Boss Analysis # 50
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 เม.ย. 2021
- It's the fiftieth episode of Boss Analysis!
From bosses I love, bosses I hate, tiny bosses, huge bosses, weird bosses, boss shortcuts and many, many more, we've seen that gaming's biggest bad guys come in countless different shapes, sizes and flavours.
In this special milestone episode, I mark the occasion with one of the prototype ideas for this series...
Final bosses naturally want to be impressive and imposing, which pushes them towards towering over the main characters in the game. All too often, this pushes them towards a design and battle style that I refer to as the typical final boss.
I'm pretty sure you've fought one yourself at some point: big body in the background, uses two hands to attack. Sometimes the hands can be destroyed, other times you'll need to jump on them to reach the boss' weakpoint... they're dime a dozen in the world of gaming.
One of the ideas I had when I first thought of Boss Analysis was a video where I showed as many of these as I could think of. As this is a special episode, why not callback what might have been and make that the theme this time?
Keep in mind, like usual, there are probably a lot of these I'm forgetting about. The typical final bosses featured were the ones that came to my mind without too much thinking. Perhaps I'll include others in a future sequel...
Update: A sequel video now exists: • Boss Analysis # 66 - เกม
17:45: Dracula: "Behold my true form and despair!"
Alucard: "...Father, is this what happened to the chair we bought from IKEA?"
Dracula: "Enough talk! Have at you!"
None of this had to have happened. If only they hadn't tried to assemble it together...
Actually, these bosses originated from the limited coding for bosses, as they could sprite and code a one full sized boss, or they could code 3 smaller parts of the boss (hands and head) and the rest in the background layer. And suddenly because of its simplicity and intimidation, it became a trend.
Maybe it’s both.
Yeah, I also think that this originally was the easiest way to create a big, intimidating final boss despite technical limitations, and then it became a trend
Interesting
@@johnny_boi5456 Something to do with the sprites on the NES having a certain size limit as well I think
@Jonathan Piggford Yeah non-background stuff had to be stitched together from 8x8 squares and there can't be more than 8 per scan line so make a big background boi™ with hands and a face and call it a day
Ah, the old “Heads with Hands” boss trope. Wham Bam Rock for Kirby Super Star (Ultra) was probably my first experience with this boss archetype, though he’s only the final boss of Great Cave Offensive, Though Ultra at least made his upgraded form the final boss of Helper to Hero.
when i was a kid i thought shoop da whoop was based on wham bam rock for some reason
Also Necrodeus from Kirby’s Mass Attack
Wham Bam Jewel was the final boss of HtH actually, but it's basically the same boss but harder.
@@Victini415 I was referring to Wham Bam Jewel as the “Upgraded Form.”
Maybe Nightmare, originally from Kirby's Adventure, but also returning in Nightmare in Dreamland and Super Kirby Clash, also counts?
8:48 I think Fox's first "loss" was that Andross killed his father, so he'd "lose to Andross" twice
I don't know, maybe he believed that he was able to take Fox down with him in Star Fox 64, but either way, we may never really know for sure.
@@PikangsFutaba Or maybe he refers to how Star Fox 64 treats both the good and bad endings as canon where Fox destroys the fake Andross robot, but goes back to Venom to defeat the real Andross upon realizing his mistake. Still doesn't make a lot of sense though.
I think it's the earlier unwinnable swordfight with him
miitopias final boss is a cool example of one of these, i think its cool how it forces you to split up your party into three separate battles.
That’s where my mind went too
Oh yeah that fight was dope. It was a great way to include every party member despite the 4 player limit. Plus, it put your party composition skills to the test.
Ah so that one *does* count
And can we all admit that all three of its theme songs are bopping?
Legit, you can put that in an exercise mixtape and it'd fit right in.
@@maglev957 i mean, git did mention boss phases count, and the entirety of the final boss does consist of a freaking sun and 2 hands (which kinda remind me of Master and Crazy hand) soooooooo
awww man, I was expecting to see Kirby's Wham Bam Rock since it was my first encounter with this type of boss fight lol
Same here actually. Though, would Wham Bam really be considered a final boss? He may be the final fight of his local subgame, but overall the final boss of the whole game is Marx.
Wham bam jewel would have been more fitting, but again, marx soul is the final boss so well it doesn't really count
And Necrodius
@@cosmicspacething3474 Necrodeus’ first form anyway
@@akirbyobsessee7396 He is in my eyes.
In future episodes, I'd like to see you append to this count whenever you find a new "Typical Final Boss" in your other analyses.
Congratulations!
Another example, from an action RPG: CrossCode. The final boss has the appearance of the typical giant with big smashy hands, but its one of its main attacks is snapping its fingers to launch various projectiles at you that need to be dodged in different ways. Oddly "Gracious" for a boss of this kind.
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Crosscode LV1 run, when? I did one myself and it wasn't as boring as I expected it to be.
damn lol how many bosses gonna rip off Sigma Megaman X final form. I even saw Sonic here 6:00
and then the dlc final boss is entirely different
Mega Satan from binding of isaac, anyone? head in the background, hands in front of him to potentially block tears and his main way of attacking, it was the first boss that came to mind for me. he can even stomp on the ground with his hands to release earthquakes, would definitely fit into this
Alternatively, Mother from Antibirth/Repentance also shares a similar trope, but the hands share the same health bar with the head and become moot after phase 1.
The devil from Cuphead should count, he even gets bigger in the 2nd phase
You shoot his eye and his hands aren't even on the screen.
@@KyuJuEX099 I guess that counts.
Devil seems pretty similar to loki from GnG now that I'm seeing it
I don't know if you'd be interested in checking out Terraria, but the final boss also fits this theme pretty well. Huge body, have to attack the hands and head to damage it at first, a large amount of the attacks come from the hands, etc.
Skeletron counts as well, and if four "hands" are ok, Skeletron Prime as well.
Golem too.
Damn, Terraria is full of "typical final bosses" even tho only one is the final boss (in the early version Skeletron uses to be the final boss)
You're not wrong, but they wouldn't count for this analysis since they aren't final bosses. (Well, they both used to be, but not anymore.)
i dont think moon lord would count like yeah you attack the hands and head, but thats only to open the core
I remember an early newsground video about defeating loki (satan) in the most OBVIOUS way: Putting a lit candle right THERE.
Omgosh😂
Another good example could be the Moon Lord, from Terraria: The top half of cthuhulhu's husk (yea that's canon), being summoned by breaking the 4 celestial pilars
-Big boi in the background? Check
-Attacks with his hands? Somewhat check? It's the same case as Castlevania III Dracula: He can't directly hurt you with his hands, but his attacks come from there (or better said, the eyes in his hands)
-Final boss? Check
And I just forgot this game exists: Pokepark 2, Darkai:
-Big boi in the background? Well... it's a 3d Game, but he is at the background edge of the arena, and floating away from it instead of on the platform, so check?
-Attacks with his hands? Check
-Final Boss? Well, he is the main final boss, but there are 2 more extra boss battles as postgame (Reshiram and Zekrom), but check anyways.
Those 2 are nice examples, I believe.
Now that you mention it, it is rather hilarious how common these bosses are.
Anankos from Fire Emblem Fates and the Heirs of Fate DLC also fits the bill I believe. He doesn't really use his hands to attack you, but you do have to defeat them in order to attack his heads so I'm pretty sure it counts.
Man, you're really sympathetic. Ya know that? And that you remember what you said in episode 2 is incredible. It shows that you actually like doing this and have a good amount of interest in keeping this up.
One in two games that I think counts that isn’t in this video:
DJ Octavio (Spatoon 1 and 2)
Considering there is a main body and two hands that are used to punch at you.
mega satan from the binding of isaac rebirth *technically* counts as he's one of the game ending bosses
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There is an ending tied to Mega Satan, which you can still get in normal gameplay if you lose that 50/50. This also works with Mother from Repentance.
@@mintymechanic8420 oh yeah, forgot about mother tbf, always go dogma anyway
@Deathevan Deathevan i dont like the fact that mega satan in a typical final boss
@@qwerty99846 he's a game ending boss, and tbh he is the most basic out of all of the others (???, lamb, mother, dogma, delirium and ultra greed are way more fun and interesting, despite delirium being broken as shit and the dogma fight being practically 7 phases)
I always loved the face Onox makes when being hit. Either he’s a total Drama Queen (or would it be Drama General? Maybe Drama Dragon?) or Link’s just that powerful, that with a simple sword swipe, he can make even the most fearsome beast recoil in pain. Either way, it makes hitting the guy all the more enjoyable.
I wouldn't know; I never found the Level 2 sword in Seasons, so I couldn't beat the final boss.
Onox was badass af in both forms
@@rmzing Well, unlike in Ages, you don't even need to go through the fetch quest trading sequence to get the sword. I believe you just go WSEN at the lost woods type part each time choosing a warmer season.
And even with the level 2 sword I don't believe I've ever beaten Onox without the health potion.
Well, Hylians struggle to fight Bokoblins.
The first three bosses that come to mind in the style of this:
Little Horn from Super Metal Boy (not a final boss but still counts),
Wam Bam Rock from Kirby Superstar,
And Robo-Spongebob from Battle for Bikini Bottom.
In my opinion it was the GBA stay puft and any of the taluses from BOTW or TOTK
Three other typical final bosses comes to mind.
-Messenger, the boss on the top of the time tower can be treated as a final boss, since you think your adventure is about to end, and also is the final boss of the 8-bit section of the game
-Bravely Default II, a form of the final boss has two hands that you have to kill to attack the body
-Steamworld Quest, same of the above, the final boss has two hands you need to destroy to attack the head.
Whould the Final Boss of the picknik panic DLC also count? Of the bosses from punch-out!?
Can't believe we've made to 50 episode. Amazing.
Think the next episode could be about your favorite Kirby Bosses?
Cackletta's soul from Superstar Saga is another example of one.
There's Anankos, the true final boss of Fire Emblem Fates, and also Kamoshidaman from Persona Q, but he is the first boss, so he's an honorable mention. There's also Mega Satan in the Binding of Isaac, as he's one of the many bosses you could consider "final" (defeating him may lead you to a victory screen or push you further into the next "final boss").
1: Kamoshidaman is from Persona Q2, and I'm pretty sure he was just one enemy.
2: As long as defeat of the boss leads to an ending of the game, then it's a final boss. Just because it's a coin flip to decide if you can enter The Void from Mega Satan doesn't stop it from being a final boss. This means Isaac (cathedral) and Satan (sheol) are both final bosses of TBOI because you can enter them without Polaroid/Negative and receive an ending cutscene.
@@mintymechanic8420 Kamoshidaman's second form (and the real boss fight) is comprised of his main body flanked by two weapons, one in each of his hands. Each weapon has a separate life bar. In a weird way, I think it fits the trope of 1 body - 2 hands. The hands will dish out most of the damage so it's necessary to take them down before you can safely fight the main body.
Also on Mega Satan, I said this because it varies from person to person. Some people will tell you The Beast is the true final boss because it leads to the most recent and "canon" ending. I agree with your definition but not everyone will see it that way, which is why I turned my sentence like that.
You know what they say about big hands!
You don’t? Good, I don’t either.
Can we agree that Donkey Kong for Gameboy had some INCREDIBLE boss themes? Especially the first phase of the final fight.
Donkey Kong for Gameboy was an incredible game in itself, maybe it's just me but I think it still keeps up with today's Mario games (although, they set the bar pretty low)
@@jasperl.8216 Yeah, it was really surprising to me because i played the GBA game first
1:56 that smile, that damned smile...
I owned a super gameboy and donkey kong and it was fantastic
Here's a few more bosses with a giant head and 2 hands:
-Virus and True Mwyah from Environmental Station Alpha
- Starworm from Iconoclast
- moon Lord from Terraria (I know he doesn't slam you but he shoots you).
- CF-1 from Megaman X2 (he's the first boss)
- Maoh The giant from MegaMan X3 (He's the first boss)
- Hell The Giant from Megaman Zero 4
- Knucklotec from Super Mario Oddysey.
- The Giant from Dead Cells
- True Satan from The Binding of Isaac.
- Emerald Golem and Arcane Golem from Messenger.
- Little Horn from Super Meat boy
- Omega Alpha from Super Meat Boy Forever.
- Balore from Castlevania Aria of Sorrow and Dawn of Sorrow.
- Graham Jones from Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
- Copy X from MegaMan Zero
- Cackletta's soul from Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga.
- Our Lady of the charred visage from Blasphemous.
- High Dragun and Advanced Dragun from Enter the Gungeon
- The Devil from Cuphead
- Robot Boss from Wario Land Shake it.
Bosses that I found after this video was released:
- Karl Heisenberg from Resident Evil 8
- Loremaster's Robot from Helltaker: Examtaker.
Moon Lord from Terraria i'm pretty sure would count as one as well, mostly floating around in the background while using the eyes on his hands and head to attack even when the eyes are removed from his body. Removing all the eyes is necessary to actually deal damage to the boss itself and defeat him.
The second form of Marluxia in Chain of Memories has a main body that can only be damaged after dealing with the two scythes which are used as the arms.
Also Persona 5's final boss, Yaldabaoth, is a giant robot that occasionally sprouts arms (up to 4 at a time at one point) during the fight.
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please make 51 about bosses that are difficult because of the minions they send at you.
Mega Satan (TBOI: Rebirth) would fit into the current video and this one you've suggested. He summons the 4 Horsemen, the Seven Super Deadly Sins and Fallen Angels in his first phase.
@@mintymechanic8420 What about The Beast
@@sacripan4425 The Beast hangs around in the background until the four Ultra Horsemen have been defeated, then comes into the foreground to fight by charging towards you. Not the same thing as attacking you from the background.
Bowser's final phase from Sticker Star also counts, even if it is a terrible final boss.
Its also a terrible game
@@lathanfitzpatrick3531 no
"He enjoys long walks on the beach and trying to crush you with his hands" ripping a line straight out of nintendo power I see
My biggest disappointment was when I discovered I couldn't use the mega buster to defeat Gamma.
_Sees Rudy and Onox on the thumbnail._
Two of my favorite bosses in one video by the Git? I'm sold already!
I've always been fascinated with boss design. They always get the biggest, coolest looking character sprites and animations and you only get to see them for a few minutes. I've always wished there was some sort of boss sprite repository on the internet but I've never been able to find one that was worth anything.
Even on The Spriter's Resource?
Yeah that seems to come close, although still missing a lot. The first game I searched for, "Sub Terrania" on the Genesis, had some really cool looking bosses. But there's very little on that site, just a sprite of the player's ship.
a lot of the more fascinating looking bosses are usually a mess of tiles, sprites and later on generated effects and vectors, which is why they're usually not ripped or at least not fully.
Terraria loves this kind of boss. There's Skeletron, a floating head with two hands, Skeletron prime, a floating head with *four* hands, each with their own attacks, and the final boss, the Moon Lord, also qualifies. You fight two eyes in its hands, as well as one in its head. Once all three are downed, you can attack its heart for the kill.
And at some point in the game's history, they've all been the "final" boss. Skeletron before 1.1, Skeletron Prime in 1.1, and Moon Lord in 1.3 and later.
Would Zomboss from the first Plants vs. Zombies game count? He uses his zombot's giant hands to deploy zombies to eat your defenses & if you're unlucky, your brains. He also throws vans at you & makes rolling balls of fire & ice to flatten your plants which i don't know if you know, but you don't want.
I wouldn't count him, personally. An important part of the concept is that the boss's body is in the background while Zomboss spends the entire fight parked firmly on the right side of the screen. He's no more "in the background" than your plants are.
one boss that really fits the "thyphical final boss" trend is mega satan in binding of isaac
X from Megaman Zero when he goes all angel form.
Actually it's just a fake of X, but yeah Copy X does count.
@@katiemckinney9456 Yeah I know. I should have said Copy X
The platforms on the side aren't actually his hands though, you can see he still has his original arms attached to his body. He doesn't *use* his actual arms to do anything though, so he doesn't count.
There are still definitely more Mega Man examples, though:
Elpizo's 2nd form from Zero 2 counts for the same reasons Castlevania 3's Dracula would--boss is entirely within the background, head is the weak point, and the attacks come from his hands.
Serpent's final form from ZX *definitely* would count by pretty much any stretch of the "head with hands" concept.
@@wannabecinnabon The arms shoot lasers. If Castlevania 3 Dracula counts, then so does Seraphim Copy X. Pretty sure those are his actual arms if you see the concept art.
@@davidspektorov8262 Upon rewatching the fight, you're totally right. For some reason I thought all his attacks came from his halo, but no, he definitely shoots the lasers from his hands. Sorry.
I still think Serpent is a better example of a "head with hands" final boss, but Copy X definitely does meet this video's standards.
Even Terraria got the good ol "Big Head and Arms" final boss with the Moon Lord, and in the updates before 1.3 there was a "final boss" that was always a big hands and big armed opponent, like Skeletron in 1.0, Skeletron Prime as one of the three "big bad final bosses" in 1.1, and *technically* Golem in 1.2
Fox never directly lost to andross. He lost his father to andross and pigma.
So I guess this is an episode on Background Bosses.
Actually, a boss with a giant head and 2 Hands.
17:44 Sitting on a throne IS dracula's true form. He's been doing it all the time. Dude's pretty chill when people don't just barge in to kill him
The final boss of Dragon Quest 6 definitely counts. It's also my main pick for most annoying final boss in the series.
The first phase is an old man with two orbs that cannot be targeted surrounding him that he uses for breath attacks.
Once you beat him, he absorbs the orbs and reveals his true form, which can move twice per turn. Special mention to his own version of defend champion that massively increases his defence in one turn when adopting a defensive stance, but if he attacks right after, despite dropping the stance, his guard is still up! Not to mention that this form also has Buff, so you need someone ready to debuff him just in case. Then you find out that it may be its true form, but it isn't the last.
His final form consists solely of a dragon head and two claws. And all three have different movesets. The most notable moves are the ultimate war cry from the head, a breath attack that doesn't get its damage reduced because it's neither fire nor ice; and Zing, a revive spell that one of the claws has. And since the fight only ends if you destroy all three, it's entirely possible that it'll drag on due to poor luck as it can either revive the other claw or their head with half their max HP.
I’d like to give the Darkest Lord from Miitopia as another example. Before the battle, you have to make 2 teams of 3 to fight each of the hands, which by the way have completely different movesets from one another. The remaining 4 will fight the Darkest Lord himself once his hands are destroyed.
Lavos’s second form in Chrono Trigger is like this, too.
Giga Gaia from earlier in the game plays the trope straight. But isn't a final boss (but could be considered That One Boss).
Also, Queen Zeal's final form plays the trope straight. She's almost a final boss too....
@@MrEvilbyte I think you spend a bit too much time on the TV Tropes forums
Not sure if this would count, but Gohdan from the Legend of Zelda The Windwaker uses both its hands and head to attack Link. Sure it's a 3D battle and the third boss of the game, but it has the requirements.
The hands are used to either attempt to crush Link or to push him into electricity. The mouth of the head can shoot exploding fireballs too.
In Pico’s School, there’s a typical final boss. The only problem is... the game is very uhhhh... how do I say this? Violent? Just play it and you’ll see what I mean.
Yah and that boss also has a….. very suggestive part.
Pete from The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie comes to mind
Congrats on 50 Boss Analysis! One boss I know fits the criteria is Dark Force from Phantasy Star 3. He's the final boss, regardless of generation. One of his hands heals himself and the other is for attacking.
I never really stopped to think about how much of a trend this is, but there really are a ton of bosses like this.
The final boss of New Super Mario Bros. 2 is like this. Big Bowser in the background swipes at the platforms you're trying to stand on.
There's also Ice King from "Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd you Steal our Garbage?" Although I don't know if he counts since he's the second to last boss and the game just pretends he's the final. He's the last boss you fight on foot, at least.
And there are so many more examples we could allow if we count non-final bosses as well. The Sand Kingdom boss from Odyssey, Wham Bam Rock/Jewel, the King Kong boss from Little Big Planet PSP... Obviously, that list could go forever.
The Mr. and Ms. Y fights remind me of a smaller creature that doesn't fit the bill, but attacks similarly: Astrum Aureus from the Calamity Mod of Terraria.
I can see why you think like that. But Astrum Aureus itself was inspired from Metroid Fusion's B.O.X Security Robot boss, which is really similar in appearance
Moon Lord (Terraria) and M.A.C.E. (Intrusion 2) might count here too. Actually, Grabber from Intrusion 2 might also work (not a final boss though).
I disagree with moon lord because you need to defeat the hands and head to open up something else
Andross says "You lose AGAIN!" because I think the earlier unwinnable swordfight with him counts
You too can add a boss like this to your D&D campaign! All you need is a Demi Lich and a Giant skeleton's hands for it to reanimate.
EDIT: I just realized- the raid battle against Lolth in Dungeons & Dragons Online counts! Lolth's upper torso floats menacingly in the background, and she fires magic blasts from her eyes and hands while sending her legs (and a bunch of spiders and Drow) to chase players down.
Nah, what you want is a huge Beheaded and a pair of large Crawling Hands from Pathfinder. At least in that case the hands aren't for decoration considering how ridiculously powerful a demilich is.
Hey, you could analyze Yo-Kai Watch bosses, they have lots of forms, for example, we've got:
-Fishing Boat
-Dr. Frankenstein
-Three Bois You Don't Want To Meet Up With
-Squidward
-Captain Jack Sparrow
-Some Old Women
-Tanooki
-Well Known Yo-Kai But With Steroids
-Kabuki
-Hardcore Spider
-Lucky Cat Is Bad Luck For U
-The Manager
-Pied Piper Of Hamelin
-The Monster That Lives Under Your Bed Is Real AND IT'S COMING FOR YOU
-EXtremely Lame X related Puns
-The Godfather
-The Creator Of The Game In Yo-Kai Form
i remember watching these videos when i was still a kid
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga (mostly the 3DS version): Cackletta Soul
Doesn't quite fit the criteria of "in the background" but I still think it would count, as the boss is fucking huge and plays out the exact same way the other typical bosses do: kill the hands, attack the body, repeat)
One of my favorite examples is from The Messenger. I don’t want to spoil anything, but a boss from that game exists purely to play with this trope and it’s *fantastic*
Super meat boy 2 had a good twist in which it was a giant hand/head boss but didn’t feel like one at all
The game is actually called Super Meat Boy Forever
23:52 i love how the pop sound syncs with the tentacles exploding
I can't believe you forgot Cackletta from Superstar Saga. VL
Or like the first four finale bosses in the Mario and Luigi series (elder princess shroob may not count duo to lack of hands but she do have tentacles that work pretty much like hands)
@@CaliCosmicGal Dark Star Core is a pretty big stretch. Fawful's hands basically do nothing the whole fight.
@@wannabecinnabon yeah I was thinking about the remake mostly because most stuff like His leg dodges has him grab the sealing with his hand.
Or the chase attack (I think) he uses his arms. I might be wrong.
Moon Lord from Terraria is another example.
Sure, if we include mods, he isn't the final boss, but in base Terraria, he is for sure the final boss
Yes, Moon Lord is Terraria's final boss. Mods create their own storylines, so their final bosses are exclusive to them
Mega Satan from The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth applies for this. Although he's in a similar boat to some bosses you listed in that he's not the true final boss when accounting for DLC.
Metal Gear Excelsus is a good example of this. Arms/legs that crush/swipe and can be climbed, a head that can be damaged and fires a projectile, and a body that iirc can’t be damaged normally.
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Funny thing about Andross using the Head and Hands combo --- his first actual use of it was back in the (then unreleased) Star Fox 2 on SNES. If memory serves, you had to be on the highest difficulty for it to show up.
One of his attacks in that form has him firing eyeballs at you --- was he taking notes from the Contra bosses?
22:34 Ah, so THAT’S where that music came from.
My favourite “two hands and a face” boss has got to be The Darkest Lord from Miitopia. It’s not exactly that format, as you fight each hand separately and you fight the head as well! However it uses it’s design creatively by having you split up your ten-man squadron into two teams of three and one team of four, so you end up using all of your teammates you’ve accumulated throughout your journey.
Each hand uses attacks based on certain moves from certain Miitopia classes and the main head fight is so cinematic and dramatic! I think it’s a wonderful fight with a boss design that has been utilised many times before.
I'm surprised you didn't include the Nightmare King in either the NES or Arcade Nemo games, the latter being a straight up typical final boss, where you shoot at his hands and head, with his arms aiming to crush you, while his head uses lasers.
Do Bouldergeist and Knucklotec from the 3d Marios count? Well! No, they're not final, but they're the right style.
Mom from the binding of isaac also fits here
Also that big hammer robot from Super mario galaxy 2
Don't forget about True Satan too
That feeling when you realize Balan Wonderworld’s final boss is one of these...
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I was gonna say the final "boss" from Mickey and Donald's World of Illusion but he doesn't attack you with his hands directly, just summons ghosts to fly around aimlessly and annoy you.
Z-Leo from Alien Soldier fits perfectly: big body, uses hands against you (shoots, grabs the floor and throws up) and he is final boss of whole boss rush, as Alien Soldier is technically a boss rush game with 25 bosses all over the game.
You should consider the shantae series, two that come to mind are the final bosses for Pirates Curse and Seven Sirens
Agreed
Another interesting aditions... maybe:
Zedd Milenniumon (Digimon Tamers Battle Spirit 1.5 for the Wonderswan): It's a giant two-headed dragon in the background attacking using a pair of floating hands and his sole vulnerable point is a tiny floating sphere.
Bizzarro Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII for PSX and PC): You know, its composed of various parts and, if my memory doesn't fail me, you need to destroy the arms before the head (because the head regenerates).
Mecha-King Ghidorah (Godzilla Domination for the GBA): It's like the case with Dracula from CVIII, but it moves it's three heads and shoots fireballs, wraps your character and when you hit the core it recives damage and one of the heads may be destroyed.
Verdia Second Form (Konosuba: Revenge of Verdia for the PC): It's that weird floating thing that launches energy attacks and the only vulnerable point is the helmet. It doesn't have a pair of hands, but there's a floating sword that serves the same propouse.
To answer your question about gamma:
No gamma doesn't use 2 hands.
But the very similar Wily iron golem from megaman IV on gameboy dors
seeing contra on this list really makes me think. you should do a video about Contra: Hard Corps. that game has some crazy ass bosses
yes
Graham from Aria of Sorrow counts just barely. He uses the hands and a laser ring thing, with the actual body not doing much besides being the thing to beat up. If you don't have the Dracula souls equipped for the whole fight, the game ends with his defeat.
Lavos's second form, with arms being separate targets that do their stuff, though I don't remember if you need to take out arms to go into the final phase.
Moon Lord from Terraria is similar to Lavos, with arms (or well technically the hands) being their own targets to damage.
8:48 My theory? Ego and self-serving memory. Like “I remember winning, so of course that’s what happened!”
I fully expect this counter to return in future episodes whenever we happen to run into any more of these bosses Git
Another example could be Mega Satan from The Binding of Isaac Rebirth
I call these “Gimme a Hand Bosses”
I just saw the thumbnail and I immediately knew what this video was gonna be about before even watching it.
Why is Andross in every game ever?
This will always be my favourite style of boss fights even if they’re usually easy, it makes the boss feel more final and intimidating. Man when I make my sonic fangame (not sure when) I’m definitely having a giant boss in the background that uses giant fist to smash you, and probably laser eyes and spikes as well
Two good examples of a "typical final boss" are both from the scott pilgrim game. One is the giant robot battle, which isn't the final boss but still has the same format. And Gideon's second phase.
NGL I am surprised Cackletta's soul from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga did not show up given overall it fits the criteria perfectly.
Another occurrence of this is the penultimate boss in the game boy advance version of donkey kong country 2, Kerozene.
I can hear Lavos laughing at Queen Zeal.
I totally thought of Lavos too.
@@shamillion Same! Though I did think of Zeal first, before remembering this was about final bosses only.
12:22
X: You'r a wall now?
Sigma: THAT'S RIGHT, X!
Hell yeah, my favorite series is back!
I knew exactly what this video was going to be just from looking at the thumbnail
15:57 oh, i never noticed that either!
oh, i just remembered an old arcade game...drat, i forgot the name, i only played it a few times...
the first boss is a weird dragon that lies on the floor, it attacks with it's tail, and spikes from it's chest, and spits out smaller enemies for you to fight.
-surprisingly, shooting it's head doesn't hurt it, you have to hit it's HIDDEN heart, between the spikes and the head!
the SECOND boss sort of fits (but it's not the FINAL boss), it's head sits still at the top, and it tries to hurt you with it's hands, that come in from the sides of the screen.
-it ALSO has a HIDDEN weak point, you have to shoot it in the SHOULDERS to disable it's hands, shooting the hands doesn't hurt it at all!
that game had a unique control set: joystick to move, turn a knob to aim, push the knob down to shoot.
you could also buy "drones" to help out by blocking attacks, you could move them to different spots by turning the knob while NOT shooting!
i really wish i could remember the name...BUT it had a picture of that dragon on the side, which is distinctive.
Mega Satan from Binding of Isaac Rebirth would fit the category perfectly, even if it was his first phase; sure, he is just two hands and a big head, but he can be quite challenging if the game´s RNG is against you.
I've been waiting for this!
Here's three more I can think of:
Penance (Final Fantasy 10)
Cackletta Soul (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)
Dreamy Bowser (Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)
Edit: Wait, Penance isn't a final boss, so I guess he doesn't count... but he's still a "Hurt the main body after attacking the hands" kind of battle.
Queen Zeal Phase 2 (Chrono Trigger).
An honorable mention I thought of: Wham Bam Rock in Kirby Super Star. While not a final boss, it fits this list perfectly
You could argue that it is the final boss of Great Cave Offensive, and that its upgraded form Wham Bam Jewel is the final boss of Helper to Hero.