Favorite (Boss) Battles

[Evil McBadGuy]

Pretty simple. Talk about some of your most memorable Boss Battles. Or just a battle in general. Whatever. And yeah they gotta be from video games and such.

So uh, I'll get started then. One of my memorables being Sekundes from Tales of Eternia.

When he says he's a Supreme Craymel, this guy freaking means it. Imagine a dude who just towers over you in size, has super high defense that only the toughest weapons can pierce, strength against every element except lightning(and lightning barely does anything more to him anyway), and martial arts that would put Bruce Lee to shame.

Oh, and he has access to some of the toughest spells in the game and will show you no mercy if you leave a single opening. And to accompany his kickassery, he has one of the best damn theme songs ever. However...

As though the game wishes to help you extract your vengence upon him, if you get him to low enough health and have one of your mages cast the Indignation spell, you get a special animation that auto-kills the cheap fuck. And for winning, he gives you one of the best accessories in the game, the Derries Emblem. Now that's a pretty satifying reward.

[Sir Lighter of Elsewhere]

The final boss battle between Liquid Snake and Solid Snake, on top of Outer Haven, just fist fighting, no weapons, nothing but pure skill. Most awesome boss battle of all time.

[Akanyara]

Ansem from Kingdom Hearts, hands down. I haven't beaten either of the games yet cuz of that loser. Or maybe I'm just a fail like that. Krauser from Resident Evil Four is pretty epic too.

[Evil McBadGuy]

Here's another. Specter from Ape Escape.

The first fight he's in a giant gorilla mech that just owns the battle field. Not to mention the entire battle is from his perspective.

So you beat him and his mech explodes. It's all over, right?

WRONG

There are still monkies back in time, screwing up the place. Also, Specter escaped! So catch 'em, then you go one-on-one with the guy who has just been a giant evil snark toward you. It's also at this point Specter reveals he's not all evil, just a combo of being mistreated and the Peak Point Helmet.

But none-the-less, time to take the asshole down. The dude floats lazily in his chair the entire time, rams you, shoots Lightning at you, AND SHOOTS MISSILES AT YOU. Christ. But after the long and grand battle, you catch him, and all is returned to normal in a wonderous classic of a game.

[Ribitta]

That stupid Crocodile from the end of Donkey Kong country...

[Rising Dragon]

Mizar. Just... Mizar.

This one isn't a favorite but he's worthy of the title "Final Boss" and for that he's memorable. In the way that makes you want to cry in your sleep.

Okay, so when you first fight Mizar in Jet Force Gemini, he's a bit of a pushover. Kinda sad for the ultimate bad guy of the game. After a little while, he decides he doesn't get paid enough to deal with this shit and leaves, hijacks an asteroid and sends it hurtling at Earth.

So now you have to collect every friggin' teddy bea--er, Tribal in the game and collect a bunch of parts for an old spaceship to chase after him. And once you get there, he's taken a level in badass and is ready to knock the shit out of you. And knock the shit out of you he does. He disables your two teammates, then flies off and sends meteorites to pelt the shit out of you. And then he starts attacking. SHOCKWAVES. LASER EYES. POISON BREATH. LIGHTNING HAND.

Oh god, the Lightning Hand attack. He fires lightning from his metal hand like his name's Palpatine and tries to fry your ass by dragging it back and forth across the tiny ass platform you're on. Oh, and if it hits you for barely a second, a massive chunk of your lifeforce is gone. He can kill you in seconds with this attack. Oh, and to make things worse, his weak point? Its on his back. Which is facing away from you most of the time. You have to hit him whenever he decides to fly away and OH GOD HE'S ATTACKING WITH LIGHTNING AGAIN AND IT BURNS AND BURNS MAKE IT STOP MAKEITSTOOOOOP.

Yeah he likes to spam that lightning hand a lot.

He flies back and forth and you have to slam missiles into his back whenever he retreats. So finally his weak point, which is his ability to fly, is destroyed and he hits the ground hard. Is the battle over?

NO.

No, the bastard gets back up and you have to fight him ALL OVER AGAIN. He stays in one place and he has three new weakpoints, but he still uses the lightning hand, the giant roachy bastard. Now you have to blow off his arms. One after the other. Yes, you do get to feel vindication after you take away THAT GOD DAMN LIGHTNING HAND.

And after that you need to shoot him in the face until he's dead. NOW you get to stop fighting. And your reward? Sacrificing your robotic laser-shooting Navi-esque companion and then being treated to Juno's really really bad disco dancing. Its that bad; Vela is disgusted by it.

More to come later.

[Evil McBadGuy]

Myria, from Breath of Fire III. Be weary of spoilers ahead, yar.

A final boss worthy of boasting how she's a Goddess and the final boss. Not only is her new form hideous(well okay she was hideous before then but still), but she is one of the cheapest bitches ever. She has absurdly high strength in both the physical and magical, and a crapload of HP.

And you may be thinking, 'So what? I'll just cast Warcry and Shield a few times then transform my party.'

Well see, she's kinda expecting that. She likes using a spell to de-buff everyone on the field at once, making you start all over. Oh and did I mention she also likes casting a spell that heals a helluva lot of HP, and that she can get in multiple turns if you aren't high leveled or have the best of best equipment? Yeah, there's that.

But enough on how she cheats. One of the best things about her is that before the battle, you're given a choice: Fight her and free the world from her oppression, or, join her and conquer all that stand in your way. And yes, the latter does give you an alternate ending.

Plus, there was so much build up to her. Granted, if you played atleast one of the previous games you knew she was coming, but even then she seemed to have completely changed, showing that half your friends(especially Momo) are total pricks or totally selfish on the whole deal.

She had an equal number of good and bad deeds throughout the game by itself, just about. I say just about because, well, she killed 75% of the dragon race and brainwashed one of Ryu's' best friends until the last minute. That shit's unforgivable.

[Great Saiyaman]

Motherfucking General RAAM from Gears of War.

Its not often anymore do you see final bosses in a shooter. Especially ones like him. He's mean, he's gray, and you'll wish you had a laser ray. Before you go into a fight with this bastard you find a room with two large boxes of ammo, a Lancer, a Sniper, and a Torque Bow. The Lancer is the standard assault rifle in the game, doesn't do much to him. The Sniper, is well, a sniper. The Torque Bow is a futuristic crossbow that shoots bolts that stick...and explode. Sounds pretty good haul right? Right well these things a pea shooters to him. If you use both the sniper and torque, all headshots, on hardcore and higher, you'll want to hit with every shit. But he's slow and pretty big not too hard to hit right?



This guy came prepared. There's this turrent in the game called the Troika and these things tear you apart in the higher difficulties, on Insane it can take less than a second. Yeah well not only is he using one this fucker is CARRYING IT and he's not a bad shot neither. Also that's not all, around him is a shield of Kryll. You know those bats that come out at night and if you so much as breath in a dark spot they'll come out and rip you to shreds? Yeah well he's got a swarm of them surrounding him and they rarely leave. Now this wouldn't be so bad if THE PLATFORM YOU FIGHT HIM ON WASN'T MOSTLY DARK. Yeah, in total there's about four places where you can take cover with enough light to protect you from the Kryll.

Now he does sent his swarm out to get you, even if you're in a lighted area, but, again, this happens rarely but even when he does if you keep your head up too long his Troika will make you gibs in a couple of seconds so quick aim is crucial. It doesn't help that sniper aiming in that is VERY sensitive. If you so much as blink while sniping you'll miss horribly or barely, depending on the sniper's mood. The torque bow isn't so bad, except the fact that after you let go of the trigger there's a delay between you letting go of the trigger and the bow actually firing, combine this with charge up time and you'll have to predict pretty well where this fucker will go before charging especially sense if you charge too long it'll fire on its own.

Now I said he was slow right? Right well he starts at the other end of a flatbed on a train but slowly makes his way to you while weaving through some random boxes. But while he's doing this he's peppering you with Troika fire and covering himself with Kryll. Chances are you won't kill him before he reaches you. So...what do you? He's covered in Kryll and has a double barreled Gatling gun to your nose. RUN GYPSY RUN! You're forced to book it to the other end of the car. This means weaving through cover to avoid his Troika fire AND avoiding the dark areas in case he sends his Kryll. Now if you're quick, skilled, and careful you can beat him before he comes back.

But I'd also like to point out the sense of humor in the developers. On the end of the car where he starts there's a mounted Troika, sitting idle, waiting for you to man up and tear this General down. Well guess what? No light. That's right. Using it is a sure fire way to get yourself killed. Wasn't that sweet of epic?

[Evil McBadGuy]

More spoilers be had, ye have been warned.

Saturos and Menardi from Golden Sun

This battle is the real deal. The final clash, the climax of adventure. Earliar, you battled Saturos and won, so you should be fine, right? Haha, you wish. In that fight not only was Saturos alone, but he was weakened by the Mercury Lighthouse, and he STILL managed to kick your party around.

Now? He's got his comrade fighting alongside him, and she's just as powerful as he is. Both have buffs, de-buffs, healing, and insane Psynergy attacks that your team probably doesn't even have yet. Not to mention thanks to them being Mars Adepts, Garet's' offensive has basically been halved.

So what do you do? Whatever you can, really. Summons, Djinn, healing Psynergy, Unleashes... your call. So okay, you make it through, you won. Awesome! But hey wait now.... OH-CRAP! Saturos just tossed the Venus Star into the Lighthouse! You failed to stop it from getting lighted!

And that's not the worst part. Thanks to Mars and Venus being allied elements... you can see where this is going. The two's' power is not only doubled, but they then fuse and become the Fusion Dragon! A boss worthy of the title "Final" so your sorry ass better be ready.

This thing is relentless. It can use a breath attack that can curse your whole party, strong physical blows, and can use the powers of your Fire Summons. The only upside being this thing can't heal. But that hardly matters when it has high stats and tens of thousands of HP anyway!

Okay, so despite all that, you make it through. Journey over, right? Haha, screw you. It's revealed that the guy who was once your friend is carrying out their plans anyway, no matter what you say. Just wonderful. And... this is where the game ends until the second one. I think Camelot just kicked you in the privates.

Oh, and in said second game, you discover Saturos and Menardi weren't actually bad guys. Good going.