vader very early in the game. Except after one hit that "Darth Vader" turns into a scorpion that you then have to fight
As a guy who beat the game 3 times (I LOVE THAT GAME). "The winter Winster" is the biggest WTF in the entire game. NOTE: You also fight a female croc in a two sexy two-piece, A chess piece, a bodybuilder bull in a speedo, and a military-grade spider (Trust me: I'm not high right now). Also, can we PLEASE get another Wario world!? That game was too good.
I always found the fight against Palmer in FF7 kinda weird. You have fought gigantic beasts and killer robots up to that point and now here is a old, chubby, politician with a weird gun for a boss. Okay then...
The first thing that popped in my mind was Cerberus from Dante's Inferno. Cerberus is usually a three headed dog in mythology. But this is some sort of three headed creature that has giant mouths with huge teeth and no resemblance to a dog at all. Also where it should have eyes, it just has more small mouths. So yeah, that was weird. In a game full of some pretty weird bosses.
The weirdest i've ever seen is Rokkaku Goji in JSRF. I mean, he starts the game off as a businessman and ends as some kind of interdimensional robot. Who built him, was there ever a real Goji or was it always the robot, and how is he able to construct a massive mind-control tower/interdimensional portal in the middle of the shibuya bus terminal without either the Japanese government or some other organization taking notice and stopping him? Just, some kind of explanation as to what this guy was would have been greatly appreciated.
Yep jet set radio was just as weird You fight atop of a building sized turntable with go go cages for needles and the bad guy in a DJ booth in the centre on top of a skyscraper with Rino heads on forks tea baging up and down in the background while huge speakers blast out a very ominous track While you get set on fire by a giant fire breathing Rino in a tee shirt that flys around between buildings That explodes after taging three roof tops connected by huge rotating cams or arms Who's dismembered body parts make a ramp to grind up and tag the big bad guy DJ who is in the centre of the turntable who instantly falls off the roof top into the abyss And all this is because of an Indy record called the devil's contract that's not even supernatural I think that's about it 🤣
I have no idea what you’re talking about, but from your description and how you’re talk about it I can tell it was one of the most bizarre shit in gaming history.
At least Mara was in a game that was about fighting abstractions of peoples' inner demons inside a dream world. Within that framework, nothing is really out of bounds no matter how batshit.
The idea of why the swordipede is a thing, can be discovered in the game. The original and remake Shinra isn't just a modern day weapons development/power company. Research and development (ran by Hojo. The immoral Baby Daddy scientist), has been experimenting on the lifestreams energy as well as the calamity known as Jenova. Yielding machines like these, as well as some of the monsters throughout FFVII It's....one of the essential revelations in the entire story 😅🤌🏾
Looking at Swordipede, I'd argue it's used for mining/lumber! Maybe it's light anti-grav, or perhaps some sort of helium/light gas in each of the central components... *think, muse, ponder*
That boss in Kingdom Hearts used to have me HOT back in the day 😂 I never played a Final Fantasy game then so I had no idea why that thing looked the way it did nor why it was so many steps to beating it
Admittedly this might be a bit of a nitpick on my part, but considering where you encounter the swordipede seems more likely to be one of Hojos creations which likely means it's mako and/or biotech based one way or another, and having played most of the 7 series, yea lol not the craziest thing Hojos done/made. You could look at Hojo as "Shin-ra" but if you really follow the story hojo was always about his agenda, he even openly mocks the Shin-ra execs. That said, love you guys keep up the awesome work Falcon
this may sound a little random, but i like how the huge hermit is not only considered the strangest boss in metal slug, but ever since their collaboration with battle cats has been considered the single worst uber super rare unit in the entire game.
Interesting fact about Warioworld. The final boss was for some reason messed with for all non Japanese releases and just had literally all of its phases cut out.
Imagine the Swordipede heading towards a building and just ripping it to shreds just by moving through it… it’s an awesome design that you are overlooking by acknowledging some dislikes about it
8:54 One correction: The F-6t Big Foot is actually piloted by a GUN Scorpion Troop, not Dr. Eggman. Another Ridiculous Boss from the Sonic series that I remember is the Egg Dealer from Shadow The Hedgehog: A pilotable machine with slot machines reels that if player knows when to attack, the attacks will be directed to the machine itself.
There is no way the Shin Megami Tensei one isn't a dick. You can't just call something that looks like that the "Throbbing King of Desire" and expect people to not think that
Mara is based off of one of the Demon's that tempts the buddha, specifically when it comes to sexual desire. The demon actually shares the same name and the "phallus shaped head" with the Shin Megami Tensei enemy (which is one of the reoccurring ones btw).
My personal pick would be the Biolizard/Final Hazard from Sonic Adventure 2. The game doesn't explain shit about why this weird lizard thing is the "ultimate lifeform". And then it metastasizes to the Space Colony Ark, and then Sonic and Shadow go Super Saiyan to fight a space colony lizard fusion as it hurtles towards earth while butt rock plays. SA 2 is a great game.
Apparently, as Shadow is the real "Ultimate Lifeform", the Biolizard was meant to be a prototype before they decided to make a superfast hedgehog... Shadow even says something along the lines of "Get out of here, you ugly prototype!" when you beat it...
With the FF7 stuff, I mean for all that we know the machines could be powered by some unique materia. The world of the game might feel real, but they have something we don't, magic.
Shinra didn’t make the 🎉SWORDIPEDE🎉 so much as Hojo did. Hojo is one of those nerds that feels like things like ethics in science just hold back progress, and from there makes the leap to “the less ethical I am, the better science I do” and proceeds to just… make ludicrous nonsense that causes way more trouble than it helps. The man injected ancient alien cells into his unborn child, under some wildly incorrect assumptions, almost ending the world. He tried to make Aerith MATE WITH A DOG in the original, if I recall he tried to facilitate this by turning on a machine than made a high pitch whine and gave them headaches and rashes. He’s an absolute mad lad and the swordipede is, all in all, very tame by his standard.
I think the final boss (God of Destruction) from an old game called "Legend of Dragoon" is without a doubt the most confusing boss design I've ever encountered...in terms of looks, the mechanics of the fight, and even the location(s?) where the fight takes place. To explain the details would take a lot of writing, but there are so many strange things about that final boss that come out of nowhere, make 0 sense, and never get any explanation. I don't think the devs even knew wtf they were trying to do with that one lol.
He's remaking the universe lol it's batshit, but it is explained, also on the Persona 5 dick, that's also pretty easy to get, again it's still batshit, but the battiness is one of the things I love about those games haha.
@@nerdrocker89 Where does the game say he's remaking the universe? I've beat it like 8 times, and never found any explanation for the boss changing forms/scenery 4x, nor any explanation for what the various "generations" are, why they're changing, or what that even means.
@@themetalone7739 it's discussed throughout the game the big bad's desires to remake the universe in their own image. I could be remembering it wrong since I haven't played it since I played it over 20 years ago.
@@alwaysxnever Melbu Frahma's goal was to release the God of Destruction so it could destroy the world, which could then be remade in whatever way the villain wanted. Immediately after the fight, the entire party AND boss are suddenly shown in the normal world (which would be impossible if the villain just remade the universe/world) followed by the boss exploding while everyone else rushes out of the fallen moon before it blows up. We are then treated to cut-scenes showing the heroes returning home, and their "happily ever after" moments, which also couldn't happen if the world had been remade in the villain's image. It's more like the boss is trying to show us something during the fight, maybe flashbacks of the development of the world, but even that doesn't quite make sense, in context.
I loved the Abjudicator's design because it was the creepiest one at that point of my first run. I had only beaten 1-1, 1-2, and 2-1 at that time, so when I entered the Abjudicator's arena and saw that morbid mass of fuck down there I was like "Nope!"... then he swipped at me with his tongue and knocked me down anyway... and I panicked... and then double panicked when I realized my scared swipes were just bouncing on his fat and doing jack shit..... I miss that sensation of playing DeS the first time
Weird enemy in a Wario game? Yes sir, the sky is blue. This is a breath or two mentioning this is one of Wario's only 3D titles. Buzzfeed tier editing.
With Number 1 being what it was, I'm surprised you didn't include a shout out to Legendary Wings for the NES. Because that was a game full of number 1 look-alikes, and from an earlier game too if I'm not mistaken
Recently came back to this because I remembered a really out of there boss. In the game Radiata Stories, a JRPG for the PS2, there is a boss in the secret dungeon that is just completely out of place. So the dungeon is themed on the different elements of the game Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind. At the end of each section you fight an elemental dragon. When you beat all four you unlock a new path which leads you to a 'hidden' dragon. At first you may think it is the Silver Dragon or maybe the Gold Dragon, it is neither. You find Radian. Radian is a 2D dragon that literally was created by a child. It is also one of the harder bosses of the game. It has belly flop attacks and attacks with speech bubbles. Radiata Stories isn't necessarily a serious game but this is one of the fights that really came out of left field. I will also mention the Gabriel boss fight in a later hidden dungeon but that is more awkward than batshit insane.
The sword eel thing shouldve had the body segments spin constantly making it look round whenever it straightened out and charged ya. Only going flat when lurking around for another opportunity. Give it some actual movement that makes sense offensively blades couldve even extended and stuff turned at different angles woudlve been wicked looking then.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Monster Party for the NES. Except it's not just the bosses, but the entire game itself is an unexplained wtf. You fight a dancing jack o lantern, a well, a minotaur that shoots running cows at you, an already dead dinosaur with flies buzzing around that immediately gives you the reward, a giant deep fried shrimp that just hops around. That's just the bosses I remember, but also the levels, enemies, story and ending are all massive WTFs
Wario World definitely deserves a remake or bring the G.Cube version on switch it was done with Treasure Games which doesn't exist no more hopefully someone takes the helm and steps up this game is a cult hidden gem & gives me Nostalgia
The Adjudicator might be an Inu Yasha reference if I am not completely mistaken. There also was a bird demon nesting inside a giant's corpse relatively at the beginning of the series.
You (falcon) should do a top 10 list of either best dressed game characters or coolest game outfits OR dumbest of the 2 -a humble request from a designer
Not that the whole game isn't weird and almost entirely inexplicable without the help of a wiki, Nier: Automata has an...interesting...final boss: the ending credits. At the end of the game you are in an Atari Asteroids-style shmup where you are fighting glowing orbs made out of the credited team names. More interesting still is that you can request the assistance of other players who have sacrificed their save games, then leaving you with the option to do the same.
How about the Mutoid Man and Evil M.C. from Smash T.V. for the NES? Top half is a man, and the lower half is a tank! Oh, did I mention that they have laser eyes too?
That first boss you showed for how many things eggman put out wasn't his, it was an opponent from G.U.N, the same people that took his great grandfather
The Swordepede has a perfectly good use to Shin-ra. Do Recall before this era of "peace" Shin-ra was at war with Wutai. Wutai, a pastiche of every far-eastern country, has Jungles, huge chasms, and a great number of mountain ranges. A flying blade covered remote controlled or automated robot would be able to clear the Jungle, won't fall into pits and can traverse even the winding bridges from mountain to mountain. It's perfect and built to Purpose.
Can you please at least show box art of each game or the name of the game in text on screen when you're introducing the games on these lists? Gynoug. I've never heard of this game or seen it in action and I was pleasantly surprised by how good the pixel art looks from the footage shown but... how am I supposed to guess what this game's title is or how it is spelled just by Falcon's pronunciation of the game name which happens to be a fictional made-up word that I (and probably most people) have never heard or seen? TH-cam Closed Captions/CC called it "Genug" and "Chanuk" while transcribing Falcon's reading. Googling both terms resulted in nothing even close to relevant to this game.
I've got nothing to really base this on, but I always figured the Adjudicator was actually the bird "piloting" the chonk, kind of like a mech.
Me too. Vaati vidya maybe?
That's exactly what it is. The demon controlling it obviously took an old heroes body, y'know seeing as SOS is where the old heroes were all buried , possessed it and the actual adjudicator itself is trapped at the top of a rotting, demon possessed corpse. pretty obvious stuff imo but then again, I play those games way too much.
Well yeah, i'm pretty sure it's like a parasite that controls a big corpse so you're technically fighting the bird but can only reach it if the body falls over.
Also I don't know how the sword sticking out of its gut could confuse him, the implication is obviously that before you showed up it had fought with someone else who stuck it there and injured it's otherwise super tough skin, pretty much suggesting that they were stronger than you because if you don't smack the wound it's basically immune to your attacks.
LoL @ the Chonk
@@DajuOnTH-cam Pure conjecture as I'm yet to play Demon's Souls but couldn't the sword in the gut indicate that the bird took control of a deceased body? Or is there something in the lore to dispute that?
Alright, Demon's Souls is one of my favorite games of all time and since I can't find any other comments about it I'll explain the Adjudicator.
To start with, it's important to note the level in which you find it and what went on there. The Shrine of Storms was a place where the tribe of Shadowmen conducted rituals by which they would more or less "process" the souls of the dead and then use those souls as an offering to their deity - The Storm King. Each boss in the world was a key figure in this "soul processing" ritual.
To start with before explaining its role, the Adjudicator is not the big fat man. The Adjudicator is the crow itself. The big fat man is just a flesh puppet prepared for it so it could do it's duties. That duty being to examine new bodies brought to shrine and judge whether they were worthy sacrifices for the Storm King or not. Those that were deemed worthy were passed on to be offered to the Storm Ruler at the shrine below, while those that were deemed unworthy were eaten by the Adjudicator as a form of ritual cleansing, making sure that both the body and soul of the deceased were safely dealt with rather than being allowed to roam as vengeful spirits. That's why the Adjudicator's body wields meat cleavers that steal the life from enemies they hit, it's designed to consume both body and soul of those it devours.
This ultimately turned the Adjudicator into a Demon, since in the world of Demon's Souls a "demon" is any being that is able to gain power by absorbing the souls of others into its own being. When the Shadowmen died out the Adjudicator lost its purpose as a being of judgement and instead devolved into one of gluttony and greed, consuming anything that came into it's reach rather than doing it's duty judiciously.
Cool story bro. I never would have looked into this.
Kudos for taking the time to explain, i always enjoyed spamming arrows at that lil bird’s head during the fight
Great, now dying to him is permadeath in my head canon. Lol
I never played Demon Souls, but it's interesting you said they did rituals to 'The Storm King' as that's a character from the lore but doesn't actually appear, in Elden Ring. I wonder if they could be related, FromSoft do like to cross characters over like Patches, Irina etc
@@reluctantsocialist2670 isn't there a storm king in dark souls 3? The drake thing nameless king rides is called that too I think.
The huge Hermit from Metal Slug is, as far as I know, one of the crustaceans mutated by the laboratory present on the island. The Revolutionary Army found them and they just equipped the Hermit with all those guns and trained it as base defense, hence it chases you across this (suspiciously infinite) pier.
Any boss that summons minions for you to get your health and MP back from.
And ammo, don't forget they drop ammo as well. I've "oh shit-ed" my way through a couple bosses where I realized I ran out of ammo too soon and they were like "oh, did da widdle baby wun outta ammo? Here, melee these guys, dumbass!" And I was like "uh... thanks, I guess?"
For the ff7 one you can always just assume that it's powered by some type of Materia and that it flies through it's magical properties.
Also it's meant to clear tunnels of pests
In the FF7 remake it just kinda flies around at first almost like it's just waiting to keep working and all of a sudden catches a triple slash to the face, rough life
remake ff7 actually gave some good explanations for many of the monsters mostly the robots. The Robots they serve matance and security purposes for the most part. but they double as pest control.. the pests being the eldritch horrors the harvesting of the life stream creates. Disturbingly enough after the fall of the plate. you can see horrifying things making their way threw the hole above sector 7 while you're climbing to the shinra building. Its blink and you miss it. But there is some HUGE nightmareish things descending on midgar. The monsters around midgar are basicly Stalker/fallout mutants.
Yep, "because magic" the ultimate McGuffin
Most ridiculous boss ever, is my boss at work
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I did NOT expect this awesome joke 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 well done 👏🫵
Nice dad humor.
This caught my eye and i cracked up forgot what i was gonna comment lol.
Report to my office on Monday Tommy
Considering you only ever fight the Swordipede in Hojo's lab, I'd say it was a failed design prototype that he probably requisitioned as additional security. The bizarreness would probably appeal to him.
They picked this over the killer house so my faith in this list is already gone.
@Baxi Spellcheck bruv.
I thought it was pretty cool they way they were able to bring in enemies like this. I wouldn't necessarily say the Swordipede was jarring, at least not in a negative sense.
@@evanbelton1297 The planet itself created like 8 nukes upon Jenova's arrival. And still failed. There are god level threats on the planet and it itself is one. Maybe sword fish isn't to out of place.
"how it fly tho" Like literally everything else that flies using magic mixed with bio-engineering on this planet. Even the shit the planet itself made flies like that.
@@ChronicSkooma Exactly. Every Weapon was created by the planet/life stream in self-defense, and they look like giant mechs. Also when you think about it, Shinra should have little to no control. People can literally summon electricity on command with the Bolt spell, not to mention Ramuh. Granted, this is all tied to materia and the life stream. But I suppose that serves a social commentary for major corporations.
“Yeah, it’s nuts!” Actually, nuts are the one thing Mara doesn’t have, if we’re aiming for preciseness, here.
Yes it does. They r resting behind the wheels
Or maybe they just couldn't be so outright about it so the wheels are placeholders for nuts. So people who get it get it
@@JinYo265 no no. If u look at the 3D model of Mara u can see the testicles resting behind the wheels...scrotum and all
Preciseness also known as precision
Wario World does have weird looking bosses
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Thanks. It's a team effort.
Yeah, what he said.
So true. It’s a reason why they are the best game content channels
@@gameranxTV y’all hiring? Lol
yeah right, they might bring in the same game every now & then but never talk about the same details as before
Swordipede would work great as a forgotten relic in Subnautica, lurking somewhere on the ocean floor
Shh... They might hear you and add it to Subnautica 3 😱
@@Joreel Subnautica 3..stranded on a water park planet and subjected to submechanophobia.
That would be awesome!
Jinpachi's demonic form from Tekken 5 used to scare the crap out of me.
For the first one; if the sword blades can rotate 360 degrees, it could use that like a propeller. Wouldn't really explain how it got off the ground, but baby steps. Now, if they didn't put that in, they could add it in a patch and it would be the wind up to an AOE attack. Just a thought.
The adjudicator may be an awkward attempt at a deadly sin; Greed. If it's a shrine guardian meant to test the demon slayers and they fail so he eats them it could be a combo with pride. Both would explain his greater mass; the no head could be a blind point as in he doesn't see how greedy he really is - so it would also be an inverse criticism of his own flaws. Which as much as they've been the downfall of those before you, will also be his. Thinking just one more and I'll be strong enough... Then your MC comes along and, nope! I could also be entirely wrong and it's just some Dev with all the Lulz.
As far as the contra entry - there are a lot of Devs that end up in the family way during development. I'd argue abstract expression of internalized fears due to impending parenthood and how many things cannot be controlled in the process, that can go wrong. But again, I don't get paid as that guy/girl's psychotherapist. I'd probably be much better off if I did though. (I'd hate to see that bill; it'd make me jealous)
7 - copious amounts of LSD. That's all I got. How else would you make a hermit crab feel ten feet tall? o. O maybe we should just ask Alice? But then raccoons might get involved...
I think the harder you look at the rest; the closer you get to the abyss. So I throw my hands up. I don't think you're supposed to look for an explanation for some of these Devs' ideas.
Probably safer for your own sanity that way.
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I think you may be on to something (or possibly ON something). LSD, 'shrooms, real good ganja... sometimes you need a break that a KitKat won't provide, unless it's laced with copious amounts of cocaine or other various stimulants.
Lack of sleep, however, seems like the most logical explanation. I've seen stuff, unexplainable stuff, due to my inability to sleep properly. Mix that in with massive amounts of stress and coffee, or other simulants, and you got yourself a cocktail of commotion for the brain. Those devs put up with way more than they should!
i thought this was vaatividya
The guardian ape, once it’s head is off it’s the headless ape, WTF lol 😂
Mara actually makes a lot of sense. In the Persona games, enemy Shadows are manifestations of people's repressed emotions, including sins such as lust.
That's why other enemies include a big mouth (Gluttony), a golden knight on horseback (Pride) and various creatures wearing barely any clothes (Lust).
every demon in the SMT series is based off a mythological creature/person. Mara was based in sri lankan buddhism and was sometimes depicted with a penor growing out of his head. Buddist mythology was really into phallic representation. You should look up the korean folklore of where the common cold came from.
first time i seen Mara in the Shin/Persona games i was like its just a dick LOL still cant believe they got away with that
To add onto what taylor w said, mara is the demon that is supposed to have tempted buddha, and failed to sway him to earthly pleasure. As well, they explain in one of the games that the shadows appear as gods/demons because they are a manifestation of human consciousness, and humans have worshiped stuff as long as human have existed. For the out of game reason, it is probably that having a character to base something on makes the design much easier then coming up with hundreds of new, unique characters with story and consistent design.
@@Gamerboi99 Mara's name is also very similar to an old Japanese slang word for penis.
The name comes from a buddhist demon, yes, but the visual design is based on the fact that its name also means penis in Japanese. This is taken one step further by having it resemble a wheeled shrine, possibly a reference to the Kanamara penis festival.
Senator Armstrong from Metal Gear Rising will always be my most WTF Boss in gaming. lol
Nano Machine’s Son!
Man, The psycho mantis controller slot swap thing in MGS1 stands out to me.
You knows it’s gonna be a good video when falcon is hosting it
Sonic 1's final boss definitely wasn't that memorable as say, the Death Egg Robot, Metal Sonic from Heroes, Egg dragoon from Unleashed, or pretty much every other boss in the series. But it was the 1st game, so I'm thankful the bosses got better with each game.
Sonic's 1 first boss fight is more memorable than the final one XD
Dark souls fan: no, wait, these bosses are fully explained with the lore you missed on 234 items lying in 20 different locations that totally described them with one-sentenced abstract poetry
Get this man a pinned comment!
For me, Genji: Days of the Blade on PS3 had the most outrageous/insane boss I've ever fought against. The final boss was Amahagane & Mashogane combined and it created this nearly 2 hour slog of pain I will never forget.
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What about the egg from Burgertime? That thing was brutal until you busted out your huge pepper shaker! 🍔 🥚 🫑
@@gameranxTV dad is that u?
Genji great
In the 1987 Star Wars game you fight Darth Vader very early in the game. Except after one hit that "Darth Vader" turns into a scorpion that you then have to fight
And speaking of phallic boss battles. I can't help but to think of Scrotus Scabbus from Mad Max....who should have also been on this list
As a guy who beat the game 3 times (I LOVE THAT GAME). "The winter Winster" is the biggest WTF in the entire game.
NOTE: You also fight a female croc in a two sexy two-piece, A chess piece, a bodybuilder bull in a speedo, and a military-grade spider (Trust me: I'm not high right now).
Also, can we PLEASE get another Wario world!? That game was too good.
I always found the fight against Palmer in FF7 kinda weird.
You have fought gigantic beasts and killer robots up to that point and now here is a old, chubby, politician with a weird gun for a boss.
Okay then...
The first thing that popped in my mind was Cerberus from Dante's Inferno. Cerberus is usually a three headed dog in mythology. But this is some sort of three headed creature that has giant mouths with huge teeth and no resemblance to a dog at all. Also where it should have eyes, it just has more small mouths. So yeah, that was weird. In a game full of some pretty weird bosses.
The weirdest i've ever seen is Rokkaku Goji in JSRF. I mean, he starts the game off as a businessman and ends as some kind of interdimensional robot. Who built him, was there ever a real Goji or was it always the robot, and how is he able to construct a massive mind-control tower/interdimensional portal in the middle of the shibuya bus terminal without either the Japanese government or some other organization taking notice and stopping him? Just, some kind of explanation as to what this guy was would have been greatly appreciated.
Yep jet set radio was just as weird
You fight atop of a building sized turntable with go go cages for needles and the bad guy in a DJ booth in the centre
on top of a skyscraper
with Rino heads on forks tea baging up and down in the background while huge speakers blast out a very ominous track
While you get set on fire by a giant fire breathing Rino in a tee shirt that flys around between buildings
That explodes after taging three roof tops connected by huge rotating cams or arms
Who's dismembered body parts make a ramp to grind up and tag the big bad guy DJ who is in the centre of the turntable who instantly falls off the roof top into the abyss
And all this is because of an Indy record called the devil's contract that's not even supernatural
I think that's about it 🤣
@@bluejayfabrications2216 HA! I'll have to take your word for it, i never played the original, but i have no problems believing that.
I have no idea what you’re talking about, but from your description and how you’re talk about it I can tell it was one of the most bizarre shit in gaming history.
At least Mara was in a game that was about fighting abstractions of peoples' inner demons inside a dream world. Within that framework, nothing is really out of bounds no matter how batshit.
The idea of why the swordipede is a thing, can be discovered in the game. The original and remake
Shinra isn't just a modern day weapons development/power company.
Research and development (ran by Hojo. The immoral Baby Daddy scientist), has been experimenting on the lifestreams energy as well as the calamity known as Jenova. Yielding machines like these, as well as some of the monsters throughout FFVII
It's....one of the essential revelations in the entire story 😅🤌🏾
My actual boss needs an explanation too.
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Looking at Swordipede, I'd argue it's used for mining/lumber! Maybe it's light anti-grav, or perhaps some sort of helium/light gas in each of the central components... *think, muse, ponder*
Take care Falcon, you sound tired. Get some rest from games and videos.
I love when boss designs don't make sense yet just works. It feels more like a fantasy game at that point.
I really liked the last boss for Kingdom Hearts 1. It was really fun to me and was just wild.
Every video can’t be a winner, but I appreciate the effort y’all put into new videos.
That boss in Kingdom Hearts used to have me HOT back in the day 😂 I never played a Final Fantasy game then so I had no idea why that thing looked the way it did nor why it was so many steps to beating it
I feel you bruh never played ff b4 then either
Love how almost all games are developed by japanese companies 😂
Admittedly this might be a bit of a nitpick on my part, but considering where you encounter the swordipede seems more likely to be one of Hojos creations which likely means it's mako and/or biotech based one way or another, and having played most of the 7 series, yea lol not the craziest thing Hojos done/made. You could look at Hojo as "Shin-ra" but if you really follow the story hojo was always about his agenda, he even openly mocks the Shin-ra execs. That said, love you guys keep up the awesome work Falcon
this may sound a little random, but i like how the huge hermit is not only considered the strangest boss in metal slug, but ever since their collaboration with battle cats has been considered the single worst uber super rare unit in the entire game.
Interesting fact about Warioworld.
The final boss was for some reason messed with for all non Japanese releases and just had literally all of its phases cut out.
Imagine the Swordipede heading towards a building and just ripping it to shreds just by moving through it… it’s an awesome design that you are overlooking by acknowledging some dislikes about it
8:54 One correction: The F-6t Big Foot is actually piloted by a GUN Scorpion Troop, not Dr. Eggman.
Another Ridiculous Boss from the Sonic series that I remember is the Egg Dealer from Shadow The Hedgehog: A pilotable machine with slot machines reels that if player knows when to attack, the attacks will be directed to the machine itself.
I played shadow the hedgehog ad I can confirm that boss is weird
> Mentions Mario Odyssey
> Doesn't discuss that Mario fights a legitimately normal dragon
12:15 You should've save that "Nope" meme for when you said "Obviously we don't need to say a lot about this."
There is no way the Shin Megami Tensei one isn't a dick. You can't just call something that looks like that the "Throbbing King of Desire" and expect people to not think that
Should see how he looks in original Demons Souls 😝 and the squeaky sound he makes lol 😅
Mara is based off of one of the Demon's that tempts the buddha, specifically when it comes to sexual desire. The demon actually shares the same name and the "phallus shaped head" with the Shin Megami Tensei enemy (which is one of the reoccurring ones btw).
My personal pick would be the Biolizard/Final Hazard from Sonic Adventure 2. The game doesn't explain shit about why this weird lizard thing is the "ultimate lifeform". And then it metastasizes to the Space Colony Ark, and then Sonic and Shadow go Super Saiyan to fight a space colony lizard fusion as it hurtles towards earth while butt rock plays.
SA 2 is a great game.
Apparently, as Shadow is the real "Ultimate Lifeform", the Biolizard was meant to be a prototype before they decided to make a superfast hedgehog... Shadow even says something along the lines of "Get out of here, you ugly prototype!" when you beat it...
I'm happy they mentioned one of my favorites childhood arcade shooters
Wow metal slug 3 was one of my favorite games I'm just surprised the floatin aliens boss from the series didn't make the list.
With the FF7 stuff, I mean for all that we know the machines could be powered by some unique materia. The world of the game might feel real, but they have something we don't, magic.
"They make a good point of showing that ff7 takes place in a realistic setting."
You can summon a half naked woman who shoots ice
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What, you don't shoot ice when you're half naked as well? It's just me, then.
Shinra didn’t make the 🎉SWORDIPEDE🎉 so much as Hojo did. Hojo is one of those nerds that feels like things like ethics in science just hold back progress, and from there makes the leap to “the less ethical I am, the better science I do” and proceeds to just… make ludicrous nonsense that causes way more trouble than it helps. The man injected ancient alien cells into his unborn child, under some wildly incorrect assumptions, almost ending the world. He tried to make Aerith MATE WITH A DOG in the original, if I recall he tried to facilitate this by turning on a machine than made a high pitch whine and gave them headaches and rashes. He’s an absolute mad lad and the swordipede is, all in all, very tame by his standard.
The Great Mighty Poo from Conker’s Bad Fur Day is the one that has always done it for me, can’t top that
The Persona one in the bonus is actually based on a myth. Every summon is based on mythological entities across the world
Almost every single boss from Contra: The Hard Corps needs a lot of explaining
I'm surprised none of the bosses from Altered beast made it into this selection
Or shiskaboss from kid chameleon.
Mako energy has mutative effects to all things on midgard. (Hey, I'm rationalizing ova hur, and ya chose this over the horror house?) lol
I think the final boss (God of Destruction) from an old game called "Legend of Dragoon" is without a doubt the most confusing boss design I've ever encountered...in terms of looks, the mechanics of the fight, and even the location(s?) where the fight takes place.
To explain the details would take a lot of writing, but there are so many strange things about that final boss that come out of nowhere, make 0 sense, and never get any explanation. I don't think the devs even knew wtf they were trying to do with that one lol.
He's remaking the universe lol it's batshit, but it is explained, also on the Persona 5 dick, that's also pretty easy to get, again it's still batshit, but the battiness is one of the things I love about those games haha.
@@nerdrocker89 Where does the game say he's remaking the universe? I've beat it like 8 times, and never found any explanation for the boss changing forms/scenery 4x, nor any explanation for what the various "generations" are, why they're changing, or what that even means.
@@themetalone7739 it's discussed throughout the game the big bad's desires to remake the universe in their own image. I could be remembering it wrong since I haven't played it since I played it over 20 years ago.
@@alwaysxnever Melbu Frahma's goal was to release the God of Destruction so it could destroy the world, which could then be remade in whatever way the villain wanted.
Immediately after the fight, the entire party AND boss are suddenly shown in the normal world (which would be impossible if the villain just remade the universe/world) followed by the boss exploding while everyone else rushes out of the fallen moon before it blows up. We are then treated to cut-scenes showing the heroes returning home, and their "happily ever after" moments, which also couldn't happen if the world had been remade in the villain's image.
It's more like the boss is trying to show us something during the fight, maybe flashbacks of the development of the world, but even that doesn't quite make sense, in context.
@@themetalone7739 They explain the moon has weird properties in the game, it makes as much sense as ff7's supernova move, so none lol.
I loved the Abjudicator's design because it was the creepiest one at that point of my first run. I had only beaten 1-1, 1-2, and 2-1 at that time, so when I entered the Abjudicator's arena and saw that morbid mass of fuck down there I was like "Nope!"... then he swipped at me with his tongue and knocked me down anyway... and I panicked... and then double panicked when I realized my scared swipes were just bouncing on his fat and doing jack shit..... I miss that sensation of playing DeS the first time
Mara from the Shin Megami Tensei games is exactly what it looks like.
Weird enemy in a Wario game? Yes sir, the sky is blue. This is a breath or two mentioning this is one of Wario's only 3D titles. Buzzfeed tier editing.
The bonus at the end: "Throbbing King of Desire". I'm done. 😄😅
contra games are so underrated and dont get enough love
Swordipede is like stuff in red faction. Made to dig trenches then they realized "Wow, this would fuck someone up?!" xD
I'm convinced they told Falcon to do these voice-over merely 5 minutes after he wakes up. I mean, why so sleepy, dude?
With Number 1 being what it was, I'm surprised you didn't include a shout out to Legendary Wings for the NES. Because that was a game full of number 1 look-alikes, and from an earlier game too if I'm not mistaken
When you said FF7 Remake I legit thought you were going to mention the Hell House in Corneo's Colosseum. Like. It's a friggin house.
i think that these surreal bosses are my favorite part about these games, they need more of these
The FF7 Swordipede is probably put there for a funny call back specifically.
Recently came back to this because I remembered a really out of there boss. In the game Radiata Stories, a JRPG for the PS2, there is a boss in the secret dungeon that is just completely out of place. So the dungeon is themed on the different elements of the game Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind. At the end of each section you fight an elemental dragon. When you beat all four you unlock a new path which leads you to a 'hidden' dragon. At first you may think it is the Silver Dragon or maybe the Gold Dragon, it is neither. You find Radian. Radian is a 2D dragon that literally was created by a child. It is also one of the harder bosses of the game. It has belly flop attacks and attacks with speech bubbles. Radiata Stories isn't necessarily a serious game but this is one of the fights that really came out of left field. I will also mention the Gabriel boss fight in a later hidden dungeon but that is more awkward than batshit insane.
Damn seeing the donkey Kong game just gave me such nostalgic memories of those kinds of games, I want to play them now lol
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The sword eel thing shouldve had the body segments spin constantly making it look round whenever it straightened out and charged ya. Only going flat when lurking around for another opportunity. Give it some actual movement that makes sense offensively blades couldve even extended and stuff turned at different angles woudlve been wicked looking then.
Metal Slug Crab Tank makes sense, crab is defending its home. Also, surprised no God Hand bosses were mentioned, they got some weirdoes in that game.
The crab just kills me 😹
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Monster Party for the NES. Except it's not just the bosses, but the entire game itself is an unexplained wtf.
You fight a dancing jack o lantern, a well, a minotaur that shoots running cows at you, an already dead dinosaur with flies buzzing around that immediately gives you the reward, a giant deep fried shrimp that just hops around.
That's just the bosses I remember, but also the levels, enemies, story and ending are all massive WTFs
Many of these are long, phallic, snake-like creatures. Gotcha. 😂
The boss Vicus from Clive Barker's Jericho is fkn wild
Why don’t people talk about that game anymore?
Wario World definitely deserves a remake or bring the G.Cube version on switch it was done with Treasure Games which doesn't exist no more hopefully someone takes the helm and steps up this game is a cult hidden gem & gives me Nostalgia
You should definitely check out 『超兄貴 Super Big Brother』 on Saturn and PS1
My first reaction to KH1's final boss was literally thinking "in all my years playing Final Fantasy... Wtf is this SquareEnix?"
The Contra boss could have been in a Rick and Morty episode, so does the name of it
The demon souls boss has a bird on its head,,
Where have I seen that before!
The Adjudicator might be an Inu Yasha reference if I am not completely mistaken. There also was a bird demon nesting inside a giant's corpse relatively at the beginning of the series.
Reliquary of Souls in World of Warcraft. In a game with dragons and demons you get a giant head that screams and cries and makes you feel bad for it.
You (falcon) should do a top 10 list of either best dressed game characters or coolest game outfits OR dumbest of the 2
-a humble request from a designer
What about the weird giant baby & the super tall lady bosses from resident evil village? 🤔🤷🏻♂️
Oh and the half man half turbine dude too! No explanation how he came about either 🤔
4:04 How does it close it's mouth with those giant fangs? Would it not hurt?
*Shows footage of how the thing closes it's mouth without hurting itself*
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest also had Kleever, the floating sword.
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Not that the whole game isn't weird and almost entirely inexplicable without the help of a wiki, Nier: Automata has an...interesting...final boss: the ending credits. At the end of the game you are in an Atari Asteroids-style shmup where you are fighting glowing orbs made out of the credited team names. More interesting still is that you can request the assistance of other players who have sacrificed their save games, then leaving you with the option to do the same.
yep. also the final bosses from Drakengard-1. it's uuugh. something you should see
Every enemy from every Darius game.
How about the Mutoid Man and Evil M.C. from Smash T.V. for the NES? Top half is a man, and the lower half is a tank! Oh, did I mention that they have laser eyes too?
Wondering what the background tune is for the #1 pick? Can't get it out of my head.
That first boss you showed for how many things eggman put out wasn't his, it was an opponent from G.U.N, the same people that took his great grandfather
What's with Japanese games and psycho-sexual imagery ... is there some weird oppression going on there that is released in their creative pursuits??
The Swordepede has a perfectly good use to Shin-ra. Do Recall before this era of "peace" Shin-ra was at war with Wutai. Wutai, a pastiche of every far-eastern country, has Jungles, huge chasms, and a great number of mountain ranges. A flying blade covered remote controlled or automated robot would be able to clear the Jungle, won't fall into pits and can traverse even the winding bridges from mountain to mountain. It's perfect and built to Purpose.
It's not sarcophagous head. It's sacrophageous head. Sacrophageous basically translate to "religion eater"
Can you please at least show box art of each game or the name of the game in text on screen when you're introducing the games on these lists?
Gynoug. I've never heard of this game or seen it in action and I was pleasantly surprised by how good the pixel art looks from the footage shown but... how am I supposed to guess what this game's title is or how it is spelled just by Falcon's pronunciation of the game name which happens to be a fictional made-up word that I (and probably most people) have never heard or seen? TH-cam Closed Captions/CC called it "Genug" and "Chanuk" while transcribing Falcon's reading. Googling both terms resulted in nothing even close to relevant to this game.
11:38 I honestly don't know wtf you're talking about. That's DEFINITELY a penis.