Post subject: Hardest videogame boss™, nth iteration (yes, Cave again)
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Looks like we have a real winner here. DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu "Arrange A" mode. Link to video Previously the company has been responsible for abominations such as this and this. Also, please note the boss has been designed around a gameplay feature that lets you erase bullets with shot under specific conditions, but that doesn't make it any less ridiculous and over-the-top. :D Still have to wait for a week or so until EMS gets it here…
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As much as I love the ridiculous colourful splashes and patterns they create, what about some NON-shmup hardest bosses of all time?
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They're probably too soft. :P
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Mike Tyson is an obvious candidate for toughest boss battle for non-shmup games.
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For your information... Link to video
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Oh yeah, I tried the demo on a friend's iPad, it controlled pretty smooth. I think I also recommended it to Deign some time ago. :P But the Xbox360 port I'm getting will be the real deal, can't wait for it to arrive.
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This video contains content from playcast, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.
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Mister Epic wrote:
This video contains content from playcast, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.
Maybe you're in some place where you can't see this video. That's sad.
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Ferret Warlord wrote:
Mister Epic wrote:
This video contains content from playcast, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.
Try this. It's the same video from the original source, should be available.
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Before video: A shmup - a CAVE shmup on the iphone? How does that work? After video: Oh, I see. That actually sounds like it would be fun.
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The hardest time I've ever had with a boss was with Metal Sonic in Sonic 2, followed directly by the final boss. But then again, I really sucked at video games back then.
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henke37 wrote:
Anyone remember when we had to do with maybe 32 sprites at a time? Not me either.
The NES could actually do 64 at any given time (of course, a game could have more active, just not drawn to screen).
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Try some SNK fighting game bosses on the hardest setting.
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The boss at the Sun in Gyruss (NES). That was one wicked boss.
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The Sacred Grounds level in Cave Story (single hardest set of levels in the game that even put the "hidden" last cave to shame) followed by a regular boss and then the real big bad of the game (who has three forms), all without saving, surely that qualifies?
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That one was pretty good, yeah, but then again it took me 5 or 6 tries to formulate strategies required to kill Ballos effectively. Hibachi is a whole another level surely. :P Btw, another try at it. This time the player knows what he's doing, but apparently that isn't enough. The previous boss (the one at the start of the video) goes down in the most hilarious way ever. [EDIT] More hilarity! Here's how Arrange B mode looks at nearly maxed-out rank. Seriously, that's insane.
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Patashu wrote:
what about some NON-shmup hardest bosses of all time?
I can only talk from limited experience but I remember Viewtiful Joe having some tough bosses and then there's Giga Bowser on very hard mode in SSBM.
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Now, make a TAS of DoDonpachi that never uses bombs.
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Derakon wrote:
Now, make a TAS of DoDonpachi that never uses bombs.
Pretty much done, although not by me. :) Use ddonpchj.
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System: Genesis Game: Mazin Saga Mutant Fighter (U) Genre: Beat 'em up / Fighting Final Boss: Hell Mazinger Savestate here: http://www.freewebs.com/aqfaq/MazinSagaFinalBattle.gs0 How are you supposed to beat this boss? :(
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I hear that the boss named Yiazmat in the game Final Fantasy XII takes a bit of work to defeat... (Never played the game, though, as I don't own the required console. Would have otherwise.)