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The Legend of Zelda, one of the most successful video game series of all time. So successful
in fact, there have been a whopping 16 main series Zelda games, not including the cgi
ones of course, with a 17th on the way in just 1 month. Pretty much all of these games
have a few game play elements in common: enjoyable side quests, lots of collectables, fantastic
combat, epic dungeons, and uhh... Travelling...? Great. Like many Zelda fans, my favourite
part has always been the dungeons. But that's not what I'm here to talk about today; I'm
here to talk about what lies at the end of those dungeons. When you see a movie, regardless
of how good the beginning and middle are, if it has a *** ending do you go away thinking
that was great? NO, that ending leaves a bad taste in your mouth... tastes like ***. It's
the same with Zelda dungeons: if it ends with a bad boss, it's hard to have fond memories
of that dungeon. However, if it ends with a boss battle of epic proportions you're
gonna be more like yeeeaaah, that was awesome gonna pick up my [insert plot convenience
item here] and my heart container. I can hardly CONTAIN my excitement ????? Anyway, today
I'm going to be talking about the cream of the crop, the best of the best, the Top 10
Legend of Zelda Bosses... in my opinion. #10
Starting off this list, we have a fan favourite: GYORG!!! No no no no NO. Get nemo off the
screen. Not that Gyorg, I'm talking about the Gyorg Pair from Minish Cap. I love me
some Minish Cap, it's the most underrated Zelda game in my opinion. However, I gotta
admit that game has some pretty awful bosses *COUGH* Green ChuChu *COUGH* but they certainly
got this one right. After climbing far above the clouds, you face off against a bunch of
manta rays in an all out sky battle, jumping from manta ray to manta ray with one of the
coolest items in Zelda history, dodging fireballs n' ***, while duplicating yourself and slashing
at their eyes. HOLY BALLS!!! After a game of mostly sub par boss battles, this one left
me in awe when I first battled it. #9
I've never really been the biggest fan of the oracle games myself, they're still great
games, but in my opinion they're just not up to the usual Zelda standard, you know?
However, there's one part of Oracle of Ages that has always stood out to me: Ramrock.
Why you ask? Well this fight is the exception to a rule that most Zelda bosses follow: you
generally only use the dungeon item as well as your sword and shield and hopscotch? to
defeat them, this is by no means a bad thing, and it often leads to some very creative uses
of certain items, but it can get a bit stale and restrictive. This boss completely blows
that rule out of the water; Ramrock has 4 different phases and you're forced to use
a different item to defeat each one. In Ramrock's first phase it attempts to throw it's fists
at you and you have to knock them back with your sword, in its second phase it attempts
to crush you with its spiky fists, and you have to throw a bomb between them, the third
phase forces you to bounce seeds off the walls with your trusty seed shooter to get past
it's shields, and finally you tug on it's big black balls as hard as possible with your
power glove, yes I did just say that. Overall, this is an incredibly unique and creative
boss fight which deserves more love. I suppose you could even say it rocks *smack* stop that
I will end you. You son of a fish ***. #8
Stop hammer time! Ahh the Helmasaur King etcetera, etcetera. I was a king once except I wasn't,
me neither. Ok the reason I'm babbling is because I can't quite put my finger on why
I like the Helmasaur King so much, probably because he's all spiky and that'd hurt. I
guess it's because it really pushed the SNES and brought us a boss fight like no other.
And 1. It takes up a quarter of the screen as it is, b. it has this crazy whip like tail
and fire balls that split off in erratic patterns, and thrice: Explosions.
#7 is Argorok, who is a dragon and it's really
big and really scary and breathes fire. Done. Now this boss actually starts off a little
slow, it looks cool and all, but you just use your double clawshots to get into a good
position, grapple onto him, and then tug him down with your Iron boots. Repeat this process
one more time and then... the battle really starts. Oh *** OH ***. The Argorok battle
has a lot of wow factor, it really was just made to be as epic as possible. The rain starts
to fall, the lightning flashes, and it just creates this amazing atmosphere that immerses
you in the battle, you really feel like you're there, fighting a dragon, it's fantastic.
In this awe inspiring second phase you get to put your double claw shots to great use,
you get away from his fire, grab onto his weak point, then the epic music plays as you
stab stab stabbity stab stab stab. Unfortunately, this battle is pretty simple and incredibly
easy, and if it weren't for that unfortunate detail, Argorok would be far higher on the
list #6
Ugh, stupid water temple, how much longer is this going to take? Ugghhh. Oh the door
is blocked fantastic what do I do now? Huh? SPEND 5 HOURS PUTTING ON MY IRON BOOTS AGAIN?
RAISE THE WATER LEVEL AND USE THAT TREE AS A FREAKING SURFBOARD? Holy *** what is that?
Dark Link! This is- this is actually fun, I'm actually enjoying myself for the first
time since I entered the Water Temple yeah it may be a mini boss, but this is awesome,
an all out sword duel with yourself. Damn it, I died, I guess I'm my own worst enemy
haha; well surely I don't have to go back to the start of the dungeon... OH YOU MOTHERF-
#5 Skeldritch is a giant evil armoured skull
that towers over you with its long spinal column and shoots boulders. I rest my case.
No I don't, in this battle you get to use the sand wand... trust me its use is much
more creative than its name. The sand wand allows you to manipulate the sand to stop
the boulders that Skeldritch shoots at you and then guide them onto the catapult to destroy
a section of its spinal column. Rinse and repeat until it's down to nothing but a skull
then get on his level with the sand wand and destroy its weak point. Wow an item that makes
sand a little higher can do all that? *** better sell all your stocks in dishwashers
and put them in this baby... What? Anyhow, this battle is basically a combination of
a unique item with a unique use and an incredibly awesome boss. Sounds like a recipe for success
to me. #4
In Skyward Sword, not only did Nintendo manage to finally FINALLY do a water dungeon right,
they managed to do a water dungeon boss fight right too: Koloktos. This boss starts off
intimidating enough as it is. If throwing gigantic double sided axe thingies at you
with 2 of its arms, trying to crush you with the other 2 arms, and protecting its weak
spot with its 3rd set of arms isn't enough for you, after you pull off Koloktos' arms
a few times, well this happens... Hello there nice statue man, mind putting down those swords?
MUMMY?!?!? But then... then you get to pick up its swords... HAHHAHAHHAHAH TAKE THAT YA
***... wait... that laugh... Did-did I just kill a little girl?
Call me when I give a *** :] #3
On this list there is already a giant skeleton that's found in a sand dungeon which you fight
with a unique item. However, there's another one. Can you guess who it is? That's right...
or wrong depending on what you guessed... It's Stallord! In its first phase you surf
around on a beyblade or someting, dodging the undead and Stallord's oddly coloured fire
breath attack then you aim for its spinal column and bump into it. Then I guess you
start telling some jokes because Stallord starts to crack up... get it? Because you're
cracking it's spinal column and cracking up means to burst out laughing which is what
would happen if you heard a joke unless of course it's the one I'm making right now,
especially considering by over explaining the joke I've pretty much "killed" it, but
I'm sure Stallord won't mind considering it's already dead, got ya there. No in all seriousness
you just bump into it a few times and Stallord goes down... or so you think. His head comes
back to life and you have to spin up the wall and dodge from side to side and jump into
his face and it dies and you win and oh my lord... oh my Stallord this fight is just
so damn fun. And what more can you ask for than joy? I could go into an in-depth explanation
of why I like this boss so much, but it all comes down to how enjoyable and awesome the
spinner and the premise of this boss fight is, so I'll leave it at that.
#2 So one day during the creation of Majora's
Mask, Nintendo were taking all the Marijuana and *** and they were like "OMG great
idea, let's make a giant mechanical goat like thing named Goht with an electrical butt that
runs around in circles while shooting laser beams, rocks and bombs at Link as he rolls
around as a Goron while Stalactites fall from the ceiling. Best idea evur." I mean seriously,
how did they come up with this? This thing is so weird. I've GOHT no idea... Yeah. Whatever
gave them the uhh "inspiration" to make this thing aside, I've always been a huge fan of
Goht, hell it may not be the most threatening or difficult boss out there, but it's just
sooo fun. When else do you get to fight a main boss solely by rolling around as a freaking
Goron? Never. But that's not the only thing that sets this fight apart from most bosses,
in a lot of boss fights you're forced to stand there, waiting for the boss to expose their
weak spot, or to do that one attack that makes them vulnerable, but in this one there's no
waiting involved, you just roll into a ball straight away, and chase that oversized goat
down. Before I announce my number 1 favourite Zelda
boss, let's do a quick recap: #10 Gyorg Pair, #9 Ramrock, #8 Helmasaur King, #7 Argorok,
#6 Dark Link, #5 Skeldritch, #4 Koloktos, #3 Stallord, and #2 Goht
#1 Ganondorf appears in many different Zelda
games, which is no surprise considering he's the main antagonist of the series. But none
of them quite live up to the Ganondorf fight in Ocarina of Time. *WARNING* I'm about to
spoil the entire story to Ocarina of Time. Why you ask? Well this *** curses the
Deku tree, attempts to steal your girl, steals the Triforce, steals your childhood, ruins
all of Hyrule, taunts you throughout the game, eventually successfully steals your girl,
and even appears in your nightmares. CLASSIC PRANK. This guy is constantly present throughout
the story and your hatred for him grows each time he shows up, building and building until
you when you finally climb up that staircase as he plays that organ you just want to rip
his eyes out and feed them to him. Not only that, but this is just such a climactic and
fantastic battle, they really pulled out all the stops with this one. You play tennis for
awhile, using your sword and light arrows, then there's an escape sequence, oh but that's
not all, far from it, Ganondorf transforms into a giant beast called Ganon, he then pulls
out two giant blades, you're surrounded by a ring of fire, the lightning flashes and
it's time for the final showdown. You dodge his attacks, roll between his legs, and destroy
his tail until it's finally time to stab that ***, who has caused you so much pain,
right between his eyes. Many other Ganondorf fights were good, in fact there'd probably
be another two or three Ganondorf fights on this list if I hadn't decided to limit it
to only one. However, none can match the same level of satisfaction you get from finally
defeating this Ganondorf. And that is why this amazing final boss battle of a fantastic
game takes the number one slot on this list.
Howdy dowdy everybody, I hope you enjoyed my video. If you're new to my channel, I don't usually do top 10s,
I mostly upload competitive Pokemon videos, but I did recently start a Minish Cap Let's Play and plan to do more
Let's Plays in the future. Links are on the screen if you're interested. I don't currently
plan to do anything like this in the future, but if this video gets enough positive feedback
then I'll definitely consider doing another top 10. Cya later!