List of video game bosses
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The following is a list of challenging bosses that have appeared in video games.
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[edit] Bosses
- Abobo (Double Dragon)
- Abyss (Marvel vs. Capcom 2)
- Abyss (Soul Calibur III)
- Agahnim (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)
- ALPHA-152 (Dead or Alive 4)
- Albedo (Xenosaga' series')
- Alexia Ashford (Resident Evil Code: Veronica)
- Alien Queen (Aliens versus Predator 2)
- Amakusa Shiro Tokisada (Samurai Shodown series)
- Aparoid Queen (Star Fox Assault)
- Apocalypse (X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse)
- Arachnus (Metroid Fusion)
- Ashtar(Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos)
- Bagoo (Klonoa: Empire of Dreams)
- Baraka (Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks)
- The Baron of Hell (Doom series)
- Bark At The Moon (Guitar Hero)
- Bald Bull (Punch-Out!! series)
- Balrog (Doukutsu Monogatari, a.k.a. Cave Story)
- Balrog (The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age)
- Baron Rivendare (World of Warcraft)
- Baxter Stockman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series)
- Beatrix (Final Fantasy IX)
- Bebop and Rocksteady (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series)
- Beowulf (Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening)
- Big Blag (Battletoads series)
- Big Smoke (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)
- Black Doom (Shadow the Hedgehog)
- Black Knight (Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance)
- Black Pete (Mickey Mania and Kingdom Hearts 2)
- Bongo Bongo (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
- Botta (Tales of Symphonia))
- Bowser (many Mario series games)
- Bowser Jr. (Super Mario Sunshine, New Super Mario Bros.)
- Braska's Final Aeon (Final Fantasy X)
- Cerberus (Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening)
- Cyclonus (Transformers)
- Chaos (Sonic Adventure, Sonic Battle)
- Chernabog from Kingdom Hearts
- The Cyberdemon (Doom series)
- Dagoth Ur (The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind)
- Dark Force (Phantasy Star series)
- Dark Samus (Metroid Prime 2)
- Dark Tooth (Twisted Metal series)
- Darth Malak (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic)
- Darth Traya (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords)
- Death (Castlevania series)
- Devil (Tekken)
- Devil Jin (Tekken 5)
- Deus (Xenogears)
- Dodongo (The Legend of Zelda series)
- Dizzy (Guilty Gear series)
- Dr. Schabbs (Wolfenstein 3D series)
- Dural (Virtua Fighter series)
- Eidolon (HeXen II)
- Efreet (Tales of Symphonia)
- Forcystus (Tales of Symphonia))
- The End (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
- Exodus (Ultima III)
- Emperor Ing (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)
- Fairy Leviathan (Mega Man Zero)
- Fatman (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty)
- Fawful (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)
- The Fear (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
- Fortune (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty)
- Freya (Valkyrie Profile)
- The Fury (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
- Flag Ship (Gorf)
- The Guardian of Hell (Doom 3)
- Geese Howard (King of Fighters and Fatal Fury series)
- Geryon (Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening)
- Ghadius (Klonoa: Door to Phantomile)
- Gill (Street Fighter III)
- Gilles de Rais (Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness)
- Giovanni (Pokémon Red and Blue)
- Gnasty Gnorc (Spyro the Dragon)
- Gnome (Tales of Symphonia))
- Gohma (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
- Golden Dragon (dnd) The first video game boss
- Guardian (Ultima IX)
- Granfalloon (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)
- Gruntilda (Banjo-Kazooie series)
- Hell Knight (Doom 3)
- Heinrich I (Return to Castle Wolfenstein)
- High Prophet of Regret (Halo 2)
- Icon of Sin (Doom II)
- Irenicus (Baldur's Gate series)
- Jack of Blades (Fable and Fable: The Lost Chapters)
- Jedah Dohma (Darkstalkers 3)
- Jenova (Final Fantasy VII)
- Joachim Armster (Castlevania: Lament of Innocence)
- Joka (Klonoa: Door to Phantomile)
- Jorg (Quake II)
- Khallos (Timesplitters 2)
- Klungo (Banjo-Tooie)
- Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic & Knuckles)
- The Koopalings (Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)
- Kraid (Metroid series)
- Kuja (Final Fantasy IX)
- Kintaro (Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks)
- Korax (HeXen)
- Krang (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series)
- Kvar (Tales of Symphonia))
- Lady (Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening)
- Lance Vance (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City)
- LeChuck (The Secret of Monkey Island)
- Luca Blight (Suikoden II)
- Lumine (Mega Man X8)
- Luna (Tales of Symphonia))
- The Mad Hatter (American McGee's Alice)
- The Makron (Quake II and Quake 4)
- Magneto (X-Men Legends)
- Magnius (Tales of Symphonia))
- The Maledict (Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil)
- Mavericks (Mega Man X)
- Mephisto (Diablo II)
- Metal Mario (Super Smash Bros.)
- Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog series)
- Merlock the Magician (Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers)
- Minax (Ultima II)
- Minion (Twisted Metal series)
- Mondain (Ultima I)
- Mortimer McMire (Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!)
- Mr. X (Streets of Rage series)
- Mr. X Tyrant (Resident Evil 2))
- Mutated rancor (Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy)
- Nahatomb (Klonoa: Door to Phantomile)
- Nazrac (T-Mek)
- Nemesis (Resident Evil 3: Nemesis)
- Nergal (Fire Emblem Rekka No Ken/Blazing Sword)
- Nevan (Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening)
- Nihilanth (Half-Life)
- Night Terror (Soul Calibur III])
- Oda Nobunaga (Onimusha series)
- Ogre/True Ogre (Tekken 3)
- Olga Gurlukovich (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty)
- Omega (Dead or Alive 3) (Better known as Genra)
- Onaga (Mortal Kombat: Deception)
- Onslaught (Marvel vs. Capcom)
- Orga (Godzilla: Save the Earth)
- Organization XIII (Kingdom Hearts II)
- Orochi Hellbeast (Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks)
- The Pain (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
- Petey Piranha (Super Mario Sunshine,Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, and Super Princess Peach)
- Phalanx (Demon's Crest) (Demon's Crest)
- Phantom Ganon (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
- Pronyma (Tales of Symphonia))
- Psy-Crow (Earthworm Jim)
- Psycho Mantis (Metal Gear Solid)
- Pyron (Darkstalkers series)
- Pyramid Head (Silent Hill)
- Raidou (Dead or Alive 1 and Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate)
- Raphael Raven (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)
- Red the Dragon in (Spyro: A Hero's Tail)
- Red Skull (Captain America And The Avengers)
- Remiel (Tales of Symphonia))
- Reptile (Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks)
- Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
- Ridley (Metroid series)
- Robo-Manus (Battletoads series)
- Robot Masters (Mega Man series)
- Rodyle (Tales of Symphonia))
- Rouge the Bat (Sonic Adventure 2)
- Rugal Bernstein (King of Fighters series)
- Sarevok (Baldur's Gate series)
- Satan (Shin Megami Tensei II)
- Saturos and Menardi (Golden Sun)
- Scorpion (Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks)
- Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII)
- Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)
- Serris (Metroid Fusion)
- Seymour Guado (Final Fantasy X)
- Shadow (Tales of Symphonia))
- Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic Adventure 2)
- Shadow Lugia (Pokémon XD)
- Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks)
- Shao Kahn (Mortal Kombat II)
- Shinnok (Mortal Kombat 4)
- Shub-Niggurath (Quake)
- Sigma (Mega Man X series)
- Silhouette (Destroy All Humans)
- Sinistar (Sinistar)
- Sir Grodus (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
- Sniper Wolf (Metal Gear Solid)
- The Sorceress in Spyro: Year of the Dragon
- Soul Edge (Soul Edge and Soul Blade)
- SpaceGodzilla (Godzilla: Save the Earth)
- Steve Burnside(Resident Evil: Code Veronica)
- Starscream(Transformers)
- Sylph (Tales of Symphonia)
- Tengu (Dead or Alive 2, Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore, and Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate)
- Testament (Guilty Gear X)
- Twinrova (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
- T-002 Tyrant (Resident Evil)
- Uber Soldat (Return to Castle Wolfenstein)
- Ugh Zan III (at the end of the First Encounter in Serious Sam series)
- Ultron (Captain America And The Avengers)
- Ultros (Final Fantasy VI)
- Unknown (Tekken Tag Tournament)
- Undine (Tales of Symphonia)
- Vamp (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty)
- Vergil (Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening)
- Volgin (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
- Volt (Tales of Symphonia)
- Volvagia (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
- Walter Bernhard (Castlevania: Lament of Innocence)
- Wild Dog (Time Crisis)
- The Wizard of Yendor (NetHack)
- Xehanort/Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts)
- Xenia Onatopp (GoldenEye 007)
- Yu Yevon (Final Fantasy X)
- Yggdrasill (Tales of Symphonia)
- Yuan (Tales of Symphonia)
[edit] Endbosses
- Admiral Razorbeard (Rayman 2)
- Adolf Hitler (Wolfenstein 3D and the Japanese version of Bionic Commando)
- Alec Trevelyan (GoldenEye 007)
- Amalgamation (Codename: Kids Next Door Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E.)
- Andross (Star Fox series)
- Ansem (Kingdom Hearts)
- Ares (God of War)
- Baal (Diablo II: Lord of Destruction)
- Babylon Guardian ( Sonic Riders)
- Belger (Final Fight)
- Big Boss (Metal Gear series)
- The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
- Bowser (Mario Bros series)
- Brahman (Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2)
- Braska's Final Aeon (Final Fantasy X)
- Cackletta (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)
- Captain Syrup (Wario series)
- Chaos (Final Fantasy)
- Cloaked Nightmare (Kirby's Adventure/Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land)
- Crazy Hand (Super Smash Bros. Melee)
- Cyberdemon (Doom 3)
- Dark Cloud (Final Fantasy III)
- Dark Matter (Kirby's Dream Land 2, Kirby's Dream Land 3, and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards)
- Diablo (Diablo, Diablo II)
- Doctor Eggman/Doctor Robotnik (Sonic the Hedgehog series)
- Doctor Wily (Mega Man series)
- Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
- Dracula (Castlevania series)
- Drawcia (Kirby: Canvas Curse)
- Emperor of Palamecia (Final Fantasy II)
- Elite Four (Pokemon Red, Pokemon Blue & Pokrmon Yellow)
- Empress of Time (Prince of Persia: Warrior Within)
- Esturk (Dragon Warrior 4)
- Eyedol (Killer Instinct)
- Galacticmon (Digimon World 3)
- Ganon (The Legend of Zelda series)
- Gary Oak (Pokémon Red and Blue)
- Giygas (EarthBound series)
- Gorea (Metroid Prime: Hunters)
- Goro (Mortal Kombat)
- Gollum (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
- Icon of Sin (Doom II and Final Doom)
- Inferno (Soul Calibur 2)
- King Boo (Luigi's Mansion)
- The Immortal One (Final Fantasy XII)
- Kefka Palazzo (Final Fantasy VI)
- King Dedede (Kirby series)
- King K. Rool (Donkey Kong Country series)
- Lavos (Chrono Trigger)
- Liquid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
- Lucifer (Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne)
- Majora's Mask (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
- M. Bison (Street Fighter II)
- Mario (Donkey Kong Jr.)
- Marluxia (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
- Marx (Kirby Super Star)
- Master Hand (Super Smash Bros. series)
- Master Mold (X-Men: The Official Game)
- Meta-God (Shadow Hearts)
- Menardi (Golden Sun)
- Metroid Prime (Metroid Prime)
- Mike Tyson/Mr Dream (Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!)
- Miracle Matter (Kirby 64:The Crystal Shards)
- Mother Brain (Metroid series)
- Mother Hydra (Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth)
- Mundus (Devil May Cry)
- Naggarok (Homeworld: Cataclysm)
- Necron (Final Fantasy IX)
- Dr. Nefarious (Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal)
- Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot series)
- Neo X-Death (Final Fantasy V)
- Larry "Pixy" Foulke (Ace Combat Zero)
- Princess Shroob (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)
- O/O2 (Kirby's Dream Land 3 & Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards)
- Omega Metroid (Metroid Fusion)
- Orga (Godzilla: Save the Earth)
- Osmund Saddler (Resident Evil 4)
- Queen Slug-For-A-Butt (Earthworm Jim)
- Ripto (Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage)
- Safer Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)
- Saturos (Golden Sun)
- Shadow Queen (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
- Sherudo Garo (Time Crisis)
- Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series)
- Shuyin (Final Fantasy X-2)
- Sigma (Mega Man X series)
- Skeith (.hack//Infection)
- Smithy (Super Mario RPG)
- Spider Mastermind (Doom)
- Solidus Snake (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty)
- Tartarus (Halo 2)
- Tatanga (Super Mario Land)
- Tyrant (Resident Evil series)
- Ultimecia (Final Fantasy VIII)
- Vaati (The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap)
- Vizier (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones)
- Walter Sullivan (Silent Hill 4: The Room)
- Wario (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)
- Wart (Super Mario Bros. 2)
- Wizpig (Diddy Kong Racing)
- Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts II)
- YHWH (Shin Megami Tensei II)
- Yu Yevon (Final Fantasy X)
- Zarathustra (Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra)
- Zephiel (Fire Emblem: The Sealed Sword)
- Zeromus (Final Fantasy IV)
[edit] Superbosses
A superboss or hidden boss is an optional boss of extreme difficulty. A superboss is usually found near the end of a game (sometimes after beating the final boss), generally, but not always, stronger than the final antagonist. They exist to give the player an extra challenge and offer great rewards for their defeat, although it is mostly for bragging rights since the player usually needs to be so strong that the reward usually is not all that useful. The Final Fantasy series traditionally does not usually offer any form of reward that is of any use to the player in the game.
Examples of superbosses include:
- Abyssion, Garr, Farah, Meredy, Living Armor, Kuchinawa, and Maxwell in Tales of Symphonia
- Admiral Gregorio from Skies of Arcadia: Legends
- Alpha Weltall from Xenogears
- Angra Mainyu in Final Fantasy X-2
- Anti Guy, Kent C. Koopa, and The Master (third form) in Paper Mario
- Arale Norimaki and Raditz in Dragon Ball 3: Story of Goku
- Asura, unofficial Titan in Vagrant Story
- The Lord of Terror Baal and his later form Uber Prinny baal, the ultimate enemy in Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.
- Barius in Rolan's Curse 1 & 2
- Bass EXE. in all Megaman Battle Network Series games
- Biolizard and Finalhazard in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
- Black Rabite in Seiken Densetsu 3
- Boba Fett in Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
- Bonetail in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
- Culex and the Fire, Water, Earth and Wind Crystals in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
- Cybeasts SP in Megaman Battle Network 6
- Dark Matter in the Kirby series
- The Dahaka in The Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
- Deadbeard in Golden Sun
- Demogorgon in Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
- Devil Doom in Shadow the Hedgehog
- Dullahan, Star Magician, Valukar, and Sentinel in Golden Sun: The Lost Age
- Eagun in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Egg Dragon in Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
- Emerald Weapon and Ruby Weapon in Final Fantasy VII
- Esturk (Dragon Warrior 5)
- Fargus in Fire Emblem
- Finalhazard in Sonic Adventure 2
- Forgotten One from Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
- Gabriel Celesta and Iseria Queen, the recurring superbosses in tri-Ace (now tri-Crescendo) games
- Gabriel Celesta, Lenneth, The Ethereal Queen and Freya in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
- Galamoth from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Gelda Nebilim, Reid Hershel, Philia Philis, Mint Adenade, and Nanaly Fletch from Tales of the Abyss
- Giga Bowser and Crazy Hand in Super Smash Bros. Melee (Crazy Hand is an interesting variation on the Superboss. Instead of being fought before or after the final boss, it appears during the fight, on top of the current one to add extra challenge.)
- Gonzap in Pokémon Colosseum
- Hades in Final Fantasy IX
- Item God, the master of legendary weapons and Item God2, the master of the ultimate weapons in Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.
- Legion and Nuculais from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
- Lucifer in Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
- Magician Faust in The Legend of Dragoon
- Marjoly, a highly powerful witch in Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.
- Megadragon in Might and Magic V: Darkside of Xeen
- Metal Madness and Metal Overlord in Sonic Heroes
- Mobius 1 in Ace Combat Zero
- Nemesis in Final Fantasy X
- Night Terror in Soul Calibur III
- Ninetails, Duckbill Moles and Rafflesian in Mega Man X: Command Mission
- Omega in Final Fantasy V
- Ozma in Final Fantasy IX
- Paragon/Trema in Final Fantasy X-2
- Penance and the Dark Aeons in Final Fantasy X: International Edition
- Perfect Chaos in Sonic Adventure
- Phantom in Megaman Zero 3
- Phantom, Kurt Zisa, Ice Titan, Sephiroth and Enigmatic Man (only in Final Mix) in Kingdom Hearts
- Prinny God, the second strongest Prinny in Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.
- Priere, a powerful Demon in Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
- Protoman FZ in Megaman Battle Network 6
- Ragu Ragla in Wild ARMs
- Ram in Space Station Silicon Valley
- Red and the Kanto Gym Leaders in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
- Satan in Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
- Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2
- Shinryu in Final Fantasy V
- Soma Cruz in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (while not really a secret boss, he is the final boss of the secret "Julius mode.")
- Spekkio in Chrono Trigger
- Steven and the Frontier Brains in Pokémon Emerald
- Super Vegeta in Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Super Saiyan
- Sword dancer in Tales of series
- The Dark Demon in Demon's Crest
- Trema in Final Fantasy X-2
- Über Diablo and Chaos Tristram Prime Evils in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (Battle.net only)
- Ultima Weapon and Omega Weapon in Final Fantasy VIII
- Vize in Skies of Arcadia: Legends
- Warmech in Final Fantasy I