00:10Welcome to MojoPlays and today we're counting down our picks for 10 of the
00:14easiest boss battles we have encountered in some truly challenging video games.
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00:35Rick the Door Technician, Star Wars Jedi Survivor.
00:38Now, I can't help but chuckle to myself any time I witness this boss fight,
00:42boss being very much in air quotes here. Now, for all intents and purposes,
00:47the game does at least signpost that Rick is going to be a standard challenging boss battle,
00:51and then this happens.
01:03Yep, I mean, you know, you could take the benevolent route and spare him the humiliation.
01:07The choice is yours, Jedi.
01:09Come back here and fight!
01:14Mewtwo, Pokemon Stadium. The Mewtwo battle in Pokemon Stadium is ironically the game's victory
01:19lap rather than its final exam. After surviving the gauntlet of rental Pokemon battles where you're
01:25armed with the statistical equivalent of a derpy wet napkin, you finally get to use your own fully
01:30trained team at full strength. Now, Mewtwo can still easily decimate many of your Pokemon if you
01:36aren't careful, but that's really only if you haven't yet understood the different elemental types and abilities.
01:48Unlike the often merciless gym leaders you fought previously in the game, with their perfectly bred
01:53monsters and coverage moves that seem personally designed to humiliate you, Mewtwo is just one
01:59singular Pokemon with predictable AI that loves spamming its psychic abilities over and over again.
02:04It's the boss battle equivalent of being handed a flamethrower after spending hours fighting bears
02:10with a spoon. Cathartic, yes, but hardly the challenge the rest of the game conditions you to expect.
02:25Naughty, Donkey Kong Country. Poor Naughty, it's almost like he is also wondering why he got stuck in
02:30this game as a boss. He just wanted to guard his hordes of bananas, kind of like a dragon guarding
02:36its gold and treasure. Naughty's two battles are laughably simple because it's essentially
02:40very large beaver who forgot to dodge. He bounces predictably in place while you hop on his head a
02:46bunch of times, like you're playing the world's easiest game of whack-a-mole. Jump, bop him on the
02:51head, move out of the way, jump, bop him on the head again, move out of the way, rinse and
02:55repeat,
02:56and bob's your uncle. Sorry Naughty, maybe one day you can be the big baddie villain of your own DK
03:01game.
03:11Celestial Emissary, Bloodborne.
03:22These cosmic blobbly weirdos are just so goofy that it's honestly hard to even take them seriously.
03:27Yes, yes, they might swarm you lemming style. And yes, there is one main hulking version that makes
03:33its appearance to try and send you to your Lovecraftian grave. But I mean, come on, these
03:38guys are a real pushover in a game littered with brutal horrific bosses. While the boss's moniker,
03:44Celestial Emissary, sounds intimidating to be sure, there's just little to no challenge as you draw aggro
03:50by kiting them around the battlefield, swiping at them with your weapon or pelting them with fire.
03:55Do this enough times and your prey will be slaughtered. You know, in hindsight, maybe they just really
04:01wanted some hugs and want to be your friend. Makes you think. Oh, well, I guess it's cosmic blob soup
04:06for dinner. Who's hungry?
04:16Chill Penguin Mega Man X.
04:25Now, I'm pretty sure Chill Penguin just has dreams of being a professional ice sculptor if his main attack is
04:31anything to go by.
04:32Perhaps Mega Man is just cramping his style and his creative drive by showing up in his domain.
04:38You can easily wipe the floor with this armor clad penguin by either cheesing him and staying
04:43in one of the top corners of the arena while he spams his well telegraphed attacks, occasionally
04:48dropping down to greet him with your own firepower. Or you can fight him normally on the ground with very
04:53little trouble. Since again, his attacks are super telegraphed and are actually easy to dodge here.
04:58The Chill Penguin fight is essentially Mega Man X's welcome mat, a deliberate breather that lets you test
05:03out the waters without getting frozen sitting outside. Things will get much tougher in the game,
05:08so enjoy the ice cold water break while you can. Gru's mother, Hollow Knight.
05:21As someone who pretty much only ever enjoys playing games on story mode or easy mode,
05:26I was never going to be a candidate to get through the sheer gauntlet of punishment that is Hollow Knight.
05:31Believe me, I've tried. Multiple times in fact. But it's honestly just not my cup of tea.
05:36Gru's mother is basically a glorified tutorial wrapped up in a bloated fly costume. Her attack
05:41pattern consists of slowly floating towards you before charging in a perfectly telegraphed straight
05:46line, giving you ample time to dash away, heal, or even think about your lunch options. Definitely pizza.
05:52The arena's low ceiling means she frequently bonks herself into a dazed state, turning what should be
05:57a threatening aerial predator into an oversized pinata that repeatedly stuns itself for your convenience.
06:03Gotta say though, that surprise after you defeat her is harrowing and honestly makes me quite sad.
06:09Perhaps we are the bad guy here. Food for thought.
06:24Dracula Castlevania II Simon's Quest
06:26Now, the absolute easiest way to defeat Count Dracula in this game is by cheesing the entire thing.
06:33So right when he manifests, you can just spam the Sacred Flame ability over and over again, which
06:38basically stun locks Dracula until he is defeated. I mean, is it the honorable way to defeat him?
06:43Well, no, probably not. But it's effective to be sure, and it's still a viable option.
06:48Even if you do opt to face him mano-a-mano without cheesing it, it just takes a bit of
06:53nimble movement,
06:54a few swings of your whip, and he's as good as defeated.
07:07Dark Souls
07:16The scariest thing about this boss battle is the actual arena, since it's honestly just dripping with horror.
07:22But Pinwheel himself, well, he's just sort of an oddball.
07:26His gimmick of splitting into copies sounds threatening until you realize he has the durability
07:30of wet tissue paper, and dies faster than you can say praise the sun.
07:35It's the video game equivalent of accidentally bringing a bazooka to a pillow fight,
07:40making Pinwheel the rare boss in a notoriously brutal game that serves as a refreshing confidence
07:45boost rather than a controller throwing nightmare.
07:47Many players defeat him so quickly that they barely get to see his multiplication trick,
07:52leading to the running joke that Pinwheel is less of a boss
07:55and more of a loot pinata guarding the right of kindling.
08:06Shredder, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
08:08Is TMNT for the NES hard?
08:12Yeah, absolutely. It really is. The dam? Brutal. The Technodrome? Punishing.
08:17The final battle against Shredder? Laughably easy.
08:20It's crazy for a game that is so notoriously difficult to have such a pushover of a final big baddie.
08:26He basically just jumps right into your attacks like he has no self-preservation.
08:30His movements are slow, his attacks are slow, and whenever you thwip him with an attack of your own,
08:35he looks over his shoulder at you with some saucy pizzazz.
08:48Werner Werman, Cuphead.
09:00Ah, Cuphead, I never was good enough to beat you.
09:04This makes me quite sad indeed, since I do adore this game's sublime animations,
09:08its art, and jazzy music. But alas, my skills just weren't up to snuff.
09:13Well, at least the game provides some respite in the form of the battle against Werner Werman.
09:17Werner Werman might pilot and sorta off-brand Campbell's soup can makeshift tank sort of thing,
09:23but this rodent's bark, or squeak rather, is worse than his bite.
09:27His attacks follow predictable patterns with generous telegraphing,
09:31giving you ample time to position yourself between the slow-moving projectiles,
09:35easily dodged cherry bombs, and encroaching bottle caps.
09:38While Cuphead does generally demand absolute pixel-perfect precision,
09:42and the reflexes of a caffeinated hummingbird,
09:45Werner serves as a brief intermission where even butter-fingered players,
09:49I mean, except for me, I guess, can finally catch their breath.
09:52Though, it's worth mentioning his mechanical cat transformation in the final phase does try to
09:57reclaim some dignity for defeated bosses everywhere.
10:00It really is the cat's meow, as they say.
10:03Actually, I don't know who says that.
10:15So, do you agree with our picks for this list?
10:18What are some of the easiest bosses you have faced off against in some difficult video games?
10:22Let us know in the comments.
10:32Let us know in the comments.
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