The Darkrai fight from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon was absolutely brutal. Not only does it begin with a pretty creepy moment where your partner becomes evil as an illusion, but just when you're about to start, suddenly 6 more high-level enemies show up to the fight. It's a really tough fight with a creepy but great theme, and all ends with Palkia essentially blasting Darkrai into oblivion. Definitely left a lasting impression :0
***** This fight took so long for me to complete... each time I did it (because I frickin love that game). The hardest part is just making it through the Dark Crater, wasting so many items to keep your team alive, and then finally facing the boss. It's crazy, but it was an amazing way to wrap up the post-game.
SPOILER ALERT . . . For the Bowser fight, I thought you were going for Dark Bowser and Fawful. They're similar to Bowletta (though this time YOU swallow the enemy), but they look cooler, the music is more epic and I also find it more challenging. Also, SHOWTIME. Bowser and Mario and Luigi fighting AGAINST the final boss is something that could only happen in this series and I'm glad it did. - For Ganon/Ganondorf fight I'd go with Twilight Princess. Though I guess in OoT it feels better since you meet Ganondorf at the very beginning.
I'm glad it wasn't, that would've been too predictable...but I see your point, Dark Bowser a more finale-esque final battle, still Cackletta will always have a special place in my heart as the sociopathic power hungry witch who inspired Fawful.
The stage, the stakes, the music, Mario and Luigi lending their support to a longtime villain, everything about the Dark Bowser fight was epic and emotional
"Have you ever thought to yourself, 'What if Bowser was a girl?'" No, but I bet someone on Tumblr has. In fact, I bet there's a whole page dedicated it.
ThePersonOfNothing Kirby fights the most insane things to Mario - giant turtle Link - evil pig Samus - giant brain Donkey King - a crocodile Kirby - nightmares, physical embodiment of darkness, bleeding eyeball, etc.
***** I only have one to add, Asheara from Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn. What made the boss cool was that you had to destroy her 9 barriers before you could deal any damage. On top of that you need to have the final attack be Ike otherwise she heals, and Yune gives you a message telling you "Only you can kill her Ike"
Wait, the last two were against mother brain and In mother 3. Is this Nintendo trying to tell us our mothers are the final boss? Because if it is, Nintendo is the smartest company that has ever existed.
THANK YOU FOR PLACING THE MOTHER BOSSES SO HIGH. I mean I knew they were going to be on there. I probably would have placed it first because bias. Also Super Metroid's ending is freaking amazing. Definitely the best ending of any Metroid game.
Gruntilda, Banjo-Kazooie. The epic fight on top of the tower, the music, the insults, the way that they managed to avoid it becoming repetitive. Just my favourite ever boss battle.
Secret Shadows the first time I beat ocarina of time I had the same problem! I was playing it while my mom and sisters were watching and I was making a big deal about using the Biggoron's Sword (I love that sword), and my younger sister kept bugging me about using the Master Sword. After literally 2 hours I finally told her fine to get her to shut up, and to my humiliating surprise, I hit him once and he dies. I couldn't live that down for months....
My personal favorites are Zanza from xenoblade chronicles Ganondorf from twilight princess Vaati from Minish cap King k rool from donkey kong country Ashnard from Fire emblem path of radiance Primal dialga from Pokemon mystery dungeon explorers of time/darkness/sky Gruntilda from banjo kazooie Mike tyson from punch out The fucking dj from splatoon Idk what the guy's name from mega man 2 was so I'll just call him the wizard of oz
I loved Metriod Fusions's Omega Metriod. You've made it throughout the base, stopping the metroid breeding, sending the space station into a collision course with the planet below. You have five minutes to get to your ship. You've almost made it, but... it isn't there. Suddenly, a huge creature comes out. You'll find the massive Omega Metroid where your ship is supposed to be docked. At first you won't be able to injure this huge creature with any weapon in your arsenal, even Ice Missiles won't have any effect. Instead, wait for the Omega Metroid to slash out and strike Samus deliberately, you'll then lose all your health except for 1 unit of energy. This scenario certainly brings back memories, doesn't it? But this time it isn't a Metroid that saves Samus, instead amazingly it's the SA-X. The SA-X will jump into the room and begin attacking the Omega Metroid's chest with its Ice Beam before receiving a slash attack from the creature. The SA-X will fly back and revert back to the gelatinous free-floating X form, quickly leap up and grab the creature to absorb it. Upon absorbing the SA-X you'll finally smite it and regain the Ice Beam ability! You'll also regain all your health and Samus' Power Suit will change to an orange colour. Now it's down to you and the Omega Metroid.
Lisa Lucente ... You are aware "R.I.P" already means "Rest in peace" right? So, you said, "Rest in peace in peace." I think Mojo Jojo would like a word with you.
I would have to say that the Ganondorf Fight in Twilight Princess is my all time favorite. Be it the awesome and divers 4 parts, or the challenge in general, the best part is ultimately the music that kicks in right as you pull out your sword to go one on one with the dark lord himself. Just great
Couldn't agree with you more! But I really liked the final bosses for paper Mario TTYD against Bowser, Godus, and the Shadow Queen and Super Paper Mario against Dimentio and Luigi. And Ganondorf in Twilight princess, it felt like it was the most filling battle with him;; because you faced him in 4 forms: One as possessed Zelda, one as Ganon, one while on Epona and one with swords, I just wished Nintendo tied Ganondorf into the story better.
There's almost nothing more satisfying than reaching the end of Mother 3, after everything you've gone through, after everything Porky's done over the past two games, and beating the ever-loving tar out of him. And the icing on the cake is knowing that he has sealed his own fate, to be absolutely safe, forever trapped with no one but himself. Isolated, alone, and one day, forgotten. Justice is sweet.
You picked the right Pokemon boss. Not the most challenging in Pokemon history, but certainly the most mind-blowing. I'd like to see a video about Pokemon music.
"Metroid Prime". Its so sad that Next Level's talent is being wasted when they could have revived that canceled 2.5D 3DS game taking place after Fusion. Who didn't want that? And who wanted... the other thing.
Cool top list, the Super Metroid Mother Brain fight is cool and all, i remember when i first fought it, i always wondered why i could not leave the area after defeating the 1st face. Then the head brought out particles, i was like.... crap it is not dead yet, here we go, and that baby Metroid scene gave me the feels :(
The main boss I'd add is the final boss off Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn, who will go unnamed due to spoilers. RD's final fight was the first one in the series I'd played that really felt like an actual boss fight. Idoun, the Fire Dragon and the Demon King were all just "use character X with a massive effectiveness bonus and win". Ashnard from PoR was good, but only 3 characters in your army could hurt him, so the rest of your team felt left out. RD's final boss though.... well, firstly, they're actually a real threat, hitting your entire party constantly. Secondly, your whole army has to work together to win. No soloing them with a super overpowered unit, you have to break their barriers first. Everyone from ragtag militia to kings of nations gets to contribute here, and that's amazing. The barriers reflect damage back at you unless you have a certain skill, so there's strategy there too. Even after all the barriers are gone, the boss still has a whopping 120 HP. Seriously, THIS is how you do a boss fight in a strategy RPG. THIS. I agree with most of these, though I'd probably put a Metroid Ridley fight in there somewhere. All of his fights were pretty awesome. Also, don't remind me of AW2 Sturm. It took me almost half a year to beat that mission as a kid, and strangely I always found the Hard Mode version of that map easier for some stupid reason.
It would have to be Dimentio for me, because not only are you trying to save EXISTENCE ITSELF, the boss is a weird amalgamation of the Chaos Heart, Dimentio, and... Luigi. Geez.
ErroneousNickname Jerghinga was amazing. The music made me so pumped as well. And the button mashing ending with the characters button mashing was just great. Yaldaboath was a fairly easy boss for some reason, and it wasn't that long.
Some of my favs were Dark Star Core (bowsers inside story), King K. Rool (DK Country) The Mage (Link to the past) and PRACTICALLY EVERY FIGHT IN LEGEND OF ZELDA TP(that game was perfection)
If we also include non-Nintendos, my favorite final bosses (in no particular order) are Undertale's (neutral and pacifist, never bothered with genocide), NSMB Wii, Mario 3D World, Cave Story, Chrono Trigger, and either Master Core or Tabuu.
My favorite final boss was in Super Paper Mario. The reason I liked it was because of the great story not to mention it is the story of love which made me love it even more. The cutscene at the end was so lovely and cute and the final boss had a cute reason for being evil. So yeah I loved everything about the game.
Kyle Zaruba No... He can learn 4 moves in total. Counter, Mirror Move, Safeguard, Destiny Bond. Wynaut can learn Splash, charm, and encore. That is it. No other HM or TM moves. Source:bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Wobbuffet_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29
I always liked the Dark Bowser fight a bit more than I did the Bowletta fight myself. fighting against a Bowser with Bowser felt super fun, while also keeping the Mario and Luigi segments intact and also just as fun. I just wish Dark Bowser had more brawling attacks, rather than using magic as much as he did. Would've been one of my favorite boss fights of all time if that were the case. xD
CM Punk- Cult of Personality haha well sorry I don't have money to go out and buy every Platinum game x.x Tony Dungan and thank you! I've been meaning to look more into W. 101, maybe I'll check it out :3
i have a few favorites. SPOILERS i loved Dark Bowser from from Bowser's Inside Story. it was so unexpected and intense plus the final boss music is incredible. im glad they added it into SSB Wii U. there there is Xenoblade Chronicles' final boss... this one is a long one... -battle Disciple Dickson -battle and defeat Disciple Dickson -battle and defeat the spirit of Xord -battle and defeat the spirit of Metal Face -battle and defeat the spirit of the Telethia -battle Zanza and 2 minions -battle the god form of Zanza and 2 minions -battle and defeat the god form of Zanza and 2 minions THAT IS 8 BATTLES COMPACTED INTO ONE FINAL BOSS
Well obviously it's easy with the Fierce Deity Mask. That thing is crazy powerful. I'm talking about beating Majora without it. And while Majora can still be beaten fairly easy even without the mask, that's not why I think it's one the best boss fights.
Chelsey Patten what are you joking? that thing was pure disappointment it was completely anticlimactic I beat so easily and I didn't even know at the time that the fierce deity mask was even a thing
Chelsey Patten yeah, I got the fierce Diety mask, but I didnt use it in the boss fight. Its awesome because you had to use all the other transformation masks to beat him... when you run out of ammos and magic like I did
Demise is my all time favourite boss. Everything about that fight from the setting, the music, the boss design and of course what it actually means to the entire LoZ story.
Giga Bowser in Super Smash Bros. Melee! Bowser's trophy floating back on to the stage, being struck by lightning, and then undergoing a terrifying transformation ending with an eye glare. Seeing all of the elemental power ups his moves got made him seem even more threatening! Iconic moment in Smash history for me.
I haven't played many Zelda games over the years, but I love Link Between Worlds. I love that YuGanon fight. It's really well orchestrated, even the painting light arrows part.
The fight with Hades at the end of Kid Icarus Uprising is probably one of my new favorites(especially with how challenging it is on difficulty 7 and up).
That fight with Sturm. It still sticks with me today. My brother and I were so hooked on the first Advance Wars, both the campaign and the AWESOME 1-cartridge multiplayer, and that Sturm fight was one that took both of us multiple tries and made a huge impact. It's a great final boss! This whole list was really wonderful and, of the bosses on this list I HAVE faced, I fully agree. Great choices :) And some games I now NEED to play lol.
I'm ssoooo glad you put mother 3! Finally someone considering mother 3 more! Too bad there aren't in your top ten the dark bowser, gygas and zero/zero 2's battle
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga has a special place in my heart... I played it a long time ago and back when I did it was so difficult for me it took months, and when I finally beat trick Bowletta I felt so happy and accomplished, just to be even more shocked at when I was eaten and thrown into a fight with 1 health! This fight gave me so much adrenaline and so much trouble, but beating it was about the greatest thing ever... I will never forget that fight. So well designed and well done.
One of my favourite boss fights is in the first Super Paper Mario, where you fight against Count Bleck and Dimentio. The design of the castle, the music, the feels, and the twist at the end where (SPOILERS) Dimentio possesses Luigi. Although it took a while to beat, it was never an annoying boss. Perfect, imo.
I love the final Bowser fights from Mario Sunshine, 64, and Galaxy (in that order). They all just have a really epic feeling. The final boss of Awakening, the Fell Dragon Grima is pretty awesome as well. Legitimately surprised Hades from KI:U stayed off this list, his fights were amazing!
Although it is fairly recent, my favorite Nintendo boss is easily Jergingha from the Wonderful 101. Everything about that fight makes it feel like the biggest, most important, and simply most epic fight you'll ever have. And then, the way you finish him off is probably one of the craziest, most amazing, and most satisfying things I've ever experienced in a game.
My favorite Nintendo boss? Tom Nook. He's the only one that would actually employ me.
Ryan Badello Mine is Mr. Resetti ^-^
Ha!
Haha!!!
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You said it bacuse you are peeingn yourself wheny you hear word is-a-bell
5:18 This is more relevant now then ever.
Wait for that fanart to roll in
Stupid super crown
"Have you ever thought to yourself, 'What if Bowser was a girl?'"
Too soon
3 years too soon.
He was years ahead
The Darkrai fight from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon was absolutely brutal.
Not only does it begin with a pretty creepy moment where your partner becomes evil as an illusion, but just when you're about to start, suddenly 6 more high-level enemies show up to the fight.
It's a really tough fight with a creepy but great theme, and all ends with Palkia essentially blasting Darkrai into oblivion. Definitely left a lasting impression :0
***** AHHHH That PMD fight was so insane *.*
It honestly took me hours :/
***** This fight took so long for me to complete... each time I did it (because I frickin love that game). The hardest part is just making it through the Dark Crater, wasting so many items to keep your team alive, and then finally facing the boss. It's crazy, but it was an amazing way to wrap up the post-game.
Gave the DS to my friend on the bus to beat it, a week later I got it back and was finally able to do post game
Palkia and I made up. We're bros now. But we don't speak about the other guy...
I had forgotten about that fight until now. Darkrai was the bane of my childhood. Took me forever to defeat him.
SPOILER ALERT
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For the Bowser fight, I thought you were going for Dark Bowser and Fawful.
They're similar to Bowletta (though this time YOU swallow the enemy), but they look cooler, the music is more epic and I also find it more challenging.
Also, SHOWTIME. Bowser and Mario and Luigi fighting AGAINST the final boss is something that could only happen in this series and I'm glad it did.
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For Ganon/Ganondorf fight I'd go with Twilight Princess. Though I guess in OoT it feels better since you meet Ganondorf at the very beginning.
Nincalamako A winner is you
I'm glad it wasn't, that would've been too predictable...but I see your point, Dark Bowser a more finale-esque final battle, still Cackletta will always have a special place in my heart as the sociopathic power hungry witch who inspired Fawful.
The Potatoe Gamer jackpotting!
The stage, the stakes, the music, Mario and Luigi lending their support to a longtime villain, everything about the Dark Bowser fight was epic and emotional
Akyrsed that is... way to true
"Have you ever thought to yourself, 'What if Bowser was a girl?'"
No, but I bet someone on Tumblr has.
In fact, I bet there's a whole page dedicated it.
Why wasn't Bowser on the list he is good have you played Mario games?!
This is suddenly relevant
*Bowsette Intensifies*
Irony
Oof
Splatoon's final boss is pretty much of one my favorite boss fights ever.
D-d-d-drop the sea bass lmao
***** I'm a dub stomp you into nothing.
Slimey, little hipster
XDD and when he dances then stops along to the beat in the last section.
ImTheMagicalDolphin He's gonna remix your face...
I'd probably switch #1 and #2. They're still definitely the top two but...
The Masked Man fight made me cry.
It was so sad, especially at the very end.
It's his opinion
Kevin Thompson :(
And Porky had awesome music.
The baby metroids sacrifice will always be one of the most heroic moments in gaming
JELLYFISH IS HELPING YES
8:03 "This BLUE my mind"....
Get it?
Okay I will leave...
Ross McDonald that was genius. just pure genius.
You just scored a Like. Good job.
Ross McDonald I want to hate you so much but I honestly found that pretty funny.
You red my mind.
Ross McDonald plus
wobuffet using hyper beam...
really?
My favourite Nintendo boss is Satoru Iwata.
TheSuperthingymabob You're right!
Awe... Ouch.. That one hurt..
MY HEART
IT ACHES
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*see's no Kirby boss* Welp
ThePersonOfNothing Kirby fights the most insane things to
Mario - giant turtle
Link - evil pig
Samus - giant brain
Donkey King - a crocodile
Kirby - nightmares, physical embodiment of darkness, bleeding eyeball, etc.
ThePersonOfNothing I was hoping to see Kirby too.
I would have included Queen Sectonia.
I would have included myself
Derpinator9000 Earthbound:an alien that turned into a dimension of pure evil
Josh? Have you ever beat Mike Tyson? In Mike Tyson's PunchOut Of course… ^_^
epicepona I have! A handful of times by decision (one was during the footage for this video), but only one time by TKO. That was enough for me.
***** The final KO attack in DK64... goes to..... Funky Kong is his amazing Boot gun, how come we didn't get that weapon?
***** All were final bosses...Now do the list again NONE final bosses, ya numpt
***** I only have one to add, Asheara from Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn. What made the boss cool was that you had to destroy her 9 barriers before you could deal any damage. On top of that you need to have the final attack be Ike otherwise she heals, and Yune gives you a message telling you "Only you can kill her Ike"
epicepona What is this sentence?
Wait, the last two were against mother brain and In mother 3. Is this Nintendo trying to tell us our mothers are the final boss? Because if it is, Nintendo is the smartest company that has ever existed.
glup.
why dafuq is there a suggestion for "LUCKY POOP BLOCKS MOD CHALLENGE - MINECRAFT MODDED MINI-GAME! "
PrimeVinyl Ya dats on mine too
no thanks, not for me
PrimeVinyl it suggested that for me too
PrimeVinyl Suggested that for me also.
PrimeVinyl Ugh it's by BajanCanadian. He isn't even that good, but somehow has 4 million+ subscribers.
THANK YOU FOR PLACING THE MOTHER BOSSES SO HIGH. I mean I knew they were going to be on there. I probably would have placed it first because bias.
Also Super Metroid's ending is freaking amazing. Definitely the best ending of any Metroid game.
5:17 THIS IS THE MOST EXTREME FORM OF FORESHADOWING
Oh no..
Gruntilda, Banjo-Kazooie. The epic fight on top of the tower, the music, the insults, the way that they managed to avoid it becoming repetitive. Just my favourite ever boss battle.
Not knowing you had to beat ganon using the master sword i used the biggoron sword the entire fight and spent 3 hours fighting him just to die
Secret Shadows the first time I beat ocarina of time I had the same problem! I was playing it while my mom and sisters were watching and I was making a big deal about using the Biggoron's Sword (I love that sword), and my younger sister kept bugging me about using the Master Sword. After literally 2 hours I finally told her fine to get her to shut up, and to my humiliating surprise, I hit him once and he dies. I couldn't live that down for months....
I was SO happy to see what number 2 was. Love the game AND the boss
My personal favorites are
Zanza from xenoblade chronicles
Ganondorf from twilight princess
Vaati from Minish cap
King k rool from donkey kong country
Ashnard from Fire emblem path of radiance
Primal dialga from Pokemon mystery dungeon explorers of time/darkness/sky
Gruntilda from banjo kazooie
Mike tyson from punch out
The fucking dj from splatoon
Idk what the guy's name from mega man 2 was so I'll just call him the wizard of oz
Have to agree on primal dialga, its often forgotten
Blackbirdrebellion2937 Twilight Princess FOREVER!!!
Blackbirdrebellion2937 How could you forget Doctor Wahwee! And his alien hologram!
Jay M nothing beats the wizard of oz battle
Sectonia from Kirby Triple Deluxe and Galacta Knight from Kirby's Return to Dream Land, as well as Magalor from Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
Wasn't expecting Porky to be on here. Glad to see some Mother 3 love :3
The final battle in Twilight Princess final phase was amazing, especially with the really epic music.
Surprised the final boss of Splatoon wasn't on here. Personally, my favorite is Megalor from Kirby's Return to Dreamland.
He....just.....wouldn't......die
Now that you mention it, I'm surprised to. That boss took me hours to beat
Same here
WaddleDee105 I just realized today Bowletta is basically the first soul boss
Splatoon 2 is harder
"StarFox Wii U just around the corner.." and yet it releases almost a year later.
My favorite was marx from kirby
He really showed how creative sakurai can be with also showing the horrors kirby has defeated
5:15
Bowsette in a nutshell
This was actually quite an interesting list, but I was really hoping for Majora's Mask from Majora's Mask.
GrandDismount Yes, me too!
The floor is made out of floor.
Best boss ever, Iwata.
I loved Metriod Fusions's Omega Metriod. You've made it throughout the base, stopping the metroid breeding, sending the space station into a collision course with the planet below. You have five minutes to get to your ship. You've almost made it, but... it isn't there. Suddenly, a huge creature comes out. You'll find the massive Omega Metroid where your ship is supposed to be docked. At first you won't be able to injure this huge creature with any weapon in your arsenal, even Ice Missiles won't have any effect. Instead, wait for the Omega Metroid to slash out and strike Samus deliberately, you'll then lose all your health except for 1 unit of energy. This scenario certainly brings back memories, doesn't it?
But this time it isn't a Metroid that saves Samus, instead amazingly it's the SA-X. The SA-X will jump into the room and begin attacking the Omega Metroid's chest with its Ice Beam before receiving a slash attack from the creature. The SA-X will fly back and revert back to the gelatinous free-floating X form, quickly leap up and grab the creature to absorb it. Upon absorbing the SA-X you'll finally smite it and regain the Ice Beam ability! You'll also regain all your health and Samus' Power Suit will change to an orange colour. Now it's down to you and the Omega Metroid.
r.i.p. in peace, samus, r.i.p. in peace.
Lisa Lucente ... You are aware "R.I.P" already means "Rest in peace" right?
So, you said, "Rest in peace in peace."
I think Mojo Jojo would like a word with you.
Inhaled Corn "RIP in peace" is a common meme these days, the pure redundancy being the joke.
Inhaled Corn i'm very aware, don't you worry.
RileyRivalle2 I think it qualifies as a joke... it's just not very funny.
RileyRivalle2 I don't know. I wanted to be hip and cool and down with the kids... and stuff.
Bowletta: What if Bowser was a girl?
Well, do I have news for you. Bowsette.
5:16 (in 2018) Oh boy...
I would have to say that the Ganondorf Fight in Twilight Princess is my all time favorite. Be it the awesome and divers 4 parts, or the challenge in general, the best part is ultimately the music that kicks in right as you pull out your sword to go one on one with the dark lord himself. Just great
Couldn't agree with you more!
But I really liked the final bosses for paper Mario TTYD against Bowser, Godus, and the Shadow Queen and Super Paper Mario against Dimentio and Luigi. And Ganondorf in Twilight princess, it felt like it was the most filling battle with him;; because you faced him in 4 forms: One as possessed Zelda, one as Ganon, one while on Epona and one with swords, I just wished Nintendo tied Ganondorf into the story better.
"No crying until the end" was Mother 1. 3's is "Strange. Funny. Heartrending."
There's almost nothing more satisfying than reaching the end of Mother 3, after everything you've gone through, after everything Porky's done over the past two games, and beating the ever-loving tar out of him. And the icing on the cake is knowing that he has sealed his own fate, to be absolutely safe, forever trapped with no one but himself. Isolated, alone, and one day, forgotten. Justice is sweet.
You picked the right Pokemon boss. Not the most challenging in Pokemon history, but certainly the most mind-blowing.
I'd like to see a video about Pokemon music.
DJ Octavio from Splatoon (greatest final boss ever made)
Malladus from The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (second greatest final boss ever made)
crash979797, no magalor is
Shall we talk about Giygas on EarthBound? After finishing that game 8 times, that boss fight give me a lot of emotions
Hear about that new Metroid Prime game? Yup I'm depressed too.
(hi )
"Metroid Prime". Its so sad that Next Level's talent is being wasted when they could have revived that canceled 2.5D 3DS game taking place after Fusion. Who didn't want that? And who wanted... the other thing.
John John I was the other thing, it looks fun.
Marcus Rossi It LOOKS like a bootleg Prime Hunters.
***** Its on the 3ds, there are crazy graphical limitations. At least in an online co op game
One of my favorite fights was against bowser in super Mario Galaxy. It was just epic with the music.
2015- What if Bowser was a girl?
2018- Bowsette
Thanks for that
Cool top list, the Super Metroid Mother Brain fight is cool and all, i remember when i first fought it, i always wondered why i could not leave the area after defeating the 1st face. Then the head brought out particles, i was like.... crap it is not dead yet, here we go, and that baby Metroid scene gave me the feels :(
The main boss I'd add is the final boss off Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn, who will go unnamed due to spoilers. RD's final fight was the first one in the series I'd played that really felt like an actual boss fight. Idoun, the Fire Dragon and the Demon King were all just "use character X with a massive effectiveness bonus and win". Ashnard from PoR was good, but only 3 characters in your army could hurt him, so the rest of your team felt left out.
RD's final boss though.... well, firstly, they're actually a real threat, hitting your entire party constantly. Secondly, your whole army has to work together to win. No soloing them with a super overpowered unit, you have to break their barriers first. Everyone from ragtag militia to kings of nations gets to contribute here, and that's amazing. The barriers reflect damage back at you unless you have a certain skill, so there's strategy there too. Even after all the barriers are gone, the boss still has a whopping 120 HP. Seriously, THIS is how you do a boss fight in a strategy RPG. THIS.
I agree with most of these, though I'd probably put a Metroid Ridley fight in there somewhere. All of his fights were pretty awesome. Also, don't remind me of AW2 Sturm. It took me almost half a year to beat that mission as a kid, and strangely I always found the Hard Mode version of that map easier for some stupid reason.
It would have to be Dimentio for me, because not only are you trying to save EXISTENCE ITSELF, the boss is a weird amalgamation of the Chaos Heart, Dimentio, and... Luigi. Geez.
No Yaldaboath or Jerghinga? Nope. Okaaaay...
I'm feeling this comment.
Man just no love.....not even dark bowser or the master core
To be fair, he can't talk much about Yaldaboath without some of the most important spoilers in Xenoblade.
LordAntismurf what about zanza
ErroneousNickname Jerghinga was amazing. The music made me so pumped as well. And the button mashing ending with the characters button mashing was just great.
Yaldaboath was a fairly easy boss for some reason, and it wasn't that long.
Some of my favs were Dark Star Core (bowsers inside story), King K. Rool (DK Country) The Mage (Link to the past) and PRACTICALLY EVERY FIGHT IN LEGEND OF ZELDA TP(that game was perfection)
If we also include non-Nintendos, my favorite final bosses (in no particular order) are Undertale's (neutral and pacifist, never bothered with genocide), NSMB Wii, Mario 3D World, Cave Story, Chrono Trigger, and either Master Core or Tabuu.
My favorite final boss was in Super Paper Mario. The reason I liked it was because of the great story not to mention it is the story of love which made me love it even more. The cutscene at the end was so lovely and cute and the final boss had a cute reason for being evil. So yeah I loved everything about the game.
My bio teacher's last name is Sturm...
so apparently Hitler with an awesome mask also teaches about carbohydrates, Lipids, and Proteins...
"Only I have the brains to rule lylat!" That line will always give me chills.
Very surprised to see Mother 3 on this list, one of my favorite games of all time!
Giygas should've been here. Most impacting boss-fight I recall.
Vote King K. Rool in the smash bros fighter ballot! #KroctheVote
Please be in smasn
The Coprolites Podcast no NEVER FEAR SIMON BELMONT IS HERE
About that....
+Bah Bah Kapooyah 577 I in. v6e4/Bob
Him: "What if Bowser was a girl?"
Me: "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! YOU MADMAN!!! YOU CREATED A MONSTER!!!"
How did Wobbuffet use Hyper Beam in the end?!!?!?! anyone pick that up?!?!?!
He can learn most if not all moves
Kyle Zaruba No...
He can learn 4 moves in total. Counter, Mirror Move, Safeguard, Destiny Bond. Wynaut can learn Splash, charm, and encore. That is it. No other HM or TM moves.
Source:bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Wobbuffet_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29
Tronplexed hacks, i suppose?
The pudge used it the the wibbafet used it back?
HyperCraft _ Counter and Mirror Move don't do that, they simply return double the damage. It wouldn't say: "Wobbufet used hyper beam."
You mentioned Porky and Masked Man. Amazing work.
'What if Bowser was a girl?'
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I always liked the Dark Bowser fight a bit more than I did the Bowletta fight myself. fighting against a Bowser with Bowser felt super fun, while also keeping the Mario and Luigi segments intact and also just as fun. I just wish Dark Bowser had more brawling attacks, rather than using magic as much as he did. Would've been one of my favorite boss fights of all time if that were the case. xD
I don't care how atmospheric and satisfying OoT Ganondorf/Ganon boss battle is, TP will always be better in my opinion and Skyward Sword.
a fan translation if mother 3 is in the store, chances are slim to none for anyone to make an official translation when an accurate one already exists
I'm kinda sad that Jergingha isn't on here.
Tony Dungan whos that?
^ You're not a Nintendo fan, sadly.
Joey Perez The final boss of one of the greatest action games of all time, The Wonderful 101.
CM Punk- Cult of Personality haha well sorry I don't have money to go out and buy every Platinum game x.x
Tony Dungan and thank you! I've been meaning to look more into W. 101, maybe I'll check it out :3
i have a few favorites. SPOILERS
i loved Dark Bowser from from Bowser's Inside Story. it was so unexpected and intense plus the final boss music is incredible. im glad they added it into SSB Wii U.
there there is Xenoblade Chronicles' final boss... this one is a long one...
-battle Disciple Dickson
-battle and defeat Disciple Dickson
-battle and defeat the spirit of Xord
-battle and defeat the spirit of Metal Face
-battle and defeat the spirit of the Telethia
-battle Zanza and 2 minions
-battle the god form of Zanza and 2 minions
-battle and defeat the god form of Zanza and 2 minions
THAT IS 8 BATTLES COMPACTED INTO ONE FINAL BOSS
How is Majora's Mask not on this list!?! Majora is definitely my number one on best boss fights. Hands freakin down.
That's ur opinion tho
I beat him easily by wearing my Fierce Deity Mask. I was dissapointed it was not challenging.
Well obviously it's easy with the Fierce Deity Mask. That thing is crazy powerful. I'm talking about beating Majora without it. And while Majora can still be beaten fairly easy even without the mask, that's not why I think it's one the best boss fights.
Chelsey Patten
what are you joking? that thing was pure disappointment it was completely anticlimactic I beat so easily and I didn't even know at the time that the fierce deity mask was even a thing
Chelsey Patten yeah, I got the fierce Diety mask, but I didnt use it in the boss fight. Its awesome because you had to use all the other transformation masks to beat him... when you run out of ammos and magic like I did
8:30 OH THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING SOME MOTHER STUFF :D
Did that Wobuffet just use a Hyperbeam?
It used the mirror move or whatever prob
+She Who Is Nameless Well, not with that attitude
I thought I was the only one who loved porky's mother 3 battle.
King K. Rool on here! Vote for him in the Super Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot! #KroctheVote #krool4smash
Demise is my all time favourite boss. Everything about that fight from the setting, the music, the boss design and of course what it actually means to the entire LoZ story.
K Rool is such a Fantastic boss, vote for him in the smash ballot #KroctheVote
I know Giygas gets mentioned a lot, but I'd put that one and Godzilla-Bowser from NSMB Wii on this list.
ahahhaaha dat Shia LaBeou reference xDDD
Giga Bowser in Super Smash Bros. Melee! Bowser's trophy floating back on to the stage, being struck by lightning, and then undergoing a terrifying transformation ending with an eye glare. Seeing all of the elemental power ups his moves got made him seem even more threatening! Iconic moment in Smash history for me.
5:23 bowesette
Great list. When I think back on some of my favorite Nintendo titles, my mind usually goes straight to the final boss fights.
Mother 3's tagline was "Strange. Funny. Heartrending."
"No crying until the end" was the tagline of Mother 1/Earthbound Beginnings.
Nicely done, Jwittz. It's E3 week and most videogaming channel are taking about that but you went different. I respect that.
Meta Knight is the real boss
I'm so happy that Mother 3 was so high on the list! It's seriously a game that everyone needs to play.
I'm happy that #3 was on the list, but I was also hoping to see Dark Bowser from Bowsers Inside Story.
***** You almost gave me a heart attack at number 2, I got so excited that I thought it was finally released.
#2 yes
But seriously though all the feels...
I haven't played many Zelda games over the years, but I love Link Between Worlds. I love that YuGanon fight. It's really well orchestrated, even the painting light arrows part.
The fight with Hades at the end of Kid Icarus Uprising is probably one of my new favorites(especially with how challenging it is on difficulty 7 and up).
The final boss from Splatoon was so good that it already went pretty high on my top 10. It was challenging, fun, and had great atmosphere.
"Have you ever thought to yourself...What if Bowser was a girl?" oh jeez how this question has grown....
That fight with Sturm. It still sticks with me today. My brother and I were so hooked on the first Advance Wars, both the campaign and the AWESOME 1-cartridge multiplayer, and that Sturm fight was one that took both of us multiple tries and made a huge impact. It's a great final boss!
This whole list was really wonderful and, of the bosses on this list I HAVE faced, I fully agree. Great choices :) And some games I now NEED to play lol.
I'm ssoooo glad you put mother 3! Finally someone considering mother 3 more! Too bad there aren't in your top ten the dark bowser, gygas and zero/zero 2's battle
I'd like the end of Advance Wars more if Meteor Strike weren't so unfair. I've been stuck for months now.
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga has a special place in my heart... I played it a long time ago and back when I did it was so difficult for me it took months, and when I finally beat trick Bowletta I felt so happy and accomplished, just to be even more shocked at when I was eaten and thrown into a fight with 1 health! This fight gave me so much adrenaline and so much trouble, but beating it was about the greatest thing ever... I will never forget that fight. So well designed and well done.
My personal favorites
The nightmare from links awakening
Baby bowzer from yoshi's island
Wario from mario land 2
and
Giygas from mother 2 :)
I love how you said that Mike Tyson was difficult while you showed footage of someone (you I expect) destroying with ease.
"Joke's on you, I did the fetch quest!"
My thoughts exactly.
Welcome back from your honeymoon Josh, hope you had a great time!
I love how most of these bosses are from either the 64 or the GBA, in my opinion the best consoles :D
One of my favourite boss fights is in the first Super Paper Mario, where you fight against Count Bleck and Dimentio. The design of the castle, the music, the feels, and the twist at the end where (SPOILERS) Dimentio possesses Luigi. Although it took a while to beat, it was never an annoying boss. Perfect, imo.
+TheCramp_8 Just sit back and enjoy The Ultimate Show. ;)
JWittz predicted Bowsette years in advance
I love the final Bowser fights from Mario Sunshine, 64, and Galaxy (in that order). They all just have a really epic feeling. The final boss of Awakening, the Fell Dragon Grima is pretty awesome as well.
Legitimately surprised Hades from KI:U stayed off this list, his fights were amazing!
Although it is fairly recent, my favorite Nintendo boss is easily Jergingha from the Wonderful 101. Everything about that fight makes it feel like the biggest, most important, and simply most epic fight you'll ever have. And then, the way you finish him off is probably one of the craziest, most amazing, and most satisfying things I've ever experienced in a game.