Star Fox: Assault - Final Boss: Aparoid Queen

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The queen herself awaits her intruders...
Oh, hi, James.
Key Notes:
FINAL BOSS: Aparoid Queen (1st Phase)
- The queen has three phases. The first one has her cover her frontal weak point with a pretty dress of silver leaves. Right when you start, you can undress her skirt and reveal the weak point, though she'll then start to spin right 'round to keep you from hurting her. Then she comes to a stop to fire a charging laser blow. When this is done, she regenerates her dress and repeats the cycle.
- Some gross caterpillar bugs will float around as a really meager way of annoyance meant to hurt you. There is a very slight chance taking some of these down drop Silver Rings.
- In general, your party members aren't in immediate danger.
TRUE FINAL BOSS: Aparoid Queen (2nd Phase)
- But then this phase rolls around and most likely ends up being a headache. Now you fight her rear side, which has four pink spheres that must be struck down until every one of them is closed shut, revealing the inner snake inside. While you take these orbs down, the four sides like to toss some homing and non-homing bugs for obstacles. There will almost always be an extra item to get from destroying many of these bugs: Smart Bombs, Silver Rings, or Laser Upgrades (but the red strong one).
- The weak point is the forehead of the snake itself, but you must first destroy a helmet that will never regenerate once taken down. When it first comes out, the snake does the following:
1) Barfs trails of poison bubbles all over. Yes, she is loosely trying to hit you.
2) Swings her snake body twice across the whole screen. This one can be hard to dodge, but remember that she is pursuing you, so when you dodge the first blow, move over to the opposite direction to dodge the second one.
3) Deploys dozens of explosive mines, which forces a teammate from your side to uselessly try to weaken her when in fact you're forced to cover their stupid-ass weak shots by destroying the hard-to-pinpoint mines (easier to deal with if you just shoot everything around their ships while dodging the mines that get to your side). This is the part I was talking about in the previous video. It takes three explosive mines to the face or less to get shot down, and it will only ever be less if you let them take damage from the small parts you had to keep them safe from enemies. If you fail, they won't aid you (which is in hindsight better for you but nasty for your score). If you succeed in keeping them safe, they will give you a free Silver Ring...that you can easily miss if they so happen to drop it in the middle of explosive mines and thus makes it risky for you. (Food for thought: this is probably the reason why they should NEVER face off against final bosses in these games...)
- The process rinses and repeats from there, though if you waste time trying to close the four spheres, the queen will pull back and suddenly cover her path with a myriad of red lightning bolts. These are easier to dodge if you can fly around the edges.
- There's no shame in losing lives here (I lost freaking NINE lives). The score will remain intact and your teammates' HP will fully be restored (though losing the potential of using the blue lasers is a big loss in itself, much more so if you aren't lucky enough to get another upgrade).
SERIOUSLY, TRUE FINAL BOSS: Dying Aparoid Queen (3rd Phase)
- And now comes the most bulls**t phase of them all. The queen frantically flies around while keeping a lock on you. She only has two attacks, but both are WAY too nasty and can take you down in four hits at maximum or less. Worse yet, there is NO pattern. She chooses which one to use in no order and may even repeat it.
1) Fires off a laser blast similar to Pigma's Aparoid form. This is the attack that wasn't just properly programmed in this game because its range is extremely deceiving. When you first hear it going off is also the time you must NEVER stand in front of her. The blast may not even be close to you, but it will hurt you anyway the moment it goes off. Cheap. You must dodge this by flying to the sides.
2) A screaming tunnel of crystals. This is the attack that forces you to stare directly at her and stay inside the tunnel unless you want to die by bumping into those shards. She does this attack several times, but it's very hard to dodge it. You have a chance at dodging it completely by flying out to the corners, but its range is pretty big that is still risky.
- As you can plainly see, the problem with these two attacks is that there is absolutely no way to predict avoiding the first hit. Good luck! And don't be joking around.
Watch, enjoy, and comment, everyone.

[@xanderwardwell-gaw7472]

Fox: "HERE I COME, YOU EVIL SPACE HAG!!!!"

[@MrDarksword123]

The most badass thing fox has ever said

[@SegaNintendoGuy64]

That line is so wicked.

[@Redkodiak1994]

now playing this gives me a nostalgic feel bcuz i played this in my late childhood

[@kyokugenryudisciple9349]

Yeah, even as a kid…you knew shit got real!

[@jamiegioca9448]

"Don't hesitate! When the time comes, just act!" Wolf O'Donnell 2005

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

@GalacticHypernova star fox team, let's go

[@johnmoss1444]

I think that Pigma being the only villain that the queen imitated where the rest of her imitations were of good guys such as General Pepper, Peppy, James McCloud, and Rob was possibly a reference to Pigma having had been a member of Star Fox before betrayal took place.

[@xeronylloyd21]

In my eyes it is not even about Pigma. It is more like a little hint on James is still alive. The Queen only impersonates who got infected DIRECTLY. Why would he use Pigma's memory when the entire Star Fox Team hates him? Because he was the first one who became absorbed. Pepper got absorbed on Corneria, Peppy and R.O.B. on the Homeworld. This leaves that James somewhere out there got infected too during the Aparoid Invasion, so he is still alive. Just think about it. Even if James was hiding, he couldn't be prepared for the Invasion. If even Sauria got massacred in matter of hours, and that planet is at a faraway corner of Lylat, James could have been caught too. The "Queen uses memories she absorbed" makes no sense, since she would then clearly know that Pigma would be the LAST person that Star Fox cares about. I still think James is out there, survived and got cured of the infection with the Queen's Demise just like everybody else.

[@johnmoss1444]

@@xeronylloyd21 Actually I'm starting to make sense out of something you said. James was only probably considered to be dead because he wasn't found, but then in Star Fox 64, he becomes Fox's ally who leads him out of venom after his fight with Andross. If he were dead he wouldn't be able to do that.. That means in this game he was probably also alive to get infected by the aparoids. Another connection I'm making is that everyone the queen infected was all 3 members of the original Star Fox team, the mechanic who doesn't age because he's a robot which means he was probably around since the original Star Fox team, and General Pepper who commanded the original Star Fox team no questions asked.

[@xeronylloyd21]

@@johnmoss1444 Exactly. I think James uses the same tactic as Dash Rendar in Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire. "If everybody thinks we are dead, who would be searching for us?". For me after this occasion in Assault, James is alive and is out there somewhere hiding. Also what you said about SF64 makes sense, this is a Sci-fi game not a spiritual thingy game. Also also, in Star Fox Adventures James again contacts Fox with a message. Even if I would say if in N64 his last act was to save Fox from the same fate as his, so his spirit may rest in peace, why would he keep appearing in some forms to Fox? It makes no sense in any way that he is dead. First on Venom on the N64, the the message in Adventures, and then in Assault a whole impersonation? Too fishy.

[@zerosorigin8387]

@@johnmoss1444 I don’t think that was a living James. I always thought that was his Spirit that appeared in Fox’s time of need. Why else did he vanish as soon as Fox made it out of Venom? I think that was just his Spirit.

[@bcrunch4232]

@@zerosorigin8387 yeah and maybe James once met and escaped the Aparoid by himself once, but the queen was able to take enough of him to use his voice and personality.

[@maniac2633]

The orchestral music makes this whole thing. One of the most epic Nintendo boss fights even if you're just flying around. You could feel the importance.

[@SegaNintendoGuy64]

8:51 Fox: Here I come, you evil space hag! Man I love that line.

[@13Dragonblade]

best line in the whole game.

[@SegaNintendoGuy64]

13Dragonblade Right on.

[@jejeakle]

JamesTheBrony/JTB after EVERYTHING she put Fox through, I don’t blame him

[@SegaNintendoGuy64]

@@jejeakle True.

[@teko4752]

I'm still upset to this day that Star Fox Assault hasent been taken as an example for the whole series. Gameplaywise Characterwise Graphicwise One of the best multiplayer the gamecube has to offer And heck , they even made slippy likeable.

[@Redkodiak1994]

He was My favorite character to play as

[@eddzetarabbit]

??? (Peppy): Give in. This is not sacrifice. It is...DO A BARREL ROLL!

[@JuwanBuchanan]

It's really sad that Star Fox is arguably a dead franchise now.

[@Redkodiak1994]

Yip I think it's bcuz crash Mario and sonic are taking up the popularity

[@ilikethecokev2]

I have a feeling it'll make a comeback someday. I mean we all thought Metroid Dread would never see the light of day and it got made.

[@SteelTiamat]

Nah, not dead. Just dormant

[@KingRidley]

I absolutely loved the sound mixing in this fight. Through the entire battle, the aparoid queen is trying to freak you out, but the sound effects and music are too loud to hear it most of the time. It kind of reflects how, honestly, you aren't letting her fool you. The Star Fox team knows it's just a schtick. Arguing with the voices would be like yelling at an answering machine, it wouldn't accomplish anything. Putting her scare tactic in the background of the audio REALLY sells that point for me, that the characters are ignoring her. It's so great.

[@girlgarde]

And in the final part of the fight, the Queen stops saying anything and focuses solely on trying to kill you as she knows that nothing she says will sway or scare you from trying to kill HER.

[@KarlSturmgewher]

Aparoid Queen: "Resistance is futile." "From this time forward, you will service us!"

[@ikagura]

I like how dark yet surreal the aparoids and that final boss is (almost like a Kirby or Earthbound final boss).

[@kawanbruh]

funny, because there is a theory about the aparoids being a evolved version of the dark matter from the kirby series.

[@ikagura]

@@kawanbruh Assuming that Nintendo's IPs are sharing the same universe but I think it's just a coincidence since the whole "assimilating species" even predated the Borgs from Star Trek. PS: I also liked the Flood from Halo.

[@lancecurry7538]

*APAROID QUEEN:* No! We are truth! Only *us! NO!!!*

[@masterdom18]

*FOX:* *_Here I come, you evil space hag!!_*

[@broden4838]

Krystal: Fox! Finish this! Fox (English version): Here I come, you evil space hag!! Fox (Japanese version): Let's go! Aparoid Mother/Queen!!

[@AngryAnimeFan2]

well done. that final report "alright" "no problems" "everything A-okay" gotta love thoose lines

[@Redkodiak1994]

just why were the names in question marks

[@an0rangutan]

The voice acting is a little eh at times, but I really like how the story is fleshed out a bit and characters seem also a bit more fleshed out. The story elements are probably what win this game over for me.

[@MegaDynamiteDan]

I love the voice it's actually really good especially wolf's and fox voice

[@SailorMoonFriends]

This is by far the most epic boss fight and final battle in the Star Fox series

[@Dorox97]

Don't hesitate! When the time comes just act!

[@isro7785]

1:23 Remember what wolf said.

[@jerryrodrigueziii2406]

1:23 DON’T HESITATE! WHEN THE TIME COMES, JUST ACT!

[@pokemaniac0075]

Thank you engineer from tf2

[@ikagura]

1:23 "Don't think, just do!" Wolf is kinda like Maverick.

[@gamertoon8230]

I played this game for the first time in years a few months ago and this final boss made my heart pound more than when I fought any other final boss. Such a great game, wish it got the HD treatment like Sunshine.

[@edward18517]

I just realized, if you keep the first-form of the Aparoid Queen on it were to have it actually fly around instead of staying stuck in the ground that thing would be massive. Like, the entire undamaged Aparoid Queen, if it's showing its full body, would be like the size of a battleship or something.

[@josephzielinski8817]

Star Fox were getting ready for their last stand, the final battle of the War of Aparoid Inderpendence.

[@pluggedin-the-ratbird]

You know it's bad when Falco gives you health and Slippy and Krystal give you bombs. I can't handle that corny line though. "HERE I COME, YOU EVIL SPACE HAG!" XD

[@AuraChannelerChris]

I will put an end to our relationship.

[@LillyWhiteFairy]

People will call literally anything "corny" istg.... There's nothing "corny" about it. The quote is bad@ss.

[@Moments-of-bliss]

@1:25 Hearing wolf be the motivation for fox almost made me cry as a kid…those two characters while adversaries have in my opinion the best arch of the entire series in this game

[@Termina2018]

I hope we get another Star Fox game as epic as this one

[@KyulietheIceDemonGirl]

I like doing something I think nobody has done before with phase 1 which is drag out the battle so I can hear all the dialogue the fight shows.

[@Amoeba744]

Died so many times here as a kid.

[@anueutsuho7425]

That laser/flamethrower in the last phase looks kinda ugly... yet kinda cool at the same time.

[@TheBanhalor]

That 3rd Phase kill me a lot, and you make look easy this boss xD good played Chris!

[@Kingofsea7591]

He lost about3 or 5 lives he just cut out all of it

[@JuJu-bq9uq]

Live as one

[@VossMarionette]

I always wondered... If the boss in starfox 64 on sector X was aparoid infected.

[@chillstoneblakeblast3172]

TBH, I never thought of that. Especially since the base was destroyed and it is implied that the boss destroyed it because it was rouge.

[@eduardomagana3858]

Spyborg? Nah, he was a failed project of Andross, I'm assuming. Made sense, considering he said "WHERE IS THE CREATOR?" Makes you feel sad, know that the poor guy just wanted to be completed.

[@ikagura]

Nice theory but Nintendo didn't plan too much ahead

[@SailorMoonFriends]

@Rundas 7 That because Slippy's father Beltino said that a Cornerian fleet was destroyed by an Aparoid 17 years ago before the events of Star Fox 64

[@hackerman203]

​@@eduardomagana3858god is in heaven

[@misterniceguy429]

2:58 Anyone else thinking of SHUT UP YOU’RE SO ANNOYING

[@yaolofe3852]

Nice try Slippy 😂😂😂

[@MrLegislater]

This game was amazing. It’s sad many people call it trash

[@AuraChannelerChris]

It's a very linear game with a lack of variety whose on-foot missions slow down and interrupt the flow of on-air portions.

[@MrLegislater]

@@AuraChannelerChris Damn bro you didn’t have to delete your comments 😂 what do you mean a lack in variety? In what weapons? Cause there was plenty of weapons to choose from, especially in the multiplayer mode.

[@AuraChannelerChris]

I never meant the variety of weapons but rather stages. It's just ten that can't be done in a different order and can be finished in 3 or so hours. More than half the on-foot portions could have been auto-scrolling Landmaster-only stages, and the ones that do not have deep dead ends that force you to retrace all the way back to the Arwing. Also, the game has some sappy dialogue at times (particularly Oikonny referring to Fox and crew as demons and stuff about "ending our relationship").

[@MrLegislater]

@@AuraChannelerChris I will agree with you, the stages that were in multiplayer should’ve and could’ve probably been added to the story... But why would you want to be confined to a vehicle the entire time?

[@MrLegislater]

@@AuraChannelerChris & To be fair, that was Oikonny’s first and only appearance I believe. I don’t think they really cared for his dialogue like that since he didn’t really play much of a role in the story except warm you up for when the aparoids appear. He appears, you chase him, fight him, he dies. He was insignificant bro lol

[@AncapOtaku]

Why does this game not get more attention?

[@AuraChannelerChris]

Extremely linear and too short. Ground portions aren't great.

[@Bleeperblopper497]

I'm glad you're in jail

[@Termina2018]

2:53 lmao 🤣

[@TorqueEffect]

Ughh, playing on the hardest difficulty and I can rarely dodge the head swinging attack in second phase of the fight. Even if I am way out of the way it still manages to hit me for whatever bullshit reason.

[@NosubsIngame]

Yeah gold difficulty was hard as hell, but you gotta be persistent, what helped me out was destroying the little critters she throws when you gotta hit the 4 pink cores, just move left and right while spamming A and they will most likely give you bombs, wings, and silver rings after exploding

[@Kingboo336]

Does anyone know there is secret dialogue on the final battle of the aparoid queen when she escapes and you have to battle her? I figured it out when I had only the left side of my headphones play.

[@sneezingcat4974]

What did she say?

[@jamestowell5818]

Oh. Hey. What's up?

[@gino9206]

great boss but fuck having 3 lives and getting 0 health

[@Redkodiak1994]

Now that I look back on this game I realized how weird it was

[@AuraChannelerChris]

Not as weird as Adventures.

[@ikagura]

W'e're in space, of course things are getting weird.

[@Redkodiak1994]

​@@AuraChannelerChrisnever played that 1

[@Redkodiak1994]

​@@ikaguraha...haha...ha....haha

[@ongbruhlol]

Aparoids or The Flood

[@VytoneJr]

Aparoids, because its Nintendo, the creep factor is multiplied. Halo is a more mature game, so its not as fucked up.

[@RokushoTheRavager]

Not just that but the Flood while a deadly faction, only affect organic life. The Aparoids can affect whoever or whatever they want to, organic or non-organic, which makes them a far greater threat.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

At least Aparoid infected creatures don’t suffer both physically and psychologically. Edit: Looking back at this two years later, ignore my other reply. I don't know what I was thinking.

[@RexMK-]

@@MisterJohnDoe I am not suure a out that chieff ... Remeber how Pigma started chanting about how he must "Obey Them" and also the general Pepper altought still fully aware of everything that was happening ... I am pretty sure he was no spare from the physicall agony of being used as an organic control drive for that ship I am pretty sure the victims of the Aparoid assimilation aren't having a good time

[@taleseylad1249]

I was thinking the same thing. aparoids are just pretty looking flood

[@faby6515]

5:35 did she kill you?

[@jaydenmoosa3989]

I Think She Did.

[@pikusoldier1232]

8:51

[@devonsmith8542]

2:53

[@devonsmith8542]

3:01

[@devonsmith8542]

3:42

[@MundoDaMatematica53]

The most annoying thing in universe: it annoys Slippy!!!!

[@emilymareco1790]

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