One of the only problems I have with the Sonic series is that in most cases the bosses are strict--it doesn't matter how far Sonic is to defeating the boss--if he dies, he gets to restart. There is one bright side to the final bosses, at least. The intense version of the game's main theme. Yeah...First our line up, and then I'll go over a few that didn't make it on this list.
1-3
Perfect Dark Gaia/Dark Gaia/Egg Dragoon (Sonic Unleashed)
(this seems like cheating my list, here, but how can I not think of them as one?)
 |
| 60 times, damn it, 60 times. |
These three have are separate bosses, but they're all unrelenting torture.
- Sewn together at the end of Sonic Unleashed, right after the longest and most difficult level in the game, these all must be beat in order to win the game.
- Meaning if one runs out of lives, one must start all over.
- Done right, they can be easy, but one slip up and the fight will become a long, angering, and tedious process.
- To top it all off, you have to press the square button (or whatever button it asks for) 60 times in what seems like five seconds. Failing to do so results in automatic death.
Tip: If you don't know you're controller buttons by now, you better learn.
4
Great Eggman Robo (Sonic and Knuckles)
 |
| Ouch. |
After escaping the already super-hard bosses of the Death Egg Zone, Sonic gets to challenge this bad boy, in a lovely, ring-less environment. Defeating this boss is necessary to move on to the final boss, another difficult challenge, and to win the game.
- With several parts and a totally evil laser, this ugly fella' almost seems invisible. Perfect timing is required for success.
Tip: You can manipulate the level select and debug mode "for practice." If you're playing on a re-release that allows you to save at what ever point you want (Like the Sonic Mega Collection or Classic Collection), you can keep redoing this point without starting over or (potentially) losing lives. Listening to the sound effects is the key to avoiding the attacks.
5
VS Sonic/VS Blaze Normal Mode (Sonic Rush)
 |
| IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY. |
At first, the rival boss fight is as easy as ever.
- It's a simple fight...then Sonic and Blaze argue some more, and suddenly the two start boosting each other.
- The result is pure button-smashing for the player as they frantically hit A and B.
- Well, that's it. It may not seem like much, but once the player's thumb starts to numb, they're reconsidering.
Tip: The mode can be switched to "easy," which make this boss along with all the others much easier to handle, but in time-attack the boss is reset to the normal mode no matter what.
6
Eggman (Sonic Battle)
 |
| Red. Original. |
The real monster in this game was beating the Guard Robos within the time limit Rouge assigns Emerl (in her story), but that doesn't really count as a boss. However, I consider Emerl vs Eggman and later Sonic vs Ultimate Emerl bosses, since it's not just training, it's important to the story, and it leads to the ending.
- At first it's not so bad, but as with all bosses, it gets difficult as it progresses.
- Eggman is able to attack while flying. Hitting him back without Emerl taking damage can be a real challenge.
Tip: Use cheat codes to gain Emerl's combo moves and enable one of them. It will make life a whole lot easier.
7
Egg X (Sonic Advance)
 |
| Orange. Original. |
All the bosses in Advance are harder than expected, especially for Amy and her specific hammer attacks. I've never gotten all of the Chaos Emeralds for this game, so I can't judge the final boss, but Egg X was pretty menacing.
- It alternates its attacks, only becoming vulnerable at quick moments.
- It is very easy to lose all rings, largely due to it's arm attack.
- If the player dies, they have to go through the previous bosses, although they are very short/easy (and throw-backs to the classic games).
Tip: First off, don't try to attack it right away--you can't, so when you land it will harm you and you'll drop your rings. Perfectly avoiding attacks can make this easy, but goof up and it become a real problem.
8
Metal Madness/Overlord (Sonic Heroes)
 |
| That's Metal Sonic? |
With the final boss in the game, the teams have to come together and defeat the power-hungry "Neo" Metal Sonic.
- Team Rose? A breeze, as usual. Chaotix is where I started having trouble.
- Risking the Homing Attack is rewarding...but not when Espio jumps right off the platform!
- That's the main problem throughout Madness--falling off.
- Repeating the same proccess of rotating attacks gets frustrating fast, and the attack that traps the player's allies is terrible, mostly as a flight character because it's hard to free them and avoid becoming caught.
- Do Super Sonic and his bubble-buddy pals have it any easier? No, not really, because they have to keep their ring count up, counter the beast's attacks, and charge their Team Blast to hurt it.
Tip: In Metal Madness, there seems to be an order to attack in (such as flight, power, speed). Figuring this out can reduce the time spent on this portion of the boss. No wasting time on the easy ones--your seconds spent in Madness are used in Overlord, too. Use the Team Blast as much as possible, and move quickly.
9
Mecha Sonic/Death Egg Robot (Sonic the Hedgehog 2)
 |
| Double Trouble. |
Back in the day, this would be at the top of my list. Thanks to the amazing powers of the internet, though, it's here at number nine.
- No rings, so one false move means an automatic death and a return to the start of the level.
- A creepy robot copy is there to eat up Sonic's lives, and after managing to move on, fat old Ro-buttnik runs ahead and jumps into a huge, dangerous robot that take 16 hits instead of the standard 8.
- His arms are fast, sharp spikes, and stomping on Sonic isn't any less lethal. Generation's version is cake compared to this.
Tip: You look it up, genius. Learn the attacks, avoid them, and be careful.
10
Sonic and Diablon (Shadow the Hedgehog)
 |
| You Devil! |
Now that I think about it, this wasn't that hard, just long. Getting an A rank--that was why I had trouble with this one. Eh, oh well.
- Sonic is invincible, just a nuisance that's ready to knock the rings out of you, so he's not the real boss, here.
- It's Diablon, the experimental robot...thing, that the revenge-seeking Commander is controlling.
- Fought three times, the main conflicts are attacking it without being hit. Sometimes its laser, or Sonic, will cause Shadow to fall out of the area and die.
Why, why, why: the almost-s.
Egg-Wyvern (Sonic 06)--I have a great memory of getting an S-rank after a few tries, completing Sonic's story, and watching Sonic and Elise laugh in a semi-creepy way. Replaying it, I found it to be more of a challenge, and it is probably the hardest in the game (Solaris is cake, and the others aren't too bad once the player figures out how to win). Still, that S-rank reminds me that it couldn't have been that hard.
Egg Viper (Sonic Adventure)--I haven't played this game in a while, but I remember having trouble with this one. Still, that might have been because Eggman was repeating himself, and that can get annoying fast.
Egg Dragoon (Sonic Generations)--When replaying Sonic Generations, Egg Dragoon and the Time Eater were the only bosses I had trouble with. Toughest of them all, and fought in a different style than it's Unleashed counterpart, it was defiantly considered for this list. Eggman, say that phrase again and I'll...
Ifrit Golem (Sonic and the Secret Rings)--I just remember having a tough time. Lava, unreliable platforms. Giant enemy. Not cool, Sega.
Lancelot Returns (Sonic and The Black Knight)--The first time I fought him, it took like, 5 seconds and immediately gave me 5 stars. Lucky I did that then, because replaying it I could barley hit him.
Hot Mobile/Lava Reef Boss (Sonic and Knuckles)--I used to think this was hard. Before I discovered the shields, BOOYAH.
And anything from the 8-bit games...those things are murderous, alright. But I'm not as familiar with them, and they aren't very memorable.
Bosses are more or less required in a Sonic game. I think I could do without them, since it just slows everything down and make the game irritating. But I do like some of them, considering a half are fun or easy. The rival battles are great. Sonic CD and Forces have really easy bosses, and I think that's the way I like it. A little challenge is fine. But those hour-eating ones? No thanks.
 |
| ITSNOUSETAKETHISITSNOUSETAKETHISTAKE--Urgh, NO! |
No comments:
Post a Comment