Ranking Every Boss in Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom

[@alejandrovlad217]

There's actually a boss missing from this list, the Volcanic Talus in the Summit Cave, which is a slightly better version of the boss from the first dungeon.

[@nebulon4752]

Yes, this! Additionally, there's a harder lanmola fight with more backup enemies and projectiles making the basic bind=win strategy harder, improving the fight (my opinion)

[@malcolmloh]

ok

[@Weezil_with_Wifi]

​@@nebulon4752Where

[@zeospark9715]

@@Weezil_with_Wifi In the same desert area. To fight it, you first have to defeat the two Lanmolas in the desert to clear up the sandstorms. After that. you go to the Gerudo Palace and go into the room with the two Gerudos training. They will have a quest for you where they reveal there is a third Lanmola where they have a competition with Zelda to see who defeats it first. Naturally, you head back to the desert with the sandstorm and you'll eventually run into it. The area is much better and like nebulon said, there is a crap ton of enemies waiting to swarm you while you fight the Lanmola. A lot of people will miss this quest because you not only have to know there are monsters being the cause of the sandstorms but also going back to those specific Gerudo once you beat the two Lanmolas.

[@False_Refracted]

6:35 Actually Manhandla has been in multiple 2d games, originating from Zelda 1

[@retroblade8818]

It's not really important, but it even popped up in hyrule warriors as a giant boss.

[@WCircuit7224]

​@@retroblade8818 pretty sure that one was the inspiration for this one

[@Goro_Akechi1411]

Hid japanese names also worse "testitart"

[@TheKabuto90]

@@WCircuit7224 Oh definitely, it was even fought near identically

[@SuicidebyYourMom]

Came here to say this.

[@aleclewis4894]

Did you know? You can bind to Ganon's spinning trident, and bring it back to him to smack him, giving you a long opening to attack him.

[@JRRR92]

I fng love you.

[@sobblegaming350]

That was the only boss in the game I struggled with just because of how long it was. Now I learn there's a much easier way to do it?

[@FyrusCarmin]

1:50 You mean Eldin Temple ? it"s not actually the last dungeon if you tackle it first after Hyrule Castle

[@sorio99]

Or if you tackle it second after Hyrule Castle. Really, it’s only last if you want it to be last.

[@TheAshenKnight2020]

6:30 Uh Nathan. Manhandla was also in four swords, four swords adventures and it made its debut in the original Zelda

[@thevioletbee5879]

And Hyrule Warriors.

[@bewearstar9462]

And oracle of seasons.

[@richardwicker8456]

7:50 I believe you're supposed to use statues to stun Mogryph by making him crash into them, which leaves him stunned for a short while. You can use the 4 statues in the room for this, for simply place echoes in strategic spots (since the 4 corner statues disappear in phase 2).

[@JanusHoW]

I found that you can stun Mogryph in Phase 2 even when he's doing his dive-bomb attack. Place an echo of one of the statues right under his shadow before he dives. If he hits his head on the statue, he'll get stunned.

[@Kuchiri]

Manhandla came from Z1, which Oracles of Seasons was going to be a remake of which is why he's in that game.

[@just_v3rd4nt]

How do people beat these games so fast bruh 😭😭 I try to savor them

[@micahheyward5342]

Yeah. I'm thinking "The game just came out. You'd think rankings wouldn't happen for at least a week."

[@murderman7265]

Nintendo youtubers and video game reviewers/journalists get the game about 1-2 weeks earlier than everyone else.

[@centralintelligenceagency8811]

It's been out for 2 weeks at this point

[@just_v3rd4nt]

@@centralintelligenceagency8811 it’s only been out for 2 days 😭

[@GregTingus]

it's really not that long of a game

[@LuckyNumber39]

Does anyone else think the shipwreck jellyfish is Barrinade?

[@foggy8298]

It obviously is. It would be weirder if they named it something else

[@FireSonicYT]

i'm pretty sure it is, though i don't think a name was ever given to it in-game.

[@zaciorfida-costanzo706]

Thats what i thought too

[@wen496]

Almost all the bosses were zelda previous bosses and the game is a little bit short that are the 2 downsides of the game

[@zaciorfida-costanzo706]

I love that it was on the shorter side tbh. While I do enjoy larger games, sometimes games can feel a little too big. So I tend to prefer pocket sized games like this, that I will 100% replay many times. Just like I have with other traditional Zeldas

[@jaromschafer913]

Fun fact manhandla is even older than oracle of seasons in fact it originally appeared in the original legend of Zelda

[@keywii-U]

There is a boss you forgot. There is a fiery version of the seismic talus that you fight as part of a sidequest in goron city. It is similar to the regular fight, except now there is fire on his body that not only can destroy alot of echoes, but unless extinguished, reduce his cooldown time, making it harder to get the orb. Also there is a 4th location of his orb on his back during phase 2

[@stefaniecraig5087]

I personally think the boss roster here is great, all the bosses feel unique and distinct from each other, plus not a single boss is bad

[@foggy8298]

Manhandla is from Zelda 1… every boss in Oracle of Seasons except Mothula, Medusa Head, and Onox are from Zelda 1 Also, the “shipwreck jellyfish” is Barinade from Ocarina of Time

[@srcret7108]

You’re correct about Manhandla, but the jellyfish is not Barinade. Barinade is an anemone, which is not a jellyfish

[@MMtheboyyy_yt]

@@srcret7108 honestly, the shipwreck jellyfish reminds me of arrghus from a link to the past.

[@boomfanfic-a-latta8996]

Manhandla was actually from the first Zelda game!

[@grimaeldragoncaido2393]

Manhandla isn't from Oracle of Seasons. It has appeared since the first Zelda. Other games it has appeared are Four Swords or Hyrule Warriors

[@carsenstrange]

14:08 was something cut out from this part? It ended in an abrupt way

[@YoungMrBlue]

Lmao

[@SuspectCascade]

The video is 13.26 mins long that timestamp is not in the video

[@andredetroit4996]

The Mogryph fight is way easier if you use the statue's you get in the temple so when it charges put a statue down and it'll stum him opening up for attacks

[@josemmz]

7:27 The Zora Scale helps with breathing under water for a lot longer and the Electric Wizzrobe stuns it pretty much immediately when chunks of the water disappear 7:57 The Geraldo Sandals make this boss easier, you can also use the statues to block the sand it throws (The tornadoes will respawn your echoes) then you can use the same statues when it is dashing towards you or striking from above so it hits them and get stunned 12:03 One word: Lynel xD

[@tomdaturtle5792]

Echo Zelda was definitely my favorite fight! I had a lot of fun with it. I also love how the arena looks, since its a a bunch of the areas cobbled together to make a platform!

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

Not my favourite, but the feeling of evading the swarm of instakill enemies felt really fun. Also I loved that I could abuse Triple Peahat Gaming to mess with her AI

[@WiiTara]

​@@Aaa-vp6ug i have to say Darknut L3 killed all her minions super easy and thst left a lot of time for wizrobes to snipe her xD

[@joelblake5310]

My guy must have stayed up all day and night to finish this game and make this video, whilst drinking red bull to keep him awake.

[@bigjalapeno7061]

Yea you're probably right except he was drinking Monster

[@sacripan4425]

The green blob is named Eye Slime, a boss form Link's Awakening and Jellyfish is Barignat, a boss from Zelda Ocarina of Time

[@ryanrosado912]

Agreed on the Manhandla comment. But I also agree that Null was inspired from Kirby. The final boss in Star Allies is….Void Termina. So we have Null and Void. Plus Null has masks reminiscent of Void Termina during its final phase.

[@John_Fein27]

I 100% agree with the comparison to Null and Kirby final bosses. I wonder if there's going to be more fights like this in Zelda games going forward.

[@repoversemedium]

Nintendo has truly reimagined old formulas into literal masterpieces.

[@diamondclad152]

6:23 Not to be one of those nerds, but Manhandla originated from the first legend of zelda and appeard in the third level before the triforce. Still cool they remade this boss though.

[@WhoIsSirChasm]

Wait, they brought back Smog?! Honestly, that has me more excited than anything else that has been shown. It's great seeing the Oracle games get a nod after such a long time.

[@harper.la.vegano]

Shoutout to the Oracle community 💜

[@omegabrain230]

Damn I barely just completed the Gerudo desert temple so I guess I will get back to this video in like 4 days

[@corrinflakes9659]

I interpreted as soon as Null was introduced by the 2nd Goddess that he was Zelda’s equivalent to Amatsumikaboshi, a remnant of what remained from before the creation of the world. So in religious parallels like how Demise is a Devil figure. Where Demise is our Morgoth, Ganondorf is our Sauron, it is Null who is our Ungoliant.

[@legatosaldana3870]

Bro the Link fight in the first dungeon was cool, BUT OMG WAS IT A HUGE DIFFICULTY SPIKe Edit: Ok I think I’m just bad at the game

[@Yoshistar95]

well to be fair, the echoes I had at the time weren't very powerful, so I could relate it was tough with the very little resource we had lol

[@Starriaaa]

A Zelda dungeon maker was in development which then eventually became Echoes of Wisdom 11:20

[@JustJulyo]

I think these are the best boss battles in a long time

[@katherinecheng9360]

9:06 gohma is somewhat similar to the TP’s spider boss… 10:49 boulder is the key 11:02 another similar TP boss, the snow yeti… 11:19 zl target the hat once the element crystal is removed 11:48 you can use lynel, or the one that blows icy wind+lynel

[@d.n.3652]

I think it’s cool they brought back Barinade and Volvagia

[@Zelphindor]

Hey Mr. Bandy, I have sort of a challenge for you. If within a year you finally do the 3D sonic marathon, which I’ve wanted you to do for a while now. I will do my own marathons of the 2D Sonic and the 3D Sonic and I will beat your times on the marathons as well. I will also do a marathon of all the sonic games. Acknowledge me and make me suffer please. I promise to do them although when is a different question but it will happen on my channel eventually if you fulfill my easy demands, do the 3D Sonic marathon and acknowledge me. Thank you for your time

[@RandomMechanicDude]

DO IT MAKE HIM SUFFER

[@PizzaPlayer23]

As Senator Palpatine once said, "Do it."

[@tuckertechnolord6126]

The link 3rd battle is in dungeon 5/6/7(elden), it was my 5th dungeon

[@star_void]

I said the same thing about Null yesterday 😭 It's so obvious that there's inspiration from Kirby

[@GamingG4276]

I hope he does a ranking of the dungeons next.

[@gavingrawrock9589]

Vocavor at 10? All it did was throw whirlpools at you until it got tired and let you hit it, then just made two air pillars near the end.

[@alfiebell6058]

Isnt mogryph meant to be a mole, not a rat?

[@polwigle]

and it's got wings! mogryph = mole gryphon

[@Nosretep]

Yes.

[@sparrowflyaway]

Strong resemblance to the Mogma from Skyward Sword too.

[@sunnyhvar1992]

I didn't play Kirby, but of the games I did play, what Null reminded me of the most is Yami from Okami - I'd argue same idea of the physical representation of evil/darkness, and Yami's main form is a ball with an opening from which a giant hand comes out which is admittedly two less hands than our boy Null, but still, close enough

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

Never expect Nathaniel to rank every Echoes of Wisdom boss!

[@vanessasandoval96]

Yeah I thought he is going to do a ranking of all Zelda games including echos of Wisdom

[@keywii-U]

He forgot 1 boss

[@kumquatweekend]

9:40 I have Crossy Road castle and it’s 2024👍

[@Yoshistar95]

This may sound stupid, but I never somehow did the pull the orb thing with the Seismic Talus fight, just slashing the orb somehow worked well too lol

[@Ice_2192]

Lynel is great for hitting one strong target. Darknut level 3 + Bind is great for crowd control, essentially a buzzsaw.

[@Dino_Man-w8w]

When morgryph flies or dashes at you you can use the statutes and he’ll run into them and get stunned

[@txgoldrush]

Manhandla is from the very first Zelda game.

[@darthvigilante]

You should do a video on Null in the future, given how its existence recontextualizes what we know about the series in general.

[@thecjgameworld4013]

3:40 Personally I would use the ice octorocks to take care of him, and since we would have alot of triangles by that point & each one would only cost one, yeah we basically got a icy machine gun via an octorock army

[@liruenth]

Ice Octo was the best echo imo for the Green Blob as you can summon multiple and they fire fast and accurate. Also dark zelda is super easy if you just spam charged arrows

[@JohnRightwere]

Very hyped for the Zelda Ranked video

[@micahheyward5342]

3:33-3:51 Like how you would defeat a Metroid in its respective series (and Smash Ultimate)

[@vanessasandoval96]

Hey what if Nathaniel Brandy can do a ranking of all Fighters of Super Smash Bros Brawl Ultimate, including DLC so my 64 fighters are Mario and Link , Melee is Peach and Zelda , Brawl is Pokemon Trainer and Sonic , 3DS Wii U is Rosalina and Greninja , and Ultimate is Inkling and Luminary

[@CatsLilaSalem]

Manhandla did also appear in the first Hyrule Warriors, making it more recent

[@Cysubtor_8vb]

I heard that this game began as a dungeon maker game as hinted in Link's Awakening but shifted into what we got.

[@sogghartha]

with Vulvagia, use bind to pull the green orb from his necklace, that will stun him for a short time

[@Bawa1.]

What's cool to me is idk if I agree with this list only because I had different experiences while fighting them. There are so many different ways to beat bosses I think it may change the ranking of the boss fights. Still a great video, and I loved this game.

[@dylanpeddle6859]

As for the dungeons and bosses i found the game to have a good selection of dungeons and bosses with my favourite dungeons being the Eldin Temple and the one thats a mixture of fire and ice and my favourite bosses being Volvagia, Skorchill and Null

[@Silias06]

Ill be honest I did not even realize you could yank out the core of the talus I kinda just hopped to get a good hit in but I like that being a mechanic with it too :)

[@boy1015]

6:30 didn’t this boss originally come from the original legend of Zelda…..

[@dradel2050]

Ooh, Null feeling like a Kirby boss is such a good comparison.

[@sparrowflyaway]

I used a bunch of Zirro's against the third Link fight, fighting bombs with bombs. He kinda just melted lol

[@sparrowflyaway]

For the fake Zelda fight, I alternated between the Lynel and the level 3 Lizalfos. Lynel for the ground enemies, Lizalfos for the flying enemies including the fake. Lizard boi's got some HOPS and a speedy stab when he's up there.

[@SupaLink]

I’ve already beat the game, and there were three bosses on this list I had no clue about.

[@0-lordhell-0]

"Arent you Nathaniel Brandy?" Is what i always hear in Evade.

[@motorolla17]

need more zelda vids from u nate!

[@harper.la.vegano]

Shoutout to the Oracle community! 💜

[@SportsGaming-ll3ru]

This game has easily become my favorite switch zelda game

[@justjosh4453]

The only thing i can think of right now is "Damn, that was fast"

[@Eevian666]

They let you carry around so many smoothies it really doesnt matter. You will always win.

[@PatrickRatliff-w5q]

i cant believe he forgot about that 5 second long manhandla fight in zelda 1

[@eeeeggnog._.]

For gohma i completely ignored its eggs, the electric keese can knock him down so fast that they don't even matter. I thought he was like the worst boss

[@buildz17]

I think you're missing a fight here - there's the fiery version of Seismic Talus in Eldin Volcano

[@Ademhadji653]

I can't believe it, a Zelda game where Zelda is the protagonist, and Link is a boss, it's destined to be peak, wanna see your ranking of the bosses in tears of the kingdom

[@vanessasandoval96]

Maybe Nathaniel Bandy can do a ranking about Pokemon maybe after Legends Z-A happens he could do a ranking so what if he do a ranking all games and maybe including the anime of Ash

[@CakeKingYT]

I love Crossy Castle! I’ve played it many times on Apple Arcade and I love everything in it! (I probably won’t get the console ones though…)

[@stevenhaefner7686]

Great video Nathaniel, can you rank all the costumes Zelda wears? My favorite are the Cat Costumes and her silk pajamas

[@A_Ali173]

This is the warmup for the other Zelda ranking that’s planned…

[@brandonhelcher3691]

You said you don't fight bomb link until the last dungeon. It can be the 5th, the 3 temples can be done in any order after Hyrule castle.

[@colin12684]

For me, would move around the link battles. The bomb fight being in last. The first link battle being much higher ranked. Felt like a spike in difficulty to me.

[@yatanogarasu]

You can also shoot Gohma's eye when she opens to fire a beam to knock her down. And use the Lynel to butcher all of Fake Zelda's Echoes.

[@MLmaster135]

da whack part bout the various link battles is 1. Sword Link seems to have the most hp out of them all cuz he's relatively tanky 2. Bow Link+2nd phase has strangely the lowest hp cuz they surprisingly just die in 1-2 hits, probably because of some sorta balancing reason for using bow and arrow. this one's deff a bit odd and prob shoulda lasted a tiny bit longer 🤔 3. Bomb Link is prob middle of the road hp-wise

[@Yoshistar95]

Good to know I'm not the only one who noticed that :)

[@endernightblade1958]

7:40 “rat” my brother in hyrule have you never seen a mole before …i mean i aint but come on it’s practically in the name, “mogryph” = mole + gryphon

[@batmanbud2]

Tbf I'm not sure if NINTENDO knows what a mole is. They used the Squeak Squad theme for Moley's spirit battle in SSBU (FYI, Moley is a mole boss in Amazing Mirror).

[@PSDRProductions]

The prequel to the Every The Legend of Zelda Game Ranked.

[@aidanmoore8751]

I'm not watching this yet due to spoilers but can we all agree that this is the best 2D zelda ever?

[@BigOllieSpin]

Idk, there are some banger 2d zeldas

[@Realzeldaandweegeefan01]

Definitely my second favorite next to a link to the past

[@Chimidway88]

No

[@jumentoqueanima]

It's up there.

[@iLoveBread260]

I wouldn't go that high, but it's definetely one of the best

[@pokedude998]

8:20 I forgot about the bomb fish, and just used swordfighter and lots of energy recovering food.

[@Dogesman]

Dude the game just came out, chill

[@bigjalapeno7061]

Lol

[@chatslayer]

It's been two days. TWO DAYS.

[@ItsCenrryTH]

Nathaniel is one fast mf

[@Enforc3r]

Yeah it’s a on average 19 hour game.

[@jasonking3182]

The green blob was the only boss that killed me before I looked up his gimmick.

[@Turtle-gamer12]

Great video

[@aidencook5524]

12:49 heh, silly nathan, missing the lynel echo that makes this fight easier ;)

[@harleyhollis]

lots of Ocarina love with the bosses

[@anyamai1346]

I BEAT THE GAME I can FINALLY watch without spoilers (Also I’m sad now)

[@davidhower7095]

I think Link’s first battle easily clears the other two. You don’t really have many options to fight him with at this point in the game, while with the other two you can easily just go ham on him with your sword.

[@RondoOfBloodX]

I’d be willing to be dollars to donuts that Oracle remakes are next in the pipeline.

[@Turbos-b3z]

I wish

[@theenderkirby]

Let's get our rank is back

[@glitchy7216]

THE GAME HAS INLY BEEN OUT FOR 3 DAYS

[@vyanhegde5736]

Nathaniel you look awfully handsome this fine Saturday morning, oh Nathaniel.

[@Thecoolgamer64974]

uh…. okay?

[@Pashaok.]

Watched your triggered and kaizo videos when they came out. Wanted to see how you were doing. Keep at it, man.

[@Chris-gx1ei]

It should be pointed out Null is the First Villain but never the Ultimate Evil. Demise is more evil than Null regarding the fact that he wants to turn the World into a Living Hell while Null wants to make everything vanish back into nothingness. To be honest I prefer to not exist than to exist in eternal agony.

[@Homing3000]

Next rank every Monkey Ball level from easiest to hardest

[@SonicSpyroHeeler]

A video about Zelda Echoes Of Wisdom but i don't see one of Princess Peach Showtime

[@theenderkirby]

If I being honest null reminds me a lot of the arkham fight from DMC3