Top Ten Sonic Bosses 

Fun Fact: The IDW Comics still show Gemerl living with Cream and her family as her loyal friend. During the Metal Virus Arc as Cream was being turned into a Zombot, Gemerl chose to stay by Cream's side. That is dedication.

I'm still partial to the Generations version of the Perfect Chaos fight from the sheer awesome fact that Sonic has grown to the point where he could do the fight without transforming, though I get why you went with the original.

Surprised Solaris didn't make the list. Aside from the awesome music, the fight is probably one of the times Sonic 06 is at it's most functional. Plus, I just love the concept of being able to kick ass as 3 super powered hedgehogs, fighting a God-like deity in the past, present, AND future. Also, Biolizard still gives me trouble even to this day. I never have an easy time fighting that guy.

WHEN DO WE EVER GET TO SAY WE FOUGHT SONIGC?! Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Battle, Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic '06, Sonic Rivals, Sonic Rivals 2... Nope, never.

Tails: "All's well that ends well, right?" FTA: "THE CITY'S BEEN FUCKING DESTROYED!"

“All’s well that ends well, right?” To quote Hellfire Commentary: THE CITY’S BEEN F$@$&$ DESTROYED..

10. Generations has some of the best bosses in the entire series, and this one is no exception. Great redemption on top of it! 9. Man, I wish I had experienced this boss for myself. But that DANG 7th Emerald... 8. Ironically, I only ever played this particular version of this fight. Based on what I've heard about the other version, it doesn't sound like I'm missing much. 7. Gotta love them character duels! (Unless you're playing Heroes) 6. I ADORE this fight as well! And it's also just challenging enough...Unlike ANOTHER fight from the same game... 5. Truly iconic. What more can you say? 4. Yes! I much prefer this one as well. 3. See? All that saltiness paid off! 2. Admittedly, I'm not the biggest fan of this game...But this boss was a definite highlight! 1. YES! My favorite as well! Major shoutout to the Generations version as well.

Like with the levels the sonic series has a majority of fun and memorable boss fights even in some of the infamous games. Course half of them are with the egghead and his many mechs but I'm sure this list won't just be about him since they're plenty of different characters and monster bosses that are pretty epic as well.

The final boss from Sonic Adventure 2 is just so epic. While it can be a bit difficult to get used too at first, once you do, it's just so epic. My personal favorite.

3:46 To this day I always see Gemerl as Emerl's reincarnation in a way, which explains his close attachment to Cream. 17:50 Also, Tails and Knuckles don't get their own Super forms for this battle which is somewhat disappointing. 19:52 According to Archie and IDW he's powered by a Chaos Drive.

Personally I really like the Generations version of the Perfect Chaos fight, despite and even because of the fact that, unlike the Death Egg Robot and Egg Dragoon fights, it wasn't changed at all. Well, not changed outside of the fact that by that point Sonic is powerful enough that he doesn't need to go Super to stand a chance anymore. Really shows his growth over the series.

Actually, when the Death Egg Robot flies up, it lowers a bit for a split second, long enough for you to jump above its arms before it takes off if you time it right. Don't try this with Knuckles, though.

"Alls well that ends well." Wow. The last time I heard someone be that confident in a location being destroyed, Anders was destroyed the Church in Dragon Age 2. Only he was more hated.

Saying it now, I didn’t have problems with the werehog. I was even shocked when I found out people hated it.

My favorite sonic bosses that haven't appeared on the list are The Final Fight (sonic 3d blast for genesis), Beta Mk.2 from Adventure, Sonic vs Shadow round 2 from Adventure 2, Egg Emperor, Black Doom, Erazor Djinn, Master Core ABIS from Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Solaris, Egg Dragoon, and Heavy Gunner. 10. One of my favorite reimagined fights for Silver. 9. It was rough to see Sonic basically having to put down Emerl again. At least Gemerl is still alive in the IDW comics. 8. It's funny how the Dark Gaia fight on the "weaker' console is better than the HD version. It's still my favorite. 7. Button mashing gripes aside, this was an excellent rival battle between Sonic and Blaze. 6. The story and context behind the Dark Queen fight are still amazing and the song that plays, With Me, is fantastic. 5. The original Death Egg Robot will always be the best. 4. Bold to pick Biolizard over FinalHazard, but I do love the fight. Supporting Me is also phenomenal. 3. Still one of my favorite final bosses ever and What I'm Made Of really stuck with me. 2. The part I love about is that it's the classical showdown. No outside interferences or godly beings. It's just Sonic vs Eggman in its purity. 1. This was the first sonic final boss I had ever beaten and I had fond memories of it. Sonic Adventure DX was my first ever sonic game and Perfect Chaos was a major contributing factor behind why I love it.

12:47 You can avoid the mini mines if you lure him to land slightly further away from the edge of the screen. Hitting him in the butt is the only practical way to beat him as Knuckles thanks to his lower jump height.

In fairness the chaos emeralds and the dragon balls can do many of the same things from reviving the death to time travel and grant the person immortality.

Perfect Chaos also plays into the speed theme. You don’t just have to go through him, when you launch your attack he’ll attempt to push you out. You need to be fast enough to build a gold aura to beat that force!

10. Funny. I was thinking about that Silver fight when you mentioned him in that last Top 10. Really showed that Silver can be a threat. 9. And ever since, Gemerl has been a wonderful guardian for Cream. 8. Ah, I, too, favor the PS2/Wii version of the Dark Gaia battle. When I played this on 360, I remembered trying to do this without getting hit as ring replenishing was almost nonexistent. Oh... that was quite a chore... I'm sure it's patched by now, but I already beat it, so... I don't want to risk it... 7. The battle between Sonic & Blaze is up there being one of the best vs character boss fights. 6. I had fun playing Black Knight myself. I remember beating it either in 1-3 days. I've beaten so many Sonic games so quick, I see it as a triumph. Plus, I had a lightsaber attachment for my Wiimote. Really made it more fun. 5. Oh, my PTSD is acting up again... Oh, debug mode, how I love you... 😄 4. I feel like both versions of Biolizard were great, especially back to back playing in the Boss Rush mode. 3. You could tell the Metal Sonic battle in Heroes were a lot of fans favorites. Especially when the climax of the first arc of the IDW comic series had the characters (old and new) face off against Metal Overlord, powered by the Master Emerald, no Chaos Emeralds on top of that. 2. Be it Wii or the Ultimate version, this boss battle was freaking epic. I find it hilarious that I brought up the thought of Omega having an animal inside in the last video and the official Sonic Twitter brought it up the next day. 😆 1. You know, I keep forgetting the crazy shit that happens in the Chaos fight is in the middle of a freaking city. I mean, Sonic X showed the evacuation process at least, but still... I tell you, it's like the chicken or the egg when it comes to the whole Super Sonic - Super Saiyan debate. Me, it's just whatever to me.

Sonic Heroes has a heavy anime-esque soundtrack as I had noticed when I revisited that game in the past. Fitting as that was also the time I had been binging the Astro Boy series.

Regarding the ending joke, ‘06 showed that the Emeralds CAN grant wishes. Remember Sonic’s resurrection?

The music elevates the boss fights from great to epic

Movie Eggman: You know what I love about machines? They follow orders. Metal Sonic: Am I a joke to you?

My main gripe with Metal Madness is that I find Knuckles to be pretty useless. The airship throw is used so infrequently and you can avoid it pretty easily.

A majority of these bosses are mostly Eggman, some are against one of Sonics rivals at the time, and other times he’s facing off against a being of ungodly power,

"Seriously, this fight is so good, it makes up for having to play as Big the Cat!" Hahahahahaha! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ...you serious?

Using the Liar Liar clip with a Robotnik mustache was brilliant on every level xD

9:04 "When do we ever get to fight Sonic?" Hmm, in Sonic Adventure as Knuckles and Gamma. In Sonic Heroes every other team faces Team Sonic once in the story. Yeah, those fights are really weak, but they still count

This Top 10 was so hardcore that we got two KABOOMs in the end.

The fact that Jim Carrey actually played Eggman makes this video even better

it’s been several years since i’ve watched your channel and this is one heck of a way to come back

To be Fair, the Chaos Emeralds transform thoughts into power, that's why the chaos Control can transport you through space and time o warp these arround you, so in theory this power could be used to "wish" to repair Station square after the Fight with chaos

20:46 There’s also the fact that Perfect Chaos became powerful from absorbing Negative Energy from the 7 series staples. *stares at omega shenron*

My favorite part when fighting against the Nega Wisp Armor was trying to match the final attack with the instrumental music. While it can be tricky, timing the end of the fight right before the music loops back was satisfying.

I actually like Light Gaia and Dark Gaia are so different looking. Really makes them embody their good and evil light and darkness themes better.

It took me YEARS to defeat Sonic 2 because of that blasted final boss. I started playing the game back in the early 90s when it came out on the Genesis when I was still a kid. I FINALLY beat it in the early 2000s when I was in college. I literally jumped for joy when I beat that stupid boss.

8:20 Sonic 06 is a Alternated Timeline that's Similar and Different than the One that we a Following correctly,that Version of Blaze the Cat isn't the Same as the Sonic Rush Version because even the Ending of that Game put the Timeline as we Know It,I Know People Hate this Game but it's been 16 Years Now and no matter what it will always be One of my Favorite Sonic Games.

The bit with the Jim Carrey it was me works on so many levels. Egg man would totally gloat about unleashing a demon kaiju and seeing how Jim is the best part of the Sonic movies, this made me laugh harder than I expected to going in so thank you for that Josh.

I don’t think I will ever understand why people think the 2 themes of Perfect Chaos should be swapped. You guys do realize that the point, at least I believe that it is the case, is that it plays because you initially thought you won only to be faked out and have to keep going.

Feels like a classic RU-vid review. Love it!

A top 10 list so nice, the ending exploded twice xD

Some of my favourites that went unmentioned are the Egg King (a brutal final boss that might actually be harder than the extra zone boss), Ghost Titan (an easier version of the former that still manages to be incredibly fun) and the Egg Wizard (a Super Sonic battle that you can choose to either play defensively as Super Sonic or attack directly using Burning Blaze)

Thanks 4 all the hard work.

I love at 20:40 how you talk about the perfect form while playing perfect cells song in the background.

I definitely think the Frontiers boss fights have a chance to take the top spot cause MAN those fights Are AWESOME, music is FIRE, and the atmosphere is ELECTRIC

21:41 In the immortal words of the Hellfire Comms playthrough of Sonic Adventure: "THE CITY'S BEEN F*CKING DESTROYED" xD

11:02 Silver in Black Knight’s multiplayer is named Galahad who is the son of Lancelot. Who plays Lancelot in Black Knight? Shadow So Sega either did this knowingly to add more fuel to Silver’s origin theory (aka future son of Shadow adding more to the Trunks comparison he has) OR unknowingly which had the same effect anyway

21:43 Say it with me, everyone! “The city’s been f***ing destroyed!” Lol! It’s like an audience participation thing every time during that scene.

Oh, that Blaze fight. Even hearing Vela Nova brings phantom pain to my fingers...

Although I personally didn’t hate silvers fight in 06 I think it’s perfectly fine once you know what you’re doing generations was definitely a step up and really made you feel like Silver is a force to be reckoned with

I would consider Sonic Heroes to be a good Sonic game… IF I DIDN’T HAVE TO SUFFER THROUGH THE PS2 RELEASE BECAUSE THAT’S THE ONE I OWN!!! (The salt will never subside) Also the Sonic Movies will always be great, as long as they stick to the source material.

"Which one is Sir Not-Appeareing-In-This-Film?" Uh.... Big?

Josh, ya snuck in another Double Kaboom. Solid list, by the way.

i honestly agree with this list alot, i just have the bigarms fight from sonic 3 as my #1 as it just feels so final and epic for me

Thank you Josh for saying the PS2/Wii version of the Dark Gaia fight was better. I want to play the HD version yet your commentary made me realise why people like the PS2/Wii version better.

one thing sonic (almost) always got right that mario still struggles with to this day is boss fights. Mario's biggest struggle has always been memorable bosses.

The second choice you made just had me thinking: HAUNTER!!!!!

Egg Albatross from Sonic Heroes is my personal favorite. The map itself is fun and the music just SLAPS

Is this the final video in Sonic Month, or do we still have move to go? Been really enjoying this so far.

Are you unaware Blaze's origin is still she comes from the Sol Dimension? Because 06 isn't canon and Blaze, in all of appearances after 06. She's a princess from the Sol Dimension.

10 - Generations did many things right. 9 - What next? Mario and Sonic joining hands in something outside of the Olympics? 8 - Benjamage (aka Black mage Maverick, aka the One Winged Angel) put this at number 1. Everyone has opinions just as they have armpits, amirite? 7 - So, we had a Edgy CP (Shadow), a Mechanical CP (Metal Sonic), a Mirror CP (Scourge), a Future CP (Silver) and now a Distaff CP (This gal). What next? Impress me SEGA. 6 - Swordfights are old school awesome. They just never get old. 5 - Quite impossible not talking about this big dude. 4 - I repeat: everyone has opinions just as they have armpits. 3 - Finest boss music in the franchise. 2 - Finest execution in the franchise (and abused one time too many). 1 - It's your choice, Josh. Your own, and therefore, your right. EDIT. Also, Sonic freebooted DB, just as much as DB freebooted Superman.

number 2 with the trnsition of music is what i call the turning of the tides

I'm guessing Beta MK 2 will at least get an honorable mention, but I still hope he can get on here. Perfect Chaos and the Egg Walker were pretty fun too.

Hm, fair and good enough list, can’t wait to see more.

How dare you mock the Werehog! But this ranking is the greatest I've seen yet!

Honestly the Nega Wisp Armor is such a great final boss that Sega basically rehashed it for Lost World and Forces, just in a slightly different way. It’s too bad that they aren’t as fun or fitting as the Nega Wisp Armor, but ah well, you can’t win ‘em all. Definitely agree with Perfect Chaos being #1, since it’s such a badass and epic finale, and for the first 3D Sonic final boss, they did a stellar job. I’d also say that they made the boss fight against Perfect Chaos in Generations *even better* by making the fight longer, including interesting platform challenges and making use of Sonic’s abilities by having him boost along the water. I’d honestly say both fights are solid enough to include in this list, and almost make up for Chaos not getting a boss fight in Forces. Almost.

YOOOOOOO respect for acknowledging Nonaggression! Super fun true final boss. The Perfect Dark Gaia fight in the HD version of Unleashed feels more climatic than the SD one imo. Though yeah, I will agree SD has the better phase 1. Phase 1 sucks on the HD version. Someone thinks Dark Queen is actually a GOOD BOSS!? Major respect. Biolizard is a pretty damn mediocre boss doing it the intentional way. Really fun for speedrunning though. Perfect Chaos is really good if we're going off the buildup and story but... the boss itself I've kinda just grown tired of. Too easy and repetitive tbh. Used to love it but after playing it so much, not the best final boss out there. Good list overall though, but would probably throw a few different ones in myself.

There were two Ka-BUUUUMs at the end.

Between Darkspine Sonic (secret rings) and Excalibur Sonic (black knight), the alternate supers are *yet another* reason I wish they'd kept going with the storybook series, and made it a long lasting spinoff line.

In all seriousness, this top ten was great! A perfect balance of humor and criticism. I give it an 8 out of 10. Never mock the werehog, or you'll never hear the end of it from me.

Didn’t expect that Oliver and company bit but I liked it

That would give perfect chaos a run for its money

Ah, Oliver & Company. I see you are a man of taste.

Sonic Colours final battle is amazing. Its a shame that when they had the chance to remaster Sonic Colours and added the Ghost Whisp. They didn't add the DS exclusive Super Sonic battle, Nega Mother Wisp, even when you unlock Super Sonic by completing the retro game mode. Instead just like the original Wii Sonic Colours Super Sonic replaces the Wisps. Which is wrong

I'm sad that the Egg Dragoon fell short, it's so fun in Unleashed. But I heard the words "I'm focusing on the Wii/PS2 versions" and I literally cheered, I own the PS2 version and dear god, it's fun

Josh:How many DragonBall Z comparisons am I going to make? Sonic: Until we stop getting inspiration from them.

15:27 surprised you forgot about the Janky water streams on both sides of the room. You touch those even once, and not only will you be set flying, just tapping them I swear I completely changes camera control

An aspect of Death Egg Robot unspoken here: It is (I think) the first Sonic boss ever to break the 8-hit convention. Yeah, you have to hit this thing 12 times to take it down.

There's a trick with Death Egg Robot. If you're using Tails, or controlling Tails with controller 2, Tails jumps at the EXACT height to miss the claws. Also... I did NOT know that you could hit his face after he jumps.

Not to everyone's taste but i'm going to put in my 2 cents for Sonic & Diablon from Shadow the Hedgehog. the rest of the bosses are pretty meh, Black Doom is alright and Devil Doom is fine as a finale but Black Bull, Heavy Dog/Blue Falcon, Egg Breaker and Egg Dealer (fking slot machine what!?) are all very mixed. But then you either A. help Black Doom to the end B.Help Black Doom on the comet or C. Betray Sonic in Final Haunt to end up fighting against Sonic and G.U.N's strongest machine, Diablon. Shields, A laser, an AOE antimatter cannon that you literally *cant* dodge you just have to back off from its limited range. the shield also means you cant trivialise the fight like you can with black doom by just, shooting the fuck out of it, you have to get close, bait a slap to lower the shield and then maybe get a homing attack off. Also it's floating for the first half of the fight forcing you to bounce off Sonic first. It's well designed, a solid challenge and a great use of the commander who was otherwise a pretty awful character. It's a shame you have to go evil somewhere to fight it.

It's nice to hear someone say something good about the PS2/Wii version of Sonic Unleashed for once

to this day supporting me is one of my favorite sonic tracks in the series

10. Yes! I love this fight and does Silver justice. 9-8. Haven't fought 7. Oh dear... you all are going to hate me for this, but I actually am not a huge fan of this fight. In fact, I actually don't like the game in general, and honestly, the Silver (in Generations) fight was a much better character fight. Also, the button mash ending felt to long for me to like it or view it as epic (Now that's a huge hot take) 6. Yes! Another great fight! P.S. I played both Black Knight and Secret Rings recently. I honestly think Black Knight was the one I enjoyed, though I think I'm overall mixed on it, while I personally think Secret Rings is the really bad one with bad controls and very repetitive game play (though the party modes kind of fun) 5. Never fought 4. Yes finally, someone gave this fight the love it deserves. I am glad it wasn't just the Egg Golem a few other people put (it's a good fight but not my favorite). 3. Yes! I love it too. 2. Never fought 1. Really iconic fight, and it's really great.

Hoping the Egg Viper from Sonic Adventure is on here. Amazing boss fight - good controls, an intense time limit, multiple attacks you need to work around, and Robotnik's last-ditch kamikaze attack. Glorious time.

11:00 Funner Fact: Silver's Black Knight counterpart is Sir Galahad, who is Sir Lancelot's son. Sir Lancelot is Shadow's counterpart... Yeah, this has led to a lot of fan headcanons. Not helped by Shadow being basically immortal, meaning he ACTUALLY COULD be Silver's dad. Huhn.

As one of the few Big the Cat fans out there (for the games at least, I've yet to read what he does in the comics), I would like to say that yes, his quest is kind of out of focus compared to everyone else's in Sonic Adventure and that he's just a fishing minigame that somehow got worked into a boss fight at the end. But, eh, at least his theme song is fun to listen to.

To this day, I believe that Sonic Team missed a golden opportunity by not naming the Death Egg Robot the "Egg-soskeleton".

For me, it's the truck. It's not really something you fight, but the race feels amazing.

10: Finally, some semblance of justice for Silver. 9: Never got to experience it, but at least it was a decent sendoff for Emerl. 8: Good fight, and definitely the better version, but I feel like it's just a watered-down Alf Layla Wa Layla. 7: Mid. Suffers from the same problem the White Jungle fight has: Sonic's ability to keep you away is too inconsistent. 6: All the love for Black Knight. This is easily the most emotional fight in the whole franchise. 5: Dread. That's all I can say. Dread. 4: Finally, someone who realizes the red orb attacks aren't unbalanced at all! This fight is amazing, and I love coming back to it. 3: #BringBackSuperTailsAndSuperKnuckles 2: One of the few things that game got right. It's like Reach for the Stars was meant to be orchestral the whole time or something. 1: Eh. It's seriously bogged down for me by the fact that the menacing music comes on *after* Open Your Heart and not the other way around. Also, the whole "negative energy" thing was kind of a cop out, and Sonic could've just used the Master Emerald instead since both Knuckles and Tikal were ready and willing to retrieve it. But still handles well.

Okay, the Sonic bosses. I did a Best and Worst video on Sonic bosses outside of the final bosses and am almost done with a ranking of all the final bosses. Here are my personal thoughts on your picks. #10 You know, I actually picked Perfect Chaos as the best in Generations. I may or may not change that, but Silver is still really good. #9 Eh, this fight's kinda good, but I definitely wouldn't put it in the top ten. #8 I love this fight! I would've placed it higher on the list, but that's just me. #7 Best fight in Rush, but I still can't get over that darn QTE at the end. I get close to killing my fingers every time. #6 Love this fight as well. You even placed it in the general area I would. #5 Obvious choice is obvious. I would've placed it lower, but it's still great. #4 Just like with Mystic Mansion, HARD DISAGREE. I may have picked Knuckles vs Rouge for the worst, but if I could redo it, I would more than likely swap them out for this fight. Yeah, the music is a bop, but it's so frustratingly difficult. Difficulty doesn't always equal quality, you know. #3 Aw yeah! This is fantastic final boss! Honestly, Metal Sonic should do it again sometime. #2 YES!!! I would've been happy if it had just been on the list, but the fact that you placed it this high makes me ecstatic! #1 Really? I mean, yeah, it's pretty great, but not my personal favorite at all.

Honestly should have split this into two countdowns ones me for bosses and one for final bosses

15:10 The reason the Biolizard fight feels unfair, which sours the ENTIRE THING, is that ONE FINAL ATTACK it has.

I don't blame you, both the chaos emeralds and dragon balls are very similar. Seven in both groups, you need to collect them all and they can grant the user god like powers.

While the list was fine, no real arguments from me, I can't say this has been one of your best Josh. The frequent mic problems, the editing mistakes. I get that given it's a month event you're on a tight schedule, but I don't think I've seen this many issues on one of your projects before. As an aside, it doesn't really count to say 'spoiler alert' if you're already playing the spoiler. I've loved your channel for years now, it doesnt feel good to have such a negative reaction to one of your videos.

I love how you use NatewantstoBattle's version of what I'm made of

20:39 I hear perfect cell’s PERFECT singing voice!

So great seeing metal overload so high

The only thing I don’t get is why the Sonic films don’t use the boss themes from the games.. Paramount’s missing out on the potential awesomeness!

When I was a young tot, with my Nintendo GameCube, I would always, for fun, you do my own boss rush! Complete all final boss levels, including the stages, as fast as you can! From adventure 1 to shadow the hedgehog

Egg Dragoon not making the list feels like a crime. The music alone would earn a spot.