The Best and Worst Boss Fights in Every Mario Game

[@lextahsy]

No one cares about pin or first beggars

[@graceholbert2126]

What does this mean

[@Mands1989]

@@graceholbert2126it means no one likes ppl who say first or ppl who ask for a pin on their comment

[@sameeknowsitall]

Yeah

[@Dhampire1976]

you do clearly,since you made a whole comment giving them attention kek

[@kashgames502]

He pinned you lol

[@pasqualembisceglia1989]

In Paper Mario (2001), beating a single Anti-Guy in Shy Guy Toy Box is the best, but beating 3 Anti-Guys in Bowser's Castle is the worst.

[@dogsbreakfast4952]

amazing game

[@nickfoster9350]

One of things I've really appreciated about the Mario games, is that they're not meant to be super hard. They're meant to be fun.

[@TheStar121]

copycat always puts me in a good mood when i'm feeling down. another great video dude. love you

[@NickMario1]

Nice pfp

[@TheStar121]

@@NickMario1 thank youu

[@SamAutoYT]

7:50 this freaked me out. Filters are cool but the ones that "smooth" out the sprites create very strange results.

[@JJ_TheGreat]

Please don't...

[@ChrisGamingNL333]

There are so many bosses throughout the Mario series, there is no doubt that there is going to be a bad boss fight

[@JJ_TheGreat]

Don't do it...

[@jacobvanantwerp2001]

Nice! I love the boss fights in the Mario series!

[@JJ_TheGreat]

Me, too... But I don't like fake imposters...

[@jacobvanantwerp2001]

@@JJ_TheGreat Wait, it's an imposter? I then realized I'm not falling for it anymore.

[@Dashiell777]

One thing I noticed in all the new Super Mario Bros games with the Koopalings is that Lagway Von Kooppa always has really good boss fights none of them are bad while the other ones with the other Koopaling fights sometimes have bad fights depending on the game

[@lilypyrope4620]

Ah yes my favorite Koopaling, Woodwind von Koopa

[@Pyro03333]

Who the hell is "Lagway?" You meen Ludwig, right?

[@Dashiell777]

@@Pyro03333 I didn't know that's how you spelled it. You don't need to be all snob about it Mr Know It All

[@Pyro03333]

@@Dashiell777 well exuuuuuuuuuuuues me, but I was just pointing out your draaaastic grammatical error. If you are going to insult those who offer you guidence, expect to become lost. There will be many people who will offer you help in many different ways, all that mean well. If you turn them away, you will have no-one to turn to when you are in need of aid. Remember that message. It will help you in life.

[@Dashiell777]

@@Pyro03333 it's the way you said it frustrated me

[@ButteryOtter]

New Super Mario Bros DS still has some of the most creative bosses of the 2D mario games Also was hoping to see SM64DS on the list! Goomboss and King Boo stood out to me as really cool new additions to the game. Chief Chilly not so much :P

[@lilypyrope4620]

I always saw Chief Chilly as the Big Bully battle "done right". Like, Big Bully is supposed to be a miniboss (or even just a straight-up boss) but there isn't much to the fight other than kicking him into the lava. The music doesn't even change to the boss theme for him. Chief Chilly is everything the Big Bully boss *should've* been, in a way

[@ButteryOtter]

@@lilypyrope4620 Hadn't considered it like that before! It is definitely a dynamic fight now that I think about it. I also appreciate that in two separate titles, Chief Chilly is the only boss that actively tries to trick you. In SM64DS he hesitates on his final charge to mess with your timing. In Mario Kart DS, he jumps when you boost at him so you miss and fall into the water. I guess I should give him more credit 😋

[@lilypyrope4620]

@@ButteryOtter Yeah I always found that interesting. Also rather fitting (in this context) that Big Bully was the first boss in MKDS to Chief Chilly being the last

[@arthursnyder6935]

​@@lilypyrope4620actually Chief Chilly ISN'T the final boss for Mario Kart DS's mission mode as that spot went to a Wiggler of all things

[@lilypyrope4620]

@@arthursnyder6935 oh wow really? how do you unlock that?

[@mkultragaming6939]

the first super mario bros be like: Best fight: bowser Worst Fight: bowser

[@JJ_TheGreat]

@OfficialCopyCat__ What does the giveaway package entail??? Costing me money, right?!

[@JoeMama410]

Fry Guy is easy if you collect the mushroom blocks on top and drop them down on him. You can even drop them on the top level when he swings up and keep the block available for another hit.

[@JJ_TheGreat]

There are no winners. Just all losers. It is all fake...

[@JJ_TheGreat]

3:01 But I would have thought that being a tough boss would have been a GOOD thing - since it is a challenge, in a series where there aren’t too many challenges (including boss fights)! I am just saying that you could argue that the fight being a challenge could make it considered a GOOD boss!

[@WonkyWater-YT]

Normal games with Bowser: "He's our best boss' NSMB: "Oh.... He's our worst"

[@JJ_TheGreat]

@OfficialCopyCat__ Quit it, man...

[@erainmartinez8175]

Some of THe Mario Party games have amazing boss fights

[@Historicutuber]

Oh for sure

[@pikasans2008]

Mario Party 9 Bowser Jr's theme goes HARD.

[@maraiglesias7922]

It sure does

[@guilhermematsueda]

Another amazing video 🎊 🎉I really enjoy your videos 😊they are so entertaining and enjoyable! 🤩

[@-kumi-]

its funny how the charging chucks in mario world are much harder then bumbum in mario bros 3. cool video

[@justinthewarrior9165]

Honestly I think boss fights are really fun sure some are bad and yet some others are good but they still feel fun especially super Mario Odyssey has the best hard mode bosses ever also I really love fighting bosses it's the greatest thing ever

[@JJ_TheGreat]

Don't fall for it... It's fake!...

[@pasqualembisceglia1989]

There are 3 new and best bosses in Super Mario 64 DS such as Goomboss, King Boo and Chief Chilly.

[@happycoolhayden8767]

What about Biokinton? 5:38

[@joshjohnson6891]

While technically not a Mario game, I'd say an honorable mention to Yoshi's Island since the baby Mario is still a prominent character. Best fight is the finale with Bowser Jr, who is transformed into a Godzilla type monster that creeps forward. Just that whole part was amazing. And the worst would be the easiest one Marching Milde, it just becomes an annoying fight because it keeps spawning smaller versions of itself, not much of a challenge there and that late in the game you'd think you'd be getting tougher enemies that that.

[@lilypyrope4620]

I think it's safe to say that the final Bowser fights never fail to disappoint, they are decidedly good. I can't think of a "bad" final bowser fight, and aside from, like, fights that are deliberately easy (like the tutorial Bowser fight in the Mario and Luigi saga) I'm hard-pressed to find a genuinely bad bowser fight in general

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

Sunshine?

[@maxence2594]

Paper Mario Sticker Star?

[@lilypyrope4620]

@@geschnitztekiste4111 I think that was included in the video, but I think the road leading up to the fight was worse than the fight itself

[@lilypyrope4620]

@@maxence2594 I would consider this a case of poor execution rather than a bad fight altogether. I believe that the purpose of this fight was to test us, the player, on what we have learned over the course of the game, by having waves/phases of the fight that required certain stickers which allowed us to bypass said phase easier than without them, like using tape for the first phase to stop the enemies from respawning (though I usually just bowled them over). So I can definitely see what they were going for, they just fell short on the delivery

[@henabi]

great video, but i'm disappointed that the mario rpg's weren't included. will a separate video be made for that? has it already been made?

[@reubensamich2839]

Culex and Smithy from Super Mario RPG are some of my favs!

[@TheEsQueleto28]

Great video, but no mention of the Mecha bowser fight in toy time galaxy from galaxy 1 or the Digga leg in Galaxy 2. Both were great fights IMO because of the similar platforming challenges before hand. What do you think?

[@FLareBlitz-rc8cu]

Good video man

[@happycoolhayden8767]

Why are you doing the SNES version of The Lost Levels instead of the NES version?

[@maraiglesias7922]

Because it's the only one that came in America

[@arthursnyder6935]

​@@maraiglesias7922until the original NES incarnation of the game was rereleased on stuff like Virtual Console and the switch online service

[@happycoolhayden8767]

The Lost Levels. is before Super Mario Bros. 2 & 3, not after Super Mario Bros. 3.

[@JJ_TheGreat]

13:35 Oh, the memory of this boss! I remember I had always had trouble with him, until I figured out the strategy regarding how to beat him: Stay close to him. He becomes way more predictable. My gut instinct when first fighting Bouldergeist was to stay away as far as possible. However, that allows him to do whatever he wants and he becomes very unpredictable - which doesn’t happen when you go in close to him, reducing the space he has around you… Now, as far as the worst boss in Mario Galaxy, I definitely would say Kamella - because I legitimately had SOOOOOO much trouble with her fight, especially in Daredevil Mode.

[@JovaniGL]

Daredevil mode bouldergeist is my most prominent memory from Mario galaxy. So fun yet so hard for child me

[@usb061]

Oh my God what did you do to Mario Land 2??? You massacred my boy

[@Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi]

Noticing how the final boss is almost always the best

[@redstonewarrior0152]

So with the octopus boss in Super mario odyssey, you don't actually have to ground pound him. I didn't even know you could ground pound him. The simple method is to hit him exclusively with water. No Mario required.

[@erainmartinez8175]

also forgot about the Mario Party games he was in at 8:14

[@slowwy]

That's a spin-off, not mainline

[@arthursnyder6935]

Meowser kinda returns in Mario Maker 2 as an enemy you can place in your own level but since the game is 2D, his AI is completely different

[@justinthyme5263]

I think you should make a video for best and worst bosses in each Nintendo franchise

[@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime]

You don’t actually need to ground pound molluque-lanceur, if I recall you can just keep hitting him with water

[@aofuhaeo8uif]

I know it's a spinoff but honorable mention to the dragon boss of Mario Sports Mix 😭😭😭

[@happycoolhayden8767]

You forgot the Super Mario Maker series and Super Mario Run.

[@JJ_TheGreat]

D

[@russybcool]

was the castle in the lost levels glitched?

[@dangeiger9796]

Larry Koopa from Super Mario World was kind of disappointing. It’s such a tough castle, but the boss is just a slightly harder repeat of the First battle against Lemmy

[@JJ_TheGreat]

I agree, but ignore the other response comment.

[@arthursnyder6935]

The boss you're talking about at the last bit of your comment is Iggy, not Lemmy

[@JefferyMewtamer]

I don't recall Rezors being easy. Perhaps if the ground in those battles were solid and you had the entire screen to dodge fireballs, but I remember always running out of ground to stand on and how difficult it was to avoid the last one's fireballs when the only thing left to stand on was the platforms the defeated ones were standing on. Granted, I'm not sure I beat Forest, Chocolate, and Valley fortresses more than once or twice each, so I really only have practice with the weakest version of that boss... and if I'm mistaken that the Rezors fights get harder, then I probably had the adrenline rush of being close to beating some of the hardest levels in the game making it seem like the difficulty had been cranked up from the Vanilla Forteress fight.

[@arthursnyder6935]

The Reznors themselves are the same so you're talking about the NSMB 2 version of those guys

[@JefferyMewtamer]

@@arthursnyder6935 I confess, I've never played NSMB2 and had no idea these guys ever made another appearance after World.

[@lilbeckx2770]

He says that you literally can’t lose me just dies from a shell😂😂😂

[@The_REAL_WannabeCake]

🍿🗿 🍿🗿 🍿🗿 🍿🗿 🍿🗿 🍿🗿 🍿🗿 leave some popcorns for the boys

[@SS2020user]

Could somebody explain the choice of 6 Golden Coins footage?

[@mariavillaca5319]

From sunshine, the Manta Ray was my absolute favorite boss battle. You can just spam spray the ray and the boss is dead

[@JJ_TheGreat]

@OfficialCopyCat__ What have I won??? I don't remember signing up for anything!

[@lucscott3631]

In super Mario 3d world, I believe that the histocrat is one of if not THE best boss fight.

[@jeffchow3358]

I use to love boss fights in nsmb series

[@JJ_TheGreat]

They are fun... What's not fun is imposters pretending to be Copycat... He's fake.

[@gratiela-valentinascriba9327]

I think that in Mario + Rabbids sparks of hope the best Boos is Cursa and the worst is giant goomba.

[@tylerhelt755]

5:33 that machine is called a plane

[@pasqualembisceglia1989]

The best bosses in Paper Mario (2001) are Koopa Bros, Tutankoopa, Tubba Blubba, General Guy, Lava Piranha, Huff N. Puff and Crystal King.

[@Historicutuber]

Mario 64 bowser fights are amazing to this day

[@HistoryVideoGamesMiscStuff]

I like watching SMB3 Bowser getting taken out with fireballs or hammers.

[@itzflakesfr]

Not sure if someone already said this but i’m pretty sure you don’t have to ground pound the beach kingdom boss you can just keep spraying it

[@grantwilliams2571]

YOU CAN GROUND POUND HIM?

[@erainmartinez8175]

you forgot about Donkey Kong from Donkey Kong Arcade

[@identocidal]

my favorite boss fight is the classic 8-4 super mario bros. bowser boss fight.

[@Pyro03333]

I think for super mario galaxy 2, one of the best bosses has to the the one against the Rollodilo. This is because 1) it utilizes a very underrated power up - the rock mushroom, 2) the boss is fun to battle gameplay wise and 3) it looks very nice aesthetically. However, I have to agree that the mega hammer and boomsday machine are also extremely good fight in the game.

[@JJ_TheGreat]

Just ignore @OfficialCopyCat_ - he isn't the REAL Copycat...

[@JJ_TheGreat]

Go away, @OfficialCopyCat_ You are fake!

[@Pyro03333]

@OfficialCopyCat__ piss off

[@furizasan4331]

Also the Rango fight in Super Mario Odyssey is SUPER EASY because you can just ground pound on top on him and beat him under a minute

[@humanskull182]

I love the Bowser fights in Galaxy. But his spikes retracting into his shell when he’s spinning always grossed me out a bit

[@DarkH10]

In super mario odyssey, i think like you that the worst boss in the game is mollusque lanceur, but it's for different reasons. It's because all you really do in this fight is just zipping around the area while trying to get to the boss, who throws attacks at you that demand very little effort to dodge.

[@hyruleprotector6897]

By the way Mollusk Lancer is supposed to be hurt with the gushin's water stream. Not your ground pound

[@lilypyrope4620]

Did not realize this until the "Encore battle", which didn't make the first fight harder, per say, just more tedious since I needed to get gushers every time I tried the pound

[@joaozin003]

Bowser Jr goes absolutely Eggman in SMG2

[@JJ_TheGreat]

14:18 Wow… That is so unbalanced and broken! You would have thought that Nintendo would have had better level design - and not included the power-up in the area of the fight!

[@tmac_2717]

i feel like most of his reasoning for some of the bad boss fights was that they're hard. isn't that kinda the point? not hating or anything as i enjoy these videos a lot, just something i noticed.

[@aagamesyt2282]

No it's mostly because there easy for him. Which I guess I see his point

[@Fiveskarexperience]

Happy new year you haven’t posted for awhile

[@aagamesyt2282]

My personal picks for some of these games I played, not all of them New super Mario bros DS Best boss fight: Monty Tank Worst boss fights: Bowser Jr fights New super Mario bros Wii: Best boss fights: Bowser and Ludwig Von Koopa castle fight Worst boss fight: Iggy, always hated that chainchomp mechanic since it's takes away from the fight New super Mario bros U: Best boss fights: Bowser, Ludwig Von Koopa, and Iggy, finally Iggy boss without chainchomp mechanic Worst Boss fights: Boom boom fights

[@DarkH10]

I think your opinion on bowser's fight in super mario sunshine being good is actually pretty unpopular. In fact, some people consider that fight to be one of, if not the worst fight bowser has ever got. They complain about his lack of challenge, the idea of him being in a giant flying hot tub pretty dumb, and apparently, some people even went trough the weak spot when they were destroyed.

[@azimmeme9994]

Phanta Manta inspired Big Man’s boss fight in Splatoon 3

[@seekgamingcool]

Cool video

[@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime]

Unless I’m wacky the witch in Mario land 2 looks a bit like Waluigi. I know it’s a stretch, and an utter coincidence, but it’s pretty dang funny nonetheless Edit: is that colored version of the game unofficial? If so I wonder why they gave the witch a pink nose. I woulda made her green, or at least kept her skin tone consistent across the nose… maybe something to do with contrast or whatever

[@jacobbaron9561]

“ Came out for the wii in 2012”

[@Batminem0]

never doubt the moustachioed man😂

[@JJ_TheGreat]

F

[@nintendoboy3605]

Alright I am just gonna say it the Bowser Jr fights in NSMBWii and NSMBU are the best boss fights in The NSMB series

[@MagicalPavard]

Live of Mario Odyssey in Tommorow?

[@JJ_TheGreat]

@OfficialCopyCat__ FU

[@DanielBethke]

You don't need to ground pound the octopus boss u can use the gusher

[@buttertoasties]

What about the Paper Mario games?

[@CodyRyanWaz]

smb2 teachs kids that vegtebals are bad for you

[@j.cowart1999]

I feel like he doesn’t like boom boom

[@aagamesyt2282]

He clearly doesn't

[@graceholbert2126]

I always thought the final Sunshine battle was super bizarre.

[@JJ_TheGreat]

What's bizarre is the random comments appearing...

[@breadknife2231]

I'm not gonna lie i'm not annoyed of the decoys and the message. In SMB1

[@JJ_TheGreat]

B

[@timmarks976]

In Galaxy the worst boss is definitely the bug stack from honey hives second misson

[@lilypyrope4620]

Calling it a boss is a stretch. Which, I guess, would make it the worst boss, so that tracks

[@gameswithpeachcord7498]

“None of the Mario Odyssey Bosses are bad” -Random Stranger on the internet

[@JJ_TheGreat]

@OfficialCopyCat__ K

[@humbertox]

Happy Kwanzaa Copycat! Did you know New Super Mario Bros 2 is actually the third game in the series?

[@JJ_TheGreat]

Copycat, you can't even say "Thank you"... And I know why. You are a fake bot (@OfficialCopyCat_, that is)... Why does KZbin allow these imposters??

[@TheGodIvy]

Now is this actually every Mario game or is it just a select few that youve played?

[@lilypyrope4620]

It is certainly not every mario game. Some may argue that it is every "mainline" mario game. This is up to opinion, of course

[@bobbyboswell13]

tldw seriously every best boss was the final one for crying out loud even sunshines final boss was in the best category! how?!?

[@ShadowDeathG]

Why no paper Mario or bowsers inside story

[@JJ_TheGreat]

Maybe he is just doing mainline Mario games?

[@cicerosky8425]

cool vidio man nise it is grate and grater and biger vidios thats cool man and nise. nise nise nise nise nise nise nise. thats the end of the song.

[@dizzy_jump]

you dont HAVE to ground pound mollusque lancer or whatever his name was

[@lilypyrope4620]

To hammer the point home, in the rematch it's not even an option

[@dizzy_jump]

@@lilypyrope4620 yeah

[@tenken103]

Ever played Super Mario RPG?

[@JJ_TheGreat]

I'd like to play it.

[@emily91303]

I love ❤️ Bowser’s Fury!

[@FelipeMartins-ov7so]

I missed the Yoshi's island bosses in this video...

[@JJ_TheGreat]

A

[@emilyrodriguez1811]

Copycat you are one of my favourite KZbinr

[@lombre9149]

Im disappointed you didnt mention how pathetic the final boss of smg2 is ALSO I HATE SQUIZZARD also in smg1 tarantox is :(

[@JJ_TheGreat]

@OfficialCopyCat__ I've been selected for what???????? NOTHING!!!!!!!

[@JJ_TheGreat]

15:23 Wow… That is so broken design :(

[@hypotheticaltapeworm]

Are literally all entries the final boss of each game? Edit: 99% of them are according to the list. This should've just been a worst list because to just say "the final fight against Bowser" every single time except twice is wholly uninteresting.

[@sameeknowsitall]

Nice

[@KnightedSilverWolf]

meh snes days were crap and the levels/castles were harder and worse i imagined

[@nick-cepticon782]

U missed 64 DS! All the new boss fights in that game were great!

[@JJ_TheGreat]

E

[@timmarks976]

The worst one in sunshine is polluted piranha also its noki bay

[@lilypyrope4620]

I believe the point of them wasn't to be a hard boss, more to be part of the plot progression, as the only times you fight them are in the "tutorial", to unlock new areas and for the first shine in Bianco Hills (which could also be considered part of the "tutorial", in a way)

[@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime]

Eely-mouth is more annoying than hard, and I’d rather hard. I don’t think he (they?) has ever hit me. I don’t get the phantamanta hate though, he ain’t that difficult… which I guess would also put him in the category of annoying, because beating him ain’t quick. bugaboom always bugged me (pun intended, cry about it) because I sucked at timing the ground pound as a kid, and I was trying to chase him. Never revisit that one childhood boss if you want it to remain difficult, unless that one childhood boss is the fawful express from M&L:BIS because the ds (or 3DS, in many cases) mic sucked for that flame attack

[@yungsagegaming8577]

The Bullies are super easy, just ground pound them

[@yungsagegaming8577]

@OfficialCopyCat__ Eat a weiner robo bum

[@mikecostanzo296]

Bro really called some boss battles bad because they were hard😭

[@JJ_TheGreat]

@OfficialCopyCat__ J