The Strongest Ordinary Enemies in Nintendo Games

[@NintenUnity]

Imagine being at the end of a 99-floor dungeon and then you see Politoed in the distance.

[@jhvjksdhfjkfdshkjlhdufhjkh3107]

I could never

[@alvaroperez2349]

“He’s just standing there… *MENACINGLY!!!”*

[@darklightning2730]

You do know that he’s not the only Mon who gets Perish Song right? Altaria, Jynx, Absol, Lapras, etc.

[@tatsumakivee4201]

One Winged Toad moment

[@zefiromano]

And Thy Punishment Is *PERISH SONG!*

[@Luigi-isNumber-1]

The thumbnail having a bunch of creatures and then Pauline is funny

[@erikrubi7589]

Pauline isn't that hard. All you need is a spirit that equips you with a staff and good aim, and you can beat it in seconds.

[@matthewlopetegui6204]

@@erikrubi7589doing that spiritless tho would be an absolute nightmare

[@metal_pipe9764]

​@@matthewlopetegui6204 okay well if you're doing it spiritless you're clearly doing a challenge run and thus, difficulty is expected.

[@behindyou4505]

I was so traumatized by Politoad that I would never accept missions in the dungeons that it would spawn.

[@AutisticKomeiji]

The "strong" Pauline Spirit: *exists* The Staff item: Allow me to introduce myself.

[@kekwnope]

thats the only way i could beat her lol

[@E-102GammaMKII]

Mad props to anybody who was able to beat that Spirit Battle with nothing equipped.

[@derekarredondo5563]

As someone who got 100% on Super Paper Mario, those flowers can go straight to world 7

[@skateboardinpjdj]

The office oh god please no nooo when Flareon died to Politoed’s perish song!

[@dimbulb84]

3:03, don't worry. If you have a tone of stamina food (for staying in bullet time until you reach the ground), bomb arrows, strong melee weapons (In case you land on the ground), and five shot burst Savage Lynel Bows, you'll be just fine. I've been able to take out tones of Savage/Gold Lynels using this method. And if you need to, you can always mount the Lynel.

[@dimbulb84]

I saw you die. So if you ever see me IRL and need me to take out a Lynel, I'll be ur guy.

[@truegreen7595]

Bomb Arrow volleys from 3-burst and 5-burst bows will only ever deal 48 Blast damage to a target they directly hit. It does not matter how strong the bow is, or how high your attack is. If you line up the bow to hit with all of the bomb arrows, it will only deal 48 extra damage. All arrows will hit the target as normal, so a 5-burst Savage Lynel Bow will still deal 160 damage for all arrows, but the blast will only be 48 damage.

[@NathanTheGameGuy]

I'm honestly amazed I was able to get away from the Sharkbones without getting a game over. Weren't they in Superstar Saga too? What did they eat to get so strong?!

[@zaneheaston8254]

Gloom & baby souls

[@Whocares-mg5bl]

Yep but in Superstar saga they are considerably weaker. They just act like normal enemies

[@carlosdelaguerra8302]

Spinach

[@Twin138956Productions2019]

All it takes is a lot of practice to beat these bosses.

[@anonymousfog501]

"Hmm, this golden lynel thing doesn't look that difficult to avoi-" *Link nearly gets one-shot* "OH"

[@kekwnope]

holy heck i remember the perish song politoad!!! u brought up a core memory dude. What a truly traumatic character

[@Kirbyfan86_27]

4:56 I bet this is pretty obvious, but I’d say Glohm Sharkbones have more attack than spoilers: Reclusa, which just shows that a dead shark does more damage than a literal being made of pure Glohm, and has taken over worlds with isolation, and that’s pretty funny

[@TheDendran]

"If an Amazee Dayzee decides _NOT_ to run, you're in for a tough battle" Me: "Incorrect: You probably die in your sleep"

[@tatsumakivee4201]

Probably not gonna get much agreement here but I'd like to give a dishonorable mention to the Gatling Groinks of Pikmin 2: Those ugly walking goldfish with the cannon mouths. The sounds of these annoying abominations walking always struck fear into my heart every time as a kid. For the unaware, they were big enemies you only find in Wistful Wild and its caves, as well as Subterranean Complex in Vanilla Repose. Believe me, fhey felt like bosses even if just regular enemies: They fired mortar rounds from their mouths which comes in bursts of 3. Apparently each shot is a gamble; 2 just fling your Pikmin away, 1 does damage. So not only is their attack completely RNG with spread, BUT that 1 shot of the burst is an instant-kill to any hit Pikmin. Oh yeah, and they can REVIVE OVER TIME IF KILLED. 💀

[@onidrion6669]

This, and Spotty Bulbear, tirelessly chasing you around with his children I used to petrify them as soon as I can (both Groinks and Bulbears I mean)

[@ArendAlphaEagle]

2:30 "Who doesn't love a horde of gigantic spiders?" **giant spider from Rayman 2 flashbacks**

[@johnvida3426]

The Moment I Heard Orne's Theme In Smash 4's 3DS Smash Run, I Just Dash THE HELL OUTTA THERE TO DESPAWN IT

[@zaneheaston8254]

Oh god Gloomy Sharkbones!? I didn’t even get that far In M&L Borthership

[@dragoncaptain678]

Yeah those things are dangerous if you don’t know the dodge pattern

[@Oscorpior99]

Sharkbones already are dangerous but Glohm Sharkbones is a diffrent story...

[@herrmajestat]

I remember The Boss spirit to be a pain in the ass in Ultimate.

[@yoshee6072]

I hate when I go up against enemies that look innocent, but absolutely destroy you!

[@blesser487]

1:48 glad you gave this game recognition. It really deserves it, and a sequel

[@alvaroperez2349]

6:00 *World of Light PTSD intensifies.*

[@W31-123]

Baby bowser: what about me? :(

[@Hugelag]

The Orne theme still gives me flashbacks.

[@SoldierMan755]

Any enemy that can kill you in an RPG game without any chance of even ENGAGING IT is gonna be terrifying. Damn Chimeras..

[@P0chuL1ver]

The same big fish is in Mario 64 and New Super Mario Bros. And in Donkey Kong 64, the hardest enemy might just be the Kosha, the sort of viking kremling that, if you don't use your instrument or power orange points, can be killed of he slams his mass infront of him and sends him an orange bomb.

[@metroidfan5936]

The absolute horror of the Pauline spirit fight

[@dimbulb84]

*Ceada and Baby Bowser walk off into the distance*

[@issamdin-o5e]

even normal dayzee is hard to deal with if you didn't dodge first attack and you don't have partner

[@zaneheaston8254]

Lemme guess you into an infinite cycle of being put to sleep

[@TunaBear64]

And they are a lot stronger in the remake, as you no longer get awoken by being hit.

[@yoshifan-n4n]

2:45: And that's who 8-year-old me was not brave enough to beat DKCR

[@opalyasu7159]

Hot take: Pauline isn't strong, it's just that her stage is just that rigged

[@donny_boyd1173]

I'd like to mention the Fiend and Terror Fiend from Miitopia. Their speed stat is so high that they always go first in battle, and they have an instant kill attack which they use 90% of the time. They're practically immune to magic attacks as well, so the only way you can hurt them is with physical attcks.

[@tedscheett9420]

Not only is Justy far overleveled for an initial fight, he used evasion tactics, which is hailed as the biggest scum tactic in Pokemon. You might just say, "Oh gets moves that don't check accuracy like Aerial Ace, easy." Sure that's one valid tactic, one I've used myself if a trainer tries to pull a funny on me, but a quick glance at Serebii tells me that the TM for Aerial Ace is not in the game, and you'll likely have to search for something that learns a sure hit move via purification and/or level up. Colosseum is truly the Dark Souls of Pokemon.

[@fandenovelas777]

Oh u forgot the fisher in Pokemon Stadium 1 XD

[@BVE1840]

Games & Characters: Politoed - Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (2009 - Nintendo DS) Ultimate Chimera - Mother 3 (2006 - Game Boy Advance) Amazy Dayzee - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004 - Nintendo Gamecube/2024 - Nintendo Switch) Polar Bear - Ice Climber (1984 - NES) Orne - Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012 - Nintendo 3DS) + Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014 - Nintendo 3DS) Muncher Horde - Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010 - Wii/2011 - Nintendo 3DS) Golden Lynel - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017 - Wii U, Nintendo Switch) Shark Chomp - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995 - SNES/2002 - Game Boy Advance) Sharkbone - Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024 - Nintendo Switch) Metroid - Metroid (1986 - NES) Pauline - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018 - Nintendo Switch) Big Bertha - Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988 - NES/2003 - Game Boy Advance) Giant Fish - Balloon Fight (1984 - NES) Justy - Pokémon Colosseum (2003 - Nintendo Gamecube)

[@dimbulb84]

The entirety of Majora's Mask should be on this list somewhere.

[@User-ue4j4wf3o]

I mean the shark chomp from Yoshi's island and big Bertha from smb3 are both the harder enemies to avoid

[@Swaggerham_395]

Bruh that Lynel fight was so painful to watch

[@dimbulb84]

Especially because he died. On my first playthrough, I took on the Lynel near Zora's Domain and won.

[@Swaggerham_395]

Sick man

[@Swaggerham_395]

I may have died once or twice but to see the guy not perfect dodge or at least try to warp away was just oof

[@thevideogamehit9016]

It took me a couple of tries to defeat Pauline for me. You know how much of a pain Pauline is in smash bros ultimate

[@Slimeballer21]

You can kill the Big Berthas with a fire flower,also,you freeze the Metroids then shoot them with missiles.

[@AceTrainerSquirtle]

Me and my bro were stuck on Muncher Marathon for the longest time as kids.

[@MP-X12]

7:47 Her name is Big Bertha.

[@dimbulb84]

No, that is what turned into the Cheep Chomp. The design was sort of transferred into Mario 64's Bubba, which is a Cheep Chomp. So Big Bertha is a Cheep Chomp.

[@tatsumakivee4201]

Boss Bass, actually. The version in the underwater levels is known as Big Bertha. Then there's Bubba in Mario 64, and then finally New Super Mario Bros. DS and onwards, Cheep Chomps (my favorite design of them all IMO, don't ask)

[@MP-X12]

It goes by a few names. I only call it what it was first referred to as.

[@ClaytonFromMidgar]

2:27 I was gonna say the Kraken from the "Stormy Shore" Level but the Silverbellied Spider Army will do

[@GabbQ]

Swirlix in Pokémon Rumble World stunlock you with seeking projectiles while the other enemies reduce your hp to 0

[@DementisXYZ]

I can never take Justy seriously ever since Dogs in Love.

[@mclaren_f1_gtr989]

Omg this level in DKCR with these spiders scared the daylights out of me 😰 Never got the courage to finish it and waited for white DK to do it for me

[@shadowhenry7680]

Pauline's spirit is tedious, yes, but it's a piece of cake with any spirit that gives you the weapon called "Staff" since the stage where you fight it is very long horizontally and you're already very far from Peach. But with the staff and a bit of precision this match becomes easy as pie.

[@sosams]

Super Paper Mario have dark versions of the Amazing Dayzees, which are even more of a pain. Luckily those are very rare.

[@khangvu4986]

The horde of spiders in black myth wukong has a little reference to that donkey kong one

[@KaguyaH]

Kid Icarus really needs a modern port.

[@TheGameAlchemist777]

How'd you get the golden DK? I've never seen that before in either version. Is it mods?

[@kolby125]

5:03 i knew sharkbones themselves were spawns of satan but fucking glohm variants???

[@LordRemiem]

How could I forget the Pauline spirit and that stupid arena 😢 I'd like to point out also the monthly spawn of Wailord in the Isle of Armor, dlc of Pokemon Sword and Shield. It is a LEVEL 80 WAILORD and it's as big as a Wailord should. It's terrifying to see

[@dimbulb84]

I. HATE. 75M!

[@dragoncaptain678]

Man those Sharkbones in M&L are a few things in gaming that makes me freak out

[@Dukstless]

Fun fact: Perish Song targets the entire floor, meaning you are never far away enough to escape it. It's by far the most inaccurate move in the spin-off, with a laughable 25% accuracy... but it only needs to hit once. And there's no easy way to get rid of the status in PMD lmao.

[@dersofakissensammler3383]

This move taught me the lesson to always bring enough heal seeds

[@fandenovelas777]

Only way to avoid that is also Exploud ability and Lucky Shed Skin (these mons aside dragonair are very weak)

[@Magic_Ice]

In Xenoblade Chronicles, Those regular dinosaurs in Makna forest that are somehow levels 95-99 while you are in the 30’s. Like why but it’s also very funny.

[@Foran98]

I sat like a hour on the stupid fight for the pauline spirit

[@Mr.Unknown-v6o]

6:00 *”Vietnam flashbacks intensify”*

[@Oscorpior99]

4:57 Ohhhh nooo, i thought i could take on the Sharkbones... boy was i wrong

[@MarioThePlumber64]

The same fish comes back in Mario 64!

[@Nosretep]

Kid Icarus Uprising: Orne Cobbler Clubberskull Baglo On 9.0: Lurchthorn Megonta Centurion Armstrongs Boom Stomper(Bladers supporting it)

[@yagerati3702]

They put Perish song in Mystery Dungeons!? What were the devs thinking!?

[@owentobias3270]

YOU HAD THE X RAY SPECS ON!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CrimsonNick171]

The spiders and chain chomp really shouldn't count. Any part of a game that has a creature chasing you like the above mentioned is a given honestly.

[@GabrielRolland-l4n]

In the next Mario RPG, there should be an enemy with very high health but very low attack strength. And also an enemy with very high attack strength and very low health.

[@2blox4bots]

Them spiders scared me as a kid

[@TheDexplorer2011]

You don’t know the dread that porygon Z brings in explorers of sky

[@light6666]

Do not feel bad about cheesing the pauline spirit fight that battle was made to be anoying

[@carlosdelaguerra8302]

And the giant saw in Donkey Kong Country 3

[@SonicTransit]

7:32 Just like Dopefish from Commander Keen

[@mattcouture2579]

I'm playing through World of Light in Smash Ultimate at the moment, and Pauline is the only spirit in the first world I haven't beaten yet 😅 EDIT: And thanks to all the suggestions to use a Staff spirit, I just beat it without breaking a sweat. Thanks all!

[@championumbreon1771]

... There are Glohm Sharkbones...? They get... worse...? Good thing I finished Brothership already...!

[@RaceBandit]

You were Defending and you Guarded, and Amazy Dayzee still did 19 instead of 18 to you ... did you have a P-Up, D-Down equipped by any chance?

[@jamesainsworth7145]

I don't remember the pauline spirit battle having you defeat peach and mario (and dk)

[@FlubbedsodaGamingOfficial]

I lag out whenever I see a big hit taken

[@BrandonSmith-ik7lu]

The Strongest Originally Enemies...? You mean that enemies are immortal because strongest enemies aren't defeated by main characters? Yikes, I think I remember I fought Sharkbones in Mario and Luigi Brothership because I was defeated by strongest enemies.😨

[@giaccoon]

7:46 this terrified me as a child

[@ASmarterThanAverageSeel]

Wait what there are Glohm Sharkbones-?

[@shirehorse7]

No offense but if you're going to bring a Fire type to a water dungeon especially a Flareon which is one of the worse Eeveelutions due to its movepool, it's eventually going to get KO'd

[@mr.im-a-sonic-fan6866]

Golden Lynels are absolutely more overpowered than the others in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. I wish the developers would make them less likely to defeat you in just one or a few hits. Fighting Pauline in SSBU wasn’t much of a nightmare if it was in Easy mode. But it’s still annoying & extremely infuriating to lose over and over again! 😤 I learned to NEVER battle the Sharkbones in M&L: Brothership the hard way… 😅

[@jairog2787]

6:00 chiluci (kitana) and Gohan (Mario) fight

[@Pete-tf6vl]

What about Evolution of getting a star animation in Mario party series? (This is a reminder)

[@Arcticgod3535]

I forgot Politoed learn perish song...

[@kennyb4231]

I dealt with the Pauline Spirit By becoming a sniper with a staff

[@MCDexpo]

I just had PTSD flashbacks from the Pauline smash ultimate fight 😰😰😰 Edit: and she ain't even worth it. Her power she gives you is lame as heck

[@Graf27green]

5:44 lol, of course, they can kill you in seconds. You had low health in their. Any enemie can kill Samus in seconds if she has low health. Why did you even enter Tourian with low health? Rule number 1 in NES Metroid always have full health.

[@rheeeeeee2011]

IMO fury bowser and terapagos are harder spirits than paulinw by a long shot

[@ashmander3465]

Ooo frogs legs time to eat

[@truegreen7595]

Someone explain how 6:02 qualifies

[@SeptentrigintillionFan]

Why is Pauline on the thumbnail? 💀

[@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031]

P a u l i n e S p i r i t .

[@eurobeatmix1090]

And the fuzzies?

[@derekstarslayer]

Pauline's spirit in Smash Ultimate ain't hard, it's just annoying as hell

[@ClaudiaPirrera]

HOW IS YOU FAV 😊😊😊

[@nyawerror8936]

Oh boy, when I first played SSB Ultimate and got to the Pauline's fight, it was sooo damn hard. I usually died, because of that hammer in the start, and I remember once almost completing it, but in the end, losing, just as I almost managed to knock down Peach. In the end, though I did manage to win, although it took A LOT of my nerves. Probably alongside an Azura fight.

[@banzaidoesthings]

Sharkbones definitely got a major buff since Superstar Saga.

[@EliternalPH]

0:23 NO GOD! NO GOD PLEASE NO! NOOOOOOO!

[@thedinosaur8183]

I Had A Honorable Mention Which The Salmon For Feed And Grow And I Got To Say Those Thing Are Heck Brutal Though Found Only In The River Map This Guy Are The Difficulty Spike Of My Existent The 3 Main Problems Is The Stats…. Why Does Those Have 42 HP,4 Damage And Move Quite Fast The Second Problem They Spawn In Groups Like A lot Making Taking Down One Is A Pain And Finally And This The Biggy Here That They Can Ruin Your Whole Progression From The Beginning Part To The Middle Part To The End It Take Over All The Roles I Think That Why I Have It Has A Honorable Mention

[@ryannakao7265]

orne is a FUCKING joke if you move and jump fast enough. as for pauline i find it easy if you use the staff item

[@shootingquasardragon7971]

I Beat The Pauline Thing In Ultimate On My First Try 😑😑😑

[@redspiral5079]

I hate the Pauline spirit in smash ultimate I had to use the light staff In ordered to even get the spirit and the battle isn't skill it's luck.

[@PenGelatinandDonutFan17]

These enemies could team up to form The Strongest Team on Earth!

[@bountyhunterc.b.t.8224]

Straight ptsd whenever I hear orne 8 bit theme literally would close the game after

[@thelolgamer485]

6:03 true