HOW CUPHEAD's BOSSES WORK | Complete Guide / AI Breakdown (Inkwell Isle 2)

[@TheBones5]

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[@FevilDraws]

Little fact about Grim Matchstick, the Fireball firing in 4 directions was a bug, but was kept in as it made the fight more challenging in a way where it wasnt unfair

[@Muho_is_me]

Yeah normaly it is spossed to alternate between going up and down or left and right But for some reason both started triggering at the same time

[@mrhalfsaid1389]

​@Muho_is_me likely because there wasn't a check for if the split was already in a certain direction. I'm not a unity coder tho so it's just a guess

[@FevilDraws]

@@mrhalfsaid1389 something along those lines actually! still a nice insight into how games are made and some accidents make it into a game anyway bc the devs liked it!

[@Muho_is_me]

This is the definition of "its not a bug its a feature"

[@artblockblue]

The "lollipop" head is called Patsy Menthol, she's a pink mint :3

[@lwardrop2453]

15:15 I like the detail that there is a secret Mini Cuppet if you shrink while Jimmi (spelling?) copies you! An Easter Egg for spotting what’s going on in-universe-wise. The Golden Cuppet is probably an extra strong Cuppet that was going to punish you for having a special ability active during the copy stage. It’s probably unused because the airplane’s special abilities don’t last nearly as long as the would-be-relevant land-based special abilities, like the damage-dealing life ghost or the giant cup of invincibility. It would be awfully unfair to accidentally trigger a more tank-y version of the copy just because you were frame-perfect on activating an ability.

[@tigrkai]

That’s what I was thinking as well!

[@Gold_Gamer_100]

That sounds liek the most plausible theory in my eyes. The only other thing it could be is just a special Cupet for Miss Chalice with her Gold skin, but if that was the case it'd be used.

[@wolfychanl2758]

Djimmy

[@handsom_e]

I’m pretty sure that in the 2nd phase of Grimm, the fireball minions HAVE to be viciously smiling to be able to jump up at the player, just something I’ve noticed during regular play.

[@iWantOreoz]

Honestly thank you so much for all these game breakdown videos, they’re so helpful and some of the most interesting content on current KZbin, you’re doing an amazing job :)

[@time2bcoolYT]

Still waiting for island 3

[@acradisf8911]

The bosses look way easier when he explains it like this

[@exclamation_markyt2852]

Nice video! You've humbled some of my knowledge on Cuphead as well I won't lie. Excited to do analyze Devil with ya cuz he's probably on par with chef in terms of complicated ;)

[@cordyceps7531]

I love how Beppi is the only one in these videos so far who has their actual music used cause Carnival Kerfuffle just slaps.

[@ponchoburrito741]

another banger just dropped

[@GamingLegend-LetTheGamesBegin]

I was waiting for this, and you delivered tenfold.

[@Ouxoh]

Great video as always :)

[@TheBones5]

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[@Epcistlyegmaer]

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[@zdennnis]

where?

[@joaogui2707]

Bro, your channel is extremely underrated. Keep up the good work, I love your videos

[@somebody-who-thinks-hes-mature]

Bro i want to thank you so much Since I found this Channel Ive been Binge watching all your videos and they all seem so Interesting And good i want to thank you.

[@Brandongamesall]

These videos are always so transformative. And in a good way. I love just sitting and watching you complete a game and know what's going on lol

[@danieltunwase1784]

Ive been watching for a while but now im subscribing, keep it up

[@buddhakai1458]

My man is on a generational run with the KZbin drops.

[@Soaring_300]

Can't wait for Inkwell Isle three and maybe even the DLC island breakdowns

[@smollmoth6376]

I love this series, i really wish I could've had these when I was perfecting all of the main isle bosses, espfor grimm mathstick, it took me so long to figure out his second phase fire guys. At least i havent perfected salt guy yet

[@magickmskh]

"Let's index these cats for convenience" Doesn't start the first cat with 0. Sadge.

[@gayrurumon]

I've never played this game, I don't know if I ever will, but these gameplay/ai breakdowns are always extremely interesting to watch.

[@llammp]

I love watching these videos while I eat lunch. Your video quality is outstanding!!!

[@ShooterEx]

Worth noticing that Baroness' Von Bon Bon head in the third phase tracks the center of the bottom edge of your hitbox square Also, the cats in Djimmy fight that spawn out of the screen sometimes are still loaded and fly out of the screen towards you.

[@DragonScythe64]

can't believe you left out that Wally's body becomes invulnerable when he spits his heart out, meaning you have to attack the heart

[@TeilanLee]

Great video, though one thing that wasn’t mentioned is that in Wally Warbles last phase, when he does the heart attack, you have to attack his heart to deal damage. Other than that, great explanations!

[@TeilanLee]

Also, as others have mentioned, the only fireballs in Grimm’s 2nd phase that will jump are the angry ones

[@CioataDany]

Still waiting for isle 3

[@Tblaster00]

I wonder if the golden cuppet was meant for miss chalice?

[@dodagamer2560]

I think it was supposed to mimic the invincible super art. It might have been another random element, where the cuppet has a random chance after shooting to use the invincible “super art”

[@GamingLegend-LetTheGamesBegin]

Side note: In Grims fight, the starting cloud positions are always the same.

[@dogemaster9676]

man i like this channel a lot

[@voch123]

25:30 I wonder how long you could get a pill to rotate for with this knowledge

[@wolfychanl2758]

4:20 from my experience, the horizontal isn't randomized and he continues going. Like if he came from the left before he went in the middle, he's going to continue going right.

[@artblockblue]

Also I noticed you only talk referencing normal mode, which I thought was neat, as in expert djimmi does shoot two skulls in the first phase

[@zackbuildit777]

"also"?

[@artblockblue]

@@zackbuildit777 I keep leaving comments

[@zackbuildit777]

@@artblockblue they aren't grouped together, only your newest is near the top of the comment section. The rest get pushed much lower & pre-ordered by like numbers

[@artblockblue]

@@zackbuildit777 ok?

[@TheNorfAndOnly]

Through all the times I’ve fought Grimm, I always found the clouds to spawn in a consistent repeating pattern with no randomness. I’m almost positive that Grimm’s clouds aren’t random.

[@TheBones5]

because it sort of is in a pattern, like clouds can only spawn at certain heights with some conditions, so it may look and feel like a pattern but it isn't *totally scripted

[@helpozzieimdrowning]

They are random

[@bricktastic-acular1298]

oh boy let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Techhunter_Talon]

Funny that one of Grim's heads in the Hydra phase vanishes briefly during its idle animation but it's only really obvious when slowing down the footage. XD

[@MyLadyLuna]

15:10 Theres an achievement you can do that makes cuphead turn gold, it was probably an easter egg meant to players who were able to complete it and then decide to have a rematch

[@ComicAuzi]

In Sugerland Shimmy, Kernel Von Pop will always continue his horizontal direction until he reaches the far edge of the arena even if he moves up/down in the middle. This is also true of Simple and Expert mode.

[@citriosis]

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[@Octo-ANIMATIONS-Archives]

4:35 the candy corn spawns minions every time it takes a turn

[@Weirdchannel14]

4:31 kernel von pop moves in a figure 8 pattern the reason he moves straight is to restart that pattern

[@RawrKatz]

WOOO MORE AI BREAK DOWNS

[@christiangonzales5145]

20:55 for info it is called a carousel

[@forate]

Hey man, can you please do the same mechanics analysis for the "60 seconds" game? That'd be nice

[@cjtimmons5498]

When I was listening to you Nani no the candy mini bosses I was like wait is that actually their and how they are said 😂.

[@iputmilkbeforethecereal]

4:21 [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER] i've S ranked Baroness before, and i can tell you that this is not the case. Instead of flipping a coin when going through the middle, colenel von pop will always choose the direction he was moving prior to taking the middle path. If mr. Pop is going left and then takes the middle path, he will always choose to move left after moving through the middle. The same case is found if Mr. Pop if moving to the right prior to taking the middle path.

[@notme5205]

Oh you S ranked one of the easiest bosses to S rank? 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@mrcephalopod]

How many times did you play the Von Pop phase? Its still possible that you missed the coin flip aspect by pure luck. Unless you looked through the code to find it and I just misread your comment lol

[@iputmilkbeforethecereal]

@@notme5205 and all of isle 1 and 2, Honeybottoms, and captain brineybeard, yes.

[@notme5205]

@@iputmilkbeforethecereal 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 praise be onto you I’ve never heard of such a feat

[@tripledreigon6417]

Fun fact, the only fire imps that jump are the ones with angry eyes and sharp smiles.

[@runawaykid6]

I thought the candy corn’s direction after moving up or down in the middle of the screen was the same as the direction it was going beforehand? Like if it moves left toward the middle, then moves down, it would keep going left after it reaches the bottom of the screen. I don’t think I’ve ever had it change after vertical movement, but maybe I just haven’t played that boss enough lol

[@Bluesine_R]

I don't think I've ever seen it change horizontal direction after moving vertically through the middle either.

[@chewstew6994]

Oh yeah baby bones

[@NotPenny]

AYYY

[@omermohammed5092]

im the first person to do a reply on this video you owe me 1M dollars now

[@Ofxzh]

I think golden Cuppet would be for if the player was using the invincibility super, if you were allowed to use different plane supers.

[@spencerm.5568]

*5:08* Those are peppermints

[@swaggydragon]

I’m super duper late but hint for any co-op players like my brother and I for grim on his phase w the fireballs on his tongue try to move as in sync with your partner as much as you can. this won me and my brother this fight, as before it seemed like one of us would constantly get hit, someone else probably figured this out way before I said anything but for anyone who didn’t know lol

[@Physical____825]

Another stinker of a video 🔥🔥🔥

[@hallowedknight234]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the background music at 12:00 the Factory music from Donkey Kong Country Returns?

[@davidumann6707]

4:21 That doesn't sound right. In my experience, Kernel Von Pop never changes his horizontal direction after moving up or down in the middle.

[@Xstacy]

Will the DLC be covered as well after Isle 2 and Hell?

[@TheBones5]

yeah, but it won't be for a while, cuphead is probably gonna go on the backburner for a bit unfortunately

[@RockettRevengerr]

@@TheBones5Got other stuff cooking up I’m assuming?

[@Xstacy]

@@TheBones5 Well, whatever you do next, I'm sure we'll enjoy it as usual.

[@mzmizz8226]

Not that it’s relevant but 2:55 the floating candy can make difference

[@voch123]

YAHOOOOO

[@monty5405]

Hello Bones, will you be covering the Expert Mode variations of the fights?

[@Muho_is_me]

İ think if you try to hug the right side of the screen in djimmy fight a knife falls from the air to prevent camping there

[@aiden-claudelaurent8205]

Do inkwell isle III

[@_.thealtbutton._3483]

Grim in his first attack can also shoot fireballs first

[@SohakmetGameplay]

26:39 Errmmmmm Ackshually. Depending on the programming language, an array of integers could store the word cat within it, as each character is a byte and could be converted to a number. 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@bossome4days]

I've been caught being late to the new video drop ):

[@WalkThrough_101]

I wanna hit the like button, but I can't break the funny 420 number, decisions decisions...

[@andrewohagan2962]

I thought I remembered speedrunners saying Djimmi's hitbox was still active below the screen in the auto scroller, do you know if that has been fixed or was a misconception?

[@DioKaze263]

I don't get the math in djimmi the great HP, it also looks a bit off 390+650+910+650=2600 and not 2720 like it says for normal phase also I guess the forth phase is longer for the secret phase to reach 2560?

[@morganb3848]

Bones I need the inkwell 3 video 😢how am I gonna figure out my strats lol

[@Muho_is_me]

4:21 what? İn my entire life when he went the way he was going before he went down Infact i always hide behind him so i wont take damage when he keeps continuing

[@MonoStick]

I kinda find the treasure easy to deal with

[@littlebigfield2025]

Brother, What do you think is harder expert cuphead bosses (esp the harder ones like cala maria, Dr kal) or FNAF hardest nights?

[@TheBones5]

It depends which Fnaf game, I’d say cuphead no hit is harder than everything below top 10 MML

[@MrBigman]

in bepis first phase if u have smoke bomb u dont need to jump over him u can just dash through him i found its better for not getting bs from the ducks

[@vanillamilkbread]

sarcophagus

[@coolknight2622]

What happens if you beat the boss but not destroying the secret phase enemies? (Like the beet one or mini cuppet) does the secret phase enemy die along with the main boss?

[@TheBossua]

The secret boss dies with the main boss.

[@BoxySonic]

I smell peak

[@GigasGMX]

I think those are paramedic birds, not nurse birds.

[@INTJ-psychopath]

The platformers here were very easy not just easy. I needed the video for the plane ones and I still can't do shit. F it I'm deleting the game 😂.

[@CarlGermanNpc]

what the mod to see hitboxes and healtbar?

[@TheBones5]

its just called cuphead debug mod

[@CarlGermanNpc]

@@TheBones5 thanks

[@Shedikk-ts8gg]

Chernikov damnit....

[@_.thealtbutton._3483]

Wally is the last boss, not grim

[@artblockblue]

Fun fact: the waffle is female, despite being called "sir"

[@zackbuildit777]

Oh huh, how was that discovered?

[@artblockblue]

@@zackbuildit777 I actually don't remember, but it's funny nonetheless

[@marciahelena1958]

Mod name?

[@omermohammed5092]

erm this isint fnaf what is this

[@birdsinanest]

read the title of the video to see what game this is :)

[@MyLadyLuna]

15:10 Theres an achievement you can do that makes cuphead turn gold, it was probably an easter egg meant to players who were able to complete it and then decide to have a rematch