Video Games with Joke Bosses
A list of video games where a boss that's comically easy to defeat (and not just seemingly comically easy to defeat as in some kind of fake out) appears among a slew of tougher, more considerable bosses. Some examples found here.
There are minor spoilers in the form of boss fight listings here, you have been warned!
Suggestions welcome!
There are minor spoilers in the form of boss fight listings here, you have been warned!
Suggestions welcome!
25 Games
Golem Overlord: It is afraid of heights and will just refuse to attack until eventually it runs away.
Cloud N Candy: You can heal yourself by slurping at the boss until you win.
Brainiac: Has no AI whatsoever and you can in fact just walk/fly past him and still complete the game with no resistance
Old King Allant
(admittingly not as blatantly trivial as the rest of the examples on the list but it definitely stands out from the crowd in Demon's Souls)
(admittingly not as blatantly trivial as the rest of the examples on the list but it definitely stands out from the crowd in Demon's Souls)
Gogo: You must defeat the imitator by imitating the imitator, so how should you best proceed? Well...
Gofer
This might as well be a stand-in for the rest of the series (minus Salamander 2 and Interstellar Assault/Nemesis II according to Vee) since I am told that the last bosses of the games generally do not fight back much at all
This might as well be a stand-in for the rest of the series (minus Salamander 2 and Interstellar Assault/Nemesis II according to Vee) since I am told that the last bosses of the games generally do not fight back much at all
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Demon’s Souls final boss comes to mind lol
ganon from link the faces of evil
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- Final Fantasy 5 has Famed Mimic Gogo, wherein he copies the player's movements. In order to defeat him, the player must not do any sort of action, where he will then leave.
- Paper Mario 64 has Monstar, a boss who's mainly an illusion to scare away people from a village due to containing low stats across the board. As a result, they can be defeated within a minimum number of turns with little to no HP loss with the right setup.
- Paper Mario 64 has Monstar, a boss who's mainly an illusion to scare away people from a village due to containing low stats across the board. As a result, they can be defeated within a minimum number of turns with little to no HP loss with the right setup.
The Gradius series famously has final bosses that don't bother fighting back due to being stuffed behind boss rushes and overly hard fortress stages with gun wall bosses. Salamander 2 and Interstellar Assault/Nemesis II are the exceptions as far as I can remember.
Legitimately happy Hulk is here already, lmao.
Legitimately happy Hulk is here already, lmao.
also the gradius series has a tradition where the last boss (usually Gofer) hardly fights back, if at all
VEE BEAT ME BY 1 MINUTE LMAO
sorry pal, ya zigged when ya shoulda zagged. xP
The Electrocutioner from Batman Arkham Origins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD1tTsMr2CE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD1tTsMr2CE
Thanks for all the suggestions so far guys, added as necessary!
Romero from Soul Hackers: Monkey with devil summoning powers who gives you quiz questions where if you fail, you get sent back to the beginning of the room you're in. Also, he makes a "your mom" joke.
Old King Coal in Banjo-Tooie. Jump on a platform, stand still and attack and you'll never take damage.
Pinwheel in Dark Souls. I think it was expected that most people would go to the catacombs early on, but most people seem to go midway through the game.
Strega in Persona 3. They kind of just don't do anything. Low HP and low damaging attacks.
Pinwheel in Dark Souls. I think it was expected that most people would go to the catacombs early on, but most people seem to go midway through the game.
Strega in Persona 3. They kind of just don't do anything. Low HP and low damaging attacks.
Lisa The Joyful has a joke easter egg inside it which is pretty funny, you fight a stick version of one of the final bosses in the game. here's the easter egg skip to the end for the joke final boss its kinda spoilers for one of the actual final bosses in the game.
Just noticed this list
Mist Noble from Sekiro as well basically counts. takes no effort to kill and I don't think they fight back
Mist Noble from Sekiro as well basically counts. takes no effort to kill and I don't think they fight back
I'd like to suggest General Scales from Star Fox Adventures
Star Wars Jedi Survivor has this amazing little guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PcVYfLLLeU
MagneticBurn
1 year ago