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Message: [QUOTE="UnDubious, post: 134339, member: 4030"] As others have pointed out, they were a staple of 2D games in general and not limited to Nintendo. It's really because it was one way to make large, impressive looking bosses within the technical limitations of the time. Most of the boss doesn't move, it's probably a background layer and only the hands are sprites, but you see all of it as the boss. Typically those giant bosses had the simplest patterns. Then it became a classic type of boss that you could do, basically, which is why we still see them. [/QUOTE]

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