A couple of fun details that came up after upload: -Turns out that it wasn't Helmasaur King that I chose for LttP last time. I actually chose the Dark Links. Even with that context, I still say Trinexx is better and Helmasaur King is still a worthy runner up. -It didn't dawn on me until I started editing that it was the fairy in Phantom Hourglass that was controlling the hammer, but I wanted to do the Hammerspace Hazbin edit so bad that I kept my silly confusion in anyway. -The six cameos that showed up for the SIX FREAKING STAGES callback were Mechassault Man, Quarter Guy, Josh Scorcher, Destiny Dragon Gino, ComicFoil, and Aramau the Fiery Secretary, in case anyone was wondering. Overall I'm super proud of this video and it's a great showcase of how far I've come, but I clearly still have a lot of room to improve and I plan on doing so. Here's to more adventures!
And what a countdown it was, it definitely shows how you've grown and evolved over the years, but we both know your remastered countdown lists ain't done yet, you still gotta do Top 10 Ninjas
Your take on Zant is extremely good. I feel like way too many people, reviewers especially, miss the point of his character. Twilight Princess is about power and responsibility, neither of which Zant had. He wanted power so badly that he was willing to sell his soul to some higher power, and when he got it, he just put a facade of what he thinks a tyranical ruler should be. But ultimately, that power still wasn't his, and he never had what it took to be king. When I fought Zant as teen, I loved it because it was wild and unique and fun. Now as an adult, I love it because it tells the entire story of his character and his downfall, *and* all the former factors.
45:50 "C'mon coach! I was aiming for a home run, but I keep hitting fowls!" OH MY GOD! I busted out laughing hearing this pun! This was your best one ever! Keep it up!
Oscar you forgot to mention one of the most important parts of the Monk Maz Koshia fight. Just like with the Yiga warriors you can distract Koshia with bananas.
In phantom hourglass, link doesn’t use the hammer… his fairy companion does! Someone’s been eating their singular wheatie! She’d have some more, but she’s full.
I'm so happy Twilight Princess was number one. That game is my favorite in the series and one of my favorite games period. I also love how you dissected Zant's fight. To me, Zant was someone who by the end was at the end of his rope. He had been built up by this new power and was so confident throughout, but over the course of the game, you've torn away his control bit by bit, making his confidence wain more and more. By the time you fight him in the Twilight Realm, he knows he's lost his power but can't accept it. So he tries his best to use whatever power Ganondorf gave him he has left, but when that doesn't work, he basically says, "SCREW THIS! I'M DONE WITH YOUR BULLSHIT!!!" and just goes bananas. He's at the end of his rope with nowhere to go but is so critically insane and desperate that he quite literally throws every bit of himself at you, screaming like a madman. Man, I love Zant.
I'll bet Tears of the Kingdom will be getting some love. But Stallord from Twilight Princess, Twinrova from Ocarina of Time and Ghirahim from Skyward Sword are great choices too.
stallord is my personal fave among the TP bosses, but i think it's purely based on design (tho his second phase is genuinely so fun to go through) like dude is a giant skeleton of some dinosaur, ofc i'm gonna love it
As someone who's been watching countdowns in this community since they practically began, the "IN THE FACE" and "how many phases" was such a good throwback
Something i find fascinating about Twilight Princess is it seems to use Twilight in a interesting way, the people of the Twilight realm definitely seem content in a Quid-pro-quo mentality/Lifestyle (i do X for you and you do Y for me) and i love that the people between light and dark are seemingly Morally Grey, even midna is not exempt, she only helps link out of the dungeon to more or less force him to help her. And Zant has this too, he IS the antagonist for the Entire game until nearly the end when ganondorf is revealed as only then ganon makes his first true appearance, and i feel Zant did have if only a sliver of it some of ganon's magic left but didn't use it out of fear (a magic based safety blanket) which is very important when you think to after beating ganondorf, he tries the same trick from his failed execution when he killed the sage, this time zant shows up cracks his neck and ganon keels over, Why? Picture this, here you are fighting with the power a divine being has gifted you, but you lose to a being who is in ways your equal a man blessed by the divine, this was a potential outcome, you KNEW that. The outcome you did NOT see was this same warrior toppled for all purposes what was SUPPOSED to be unshakeable, the very god who gifted you your power, and then something not even the most sacrilegious would even think of, this GOD is asking for YOUR Help, YOUR Power, to beat a MORTAL who you could have possibly lost too but your god losing was unfathomable , thus you reject the request and leave this false god to his fate. Zant's faith was not just shaken, it was utterly annihilated, he saw the true face of his god, and instead of giving that power to Spite link, he chooses to be the bigger man and refuses, effectively making Zant the one to ACTUALLY kill ganondorf but the people of both worlds will never know as he is still the source of their plight and was presumably only visible to ganondorf. But that single scene shows a LOT about him, hes a guy who understands that he made an immense mess by paving the way to ganondorf's reign, hes here to help start the clean-up by removing the biggest thing first, the source of the entire problem.
Really great video! It definitely lived up to that Worst Bosses list from a year or two ago. And the final 4 segments really got me hyped just from you describing just why each was so awesome in their own way. It's nice when you can put into words why something like the Zant fight is simultaneously so goofy, so pathetic, and yet- weirdly epic regardless.
The no final bosses rule made me sad that we didn't see the fight vs Ganondorf in Tears of the Kingdom on this. I would argue it is the best final boss in the series aside from Wind Waker.
14:39: "Oh man, wait 'til I tell my friends in the Shire that I killed a Sea Urchin." I seem to recall the lamentation about the idea in your Worst Zelda Bosses List. Surprised and amused to see the change.
I know I'm late. I've been on vacation. But here we are! 20. Yeah this thing is one of the stand-outs from that game, even in the remake. 19. To think this inspired many incarnations including one in the most recent addition. 18. Flame Shield up! Wait that doesn't work against lightning! Crap! 17. This was no surprise given your worst bosses countdown. 16. The sea urchin fight that rocks! This is how you do a remade fight! 15. This one I actually remember from the last list. 14. Yeah I miss seeing him too. 13. The surprise here was that it was so low. 12. This one was no surprise. 11. This game was good I agree. I would have gone with the lady but your choice works too. 10. Well well a boss I had no idea about. I blaim Moldorm. 9. Not a surprise here and I agree, these games are underappreciated. 8. I'm sensing a pattern with the DS bosses. 7. Eh stalblind is more memorable for me but I do appreciating glowing up an old classic. 6. I'm actually in agreement. I went for this guy first and it was an adrenaline rush the whole time. 5. Another choice that isn't surprising. And finally a gyorg that doesn't suck! 4. I can understand your pick but gosh dang it I love Molgera's theme too much. 3. I honestly think this was the better reward than the motorbike. And that's saying something! 2. Another surprise that isn't one and while I do like Koloktos more, this guy makes an impression. 1. The more things change the more they stay the same. Honestly Blizzetta's the best for me with this guy right behind.
Leaving a comment without spoiling 20. This guy is smart a few times with decoys 19. Glad this monster comes back, its challenging back then and super challenging today. 18. Thohou Zelda 17. Teamwork is mandatory 16. Be carful or you are your own worst enemy in the fight 15. Thers actually a clever foreshadowing in the room before on how to defeat it 14. This villian uses its powers well, hes present towards the very beginning of the timeline, but only shows up in just one timeline then killed off 13. Gotta love villians that leave a presence through the dungeon 12. Why does this beast need to be frozen? Still fun chase 11. This beast is fun, just dont let your friends suck 10. You are given a warning to bring a magic potion just to fight this thing 9. This guy was shown in the commercial presentations 8. What was this thing alive, at least its fun to fight 7. This guy uses its arena right 6. Nintendo was proud to make this one 5. These creatures give a fun high sky fight that feels high 4. This fight is personal to the story 3. Drop some bananas on the floor, im serious 2. Best villian ever 1. Another best villian ever, its no wonder on Hyrule Warriors that 1 and 2 were placed in the game
Something that should be done if they do a faithful remake of Zelda 1 is Clarity on Digdogger by adding a single new cave for the hint which is "Digdogger hates harmony of all kinds" (maybe with a picture as many newer fans will not know what he is) but the harmony in question is referring to musical harmony (something that isnt actually at play due to zelda being a solo game but the point is music) and it functions as a direct and indirect hint, it narrows it down but is still open enough to feel proud about figuring it out, while also allowing the "fight" to remain unchanged for the hardcore fans, he also is in my opinion closer to mini-boss level of monster (darknut, lynel, or talus. lynel even has the color=strength idea from the other standard foes and hinox in botw/totk) as outside of OoS he seems a random enemy dropped on you from nowhere rather then a dungeon boss. His difficulty is entirely artificial due to lack of Clarity and your just trying to find the answer as when you have it hes an utter joke. If a remade zelda 1 happens they could add a "challenge mode" little challenges that arent important to the main game at all like in pikmin 2, one challenge could be your in a room full of strong enemies and a digdogger when the challenge starts the recorder is used automatically and digdogger is immediately vulnerable, seems easy the puzzle was done for you, you gotta just finish it, heres the kicker, in links awakening there was a puzzle where you had to beat three enemies in a certain order and here digdogger is LAST, if you kill digdogger before all the others are gone you have to restart the challenge so his vulnerability is actually an impediment as now your dealing with idk a pair of ghoma, gleeok and now this small eyeball is bouncing around where if you kill it you immediately lose and gleeok is also a chaotic fight, things are flying everywhere and whos to say you wont confuse the digdogger for a fireball and shoot thinking your safe? A full on awareness challenge of keep your eye on this small creature while projectiles are flying at you at the same time.
Even eleven years after I started watching your videos, it is still a gift whenever you upload one of your incredible countdowns. Thanks for being here, Green Scorpion. God bless you
4:42 “Eeels.” Is perfect. Good SpongeBob reference placement. It WAS right at the beginning, but hey. Better than have to say “Not a fake, not a fake, not a fake” grabbing a fake and groaning and going “Fake?!” I would have done that during that fight. I’d do that as a bonus SpongeBob reference, replicating his “Escalators, escalators, escalators” chant from that same episode.
Minish Cap is my nostalgic favorite Zelda game, as well as being among the first I ever played. It was my first exposure to Zelda outside the timeline of the OG (my first were Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, and the Oracle Games) and I love every part of the game. Ironically, the Gyorg fight was the hardest for me as a kid, and I hated it so much that I didn’t actually finish the game until my first year of college. I'm glad to see the game get some love and JUST FREAKING REMAKE IT, NINTENDO, AGGHHHH
I really wish the other TOTK bosses had the same musical attention as Colgera. Imagine Mucktorok with hints of Barinade and Bottom of the Well to remind you of OoT and Ruto, Seized Construct with hints of Ancient Cistern and Ghirahim's theme to remind you of Fi and SS, Queen Gibdo with hints of Stallord and the Palace of Shadow to remind of Midna and TP, and Marbled Gohma with hints of Veran, Onox, and the Twinrova (or some third mystery motif to hint at Oracle remakes coming next and Mystical Seed of Courage finally being a full game Nintendo pLEASE-) representing the flames of sorrow destruction and despair, and reminding of the Oracles Din, Nayru, and Farore.
One thing you can try during Maz Koshia’s fight during the clone phase: use the camera. The camera scans enemies that can be added to the compendium, and the monk counts as a humanoid enemy.
Never would have thought to view Zant throught the perspective of being a pawn with more power than they know to do with, makes an already awesome fight even better. I would love to see a LoZ final boss fight list in the future, if only so I can hear someone gush about ToTK's final boss
One of the things that I absolutely loved about the boss fights in tears of the kingdom. Oddly enough, they felt like the only boss fights in all of the legend of Zelda series except for maybe a few, In which you felt like you were actually saving the day by defeating these bosses. With the other boss fights in the series, they felt more like you’re taking them down to take with their guarding. And that’s the only reason why you’re there in that particular temple. But with tears of the kingdom as you’re fighting each boss, it feels like you were actually saving each region. But this is especially true with Colgor. Maybe it’s thanks to the dragon roost theme playing as your battling. But you really feel like you were taking on massive beasts to save peoples lives. They don’t feel like it’s a coincidence that you’re saving people on your quest. And when it came to me in the fight, I had unintentionally made things harder for myself. Because I thought I needed to use bomb arrows, and fire arrows to break the ice on the bosses, weak points. So when I fired that last bomb arrow I had. That was when the dragon roost theme started playing. And it’s just made the whole thing feel so epic.
I love the comment about Helmaroc's wings. However, when it comes to eating a boss I hate the most, I'd rather go with a medium-rare T-bone made from a certain notorious gym leader's Miltank.
I'm glad you gave Zant a fairer shake than most have done in the past. I actually really like Zant, not as the main bad guy and final boss, but *as* that puppet to the bigger bad, and didn't think his mental breakdown at the penultimate dungeon was nearly as bad as others have made it out to be. Would I have preferred if Ganondorf got more foreshadowing than basically shoving him into the plot at the halfway mark? Sure, but Zant really made for a menacing, constant presence before then, and wasn't really shoved aside nearly as much as I've seen people complain. Also the final boss with Ganondorf was awesome, just as good as Wind Waker in my opinion.
The first time I fought a gleeok was in TOTK in a side mission to rescue Zelda's golden steed. It's bosses like that which make noobs like me realize, "I should strengthen up a bit if I wanna tussle with this bruiser." The only thing scarier than a gleeok in that game are the Phantom Ganons #gloomdamage #bombfloweraresenal
I've watched a lot of your countdowns, and I can definitely see the improvement as time went on. Not saying your first videos were bad, but as someone once involved in creative arts, that kind of growth can't be faulted. Great job. Think you might rank the Zelda final bosses? Even if most of them would be Ganon, I think it'd be interesting.
19:44 This is why I prefer Vaati in the manga. He stuck to his guns and actually learned his lesson, in spite of everything that he did. And even reconciles with the man who influenced him to do what he did in the first place. But then again, this is Minish Cap Vaati and not Four Swords Vaati, and this was written a decade or so later with hindsight.
If the Zelda Final Boss Ranking is created, Number 1 has to be Majora from Majora's Mask due to being the most creative and versatile and having the perfect atmosphere and buildup!
I must confess that to dumb 10 year old me when fighting Goht it didn't even occur to me to put on the Goron Mask and chase him, I did the painful, patience testing arrow method mentioned here!
Am I the only person who doesn’t remember him putting Helmesaur king as his Link to the past pick in the original video? I could’ve sworn it was the Dark links
I just have to posit a theory, with the similarities between molgera and colgera, name aside. What do we see Molgera as, possibly a giant grub, and colgera being a giant insect this may be completely obvious but couldn't Colgera just be an older version of molgera after the latter evolved? Just wondering out loud. BTW Zant was my favorite villain as a child and he stills holds that title now, and his boss fight is hectic but also fun, the ice section still kicks ass if you can time the music to his roar when dropping from the air, sorry for the long tirade
I don't agree with every part of the list (wich is fine I mean different opinions), but I will say.. Zant being the best boss is just true. He basically is a FINAL BOSS before the FINAL BOSS. A true PENULTIMATE BOSS! He feels like he rounds up LINKS personal skills and items where as Ganondorf in Twilight princess, rounds out ALL OF LINKS SKILLS! Zant is just an amazing boss fight overall! And I will say he is gonna be hard to beat in the upcoming years of releases. Still nothing in my opinion tops Twilight Princess as a Zelda game in boss fights and dungeons. Link between worlds is great too! My top 2 zelda games. (Sorry I don't think BOTW and TOTK are the best Zelda games, they are infant games with amazing potential.) But.. Twilight Princess is the perfection of Ocarina of Time with a few possiblities to grow. And Link Between Worlds is the perfection of Link to the Past (With some improvement possible). This is why I think BOTW/TOTK are great in setting up HUGE ADVENTURES! The Zelda team played with their mechanics and concepts... now there is one more game needed to perfect the formula in boss and dungeon design as well as field bosses. Wich is what exicts me the most. And I'll be honest.. ToTK is a step in the wrong direction for the formula on the basic levels. But it did show masive improvements over BOTW.. I just tihnk BOTW is better. Anyway... In 10 years... I think someone will topple Zant. By simple taking what works in Twilight princess dungeons and bosses and... applying that to BOTW/TOTK.
I was thinking about the Legend of Zelda Oracle games. Would they be considered one game or two separate games? I'm dying to know. Since unlike the mainline Pokemon in which they are identical, but with a few minor chances between versions. Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages have Link go to completely different worlds altogether.
What is the point of making this countdown list if your just gonna talk about the same games and have the same opinions as everybody else. Enough with the zelda series already.
fun fact! when i first played totk, i was stupid and did not consider shooting colgera's weak points. i defaulted to the skydiving strategy. this made the fight significantly harder, since i kept getting hit by the spikes trying to make it through, but also *significantly* more fun. using arrows did not occur to me until i saw a countdown complaining colgera was too easy because that's all you had to do. bonus fun fact: when i first beat zant, i said out loud "holy shit that was GREAT" and dedicated a save slot specifically for fighting him because it was so much fun. good times thank you for the great video, i remember watching the original YEARS ago and really enjoying it. i'm so glad that i'm still here all these years later!
I love the skydiving strategy for this fight. Would've made my bowless challenge run pretty much impossible if you couldn't slam your face into all his fragile parts lol
Oh yeah I can easily see that fight being near the top of someone's final boss list. The amount of "oh shit" moments us veteran fans get when certain mechanics show up is so good. The reaction I had to my Hylian Shield nearly breaking after like 3 fucked up parries was something else.
@@Triforce_of_Doom And I know that alot of people complain about TotK's story and portrayal of Ganondorf, but right before the fight he had this one line that some people would consider cliche, but to me and how I interpreted it, it made things PERSONAL.
@@slateoffate9812 honestly the big thing that hurts Tears Ganondorf's overall story is that the translation effectively left out his motive of believing natural strength is the way to go & thus he resented the Zonai for relying on technology. They basically turned which aspect of the Triforce he represents into his motive & the translation cut most of that.
Lemme lay it out on the table real quick: He can perfect dodge your attacks, his gloom projectiles can decay your weapons and shields down to their last hit, his healthbar straight up doubles in length when in his Demon King form, he can swipe your arrows away with his arm, he can permanantly destroy your hearts, and he can perfect dodge your flurry rushes. Yeah, I can totally buy that this guy is powerful enough to ravage ancient Hyrule and create Calamity Ganon.
"Wait till I tell my friends in the shire that I killed a sea urchin!" Let's see. I see ComicFoil, Josh and Ari, Quarter Guy, Wambu... Who are the others?
And i never had a problem with the Temple of the Ocean king cuz i just got good at planning ahead and know a lot of tricks Its not a good idea to try to rush I do think if u do top 20 worse bosses Cyclok would still be worst in the game Don’t know how u think about the 3 phase Bellum battle though At least its better then Breath of the Wild’s Ganon fight
things i'll never understand - shooting arrows at colgera when its clear that the devs wanted us to dive through his weak points.... and also, that sooooo cooool
Let me be honest, Zant is my favorite Zelda character, even tho I'm not one for Zelda. I didn't watch the og vid, and I was just PRAYING Zant would get high up. But seeing the number 2 put shock into me knowing, that TP hasn't been mentioned yet. AND MY GOD I'M SURE GLAD WE DIDN'T! MY BOY GOT THE RECOGNITION HE DESERVES! BRING BACK ZANT PLEASE!!!
Same here. I'd learned by accident beforehand that you could just jump/dive into ice to break it, so it never even occurred to me when fighting Colgera to pull out the bow.
Man how long has it been since the old list? Little over 10 years just about? Man I'm getting old. Anyhoo I really love the Zelda series and like many great franchises the bosses for the most part are pretty epic. Looking forward to some old and new entries for this list.
Zelda Boss time! Here are my brief thought on each Entry 20: Good Ol' Slime Eel. I remember getting to his dungeon being more of a pain than again I was like 8-11 at the time. 19: An eight bit Hydra, done better in later games but nice to see the OG. 18: Thunder, Thunder, Thunderbird! Never played the game. 17: The big plant is BACK! And he wants to see how your teamwork is. 16: Magnet on! This how to get a puzzle boss a fun gimmick back in the day. 15: Many Hands makes a cool boss. 14: The Wind Minish Mage is back and he did need another phase. 13: The Gerudo Witches here to Flame and Freeze Link to the Bone. 12: GORON RACING! or Fire Arrows... GORON RACING! 11: ICE SNAKE! My buddy and I did great against him. 10: Triple Element turtle snake 9: MY MAN EOX! Time to Drop the Hammer! 8: Sand bending to beat this bony monsters 7: A fabulous rematch! 6: Shout out to the Man on the Internet version this bosses theme! 5: SKY RAY! Love these Manta Ray Monsters. 4: Time to kick some bird butt! RAISE YOUR HAMMER! 3: The Kung Fu Master Mummy 2: The Dragon who stole the show! 1: The Mad Twili Usurper at the top with his Hexafold fight!
A couple of fun details that came up after upload:
-Turns out that it wasn't Helmasaur King that I chose for LttP last time. I actually chose the Dark Links. Even with that context, I still say Trinexx is better and Helmasaur King is still a worthy runner up.
-It didn't dawn on me until I started editing that it was the fairy in Phantom Hourglass that was controlling the hammer, but I wanted to do the Hammerspace Hazbin edit so bad that I kept my silly confusion in anyway.
-The six cameos that showed up for the SIX FREAKING STAGES callback were Mechassault Man, Quarter Guy, Josh Scorcher, Destiny Dragon Gino, ComicFoil, and Aramau the Fiery Secretary, in case anyone was wondering.
Overall I'm super proud of this video and it's a great showcase of how far I've come, but I clearly still have a lot of room to improve and I plan on doing so. Here's to more adventures!
And what a countdown it was, it definitely shows how you've grown and evolved over the years, but we both know your remastered countdown lists ain't done yet, you still gotta do Top 10 Ninjas
Phantom Hourglass not Spirit Tracks
@@phantomvaporeon5596 Thank you. Corrected
@@greenscorpion64 well my user comes from this game
My character got a Link Hat
Im actually enjoy playing through the games a lot
Have a good night
Your take on Zant is extremely good. I feel like way too many people, reviewers especially, miss the point of his character. Twilight Princess is about power and responsibility, neither of which Zant had. He wanted power so badly that he was willing to sell his soul to some higher power, and when he got it, he just put a facade of what he thinks a tyranical ruler should be. But ultimately, that power still wasn't his, and he never had what it took to be king. When I fought Zant as teen, I loved it because it was wild and unique and fun. Now as an adult, I love it because it tells the entire story of his character and his downfall, *and* all the former factors.
I think you mean “lower power” if you catch my drift.
45:50 "C'mon coach! I was aiming for a home run, but I keep hitting fowls!"
OH MY GOD! I busted out laughing hearing this pun! This was your best one ever! Keep it up!
Oscar you forgot to mention one of the most important parts of the Monk Maz Koshia fight. Just like with the Yiga warriors you can distract Koshia with bananas.
In phantom hourglass, link doesn’t use the hammer… his fairy companion does! Someone’s been eating their singular wheatie! She’d have some more, but she’s full.
Yeah, I was about to make the same comment but you did a better
Didn't expect that SomeCallMeJohnny reference, but I WHOLEHEARTEDLY approve! One of my favorite moments of his.
Not to mention that it's from the 64 review as well.
I always love franchise specific countdowns because the love the content creator has for the series always shines through.
I'm so happy Twilight Princess was number one. That game is my favorite in the series and one of my favorite games period. I also love how you dissected Zant's fight. To me, Zant was someone who by the end was at the end of his rope. He had been built up by this new power and was so confident throughout, but over the course of the game, you've torn away his control bit by bit, making his confidence wain more and more. By the time you fight him in the Twilight Realm, he knows he's lost his power but can't accept it. So he tries his best to use whatever power Ganondorf gave him he has left, but when that doesn't work, he basically says, "SCREW THIS! I'M DONE WITH YOUR BULLSHIT!!!" and just goes bananas. He's at the end of his rope with nowhere to go but is so critically insane and desperate that he quite literally throws every bit of himself at you, screaming like a madman. Man, I love Zant.
I'll bet Tears of the Kingdom will be getting some love. But Stallord from Twilight Princess, Twinrova from Ocarina of Time and Ghirahim from Skyward Sword are great choices too.
stallord is my personal fave among the TP bosses, but i think it's purely based on design (tho his second phase is genuinely so fun to go through) like dude is a giant skeleton of some dinosaur, ofc i'm gonna love it
@@austintouin1510 I love the mechanics too.
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Holy crap, Oscar knows about SomecallmeJohnny?
The original countdown is how I found this channel. You've come a long way Oscar. Great video
Ghirahim is basically a prototype Sekiro boss fight when you think about it
Phantom hourglass lore drop: THE FAIRY GO BONK WITH HAMMER
As someone who's been watching countdowns in this community since they practically began, the "IN THE FACE" and "how many phases" was such a good throwback
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Eevee (of the Party Crashers): I CAST THUNDER SPELL!
Something i find fascinating about Twilight Princess is it seems to use Twilight in a interesting way, the people of the Twilight realm definitely seem content in a Quid-pro-quo mentality/Lifestyle (i do X for you and you do Y for me) and i love that the people between light and dark are seemingly Morally Grey, even midna is not exempt, she only helps link out of the dungeon to more or less force him to help her. And Zant has this too, he IS the antagonist for the Entire game until nearly the end when ganondorf is revealed as only then ganon makes his first true appearance, and i feel Zant did have if only a sliver of it some of ganon's magic left but didn't use it out of fear (a magic based safety blanket) which is very important when you think to after beating ganondorf, he tries the same trick from his failed execution when he killed the sage, this time zant shows up cracks his neck and ganon keels over, Why? Picture this, here you are fighting with the power a divine being has gifted you, but you lose to a being who is in ways your equal a man blessed by the divine, this was a potential outcome, you KNEW that. The outcome you did NOT see was this same warrior toppled for all purposes what was SUPPOSED to be unshakeable, the very god who gifted you your power, and then something not even the most sacrilegious would even think of, this GOD is asking for YOUR Help, YOUR Power, to beat a MORTAL who you could have possibly lost too but your god losing was unfathomable , thus you reject the request and leave this false god to his fate. Zant's faith was not just shaken, it was utterly annihilated, he saw the true face of his god, and instead of giving that power to Spite link, he chooses to be the bigger man and refuses, effectively making Zant the one to ACTUALLY kill ganondorf but the people of both worlds will never know as he is still the source of their plight and was presumably only visible to ganondorf. But that single scene shows a LOT about him, hes a guy who understands that he made an immense mess by paving the way to ganondorf's reign, hes here to help start the clean-up by removing the biggest thing first, the source of the entire problem.
Really great video! It definitely lived up to that Worst Bosses list from a year or two ago. And the final 4 segments really got me hyped just from you describing just why each was so awesome in their own way. It's nice when you can put into words why something like the Zant fight is simultaneously so goofy, so pathetic, and yet- weirdly epic regardless.
The no final bosses rule made me sad that we didn't see the fight vs Ganondorf in Tears of the Kingdom on this. I would argue it is the best final boss in the series aside from Wind Waker.
5:02 to 5:17 was the funniest thing that I saw. I gotta admit it.
14:39: "Oh man, wait 'til I tell my friends in the Shire that I killed a Sea Urchin."
I seem to recall the lamentation about the idea in your Worst Zelda Bosses List. Surprised and amused to see the change.
This might be my new favorite video you've made man outstanding work!
Am I the only one who thinks Mark Hamill is the perfect voice for Zant?
That would be awesome.
I know I'm late. I've been on vacation. But here we are!
20. Yeah this thing is one of the stand-outs from that game, even in the remake.
19. To think this inspired many incarnations including one in the most recent addition.
18. Flame Shield up! Wait that doesn't work against lightning! Crap!
17. This was no surprise given your worst bosses countdown.
16. The sea urchin fight that rocks! This is how you do a remade fight!
15. This one I actually remember from the last list.
14. Yeah I miss seeing him too.
13. The surprise here was that it was so low.
12. This one was no surprise.
11. This game was good I agree. I would have gone with the lady but your choice works too.
10. Well well a boss I had no idea about. I blaim Moldorm.
9. Not a surprise here and I agree, these games are underappreciated.
8. I'm sensing a pattern with the DS bosses.
7. Eh stalblind is more memorable for me but I do appreciating glowing up an old classic.
6. I'm actually in agreement. I went for this guy first and it was an adrenaline rush the whole time.
5. Another choice that isn't surprising. And finally a gyorg that doesn't suck!
4. I can understand your pick but gosh dang it I love Molgera's theme too much.
3. I honestly think this was the better reward than the motorbike. And that's saying something!
2. Another surprise that isn't one and while I do like Koloktos more, this guy makes an impression.
1. The more things change the more they stay the same. Honestly Blizzetta's the best for me with this guy right behind.
Leaving a comment without spoiling
20. This guy is smart a few times with decoys
19. Glad this monster comes back, its challenging back then and super challenging today.
18. Thohou Zelda
17. Teamwork is mandatory
16. Be carful or you are your own worst enemy in the fight
15. Thers actually a clever foreshadowing in the room before on how to defeat it
14. This villian uses its powers well, hes present towards the very beginning of the timeline, but only shows up in just one timeline then killed off
13. Gotta love villians that leave a presence through the dungeon
12. Why does this beast need to be frozen? Still fun chase
11. This beast is fun, just dont let your friends suck
10. You are given a warning to bring a magic potion just to fight this thing
9. This guy was shown in the commercial presentations
8. What was this thing alive, at least its fun to fight
7. This guy uses its arena right
6. Nintendo was proud to make this one
5. These creatures give a fun high sky fight that feels high
4. This fight is personal to the story
3. Drop some bananas on the floor, im serious
2. Best villian ever
1. Another best villian ever, its no wonder on Hyrule Warriors that 1 and 2 were placed in the game
Something that should be done if they do a faithful remake of Zelda 1 is Clarity on Digdogger by adding a single new cave for the hint which is "Digdogger hates harmony of all kinds" (maybe with a picture as many newer fans will not know what he is) but the harmony in question is referring to musical harmony (something that isnt actually at play due to zelda being a solo game but the point is music) and it functions as a direct and indirect hint, it narrows it down but is still open enough to feel proud about figuring it out, while also allowing the "fight" to remain unchanged for the hardcore fans, he also is in my opinion closer to mini-boss level of monster (darknut, lynel, or talus. lynel even has the color=strength idea from the other standard foes and hinox in botw/totk) as outside of OoS he seems a random enemy dropped on you from nowhere rather then a dungeon boss. His difficulty is entirely artificial due to lack of Clarity and your just trying to find the answer as when you have it hes an utter joke. If a remade zelda 1 happens they could add a "challenge mode" little challenges that arent important to the main game at all like in pikmin 2, one challenge could be your in a room full of strong enemies and a digdogger when the challenge starts the recorder is used automatically and digdogger is immediately vulnerable, seems easy the puzzle was done for you, you gotta just finish it, heres the kicker, in links awakening there was a puzzle where you had to beat three enemies in a certain order and here digdogger is LAST, if you kill digdogger before all the others are gone you have to restart the challenge so his vulnerability is actually an impediment as now your dealing with idk a pair of ghoma, gleeok and now this small eyeball is bouncing around where if you kill it you immediately lose and gleeok is also a chaotic fight, things are flying everywhere and whos to say you wont confuse the digdogger for a fireball and shoot thinking your safe? A full on awareness challenge of keep your eye on this small creature while projectiles are flying at you at the same time.
Even eleven years after I started watching your videos, it is still a gift whenever you upload one of your incredible countdowns. Thanks for being here, Green Scorpion. God bless you
4:42 “Eeels.” Is perfect. Good SpongeBob reference placement. It WAS right at the beginning, but hey. Better than have to say “Not a fake, not a fake, not a fake” grabbing a fake and groaning and going “Fake?!” I would have done that during that fight.
I’d do that as a bonus SpongeBob reference, replicating his “Escalators, escalators, escalators” chant from that same episode.
I guess Twinrova goes to heaven because Dim forgives them of their sins?
Molgera is objectively the best boss in Wind Waker
Surprised Demon King Ganondorf from Totk wasn't on this list, especially since he has one of the best actual fights in the series
He said no final bosses. They may get their own rankings in the future.
If the list included final bosses totkdorf solos nearly every other boss. I can’t think of many that beat it.
@@shadowlinkbds
Oh, understood
1:00:13
This is just the best description of Zant and his final phase ever, the funniest one in bonus.
The way the game makes you dive through ice leading up to the, the diving is 100% the intended way to do it.
Minish Cap is my nostalgic favorite Zelda game, as well as being among the first I ever played. It was my first exposure to Zelda outside the timeline of the OG (my first were Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, and the Oracle Games) and I love every part of the game. Ironically, the Gyorg fight was the hardest for me as a kid, and I hated it so much that I didn’t actually finish the game until my first year of college. I'm glad to see the game get some love and JUST FREAKING REMAKE IT, NINTENDO, AGGHHHH
14:50 if you remember Durge from Clone Wars fighting Obi-Wan, this is basically that fight.
I really wish the other TOTK bosses had the same musical attention as Colgera.
Imagine Mucktorok with hints of Barinade and Bottom of the Well to remind you of OoT and Ruto, Seized Construct with hints of Ancient Cistern and Ghirahim's theme to remind you of Fi and SS, Queen Gibdo with hints of Stallord and the Palace of Shadow to remind of Midna and TP, and Marbled Gohma with hints of Veran, Onox, and the Twinrova (or some third mystery motif to hint at Oracle remakes coming next and Mystical Seed of Courage finally being a full game Nintendo pLEASE-) representing the flames of sorrow destruction and despair, and reminding of the Oracles Din, Nayru, and Farore.
Hell yeah your awesome green scorpian
One thing you can try during Maz Koshia’s fight during the clone phase: use the camera. The camera scans enemies that can be added to the compendium, and the monk counts as a humanoid enemy.
Never would have thought to view Zant throught the perspective of being a pawn with more power than they know to do with, makes an already awesome fight even better. I would love to see a LoZ final boss fight list in the future, if only so I can hear someone gush about ToTK's final boss
One of the things that I absolutely loved about the boss fights in tears of the kingdom.
Oddly enough, they felt like the only boss fights in all of the legend of Zelda series except for maybe a few,
In which you felt like you were actually saving the day by defeating these bosses.
With the other boss fights in the series, they felt more like you’re taking them down to take with their guarding. And that’s the only reason why you’re there in that particular temple.
But with tears of the kingdom as you’re fighting each boss, it feels like you were actually saving each region.
But this is especially true with Colgor. Maybe it’s thanks to the dragon roost theme playing as your battling.
But you really feel like you were taking on massive beasts to save peoples lives.
They don’t feel like it’s a coincidence that you’re saving people on your quest.
And when it came to me in the fight, I had unintentionally made things harder for myself. Because I thought I needed to use bomb arrows, and fire arrows to break the ice on the bosses, weak points.
So when I fired that last bomb arrow I had.
That was when the dragon roost theme started playing.
And it’s just made the whole thing feel so epic.
14:40 THE CALLBACK?????????
I know right?!
I love the comment about Helmaroc's wings. However, when it comes to eating a boss I hate the most, I'd rather go with a medium-rare T-bone made from a certain notorious gym leader's Miltank.
32:50 MY BOIS!!!
I'm glad you gave Zant a fairer shake than most have done in the past. I actually really like Zant, not as the main bad guy and final boss, but *as* that puppet to the bigger bad, and didn't think his mental breakdown at the penultimate dungeon was nearly as bad as others have made it out to be. Would I have preferred if Ganondorf got more foreshadowing than basically shoving him into the plot at the halfway mark? Sure, but Zant really made for a menacing, constant presence before then, and wasn't really shoved aside nearly as much as I've seen people complain.
Also the final boss with Ganondorf was awesome, just as good as Wind Waker in my opinion.
The first time I fought a gleeok was in TOTK in a side mission to rescue Zelda's golden steed. It's bosses like that which make noobs like me realize, "I should strengthen up a bit if I wanna tussle with this bruiser." The only thing scarier than a gleeok in that game are the Phantom Ganons #gloomdamage #bombfloweraresenal
1:00:45 I never noticed Link's Shocked expression before! XD
32:39 It's actually the fairy compannion that uses the hammer. If you look closely, you can see it clearly. Pretty scrappy for such tiny creatures.
For Smash, the only thing we get of Vaati is a spirit battle and a costume color for Zelda
I've watched a lot of your countdowns, and I can definitely see the improvement as time went on. Not saying your first videos were bad, but as someone once involved in creative arts, that kind of growth can't be faulted.
Great job.
Think you might rank the Zelda final bosses? Even if most of them would be Ganon, I think it'd be interesting.
I always loved to see number 1 and 2 together. XD
19:44 This is why I prefer Vaati in the manga. He stuck to his guns and actually learned his lesson, in spite of everything that he did. And even reconciles with the man who influenced him to do what he did in the first place. But then again, this is Minish Cap Vaati and not Four Swords Vaati, and this was written a decade or so later with hindsight.
14:40: I see Wambu, QG, Ari, and Josh. I don't recognize the rest.
If the Zelda Final Boss Ranking is created, Number 1 has to be Majora from Majora's Mask due to being the most creative and versatile and having the perfect atmosphere and buildup!
i dived through colgera on my first playthrough. that shit was pure magic.
Just posting some ideas for the future.
Ranking every zelda final boss.
Top 20 best zelda dungeons.
And top 20 worst zelda dungeons.
I didn’t even think of using my bow for Colgera. I went straight to dive bombing as soon as I saw an opening.
My dumbass would probably think to dive through Colgera before even remembering I have a bow.
You know that the room directly before Ramrock features obstacles involving the three items you need to beat it?
14:09 Now The Green Scorpion has gone full Super Hot Fire 🔥 bout to end this Digdogger's hole career!
I must confess that to dumb 10 year old me when fighting Goht it didn't even occur to me to put on the Goron Mask and chase him, I did the painful, patience testing arrow method mentioned here!
7:00 Gleeokenspiel I think I took 5 hearts of damage from that name alone.
45:43 Wait for the right moment & opening & then BOOM you Smash that overgrown bird with the Hammer!
4:59 *shudders*
Skyward Sword praise? Ya love to see it.
I always wondered what kind of living creature Stallord was. Probably something like a dragon
YO I never made the connection between Helmaroc King and the Helmasaur King before.
50:15
Age of Calamity: "Should we tell him?"
When I was younger I had a crush on twinrova and I don’t blame myself
Am I the only person who doesn’t remember him putting Helmesaur king as his Link to the past pick in the original video? I could’ve sworn it was the Dark links
This type of video is straight up nostalgia bait for me, i used to watch top X videos on youtube when i was young so much
It's Celia using the hammer for you
I'm gon' be honest whi'tcha. I did not know number 6 could be fought with the bow.
Finally justice for Zant
I thought that the Colgera rematch was kinda hard lmao
I just have to posit a theory, with the similarities between molgera and colgera, name aside. What do we see Molgera as, possibly a giant grub, and colgera being a giant insect this may be completely obvious but couldn't Colgera just be an older version of molgera after the latter evolved? Just wondering out loud. BTW Zant was my favorite villain as a child and he stills holds that title now, and his boss fight is hectic but also fun, the ice section still kicks ass if you can time the music to his roar when dropping from the air, sorry for the long tirade
Where does the meme of "He used himself as an arrow" come from?
How bout your favorite Gaming Swords or Guns?
Vatty and Zant are reincarnations of girahim if you ask me
Fun fact: Did you know that a thunderbird is a mythological bird from native american mythology?
no fcking way we chose the same mouse pointer to play the ds games xd
I don't agree with every part of the list (wich is fine I mean different opinions), but I will say.. Zant being the best boss is just true.
He basically is a FINAL BOSS before the FINAL BOSS. A true PENULTIMATE BOSS! He feels like he rounds up LINKS personal skills and items where as Ganondorf in Twilight princess, rounds out ALL OF LINKS SKILLS!
Zant is just an amazing boss fight overall! And I will say he is gonna be hard to beat in the upcoming years of releases. Still nothing in my opinion tops Twilight Princess as a Zelda game in boss fights and dungeons. Link between worlds is great too! My top 2 zelda games. (Sorry I don't think BOTW and TOTK are the best Zelda games, they are infant games with amazing potential.)
But.. Twilight Princess is the perfection of Ocarina of Time with a few possiblities to grow. And Link Between Worlds is the perfection of Link to the Past (With some improvement possible).
This is why I think BOTW/TOTK are great in setting up HUGE ADVENTURES! The Zelda team played with their mechanics and concepts... now there is one more game needed to perfect the formula in boss and dungeon design as well as field bosses. Wich is what exicts me the most.
And I'll be honest.. ToTK is a step in the wrong direction for the formula on the basic levels. But it did show masive improvements over BOTW.. I just tihnk BOTW is better.
Anyway... In 10 years... I think someone will topple Zant. By simple taking what works in Twilight princess dungeons and bosses and... applying that to BOTW/TOTK.
I was thinking about the Legend of Zelda Oracle games.
Would they be considered one game or two separate
games? I'm dying to know. Since unlike the mainline
Pokemon in which they are identical, but with a few
minor chances between versions. Oracle of Seasons
and Oracle of Ages have Link go to completely
different worlds altogether.
I think most would agree they are two entirely different games, they are just closely related.
I knew you would say that.
This was something that
I wondered about for a
long time.
Colgera was intended to be the first boss? For me it was the second.
HEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Dang it I wish we got the addendum for Tears of the Kingdom’s worst boss battle.
You mean specifically where it would have been placed?
57:34
Please burn that thumbnail
What is the point of making this countdown list if your just gonna talk about the same games and have the same opinions as everybody else. Enough with the zelda series already.
50:18 “I’ve never seen Kohga shoot lasers out of his *FACE.* “
Clearly you never tried his Big Glowy Blast attack. That move is pure awesome.
That's not a laser. It's just Kohga yelling angrily at whatever's in front of him 😂
Zants' fight is the definition of he's winging it.
fun fact! when i first played totk, i was stupid and did not consider shooting colgera's weak points. i defaulted to the skydiving strategy. this made the fight significantly harder, since i kept getting hit by the spikes trying to make it through, but also *significantly* more fun. using arrows did not occur to me until i saw a countdown complaining colgera was too easy because that's all you had to do. bonus fun fact: when i first beat zant, i said out loud "holy shit that was GREAT" and dedicated a save slot specifically for fighting him because it was so much fun. good times
thank you for the great video, i remember watching the original YEARS ago and really enjoying it. i'm so glad that i'm still here all these years later!
Same, I just went full classic Zelda/Mario. Fortunately he didn't die in three hits.
I love the skydiving strategy for this fight. Would've made my bowless challenge run pretty much impossible if you couldn't slam your face into all his fragile parts lol
TotK Ganondorf is definitely up there for me. It actually made Deadman's Volley visually threatening.
Oh yeah I can easily see that fight being near the top of someone's final boss list. The amount of "oh shit" moments us veteran fans get when certain mechanics show up is so good. The reaction I had to my Hylian Shield nearly breaking after like 3 fucked up parries was something else.
@@Triforce_of_Doom And I know that alot of people complain about TotK's story and portrayal of Ganondorf, but right before the fight he had this one line that some people would consider cliche, but to me and how I interpreted it, it made things PERSONAL.
@@slateoffate9812 honestly the big thing that hurts Tears Ganondorf's overall story is that the translation effectively left out his motive of believing natural strength is the way to go & thus he resented the Zonai for relying on technology. They basically turned which aspect of the Triforce he represents into his motive & the translation cut most of that.
@@Triforce_of_Doom I dunno. "Peace loving cowards running rampant" sounds extremely ableist to me, and that made it personal.
Lemme lay it out on the table real quick: He can perfect dodge your attacks, his gloom projectiles can decay your weapons and shields down to their last hit, his healthbar straight up doubles in length when in his Demon King form, he can swipe your arrows away with his arm, he can permanantly destroy your hearts, and he can perfect dodge your flurry rushes. Yeah, I can totally buy that this guy is powerful enough to ravage ancient Hyrule and create Calamity Ganon.
"Wait till I tell my friends in the shire that I killed a sea urchin!"
Let's see. I see ComicFoil, Josh and Ari, Quarter Guy, Wambu...
Who are the others?
You also got Yumi Hitosi, Blazing Knight, and Sheikah Arts.
That quote was a callback to Top 19 Worst Zelda Bosses, where the OG TLOZ version of Digdogger was #6 the list.
20. ESCALATORS!
12. Goht will always be the GOAT to us!
9. "Now, Stone Soldier! DESTROY THE MOON!"
8. Almost sounds like "Skeledirge."
6. DIVEBOMB!
In Phantom Hourglass
Its Ciela that wields the Hammer
Link just instructs her to slam it
They fought Eox together
And i never had a problem with the Temple of the Ocean king cuz i just got good at planning ahead and know a lot of tricks
Its not a good idea to try to rush
I do think if u do top 20 worse bosses
Cyclok would still be worst in the game
Don’t know how u think about the 3 phase Bellum battle though
At least its better then Breath of the Wild’s Ganon fight
Here’s what I think of the Temple of the Ocean King. Bleh (not bad though) for story, but for completion, I am sorry that I was ever mean to you
32:12 nice Yugioh refrence bro
things i'll never understand - shooting arrows at colgera when its clear that the devs wanted us to dive through his weak points.... and also, that sooooo cooool
Let me be honest, Zant is my favorite Zelda character, even tho I'm not one for Zelda. I didn't watch the og vid, and I was just PRAYING Zant would get high up. But seeing the number 2 put shock into me knowing, that TP hasn't been mentioned yet. AND MY GOD I'M SURE GLAD WE DIDN'T! MY BOY GOT THE RECOGNITION HE DESERVES! BRING BACK ZANT PLEASE!!!
No joke, I thought that diving into Colgera was the intended method to beat it. My bad?
No worries. TOTK is a do whatever works kind of game.
Same here. I'd learned by accident beforehand that you could just jump/dive into ice to break it, so it never even occurred to me when fighting Colgera to pull out the bow.
Man how long has it been since the old list? Little over 10 years just about? Man I'm getting old.
Anyhoo I really love the Zelda series and like many great franchises the bosses for the most part are pretty epic. Looking forward to some old and new entries for this list.
Zelda Boss time! Here are my brief thought on each Entry
20: Good Ol' Slime Eel. I remember getting to his dungeon being more of a pain than again I was like 8-11 at the time.
19: An eight bit Hydra, done better in later games but nice to see the OG.
18: Thunder, Thunder, Thunderbird! Never played the game.
17: The big plant is BACK! And he wants to see how your teamwork is.
16: Magnet on! This how to get a puzzle boss a fun gimmick back in the day.
15: Many Hands makes a cool boss.
14: The Wind Minish Mage is back and he did need another phase.
13: The Gerudo Witches here to Flame and Freeze Link to the Bone.
12: GORON RACING! or Fire Arrows... GORON RACING!
11: ICE SNAKE! My buddy and I did great against him.
10: Triple Element turtle snake
9: MY MAN EOX! Time to Drop the Hammer!
8: Sand bending to beat this bony monsters
7: A fabulous rematch!
6: Shout out to the Man on the Internet version this bosses theme!
5: SKY RAY! Love these Manta Ray Monsters.
4: Time to kick some bird butt! RAISE YOUR HAMMER!
3: The Kung Fu Master Mummy
2: The Dragon who stole the show!
1: The Mad Twili Usurper at the top with his Hexafold fight!