With new games like Bayonetta 3 and Pokemon Scarlet & Violet coming in late 2022 and fans will likely be exploring lots of fantastic new boss fights for the very first time.
While boss battles are a big part of video games, not all of them are as straightforward as fans are used to. Some bosses are visually unorthodox, some require strange methods to complete them, and some don’t feel like boss fights at all. Be that as it may, video games have come up with some really bizarre boss fights over the years.
Negative man
The Mother franchise didn’t perform nearly as well in the west as it did in Japan, so most fans know Ness and the others from Smash Bros. The actual series is packed with incredibly bizarre boss battles across the board, including: mother 3s Negative man.
Negative Man has a lot of HP as a boss and not much else. His attack all yield 1 HP. In fact, he usually doesn’t even attack. The strange boss, a living yellow rectangle with a face, spends most of the “boss struggle” making self-deprecating remarks about himself. The battle takes a while due to its whopping HP stats, but it’s nearly impossible to actually lose the battle. That makes Negative Man both one of the weirdest and easiest boss fights in video game history.
Titanic Toddler
Zombies ate my neighbors is a strange game from start to finish. The game features the titular zombies, but it is also home to a wide variety of other monsters. Ultimately, the “Titanic Toddler” takes the cake as the weirdest boss in the eclectic game.
Throughout the level, the player is chased by a giant toddler boss that is surprisingly quick and difficult to take down. The adventurous background music is combined with the toddler’s different sounds and phrases to make the whole battle even more confusing. Once the player can defeat the toddler who is joined by some clowns for unknown reasons, he can move on to the next bizarre level in the classic cult game.
The end
Metal Gear Solid is a franchise that isn’t afraid to steer its story in a non-linear direction. The choices the player makes can affect the rest of the story, and nowhere else is this truer than how Metal Gear Solid 3 deals with The End.
Under most circumstances, The End is one of the best battles of the series. The End, an old sniper known as the best in the world, fights one last battle with Snake before his death. It’s a satisfying clash for the most part – unless the player saves in the middle of the fight. If the player waits more than a week with a save file in the middle of the battle with The End, the sniper will simply die of old age and leave Snake feeling empty due to the lack of a match.
slot machine
Star Fox protagonists Fox McCloud and Falco Lombardi are best known for their roles in the Super Smash Bros series, both for the Smash Bros memes and the general ability of the characters. However, their own series is also full of great heroes and villains.
One of these great villains is not the intergalactic slot machine from the original Star Fox. The giant slot machine can be turned by hitting the attached lever, and the player can only beat it by rolling three “7s” in a row. Any other combination will cause enemies or projectiles to be released from the machine. Despite its absurdity, the boss is surprisingly loved by many Star Fox fans.
Mega Smith
MegaSmith is easily one of the strangest bosses in gaming history. The last antagonist of The Matrix: Path of Neo isn’t quite like the original Agent Smith that fans might remember from The Matrix.
The battle begins with a cutscene featuring digital avatars of the Wachowskis explaining the upcoming battle. What the player witnesses an accumulation of rubble and many agents forging to form one giant “MegaSmith”. The boss battle isn’t that absurd in the actual game mechanics. However, the cutscene and concept are certainly a bizarre and off-theme experience for a Matrix game.
Psycho praying mantis
Hideo Kojima games are definitely unique, and the original Metal Gear Solid is no exception. None of the in-game battles are as iconic as Psycho Mantis’ boss battle.
The battle begins with Psycho Mantis using his mind control powers on Snake’s ally Meryl. For the second phase of the boss fight, Psycho Mantis Snake gives a true demonstration of his psychic powers. Mantis reads the player’s memory card and replays all his favorite games and playstyles before making the final gesture of messing with the player’s controller.
The big mighty shit
Conker’s Bad Fur Day is one of the funniest video games out there. The game features an anthropomorphic red squirrel, Conker, who has a drinking problem and a very bad attitude. Conker’s ultimate goal is simply to get home to his girlfriend Berri.
The game already has a lot of weird moments, but The Great Mighty Poo takes the cake as the game’s strangest battle. The opera-singing sentient poo is weakened by throwing toilet paper projectiles during the fight. To end the battle, Conker literally flushes the boss down the toilet. The whole struggle finds its conclusion with a Wizard of Oz reference to finish it all off.
Bob the killer goldfish
earthworm Jim is a strange game from start to finish, following the adventures of the main character on his journey to find Princess What’s-Her-Name, while dodging the many opponents who want to take his special suit.
One of the main antagonists of earthworm Jim is Bob the Killer Goldfish, a goldfish in a bowl who usually has his minions fight for him. When it’s finally time for Earthworm Jim to fight this great nemesis, it turns out he can just grab the fish from the bowl and eat it. Some would call it anticlimactic, but it’s perfect for a series like earthworm Jim, best known for its strange plot and its strange ‘bad endings’.
Giygas
earthbound, also known as mother 2, revolves around protagonist Ness and the world-saving adventures of his parties. In their final mission, the group fights against the embodiment of evil: Giygas.
During the final battle, Giygas turns into a bizarre and unidentifiable creature. Giygas takes up the entire screen and launches unknown attacks on the player. There are only theories as to what Giygas actually is or looks like outside of the weird screen-covering patterns, making it arguably the most visually interesting and abstract boss in gaming.
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