Top Ten Demon Bosses 

RU-vid : Copyrighted music. Mute it. Joshscorcher : But it's my theme music! RU-vid : Copyrighted music. Mute it.

@@seanmcfadden3712 why must Copyright ruin everything?!

It's all good josh, I enjoyed the video.

I could just watch a different video and play that while watching this one! Haha Big brained time

I still enjoyed the video. Great job to you and everyone who worked on it.

Considering he pulled out a Bible at the end, we might get the Demon's counter.

Honestly, he could do top 10 witch bosses as well.

Man, what I wouldn’t give to see the Black Knight boss from Scooby-Doo: Night of 100 Frights on that list, lol.

@@Stormfalcon2018 he did that last October

@@erichfiedler1481 fair enough

It NEEDS to be the PS2 version. All others are cheap imitations.

So, I know he's ragged on Okami for years, but I missed why.

@@Foxgearstudios ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YBRmkNKtOJw.html

@@Foxgearstudios One of the reasons is the recycling of some bosses like Orochi, the Spider Queen and all the rematches in the Ark of Yamato. I may have liked the game and even finished it before, but I will admit that it's quite a blemish.

@@Doctorolivercook Okami is my favorite game, but even I can't excuse three fights against Orochi with no changes to the process.

I'm so happy too; Oersted/Odio is SUCH an amazing villain, and the remake does him justice.

@@falconpunch19 But is he better than the likes of Consul N?

Yess! Oersted/Odio is one of the most tragic heroes/final bosses/main villains ever. (Some minor spoilers below) He was done dirty by almost everyone around him, and the ones who remained true friends all ended up dead. Boy tried so hard to do the right thing but got screwed over by a bunch of unfaithful nitwits and a jealous dirtbag.

I wonder if Naofumi and Keyaruga would side with Odio like Oersted did ?

Ngl I first read this as "Ohio entry"

It's actually spelled Mundus, but good effort anyway.

Brutal legend was a much cooler game than people gave it credit for. I loved replaying the game and even just driving around the map, doing random stuff while listening to metal

Might be covered on the mentioned Devils list.

Very much appreciated to see somebody mention Doviculus! He and the Tainted Coil are among the most stand-out demon characters and factions i've come across in video games. I personally am quite a fan of Samael from the Darksiders series too.

Not to mention that he is heavily implied to be the Furtive Pygmy, the inheritor of the Dark Soul and ancestor of all of humanity, as well as the humanity sprites.

Sucks that the DLC areas added were pains in the ass with such huge damage sponge common enemies with crap hit boxes. And this is coming from a guy who likes and says DS2 gets too much hate. And I mean it's a shame, because THAT LORE IS FUCKING AWESOME! It kind of reminds me of the Three Queens from Irish Celtic myth, with their three champions to fight: one a terror to her kingdom, one a king she mourns, and another a knight she tricked into betraying his king. And a fourth that uses the player like a puppet to lead to the kiln. God that lore is so cool!!!

Lol imagine using Akira (the worst character gameplay wise) and not Sundown lmao. Also not using Pogo is a sin Sundown and Pogo are the best characters in the game gameplay-wise bar none.

@@krimsonkattYeah, I didn't know he was the Joke Character of the eight player characters at the time, but I did use him as a healer. I'm thinking of having the three I didn't use in the final battle be in my party for a replay. Still, it was funny hearing Akira swearing half the time against Purity of Odio.

Lei? You sir, is a man of culture.

I used Akria as my protag, Lei, Sundown and Oboromaru

Dark link and dark Pitt would get instant places but it could also have the Persona 4 bosses included, especially Adachi

Is that what he was hinting at?

Jeanne from Bayonetta should definitely be on that list.

@@gamingdemigodxiii5630 My first thought was going to be Dark Pit.

V2. That is all.

Honestly it makes sense. They still have a code of honor in some way. And they need to be a pillar for other demons

Welp, that would definitely include THE Devil from Cuphead

I mean devils are usually out to make something of themselves, be it being an overlord or rulling earth. To be able to be truly dangerous they must have a code to live by. Honestly that makes them more terrorfoying at times.

@@MrDaimeon why am I not surprised to see you here?

A good rule of thumb for me is that lawful can also be considered as the "has a plan or reason" for what it does alignment while it's inverse chaotic is the "does it because it feels good" alignment. Lawful evil: take over the world (lex luthor) Chaotic evil: destroy the world or just kill everything on it, cus fuck it (joker) But that's just me, everybody has their own way to spin something.

100% I expect both of them to be on those lists maybe even as #1. Both of those fights are amazing. Zanza should definitely be on the gods list as well as Chakravarta from Asura's Wrath.

In Japan it's just "I... Am...", courtesy of Yuichi Nakamura aka Tomoya Okazaki of CLANNAD and Satoru Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen.

If he makes that list Deadhand from Ocarina of Time needs to be #1. Easiest the scariest boss from that category even if he's really easy.

@@krimsonkatt I can think of a LOT of bosses from non horror games that are a lot scarier than Dead Hand.

@@MacNava Like what? Nothing is scarier than Dead Hand outside of horror, especially when you consider the lore.

@@krimsonkatt look up the one reborn from Bloodborne, the alien queen from echo the dolphin, or monster ock from spiderman the video game and tell if they are scary if not scarier than dead hand.

@@MacNava Alien Queen from Echo is scary but not scarier than Dead Hand. Haven't played Bloodborne but I'm pretty sure that game doesn't count as it's like at least partially a horror game. Plus the game is so freaking dark that all the enemies just appear like shadow blobs and therefore aren't as scary. Nothing in a spiderman game is scary I'll tell you that. There's no way DOCTOR OCTOPUS is scarier than Dead Hand. Edit: Just looked up Monster Ock and he's not scary at all! More silly than scary. You obviously haven't played the Gold Box version of OoT and/or read the lore. It's insanely disturbing. Have no idea how they got away with those things in a E rated game. Later prints of the N64 version (which all ports used as a base) as well as the 3DS version were significantly censored, Deadhand being one of the main victims.

Shadow Queen isn't a superboss, she's the final boss. The superboss from that game is Bonetail, and is the only superboss in the paper Mario series. (especially since only the first two games are true RPGs) Plus Shadow Queen is only so long because the "getting everyone's help" cutscene is over 20 minutes long. Fun fact, did you know you can skip cutscenes in TTYD? You just need a super complex button combination and you're golden. There are way longer bosses including ones that made the list like Yeizmat from FFXII, Absolute Virtue + Pandemonium Warden from FFXI, and Nyx Avatar from Persona 3.

@@krimsonkatt Ah right. For some reason I got “Top 10 Superbosses” confused with another countdown name (can’t remember which one, but oh well).

Ehhhh... I woden't say Giratina is a deamon.

@@theautisticintrovertedluca3634 Well, ignoring that this is just Josh’s personal list.(not to be sounding negative to you or anything of that tone, just that this is a very opinionated list) Giratina is supposed to be based on the devil with the 6 wings, 6 legs, & 6 ribs and was created by Arceus, who’s supposed to be based on God. & both his Altered & Origin Forms are based off of the Beasts of Revelation(which are described as demonic beings). Doesn’t help that the Pokédex for him says “It was banished for its violence. It silently gazed upon the old world from the Distortion World”. So, I do believe that Giratina is a Demonic creature, and it’s also in the colors, Grey, Black, Gold, & Red create this very uneasy look to him. & that he is summoned by Cyrus, which depicted it as a very creepy, black figure with only it’s mouth, claws, & piercing, red eyes being the only things visible.

It's Are-Kay-Us, not Are-See-Us! Silvally and it's AKS System Ability proves this. Fight me!!

@@theautisticintrovertedluca3634 Legends Arceus Giratina is definitely a demon by being Chaotic Evil in that. Pokemon Platinum Giratina a Lawful Evil devil.

Giratina is not the devil.@@TheDataByteChannel

Edelgard.

Cyrus. Even near the end when he's completely snapped, he still talks about bringing peace to "our world"

So N then?

@@s.p.d.magentaranger1822 Edelgard isn't really a villain, more like antihero/antagonist depending on the route. And in Three Hopes she's way better and actually feels like a protagonist instead of a deeply flawed morally grey protagonist/antagonist who makes some REALLY dumb decisions. Basically to compare Three Hopes and There Houses Edelgard: Houses -Commits genoside on an entire endangered race. -Teams up with the people who ruined her life, killed her siblings, and tortured and killed many of her friends. -Glorifies a serial killer tyrant and makes her champion into said serial killer tyrant's successor. -Desecrates a holy tomb and steals the bones of hearts of children to make weapons. Hopes -Gets rid of the terrorists who ruined her life ASAP -Doesn't commit multiple war crimes, and does everything in her power to spare her enemies if possible -Her route has the least garenteed deaths (two, being Ingrid and Gustav both who are hated by the fanbase) and the most possible recruits. -Her route is the only route where both Ashe and his dad (Lonato) both live. Literally the only bad things Edelgard did in hopes is frame the central church unfairly based on lies and half truths (which she also did in Houses) and make Count Varley (the biggest scumbag in Fodlan) the new leader of the church, though luckily that can be redeemed if you let Count Varley die in the final chapter so he can be replaced with Mercedes or Marianne. (both who are recruitable in CF)

@@krimsonkatt Honestly, it's up to interpretation, one side may argue she's a hero, the other a villain, she was just the first figure that came to mind.

You Do Not Want To Jump The Shark!

I think Lucifer will end up on Josh's Devils List. You just wait. If Lucifer from Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne does not make the Honorable Mentions, let alone his Divils List proper... Well, he included the Matador Fight from Nocturne in Difficulty Spike Bosses List, so he'd better include it in the Devils List.

@@yazmenakamura6750 If SMT Lucifer doesn't show up on the Devils list, not even in the honorable mentions, we Gaea Rage.

@@azazeltheundyingdamienkali5700 I'll hold you to that.

In a way, he feeds the hate that Odio thrives on lol

@@CountShaman that he does

Judging by Josh’s description of Devil, that difference might be why he didn’t make the cut.

God. I loved the backstory of that boss. But young me HATED this boss

@@Oxman7077 I know right, and the fact your best chance in beating her was to throw the fire shards at her instead of using Ruby's ranged spells lol plus the music is haunting

@@rockowlgamer631 what I did that ended up working was hiding behind a pillar and peppering her with shots from Xiaos slingshot with a fire attribute until the shield was gone and then switching to Ruby to throw a fully charged Fire Atrribute spell and then switch back to Xiao to rinse and reoear until all 1000 of her HP was gone

@@Oxman7077 yeah Toan and Goro are kinda useless for that fight

Odo and Odeo is the other way around. Odo is an incelosaurus-rex who kills females of other tribes because it itself can't mate. The fact that the chapter is themed around love and only females were seen captured by the Kuu Tribe supports this notion. Odeo is powered by thousands of liquefied humans despite the machines only really needing one, and all that effort to farm that many people don't even matter because the boss was intentionally designed to be easy to kill, what with the self-destruct trigger at its back.

@@CountShaman Because of your good point, I just edit my comment. Thank you for pointing that out.

YES

Yo-Kai Watch needs alot more love.

Definitely agree that Chaos from Castlevania should definitely be at least mentioned. Chaos is very obviously the greater scope villain of the entire series and the force behind everything. Heck, if you look into the lore a bit Dracula himself is actually a tragic villain and is quite relatable and even somewhat sympathetic, unlike Chaos who is darkness and sin incarnate. A force of nature and the true opposite of God rather than an actual character. Too bad his fight kinda sucks tho. I'm glad Soma/Mathias and Mina/Lisa/Elizabeth can finally get a happy ending after DoS. He's earned it after nearly 1000 years of suffering in darkness.

So that quote from Alucard in Symphony of the Night was basically foreshadowing.

@@passing2010 Yes, but the entire plot of Castlevania from beginning to end was planned from the beginning, arguably since the third game on NES Dracula's Curse. Symphony of the Night is only around halfway through the timeline, so a lot of stuff happened before that game. As for the timeline: Era of the Beginning 1016: Lament of Innocence (Mathias becomes Dracula) 1218: Dracula's Curse (Netflix S1-S2 also works. S3 is an AU/fanfiction and not canon to the story) 1219: Curse of Darkness (direct sequel to Dracula's Curse) Era of the Eternal War 1318: Castlevania: The Adventure/Adventure Rebirth 1320: Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (direct sequent to Adventure/Adventure Rebirth) 1418: Castlevania/Vampire Killer/Haunted Castle/Castlevania Chronicles/Super Castlevania IV (the first game that was remade FOUR TIMES and the one with Simon Belmont. The NES version is the "most canon" of all the versions.) 1419: Castlevania II: Dracula's Curse (Direct sequel to Castlevania 1. Good ending is the canon one.) 1469: Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance (sequel to Dracula's Curse featuring Simon's grandson Juste.) 1518: Castlevania Rondo of Blood (The Dracula X adaptation on SNES is non-canon) 1523: Castlevania Symphony of the Night (sequel to Random of Blood) Era Without a Belmont 1600: Castlevania Circle of the Moon (Konami says it's non canon but it doesn't contradict anything in the timeline so...) 1618: Castlevania Order of Ecclesia 1708: Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (prequel to Castlevania 64. Konami says it's non canon but like CotM it doesn't contradict canon and the MC shows up in crossover games) 1718: Castlevania 64 (Konami says it's non canon but once again it doesn't contradict anything in canon, fills up an empty segment of the timeline, and vaguely foreshadows Soma Cruz) 1910: Castlevania Bloodlines 1944: Castlevania Portrait of Ruin (Sequel to Castlevania Bloodlines featuring the children of the protags from that game. The same game in the timeline before 1999) 1999: Castlevania Eclipse of Sorrow (Cancelled 3DS igavania game and the last planned game in the series. Dracula dies for good in this one. It was cancelled in favor of making Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate instead built off it's engine but the Lords of Shadow reboot failed and the whole series was cancelled soon after due to Konami leaving the games industry to pursue gambling instead) 2035: Castlevania Aria of Sorrow 2036: Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow (final game in the timeline and direct sequel to Aria of Sorrow. Mathias/Soma's story ends here but there is still a possibility of a new dark lord rising in the far future once Soma is long gone...) Non Canon Games -Kid Dracula 1&2. They're just silly gag/parody games and not meant to be taken seriously. Though elements of them HAVE appeared in the series namely in Symphony of the Night with it's main superboss. -Castlevania Judgement: A non canon crossover fighting game involving heavy time travel and wild redesigns and personality changes for all the characters. Obviously non canon. -Castlevania Legend: The 3rd Castlevania game on Game Boy that was originally meant to be a prequel to Castlevania 3. Deeply contradicts the rest of the timeline (Trevor is Dracula's grandson?!) and was retconned out of existance when Lament of Innocence released. -Castlevania Harmony of Despair - A silly multiplayer fanservice crossover dungeon crawler loot-based RPG featuring a large cast of characters and no real story. -All the Panchinko and mobile games/ports: I can't believe this has to be said. Weird Stuff that is probably canon -The Symphony of the Night and Dawn of Sorrow audio dramas that exist as epilogues for both those games. Very arguably canon despite they're obscurity.

I know this is unrelated, but Arceus is Pronounced Are-Kay-Us, not Are-See-Us. Silvally's RKS System Ability proves this (even then, I will always pronounce it as Are-Key-Us, thanks to the Jewel of Life Movie).

Cyrus: I'm going to create a new world, destroying this one in the process! Giratina: Aw hell naw, I've seen this one before. Get over here, boy.

The Distortion World is not an equivalent of Hell.

Huh? Oh RU-vid took that out when editing the video.

My mark has been made.

Me too.

Already covered it in Fallen Heroes.

And the ones making false claims are the minions?

Especially in Cold Steel 4.