Shin Megami Tensei 4 - Boss: Minotaur

[@thebrognator3524]

Whoever thought to fuse the bull's nostrils with the skull's eye sockets deserves to be a design professor.

[@rekashum7293]

I think its DOI is the one who did it

[@zaqareemalcolm]

@@rekashum7293 no Minotaur is by Tamotsu Shinohara

[@mrkill2020]

@@rekashum7293 it was done by a guest artist and Zeus and Odin fucking suck

[@Jayesbe]

How is it I've only now noticed this

[@firepuppies4086]

Let's not forget the bull's front legs kind of fusing into the arms

[@tibiafibiafie]

I love how Walter always manages to put a smile on peoples faces, I mean he even put a smile on the Minotaurs face like how *nice* is that

[@ImPyroChad]

Funny guy Walter, casting his funny agi

[@gabijota11]

@@ImPyroChad haha fire go funny haha!

[@hoy5570]

;)

[@Emxguy99]

@@gabijota11 Why do so many Slavs know English? Do they teach themselves or is it taught in school?

[@jokubasrazas2255]

@@Emxguy99 The name is baltic not slav

[@arielcerecer142]

I like that in 2:40 the music calms down while Minotaur is talking, and then when he is done the music starts going all out again

[@yo-rr1ul]

Fucking awesome

[@superheriber27]

legendary

[@rockethero1177]

That timing is unbelievable

[@azmastergamer6908]

4:05

[@AttacMage]

@@rockethero1177 pretty sure it's coded in, but maybe not

[@ImPyroChad]

What if you? Wanted to: _Defeat the Minotaur_ But _Walter_ said _I shall end it thus!_

[@SilentKiller1197]

Well Walter aint lying tho lmao

[@walter9555]

I'm spitting facts tho

[@hedge2582]

Most unlucky for them

[@cobratradition]

*SMIRKS*

[@TCapButterCup]

Walter started it thus.

[@cidredwood6170]

Remember, you don't need an anime girl telling you you're the best. You only need Walter complimenting you to make you smile

[@AmberAmour]

Implying Walter not being best girl.

[@cidredwood6170]

@@AmberAmour You didn't need to make such a good point

[@Skallva]

More like Walter casting Agi on you to make you smile

[@primarchjackfrost8117]

Reject Navigator Accept Walter

[@eW91dHViZSBpcyBjZW5zb3JzaGlw]

Based & Hoy-man pilled

[@metamayto]

This is like the coolest looking minotaur in any piece of media.

[@J122J95]

noseception

[@thepunkkingkingofthederps7686]

I agree! I love the design to death! Especially how the fave looks like a skull. Shame it's not in the sequal...

[@zaleww5824]

Mezuki and matador fused and this grotesque beast born.he looks really sick tho

[@fongjasper8206]

True, and someone also pointed out the minotaur's front legs are somewhat fused with the human arms

[@hdrpointer4143]

The visual design on this boss is on *a whole other dimension* level. Utterly awesome.

[@DrunkedOwly]

They really did all in their hand to make it look menacing in the 3ds, which I appreciate quite a lot

[@CatManThree]

Makes me wish theyd bring in more guest artists.

[@80angelcleff]

Artist my self, and with the current AI crap that is a clearly example of why ai wont replace artists, you need very unique imagination to come with something like that

[@drbuni]

Bought a 3DS in 2013 (2014 ?) when this was announced. Best purchase I ever made. Now come, Samurai. Put on a good show!

[@puzzle_boy]

You're truly a woman of culture.

[@drbuni]

@@puzzle_boy Thank you ^-^ Dunno if I will grab a Switch for 5, though.

[@squidlump]

His nose has a nose

[@falkenh]

His face has a face

[@L33TRedNinja]

NOSECEPTION!!!

[@nctrn07]

took me a while to realize the skull is not really the head

[@kevinyagami2612]

😂😂😂

[@БогданКрименюк]

@@falkenh Epitaph

[@VarthRock]

Wow, Minotaur's design is freacking awesome.

[@thepunkkingkingofthederps7686]

I agree! I love his design

[@shend2992]

It looks like a demon took over a great human and they combined

[@supersnackbros2423]

In the myth he was a transformed human. They nailed the body horror angle.

[@CereDulce37]

Those exposed thighs 😳👌

[@NIHIL_EGO]

@@CereDulce37 Thighotaur uwu~

[@VultureXV]

"We will strike you down with utmost respect!" Shit, why the fuck do I like this line so much?

[@ulime]

Honorable words.

[@DimT670]

It's so incredibly stupid but also baddass in the same time

[@lapisfengari2428]

"I'LL END IT THUS!" *Casts Agi and the boss smirks*

[@caliburnabsolute8517]

Well, you can't say it didn't end there...

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

Alrernatively: Casts Critical Wave, MISSES

[@KTH96]

I'm 99% sure Walter actually says "I'll endeth us!"

[@PukiLynx]

Haha, Walter prolong it thus.

[@jayst]

The boss music of this game is seriously the greatest battle music ever. I get so dang pumped up when I hear those tubular bells.

[@greninjafire7369]

This fight makes you LOVE Walter. WHO WANTS THE BOSS TO SMIRK?

[@Doc_Fun]

i think, somehow, everyone gets walter the first time. And then you get pooped on and decide maybe bufu is a good thing to have.

[@vla1ne]

Got Isabeau, still died. went grinding, got Walter, died. Tried again with Isabeau, managed to kill him.

[@metal6417]

He got a Crit wave on the minotaur and killed him.. I was the last alive with 46hp as well.. I love Walter.

[@ultragamer952]

Walter vs Minotaur: I Will End it THUS!! *AGI* *SMIRK!* *LABRYS SRTIKE* WHAT THE ACTUAL FU- *reset*

[@闇のヘルミット]

Flynn: thanks walter, you are so clever

[@officegossip]

I miss the dialogue exchanges that you had in the older mainline titles. Wish they'd bring that back. Creating a narrative back and forth with your opponent made the boss fights so much more epic.

[@a2izo]

Not only that but tying stat increases and decreases to the exchanges

[@ewerton8463]

1:57 so close

[@pyrojack8152]

I almost cried

[@tatsuyasuou3368]

Same I was legit scared

[@gabrieltallent1658]

Satan almost took control.

[@Gensolink]

Yeah there has been some really good work on boss designs. And they did a good job maintaining the idea of half bull half man while being original.

[@GalanOfTruth]

This is probably the most brilliant minotaur design I've ever seen.

[@AlleywayAcademic]

I love how you hovered Agi. Bet that was a meme

[@MrGrey321]

"That was well done, you matched him measure for measure." "Da fuck are you talking about, I just answered a question."

[@EruwaYuril]

>Minotaur aim increases! >Misses. Heh.

[@nctrn07]

Smirk

[@hyoroemonmeto6874]

Not 4chan

[@smithwimm1575]

@@hyoroemonmeto6874 *nobody gives a shit*

[@DoNotSuiciniv]

decreases*

[@gabijota11]

@@hyoroemonmeto6874 no one care ever

[@charabrazuca9157]

Isabeau saved everyone from that charged attack that was coming. XD

[@DiranJiru]

Can we take a moment to appreciate the timing between the more calm parts of the song that go with the dialogue, only to pick up when the fight starts once again?

[@Stealthmachin3]

This game is so great. I started with Nocturne, then SJ, and eventually tried out SMT 1. IV definitely seems to bring the best of all three games. This is the first RPG to really hook me in in quite a while

[@DrunkedOwly]

In my opinion it may lack on the gameplay when it starts becoming too easy, but still, pretty good game. I'd say my favorite in the franchise tbh

[@Jaekization]

Honestly can we get a remake of this game? With the rise in popularity of SMT/Persona, this game would do blockbusters. It’s so good

[@CommanderBroShep]

We have Matador, the funny spanish calcium man. Now we have Minotaur, the chunky smirking bull man.

[@zaqareemalcolm]

and his accomplice, Walter the Hoy master

[@rockethero1177]

I know everyone says he’s a super brutal voice but I’m here just admiring the music and unique body horror design

[@ulime]

Minotaur: "Put on a good show". *Bass drops*

[@reihanharfi635]

*Death Drop To Ground*

[@ulime]

pd: i just beat minotaur this night... what a feeling.

[@ulime]

6 months later, wow

[@luke1989]

I have you ended it thus

[@ulime]

@@luke1989 Yes. Law route.

[@enzo991_]

Holy s*** his design is amazing 0_0 Never noticed that his mouth coupled with his nose looked like a skull. Brilliant design.

[@giorgiohsiao9663]

I kept getting walter at one point and got frustrated since he would always make mino smirk with first turn agi.

[@Herzyr]

Urgh I didn't know he was weak to bufu at all.... I beat him by spamming buffs all around my team and then eating his charged up labry's attack and criticals...(must have been on the verge of death thanks to lucky criticals to him) but a tank team doesn't seem as fun as this... I must be a masochist

[@Altairfan441]

In the first mid-battle conversation, the top choice is a stat decrease for you. the second one and middle choice gives Minotaur a stat increase.

[@The_Novu]

1:58 Don't you DARE

[@yungpp843]

bro i had NO IDEA the dialogue gave buffs + debuffs, i wanted to be an edgy silent boy so i ignored him both times (◞‸◟)

[@CapCapital]

Is it sad that I thought this was one of the hardest bosses in the game?

[@supahboy274]

nope

[@michaeldeguzman3852]

all of the other mandatory bosses were easy af

[@t-universegamer7609]

@@michaeldeguzman3852 except maybe kenji

[@dopedoh-homer]

i would say Medusa is a bit harder, but at the same time when you fight her, you pretty much already have learned about equipment and weaknesses, also saving Timothy mission reward gives you a null Bind ring, which is a pretty big help. And if you are doing a Dx build, hope you have media and buff skills, cuz u wont be able to do much in that fight lol.

[@t-universegamer7609]

@Mad4Life Cuz ppl dont expect the "hit weaknes = ailment bs up your ass". And then again, I did say *maybe*

[@pesci20002010]

"You either are truly skilled or fools indeed to ignore his warning. Now come samurai, *put on a good show.*" Don't know about you chief but I would be spamming that Flee button.

[@aleaiactaest6503]

His nose. Has. A. Nose.

[@holyreality02]

"ILL END IT THUS" >breaks chain >party dies ~WALTER~

[@ronaldreagan7195]

Love this fight. It's like 50 times more intense than any fight before it and that music jams. Also it's the first time I noticed piss poor game design when it gives me Walter who immediately starts unloading Agi on him and he just blocks him. Like seriously bro fuck outta here I got it

[@RedsHitpostMedia]

It was at this moment when i first realized that this game will chew you up and spit you back out.

[@MrConnman123]

This is honestly one of the coolest monster designs I've ever seen period.

[@RockCityWaffles]

I love the fact that they called a gun a mystical relic 🤣🤣🤣

[@Senshi2031]

Hot damn, this boss fight music is just awsome!

[@Gonkers20XX]

I know this sounds crazy but this fight doesn't feel right if Walter isn't casting Agi.

[@EnzoZambrotti]

The physical form of: “Git Gud Scrub”

[@lucylu3342]

Hardest Track on the 3DS bar none.

[@LunarPower081]

Looking at this game, I really want it. Probably gonna get it for my birthday along with FE:A and pokemon y. Also, subscribed =D

[@manuelredgrave8348]

Did you get it?

[@kerb5989]

please lunar poewr did u get it

[@plasmicneon9699]

2:00 Are you trying to give us PTSD from Walter?

[@omegaevolution]

hahaha its been a while since I used that meme, but glad to see some people still remember it! :p

[@thepunkkingkingofthederps7686]

I honestly really love the design of the Minotaur

[@jawnsunn]

Fuck, that terminal... It's got the same creepy music. Just like the first time I saw one in SMT1.

[@supahboy274]

the terminal theme in this game is a remix of the one in smt1

[@123nicanor]

damn the art REAAALLY IMPROVED !!! SO MUCH! damn I really need a 3ds

[@nickrioles847]

nih sa did you get one

[@pyrojack8152]

@@nickrioles847 I still want to know lol

[@HOWZERGOD]

Did ya get it son?

[@bobukcs3353]

i was too busy to actually pay attention to the fight since i was jamming to the background music lmao

[@mrobscene2912]

Are we going to ignore that the minotaur is just a normal guy who is possed by a bull demon? Look at the art.

[@Itz_Nlk]

*''Now come samurai! put on a good show.''*

[@averagefan4376]

Even jonathan respects his strength

[@bruh-cd3kf]

For humans to have the gall to step into the Hall of the Minotaur.. Over a thousand and five hundred years have passed since I formed the pact with my master... You are either truly skilled or fools indeed to ignore his warning. I WILL DINE ON YOUR BLOOD THAT WISHES TO MINGLE WITH THE UNCLEAN. Now come, Samurai... Put on a good show.

[@ChaosArgate]

I love the reaction he gives if you decide to mug him with the Fundraiser app.

[@tibiafibiafie]

I’ve mugged almost all the bosses but I cant believe I forgot the fucking minotaur. I need to mug him now.

[@simonedangelo1308]

1:29 IT'S FREE REAL ESTATE

[@dragonalizan123]

Minotaur: Now come, samurai. Put a good show. Me *Process to dance in a rave*

[@marcoamazo]

Whoever does the music is really good, would be good at doing music for clubs and raves

[@SHIN-STRIDER]

Now come Samurai, put on a good Show... *INTENSE FUCKING MUSIC STARTS BANGING!!!*

[@kyrieespayos2580]

Me:okay lets do this *Walter fights with you* Me: *Turns off 3DS*

[@mcdonkey500]

smtiv was my first SMT game. Getting to this part was some heavy shit

[@julien2983]

1:59 lol you trolling us

[@YuubiTimberwolf]

I love teh design of that boss so much, i started drawing it during the battle XD

[@VonSeux]

Im having a hard time with this boss... guess it gets much easier with Bufu Level 3 doing 200 damage, time to grind

[@CaliforniaBigHunks]

Man when i first fought minotaur in this game? That boss theme went in hard as fuck! Love it.

[@HoodedCatTy]

An example of "what people thousands of years from now" looks like 7:20

[@Atersax]

1:22 here we GOOOOOO

[@vertical_slab6660]

The fact that the music is so well timed really speaks for how amazing and well thought out this game is

[@KRDiStort]

Much to my great personal shame, I had to lower the difficulty to beat this guy after he wiped the floor with me like, four times.

[@Rubyfir3]

So we now have the Bogus Terminal up and running. Cleverest name ever. XD

[@jdearthwalker7554]

Song starts: * fear *

[@UdtheImp]

Personally, I would've named it Houston. XD

[@NotMadJoe]

Minotaur midway through the fight: "Well, thou art of passing skill"

[@starsnstrife]

thats a sick boss battle theme

[@vincentlau6325]

one of my favorite boss battles

[@legolas08100]

Wow you got really lucky with that fight, nice! :D Took me three tries, if he crits with that labrys strike it's practically an instant death, and his charged attacks hit for like 400+ lol.

[@kslee136]

Now come, ssamurai. Put on a good show...

[@warnacokelat]

Anyone else gets fucked badly by the first boss that they thought that it was one of those undefeatable boss in the game tutorial?

[@altenjin]

Hello, it's nice to see you again, wake up call boss. *Smirk* Fuck Walter sometimes.

[@Pokedude1110]

So glad I knew what to do before fighting, otherwise I would've gotten my ass handed to me on a silver platter, instead I got all ice demons with Jonathan, if it had gone slightly different, I would've had a rough time

[@suave605]

This theme song is the best mainline smt theme i’ve ever come across.

[@RobotWhaleE]

Look at Isabeau, getting that last cheap shot in.

[@rozzAugust]

What a banger

[@SoilderKrizer]

1:58 the moment i seen you hover over agi i screamed DON'T DO THAT FAM JUST DON'T

[@alexsandergabriel2457]

NOW COME, SAMURAI.

[@MitsurugiR]

Fucking how dude, I’ve literally spent like 4 hours on this shitty RNG boss fight and I’ve yet to even come close to defeating him.

[@Mataluigi]

Have you tried fusing any demons with Bufu skills? He's weak to ice and you'll get extra turns for exploiting said weakness. Grinding is fine and all, but if you try to brute force your way through grinding only, it won't end well.

[@MitsurugiR]

@@Mataluigi Nvm, I beat him, I just didn’t get rid of the sick status effect, other than that, he was pretty easy.

[@FeiTheVillain]

Fucker ended my run early. Felt like Matador from SMT Nocturne all over again. 😥

[@TheGIJoe69]

Level 33 is when you can fuse him omega. He is a special fusion and requires 3 demons.

[@twewymuncher]

this guy gives me PTSD

[@nunyaxyz]

The minotaur is the one boss I like the most

[@CosmicChris]

Isabaue killed a boss? What?

[@ThePudin124]

That theme is so lit

[@TheGIJoe69]

@youneedheadphones Yes it does indeed give you a negative effect if you pick the other answer. The game gives you dialouge options for every major boss I think.

[@drifter2597]

coolest looking minotaur i ever saw

[@officegossip]

Magic builds have it so good for this boss fight. Still an epic fight though.

[@mistahjenkins4826]

Why does his face also bear a face? =.=