Most epic boss battle of Nintendo's history?

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appolose on 19 March 2010

Pineapple said:

Khuutra said:
That reminds me that a lot of Fire Emblem bosses qualify, but those are mostly awesome because of the hero involved. Hector's fight are great:

(spoiler: Hector isn't the one who killed Lloyd)

Linus: Hey, you! You think you're tough, don't you?
Hector: Tough enough to cleave you in two.
Linus: I am Linus Reed, son of Brendan Reed. You killed my brother, Lloyd! Take this! Rrraahh!!!
Hector: I am Marquess Ostia's brother, Hector!! And I don't know about Lloyd, but I'll sure kill you!

That last line always gets me

I wouldn't really say the Fire Emblem boss battles are that great. The entire gameplay mechanism doesn't work too well around you having multiple units fighting against one. I absolutely loved the Deginshea fight, though.

The entire settings of the bosses, but the battles themselves aren't that great. They definitely don't come up close to the Zelda ones.

I have to agree upon your original Ganondorf from OoT comment. Although your "he wasn't particularly hard" sort of annoys me as I tried 37 times before successfully killing his first form (Ie, before he turns into Ganon)

Edit: Oh, and is this for Nintendo developed games, or games on Nintendo systems? If the latter, Okami pretty much steals my top three spots.

God bless you, yes, Okami's battles are the best.

As for Nintendo, Andross SNES and Super Metroid Mother Brain. But between the two, I'm not sure which is more awesome.

Okami

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JUG on 19 March 2010

Either:

Bowser from NSMBWii

or

That one with the spinner item in Twighlight Princess.

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TripleMMM on 19 March 2010

I don't know why, but it's a tie between Ganon from OOT(even TP) as others discribed the scene, and Bowser (from SM64). Those always get my blood pumpin'!

My I add an honorable mention...

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Arius Dion on 20 March 2010

Khuutra said:
It's Ganon from Ocarina of Time, no questions asked.

No, he wasn't particularly hard, but there was something about him that terrified even as it thrilled. I think the biggest part of it is that you never get a very good look at him: the battlefield is damnably dark, and the only luminescent parts of him are his eyes, his sabers, and his tail, which you don't see for most of the fight. He's only fully illuminated by flashes of lightning, which throw him into stark relief so briefly that you never get much more than an impression of what he actually looks like.

It made him much more impressive - and terrifying - than he would have been in a well-lit arena. I wish they'd use that trick again. It worked beautifully, bringing to mind the terror of fighting Ganon in the dark in the original Legend of Zelda, or even in Link to the Past.

And yeah, I'll admit it. When Navi says, "He won't hold me back again! This time, we fight together!" I get goosebumps.

This. 100%. Also the background music was so fitting.

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Games4Fun on 20 March 2010

Warning NSMBWii spoiler (just in case)

First time I thought I had beat NSMBWII I put my mote down and ran to grab a drink. Came back I had died. I was not expecting to have run from him like that. I also found that part, once I did it again, to be one of my favorite parts of the game.