The WORST Boss Battle In Every Mario Game EVER! [52 Games!] 

2:11 Yes there is. That’s a “Nightmare Machine”. It creates the one thing your enemies fear. However, since you are NOT afraid, the machine malfunctions and creates the one thing Wart fears- vegetables. At least that’s what I’ve heard

Not having mario and rabbids is a crime

You don't like battles in hallways? *Megalovania starts playing*

In defense of Beef Cloud, (I like all of the Hooraws tbh) his gimmick is that you're supposed to not take to long to attack, since he heals gradually no matter what you're doing. However, if you attack him and he says "Can't sleep.." then you can attack him without any worry of him healing. He has the most health out of all the Hooraws for obvious reasons, and why it was so easy is probably because you were overlevelled. My first experience with him was when his gimmick worked, and I had to figure out when to use Luiginary attacks. I feel like Smoldergeist deserves the spot.

I understand putting the Staircase as the worst boss for Dark Moon, but you have to remember the horrendous staircase you had to climb prior to that. For first-time playthroughs, you will hate stairs with every fiber of your body when you reach the boss.

Fun fact: Before the Torkdrift fight, you can get on top of him and throw cappy at the laser stick to get a heart.

Granted. Wart does have a nice boss theme. So he's got that going for him

2:09 There is. Apparently, that machine is rebelling against Wart by providing Mario and co with his weakness, as Wart is allergic to veggies.

"Criminally underrated" is so correct for Super Princess Peach 😍🥰🤩

17:19 Yeah, I won't disagree with the Fire Vellumental being the worst Origami King boss, but if you pick up the orange envelope with a ? on it, it will tell you what to do. 18:42 What makes this one even worse is if you're only playing with two people, King Bob-omb will literally THROW AWAY one of the bob-ombs, and most likely it's the one YOU chose. (I've had a bad history playing that one) And to make matters worse, when he picks one up during his "mad" phase, he throws the one he picked up AT a player that didn't get to throw one, meaning they lose the amount of points that bob-omb was worth! So if he picked up a big one and threw it at you, you'd lose THREE points instead of one!! 24:27 What about the Uncle Guy (forgot his name) or the Clockwork Soldiers? 24:54 The Shrewd Possesser is way worse. The fact that you are timed to hit all of the ice chunks is terrifying, and the fact that they regenerate is much worse. Meanwhile, the Staircase is just cleverly designed attacks and an admittedly cool concept.

The worst boss in sticker star was the one where all your stickers get turned into Sandals.

The Clem battle in LM3 is actually a lot more tolerable if you have Gooigi stay on dry land and use him to capture Clem so Luigi never has to leave the pool. Cool List BTW. I don’t usually think about bad bosses in Mario games so this was interesting.

This might have already been commented, but for the Floating Whirlindas, you have to stand on one of the spinning platform thingies and face away from them while it spins. That keeps them revealed so you can see them clearly. You can grab them when the male ghost bows.

I don't know if this counts but what about the Mario Rabbids Series would like to see those bosses on a list. Also Mario Maker 2 story mode bosses too!!!

I don’t really consider Kammy Koopa a boss in PM but if I did I can can say at least it’s VERY satisfying to finally taker her down a few pegs. My least favorite PM fight is Lantern Ghost. Having to constantly keep the room bright and make sure he doesn’t paralyze your party memeber is just UGHHHH!!!!

Suprised that his Odyssey pick wasn't the Mollusque-Lanceur Rematch in the Mushroom Kingdom, because that boss is piss easy, easier than torkdrift even.

Great video. Nice job. You forgot the Mario + Rabbids games.

I agree with your MP9 stance. I think the boss battle aspect of the game was a really great idea that I remember having a bunch of fun with as a kid

I thought the Stair Monster/Harsh Possessor was fun...but SCREW The Ice Monster/[insert synonym for angry] Possessor! That boss was always a pain in the spectral rear end!

Way back in the day when I played Mario RPG over and over religously, I decided Mega Smilax was the worst because I had no concept of strategy and he kept spanking me. Now much later I'd have to say it's between Mack with his Shysters, because he kept leaping off the screen (can't target him) and his Shysters (kept respawning and their flame attack has garbage timing) And Punchinello. He summons different sized bob-bombs at you. That's it. That's all he does. It would be impressive if any of them were actually able to take you out, but no.

Twink vs. Kammy Koopa is a glorified cutscene. For proper bosses I would have gone with the Lantern Ghost.

The reason why Mega Smilax in Mario RPG sucks so much (or at least why I used to hate it) is because it has the move "petal blast," which can transform your entire team into mushrooms. As if that wasn't bad enough, the Smilax bud hands also have the move "pollen nap," which, as its name would imply, can put a party member to sleep. There is an equipable item called a safety badge, that prevents all status conditions, but there is only one of them in the game. Other items that can be equipped to prevent status conditions can only prevent a particular condition, meaning you can choose to protect your other party members from EITHER turning into mushrooms OR being put to sleep, but not both. However, I don't mind this boss fight as much now as I did in my earlier playthroughs now that I've realized that the best course of action is to have Peach wear the safety badge, then keep using her healing abilities to get rid of status conditions on the other party members.

Spewart here getting easier not once, but twice. One time the arena is bigger, the other, moon gravity activates and that kind of negates ground hazards.

I remember my first battle against Bonechill. Luigi got stuck between the ceiling and Bonechill's head. End of story? Bonechill died in less than five seconds.

I disagree on the Torkdrift choice. It may have been easy, but it was a great way to utilize the abilities of one of the best captures in the game. I'd say the worst fight in the game is the Spewart rematch. It's just too similar to his first fight. All the other Broodals change something about the fight to make it harder, but not him. Technically, he does walk around now rather than stand still, but that's such a small change that most players don't even notice it. And it certainly does nothing to increase the difficulty.

Mario was never known for its boss lineups…

Funny you said that you won't count the series like Yoshi or Wario because they're spin-offs. Any Mario game series that isn't the Super Mario or New Super Mario Bros. series are spin-offs meaning the Mario Kart games, Mario Party games, and all of the RPGs.

Sticker Star final boss is so nostalgic for me and I love it. I love that whole game.

Spoilers for Origami King My least favorite boss was King Olly himself. Every boss I ran into in this game was memorable and twisted up the normal boss mechanic in some way, so I was getting REALLY hyped to see what the final boss had in store! And then... King Olly's fight reused mechanics from old bosses, and his first phase was over in a matter of minutes. The phases afterward boil down to (for lack of a better term) "mini-games" and some quick-time events. It was an immensely disappointing end to a game that managed to pleasantly surprise me on several occasions, despite how skeptical I was at first. What's worse is that I love this game best for it's boss fights, so for the last one to be the only one that I can say was bad... Yeah, I was not happy. Disappointment alone, it's my least favorite fight; but honestly, if I replay Origami King again, I'll keep an eye out for any boss that is objectively worse instead of the one that simply felt worse at the time.

Mario is like: “Thank you for making this vid” LMAO

For me: Not for: 1985-Super Mario Bros - NES 1986-Super Mario Bros 2 (Japanese) - NES For: 1988-Super Mario Bros 2 (American): Wart - NES 1988-Super Mario Bros 3: Boom Boom - NES 1989-Super Mario Land: Hiyoihoi - GB 1990-Super Mario World: Reznor (they have Nine-Inch Nails 😂) - SNES 1992-Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins: Sewer Rat - GB 1994-Donkey Kong '94: Airplane DK - GB 1994-Hotel Mario: Iggy (but a good Bowser imitator) - CDi 1994-Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3: Funfun - GB 1995-Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: Marching Milde - SNES 1996-Super Mario RPG: Legend Of The Seven Stars: Axem Rangers - SNES 1996-Super Mario 64: Eyerok - N64 2000-Paper Mario: Goomboss - N64 2001-Luigi's Mansion: Van Gore - GC 2002-Super Mario Sunshine: Eely-Mouth - GC 2003-Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga: Tolstar - GBA 2004-Mario vs Donkey Kong: Slippery Summit DK (Switch version) - GBA 2004-Mario Pinball Land: Petey Piranha (can't move) - GBA 2004-Paper Mario 2: The Thousand-Year Door: Cortez - GC 2005-Super Princess Peach: Army Hammer Bro - NDS 2005-Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time: Shrowser (but a good true final boss) - NDS 2006-New Super Mario Bros: Bowser Jr (all except for the shell battles) - NDS 2006-Yoshi's Island DS: Baby Bowser (too easy) - NDS 2006-Mario vs Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis: Ground Floor DK - NDS 2007-Super Mario Galaxy: Mandibug Stack (Nintendo is that the best you can do?!) - Wii 2007-Super Paper Mario: Francis (get serious, anime stinks like s***) - Wii 2007-Mario Party DS: Hammer Bro (too hard) - DS 2009-New Super Mario Bros Wii: Larry (only the tower fight) - Wii 2009-Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: Midbus (cavi cape battle) and Scutlet - NDS 2010-Super Mario Galaxy 2: Mandibug Stack (Nintendo DO BETTER) - Wii 2010-Mario vs Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem: Warped Mansion DK - NDS 2011-Super Mario 3D Land: any Fake Bowser (Dry Bowser included) - 3DS 2012-New Super Mario Bros 2: Reznor (still has them Nine-Inch Nails) - 3DS 2012-New Super Mario Bros U: Boom Boom - Wii U 2012-Paper Mario: Sticker Star: Bowser Jr (first battle only (STOP HEALING) - 3DS 2012-Mario Party 9: Whomp (if im unlucky ill change into Dashie) - Wii 2013-Super Mario 3D World: Prince Bully - Wii U 2013-Mario & Luigi: Dream Team: Smoldergeist - 3DS 2013-Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon: Overset Possessor (too long) - 3DS 2013-Mario Party Island Tour: King Bob-omb - 3DS 2014-Yoshi's New Island: Kamek (any fight) - 3DS 2015-Yoshi's Wooly World: Big Montgomery & Knot-Wing the Koopa - Wii U 2015-Mario Party 10: Mega Cheep Chomp (same with Whomp) - Wii U 2015-Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam: Paper Petey Piranha (same location) - 3DS 2015-Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros Edition: Boom Boom (too repetitive) - 3DS 2016-Mario Party Star Rush: Mega Goomba & Mega Blooper (cant hurt) - 3DS 2016-Paper Mario: Color Splash: Morton (NINTENDO WHAT DID YOU DO) - Wii U 2017-Super Mario Odessey: RoboBroode - Switch 2017-Bowser's Minions: Morton (NINTENDO FIX MORTON VOICE!) - 3DS 2017-Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle: Icicle Golem - Switch 2018-Mario Tennis Aces: Snow Ogre - Switch 2019-Yoshi's Crafted World: Shogun of Skewers - Switch 2019-Luigi's Mansion 3: King MacFrights - Switch 2019-Bowser Jr's Journey: Poisoned Morton (MORTON NOT HAPPY!) - 3DS 2020-Paper Mario: The Origami King: Scissors (Too Hard, Hate Instakill) - Switch 2021-Bowser's Fury: Fury Shadow - Switch 2022-Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope: any of the secret bosses - Switch 2023-Super Mario Bros Wonder: wonder effects but theyre not bosses in my opinion - Switch 2024-Princess Peach Showtime: Thorn Plant - Switch 2024-Mario & Luigi: Brothership: *wont edit until November* - Switch

Honestly, the bosses in Sticker Star are just terrible in general. They don’t even feel like boss fights. It’s you either come to the fight with the right item or you die. Garbage game design.

pls do a rank for every mario and luigi boss fight

Tbh I didn’t even know Mario golf super rush had bosses because i never bought it because you know lacking content at launch and no one cares after it does get content

I actually found the bowser fights in galaxy 2 to be fun

I would now like to see a video covering the BEST boss battle in every Mario game!

Mario party star rush has bosses

for 3d world and bowser’s fury I think it’s actually Pom Pom the reason is that she has just one attack throwing a shuryuken she doesn’t even have a shell attack (she had one in 3d land)

Some games you missed were Mario + Rabbids, Hotel Mario, Mario's Missing, Bowser's Minions, Bowser Jr.'s Journey, Mario Puzzles and Dragons, Dr. Mario 64, Super Mario Run, Mario Maker 2, Wario Land 1,(Mario's in the ending) and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games. (some of the M&S games have bosses)

No Mario and Rabbids?

Didn't the Black Shy Guy dodge all of your attacks though? That was the whole point of it. Did you just forget that?

You missed mario + rabbids kingdom battle and Sparks of hope

Worst galaxy boss is the one in spacejunk, Freezy flame is a lot more fun

Why King Croacus Not Here!

18:30 if you ever beat this bob-omb boss in more than 5mn then you're the problem, not the boss. tf you mean 30-40 minutes

Can you do the best bosses next please?

24:55 I was honestly expecting you to pick the Chilly Ride fight for Dark Moon, that boss made me put the game down for YEARS because of how bad it was

25:33 HOW COULD YOU SAY THIS? CLEM IS MY IDOL! 😭

Mario + rabbids sparks of hope and kingdom battle.

25:22 THANK YOU I HATED THIS LEVEL BECAUSE OF THE STAIRCASE I HAD TO GUESS THE CORRECT ONE LITERALLY FIRST TIME PLAYING THAT LEVEL

When you said like and subscribe I just went for it😂

The King Boo in this game looks weird his game in Luigi's Mansion 4:50

Did you not use Gooigi with Clem? Luigi shouldn’t have to leave the pool

In super Mario bros the lost levels world 9_3 that's bowsers brother

I wouldn't really call the fight with Kammy a boss battle. You literally can't lose that fight and it's scripted. If I had to pick a fight I don't like from that game, it would be Kent C. Koopa. He just sucks.

Do all want to know what would be a perfect villain for a next Mario rabbits game? The shroobs from partners in time because they have ray guns, UFOs, and other technology. Do you guys think thats a good idea?

24:55 you are the worst person on the planet for thinking this, the w4 boss is way worse

I like Gilbert the Gooey 22:55

24:54 showtime (old clockworks) is the worst boss I do like it but it’s not a boss

I agree that paper molters and rubber band are the most frustrating especially the purple chapter

20:20 same old boss fight

I'm gonna disagree with 3d world as I think pom pom is WAY easier than boom boom who is already pathetic. At least boom boom actually tries to attack you.

You say like and subscribe too much

I don't see why so many people hate Clem's boss battle. All I did was have Gooigi stay on the outside to catch Clem whenever I popped his floatie. It wasn't that bad.

Well that sucks 13:30

Boring fight 20:50

You didn't do Yoshi's Story. That one would definitely be Cloud N. Candy. She's just a giant cloud that hops across the screen, and Yoshi just keeps licking her with his tongue until she's gone. And each time he licks her, he regains health too! She even tells him how to beat her at the start of the fight.

SMB - Blooper Disguise SMBTLL - 9-3 Bowser SMB2 - Wart SMB3 - Boom Boom SML - King Totomesu SML2 - Octopus SMW - Reznor MPL - Porcupuffer DDRMM - Wario SM64 - King Bob-Omb SMS - King Boo SMG - Baron Brrr SMG2 - Bowser NSMB - Bowser Jr. NSMB Wii - Larry NSMBU - Boom Boom NSMB2 - Reznor SM3DL - Boom Boom SM3DW - Boom Boom BF - Cat Boom Boom SMO - Torkdrift MKDS - Wiggler MTA - Petey Piranha MGSR - Lightning Statue SMRPG - Megasmilax M&LSS - Hoohooros M&LPIT - Elder Shrooboid M&LBIS - Kretin M&LDT - Beef Cloud M&LPJ - Chargin’ Chuck Brigade PM - Kammy Koopa PMTTYD - Armored Harriers SPM - Bonechill PMSS - Bowser PMCS - Black Shy Guy PMOK - Fire Vellumental MPDS - Dry Bones MP9 - King Bob-Omb MP10 - Mega Goomba MPIT - Chain Chomp DK94 - Construction Site MVSDK - Fire Mountain MVSDKMOTM - Magnet Mania MVSDKMMA - World 1 MVSDKMLM - Super Skywheel YI - Prince Froggy YIDS - Gilbert The Gooey YNI - Bowser SPP - King Boo LM - The Dancing Whirlwinds LM2 - Harsh Possessor Ghost LM3 - Clem

22:21 WOW, just gonna hard disagree there. One of the best fights in the game. The twist of suddenly seeing Kamek transform YOU and not the enemy was creative, the fight was straight forward unlike some of the weirdly convoluted fights, and there's a fun sense of urgency and intensity in it as the acid increases and you can tell you're upsetting the stomach. Know who REALLY sucks in Yoshi's Island? Roger the Potted Ghost. First off, its not even based on an enemy, its based on a item. And how do you beat it? You just kind of... push him off the ledge. He needs 2 Shy Guys with him to not die. He occasionally pushes you back or spits fire, but not enough to make it a challenge. Just hold right and you'll be done the fight in like 15 seconds.

mario kart wii also had some boss fights within the tournaments that were basically like mkds mission mode bosses, either on a track racing against someone or in the Galaxy Colosseum arena

With the Dancing Wirlindos what you have to do to catch them is to not look directly to them because that's when they dissapear. In order for you to catch them you have to wait until they do a reverence to each other to put the light on them and catch them. But yeah, it's to dificult to figure this out (specially when you're a little kid that has the game in a foreign language).

God, I feel you on the Clem one. That floatie's so hard to control the first time

Will you ever do a best list?

I’m pretty sure the best boom boom is giant winged boom boom form a little Timmy level

The fact that the Ice boss in Dark Moon isn't the worst boss of that game is a crime. That fight legit made me quit the game for a while. Also, I wish you included Mario Party: Star Rush.

Sad Mario Party Star Rush wasn't featured

Part 2 is the best

Both Mario and Rabbids games as well as Mario Party 4 which had 6 bosses (though they were just minigames most of them) were missing.

2:07 The reason why is because it's actually the dream machine that wart turned into a nightmare as part of his tyranny, wich turn against him because the machine produce HIS own nightmare and only weakness:vegetables

So wary hates vegetables, but has a vegetables factory.. That’s like a vegan owning a slaughterhouse

Mario party super stars has a boss

GOD THAT PINBALL BOSS WAS A NIGHTMARE

Mario really did had a humongous history with his bosses. And I meant his enemies and foes!! #SuperMario!! 😎

Most bosses on this is i liked

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle: Mecha Jr. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope: Giant Magnafowl Paper Mario: Anti Guy Squad/ Huff

I love Mario Party 9 too!

I seriously thought you would pick the ice boss for dark moon.

I for sure thought Topmaniac would be the worst Mario Galaxy. Just goes to show how forgettable Baron Brrr was

You forgor the Wario Land games... Why does everyone forgets about them?

an amusing trick: if you throw the king bob-omb off the mountain and them move away, the camera will zoom out SO far that you can see the ENTIRE level! oh, something i read about "stickier star": JUST before the Bowser fight, you have a weird encounter with Magikoopa, who casts a spell on your Stickers that makes them ALL LOOK THE SAME for the rest of his battle, AND makes them do ALMOST NO DAMAGE! so unless you REMEMBER which one is in which space, you WILL waste a BUNCH of the more valuable ones, INCLUDING THE ONES YOU SPECIFICALLY NEED FOR BOWSER! so you MUST do a BUNCH of backtracking to find a shop and re-stock BEFORE Bowser! a VERY dirty trick!

I HEAVILY disagree with you're list, Mario Galaxy 2? NEXT TIME DON'T SAY BOWSER SUCKS BECAUSE OF THE GAMEPLAY WHEN DEEP INSIDE YOU KNOW IT'S ABOUT THE CUT SCENE, and the... Flying flower robot in odyssey is one of the best... In my opinion, I would have chosen that random bird, yeah it's good, but not like the flower machine, now what I DO agree with, is all the boom booms and Mario trilogy bowsers, and for Mario and Luigi paper jam, THAT LOOKED AMAZING, so that game must have some pretty fire bosses if that's the worst, so... I don't like it that much, It's mediocre at it's finest... In my opinion... IN... MY... OPINION...😳

I feel like the list would've been better if it were the main bosses rather than mini ones. Boom boom showing up repeatedly is boring

for luigi's mansion dark moon i think shrewd possessor is worse, i swear those shooting physics in that fight sucks and the fact that u have a time limit makes it worse

Please do a best boss in each Mario game!

The most inexplicable thing about NSMB2 Reznor is that it's nerfed from SMW Reznor with 2 fewer and no collapsing bridge. Was the original boss really too difficult?

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle: Icicle Golem. You can only choose one character for this battle, since you're forced to use Mario and Peach. You have to get around him just to deal some damage (in his first phase) he has the movement sniper ability and he can freeze you with literally every attack. Not a fun boss imo Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope: Giant Wiggler. This doesn't really feel like a boss, more like a generic "destroy the Darkmess eyes" quest with a time limit. It doesn't even attack directly.

I'd have to say, the only one I truly disagree with is Wart. I think it's just my bias towards final bosses that are NOT Bowser is why I actually like Wart (not to mention his amazing battle theme in the SNES remake of SMB2). I definitely agree with you about Boom Boom. One of the absolute WORST Mario bosses in the entire franchise. Tedious, boring, easy to cheese through, and uninspiring battles in every single game that thing(s) appears in. Not to mention Boom Boom is also a garbage goalie in Mario Strikers Battle League.

I agree beef cloud was a nightmare for me as a kid, thanks god he have an HP cap

I think the reason you say Mario Party 9's bosses are amazing is because someone pointed out that each world boss is themed to a certain skill, for example, Whomp and King Bob-Omb are mind games with the other players, Spike and Chainchomp are reaction time, and Bowser Jr. and Bowser are luck based.

Well actually the best Mario party 10 boss is Excellent Monty mole