No Contest!: Most Disappointing End Bosses

[Ascending Wordsmith]

It's the final boss of the game! Get ready! All the skills you have accquired throughout the game will be greatly tested by this last and forboding menace standing before you. The enemy is very strong and has every angle of your strategy covered. To be victorious, you'll need to be calm, quick, and daring. This is it... the last and most treacherous challenge of the game. Be vigilant!

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"What the hell? Is that all? I thought this guy was going to challenge me! What a gyp. Shouldn't this guy be the boss of the second stage or something?! That was almost too easy!"

Anyone else get geared up for your first time against an end boss only to slaughter them effortlessly? I've played many a game where the end boss was no more of a challenge than a sub-boss.

Task Force Harrier Ex comes to mind. I had more of a challenge facing off with the level 4 boss than the final boss on level 12. The level 4 boss (nuclear flame throwing tank) was much smaller, slower, and less agile than the level 12 boss (supersonic stealth bomber), yet it challenged me twice as hard. Very upsetting.

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What games did you play for the first time where the end boss took you no more than a couple of tries?

[Mayhem]

Super Mario Bros 3 - after struggling to reach the big bad Bowser for god knows how long, to see him just kill himself without any effort from me was a bit of a kick in the teeth :P

Super Mario Sunshine - no problem, avoid and bum pound

Conversely... hard end of game bosses?!

Mangar (Bard's Tale 1) - jesus, you had to levelled up the eyeballs to even survive reaching him, let along beating him. Especially with vampires either side draining levels from you. Easier once you figured out the strategy, but still tough as nails.

DoDonPachi (arcade) - help mommy! LOL :evil:

Ikaruga - help mommy! x2 LOL LOL LOL

[SoulBlazer]

Oh yes, I'm STILL getting my ass worked over by the bosses in Ikraruga -- the 'flaming wheel of death' in Stage 3 was a while to master, now I'm trying to figure out the multi-part boss in Stage 4. :)

Hardest fights? Luca in Suikoden 2 -- oh GOD! Three furious rounds of combat with him and he can kick your ass SO easily.

Easy fights? I'd have to think about that one for a bit -- a lot of RPG's have easy final fights, or at least not as tough as some other ones. Actually, Luca in S2 is'nt a final boss either. :D

[sisko]

The final boss in Majora's Mask.

If you get the fierce diety mask, all you really have to do is tap B over and over.

[Queen Of The Felines]

The most disappointing was the ending to the original Suikoden. Here I was, leveling up just about every char, I go into the last castle, make my way up to the throne room, and....wha?!?! Not gonna spoil it, but I was a bit miffed that I had wasted all my time leveling up like I did.

Kristine

[Drexel923]

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow had the easiest boss ever. Just equip the cross and lightning book (I think...the one where the crosses ride up in a beam of light) and make sure you have magic potions. Use item 4X, refill magic, repeat as neccessary. But the bosses were easy enough that I probably didn't even have to do what did.

[DDCecil]

That would be the final boss on the first Parodius game. Sure, he says "I am strong!" but just shoot each of his tentacles once, and he dies!

[Ed Oscuro]

The final boss in Majora's Mask.

If you get the fierce diety mask, all you really have to do is tap B over and over.

Yeah, he was easy even without the mask :P

IRT DDCecil:

Is that so? That sure sounds like Parodius style :P

[jaydubnb]

Ys Books I + II final boss was a cakewalk. I was shocked at how easy it was the best him.

Same for Bowser in Super Mario World. Cool Mode 7 upon defeat though :)

[Kroogah]

Kefka in Final Fantasy 3/6. The 3 bosses before him are the hard part.

Mother Brain in Super Metroid.

The final Event in Super Smash Bros. Melee (#51) jigglypuff!

Most of the Sonic the Hedgehog games.

[Sotenga]

Contra - Red Falcon's Heart: Destroy the four pods, and he's helpless.

King of Fighters 2001 - Original Zero and Igniz: CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEEEEEAP!!! :angry:

FFX - (can't spoil): If you could slay Nemesis, you can surely kill this guy in TWO moves.

Time Soldiers - Gylend: After the actual stage itself, (and those damn eye-plants) he's a slice of pie.

The Genji and the Heike Clans - Minamoto Yoritomo: You have the three magic items, and he is so screwed.

Ghosts 'N Goblins - Lucifer: What an anticlimax to such an otherwise machine-wrecking game.

And THE big one...

Gradius - Bacterion (?): The ultimatum of disappointing bosses! -_-

[Anonymous]

The Mother Brain in Super Metroid qualifies as a dissapointing boss based on level of difficulty, but the ending in Super Metroid more than makes up for it.

[Ruudos]

Shredder in TMNT (NES), although I was kinda happy about that after the insane stage he's in.

Final boss in Legendary Wings.

[Digital Database]

Anybody who has finished Final Fantasy 10 feels my pain about the last boss. Enough said.

[ManekiNeko]

I have to second the vote for the brain at the end of Gradius. It dies whether you shoot at it or not, almost as if it's been infected by your germs like in War of the Worlds. Most of the final bosses in Paradious are the same way.
Tatanga at the end of Super Mario Land was pretty weak as well... in fact, I nominate him as the WORST boss in any of the Super Mario games. What was the deal with him, anyway? No personality, no character development, no real reason for existing aside from stealing a princess even more generic than Peach Toadstool... someone must have been asleep at the wheel when they created him.

JR

[devilman]

Anybody who has finished Final Fantasy 10 feels my pain about the last boss. Enough said.

I think if I hadn't levelled up my party a little beforehand, the end fight would've been more enjoyable. Ah well, never mind.. still got the Dark Aeons (might see Penance one day!) and Monster Arena creatures to go...

[Digital Database]

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There is no way in hell that a fight in which you have Auto-Life (you are automatically ressurected upon death) could ever possibly be fun to me. That is complete bs on Squares part to screw the gamers with an end fight like that.

[cheesystick]

Gradius 3 for super nintedo. You spend many of you levels flying around at lightning speed, dodging countless enemies, and fighting many morphing and difficult bosses.
Yet, the last level of the game somewhat resembles flying into a section of a woman's private anatomy. You must blast away several STDs inside, break through a hymen, and then face a giant deformed baby fetus at the finish line. Think this would be hard? hell no.
He only fires three easily-avoidable shots at you, and takes very few hits to kill. I know that this boss was intended to be easy, in gradius fashion, but that doesnt make it any less silly or disappointing.
-crispy

[RetroYoungen]

The Nightmare of Kirby's Adventure. I started playing KA when I was around 12 anyway, but I remember beating the crap out of him the first or second time I fought him. DeDeDe was more of a challenge, really...

[Dr. Morbis]

Dracula in Castlevania II. You can beat him in about 5 seconds before he even starts to move. The FIRST time I ever got to him as a 13-year-old I beat him in LITERALLY 5 seconds. Find me an end boss easier than that.

[Kid Fenris]

September is END BOSS MONTH.

I've found that any RPG to feature a final trio of bosses makes the last of the bunch either a complete pushover or the toughest required fight in the game. Xenogears and Final Fantasy VI will softball you at the end, but Final Fantasy IX's end boss was fairly tough, and Chrono Trigger's was quite a challenge, thanks to a clever move on the designer's part.

Anyway, Dracula goes down pretty quickly in Castlevania II, but I think I dusted him in even shorter order in Symphony of the Night. I had explored most of the castle and equipped myself with some multiple-hit sword, and before I knew it, Drac was quoting the Bible in that hokey voice of his.

And is it just me, or do Dr. Wily's final forms get easier to kill with each Mega Man game? In the first one it's tough to destroy him without using the Elec Beam Cheat, but by Mega Man 5 and 6 you don't even need any energy tanks in reserve.

[XpOsUrE]

The latest weak lame boss that comes to mind was Bowser I mean some of those boss's were hard but then him it was like WTF thats it LOL.

[odysseyzine]

Mr. X from Kung Fu. Kneel and kick and wait for Mr. X to die. I think it was the easiest boss ever for me. The little magician guy on level 4 is way harder, and he's easy too. All of the bosses in Kung Fu pretty much suck, but I still love the game.

[Anonymous]

Ok, who else was fooled by Chrono Trigger's Boss when they first got to it? I thought that was particularly clever on Square's part as well.

[Ikari Warrior]

The last guy in Brute Force was pretty disappointing after a fairly fun game.

[spoon]

Contra, Super Contra. NES. Could probably beat em with my eyes closed.

Guerilla War, NES. The isn't really hard, but, the end boss was a push over.

FF 7 PSOne. Actually any of the FFs after The SNES ones.


Aria Of SorrowGBA Was a fun game, but, the WHOLE thing was way to easy.

[Kid Ice]

Mr. X from Kung Fu. Kneel and kick and wait for Mr. X to die. I think it was the easiest boss ever for me. The little magician guy on level 4 is way harder, and he's easy too. All of the bosses in Kung Fu pretty much suck, but I still love the game.

Easy? I always had a tough time with that one. I'll have to try that kneel and kick thing.

Don Pachi has an easy end boss for such a tough game, not to mention that it shows up at the end of level 5.

[Dirty Tiger]

I used the Dwarf on my first time through Baldur's Gate and found the ice Dragon much harder to kill than the Final Boss.

By the time I fought the final boss my berserker axe weilding style was unstopppable.

[thegreatescape]

Even though I suck at console style rpg's i still managed to beat the grandia 2 end boss easily, first time. At first i thought it must have been some sort of trick, especially since most of the other bosses were harder. I thought it wasnt really the end boss and that someone else must have been pulling the strings (like in golden axe for mega drive).
But alas, no.

Easy end boss aside, its a great game :D

-SMi

[brandver3]

I'm not sure if I can spell this right, but Shang Tsung from the first Mrotal Kombat.

I pumped quarters trying to bet Goro. I was ready, i was pumped, I finally kicked Goro's ass across the stage and was geared for the hardest fight in the game. And it was a withered old man. And he fought like it too. I didn't even have to continue. I was severly let down.

[Jorpho]

Tatanga at the end of Super Mario Land was pretty weak as well... in fact, I nominate him as the WORST boss in any of the Super Mario games. What was the deal with him, anyway? No personality, no character development, no real reason for existing aside from stealing a princess even more generic than Peach Toadstool... someone must have been asleep at the wheel when they created him.

I have fond memories of Tatanga, since he was the first final boss I ever finished off myself. I wouldn't say he's a complete pushover, and he does go out with a bang. Did you notice that they brought him back the Space zone in Super Mario Land 2?

I would say that Super Mario Land in general feels like some odd knockoff that was subjected to a sprite swap at the last minute to make it a Mario game.
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[lucavi]

xenosaga: episode 1

i just had to add one more since i just beat this game. i honestly had no idea that i was even on the final level when i beat this boss. i thought i was just fighting a regular boss when i beat him on my first try. but then i knew something was up when after i killed him i didn't receive any exp or points. the game probably just threw me off because it was meant to be continued and i knew there were still a bunch of unresolved questions so i wasn't expecting it to end there.