What’s the most novel Boss you’ve fought?

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Novel doesn’t necessarily mean “best”, but it means something different in a cool way. For me, no other fight in any game I’ve played sums up that idea more than the “Computer Virus” in Kirby Super Star.

The entire fight is a huge homage to classic RPG’s, being a hybrid between console and computer RPGs with both singular enemy sprites and text boxes, with a large variety of enemies you CAN fight. All of whom behave differently! The whole battle is just charming, even having an actual health number to look at rather than just a bar.

Also, the meaningless stat boosts are amazing.

 

[Tonberry]

Novel doesn’t necessarily mean “best”, but it means something different in a cool way. For me, no other fight in any game I’ve played sums up that idea more than the “Computer Virus” in Kirby Super Star.

The entire fight is a huge homage to classic RPG’s, being a hybrid between console and computer RPGs with both singular enemy sprites and text boxes, with a large variety of enemies you CAN fight. All of whom behave differently! The whole battle is just charming, even having an actual health number to look at rather than just a bar.
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Also, the meaningless stat boosts are amazing.

Man your example is kinda the best one!
Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts 1 was WILD when I was a kid. He was so fucking incredibly scary and cool.

 

[Your_Homie_Gale]

I have a few:

In JJBA: Heritage For The Future (jojoban) you can sometimes fight N'Doul as a boss like character. It's an obstacle course in a fighting game that you have to dodge all his attacks and at the end you fight him. He dies in 1 hit but that always stuck out to me. He's like a mid boss in thar fighting game.

In Pac-Man WORLD 1 there's Anubis Rex whom you never see. You start the boss battle by running from him. The second phase is a platform challenge of attacking a pyramid in the distance. That game honestly had interesting boss fights like King Galaxian that you fight by playing Galaxian (the precursor to Galaga).

In Persona 4 there's Shadow Mitsuo. He's kinda hard because he has 2 phases. His "Hero" phase is a knight with no weaknesses and is a damage sponge. He also hits hard and can hit the party with some powerful attacks, but he's all physical and almighty. Resist physical personas make this phase a joke. His "true" phase he's incredibly weak but will always put up elemental barriers to stop you from dealing too much damage. Sounds easy but you can get unlucky if he lands a crit. If that happens it's megido spam which can also crit and repeat (happened to me ).

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

I have a few:

In JJBA: Heritage For The Future (jojoban) you can sometimes fight N'Doul as a boss like character. It's an obstacle course in a fighting game that you have to dodge all his attacks and at the end you fight him. He dies in 1 hit but that always stuck out to me. He's like a mid boss in thar fighting game.

In Pac-Man WORLD 1 there's Anubis Rex whom you never see. You start the boss battle by running from him. The second phase is a platform challenge of attacking a pyramid in the distance. That game honestly had interesting boss fights like King Galaxian that you fight by playing Galaxian (the precursor to Galaga).

In Persona 4 there's Shadow Mitsuo. He's kinda hard because he has 2 phases. His "Hero" phase is a knight with no weaknesses and is a damage sponge. He also hits hard and can hit the party with some powerful attacks, but he's all physical and almighty. Resist physical personas make this phase a joke. His "true" phase he's incredibly weak but will always put up elemental barriers to stop you from dealing too much damage. Sounds easy but you can get unlucky if he lands a crit. If that happens it's megido spam which can also crit and repeat (happened to me ).

I remember the Anubis Rex one! You run from him, but the camera is HIS POV!

 

[Your_Homie_Gale]

I remember the Anubis Rex one! You run from him, but the camera is HIS POV!

Yeah. And it scare me as a kid. His whole levels scared me a lot because they were dark and had spiders ambush you.

 

[Bakuma1997]

The Chess Gaunlet in the Delicious Last Course of Cuphead, rather than bruteforcing your way on the battle, you are made to learn their patterns (More than the usual) and have to parry them in specific ways to even HIT them, one bos for every piece of chess minus King, (Fitting if you know the basics of Chess) and a great rest for our trigger fingers

 

[Viviana Santos]

Easily one of the greatest boss fights in video game history.

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I LOVE KILLER7!!!!

 

[Enian]

Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts 1 was WILD when I was a kid. He was so fucking incredibly scary and cool.

Can only agree with Kindgom Hearts. After all these years, I still remember exactly how I felt when I fought Ansem.

 

[Coon]

These two are my absolute arch enemies. Ruby and Emerald weapon from Final Fantasy 7.

 

[Yoalolo]

The end from mgs3 a sniper duel that can last irl hours, hide and seek across the jungle, even skipable if u turn off the PS2 for a week

 

[Boularingos29]

Liquid Snake in MGS1, last of the last boss.
It was like 80s action movie and i felt i was a part of it back then, unforgetable.

 

[qw90700]

Hmm I actually recorded a video of my favorite "boss" battle moment because it's so unique lol:

For those who doesn't know, the game is visual novel school sim stuff so you wouldn't expect a combat lol.

 

[UnDubious]

D2's final boss is very novel. You lose your eyesight, then you can't hear anymore, and you just have to fire away. I didn't really enjoy it - I saved up lots of ammo and health restoratives and just wanted an all-out battle, and instead it's a very simple story battle. Good game though.

 

[Carlnshake Carlnshake]

Breaking the fourth wall always gives me feels

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Spoiler: Spoilers for Phantasy Star

The “Bad Dream” battle sees you attacked by a high level enemy in your sleep. I’d imagine it’s possible to beat this fight, but it’s supposed to be a battle you lose because it’s a nightmare.

 

[irkella irkella]

There's that time in Nier Automata where you can fight the CEOs of Platinum Games and Square Enix

 

[nobitakun]

One of the most hilarious battles I've had is the one against Yiazmat. Not because of difficulty, as it is not that difficult, but because of length:

 

[Sumea]

While I have not played it; Demon's Souls has a boss an invader will take over and play as IIRC, and that is pretty novel. I think there was a unique drop from the boss if you defeat player controller version of it.

 

[DrunkGecko]

the shadow the hedgehog rival battle in sonic generations
as it was just the same battle as sonic adventure 2 made incredibly easier

 

[irkella irkella]

While I have not played it; Demon's Souls has a boss an invader will take over and play as IIRC, and that is pretty novel. I think there was a unique drop from the boss if you defeat player controller version of it.

Yep, I remember invading worlds in that area of the game to become the boss back in the PS3 era. This is the boss.

If I won against the same person too many times, I'd give them a freebie lol

 

[Toast Rider]

Certainly the most “novel” boss around

 

[Emerald Flowsion]

Punching a tiger in the face is pretty cool and different.

 

[Firenoh]

Red Death in Vampire Survivors is pretty novel. He'll kill you several times over before you realize he's even an enemy.

 

[Mahan_Native]

Psycho Mantis in MGS 1: his both pre-fight cutscene and boss fight was pretty shocking. not only he told how i was doing through out the game, but he also vibrated my controller; also he telling me i was enjoying Konami games was both amazing and funny and his fight and the whole 2nd controller thing is interesting to me.

The Mole in JUDGMENT: this boss fight was phenomenon. his design in moveset, the cinematic aspects, the phase change, all of them were amazing and his theme song is also really awesome. after you defeat him, not only it's not over, but heals himself and the last phase begins.

it's hard for me to tell which boss fight of Killer7 was favorite. each boss fight was unique to each other in their own way.

The True Final Boss of No More Heroes 1: after beating the final rank of NMH1 you think everything is over, but no sir the final battle just begun and the final boss is just like you in some aspects.

Minos Prime from Ultrakill: he is one of the secret bosses in this game and let me tell you, he has everything i wanted; the challenge, the great music, the voice lines and pre-fight speech. to this day it is still my favorite boss fight in Ultrakill.

 

[moonbits]

Monsoon in Metal Gear Rising genuinely surprised me. I can't even begin to imagine the amount of effort it was to code and animate such complex character in response to the player's attacks.