What bosses in what games do you like to just go back to again and again? Even if it means getting your body (or what's left of it) wiped all over the floor every time?

For me, it's Star Ocean 3's battle against the special dungeon boss called "Freya". Man, she's one difficult lady to put down...

Of course, the other boss I have an impossible time with would be Emerald Weapon from Final Fantasy 7...

I always liked going up against Luca Blight in Suikoden II. That bastard was crazy.

Nyx at the end of Persona 3. Not the hardest fight, but man, what excellent build up for a very cool looking final boss.

The Goddess at Silent Hill 3's conclusion... more of an attrition fight than anything strategic, but she's something else to behold.

Sin in FF10 is a ton of fun. That dragon battle (Evrae?) atop the flying airship is fondly remembered too.

My favorite is Lucifer at the optional end of Shin Megami: Nocturne. Incredibly epic and probably the toughest last boss I've ever fought in an RPG.

The End from MGS3 was classic... if you wait a week.

The End: Metal Gear Solid 3

Psych Mantis: Metal Gear Solid

Oogie Boogie: Kingdom Hearts

Shadow Teddie: Persona 4

The Emperor Ing from Metroid Prime 2 was a fun fight.

I'll put that one down as a favourite...

The Judge from Folklore. He was the first boss that I had trouble with, although that was only because I didn't pick up the picture book page that details exactly how to defeat him.

Also: FOUL BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRDS!

Dark Link - LOZ:OOC
Spethorith - FF7 and KH2
Baal - D2:LOD
Boswer - Mario games(Hes just so presitent makes him cool)
The End - MSG3 (Fighting him fairly(Not waiting a week) is more fun)
The Final Thing - The Thing(Hes huge Hes bad Hes mean and you get helicopter ride with a chain gun)
Sam The Sheep Dog - Loony Toons Sheep raider(Hes not really a boss cause you dont fight him but its still fun to make him chase you all around)

The end boss in Super Metroid (SNES) was pretty iconic!

Also, most Final Fantasy end bosses are pretty epic.

Destroyman from No More Heroes.



For obvious reasons.

The Cyberdemon- DOOM

Shub-Niggurath- Quake (H.P. Lovecraft FTW!)

Giygas- Earthbound (especially because of how disturbing the in-game dialogue is when you fight him).

Ganon- LoZ: Ocarina of Time (Epiiiiiiiiic!)

Nemesis- Resident Evil 3 (Because it's scary the first time you learn that running through a door doesn't mean he'll stop chasing you).

The final boss (I can't remember his name)- House of the Dead (back when flash-gun games were still in arcades...when there were still arcades).

Ridley- Metroid Prime

Psycho Mantis- MGS

The Cyberdemon (again)- DOOM 3 (even though I consider this game a travesty to the franchise, the battle for this boss is still just awesome).

General RAAM- Gears of War (because of the satisfaction I got after I finally beat him the first time).

The Hive Mind- Dead Space

The Sol Nigers from Wild Arms 4 and 5. Recurring little punks that get harder and harder as you keep encountering them, eventually becoming hour-long epic fights that leave you with a huge sense of accomplishment when you're finally finished and you've exhausted every item in your inventory fighting them even though you've maxed out your level.

The Grinning Colossus .

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The Grinning Colossus .

GAH. I completely forgot about the Grinning Colossus.

Damn you :<

I'm gonna go with the first fight against Bowser in Mario 64. There was just something about it... suddenly seeing Bowser again and really getting a feeling for his size and girth. In the past I've jumped over his head and dropped his fat ass in lava, or thrown his own robotic minions at him, etc. But this was the fight where it was man-to-turtlemonster, where the ground literally shook with every step the bastard took. The first time you get to him, it's a real, "Oh, shit!" moment.

Of course he turns out not to be that hard, and it kind of loses its edge when you fight him again a few more times. But for that one glorious instant, you really feel like you're facing down this enemy you (through Mario) have been dealing with since the 80's.


In that same vein, the first fight with Bowser in New Super Mario Bros., which is really just the standard "drop his ass off a bridge" fight, with the exception that you can see all his flesh get burnt off. That was goddamn shocking when it first happened: I literally called people over to show it to them, but of course it was gone by the time they got there. The fight itself, though, wasn't really anything to write home about.

Herr Frederick Von Twirlenkiller.

Jet turbines for hands.

How about any boss from Shadow of the colossus

Take your pick, they are all pretty amazing!

-Akuma-Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo (Arcade)

-Storm Eagle-Megaman X (SNES) (By itself it wasn't a tough boss, but the design of the boss and the setting was beyond awesome. My favorite Maverick of the series...)

-Lavos-Chronno Trigger (SNES)

-Kefka-Final Fantasy III (SNES)

-The Last Ship-Space Invaders (Atari 2600)

I've always been partial to the mine cart/tunnel boss from Gunstar Heroes, and I will forever love the first berserker battle in Gears of War.

Nemesis-Resident Evil 3

Ethreal Queen-Star Ocean Till the End of Time

Darth Malak-Star Wars KOTOR 1

Hive Mind-Dead Space

Super Mutant Behemoth-Fallout 3 (when your low level on very hard. Extremely fun)

High Dragon-Dragon Age Origins

Sander Cohen from BioShock. Even though he fights dirty, I can still put him down.

I should probably mention Sovereign Saren from Mass Effect. He got pretty hard... unless you utilized that one pillar to block his attacks. Or better, if you're a biotic character with the Lift power. Then he becomes harmless. So much for being a scary "last boss". I think I would've had more fun invading Sovereign itself (just kidding! don't want to tempt fate now...)

And maybe I should throw in that giant sized plane (from Ace Combat 6) that took 8 fuel tankers (tinier than its engines) to refuel! I had no idea how many turrets the thing had, but jeez that was hard. And Strigon didn't make things any easier. Maybe I should get back to playing that game. Hmmm...

(revs up his favorite plane... the blue Idolm@ster F-15 that acts like a raging demon in flight)

Hmm..

Resident Evil Series Bosses: Nemesis, Mr. X (both were very stubborn and did creep me more than once because i never felt safe when i knew they still lurked around) and GiantWorm/maggot(in RE3.)

Dead Space: Hive Mind. i did nearly do in my pants when i first saw this boss. So frigging huge. (even this was a easy boss fight but still impressing)

God of War 1. Hydra boss. Damn this one was the very first boss in the game and it was NOT an easy one. xD and of course i loved this fight.

God of War 2. the boss fight with Zeus. brutal and cruel fight.

Final fantasy 7. the final boss. pretty impressing for first time.

Metal gear solid 1. Raven, Mantris, Sniper wolf and Metal gear itself.
Metal gear solid 3. Sorrow. I was wtf'ed when i got this in boss fight... creepy like hell.
and then Pain. i felt he was a funny boss to fight.. to summon weapons, bombs and etc from wasps? xD

Metal gear solid 4. Rex Vs Ray fight. i did love to be Rex in this one.
Snake Vs Ocelot. two old men yelling at each other. xD

I liked the boss battles in Shadow of Colossus. They were pretty awesome. I liked the flying boss one.


Erad has good taste.

Most of the bosses from Silhouette Mirage were pretty memorable. Hell, everything in that game was pretty memorable.

Psycho Mantis hands down from Metal Gear Solid. I love fourth wall jokes.

I'm also going to say Blue from Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, for the reason that he's a complete dick to you the entire game and you finally get the chance to settle the score at the end.

Scarlet from Silent Hill Homecoming
The double witches from Ocarina of Time
The snow man from Donkey Kong 3
Any of the bosses from Windwaker. Any, I can't choose between them.

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Shadow Teddie: Persona 4

This post is ancient, but man, I just did this battle and this is probably my only chance to proclaim "That battle was so teddie-ous. I couldn't bear it."

Ahhhhh... ^^

Ninetales in Okami. So gorgeous and awesome and akjhsdjhakhdf ;;

Also Lechku and Nechku.

Metal Gear always gets my vote for the best bosses...

MGS1: Sniper Wolf, Psycho Mantis, Grey Fox, the entire ending sequence

MGS3: The End, Volgin/Shagohod

MGS4: Laughing Octopus


The Scarecrow sequences in Arkham Asylum was pretty great too.