7 Brutal Bonus Levels to Punish Good Players

[@Yuritau]

"We're better than that." should have been IMMEDIATELY followed by a Jane or Mike "are we?" from off-screen.

[@deathbykonami5487]

Yeah missed opportunity since getting into the real mile high club under a minute will probably get you kicked off most airlines, if I'm being honest (and I'm not even mentioning the intense motion sickness)

[@WolfyFancyLads]

"Or, if you're English, that bloody palace!". This got me, I'll be honest.

[@Dracinard]

Reminds me of the Bloodborne secret boss (well, boss level enemy) - the Bloody Crow of Cainhurst. I'm certain he was originally just the Crow of Cainhurst, until someone tried playing against him.

[@deathbykonami5487]

@@Dracinard yeah pretty much I lost count how many Souls-Borne bosses couldn't been named something else before an English person fought them

[@GhengisJohn]

That feeling when you realize the guy who made a Mario Maker level that plays _Country Road_ probably spent more time play testing his creation than Bethesda did with Fallout 76.

[@claytonmartin3305]

GhengisJohn haha dedication

[@IamaPERSON]

Hello, 911? Yeah, we got a sick burn, here.

[@VonBlade]

All this just works.

[@lekhapratap1652]

Give that guy a medal.

[@XescoPicas]

Because they had a fun idea that they wanted to make, and they put dedication in it. Bethesda was just trying to squeeze money from us in the laziest possible way.

[@dweebicusmaximus]

Path of pain. Hollow knight. An absurdly hard level whose final jump lands you face first into a surprise boss fight. And if they flatten you into a tiny buggy pancake, you have to do the whole thing over again

[@shadowstar8619]

Or Godmaster's Pantheon of Hallownest. A mass gauntlet of every boss in the game *powered up* with only occasional pauses for health. Problem is, if you die, you need to start from the first guy and climb back up to the top brass.

[@NGMonocrom]

Jane being evil, she'd recognize when game developers are being evil too. Thankfully she treats subscribers like pets. So the rest of us have nothing to worry about..... hopefully.

[@JachAnen]

Guinea pigs are pets, so we probably do

[@videohound2005]

Pets or future test subjects???

[@DarkPhoenix671]

Idk, she did corrupt Frostmourne so I’d say we’re just biding our time right now.

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

Haul ass if she offers cake

[@videohound2005]

@@logicaloverdrive8197 Well it may not be a lie, and its cake. What's the worst that could happen?

[@ben001bunnet]

Where is my lovely Bayonetta? The platinum tickets for the awesome boss fight with Rodin.

[@Goldenkitten1]

More important where is Onimushas Dark Realm? It was the predocessor to every deviously hard bonus level to be made in games like DMC and Bayonetta or any other action hack-n-slasher since.

[@dallydaydream]

"We *were* going to make a joke about that, but we're better than that." I approve this method of having your cake and eating it ;)

[@patrickd8654]

Especially when they actually go ahead and make the joke, so we know they aren't really saying, "We wanted to make a joke but couldn't think of one."

[@fett01]

Mario Odyssey Darker Side of the Moon. Every time you die in that game you lose 10 coins. I started that level with 9000 coins. I ended with 0, and never made it more than a third in. You beat me, Mario Odyssey. You beat me.

[@bendystopfan4068]

Oh everyone in the Hollow Knight fandom knows that the Path of Pain is literally PAIN!!!

[@IamaPERSON]

I mean, would you really expect something different, if you have to go out of your way to do something?

[@beepboprobotsnot3748]

Gonna be honest, I didn't expect other Hollow Knight fans here. That said, I AGREE COMPLETELY!

[@wwklnd]

I was gonna comment this. Hard agree, absolutely punishing.

[@adamfritz1447]

Yes! Path of Pain was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title of this video!

[@zerochill4326]

I only just picked it up a few months ago totally got hooked on it then accidentally discovered the the path of pain and just said "nope"..

[@bradsmovies]

"Harder than a diamond-coated quadratic equation" - well said, Jane, that belongs on a T-shirt!

[@GhengisJohn]

Actually all Super Mario Odyssey levels are nightmare hell levels if you stop to think about what Cappy is doing to the souls of Mario's victims.

[@thundercookie3214]

Thank you. I had just conveniently managed to suppress that memory.

[@YourGameSucks]

Mario cucked so many dudes at Metro Kingdom.

[@randomstranger8554]

Um, pushing them to a farther state of the body and then returning it to it's original position when you hop out?

[@GhengisJohn]

@@randomstranger8554 I don't know if you've seen much of this channel's Super Mario Odyssey game play, but what I was referencing here was sort of an in-joke based on the "channel canon" idea that they developed of of what happens. (souls being consumed, the victim having to watch helplessly as Mario uses their body to kill all their friends, the process hurting immensely, etc). They really seemed to enjoy the idea that the bright and colorful Mario game was secretly terrifying and I was just referencing that. Luckily, I'm still here to explain the joke.

[@randomstranger8554]

@@GhengisJohn I don't watch the gameplay, I only watch the list videos. That's the reason I did not know of this.

[@Betta66]

"Who knew Jaws was so hard to kill?" Uh...everyone who saw The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker?

[@andymcp4752]

I always wondered if the developers that made these bonus levels and challenges ever had to beat them, or did they just think yeah that's technically possible I'm sure some lightning thumbed weirdos out there have got this

[@rewritable_]

I remember watching interview of Bennett Foddy (of Getting Over It). He or his host mentioned, that in some games playtesting is a wasted effort - as long as you make sure it's theoretically possible to go through a place, you can be sure that within a day after game's release, there will be a video on KZbin with someone speedrunning through that area, blindfolded and with a wired-up potatoes as controller.

[@IamaPERSON]

@@rewritable_ that's interesting, but I'd still hire some play testers, just so it's not a buggy mess.

[@CyberDragon10K]

I read somewhere that IGA said his boss designers for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night were forced to perfect kill (i.e. never get hit by) the bosses they themselves designed with only a stubby knife to prove that it could be physically done. There were apparently some close calls on a few of them. A bit tangential, but some devs go through those sorts of paces.

[@LazzyVamples]

@@CyberDragon10K Guess that's why development took so long.

[@ghostderazgriz]

@@CyberDragon10K Yea... that would tempt me to downgrade the boss though. If I have a first draft and it's crazy difficult, how do I know when to stop nerfing it? When is it me as the player who should git gud vs. me as the designer who should balance better? That doesn't sound like an easy line to walk on and I'd argue that it would actually make the game easier overall. But the game may speak for itself.

[@DaneTheDane]

In an alternate timeline, Mike Channel is a professional racecar driver.

[@druudru5356]

He is in this one, too! He owns a race car and participated in a race. That's a race driver in my book.

[@dr.dylansgame5583]

@@druudru5356 now i wanna see mike rally race a quattro or something shit would be epic

[@CaitlinRC]

The octodad bonus level in the aquarium... I have never raged so much in my life.

[@IamaPERSON]

WATER you talking about? Ok, but seriously, I think the hardest bonus level is turbo tunnels from battletoads. That is a bonus level, right? Right!?

[@IamaPERSON]

@Relixa86 oh no! I'm so screwed!

[@lekhapratap1652]

Very nearly broke my controller.

[@fireblade295]

Not a bonus level, but I will always fit it in whenever its "toughest levels" OG Battlefront 2 campaign Jedi Temple level. I actually broke the disc because of that fucking level.

[@Avalon_1991]

Sephiroth in the Olympus Colluseum in Kingdom Hearts 1 was one of the most difficult bonus levels of all time.

[@ervincarabeo7654]

More of a boss battle than bonus level, but yes, the one winged angel can shove it where the sun don't shine

[@gigas801]

The second sephiroth bonus fight. Developers-"Hey saw you beat that impossible boss, here's the hard version." Sephiroth-"SOUL HARVEST"

[@tripple-a6031]

Lol nope, it's not even in the top 10 of the hardest boss battles in the series. Almost everyone of the Data XIII is harder, Unknown, Lingering Will, Eraqus Armor, No Heart, Vanitas Remnant and oh yeah that one little guy of BbS, Mysterious Figure aka Young Xehanort. And as already said, it's an extra boss not a level.

[@xeroabyss9597]

I think all of the extra bosses on that game were tyrant monstrosities

[@RedSpade37]

​@@xeroabyss9597Love the way you put that, just wanted to say! They were, in fact, tyrant monstrosities.

[@devoniousk5995]

What about path of pain in Hollow Knight. The path of pain can be found after getting the second half of the kingsoul from the now dead pale king, the path of pain is located in a secret breakable wall in the White Palace (you need 1800 eccence to get there) and it’s a very hard test of skill with brutal platforming and no benches (save points) at the end there’s some lore and two kings moulds (tanky enemies) it also shows the pale king and The Hollow Knight having a moment together.

[@devoniousk5995]

You will also need the awoken dream nail (sword) upgrade to enter the white palace

[@MrDalisclock]

The white palace is already hard. Path of Pain is basically that with some extra layers of Screw You added

[@devoniousk5995]

MrDalisclock pretty much, yeah :)

[@johncao6516]

I spent 12 hours total getting through this. The king's moulds at the end are easy though, just down strike as if they're saw blades until they're dead. After 12 hours of striking at saw blades that was second nature.

[@devoniousk5995]

John Cao I know that kings moulds are easy but they can throw you off especially if you somehow did it without Hiveblood or the pure nail also great job for beating it, I have not yet :(.

[@pureiceblue]

I'm surprised the extra stages in the Touhou games weren't included. All of them are brutal as all hell and are accurate simulations for trying to dodge rain in the middle of a hurricane.

[@Maniacman2030]

You know who the best Touhou players are. They're the ones who come over to your house during a downpour and get there completely dry while everyone else is soaking wet. Because they consider using an umbrella much like using a bomb to clear the screen.

[@RedSpade37]

All it really takes is one of the big channels to play one of the more memorable games (whichever one, really), and Touhou might catch on. So many good examples of the "tropes" and such in that series that I *never* see anyone make content about on channels like these, and I'm at least a little surprised, since Touhou is such a great example of Bullet Hell/Curtain games. The series just needs more mainstream recognition, I feel, and then we'll start to see more examples from Touhou in videos like these.

[@The-Majin-Glaceon]

Missed opportunity to include the final bonus stage in Tekken 7, Where you play as Devil Kazuya against Akuma who even more cheap than Shao Kahn from MK9.

[@NoahWolfWiseKingWolf]

Akumas tracking rage art

[@IamaPERSON]

Do you think it's called Rage Art because Namco knew that would make players mad?

[@spacejesus6581]

Speaking of MK9, Quan Chi is so horrible in the hands of a player that I couldn’t beat Kahn on Easy with the uppercut technique, meanwhile I can take him down on Hard as Scorpion with moves

[@MrMutou]

Duuuude I spent like SO long trying to beat him before i just started cheatin to win which was...quite dishonorable and still took awhile😂

[@zelg.5551]

I still stand by my opinion that Nancy is the most unfair boss in Tekken.

[@VonBlade]

You know Bloody Palace is hard when the footage used ALL the cheats :)

[@dudescrawny5859]

Damn, I hardly noticed! I was honestly surprised that the footage was actually stylish. I doubt that was auto assist either.

[@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013]

It honestly isn't *that* hard, it's just that no one at OX is super into DMC, and they were only playing it to get the footage. I'm mostly surprised that they bothered to learn the trick with Devil Trigger and the beowulf uppercut.

[@VoidBL]

@@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013 it's definitely hard I've watched my cousin try to beat it multiple times and he has dedicated hundreds maybe a thousand hours to that game and even he has trouble after a certain point because you have to be perfect.

[@Coswalker27]

Jane wearing a really nice shirt. And now I'm jealous.

[@shashwatsharma2596]

we haven't seen luke and ellen for a few days maybe it was their handiwork? punishment for not letting prudence use her new power.

[@PhilBoswell]

Of Jane or the shirt? I'll get my coat ;-)

[@Coswalker27]

@@PhilBoswell I think it a shirt.

[@YourGameSucks]

They all cute AF. I imagine their workplace is pretty great.

[@JoshuaKimbrough]

She definitely has a fashion deal

[@basharmously2162]

No Mission Mode from Ninja Gaiden Black ? it felt like the entire campaign was like a tutorial compared to it.

[@SephyInABox]

No, for real... who's playing this footage of DMC4 and where can I send them cookies?

[@NoahWolfWiseKingWolf]

Definitely not them

[@Lacusveris]

Definitely Jane

[@LeMac-12]

They don’t give credit so we’ll never know

[@veras7927]

It isn't the same person but if you look up donguri990, he's well known for doing ridiculous stuff in dmc games.

[@maxvel0city906]

I haven't seen Narascus lately.🤔 Could it be?

[@noamz9527]

What are you talking about Andy? Myst games are amazing! Although I guess my father likes them too... You win this time....

[@myrrhfortheroad]

noam zilbershats, I ditto all of this!

[@DiegoG2004]

HOW is not Hollow Knight's Path of Pain in the list? That place is so hard its difficulty is memed by the comunity! The guard outside must have been the only one who thought of the White Palace as an impenerable fortress of saws and DOOM.

[@cuddlyowls85]

Diego Guillén I can affirm that as someone who completed the Path of Pain with one mask left. I also think that the Godmaster DLC should also be included, especially the last boss rush. I still haven’t completed it

[@aericwolf]

The exact thought that I had when watching this. I was expecting it to come up the whole time.

[@ClownDollThatHasContemptForYou]

The pale king love his saws and traps

[@BroudbrunMusicMerge]

Welp, looks like this one's probably going in the commenter's edition

[@n30nrabbit95]

Lol the pale king be like: you know what would go well with the castle walls? Saws and death traps all over, very zen and very trendy.

[@ViktorEngelmann]

"The interactive photoalbum your dad likes" perfect description of Myst

[@WorldWideWub]

Land Of The Livid Dead from Rayman Origins. Just a nightmare of tentacles and spikes from start to finish.

[@ClownDollThatHasContemptForYou]

I repeated the different parts so many times

[@anarchyantz1564]

Tentacles and spikes........yeah I think we have all had one of those nightmares.

[@nashvontookus7451]

Jesus, yeah. The entry requirement was those skull teeth and the reward was literally hell.

[@mnArqal93]

I thought of that too, which reminds me. I've got to go back and finish that level now. Probably still nowhere near as hard as the entirety of the first Rayman though

[@generallysorry1589]

You know what would fit in right here? The Maze of Tribulations from literally any Star Ocean Game.

[@VexerZero]

Hollow Knight: The Path of Pain - *Buzzsaw Noises*

[@herbertluna1887]

*shivers*

[@kacciocciacciara]

They still haunt my sleep...

[@macnamaryb7773]

Absolute Radiance Intensifies. Grey Prince Zote Intensifies. MARKOTH INTENSIFIES.

[@donovanmahan2901]

TINK! TINK! TINK! TINK! **ded**

[@jimijenkins2548]

@@macnamaryb7773 Radiant Markoth still haunts my nightmares

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

What about Tofu in Resident Evil 2 (Remake included) where after unlocking and beating Hunks stage you get to play as Tofu which only has a knife and has to do what Hunk did.

[@mpbMKE]

Wasn't it just last year they had Tofu in about 5 consecutive lists? 😂

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

@@mpbMKE Did they? I don't recall. XD I do remember how often the end to Red Dead Redemption appeared in lists.

[@petermarcroft3550]

Was gonna say this myself. Both games had brutal extra modes. Ghost Survivors is also pretty ruthless!

[@InDelibleEXP]

What about Cave Story's "Hell" level? I haven't played it in six years, but it's STILL haunting me...

[@dyciefisk2535]

Ah, yes... The Bloodstained Sanctuary

[@octochan]

I scrolled down to see if anyone mentioned Cave Story. Was not disappointed.

[@VolutoEighto]

Them talking about Bloody Palace gave me ptsd of that freaking falling platform segment that would eat my health like a fat kid at a buffet.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

How about Cave Story's extra final level? That one was _wonderfully_ sadistic, but very satisfying to finally beat! ❤️ 🏹

[@Kingkiller_Azoth]

Secret bosses video next!? The entire Kingdom Hearts series is enough for a whole video. I wouldn't mind that.

[@BJGvideos]

I wonder how the real Kurt Ziza is doing.

[@barrybend7189]

Megaman ZX Omega hidden boss.

[@Kingkiller_Azoth]

@Marc Phen good question. I'd say she's more of an optional boss but could still be put on the list

[@jamesbrice3267]

@Marc Phen Only if you took her down solo.

[@macnamaryb7773]

Absolute Radiance needs some love...

[@bjchit]

Medal of Honor: Underground. Release the Panzernacker.

[@Narakiomal]

No mention of the “Path of Pain” from Hollow Knight? Come on guys, there’s literally nothing more brutal than that XD

[@conwaysquest6961]

The pantheon of hallow nest would like to have a word with you.

[@ВасилийПупкин-ж8и]

"Welcome to hell" stage in Cave Story?

[@macnamaryb7773]

Pantheon of Hallownest. Literally just Pantheon of Hallownest

[@ZZZZordan]

@@macnamaryb7773 The pantheon is not a "bonus level", it's a full dlc

[@haydeng3316]

@@ZZZZordan no the pantheon of Hallownest is one of 5 levels in a dlc

[@karenbonds264]

The Zero Isle dungeons in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers. 99 floors+ Going level 1 with no items+having to quicksave+ monster houses= a lesson in pain

[@luckywallace]

I have to shout-out to Champion Road in Super Mario 3D World - that was a mission to unlock and then absolutely brutal to get through. I only did it by abusing the tanooki and cat suits as much as possible.

[@Reyven_]

I was kinda expecting hollow knight or Star ocean 3 but I guess those are more like brutal bonus bosses.

[@Neopulse00]

An idea for a video: "10 Games that Speedrunners made us look bad playing"

[@zapdragon5942]

Super Mario 64

[@paulsilagi4783]

100% GTA 5

[@idioticpanther8068]

Jane said dropkick something! Clearly all the Wrestle Talk (Arf Arf) from Andy and Mike got to her, and I love it!

[@maxlith1184]

Hollow knight: path of pain sO HaRd

[@hudsonball4702]

The Extra levels in "Medal of Honor Underground" for the PS1. I have yet, to this day, to beat them all. The Rotten to the Corps level especially is balls to the wall impossible to beat. And what's worse you can't use cheat codes on those levels until you beat them regally first. With very few med kits and ammo for you to collect you have to save every bullet and explosive you do manage to find and try and dodge bullets to stay alive. All the while you have to find and assemble a human sized Nutcracker to fight along side you but can't shoot for spit.

[@OverseerMoti]

And those nutcrackers have 99% accuracy, on top of that. But if you know their behavior, you can pass the bonus mission like I did. Good luck.

[@brandonfoley6826]

I don't know in what world user-created levels that are the entire point of the game count as "bonus levels" but okay. There were plenty better choices. "...which are presumably cruel jokes by GAME DESIGNERS who want you to suffer"

[@D_YellowMadness]

Agreed. Most of the levels they showed were completely fair & not even very hard. Meanwhile, Nintendo's levels are mostly either extremely easy or stupidly unfair difficulty spikes that come out of nowhere & force you beat an entire level without getting hit while using a mechanic you haven't used before.

[@Cuuniyevo]

Steamworld Dig 2 also had a very difficult bonus level. You had to finish multiple mini levels back to back without any save and minimal healing. One of the mini levels required that you use perfect momentum-jumping, which had never been required or taught in any part of the game before that point. Another mini level has you trying to navigate a narrow obstacle course while being chased by missiles, which you need to reflect into some of those obstacles while avoiding splash damage.

[@Gidi66]

I remember playing Devil may cry 3 special edition on my ps2 and playing the bloody palace only to get the boss fight where you fight the doppelganger and you have to attack stuff to make light and me at 13 years old didn't understand what you where suppose to do and just kept on getting killed until I finally played the story where it's hinted at what your suppose to do and finally after a year of being killed by the doppelganger I finally managed to kill it

[@cactustactics]

Having played through Bayonetta recently that DMC4 challenge looks absolutely serene

[@sparkydeltorro]

Never thought I'd see a spoiler warning for Sega rally!

[@OfficialJamion]

Now I just want a live stream of Jane playing some of the SMM2 Troll levels.

[@SerathDarklands]

8:33 - You better not be hating on _Myst_ - that game _WAS_ my childhood. That and _Riven_ - both were absolute masterpieces.

[@BJGvideos]

I remember staring in astonishment at the graphics. You know, for the era.

[@SerathDarklands]

@@BJGvideos Oh, absolutely. Even by today's standards, they're certainly not _bad._ I loved the story the games told, especially because they told the story by showing, not telling. There was so much you could do, you could just wander and explore, toggle switches, ride on things, activate machines... It was a whole different world, and was so immersive.

[@Psychroclasm]

"A lot more of them seem to be striving to create the most difficult and frustrating level possible." Ceave laughs in the distance.

[@donovanmahan2901]

The Perfect Run: Hey you know that long bonus level full of enemies? Do that again, but without taking any damage during any part of it.

[@Rafalmand]

There are a lot of channels on youtube that try to do comedy but none of them do it nearly as well as outsidexbox/xtra. The witty silly one-liners delivered with the seriousness and dryness go together like pineapple on pizza. May not be everyones favorite but can be appreciated by an enlightened fue

[@rollerbirdie]

Oh, and the Trial of the Sword DLC from Breath of the Wild! That was difficult, especially with no weapons at the beginning

[@RedSpade37]

I adore the Bloody Palace. When I was a kid, I thought it was just such a mind-blowing concept, especially getting to fight "Dark Dante". Love it. Edit: Oh my god, it's in 5!?? Yes! Oh my gosh, yes!

[@skiller5034]

"The point of Mario Maker is to (..) play the thousands upon thousands of other user-created levels" And making you pay 20 bucks a year in order to even have the ability to do so.

[@thundercookie3214]

Solid business model: minimal effort, maximum profit. I should try and figure out how to adapt that philosophy to my daily life...

[@alexlee4154]

@@thundercookie3214 'Work smarter, not harder'

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

I'm sure it's $20 annual. But I know, it is different from "free of charge" from the Wii U era...

[@SomeoneYouDontKnowOfficial]

The Challenge is the bane of my existence, I feel like I've been Stockholmed to love Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt, or maybe he's just that good.

[@devilmaycry09dante]

Mile High Club better be here. I still remember spending nearly 2 hours on Veteran

[@miguelbueno774]

I spent 3 but good for us right haha

[@06_342]

What about the over power levels from borderlands 2? To unlock them, you had to beat the game on all three difficulties and be at maximum level! You then had to fight a gauntlet of bosses TEN TIMES without dying, and at increasing difficulty to beat it!

[@VansceslasNc]

Super Meat Boy Chapter 7: The Cotton Alley And its Dark World Alternative

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

Kamek, the post-game secret boss of Yoshi's Crafted World you unlocked after getting enough flowers, was an alarming step up in difficulty from the *actual* final boss of the game.

[@mackthisarrowhearth295]

Donkey Kong Returns/Tropical Freeze golden temple and such

[@Ag3nt0fCha0s]

I loved tropical freeze but have forgotten the other one :S

[@Starfals]

I love this channel :) Always fun to watch the lists and shows

[@LillySwifty]

The bonus levels in the Professor Layton games are pretty tough...

[@1Thunderfire]

Oh god, the block slide puzzles were the bane of my life!

[@LillySwifty]

@@1Thunderfire Same at first, and now I love them...

[@michaldanek7734]

"that interactive photo album your dad likes" Ooooh ooh Andy if both of those things weren't so true I'd be ohhh so miffed!

[@jekebe4858]

Particularly when you're afraid of spiders. As Ellen nopes right out.

[@coyoteartist]

I wonder if she was anywhere even in the city when they did that one.

[@yt_Ajay_]

After Fallout 76 bombed, I thought "man, it sucks that I'll never, ever hear Country Roads ever again ever. sigh.." But thanks to Oxbox, I get to hear it over and over again in my head for at least a couple of weeks! Thank you Oxbox!

[@DeadKavaiol]

No Hollow Knight? Really? It has like 3 "secrets" of this exact category.

[@brittlekneesmgee3674]

Path of pain Pantheons Zote dream fights

[@alexandrugrajdeanu9443]

Congrats from a musician for stopping the jazzy music during the "spoilers" part on the first beat of the next measure of the phrase, it saved me from micro nightmares and ear worms, imagining how it would continue past that beat... Thank you for your care!

[@florianricquart4114]

A level in Mario Maker 2 plays Country Road ? Must be a RTGame fan (sorry :p)

[@cjowen25]

I'm not sure this counts, but Sepheroth is technically a bonus baddy in Kingdom Hearts, and he can ROYALLY DO ONE.

[@epicfail9271]

Andy, you're clearly not above making a one minute mile high club joke, cause you referenced it!

[@gameguru7575]

I literally read your comment as he said it in my viewing

[@epicfail9271]

@@gameguru7575 sweet

[@brianbawiina1279]

@@gameguru7575 same

[@lewayprevis]

Mike, it's easy to tell you the spider is more afraid of you; you aren't afraid of anything.

[@NeonRunes]

DMC 4 Not only has bloody palace, it has a mode where enemies have hard mode health and YOU die in one hit

[@NEETKitten]

Hell and Hell has been a thing since DMC 3

[@NeonRunes]

@@NEETKitten Yeah I just think it's more fun in dmc4

[@desmofan1864]

I loved LIMBO so much! The secret secret eggs were a real pain to find, but I did manage it after many... many... many... hours. The bonus puzzle levels in Ilomilo were fantastically mind bending, IMO. The only thing that kept me from rage quitting one of them was the adorable soundtrack.

[@luketsimmons1982]

I seem to remember the Shinobi throwing stars bonus level was either very easy or incredibly hard... 🤔 maybe that where TAB got it's Ninja character unit inspiration from?

[@Alsebra]

"We're going deep and we're going hard." Mile High Club...checks out.

[@marsm9]

No God of war original trilogy bonus levels or Bayonetta challenge levels?

[@ILikeCHEEZ9]

Pretty sure bayonetta was kept off because that game is clearly a homage to DMC so it'd be redundant. And GoW takes inspiration from it too. Not to say they arent hard but I imagine youtube creators wanna showcase variety

[@insaneoasis]

Still working on the bonus level on The Witness. I fear I will be stuck there forever dreading the beginning notes of “in the hall of the mountain king”.

[@Eight-Bit-Kit]

You'll finish it! Remembering the maze layout was my biggest problem...

[@TowkayCC]

Andy: " ...my notebook about the Kennedy assassination." *FBI wants to know your location*

[@marhawkman303]

Don't be silly, the FBI would never go to Britain to steal a notebook... they'd either tell the CIA to do it or call MI6.

[@kyarch2948]

Rodin in Bayonetta was such a cool bonus level! Especially because it isn't necessarily secret so much as it is difficult to get to to begin with. Plus, the boss fight is pretty epic, considering you've taken on city sized monsters in game already.

[@lifeincolour09]

Watching this from the forest, near a pond, 4G everywhere, wooooo. You uploaded early today.

[@Ag3nt0fCha0s]

Enjoying nature there bruh?

[@lifeincolour09]

@@Ag3nt0fCha0s Quite a bit. Had to leave soon after though.

[@JeremyB0911]

Frigid Outskirts in Dark Souls 2. I still can’t even hear either of those words without having PTSD flashbacks of giant thunder unicorns charging me from a completely whites out screen

[@NeonRunes]

There is also a load of secret bonus levels in KINGDOM HEARTS:Birth by sleep's arena mode that are every bit hard as the music is good, and it is REALLY GOOD

[@Ghostkid825]

Honestly, the brutal bonus levels from the more recent 3D Mario games could make up half of a list on their own. Odyssey had the "Darker Side", 3D Land had the harder "Special 8-CROWN", and 3D World had the even harder "Champion's Road". Super Mario Galaxy 2's "The Perfect Run" definitely tops the list, though, as it's a nightmarish gauntlet of platforming and dodging where taking even *one single hit* means instant death and restarting from the very beginning. At least in the other brutal bonus levels, you're allowed to take damage...

[@StygTac]

Literally any optional end game bosses in the original kingdom hearts

[@ILikeCHEEZ9]

Mile High Club is the crowning achievement for all modern warfare fans. That level is no joke. Every move has to be flawless to avoid losing time because if you get a save point but don't have enough time you're screwed.

[@maxvel0city906]

You know what the best Bonus Level is: OUTSIDE XTRA! 😀

[@bartoszkrawczyk5921]

That DMC4 footage tho. Proper cancels and stuff, and fishing for that meaty uppercut on Dante. Me likey. And honestly, where is Hollow Knight with, Path of Pain, Pantheon of Hallownest and Eternal Ordeal? All are optional, and freaking tough.

[@bartoszkrawczyk5921]

And loool, what was that aimbot on Mile High Club.

[@diredinosaus]

I don't know if this counts, but what about the Pantheon of Hallownest in Hollow Knight? I'd say fighting *43 bosses* without checkpoints is quite the brutal bonus.

[@IamaPERSON]

Good lord! Can you at least kill a boss, then get a prompt asking if you want to leave and return?

[@bartoszkrawczyk5921]

Nope. All 43 bosses and minibosses of the game. Back to back. Sometimes a room for a breather. Oh, did i mention some bosses are buffed, like a battle with Mantis Lords where instead of fighting you 1v1 and 2v1 - they all come at once? And included in the buffs are two end bosses who were already tough as nails? Yeah, it's amazing.

[@IamaPERSON]

@@bartoszkrawczyk5921 holy crap! I feel bad for anyone that 100% finishes any game they play!

[@diredinosaus]

@@IamaPERSON You don't need to do it for 100% completion, though you do have to for 2 of the endings. (I think. I'll probably never achieve that)

[@IamaPERSON]

@@diredinosaus ok, so I just looked it up, and yes, you have to do it for two endings.

[@Hisha1303]

Hollow Knight has several of these! Such as the aptly named Path of Pain Bonus bosses such as Nightmare King Grimm And the Pantheon of Hallownest challenge in the last DLC that's a boss rush against EVERY boss in the game culminating in an even more difficult version of the Radiance fight (as if she wasn't already difficult enough...)

[@varunchaturvedi2581]

Now I HAVE to play the Country Roads level.

[@1stFireDancer]

The Dragon Quest VIII dragovian sanctuary final boss, after completing the trial several times, you fight the boss one last time, and have to beat it 8 times in a row with no breaks, while it gets continuously harder

[@-coldfear-9778]

Darksiders series have the crucible where you fight of waves of enemies until you reach Mister K

[@-coldfear-9778]

It's not hard but without proper gear it's difficult

[@anikadark]

Oh yes, Mister K, old chap :)

[@tomgymer7719]

Jane once again killing it with the cool shirts!

[@milkworms7839]

Akuma In tekken 7 still haunts me. Oh and any level past something like 317 In cloudberry kingdom is apparently actually impossible.

[@afinchinthedark]

Legend of Zelda gauntlets... Twilight princess's in particular. These are out of the way most times, hidden in a late game area, and have no quests attached to them. Literally just a gauntlet with very few breaks or rewards. They're not difficult if you know what to expect, but for the woefully under-prepared, it's like fighting Ganon with the Kokiri sword and wooden shield only, but 20+ times with increasing difficulty.

[@emeraldgiss]

I thought that super mario galaxy 2 would be on this list but its not If you collect every star, comet star, and green star. And they you can play grandmaster galaxy the perfect run. and is so far the hardest 3d mario level.

[@sampawli7985]

The secret stages beyond Star Road in Super Mario World come to mind. Not only are they named timeless phrases like "Groovy," "Far out," and "Tubular," they also contain the same stress-inducing difficulty as any Mario Maker level.

[@boomerangmiaro7778]

Ummm why is Celeste not on this list, Its Bonus levels (aka B-Sides and C-Sides) Can be quite brutal

[@boomerangmiaro7778]

And Do not get me started on the GOLDEN STRAWBERRIES, which in order to collect them you need to beat the whole level without dieing. Which can severely anger people

[@boomerangmiaro7778]

And THOSE WRETCHED THINGS ALSO APPEAR IN B-SIDES AND C-SIDES

[@drewthelovable6809]

I was waiting for Farewell to show up

[@CD-Gaming]

That Spaghetti course from Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, which does not feature in any Event, but you can practice on it! Nürburgring: "I have insane corners!" Fujimi: "I have insane corners!" Spaghetti: "Aww, how cute! Here, hold my beer!" There's also that area in Dirge of Cerberus Final Fantasy VII in which Vincent has to defeat 100 enemies in a row, without a break and with finite resources! I still remember the big buggers...