Hardest Boss in a video game ever?

[Captain Murphy]

This can be from any console and any game.
I have heard alot about Pennence from FFX and how hard he is, but I can not get past Dark Yojimbo. I kind of cheated on the other dark aoens by summoning yojimbo and then zanmato them.

But what is a boss that has had you sweating, breaking your knuckles, gone into a fit of rage, had your heart beating as fast as possible because you nearly defeated them but you dont have much health? what is the hardest boss in a video game ever?

[Chou Blaster]

Miek Tyson form punch Ot.

Screw current fighting game bosses, at least they do not kill you in one shot.

[Young Avenger]

I agree with Chou Blaster. Mike Tyson from Punch Out was a monster.

Ignis from KoF 2001 is the cheapest boss I have ever faced in a fighting game. He made me cry. :(

[MarvelKnight]

The one that really sticks out in my mind is M. Bison from Street Fighter. I would make it to fight him and he would use his teleportation and that spinning kick thing. Yeah, Bison really sucked.

[Kid Kamikaze10]

You have PLENTY of SNK bosses to choose from. But before them, check my sig.


Now....:

Geese Howard (in almost any game in which he's a boss, including AOF2)

Nightmare Geese Howard (worst version of Geese)

Ignis (unless you use cheap tactics)

Sometimes the New Face team (Chris, Shermie, Yashiro)

Zankuro: Makes the entire cast look like b**ches. Favorite SS character.

R. Miduki

Goteniz - f**kin' cheater...

Rugal..... Sometimes

And Zero when he uses his stupid cape.

[Doomas]

I'd have to go with Mike Tyson too. I think I cried and threw my controller across the room when I finally caved in and used a game genie to beat him. I still feel the dirty shame from that tainted moment to this day.

[Alex]

You have PLENTY of SNK bosses to choose from. But before them, check my sig.


Now....:

Geese Howard (in almost any game in which he's a boss, including AOF2)
.
thats just because he friggen cheats.
It easy fair when bosses break the games rules.

[Green Goblin]

IThe hardests bosses I fought are the ones for Batman and Robin for the meagdrive you need 99 lives just to complete the game. I also think that the hidden bosses for kingdom hearts can be count among the hardest. It certainly took me a couplr of goes to defeated them

[Alan Lynch]

Metroid Prime has a couple of bosses that are rock hard the first time you play the game. Christ, that was frustrating.
I always struggled with Sagat, mainly through the rage at being hit by another bloody "tiger, uppercut!" combo. Bald prick.

[Michael P]

IThe hardests bosses I fought are the ones for Batman and Robin for the meagdrive you need 99 lives just to complete the game. I also think that the hidden bosses for kingdom hearts can be count among the hardest. It certainly took me a couplr of goes to defeated them
Kurt Zisa is a little bitch.

[CDB]

Mike Tyson form Punch Out.

Screw current fighting game bosses, at least they do not kill you in one shot.

Quoted and Bolded for truth!! Also I'd like to add the last level for Nightcrawler in the X-men: The Last Stand game.:mad:

[Yellowjacket]

Mike Tyson is pretty tough, although I can now beat him with regularity. The key is to get out of the first round and then his punches stop killing you in one shot.

[nervmeister]

Vergil 2 on DMD mode. (DMC3) Screw him!

[DemonJack]

The stupid floating ball in the sky from FFIX.

[DemonJack]

Oh, and the liquid Kasumi from DOA4. Not unbeatable hard, just completely unfair. It seems like you got lucky when you win.

[Captain Murphy]

*remembers first time he went up against Jinpachi*

[Avalanche]

I forget his name but the secret Final Fantasy boss in Mario RPG, I never did beat him.

[Sanagi]

The one I think of is the giant crab from Blaster Master, because of the severe hand cramps you get from button mashing for so long.

[Crimson King]

the Lich from Guild Wars. Actually, almost any boss from Guild Wars. You cannot beat bosses alone.

[Fish Sauce]

Ganondorf in Zelda: Ocarina of Time, only because I somehow ended up stuck on the top of the tower where the battle takes place. I couldn't get off it, and when I reset it's where I started. Plus I saved it when I had no faeries, etc. so I was basically screwed, despite the boss not seeming to be terribly difficult of itself.

I still haven't finished the game because of that.

[Voncaster]

Maybe not the hardest ever...but damn tough.

Kaiser Sigma (Megaman X3)

[Thanos_6383]

Mike Tyson...

[Silliw 2]

Mike Tyson made me mad enough to stab kittens.

The dude hits you once and your out. I also hated that jackass with the pointy head. And even though he wasn't too difficult, King Hippo whooped me a few times. Fat bastard.

[hoffmandu]

Deleted due to profanity - Perry

[madevil]

Jason from the NES Friday The 13th game.

[Avalanche]

Jason from the NES Friday The 13th game.

I totally forgot about that game. When you finally kill him the first time he ends up still being alive and goes from being extremely hard to impossibly hard. I never did beat that game.

[Chrosis]

Hu Lao Gate Lu Bu with the exception of DW4...

Jesus Christ, whatever you do, don't let him hit you..

[GozertheGozarian]

The space shuttle in Top Gun.

[lalalei2001]

Water in Sonic the Hedgehog. :P

[Jmacq1]

Mike Tyson definitely takes the cake. One of the few games that had me ready to smash my controller in frustration.

But I also remember the "boss" characters on Street Fighter II (the original version) being utterly cheap if you played on the highest difficulty levels.

Not impossible, though...just took a -lot- of practice/tries before you could take them down.

[Ghost]

I'd like to mention Night Terror from Soul Calibur III (Hard Level version.) Pretty much only uses throws, unblockables, and combo attacks that takes half your HP when they land. Only real way of beating him straight on is finding a character with an attack he doesn't block very often. (Nightmare has one, and I think Kilik can beat him as well.) Cannot be ringed out.

Probably far from the hardest ever, but damn...

[Captain Murphy]

I'd like to mention Night Terror from Soul Calibur III (Hard Level version.) Pretty much only uses throws, unblockables, and combo attacks that takes half your HP when they land. Only real way of beating him straight on is finding a character with an attack he doesn't block very often. (Nightmare has one, and I think Kilik can beat him as well.) Cannot be ringed out.

Probably far from the hardest ever, but damn...

lol I cant beat him on medium challenge

[Domo Goddess]

I beat NT with Ivy on hard level, but I couldn't remember which attacks I used.

I read somewhere that a Talim beat him on Hard Level in a few seconds. I'm not sure if the video is up anymore.

[Chou Blaster]

Jason from the NES Friday The 13th game.


Tip: If oy ulight up all the cabin fires on the map without dying.

You ge tthe Torch/Flare weapon, which pwns Jason in 2-4 hits. (Is otguhest on finla day.)

But yeah, I owned him with that.

[hoffmandu]

Tip: If oy ulight up all the cabin fires on the map without dying.

You ge tthe Torch/Flare weapon, which pwns Jason in 2-4 hits. (Is otguhest on finla day.)

But yeah, I owned him with that.

I beat him with the rock..........

[Chou Blaster]

I beat him with the rock..........


Then you got mad skills.

Like honest to God mad skills.

:Bow sin respect.:

[hoffmandu]

Then you got mad skills.

Like honest to God mad skills.

:Bow sin respect.:

I just found a hole in his attacks.

[Naldo]

The final boss on Master Blaster on the old NES was a be-otch

[Erebus]

IThe hardests bosses I fought are the ones for Batman and Robin for the meagdrive you need 99 lives just to complete the game. I also think that the hidden bosses for kingdom hearts can be count among the hardest. It certainly took me a couplr of goes to defeated them
KH is overrated. I beat the entire game at level 59 :D
I'd also like to nominate Jinpachi from Tekken 5. My thumbs were crying.

[Ghengis]

Akuma from Super Street Fight 2 Turbo. It was his first appearance and definitely his hardest.

[MakeshiftHero]

Also I'd like to add the last level for Nightcrawler in the X-men: The Last Stand game.:mad:
Come on that was an easy level. The whole game was simple, it took me around 4hrs to beat and I got all the files. It was pretty fun but kind of a let down after a while and I just wanted to keep playing to find out about the story more than playing to actualy play the game. Silver Samuri was harder than that, or fighting Mult. Man on expert was harder... he's supposed to be a good guy :(

I'd say just about any Final Fantasy boss caused me to break many a controler out of frustration. And that friggin mini boss on FFX that you had to fight on that mountain pass or something after you passed Kimari's villiage (its been a while) It was some kind of machina that would shoot missles and KO 2 of your players. And lets not forget Seph from FFIIX or the main boss from FFX (unless you had the celestial weapons, then fighting the guys dad was cake)

Honerable mention to the last boss of Kingdom Hearts 2 cause he's just an all around pain in the ass, and you have to kill him about 6 different times with out a break.

[Hiffic]

Until i got the hang of being cheap, Jinpachi in Tekken 5 was a big ole biatch. Oh yeah, Uber Diablo kicked my barb's ass and made me lose all my experience.

[Kid Kamikaze10]

Until i got the hang of being cheap, Jinpachi in Tekken 5 was a big ole biatch. Oh yeah, Uber Diablo kicked my barb's ass and made me lose all my experience.

HA HA! You fought Uber Diablo!! :p Unlike you, I ran.

Did you fight him alone? Cause that might have been the reason. Doesn't he come at random though?

[Gumbo Maximillian]

For me it would be Main from Doomsday Warriors, a little known fighting game.

Can't say how many times I "almost" beat him just to lose at the end, frustrated me to no ends.

[Farealmer]

Wouldn't this be better in the video game board like this one.
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=143954

[nervmeister]

Blockhead Grande by far. I f#^king hate memory puzzles now because of him. I even went so far as to press a sheet of paper to the TV screen and quickly trace the weak points, and I STILL LOSE just because I didnt pin them in the exact spots! Of course I couldnt! The image of Blockhead shifts at an angle every time I activate the goddam celestial brush!!!!

[Guy1]

Gill(SF3) Cheap,cheap,CHEAP!

[Ghengis]

Akuma (Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo), Gill was a piece of cake compared to him.

[SwordChucksMaster78]

Goro in the orginal MK. Sure they waned him down over the years, but in MK1, he was a ***** to fight! Shang Tsung, on the other hand, was like a breath of fresh air.

[master of read]

SFA3 bison. damn stupid psycho crusher.

[The Dog]

Xenmas in Kingdom Hearts II. Especially at the very end where it's nothing but him firing those f****** red beam blades at you and all you can do is try to block them, but it's futile.

Also Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts II. F***** has at least 10 full health bars, teleportation, each attack takes off a good bit of heath, and then there's the attack where if you don't use reaction command he takes almost half your health.

[Sharpandpointies]

Omega Fricking Rugal, KoF '98.

[master of read]

that guy with the cards in KH2. you didnt have life bars. you had time. that boss fight made no sense to me and i still hate it.

[Miburohunter929]

that guy with the cards in KH2. you didnt have life bars. you had time. that boss fight made no sense to me and i still hate it.

Luxord, would be the name that your looking for, my friend.

[SwordChucksMaster78]

He and Xemnas weren't that hard for me to beat. I have a save game before Luxord and I constantly kick his ass. Sorry if I make you feel bad.

[Miburohunter929]

He and Xemnas weren't that hard for me to beat. I have a save game before Luxord and I constantly kick his ass. Sorry if I make you feel bad.


Honestly, me too. Luxord was a p**** if you ask me.

Now Xaladin, on the other hand, that was a badass mutha f***** if you didnt spam knocksmash or something.

First time I fought him I went through like 10 mickeys or some shit.

Demyx was difficult when I had 5 seconds to kill shit at first, otherwise, knocksmash beat his monkey ass.

[SwordChucksMaster78]

Infinity Mijinion. As someone once said, "There's too many of them!!!"

[The Dog]

Honestly, me too. Luxord was a p**** if you ask me.

Now Xaladin, on the other hand, that was a badass mutha f***** if you didnt spam knocksmash or something.

First time I fought him I went through like 10 mickeys or some shit.

How could I of forgotten Xaldin? I was going to make a thre like this just because of that asshole. First time I beat him I had to use like 4-5 Mickeys, and even then I managed a miracle hit with The Beast's Limit.

[master of read]

damn! i forgot that douchebag! i really really hate that guy!!!

[Knightosis]

King of Fighters 2006. Easy Mission 10, level 10

That fight with Alba is so f****** frustrating that he may as well be a boss
character.

[Uratoh]

Couple for me...

Ares on God Mode from God of War. If he hits you, you lose. And he has a LOT of ways to hit you. At least on normal mode you have one or two hits leeway...

And Iseria Queen, Universe Mode, Star Ocean 2. Has the # of non japanese gamers who've beaten her grown beyond the single digits yet?

Edit: bah, can't forget Gorsaia from the 7th Saga...ass.

[Hiffic]

HA HA! You fought Uber Diablo!! :p Unlike you, I ran.

Did you fight him alone? Cause that might have been the reason. Doesn't he come at random though?

This was back when the Stone of Jordan did stuff, and I was with a bunch of friends who just ran away and stranded me. Those asses

[Clouds-Are-Nice]

Gabriel in Universe Mode for SO2, all attacks cause some fraction of 9999 damage. To beat him I also had to beat Iseria Queen to get the Tri-Emblems to not get instantly wiped out by his elemental attacks and to do that I needed to go through the Bonus Dungeon that had no save points and beat Gabriel Celeste.

Most KOF bosses were also a pain, but at least I could take it out on their MUGEN versions after I was done.

Prinny Baal was also a monster to fight; level 6,000. That is all that needs to be said about this enemy.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

i could have sworn i did this before in another thread.but anyways i pick Shiro Tokisada Amakusa from samurai showdown.just when you wear him down to the last bit of energy he realeases a desperate onslaught of powerfull then hell attacks in order to save his ass.and theres nothing you can do to stop this barage.

[Stellar]

Super True Ogre (as i call him) from Devil Within in Tekken 5

[Kid Kamikaze10]

i could have sworn i did this before in another thread.but anyways i pick Shiro Tokisada Amakusa from samurai showdown.just when you wear him down to the last bit of energy he realeases a desperate onslaught of powerfull then hell attacks in order to save his ass.and theres nothing you can do to stop this barage.

R. Miduki and Zankuro are far worse than Amakusa.

[Captain Murphy]

Super True Ogre (as i call him) from Devil Within in Tekken 5

really? i had more trouble with that floating ball boss on the level before than ogre

[Stellar]

yeah, but Ogre was frustrating with that two form crap and WAY unfair lifebar

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

R. Miduki and Zankuro are far worse than Amakusa.perhaps but i just remember the first round going kinda smoothly,then by the second round he he makes a beam of energy explode out of the ground and proceed to kick your ass with that green bowling ball of his.

[Stellar]

HAS ANYONE HERE EVER BEATEN SPACE ACE??

i regretted spening $20 on that game for months....

[SwordChucksMaster78]

Omega Pirate from Metroid Prime. And from what I heard, Boost Guardian from MP2:E.

[Sanagi]

Omega Pirate from Metroid Prime. And from what I heard, Boost Guardian from MP2:E.
Both represent a step up in difficulty(and camera awkwardness, sadly) that forces you to bring your best game. And yes, Boost Guardian is worse, approaching total ludicrosity in hard mode.

[Kid Kamikaze10]

perhaps but i just remember the first round going kinda smoothly,then by the second round he he makes a beam of energy explode out of the ground and proceed to kick your ass with that green bowling ball of his.

Sometimes that happens to me against Amakusa, but I usually win the third round.

Now Zankuro, especially in SS3, is another story. One slice, and you're practically screwed.

[hitokiri_]

fist of the north star. name someone who beat it. ill give him a cookie/

[Kid Kamikaze10]

fist of the north star. name someone who beat it. ill give him a cookie/

Which one? I beat the arcade ones.

[lalalei2001]

Indaelcio with his Limiter off. Tore me to pieces. Every single time.

[hitokiri_]

Which one? I beat the arcade ones.

the console. i think its in SNES.

[MaxofSteel]

Idunno if anyone said this already, but the Ruby/Emerald Weapons from FF7 were impossible. I couldn't even beat 'em with cheat codes! (Lame I know:o )

[aukevin]

Mike Tyson for sure.

[comicstar100]

The giant robot at the end of sonic 2, never beat it without cheats.:cool: Oh and I also agree with whoever said Sephiroth in kingdom hearts. That soul harvest attack he did took your life down to 1 and magic to zero, so your only hope was to use a potion fast enough before he hit you. Man, makes me angry just thinking of it.

[SwordChucksMaster78]

Dynamo Man and Burner Man. Both from Mega Man and Bass or Rockman and Forte.

[SwordChucksMaster78]

Dr. Wily in Mega Man 7. 9 out of 10 times, he usually kicks my ass.

[Thorlief]

its funny how some of us find pretty hard to beat a certain boss who's considered weak by others, and vice versa

DOA4, Alpha-152. A cake with La mariposa, a nightmare with every other character. He/ it just kicks my ass big time, no matter how fast or good I am. He/ it's faster and better.


Super Ghouls'n ghosts: Sardius, the king of hell. I'll start saying this game was horribly difficult since the beginning, and you can consider yourself a god even by only reaching the mofo. His head was the only weak point and it wasnt even on screen! Urgh. Beat him, but it took about four months and several prozac stocks

Metal Gear Rex (Metal Gear Solid PS1 )..urgh

Goro, MK: I spent Bill Gates numbers with the arcade trying to beat this thing. A royal pain, no doubt

Ugh-Zhan from Serious Sam: millions of minions, healing factor, took AGES to figure out the final puzzle...one helluva mofo and the king of all quicksaves

[Kevin M.]

General Ramm from Gears of War. Not so bad on causal and hardcore mode. But on Insane he is a royal pain in the rear.

I also nominate Septhiroth from the first Kingdom Hearts Game

Mike Tyson in the NES punchout game

Dr.Willy from most Megaman Games

[Guy1]

I remember that one Cake boss, don't remember it's name, from Super Mario RPG being a royal and I mean ROYAL pain in the butt to kill.

[SwordChucksMaster78]

I remember that one Cake boss, don't remember it's name, from Super Mario RPG being a royal and I mean ROYAL pain in the butt to kill.

Seconded on that.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

i guess i might as well add general RAAM from gears of war

U3 from RE4

and the psychos from dead rising

[Your Imaginary Pal]

The various extra "Weapons" in the final fantasy games.
Whatever the "Utlimate Weapon" was called in VIII, the one in Ultimecia's castle. Sometimes it's just a matter of random luck. And these fights can go on and on for near an hour. But usually they barely last a minute, because the "weapon" has an attack that can either kill all party members, or knock them down to ONE hp. This is with max hp/mp the best weapon in the game, all the summons.

Oh yeah, mike tyson is a bastich.

[kain5252]

and the psychos from dead rising

The clown and the guy with 50. cal sniper rifle were the worst.

Along with the two final encounters with Abomination from The Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.

[blackdragon6]

the convicts from dead rising with out question.i mean you have to take the survivors throught the park sometimes and their always there at night.and i heard they respawn even after you kill them....f**k that!!!

[4thHorseman]

The final boss in Earthbound. If you didn't have the girl, there was no way you could ever win.

When I foudn out you had to pray to get Zigas (?) to lose power, I was pissed off cause I sat for 30 min. using Ness to try and beat him, and couldn't do it.

[Kevin M.]

the convicts from dead rising with out question.i mean you have to take the survivors throught the park sometimes and their always there at night.and i heard they respawn even after you kill them....f**k that!!!

I almost threw my controler throught the TV because of those bastards.

[Cyke]

Not really a boss per se, nor does it really qualify since it's a mod, but a few years back, a team of modders released a Star Trek Vs. Star Wars mod for Star Trek: Armada. The mod was incredibly indepth and complex, and the battles played out a lot like those ST vs. SW debates in Rumbles. It was fun. I liked playing Starfleet moreso than the other factions (Klingons, Rebels, Imperials) due to the variety, and I liked that, although Starfleet and the Klingons were weaker than the SW side, they had various advantages to even things out.

The thing is, the Super Star Destroyer was massive. You could hurl fleet after fleet at the thing and it'd merely laugh off a lot of attacks. You needed special weapons to put it down, except the special ships had cardboard hulls. If you went up against the Imperials, you had to hit them fast enough so that they couldn't build a Super Star Destroyer.

There's one tailor-made mission where the Imperial forces, numbering in hundreds of TIE fighters, dozens of Star Destroyers, and many many gunships go up against Deep Space Nine and an assembled Starfleet/Klingon/Romulan fleet. On a hunch, I played the Imperials and I left the fighters and Star Destroyers alone. I only sent in the Super Star Destroyer.

The SSD was all I needed. It ripped the Star Trek fleet to shreds, blew apart the almighty Deep Space Nine, and utterly destroyed the Enterprise-E. Clearly, the SSD was the most difficult ship in the game.

[Kage Kisaragi]

Seriously, I can't remember one. I've played alot, but I honestly don't remember who gave me the most trouble. Im damn sure it wasnt any of the PS rpgs and damn sure it was the Ps2 ones either. It had to be one of the Nes or Snes/Genesis ones I played but im not 100% sure on which.

[Cyke]

Oh, has anyone mentioned the Juggernaut from Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge? To this day, I still can't beat the mofo at all (despite Wolverine's 'lauded' ability of putting down bricks).

[JDogindy]

The giant robot at the end of sonic 2, never beat it without cheats.:cool: Oh and I also agree with whoever said Sephiroth in kingdom hearts. That soul harvest attack he did took your life down to 1 and magic to zero, so your only hope was to use a potion fast enough before he hit you. Man, makes me angry just thinking of it.

Robotnik's mech was a pain. It took me 10 times, 10 TIMES!!!, to figure out that you have to hit the head.



I forget his name but the secret Final Fantasy boss in Mario RPG, I never did beat him.
Culex. You gotta be at Level 30 (the highest), have a lot of items like Kerokero Cola and Megaelixer, the best armor and weapons, but most importantly, LUCK!!!



I remember that one Cake boss, don't remember it's name, from Super Mario RPG being a royal and I mean ROYAL pain in the butt to kill.
The cake is two parts, Bundt and Strawberry. Strawberry's nothing, but Bundt, damn! It always started the battle with Sandstorm, which really weakened my team of Mario, Bowser, and Mallow a lot. He also uses Diamond Saw, which could kill off a character.

When I beat that cake for the first time, I breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, I haven't beaten Chaos (the final boss of Final Fantasy I) and haven't even gotten to the end of Tales of Phantasia (one of my favorite games!). Boy, those are some tough fights I can't win.

Oh yeah, Mike Tyson is probably a worse SOB in his game than he is in real-life.

[Michael P]

Culex. You gotta be at Level 30 (the highest), have a lot of items like Kerokero Cola and Megaelixer, the best armor and weapons, but most importantly, LUCK!!!



Maybe my cart was broken, but I didn't find Culex to be that big of a problem.

[Young Avenger]

My friend lend me his copy of KoF XI and the final boss is on Ingiz levels of cheapness.

[Mikl C]

Emerald Weapon. My game was faulty or something (seriousl) and I had taken off over 1000,000 hp and he kept draining my mp before killing me. Almost cried haha.

[MakeshiftHero]

I'd say any time you fight Sigma (in all his 3/4 forms) at the end of the Mega Man X games. Man was that a giant headache and an explosion of anger waiting to happen.

[lalalei2001]

Dr Wily in Mega Man 7. Period.

[Flying_Postman]

The Final Eggman Nega Boss in Sonic Rush of the Final Zone broke me down I was playing as both Sonic and Blaze, passed all the levels, got to the Final Zone and basically spent 3 days of being Eggman Nega's bitch and simply gave up I just didn't get want to get a stroke trying to beat Sonic Rush.This is officially the 1st game I could not finish and I haven't touched my Dslite in a month since then. I have to order Yoshi's Island2, FF3, Castlevania POR to get over my bitter experience with sonic rush. :)

[twilight]

I never actually had that much of a problem with Kingdom Hearts Sephiroth.

Once I realized attacking him nullified the Soul Harvest it was a cakewalk.

[mgs]

that damn last guy in kaboom! damn him, he's too fast!!!! and too many bombs to catch!!!

[Titan76]

The Joker from The Batman game on Nintendo NES. I was never able to beat that guy when I was a kid and now that I think about it I am going to get that game so I can get another shot at him.

[Kevin M.]

I remeber the guy from the old Stryder games. I never was able to beat him.

[wingsofdamnation]

RAAM from gears of war. it seriously took me a week to finally kill him. and the only way i did was to get my brother to join in so i could use the sniper and torque bow at the same time. and even doing that i had one of those my gun shot killed him before his killed me type of wins which to me felt kinda lame since i won by luck

[GremlinClr]

I don't think anyones linked this yet. I believe it's from a Japanese Arcade title. And I hear it isn't even the final boss!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nscP9QpXoFM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egamediggity%2Ecom%2Fstory% 2Ephp%3Ftitle%3DHardest%2DVideo%2DGame%2DBoss%2DEv er

[Winslow]

I'm not much of a gamer, but I'll add my input.

Wiegraf from Final Fantasy Tactics was the hardest boss I've fought.

One of the few boss battles I couldn't figure out, and finally resorted to looking cheats online. And even then it was tough to beat him.

EDIT: I also enjoyed the oprional boss battles in the origioanl Kingdom Hearts, like Curt Zisa and Sephiroth. You had to ramp up to beat thos guys, and the battles lasted long so you had to concentrate . . good fun. Kingdom Hearts II Boss battles were kind of disappointing.

[Guy1]

I'm not much of a gamer, but I'll add my input.

Wiegraf from Final Fantasy Tactics was the hardest boss I've fought.

One of the few boss battles I couldn't figure out, and finally resorted to looking cheats online. And even then it was tough to beat him.

EDIT: I also enjoyed the oprional boss battles in the origioanl Kingdom Hearts, like Curt Zisa and Sephiroth. You had to ramp up to beat thos guys, and the battles lasted long so you had to concentrate . . good fun. Kingdom Hearts II Boss battles were kind of disappointing.

Sephiroth was pretty fun to fight, but I hated Kurt Zisa.
The Phantom was easy though if you knew what you were doing.

[Super Macho Man]

Mad Jack in Donkey Kong 64. He's even tougher than K. Rool. An evil jack in the box. Hurting him takes forever because you don't know where the right trigger is until its almost too late. And even when you wear him down enough, he goes invisible on you.

[Michael P]

I'm not much of a gamer, but I'll add my input.

Wiegraf from Final Fantasy Tactics was the hardest boss I've fought.

One of the few boss battles I couldn't figure out, and finally resorted to looking cheats online. And even then it was tough to beat him.

EDIT: I also enjoyed the oprional boss battles in the origioanl Kingdom Hearts, like Curt Zisa and Sephiroth. You had to ramp up to beat thos guys, and the battles lasted long so you had to concentrate . . good fun. Kingdom Hearts II Boss battles were kind of disappointing.
Try playing through the Paradox Hades Cup.

[Deadpooligan]

I'm a big fan of Metroid, so I'm going to roll through all the ones I found difficult my first time. (Yeah, I'll admit it, lol.) On hard mode, or if you're going for a good time and minimal items... or both, these guys will R-A-P-E you.

Ridley - Super Metroid
Omega Pirate - Metroid Prime
Meta-Ridley - Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime - Metroid Prime
Boost Guardian - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Spider Guardian - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (pain in the assness > difficulty)
Chykka (All Forms) - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Emperor Ing - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (PITA > difficulty)
Ridley - Metroid: Zero Mission

And I'm making the call now, Ridley in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Both times.

Mad Jack in Donkey Kong 64.

Seconded. Also, Kardboard K. Rool until you get the timing.

Also:
Gruntilda in Banjo-Kazooie.
Dr. Wily in Mega Man 2 (Bubble Lead? BUBBLE LEAD? C'mon, who saw that one?)
Tom Nook in Animal Crossing.

[SwordChucksMaster78]

I dunno about Tom Nook being a boss. But he was still as evil as hell! :mad:
Hate that frickin' racoon... :mad:

[Deadpooligan]

I dunno about Tom Nook being a boss. But he was still as evil as hell! :mad:
Hate that frickin' racoon... :mad:

Honestly? You had to score massive loot to beat him and get that gold statue. Plus, he always upgraded his store to the max before you upped your house all the way.

[Kevin M.]

I don't think anyones linked this yet. I believe it's from a Japanese Arcade title. And I hear it isn't even the final boss!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nscP9QpXoFM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egamediggity%2Ecom%2Fstory% 2Ephp%3Ftitle%3DHardest%2DVideo%2DGame%2DBoss%2DEv er

What pyschopatht made that game?

[GodSmackingReptile]

i would have to say that Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man maximum Carnage at the end when he gets bonded with the symbiote and you have to escape the burning building

[JDogindy]

Mad Jack in Donkey Kong 64. He's even tougher than K. Rool. An evil jack in the box. Hurting him takes forever because you don't know where the right trigger is until its almost too late. And even when you wear him down enough, he goes invisible on you.

Yeah, he was a major pain. And I also have to agree with the Kardboard K. Rool. You lost plenty of monkeys in the latter parts until you figured out his pattern.

A recent boss I'm having trouble with is the Egg Emperor from "Sonic Heroes". Damn is he tough: The sword attacks are somewhat avoidable, but his missles are horrid, and the arenas where he stops leave you at a disadvantage (gotta get rid of the Capture Bots and cannons first). He has a lot of health, but the worst attack is his charge where he comes at you from a good distance if you slag behind and give him enough ground.

Intresting battle, though.

[(A)//(E)]

I don't think anyones linked this yet. I believe it's from a Japanese Arcade title. And I hear it isn't even the final boss!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nscP9QpXoFM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egamediggity%2Ecom%2Fstory% 2Ephp%3Ftitle%3DHardest%2DVideo%2DGame%2DBoss%2DEv er

holy god.



annnnyhow.

7th Saga: never made it to the end because friggen Esuna stole my friggen runes and -get this- she ALWAYS gets first-attack, and kills you with Ice2 in 2 hits playing as Kalim. holy friggen god. this happened at level.. 30?ish, so I go and level up to 60 on s. brains and guess what: she STILL 2hits me.
You know what the MFer is though is I need 3 hits to kill that stupid elf.
Seriously IMBA - no way to win the fight ever because the game keeps npc rivals leveled up with you.

[Joshua Pantalleresco]

Mike Tyson - Punchout. Brutal fight. One punch KOs suck. The scary part is even if you survived the first round with him, he still pulls the OPK occasionally in rounds 2/3. Wasn't impossible to beat round two, but you really went the distance with him every time. Hard boss.

M.Bison in Street Fighter II the original - Every game since he has sucked, but that game he was just a monster. He had WAY too much power, speed and versatility. Every game since has dumbed him down. But he was a monster in the first game. You earned that poster if you clean sweeped him.

Shin Akuma - The only guy more retarded than M.Bison in Street Fighter 2. Ridicules versatility, power and speed. He has no weaknesses and on hard levels is nearly Impossible to defeat. And when you do weaken him you got to watch out for his Raging Demon move. Just retarded.

Ultimate Rugal KOF - See Akuma.

Magi Master - Final Fantasy VI - You can't use regular attacks and he adapts all the time to magic attacks. To this date the hardest battle I've ever fought. Six hour battle. I drained his magic dry. That took a LONG time.

Ganon of Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - actually a hard battle. Usually end bosses in RPGs are just easy. Not Ganon. You really have to work to fight him in Wizard form.

JP

[Guy1]

Mike Tyson - Punchout. Brutal fight. One punch KOs suck. The scary part is even if you survived the first round with him, he still pulls the OPK occasionally in rounds 2/3. Wasn't impossible to beat round two, but you really went the distance with him every time. Hard boss.

M.Bison in Street Fighter II the original - Every game since he has sucked, but that game he was just a monster. He had WAY too much power, speed and versatility. Every game since has dumbed him down. But he was a monster in the first game. You earned that poster if you clean sweeped him.

Shin Akuma - The only guy more retarded than M.Bison in Street Fighter 2. Ridicules versatility, power and speed. He has no weaknesses and on hard levels is nearly Impossible to defeat. And when you do weaken him you got to watch out for his Raging Demon move. Just retarded.

Ultimate Rugal KOF - See Akuma.

Magi Master - Final Fantasy VI - You can't use regular attacks and he adapts all the time to magic attacks. To this date the hardest battle I've ever fought. Six hour battle. I drained his magic dry. That took a LONG time.

Ganon of Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - actually a hard battle. Usually end bosses in RPGs are just easy. Not Ganon. You really have to work to fight him in Wizard form.

JP

One of my strategies against Magi Master (and the tower in general) is to bring Umaro in. He's actually capable of using his physical attacks there. Very good to have.

[Michael P]

Magi Master - Final Fantasy VI - You can't use regular attacks and he adapts all the time to magic attacks. To this date the hardest battle I've ever fought. Six hour battle. I drained his magic dry. That took a LONG time.

The secret here is Ultima. Lots and lots of Ultima.

[Flying_Postman]

I don't think anyones linked this yet. I believe it's from a Japanese Arcade title. And I hear it isn't even the final boss!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nscP9QpXoFM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egamediggity%2Ecom%2Fstory% 2Ephp%3Ftitle%3DHardest%2DVideo%2DGame%2DBoss%2DEv er

Jesus!
I think I just had a seizure watching that. If this comes to the West on the PS2 (It already is in Japan)
there will be a lot of broken TVs and controllers.

[Grazzt]

The secret here is Ultima. Lots and lots of Ultima.

Also, get an Economizer. Most broken piece of equipment in the entire game.

And a bunch of Wall Rings, of course.

[Wesley Dodds]

Another way of dealing with Magi Master is to cast berserk on him. Then you don't have to worry about Wall Change.

[Sanagi]

Let's not forget Life 3.


Also, get an Economizer. Most broken piece of equipment in the entire game.
Gem Box, Offering, and Merit Award are all more abusable than the Economizer.

[Joshua Pantalleresco]

Another way of dealing with Magi Master is to cast berserk on him. Then you don't have to worry about Wall Change.


The only problem with Beserk is that it guarantees he'll cast Ultima at the end. Which means Phoenix has to be there. When I fought him I didn't have ultima, gem box, economizer or any of the cool toys the first time. Now I make sure I fight him with them. He's very very hard without the toys.

Umaro? DOH! I should have thought of him.

JP

[Deadpooligan]

Ganon of Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time - actually a hard battle. Usually end bosses in RPGs are just easy. Not Ganon. You really have to work to fight him in Wizard form.

JP

Seriously? Maybe I've just played through the game too many times, but he's an honest cakewalk.

Play magic ball ping pong with a bottle for better swing speed, light arrow, hover boots to platform, cut him up, hover boot back, rinse repeat. (The black hole magic attack just skips the ping pong step).

Hell, just last week I saw this guy (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ISWd9JCJ4YE) do it, replicated that stunt (minus the levitation mind you, I just walked over with the hover boots), and I'm shocked at the programmers for making it that easy.

[Michael P]

Also, get an Economizer. Most broken piece of equipment in the entire game.

And a bunch of Wall Rings, of course.

If you're trying the tower without Wall Rings, you deserve to die.

[Michael P]

Seriously? Maybe I've just played through the game too many times, but he's an honest cakewalk.

Play magic ball ping pong with a bottle for better swing speed, light arrow, hover boots to platform, cut him up, hover boot back, rinse repeat. (The black hole magic attack just skips the ping pong step).

Hell, just last week I saw this guy (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ISWd9JCJ4YE) do it, replicated that stunt (minus the levitation mind you, I just walked over with the hover boots), and I'm shocked at the programmers for making it that easy.

I always used the Longshot, using Ganon himself as the target.

[Kid Kamikaze10]

I don't think anyones linked this yet. I believe it's from a Japanese Arcade title. And I hear it isn't even the final boss!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nscP9QpXoFM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egamediggity%2Ecom%2Fstory% 2Ephp%3Ftitle%3DHardest%2DVideo%2DGame%2DBoss%2DEv er

What did you expect? Cave made it, so it's bound to give people seizures. Those type of games are so hard, bombs (spells) are mandatory to escape certain bosses. That is unless you have no life.

Anywho, in a fighting game perspective, Geese Howard gets my vote. The only time this guy isn't hard is if he's not the last boss. If he's is, then he's always a challenge.

[Joshua Pantalleresco]

Seriously? Maybe I've just played through the game too many times, but he's an honest cakewalk.

Play magic ball ping pong with a bottle for better swing speed, light arrow, hover boots to platform, cut him up, hover boot back, rinse repeat. (The black hole magic attack just skips the ping pong step).

Hell, just last week I saw this guy (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ISWd9JCJ4YE) do it, replicated that stunt (minus the levitation mind you, I just walked over with the hover boots), and I'm shocked at the programmers for making it that easy.

He's not impossible to beat, but for someone that didn't use cheats it took some time to figure out the proper strategy, I must have turned his magic back ten zillion times before I figured out I had to hit him. He's not so hard you feel like dying, but actually taking time to figure out was challenging. He's not like Sephiroth, Sin, Kefka or any other FF Final boss or bosses like Virgil in Devil May Cry. That was disappointingly easy. I like bosses that make you think and push you. After all, how good is a game if you can beat it in your sleep?

As for FF bosses, I think they should be harder.

Is he unbeatable and giving your seizures fighting him? No. But I will say figuring it out took me longer than a thirty second beat down.

As for Geese Howard...I've always found him easy. He's powerful but predictable. I found Bison and Akuma cheesier and harder myself. But maybe that's just me.

JP

[Joshua Pantalleresco]

If you're trying the tower without Wall Rings, you deserve to die.

I actually beat it without wall rings believe it or not the first time. I used Moogle Charm. ;)

JP

[Stretch Dude]

Xenmas in Kingdom Hearts II. Especially at the very end where it's nothing but him firing those f****** red beam blades at you and all you can do is try to block them, but it's futile.

Also Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts II. F***** has at least 10 full health bars, teleportation, each attack takes off a good bit of heath, and then there's the attack where if you don't use reaction command he takes almost half your health.

I can only imagine what this thread's going to be like if Final Mix+ comes out in the US...

[Michael P]

I actually beat it without wall rings believe it or not the first time. I used Moogle Charm. ;)

JP

Yeah, the term "cheap" was invented for people like you.

[Kid Kamikaze10]

He's not impossible to beat, but for someone that didn't use cheats it took some time to figure out the proper strategy, I must have turned his magic back ten zillion times before I figured out I had to hit him. He's not so hard you feel like dying, but actually taking time to figure out was challenging. He's not like Sephiroth, Sin, Kefka or any other FF Final boss or bosses like Virgil in Devil May Cry. That was disappointingly easy. I like bosses that make you think and push you. After all, how good is a game if you can beat it in your sleep?

As for FF bosses, I think they should be harder.

Is he unbeatable and giving your seizures fighting him? No. But I will say figuring it out took me longer than a thirty second beat down.

As for Geese Howard...I've always found him easy. He's powerful but predictable. I found Bison and Akuma cheesier and harder myself. But maybe that's just me.

JP

Try KOF: MI 2 (KOF2006) Nightmare Geese on the final hard challenge, or Young Geese in AOF2, or Nightmare Geese in RB Special.

[Young Avenger]

Try KOF: MI 2 (KOF2006) Nightmare Geese on the final hard challenge, or Young Geese in AOF2, or Nightmare Geese in RB Special.

Young Geese in KOF: Neowave is hard to beat as well.

[(A)//(E)]

Dracula from Castlevania: Dracula X is a cheap, cheap SOB.
...and god forbid you accidentally fall off a platform when you're trying to get the gem thing he drops.

[Arilou]

Going to have to give a vote for Original Demogorgon from BG2: ToB.

That's one tough monkey.... Thing.