Boss Analysis # 38 

I love how Tails says “All’s well that ends well” after beating Perfect Chaos despite Station Square literally being flooded and in ruins

Sigma's true form from Megaman X5 always gets me. An absolutely epic intro to what was supposed to be the final boss of the series.

Belmonts (and other Vampire Hunters): *GRAND CROSS!* Necron: Ooh that's good! Write that down!

My favorite boss intro is king dede in nightmare in dreamland for gba, if kirby uses a parasol he will slowly fall down with the music reaching it climax when kirby lands, it is just perfect

Finally, someone feels almost the exact same way about the Mecha Ridley fight introduction!

"the only experience equal to this is protecting an egg in a minecart" I see what you did there, man. That takes me 10 years or so back!

I just love both Star Dream and Queen Sectonia's general buildups and themes. Star Dream's facemask slowly chipping away until we see Nova's face, all with this mysterious and nerve-wracking buildup... Sectonia's night-time seeming victory where darkness is slowly reigning until the Hypernova fruit brings forth a gorgeous new dawn... Modern Kirby Games might be bad in some places but it's not in their final bosses!

Other incredible intros: -Fusion Dragon (Golden Sun) -Doom Dragon (GS-The lost Age) -Estark and Psaro(Dragon Quest 4) -Dark Bowser(Bowser Inside story) -Zeromus(Final Fantasy 4) -Exdeath and Neo Exdeath(FF5) -Kefka(FF6) -Dark Dialga(PMD Explores) -Ultra Necrozma (Pokemon USUM)

Ridley and Mother Brain in Super Metroid. The Queen Metroid in AM2R (not SR or the original) And the SA-X and final boss of Metroid Fusion. The Metroid series is a gold mine for boss intros and buildups. The Mega Man Zero games, BOTW, Metal Gear Solid 1-4 and the Mother Trilogy all have great boss intros too though.

Some of my favourites are: -Asgore (Undertale): The music starts low, making a description of the enviroment, and after that is done, Asgore literally breaks the fourth wall and just destroys the Spare button, like yeah, that's aparently a thing. -Moon Lord (Terraria): After dealing with all 4 pillars (Also known as Santana, Esidisi, Whammu and Kars), it says "Impending Doom is aproaching", then you notice that music is gone, and there is a slight fade in and fade out that, as time goes on, it keeps increasing in intensity and frequence until the screen flashes, the sky goes black, and Cthulhu's brother (Not kidding, that's terraria's lore) appears for one last showdown (except that you are going to rebattle him cause he dropped a celebration) -The main legendary pokemon from gen 4 and 5 (Pokemon, duh): In Giratina's case: You don't even see it clearly at first, heck, it wasn't even supossed to show up in the first place, then you see how it extends it's wings and covers the entire screen, then all you see is a portal to a void devoid of physics, or any life aside from Cynthia, the lake trio, Giratin... ok, there are some life, but not as much as in the normal world, and after you beat Cyrus' ass for the last time, you go foward and face Giratina (and then end the battle with a masterball, cause that ball was made for something, ya know?) Then we have gen 2's remakes, specially Ho-Oh, since I can't remember Lugia (I own Heart Gold), after you finish climbing the tower, the music dissapears and you see the kimono girls that you met over the game, ready for the sacrif- I mean, ritual, the dance syncronized with the bell and then, from the sky you see a spark, and you see in Ho-Oh's perspective how it's flying around the tower while the music of the ritual reaches it's climax, and then when it lands, it's time to end it (with a masterball, duh) Last we have BW2, with Kyurem, you see the main villain from BW, which for him, being alive it's quite the feat, and then prepares Kyurem to use "Kill Child" against you, which, gotta say, it's super effective, but then N comes in with the legendary box pokemon and saves the day... except that he fell into his trap and then Kyurem fuses with whatever the pokemon was and see him transform into Kyurem-whatever (sadly you can't end this with a masterball, -519/10) -Magolor's soul (Kirby: Return to Dream Land): After you beat both the ship (the very thing you were working on for the entirety of the game, that's a low blow), and Magolor, you would think that's it, the screen turns white and everything is over, ain't it? Then C-R-O-W-N-E-D plays while you see the crown emanating a dark aura, then you see an eye coming from that aura, and then it turns into a smile, whose eye is said eyeball, which doesn't make that smile much friendly, at least in my opinion (also shotouts to the ending, where you finish him with every single EX ablility)

My favourite has to be the true final boss of Hollow Knight, the Radiance. You just entered the mind of the final boss and are ready to face the source of the Infection, it´s a open area like most dreams, the sun is shining for the first time inn the game. But there is no one there. You jump up a few platforms and on the top one, a prompt appears. )CHALLENGE(, it says. but who? You do it, and the sun opens its wings. Your´e screwed. -Spino

A good one that uses text is The Radiance from Hollow Knight

I love the intro to the Kuja fight too. You think the music is going to be the same theme of his You hear all game, but then it picks up and explodes just in time for the fight to start. FF9 is such a masterpiece, and Uematsu is a goddamn genius

Fusion Dragon's intro from Golden Sun is really great. I like it because the music starts during a cutscene and then the screen shatters and it breathes fire. Afterwards, the battle begins.

My Personal Favorite Boss Intros Are: Photoshop Flowey (I know you don't like Undertale,who cares,your opinion and I respect it) Bowser (2nd Phase) Super Mario Bros Wii Baby Bowser (Yoshi's Island SNES) All the Cuphead Bosses (mainly the Devil) The list goes on but I'm not gonna waste your time

3:10 i can never get enough of your boss stat screens.

11:50 What I love about some final bosses is that they are called as the title of the game (Majora's Mask, Hollow Knight or Metroid Prime), there are strong feelings when their names appear in the middle of the screen before fighting. It is like if you have reached the end of your goal finally, it is difficult to explain.

I'm glad i'm not the only one who like Necron's boss intro thanks to that creepy music and intense final boss theme. And i also love Dr.Weil final fight from Z4. Man, the chill....

my favorite one is the boss of just shapes and beats. it make the perfect real final boss feel

Some of my favourites: White Fatalis in monster hunter 4. Regarded as the all father of elder dragons you would expect he has an epic aura oozing off him at all times, and his intro serves that in spades. After walking to the very peak of a ruined fortress, the ambiance is quite. That is until you look up and see a solar eclipse, the moon moving to block the sun. Once it’s complete, all of the sudden the sky around it turns into a storm in an instant, and from the eclipse comes flying out the white dragon himself. Displaying some of his power before flying down to touch the ground in front of you. The music kicks in, it’s time for the hunt to begin.p Magus from Crono Trigger: “Once again the bitter black winds begins to howl...” the flames lights up, the music starts up, and the amplified once he flings his cape open. Omega Flowey, even if you don’t enjoy the game...come on, you can’t say that intro doesn’t leave a good impression. Bonus points to Hollow Knight: Boss comes out onto the scene, you get a name and title as they roar/shout a battle cry....say it with me. DUUUUUUUUUNG, DEEEEEFEEEEEEEENDER!”

My personal favorites are the super bosses from Octopath Traveler. Throughout the game, you'll find 8 shrines. The gods of the realm reside at these shrines, and when you visit them, they'll give you access to the 8 different classes as subclasses for further customization options. However, once you reach the Chapter 4 areas, you'll find 4 more shrines, named Archmagus, Starseer, Runelord, and Warmaster. They actually have a danger level, of level 50 (the Chapter 4 recommendations are level 45), and are actually dungeon length. At the actual shrines, you'll encounter 4 gods previously unmentioned anywhere in the game. Then, when you think you're getting a new subclass, you're hit with this: "Thou wish to seek the secrets I hold? Then thou must prove thy worth!" You're then prompted to leave or approach. Choose to approach and you engage that god in a battle. They have a unique battle theme, fittingly named "They Who Govern Reason", which is spine-chilling to me. And all this buildup is well-warranted, without proper setup, they will effortlessly wipe the floor with your party. Yeah, with the right setup, they're easily exploitable, but trying to fight them normally is a *huge* challenge to say the least. And your reward? Access to what I dub the "God Subclasses", which provide the strongest sets of skills in the whole game. Overall, the buildup and battle against these 4 gods is one of the biggest highlights of the game for me.

My personal favorite boss introduction isn’t even a final boss, but rather an arc boss: Ninetails from Okami. Throughout the game, you receive your powers by rescuing the celestial brush gods by filling in the missing stars from the constellations they reside in. Ninetails fancies herself as more powerful than the gods, so she herself takes the form of a constellation that you must complete to begin the fight with her. The ominous bell chime when you do so really cinches it for me.

Hmm would the walk you have to take to reach giygas in earthbound be a good one?

9:18 Text on screen, huh? That's the main reason I love the Zelda and Ys bosses.

The Persona 4/5 Bosses have great intros. Kaos from Trap Team. I mean, that's just a great boss in general. Only ones I can think of.

The intro for the giratina battle is pretty unnerving. But hell the reveal is just nightmare fuel. Literally taking down Cyrus' basically completed plan as he had both diagla and palkia under his control and suddenly this huge shadowy mass just forms behind him, with a distorted tune playing, Cyrus being absolutely clueless and it all ending in a literal jumpscare.

14:46 that talk made me cry... such emotion

Another good one is the final boss Providence in Bravely Second. Fitting the "fourth wall breaking" theme the game sets for itself, having the second phase begin as a random encounter when leaving the area (leaving one utterly confused at the apparent lack of a second phase after finishing the first) was a total system shocker, cuz you assume it's over after you gain control over your characters and are allowed to leave.

*spoilers for ffx* My favorite has to be Braska's Final Aeon from FFX, the fire and the city lighting up is such an epic intro to such a devious bossfight

Here to remind people that a ton of people likely drowned in the movie for Perfect Chaos for Sonic Adventure. Even when I beat PC, I was like "Why is everyone so satisfied, everyone is drownded!!!" Thank you for messing chibi me up further, Sonic Adventure. You will always remain a bright spot in my childhood.

My favorite boss intro has got to be drawcia + drawcia soul in kirby Canvas curse, the way it's managed makes it really creepy, and she's literally one of the founding mothers of the soul fights in kirby.

Basically every Kirby final boss introduction has something going for it. Even Dark Nebula, the lamest final boss of the main series, has a great introduction with a really serene stage without too much going on while you chase the little dark star, then the fight begins in a really beautiful setting, shame the boss sucks so much. My favorite one, however, is Drawcia from Kirby Canvas Curse. After tons of beautiful colorful and atmospheric stages, stopping to fight summons by the witch herself in some goofy minigames after each world, you arrive on World 7: Wonder Lilane, where the final 3 stages are. Starting tamely-- Frozen Fantasy - is pretty much a maze: not the first ice stage you meet and only a mildly depressing background music to keep on your head. Then you move out to the second one: Mad Mechanism. Things are suddenly dead. A robotic and mostly monochromatic stage with a chaotic song playing in the background. Apart from the difficulty itself, however, you move on without much notice, again, then you go to the 3rd stage of the world and... Spectacle.. Space? I mean, things are HECTIC, but were you really expecting that?. It's so much chaotic stuff going on, the visuals are really different from everything else from the game and the song is a really weird, but not quite terrifying remix of a final boss from a past game. Things are progressing in a weird, wavy way. Peaking in chaos, then dropping down to calm and chill, you basically don't really expect anything consistent anymore from what lies ahead, but then-- You unlock the final world: World of Drawcia. Every world in the world select screen until then was based on a color, but this one doesn't have one. Well, it looks like some kind of colorful but dark place of sorts, but you enter it and... Every happy, energetic, melancholic, warm, cheerful and even chaotic aspects are suddenly gone, as you find yourself in a tasteless dark world adorned with out-of-place rainbow textures everywhere, not colors that bring life, however, they seem to only make everything look way more plastic and dead with the way they are structured around the stage. Then you have the music: arguably the most disturbing Kirby theme ever, with a loud string in the background that keeps hitting your ears in an almost painful way while you follow the disturbing melody. The stage layout itself is also really dead. You have no enemies anywhere, only spikes to deal damage and bottomless pits. Once you reach a point in the stage, you come across some blank frames that pop some creepy faces with a grim, all of them always looking straight at you all the time. You can drop them off-screen with the stylus if you want, but doing so just makes your presence there even more alone. After you climb through a vertical pass filled with spikes on the walls and creepy frames on the way, you arrive at the final canvas: The one that leads to the witch. Merely going through it brings dread to one's heart, as the frames around all look down at the same time as Kirby rolls into the final portal. All the darkness goes away, being vanished by a blindingly bright white background, where both Kirby and Drawcia descend to a dark yet rainbow-colored ground that is still appearing. With a sinister, but very fitting song playing, the witch finally reveals hear true appearance, as the white background gets corrupted with rippling paint and the lifebar-filling sound strikes in. TLDR: Paintings are cooler than reality-warp.

Does anyone else think that"I'll watch you die" was a pun on the developers part considering it's shape?

7:25 one of my favorite prefight lines for no particular reason

Not gonna lie, first time playing SMW (I was like 6...) I was terrified of Bowser's appearance and quit playing for a while.

Xenoblade bosses tend to have really good intros, so off the top of my head, Metal Face in Valak Mountain and (spoilers for the second game) The fight against Amalthus in the world tree are the ones that stand out the most.

One of my favorites: The Mad Dog boss fight's beginning from Dynamite Headdy Trouble Bruin, the villain of the series, comes in to destroy Dynamite Headdy, but is then crushed by the Mad Dog. It's amazing.

Necron would almost have been more effective if he hadn't blown up. Death itself admires your resistance and is letting you go. You've won a REPRIEVE, not a pardon.

My two favorite intros are both from Hollow Knight. The fight against The Hollow Knight, and against The Radiance.

One of my favorite final boss intros has to be Exdeath from Final Fantasy V. After a fake-out final boss, come on his castle and boss fight had "Finale!" written all over it, we encounter him again in the final dungeon, The Interdimensional Rift. Exdeath commands the Void by changing into his true form, a Demonic Tree. And he is ugly! Beat him up and the game itself tells you that it's about to get worse. "Exdeath was swallowed.... By the Void!" And Neo-Exdeath slowly makes the scene...an amalgamation of many different monsters smashed together in a single monstrosity! Before he arrives, he gives you a chilling message. "I am Neo-Exdeath!" "All life...All memories shall disappear!" "Then I too shall disappear." "FOREVER!!!"

You know how to make Necron lore wise horrible? Technically when you choose who to fight with, the others were still down probably agonizing. What if they stayed there and forced you to fight a second round against Necron with those that were left? As in, he's testing the will to live, who says all of your team is up for said test?

The final bosses intro in Ys Origin was amazing as for 2 characters Dallas was the final boss but for Toal there was another boss who suddenly appeared after defeating Dallas.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who liked the whole setup to Necron. Hell, I knew 9 wasn't fooling around at the end when it let you replace Zidane for the first time optionally

When i fought Balore in his second phase the whole time i was just like "DIE ALREADY!" I didn't even know it was a second phase, I thought it was just another attack at first but then 8 lasers later i began to suspect something wasn't right.

My favourite boss intro is from Ballos from Cave Storry.

When it comes to boss intros, Punch out for the wii comes in my mind. Every fight has his unique intro, some of them are funny others are really intimidating. I also think in FE6 final boss [Spoilers] Idunn. Each time you attack her you can see the starting animation where you start from her claws slowly rising up to her dragon head all with a music that scream "Final boss" (The moment is quickly ruined by Roy doing a double 40 HP damage)

You'd looooooooooove the boss intros from the Daruis series (G Darius and Darius Gaiden in particular).

6:22 GIT YOU SON OF A....

Favourite boss intros? Yeah, there are a lot of them and most of them are the same as the other guys' favourites. But there are actually 2 boss intros that are really interesting for me, in a game called Terraria. It is similar to Minecraft in terms of gameplay, but has lores and more interesting to play imo. -The first one is one of the two endgame bosses of Terraria: Lunatic Cultist. Simply, you kill 4 cultists that worship a tablet that has the image of a dark god and a mysterious man emerges all in a sudden. He drains the power of that tablet, starts ascending to the sky and does a demented laugh. Brought the chills to my spine the first time I saw it. - Also, the second one is Moon Lord, the final boss of Terraria. After you beat the Lunatic Cultist, four Lunar Towers emerge in your world and you have to kill them. After killing the final one, you see a message saying *"Impending doom approaches..."* and as time passes, the screen starts to distort into a darker shade of grey. This happens four times. When it happens consecutively, the music ingame starts to lower by itself. After the third distortion, the music stops. And after the 4th one, a white flash appears as Moon Lord appears with a feral scream. Really scary and chilly the first time you see it.

one of my personal favorite boss intros is Greygnarl from Dragon Quest IX. the cave creepily is there, and then his eyes flash in from the darkness of the cave as he stomps forward, then smoke pours out of his mouth and he reveals himself. Then the iconic boss sting plays. That’s a truly iconic way to start such an important boss battle.

I personally think Sans out-of-nowhere strength is a great way to show how powerful he is in the first attack alone.

Yakuza 0 kuze's fight in the sewers, holy shit it's soooooo good.

Gasp! I’ve never actually finished sonic adventure. And that final, cheesy sentiment by tails about the emeralds positive and negative power, takes on whole new meaning of you know of the sonic bible. And the original purpose of the emeralds. As the emeralds are pretty much made up of sin and evil from across the world ( which is probably why there’s seven of them in the newer versions ), so the good side of the emerald makes sense, once Chaos absorbs the sin from the emeralds, all they have to draw from is the vastly more powerful good in the world, allowing sonic to reach new heights of his power, with the stronger side of the emeralds in him. This whole thing kindov reminds me of the Jiinjuriki from naruto. For one, having the good and evil sides of the emeralds ( Naruto and Sora ), and the idea of the emerald shells being more powerful than the spirit that inhabits them. Sorry for nerding out here, but I found it interesting.

My fav boss intros are: *Omega flowey* (undertale): the tension on this boss fight is so great. After you defeated asgore the king of the monsters you start thinking the Game is over then *BAM* flowey kills asgore and gain control of the human souls becoming a giant creature that only wants to kill u for eternity *The Hollow Knight* (hollow knight): you spend the whole game thinking that you are the Hollow Knight, the guy who will be the hero and will stop the Radiance , but near the end of the Game you find out that's not the case and the Real Hollow knight is infected and will try to kill you

Favorite boss intro I can remember, Moon Lord (terraria) the tension grows exponentially during the 60 second wait! Ridley (metroid zero mission) just.. doors locked, May as well go ba- AMBUSH! GET DOWN!

My favourite boss intros (Spoilers ahead!): -Pure Vessel, Nightmare King Grimm and finally Radiance from Hollow Knight -Nihilanth from Half-Life ("FREEEEEEEEMAAAAAAAAAAAN!") -Ghetsis' battle intro in Pokemon Black and White -Zero 2's intro in Kirby Crystal Shards and C.R.O.W.N.E.D. phase of Magolor fight in Kirby Return to Dreamland -Mordecai the Summoner from Serious Sam Second Encounter

Curse of Darkness taught me what is behind that door. It was my favorite fight from that game! Finally beating that thing was a highlight of my youth. I look forward to you going over that boss in whichever game you use for it. That boss is so memorable. You never forget it long after you have left it. Unless you have already done it and I am being a doodle again.

I always thought of that moment with Necron as Zidane and gang facing the Grim Reaper itself, defying their death at the hands of Kuja's Ultima. Infact, Necron used to be the secret boss Hades before undergoing a redesign and one of 9's main themes IS death, so it makes sense.

Mother 3. Mecha-drago. Need I say more? You got a father who just lost his wife and now is searching desperately trying to find his son. Now he learns that his son may have been killed by the same drago that killed his wife the night before. Then you finally approach the ledge when the ground begins to shake and the mecha-drago reveals itself from behind a boulder and the battle begins! Its one of my all time favorites.

WHAT'S BEYOND THE DOOR

If this counts, the cutscene right before the final boss of Spark the Electric Jester starts out in ominous silence, only for Spark to dash up to the final boss perfectly timed with the start of the god-tier final boss theme, and it gets me every single time.

Personally I liked Bowser's intro for the final fight in Super Mario 3D World. The cutscene starts with an ominous shot of the Great Tower of Bowser Land before the big guy drops down in front of you. That already looked badass in the dark clouds and the rainy weather, but then the music starts building up as he reveals the Super Bell he kept in hand before placing it on his collar. The piano then goes a bit crazy as he lets out an awesomely evil laugh while a shining light begins to envelope him...and there it is! The music reaches it's climax as the all-new Meowser stands in front of you, showcasing his increased agility as he drops to all fours and backflips away before letting out a chilling roar as lightning strikes to start the battle. It's a simple cutscene, but a very effective way of introducing a powerful new enemy.

Personal honorable mentions : - Final Bowser (Mario Odyssey) "Get ready Mario! Here's your happily. Ever. After!" Man, that quote is so badass it sends the good chills down my spine every single time. - Infinite Rematch 1 (Sonic Forces) A cool way of starting a fight for such a wasted potential of a character. - Marx Soul (Kirby Super Star Ultra) One of the best Soul boss intro cutscenes i've ever seen. - Shiny Robobowser (Paper Jam) One of the best Bowser variations that also has one of the best intro cutscenes, for a game that was nothing but a wasted potential. - Bowser Chaos Robot (Mario Mania) Bowser will always be badass, no matter the game. Whether it be rom hack or official, Bowser will always be crowned awesomeness royalty. - Fury Bowser/God Slayer Bowser (Mario 3D World Switch) The most badass Bowser has ever been

My favourite boss intro is radiance from hollow knight

Mecha Ridley is doing a Terminator. There target are both Women..

Balore's fight was one of my favorite boss fights from AoS! That intro was so amazing. You think you have to fight an annoying flying enemy, but the true boss OHKOs the boss you thought you were going to fight! And his eye laser of doom is so awesome, like the world's most dangerous form of jump rope!

Facts: You should've had the choice to give Kuja a second chance and help fight Necron alongside you and then, in the end, he cannot return to life because he's already dead, but he's satisfied.

speaking of metroid, the nightmare intro in fusion is really great too!

I really like the abyss watchers intro from dark souls III

Ah yes, The Forgotten One. The reason that Lament of Innocence earned its M rating. It's well deserved honestly. The blood and gore from that boss with the maggots eating him at the same time as he regenerates use to send shivers as I saw him. He left a bigger impression on me than The Forgotten One from Lord's of Shadow.

Almost every bosses from Final fantasy have good intros. Kefka, Sephirot, Exdeath, Ultimecia and Griever even that damn Octopus.

So are we just gonna gloss over the fact that Chaos just killed at least a million people with that flood? Also, how many manholes does a single street need!?

On the theme of cool boss intros, ultrakill has a few of them. But i'd rather have YOU play it than tell it myself

I like that you appreciate necron's boss introduction. It's honestly haunting

The music builds up so nicely in alot of the boss entrances

My honorable mention goes to the final boss in Persona 5. As you progress through the story, you'll move deeper into Mementos where all the Shadows lurk until you reach the very end. There, you find the answer to what you've been doing as you go face-to-face with __________!

One of my favorite boss buildups is the sa-x fron metriod fusion. From pretty much after the first boss. The introduction to "it" is so tense and letsyou know your not alone and something is hunting you. Later, the computer informs you that at any time, the sa-x may appear and you cant fight it. You have to run if it sees you. 2 of the 3 times he appears, you have to just hide. But in the last one, you are dropped right into the room its in and you have to just run. At the end, before you set the ships orbit to sr388, the sa-x appears and you have to fight. You have the wave beam which can damage it when charged. After all the fear and pain it has put on you. Its time to take revenge.

I also love Yaldabaoth's from P5, he could have been in this video easily Edit: Same for Undyne the Undying from the genocide route of Undertale

I'd be pissing myself if Mecha-Ridley just crawled out of the darkness inside a huge room that I'm in IRL.

Wither boss from minecraft? Watching it grow in size and spin around, slowly absorbing all negative energy on your world and then devastating its spawnpoint is priceless

Yooo makes me think of jedah’s intro from darkstalkers vampire savior

In the Final - Bowser's Inside Story Dialga's Fight to to Finish - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Explorers of Sky Cynthia's Theme - Pokemon Platinum

Just wanted to say I'm a very recent subscriber and I hereby rename you WhoisthisLegend. Been going through creepy bad endings and god bless you for the trip down memory lane. If nostalgia was a drug you would be Pablo Esocbar keep up the good work can't wait to see more.

Ganon: one of the strongest pigs in existance

I really Like the build up to the broodmother in dragon age origins,the NPC telling what happened to the others and finishing with a single word "broodmother" right before the room you fight the thing. I love it.

My favorite boss intro in recent memory has to be Hyness from Star Allies. The creepy music, unsettling movements of the hooded figure, and the batshit insane monologue are all amazing at building unease. He stares directly into the camera for the first half of the fight, and once you knock his hood off, BAM! The music kicks into overdrive as his horrifying yet goofy scream shakes the screen. What’s more is he drains the life of his unconscious minions, using their lifeless bodies as weapons. Another of my favorites comes from the same game, in the form Astral Birth: Void’s splash screen. Comparing it to the initial final bosses’ intro and the soul melter intro, something about this last one just stands out (mainly if you are aware of the Kirby lore). That and Void’s death animation still give me goosebumps today.

7:52 The only thing better than that intro line is git's response to the intro line

Great video; pretty much everything is spot-on, and I agree with it all. Really can't put it better myself.

I gotta hand it to NKG or the Radiance from Hollow knight personally, they both have extremely imposing (and musicless) intros that build suspense as to “what/where am I fighting” and then when the boss actually reveals the self (NKG cutting out of the nightmare heart or the fucking sun sprouting wings) and the full screen intro card kicks in, you know that shit has gotten real

If you want to talk about boss entrance, don't forget Kefka from FF6. After the first 3 phases, Kefka floats down from the holy heaven in god-form while laughing manically, with Dancing Mad as BGM.

WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM

Well I got something to call the great king of evil. Got the idea from Mety333, but it still works. The last form is Raging Pork Ganon. Though this is the enraged battle ox version.

Fun Fact: FFXIV's Shadowbringers expansion has the same intro text trick as Ocarina of Time. HAL even gets in on the action a little as well in Kirby Star Allies, even if it does happen to be a little bit late, but it's better than never.

Dude, the best Boss intro, in my opinion, is Metroid Fusion - SA-X. From the moment you hit Sector 1, you are introduced to it, and in some cases forced to run from it, until you finally face it as the 11th boss. It literally spends the whole game hyping itself up.

Anybody else noticed that perfect chaos looks kinda like biollante from the heisei godzilla series? Maybe it was based off of biollante

God I love the end of a “Final Boss Battle” in every Final Fantasy game. They arrive flamboyant and terrifying and when then leave, they slowly sometimes crumble away in pieces or explode very loud to the point to where the entirety of the universe feels their demise and we are left with so many feelings. That’s how you end a game, in my opinion.

My favorite boss intro comes from Metroid as well, though Mecha Ridley's is undeniably badass. Nightmare from Fusion is incredibly well-built up, so when you finally see him, the payoff is enormous. Here you are, just trying to collect an energy tank, when you suddenly fall into this empty room. That chilling prelude music plays as the full form of Nightmare rises from the floor, all while making those horrible sounds. It's fitting that the creature called "Nightmare" has the most terrifying entrance in the series. It honestly filled me with dread when I first played. That's the sign of an effective boss intro. Helps that the battle itself is the best in Fusion to boot.

Furious mother brain from Super Metroid is a favorite of mine. Probably because I’m biased

Y'know, revolving around the boss descriptions that whoisthisgit talked about for TLOZ, I feel that Risk of Rain 2 does a great job of that.

The Pikmin series is great at boss buildup when it wants to be (and not just smacking a boss in the middle of the level, @ that one beady long legs in the swamp in 2). I think the finest example of this is not the Plasm Wraith but the Titan Dweevil. After many hours of gameplay wondering what happened to your friend Louie, you find him at the bottom of a grueling dungeon, sitting on top of a pile of what the ship perceives as treasure. Approach him and massive (a leg's narrowest point is nearly double the thickness of you as a character) legs erupt from the ground as he takes control of the beast- the Titan Dweevil has awoken. Maybe i'm just biased but that's cool af