Huh, they don't look too bad. They might actually pass in the standard of being kid friendly whenever they have to be. I wonder if there is someone who can help with multiple designs of my OCs.
As far as The Phantom goes, Edgeworth never actually mentioned WHEN the real Bobby Fulbright was killed, so there is always the possibility that we may have actually met him.
Well, Edgeworth did say that the body of the REAL Fulbright was found (but unidentifiable) a year before that case, so he'd been a fake for at least that long. And only just FOUND. I'm sure the Phantom knows how to hide a body well, so who knows how long the real Fulbright had been dead for?!
Hi Josh! Once again I want to congratulate you on becoming a father. I’ve been watching your channel since I was a kid so I’m proud of you. Congratulations!
For me, the best AA surprise Boss is its best Boss: Simon Keyes!. Not only he manages to subvert all expectations and turns out being way more important than he first let the players believe he was, but he also does this in a way that doesn't feel forced (unlike Junko). No, the clues were always there, is just that the player didn't understand them yet. Also, the fact that he managed to beat both a High Prosecutor and a President of a foreign country as a mere clown? Incredible.
Without spoiling which case, I'd say the biggest surprise is one that breaks the most sacred rule of Perry Mason mysteries: the time it's Phoenix's own client. Simon Keyes is very close to that, too, I guess (and a great villain, but not quite the same surprise for violating "basic sense").
I was expecting the obvious Matt Engarde. Here's this pretty boy teenager looking dork being accused of a murder that there's no way this little twink could have done right? Well he didn't....he hired an assassin and masterfully manipulated everything to force phoenix into getting him off the hook by having Maya a hostage. and later he flips back his hair to reveal a scarred face and pulls a glass of wine out of nowhere.
@@IWasCaptainPanda If you are talking about the character I think you are talking about then I would say that the problem is that his personality makes the twist less surprising. At least Simon played the part of being innocent really well.
@@Shantae1188And he’s surprising for… kind of the same reason as the #1 entry. He starts out _just_ quirky enough to seem trustworthy, if a bit annoying.
Wow NONE of my guesses were on here. I was thinking Beni (Pokemon Legends Arceus, hiding in plain sight the entire game), Bundt (Mario RPG--you're expecting *a* boss but the one you thought you would fight steps down amicably and then CAKE TIME), Ultros (Final Fantasy 6, just pops up at you out of a river for no reason), and Chernabog (Kingdom Hearts--go down a random hole and suddenly Slavic Satan is bursting out of a volcano!)
Lesser known game, but I feel like the last fight in the Rabi Ribi DLC known as "Is the Order a Rabbit?" counts. Your only hint of fighting her more or less was the DLC's title, but the majority of the game is rabbit themed anyway. Plus that fight was amazing and the DLC did answer some questions that was left unanswered. Shame not too many know about that underrated game
Did you mean Volo? "Beni" isn't a character in Legends Arceus. Chernabog feels so out of place in Kingdom Hearts 1 because he was sort of squeezed into the final world in the second edition of the game, Kingdom Hearts International, which was the version we got. That version also included Sephiroth and Phantom as new content. Japan never got international but later they got Kingdom Hearts Final Mix which includes all the content of International plus additional content like the Unknown and Kurt Zisa bosses, balance changes, and new Keyblades. That's why in the official OST (which is Japanese) a lot of content that was in the base game over here is only with the final mix tracks in Japan, which includes Charnabog.
@@DarkFrozenDepths Rabi Ribi is amazing and more people need to play it. Such a good metroidvania, but too many people ignore it because they think it's a hentai game or something. Heck, I too thought it was just a horny game at first which peaked by curiosity, and sure enough it wasn't a horny game, just a metroidvania which convinced me to pick it up. I was not disappointed. The only annoying thing is that the game is BRUTALLY difficult so I HIGHLY recommend you play on the second lowest difficulty (easy) so you don't rip your hair out, and even on that difficulty the game gets VERY hard in places. (most notably the last boss of the main story and most of the postgame bosses) Also the music is godlike and some of the best and most underrated music in gaming.
7:10 I love how Josh mentions King Hippo using a manhole cover as armor being allowed, despite the fact that Aran Ryan has roughly 2 dozen methods of cheating and infractions. Which includes using an old and worn out boxing glove by making it into a flail, or how he has loaded horseshoes in his boxing gloves.
Then there's the surprise _after_ Morpho Knight, that being how Forgo actually played that man like a fool and assimilated part of his power to reach and even _transcend_ his original form as Fecto Elfilis. ...yes, Chaos Elfilis is a surprise, and it's absolutely insane when you consider what Morpho Knight is from a lore perspective. He is basically the _grim reaper_ of the Kirby universe.
Idk why people didn't like the Ridley fight It bridges the Prime series to the mainline series and it's a good explanation to how the Space Pirates knew about the baby Metroid And that's on top one of, if not, THE best Ridley fight in the series
Some people just weren't a fan of them altering Metroid 2's ending in that kind of way, since the original's ending was seen as more quiet and introspective compared to the more "explosive" finales of most Metroid games. By adding the Ridley fight, the introspective aspect is sort of lost. I love the Proteus Ridley battle myself, though I can understand where non-fans of it are coming from to a degree.
The Predator Ridley fight is bad for two reasons: 1: It ruins the quiet, somber ending of the original game boy title by adding in a bombastic final boss and still having enemies in the world, while the original game had EVERY enemy disappear after you beat the Metroid queen leaving a completely empty world, adding greatly to the atmosphere. 2: It implies that Prime is canon to the main games, with contradicts statements from Nintendo saying that Prime and the 2D mainline games are different continuities and that's why Samus's appearance and personality in Prime contradicts to heavily with her characterization in mainline. Nintendo basically let Retro do whatever they want with Prime and they made Samus into a gritty, emotionless action hero which isn't who Samus is. Thus, near the announcement of Dread Nintendo confirmed that Prime and Mainline are different continuities, putting the canonical validity of Samus Returns compared to the original game boy game into question due to tjd greatly altered ending. The actual fight and the cinematics that go along with it are incredible and some of the best in the series. The problem comes with the tonal and continuity issues it brings to the overall story, especially in linking prime with mainline where according to Nintendo they're supposed to be seperate.
@@KrimsonKattYT Please name where I can find these statements that say Prime is in a different continuity. I've found sources that contradict that info, such as one from a Yoshio Sakamoto interview translated by Nintendo World Report back when Other M was new, where he clearly states that Prime is on the same timeline. Also, Nintendo didn't just let Retro do whatever they wanted; Retro wanted to add bounty hunting missions to Prime 3 and Nintendo stopped them, claiming that it didn't fit Samus's character. Evidently, they were okay with how she was depicted in the final product.
The silhouette at the end was of Artillerex from cassette beasts which isn’t a boss in the game, so perhaps just a countdown on dinosaurs in video games in general rather than dinosaur bosses specifically
it's happened a few times now but having to fight the Dragon of Dojima himself, Kazuma Kiryu....always a good surprise, and a damn tough fight. Yakuza/Like A Dragon has a knack for surprising boss fights with other protagonists
Thank you for the #4 entry! That whole sequence part of why I like Samus Returns so much. And while I accidentally spoiled the #1 twist for myself before I got to that part (that's what I get for looking on Fandom Wikis too soon), I still felt the impact upon learning it.
What's even better for The Phantom is that we're never told that the real Bobby Fulbright is dead UNTIL the last case Also, if you want another great surprise villain from Ace Attorney, Simon Keyes from AAI2 is also great.
Bravely Default. The final boss and big evil is a member of your team from the very start of the game. You have conversations and travel together for at least 50+ hours on your first playthrough.
I’m gonna quote Bumbles McFumbles in the DK Punch Out fight “Donkey Kong is an animal that can talk and think for himself, so it’s to assume that Donkey Kong gave consent”
Prof. Kukui is also a really good twist battle, its actually foreshadowed pretty well too, we know he specializes in pokemon moves for his research and we know he's helping with the construction of the first pokemon league in aloha so it's pretty fitting he's the champion
My honorable mentions: Chef Saltbaker (Cuphead Delicious Last Course) He may have seemed friendly and helpful on the outside, but on the inside, he was a black hearted monster who wanted to steal your soul to create the Wondertart. Chica’s Magic Rainbow (FNAF World) It’s time to defeat PurpleGeist once and for… Nevermind, this thing just showed up and killed him for us. Oh well, I guess we’re fighting her now. BTW, She’s voiced by Jimmy Neutron herself, Debi Derryberry The Darkness (Skylanders SuperChargers) Just when you thought it was over after beating Kaos, now you gotta beat the one who gave him his powers in the first place. Heinrich (Conker’s Bad Fur Day) In a game already stuffed to the gills with pop culture references, It makes all the sense in the world that the final boss would be a fricking Xenomorph from Aliens. Kamek (Yoshi’s Crafted World) I bet you weren’t expecting Baby Bowser’s surrogate father to be a secret super boss. Kenny (South Park Stick Of Truth) Oh my god, they made Kenny the final boss! You bastards! Tonberry (Final Fantasy 7 Remake) When you see a little green guy carrying a lantern and a knife, start running!
For Tonberry in Remake, new players would see a cute green guy with a knife. Those who played any Final Fantasy game was panicking and thinking "How the hell did those guys get a freaking tonberry? Who's the sadist that gave it a time stop ability!?" Reminds me when I saw that mission in FF13, where instead of an undying Cieth (been a long time since I played it), you see a Tonberry gank it before it turns towards your party.
Honorable Mentions: *Shadow Teddie - Persona 4 -This guy just pops up IMMEDIATELY after Shadow Rise's fight, where she just ends the fight herself by just giving herself the ability to make all of your attacks miss. Shadow Teddie has a lot of health, powerful ice attacks and a charged move that'll hit the entire party. It's a tough fight, but you're rewarded with Teddie as a party member. *The BNK3R - Borderlands 2 -My favorite boss in the game because upon death, you're rewarded with a metric CRAPTON of weapons! *The Black Baron - Madworld -We didn't expect this pimp to be the final boss. All he does is explain the bloodbath challenges and get used as a test dummy by his hoe as a demonstration, only to come back alive for the next one. But this was a funny and awesome way to cap off the game. *AI Sada/Kuro - Pokemon Scarlet and Violet -Sada's prehistoric powerhouses or Kuro's futuristic friends depending on which version of the game you're playing.
It's too bad that the snail from Cuphead: Last Course didn't count, as it's a genuinely good surprise for a boss fight. Unfortunately, he's technically only a surprise phase meant to troll players that think they've already completed the whole boss fight.
"Jubileus as the free-space" Josh, the free space will always belong to your standard outro. We have to at least _mostly guarantee_ we'll get the damn space...
Yep the best twist in Arkham Games. That and the return of Joker in Arkham Knight because when you start the game cermating his corpse you would think he was deader than dead (My only guess was he would appear in a few flashbacks from fear gas to his worst deed not that he was going to be a consistent hallucination through the story)
Edelgard would have been a good candidate for the Three Houses villain emblem, but they didn't do it because she's a player character Emblem(alongside Claude and Dmitri at the same time)
Actually surprised that the Xenomorph from Conker's Bad Fur Day was not mentioned. Definitely not a #1 by any means. But it literally comes out of nowhere when the buildup was for taking on the Panther King as the final boss.
I am surprised he went with Clayface. For me Solomon Grundy was a bigger shock because he is a villain for Green Lantern and not Batman. And unlike Clayface there was little build-up to the fact.
I was kind of expecting Fae from Finding Paradise. The reason it's such a big surprise to me is because she is the only boss in a game series that otherwise just poked fun at battle systems once per entry (I haven't seen all of Imposter Factory yet). And given Faes implied composure throughout the story, you'd be surprised to learn that she's actually sentient and capable of overriding the system.
Honestly to me imo Volo from Pokemon Legends Arceus was a boss that made my mind explode. Like this man is such a sweetheart, always bumping into you since he's a merchant and always checking how your doing,Even teases you like a loving big brother. And obviously since he was the Ancestor of Cynthia he had a loveable personality just like her. So imagine my bewilderment when we realized all of that was false and that he's a psychopath who's obsessed with destroying EVERYTHING! And having Giratina on his side?! Not to mention how hard his boss is?! BRUH!🤯
To be fair you do get warning, when he talks to you at the Giratina statue. After that conversation it REALLY shouldn't be a surprise that he's a little off in the head, and that he tells you to meet you at the temple basically guarantees there would be a fight. Also, destroying everything wasn't even his goal. It was a threat he made to force Arceus to pay attention to him.
Well, the Waifu Handbook being a sponsor for this video is quite the pleasant surprise. Let's see if these bosses can compare. 10. Capcom makes a lot of mistakes. Keep giving us Wiley and Sigma rather than something new so that when they actually make the final boss not one of them, it's a miracle. Not giving us a new Darkstalkers when the game they released for the 7th time sold very well, but not to the level they wanted. Just a few examples. (Sunstar & Lumine (Mega Man V & X8)) 9. The whole Punch-Out franchise is full of cheaters, as we saw in Bumble McFumble's vids on the subject. (Donkey Kong (Punch Out Wii)) 8. If I'm not mistaken, Clayface here gets a redemption arc and becomes a member of the Bat Family. It takes all kinds. (Clayface (Batman Arkham City)) 7. When the Impostor is sus... aaaaaand sorry, I didn't know what to say here. (Baigan (Final Fantasy IV)) 6. This just reminds me how sad it is that Ash is going to be leaving the franchise, even though Ash and Red are not the same characters. Didn't expect to miss him, but that final battle with Leon in Ultimate Journeys... that made me cry, y'know? (Red (Pokemon Gen 2)) 5. I personally think that Morpho Knight in Forgotten Land was more of a surprise because technically, the first fight with him wasn't canon. We STILL haven't technically had a canon fight against Galacta Knight, so seeing us fight Morpho Knight in canon before Galacta Knight is a big surprise. (Morpho Knight (Star Allies & Forgotten Land)) 4. You just can't put a cool space pteranodon pirate thing down for long. (Ridley (Samus Returns)) 3. I keep seeing how cool the stories and bosses of Fire Emblem are. And I keep feeling bad that I know that I probably wouldn't enjoy the gameplay, permadeath or otherwise. (Nemesis (Fire Emblem Three Houses)) 2. Why doesn't Nintendo make more Mario RPGs besides Paper Mario? No shade towards Paper Mario, of course, but you know what I mean. Remaking the OG one is a step in the right direction, though. (Elder Princess Shroob (Partners In Time)) 1. The only console that I have that I think could POSSIBLY have Ace Attorney games on it is the Switch. PLEASE, Capcom and Nintendo, port the games onto the Switch. I don't care about improved graphics, I just want to explore these stories on my own. PLEASE?! (Phantom (Ace Attorney))
8: That comics change didn't last. Batwoman killed him off or so that is now Clayface is too big to be killed off particularly the Basil Karlo version. That is a problem with DC these days when they aren't rebooting their comics every five minutes, they are trying to maintain the status quo and not giving the people what they want.
When i was watching lucahjin's lets play of dual destinies i could have never thought that the goofiest detective on the ace attorney series that isn't gumshoe was the Phantom the whole time and when it happened i was completely shocked R.I.P private investigator bobby fullbright (the real one)
fun fact morpho knights description describes him as the grim reaper of the kirby series the butterfly normally appeares before those who's time is up and lead's them to judgment even worse its said that morpho knights sword is made of the screams of those who's time has come and anyone who trys to weald it goes insane unless your a pink and round child but what are the odds of one of those getting ahold of the sword.........
Ridley from Metroid Samus Returns and Nemesis from Fire Emblem Three Houses DEFINITELY fit the bill here since there was ZERO hints of either of them being the final confrontation in their respective games. In the case of the former, Ridley just shows up out of the blue as you're about to escape with the Metroid McGuffin. The latter case of Nemesis has no buildup throughout the Golden Deer/Verdant Wind route, especially considering the fact it plays out similarly to the Black Eagles/Silver Snow route with some distinctions. Fire Emblem Three Houses outright BLINDSIDES you with the reveal of Nemesis being revived. Also, have to agree it was great that fight gave us "God Shattering Star".
Goodbye live action Josh. Your handsome face and glorious rage moments will be missed. And in its place lays a youtube shorts character. Please pay restpects for our loss
My own personal pick. Mr.Grizz Splatoon 3 when I played this game I was getting ready for DJ Octavio be the next Bowser & Ridley. Octavio was the 1st boss in…3 something’s wrong? Weird hairy ooze is popping up in to Octo Canyon & the Ocatarians got hairy after gathering the treasure & fighting deep cut the 1 who kidnapped Cuttlefish & Great Zapfish was none other than Mr Grizz your manager from Salmon Run. Those Salmon Eggs you gathered he was planning to use them to make the world fuzzy after he found out after he woke up from stasis marine life took over. It’s up to you,Little buddy now a Kaiju,Squid Sisters,Deep Cut,& DJ Octavio to take down Mr.Grizz! The fight,the music being the Salmon run lobby remix & collab of the 3 bands just beautiful! Even at Mr.Grizz’s demise he’s still the professional manager we know but if you lose 3 times or exceed the time limit In phase 2 then Splatsville is in for a hairy situation.
My first surprise boss was Captain Syrup in Wario Land. Reason being, when I got to her, I didn't know she was Captain Syrup. Plus, having to fight a genie was one I never saw coming.
Yeah definitely a fan of the new animated Josh. All that’s left, is to have him and Firebrand in the same room, come on we all know how hilarious that would be!!!!!
19:13 Uh... Nemesis is technically a final boss for Claude's route in 3 Houses, and yeah.... it could be a surprise, but honestly with all that was mentioned in the story, you kind of figured you'd fight him in one of the 3 routes. It just happened to be Claude's. I don't really think Fire Emblem has many surprise bosses. I think if we went under the realm of 3 Hopes and looked at How Byleth can be a surprise boss that you actually have to stall or avoid to win, or even if you kill Jeralt, he/she becomes a surprise boss that you have to kill, then I'd say that would fit better. But even then. Personally, I'd pick Takumi from Fates. Conquest in particular. I didn't expect him to return and Garon is technically the final boss. That is more of a surprise boss or surprise final boss
My favorite surprise boss is probably Akaza from Demon Slayer Hinokami chronicles, because after the already fantastic final fight with Emmu it looks like you’ll have a happy ending and the trophy/ achievement for beating chapter 8 pops and the ending slashcard appears until Akaza does a ground pound so hard he shatters it, it’s such a shame he isn’t the final boss, it’s just a shame I had already watched the anime before playing the game I would have loved to experience the surprise boss fight reveal without any knowledge from the source material
Josh you got to do Top Ten Betrayal Bosses : they are playable and on your side then they betray you,and you have to fight them as bosses. Example:(( Rassius From Tales of Eternia))
1: I saw the reveal coming (thanks Persona) 4: Probably my favourite Ridley fight 5: My favourite boss from Forgotten Lands 6: Yeah, this is how to do a suprise boss 8: He boss itself was great, but it´s weird to have Clayface as the final boss, but it made for a really good story. 10: The gameboys Megaman games were some of the first Megaman games I´ve played, so this was not really a suprise. Nice list. Some bosses I would include is for instance the Tales of traitors (I would put the one from Vesperia) or Dark turtlez or Phoenix, The final boss or Ameno Sagiri from Persona 4, The final boss from Master Detective Archives: Rain Code and the final boss from Splatoon 3.
@@jordanhunter3375 what I mean is that I was not suprised when it was revealed that Fulbright was the villan. I saw through the facade similiar to another character from Persona.
For me Clayface isn't that weird as a final boss choice. The Arkham Games went with main villains who can't actually face Batman without some gimmick to keep them on even footing hence Titan Joker. Clayface is a villain that can Batman not pull his punches.
Can i add 1 thing when it comes to Ridley is Metroid Samus returns? in the Orginal Metroid II Ridley is no where to be seen! only the only you get the exclusive boss fight
Honestly mad to see Morpho Knight here. Yes, the shock of him appearing is exciting the first time in Star Allies. I was excited to fight a new knight. But after I beat him, I fully realized that I was cheated out of a fight against my favorite Kirby boss, Galacta, and has seemingly replaced him. And that excitement over a new Knight boss quickly turned to hatred. Until I see Galacta show up as a boss fight in a Kirby game again, that armored insect is going to be my hammer punching bag.
Controversial opinion. At What Cost? from the Ashen Wolves route is better than the other final boss themes combined, it sounds like something straight out of Dark Souls and I love it. Come on, burn me at the stake. At least I can say Blue Lions Forever.
*Spoilers for Dragon Quest XI below:* Calasmos Throughout the game, you're told of an evil being, the so-called Lord of Shadows, Mordegon, who, among other things: attacked the Luminary's home kingdom shortly after his birth, razing the entire kingdom to rubble in one night in the process; framed said Luminary for being the harbinger of evil under pretenses that only make sense from a philosophical standpoint that would make Socrates stare in disbelief; and, at the midpoint of the game, effectively started the apocalypse, stealing the Luminary's own power to do so. So, you get to his castle in the sky, beat him in a two-tier boss fight. Credits roll. The end. Except no. Earlier in the story, you go through a segment where a "star" (as they call it) called Erdwin's Lantern is falling to the ground. Also, a black tockle, one of the strange ghost things that have been seen off-and-on, seems to be hanging around you at this point. Rab is barely able to read the runes covering the star, only able to make out the word "Calasmos," before Mordegon himself destroys it completely; you don't even get a boss fight out of it. All you get is the black tockle looking dejected for some reason. You initially think, "That's weird," but it's sort of dropped, and with everything else you have to do, it's quickly forgotten. Then you get to the postgame. Some time travel shenanigans happen, and this time, you're able to beat Mordegon before the whole apocalypse thing. But Erdwin's Lantern still falls, and with Mordegon not there to destroy it, the black tockle is able to use it to regain his true form: Calasmos, the Dark One. Turns out Mordegon *wasn't* the real threat, just someone who was trying to conquer the world first. And now the entire postgame is really more like "the rest of the game," as you prepare to fight this new threat. Admittedly, not a "surprise" in the out-of-nowhere fashion, but the fact that a postgame boss ends up being the most impactful to the lore and the game's story overall is certainly a twist I doubt *anyone* saw coming.
But it in x6 sigma wasnt the villain he took adventage that gate got floored and suckerpunched him but he wasnt behind any part of the plot of the game hell his appareance in the game was gate's fault too
Fulbright being the Phantom definitely was a jaw dropper when I first played through the game. I mean, the guy was a goofball who believed in "justice we trust" bit, but then when I thought about it for a bit, I realized there was a clue as early as the case he first showed up. "In Justice we Trust" could also read as "Injustice We Trust" as in he trusts in injustice, the opposite of lawyers/prosecutors. Then again, I could just be reading too much into it. lol
I'm gonna be honest, when I first played Dual Destinines, I hated Fulbright. I also had played Spirit of Justice before DD so I expected some sort of reason for why he wasn't in that game and he was the villain was one of them. I did start to like him when he goes through his crisis of faith phase, but I especially loved his plot twist. Also watching Pixel Partners helped me like his character before the plot twist.
@@skyfiredspade9787 I also watched the Pixel Partners playthrough of Dual Destinies! I think I was spoiled on it, but I didn't understand the spoiler until it actually happened. The reveal that the real Fullbright was dead completely shocked me.
For me the best suprise is the one that is staring you in the fact the entire time. It is right there under your nose and you don't see until it happens. Take for example Clayface from Arkham City. The game foreshadows he is there for a long time, Harley notes that Joker looks perfect at one point before realizing that isn't the Joker she is talking to. Joker explictly says that the way to keep a secret from Batman is to put it under his nose and wait. During an earlier boss fight, "Joker" had no skeleton in Detective Vision. In Arkham Asylum, Clayface's name was on the Party List despite him being limited to an Easter Egg in that game. It is all there, but it is still a shocking twist for first time players particularly as "Joker" was stabbed just moments ago and the game made it clear it wasn't afraid to kill off some of its big names just moments earlier with Strange and Ra's deaths.
This is a extra note about Morpho Knight. People have been saying Morpho Knight is also a example of the Kirby developers breaking traditions such as having you fight Galacta Knight and Soul bosses. Thought I should throw that out to you all.
Honestly when it comes to Ace Attorney villains, I still really like the way Matt Engarde was done. Like he's built up to be just your ordinary Ace Attorney suspect, kinda dumb and goofy but well meaning and innocent. Then over the course of the whole case information you've been given around the case just isn't adding up until you're finally able to break his psych locks and reveal that he actually WAS the killer, and he's the one who hired Shelly de Killer to hold Maya hostage to ensure that you'd get him a not guilty verdict.
The shadow silhouette at 28:11 is Artillerex, a monster from the Pokemon-like game "Cassette Beasts" (Recommended by the way). So it will either be another Pokemon countdown, or a countdown of great monster catching games that are NOT Pokemon. Either that or maybe Top 10 Dinosaur or Gun Bosses?
Sometimes a surprise boss can come out of nowhere and ruin a games ending like with Necron but other times it can be a genuine thrill when a boss comes along that you don't see coming. Like Dr. Letz Shake from No More Heroes 2. I would have liked to see an Assassin Battle Royale but this works too!
I accidentally spoiled myself on Morpho Knight being in the game, but it still caught me off guard because I thought it would only be a non-canon (or at least dubiously canon) extra boss; I didn't expect them to incorporate Morpho Knight into the canon storyline so plainly!
Number 9: Another knock against it could be that should you meet him and lose, you can still fight him in the mode where you fight the bosses for achievements
What's shocking about morpho knight is that forgotten land implies the butterflies have been trying to assimilate Kirby for years, but kirby's power is too limitless
10 - Two bosses in the same position!? Cool. I liked Lumine more. 9 - Donkey Kong? Finally someone who is not Mike Tyson or Mr. Dream... 8 - Clayface is a very nice surprise. I remember him from “The Batman” via Ethan Bennett. 7 - Baigan. I didn’t expected him to be in the list either. 6 - Red is the definition of True Final Boss. (Laughs at “Live a Live Boss” written in the bingo) 5- I like Morpho Knight. Butterflies are cool (and pretty) 4 - Ridley? LOL. He’s so common that his absence in Metroid Dread was a surprise. 3 - Nemesis wons the bronze medal. He doesn’t remember a big creature. 2 - Elder Princess Shroob reminded me of Shadow Queen. Perhaps something involving nobility. Silver medal for her. 1 - The Phantom!? Ace Attorney!? Wow, that’s the biggest surprise for a gold medal. Honorable Mentions: Nice to see Flowey, Monsoon and Fake Peppino here.
0:40 TBH, I like the live action bits more. That doesn't mean that the new portraits should be removed entirely, but the live action bits have a sense of charm that can't be replaced, especially after OVER A DECADE AND with Ari by your side, and I'm sure that many people would agree with me on that. Plus, the avatar's 'current' design, assuming it can/would be reworked, isn't really clicking with me. I'm sorry. I'm not saying I hate this change, but it is still worrisome, at least to me.😟
I really wish you were to talk about Skylanders at some point, I was sat here hoping for the darkness from superchargers or the 2nd caos fight in swap force to at least get an honourable mention
plot & lore wise The Darkness was an awesome surprise boss....gameplay wise though, it's a rather disappointing fight given it boils down to just "drive forward & avoid stuff, repeat until win". Definitely agree on wanting to hear Skylanders talked about more in general though, it's starting to feel extremely underrated as a franchise these days
Regarding #8: There's actually a little Easter Egg that hints at Clayface's upcoming appearance. The movie theater you go to to confront Joker has posters for a horror movie, "The Terror", which Basil Karlos/Clayface starred in before he got his powers.
And more importantly having Clayface in the theater does make more thematic sense. He is the Batman villain with a movie gimmick being a former actor and this is the same theater where Bruce Wayne was inspired to be a superhero. Also I enjoyed the fight for giving Clayface more attention and displaying how dangerous he is. He is one of those villains people who don't read comics tend to dismiss out of ignorance.
I think Golbez fighting us in person in the Dwarven Castle was more of a surprise than Baigan... I mean, we never expected the main villain to get his own hands dirty this early in a JRPG.
