Super Mario RPG Remake - Culex Rematch Superboss Fight

[@danieldeoliveira.P]

Culex once said: "Perhaps in another time, in another game, we might have been mortal enemies... Let us part as comrades in arms." He wasn't kidding.

[@Loner098]

...Though I personally don't count it as "another" game because it is still the same journey Mario has been on.

[@shady5595]

​@@Loner098It's objectively another game

[@Loner098]

@@shady5595 Isn't it still just a remake?

[@BowserEditz]

​@@Loner098post game is still kinda new

[@ubermaster1]

@@Loner098I just knew someone would show up and say this..

[@Gabtool]

I feel like I can close a chapter of my life now that I’ve seen Culex as more than just a 2D Sprite. This kicks ass

[@mastergeneralfleetadmirals7251]

Hell yeah it does I didn’t think they do this much with him a epic ass boss remade in 2023 along with an remastered version of the original final fantasy 4 boss theme definitely kicks ass to the core n it sounds badass all the same

[@Vanity0666]

Play Final Fantasy 4 lol

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Culex is definitely the most Final Fantasy boss that never comes from Final Fantasy.

[@Vanity0666]

@@poweroffriendship2.0 he's straight up just ripped from ff4

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@@Vanity0666 Except Culex never appeared in Final Fantasy 4 as a boss but Square and Nintendo just ripped the FF4 boss theme to SMRPG.

[@Zidane_Mina]

I love the reference to his last appearance when he said "maybe in a future game" OMG. Feels like a circle has been completed. Also, battle theme 2 from ffiv sounds INCREDIBLE

[@CometMedalChavez]

If anyone wants to know, this version of Culex has 8,999 HP, the highest of any of the bosses in the game, even more than the 8,000 HP that Smithy has. His Thought Peek thought is something along the lines of “Feast your eyes on the power of post-game content!”, so he pretty much breaks the fourth wall with his thought.

[@S113Productions]

He transcends reality!

[@rpgfanatic9719]

We know what a super boss is...

[@keithtorgersen9664]

@CometMedalChavez, I haven't played this version, but in the original game you really have to be max level in order to not get crushed by Culex.

[@sophia_lumie]

It's 9999 on normal mode

[@Havic101-atc]

Nah, in the original you can also just come into the fight well prepared. Like, if you lost at first and then tried again after changing your setup to counter him. I beat him with my party at Lv. 19, and max level is 30.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

_"Now, I will vanish to that land... until I gain someday the power of the third dimension and the fluctuations visit -- yet unknown lands. O traveler who appears before me, I give you this. Farewell, o mighty one."_ ~ Culex (Japanese translation) After 27 years, the Dark Knight of Vanda is right. He finally obtained the power of the third dimension that he went from 16 bits to HD in a new form.

[@jonathanemanuel41]

haha ♥

[@Jordan-wv2xz]

I like to think that the developers couldn't figure out whether to keep Culex's 2D sprite or update it to 3D, so they decided to do both. As we can all see, this was an excellent decision.

[@dragonfire5000]

In the original Japanese version of the game, Culex explicitly brings up how he's 2D while the Mario characters are 3D, so I feel like the devs definitely wanted to keep Culex's 2D sprite while also thinking "Hey, wouldn't it be neat if he was finally in 3D for this remake?"

[@nate567987]

and he does that in the remake as well@@dragonfire5000

[@daridon2483]

​@@dragonfire5000Maybe that's the true reason why they added boss rematches in the first place

[@CircuitDaemon]

@@dragonfire5000 what's funny is that I don't remember thinking that his sprite looked 2D compared to the rest of the game and it would make sense as the original game was just isometric 2D to make it look 3D. So now with the game being real 3D, the original concept looks even better and the upgraded 3D model is a nice touch to add post-game content.

[@nickbritto1511]

@@CircuitDaemon He was very 2D and pixelated in his non combat form, his boss sprite was just so well made many forgot he wasn't 3D like the cast.

[@DoublemanFM]

The fact that they gave him Meteor, man... Icing on the cake. For those that don't know, in Final Fantasy IV, the game his theme originates from, Meteor is the ultimate black magic and a major plot point in the game's story (Meteor would later be eclipsed by spells like Ultima, just as Flare before it, so them choosing Meteor specifically instead of one of its big brothers was an awesome touch). Him counting down before using the attack with enemy skills "5", "4", "3", "2", and "1" is also a very common occurrence in Square RPGs, perhaps most famously used by the Black Tyranno during the climax of the Prehistory arc in Chrono Trigger.

[@miss.saxophone]

Usually because these countdowns were fatal. Once the magic was cast, it was so powerful it would annihilate the whole party.

[@movinitlikedat45]

@@miss.saxophone like Zeromus's Big Bang?

[@miss.saxophone]

@@movinitlikedat45 i don't remember but usually countdowns mean fatal. There were even countdowns for specific curses like death and petrify where the effect on the party member would happen at the end of the countdown.

[@amaureaLua]

@@movinitlikedat45 Like Bahamnut's megaflare, which is fatal unless you prepare properly (or are overleveled), or Odin's time limit.

[@phoenx6336]

​@@amaureaLuain Ff iv you actually can counter it casting reflect in your own party kekw

[@austinmorrison6953]

Okay what they did with Culex is just genius. In the original game he simply says Mario’s world is uninhabitable to his kind. I had no idea what that meant until this. Beautiful! And his new 3D model is glorious!

[@gengarzilla1685]

A lot of that was just translation cockups in the original game anyway. What he says in this game is more faithful to the original Japanese release, in which he actually talks about the team's 3D forms.

[@IvanezRus]

​@@gengarzilla1685while true, it makes MARGINALLY more sense now, when hardware allows for non-pixel graphics, and where retains his 2d-ness at first

[@KingSpartaX37]

Culex (in 2D) - "This isn't even my final form!!"

[@Phalanxter]

And it wasn't in the remake XD

[@alexsalas700]

11:46 Perfect synchronisation with the triple move and the battle soundtrack

[@Tyrarl]

And the transition as they all jump back in after the animation completes hits on the right beat too. Chefs kiss!

[@solidpat221]

I’m glad they made his rematch absolutely brutal. Every good rpg deserves a boss that makes you wanna throw the controller haha.

[@Gazing-09]

Especially one that makes you sweat even when your stats are maxed out and with the best gear!

[@tracemacmillan9718]

Absolutely agree. Love the idea of a boss that encourages players to pick up the game again after the credits roll in the main story, actually giving us a reason to max out the stats and maybe slip in an Easter egg of sorts

[@veghesther3204]

and the LAZY shell armor Nulls ALL BUT those 2 Meteor spells and while IF you survive Long enough for the 4 Crystals to run out of FP Culex's OWN FP for this rematch may actually BE infinite making it impossible for him to run out of it.

[@MrVariant]

Seems damage spongey and 17:23 was very underwhelming for a Starman bowser style team. Still, at least it's there for those who can tolerate an easy main game.

[@keithtorgersen9664]

@solidpat221, that's how the original was.

[@SoraFan23]

For those who want to know how to get the "Extra-Shiny Stone" You need to beat Smithy first, then Go to the Sunken Ship to have a rematch against Johnny, after beating him he gives you the Extra Shiny Stone.

[@vgm6025]

The door doesn't appear until you've beaten every superboss so you'd already have the stone

[@MarcusSanchez2525]

Before you can do anything of this, after you beat Smithy Toad will come to Mario in his house and give him a pass for the Hotel in Merrymore to stay the night, go there and a cutscene will happen with Geno telling to go to Star Hill just follow what they tell you then you will be able to do the super bosses.

[@SoraFan23]

@@MarcusSanchez2525 Okay thank you for telling me this. I was having trouble trying to figure out how to fight the superbosses.

[@CometMedalChavez]

Fighting Johnny again gives you the Extra Shiny Stone, but you don’t unlock the door to fight 3D Culex until you beat all the other superbosses.

[@SoraFan23]

@CometMedalChavez yeah i figured that out, and you can go to Tadpole Pond and talk to Frog Sage, and he'll give you a hint to what the next boss is

[@ZephWraen]

Man, this boss theme is getting so much love in the last few years. There was the Pixel Remaster of FFIV, then FFXIV did an FFIV inspired story arc and we got another version of this theme, and now Culex gets his own version too. FFIV fans eating well.

[@dragonlord0784]

Whats the name of FFXIV's FFIV-inspired story arc?

[@TheEmperorHyperion]

​@dragonlord0784 the IV story arc begins in either Newfound Adventure or Buried Memory - which are part of Endwalker's post-story questline.

[@applied__science]

It's one of the best boss music melodies ever made. It is just perfect

[@applied__science]

​@@dragonlord0784well it is across multiple of the recent Endwalker expansion packs. All of Endwalker is FFIV heavy.

[@YourMomsAltAccount]

The FF series has such amazing music, so it's only proper it gets as much love as it does. I hope to see FF6's boss theme, Decisive Battle, get the same level of love one day! I'd personally rank that boss theme right next to this one, both are so amazing.

[@adhirg]

15:24 when the beat from the chain dies because of Final Claw… the impact of the move, player fails to defend correctly, chain drops and the track goes back to normal. so awesome! FYI percussion tracks are added to the redone tracks when you have a 5 chain or more! so sick. love this game, the og is my favorite game of all time but this remake does a damn fine job.

[@TheAarons1234]

The timing of this was just absurdly good.

[@Mario87456]

Culex should appear in a Final Fantasy game one day and it’s so weird that he hasn’t for some reason. Not to mention it is weird how he claims to be evil but doesn’t even seem to be upset when he loses and just seems fine rematching you all the time.

[@decas5505]

He doesnt appear on any Final Fantasy game because he is a parody of the Final Fantasy bosses: -Wants to destroy the world -Is a knight -Has the power of 4 crystals -He is overaly designed -Is basically a god

[@DarkOverlord96]

@decas5505 He should appear in Kingdom Hearts, then.

[@decas5505]

@@DarkOverlord96 I agree, i am kinda tired of seeing sephirot everywhere lol

[@jonathanzimmer725]

I assume you mean sephiroth. Sephirot is ALSO a final fantasy character@@decas5505

[@lezard2102]

He should be a trial boss in FFXIV

[@NotTheWheel]

Between this and accidentally walking into Cynthia's vacation home probably scared me the most than anything in any game. Now I am always prepared before I enter any building in a JRPG.

[@mastergeneralfleetadmirals7251]

You mean cynthia from pokemon? I wanna imagine that’s who were talking about

[@NotTheWheel]

@@mastergeneralfleetadmirals7251 yep that was the Cynthia

[@ExitScam]

Cynthia isn’t even tough, your teams just bad. Culex on the other hand…

[@NotTheWheel]

@@ExitScam I never said I struggled. It was a surprise where I was caught off guard. If you know it's Cynthia it's one thing, If you're walking in without your main team because it's post game - it's another.

[@linforia]

"I return to this world remade" oh, very clever

[@Ayumuobsessed]

Oh my goodness Culex looks gorgeous in 3d I knew they’re gonna make him tougher than before BRING IT ON!!!!!

[@garsrandom4358]

Not to mention they certainly built this model off the other one’s If you wonder I’m talking about sephiroth

[@jude_210]

Loving how this tune just keeps getting remastered lately

[@fukaze2021]

It's way too iconic not to

[@aspiringvoiceactor645]

If they would only give Final Fantasy 4 the same treatment they gave 7, we could have another epic version in the making.

[@chrisofstars]

@@aspiringvoiceactor645 Final Fantasy 4, forgive my ignorance, but is that the game Culex originates from?

[@aspiringvoiceactor645]

@@chrisofstars no. It's the game that regularly uses this battle theme as it's boss fight.

[@razorburn7745]

I prefer the bass from the original, the orchestrated version just doesn’t seem to hit the same. They should’ve contacted Jonny Atma for the remix lol.

[@Gazing-09]

Oh wow. I expected him to look cartoony like for the trolling but... He actually looks good, like what you'd get from the actual Final Fantasy franchise! I'm pleased as punch! Also, kudos to the music!

[@adhirg]

this is the secret boss - his normal fight has the original pixel look, so they kinda trolled a little bit lol.

[@RebelliousTreecko]

SO glad we got to see a high-definition Culex.

[@Rediscool9]

*Squidward:* “OH NO, HE’S HOT!!!”

[@kefka3]

This was the greatest twist Nintendo could have ever done. What an outstanding performance by Shimamura, and everyone at Nintendo. The bait and switch with OG culex the first time around to this absolute unit of a reveal, Kefka-ing you to 1HP and pulling out every trick the game has with the four crystals. What a treat this final superboss was.

[@thatonedude100]

Holy hell this is an end to a storyline that started nearly 30 years ago. Good job Nintendo

[@DistractionsDaily]

The party: *literally dying to a monster beyond human comprehension* Peach: 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@tylermercado1445]

8999/9999 is an insane amount of HP. He’s pulling out all the stops here, so you better take this seriously. Each crystal boosts a certain stat on all other enemies if taken out before Culex. Should you defeat him before taking out all the crystals, they’ll instantly revive him, but shatter afterward. So you gotta decide which is worse, beating Culex twice with no boosted stats or beating him with all stats boosted. Oh, and he’ll almost never use his normal attack unless he runs out of FP.

[@pyregg1572]

Not to mention he always starts off the battle with Meteor to bring your party down to 1 HP so you already have to waste the first turn healing up before you can even consider what to do first. We're screwed.

[@chrisofstars]

@@pyregg1572 That's pretty par for the course for Final Fantasy bosses. They often tend to have a nasty tactic you need to think-tank your way around it. Like fkn Yunalesca in FFX making you fight as zombies.. ugh I hated her.

[@abrahamlupis9354]

​@@chrisofstars Yunalesca is nothing compared to the bosses from the monster arena

[@andrewstuart4609]

Its over 9000 HP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. couldnt help myself to that dbz meme

[@otakon17]

Beating him once with boosted stats seems like the only way to go, there's no way you'd have the supplies even at max level, best equipment and full inventory to burn through nearly 18,000hp.

[@graysonbauer7981]

The madman... He actually did it...

[@DesertRainReads]

Wow, the updated FF4 boss battle arrangement is epic and impressive. Culex looks fantastic, damn, his attacks are also brutal too. If I can get this game sometime? I definitely will.

[@cyandeoidre2375]

Yoko music don't miss

[@kevinphoenix2007]

Nice abs! He sure pumped himself up for this fight…literally. XD

[@marcosseverini5297]

Okay, how do we make a memorable secret boss even more memorable? Let's make them think we wanted to troll them by making them fight his 2D incarnation with his original theme then let's put a secret side quest where he comes back much stronger, with a sick 3D model and a remix of his theme. God, this game is awesome.

[@dracoarton94]

20:10 The perfect theme to be played when such a powerful boss is finally defeated

[@thex8625]

Dude went from 16bits to HD3D Era just to wreck your party…. Talking about dedication

[@TheNawaf258]

And culex still remembers them

[@CeHee123]

Could you imagine if Square made more Mario RPGs with Nintendo? That Mario + Luigi vs. Sephiroth meme could have been real (outside of Smash). But still it's nice to see them show fanservice for FF games other than 7, even if this is a remake of the SNES game, which of course had Culex in it.

[@InumiDarkness]

If they ever make a new M&L game (low chances since Alphadream doesn't exist anymore), having the Bros. vs Sephiroth as a secret boss battle would be really epic

[@garsrandom4358]

@@InumiDarknessmaybe they could get square enix, intelligent systems or maybe even Toby fox to do one

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

@@garsrandom4358 Intelligent Systems already makes Mario RPGs for Nintendo though. They're just that unknown franchise called "Paper Mario."

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

@@InumiDarkness That would be assuming Square Enix is interested in licensing their character for that use, which given the popularity of KH and the FFVII remake, the answer is probably "no."

[@garsrandom4358]

@@BrunodeSouzaLino yeah but i'm SPECIFICALLY talking about mario&luigi it's a bit of a different formula

[@Bloodbro4life]

Definitely gonna play this without the lazy shell armor. Gonna be the thrill of a challenge I’ve been waiting for!

[@chaddenning]

i think without the lazy shell armor is near impossible I lasted until turn 17 before My party was annihilated....

[@Bloodbro4life]

@@chaddenning ooof. I’ll still try it regardless!

[@veghesther3204]

ITs Meteor spell does the full 199 + damage even WITH it that's why trying to run Culex OUT of FP for the rematch is impossible its FP may actually be Infinite.

[@MarcusSanchez2525]

@@veghesther3204I’m very sure it is, the earth crystal was the last crystal I had to kill and it ran out of FP like halfway through the fight which lasted at least another 15 turns. The game said it took me 38 turns in total to defeat him but I love we can fight him as many times as we want.

[@daridon2483]

You are gonna* have to face the challenge either way, because the 5 turn meteor actually bypasses lazy shell

[@NewRalfXing]

You know what would be even more hilarious? If Culex 3D model design was FFXV realistic looking style

[@NickyLaurienzo]

Just beat it last night, and sat there in awe with the FF prelude music afterwards. They really killed it with this remake

[@tylerbish2441]

Didn't know Nintendo did TWO versions of the same fight but this more difficult.

[@hazzydahaka13]

This is completely new to the remake btw.

[@gengarzilla1685]

This one's a postgame rematch exclusive to the remake. That first one was the big extra boss of the original SNES version, but now it's just the required opening course to the new big extra boss.

[@kildsherbs]

This is insane, I loved that so much I can't describe. Awesome!

[@veghesther3204]

and even the LAZY shell armor rematch only won't help you survive its meteor spell the one used EVERY 4 turns BUT once Culex and the 4 crystals run of of FP IF you live that long its harmless at that point.

[@TheObsessiveGamer]

I like how 3D Culex was made to look like a modern 3d FF boss that would appear in games such as 14 or 7 Remake

[@danbobdickson]

Between IV's Pixel Remaster, Endwalker's patches, and this, we've gotten so many new versions of Battle 2 and I am so here for it.

[@eduardod14s]

This is absolutely insane

[@chaddenning]

Culex in the remake is 3x harder than his snes 2d sprite self hes really transcendent in power in this one !

[@BraveryWing26]

Geno, Mario and Bowser's Limit Break is HILARIOUSLY broken.

[@MelvinaMacGarlen]

Okay now culex looks like sephiroth fused with trance kuja.....and it is glorious

[@raveast]

Don't forget... Devil Kazuya from Tekken.

[@unknownuser494]

He look more like neo exdeath.

[@mastergeneralfleetadmirals7251]

He also looks like kefka as well

[@SonicPlushTuber]

This is how I would imagine Culex if he were in a Mario Movie, which I hope they add in the post credit in the next one

[@movinitlikedat45]

Culex 3D is to Super Mario RPG Nintendo Switch what: - Sephiroth is to Kingdom Hearts (1 and 2). - Unknown/Xemnas is to Kingdom Hearts Final Mix. - The Lingering Will is to Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix. - Yozora is to Kingdom Hearts 3/Re:Mind.

[@miken6913]

Man, beating Yozora on crit was a pain.

[@garsrandom4358]

And what the behemoth is to Mario sports mix

[@MSNoir7]

Fr

[@A_PLAYER5766]

I like that in most Mario guys, you just have a plumber jumping around and in a few games, you have a realistic looking god or dragon.

[@friskecrisps8038]

I really hope Nintendo makes a sequel to this game. It would be straight up awesome to have Culex be the main villain

[@vinnycamarata4907]

Culex is more than just Mario, here's Crash, Spyro, Sonic, Aero, Final Fantasy, Persona, you get the picture. He's everything and everywhere. He's a frickin god.

[@spellsnare]

Ask Square Enix Nintendo did only ask them if they was up for the remake

[@costby1105]

It was SquareSoft back in the day who developed this game, with the remake being developed by they studio who developed ArtePiazza who developed a bunch of Dragon Quest Remakes, Dragon Quest VII, Dragon Quest XI 2d mode and Romaning Saga Remaster. It a sequel were to be developed it would probably be another collab between Square Enix and Nintendo.

[@corjonbett]

Culex may claim to be a servant of a dark lord, but... Geno mentions how he doesn't seem evil. (In the scrapbook). He's more a really talented warrior, who talks big because he wants to motivate the heroes into giving it their all,.

[@abrahamlupis9354]

​@@vinnycamarata4907 the whole SMT, not just Persona

[@Sephiroth69]

OH MY GOD HE LOOKS GORGEOUS AND HIS THEME IS SO GOOD IM NUTTING.

[@dyrroth2127]

Finaly, 3D render Culex

[@zero1324r]

I bet you people don't recognize the hair, the wings and the skin. Because that demon literally looks like Kazuya mishima.

[@mastergeneralfleetadmirals7251]

He honestly really does though looks way too much like devil kazuya

[@MSNoir7]

​​@@mastergeneralfleetadmirals7251 He looks like a Final fantasy version devil Kazuya

[@GlitchanBlack]

*_I’M SORRY?! 😮_* It’s just a 3D MODEL OF CULEX! They didn’t need to cook THAT MUCH!!!

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

He's still 2D in the first match

[@alunbuss7877]

​@@ChillstoneBlakeBlastCooked this remake to PERFECTION!

[@nexelray3207]

Nah buddy, being a secret boss gives you that privilege. This is more that perfect, it’s freaking legendary.

[@tammytheranger7645]

We let them cook and now look what's happened.

[@chicohernandez1392]

you know what is crazy, as an nintendo fan ive never really been disappointed in hardly any games. nintendo remakes are also very beautiful, if one day they do this to chrono trigger i think the internet would melt. but i will not lie this is certainly my second runner up for an rpg original remake

[@JohnSanborn-y2n]

I love how they use the boss fight music from FF4 in this secret boss battle.

[@gurvmlk]

This boss fight felt so good. With how mind-numbingly easy the game was up until this point, not to mention the years of having basically mastered the original Mario RPG, it felt amazing to be playing Mario RPG, and needing to actually put effort into winning a fight. My whole party was at Level 20 with all the best gear (minus the Lazy Shell armor, because that always felt like cheating), and this was delightfully rough. I just wish that afterwards, the game would've ended with a more difficult Smithy fight. Especially with how they set up these quests by implying that your previous fight with Smithy was just a dream, and then from there you go out of your way to collect a bunch of new, stronger weapons. That setup for this chain of boss battles could've ended perfectly if after you defeat Culex, you're allowed to return to the final dungeon, and go through its true, ultimate incarnation. Rather than the dream version that was implied by Toad.

[@mr.mystere4999]

Someday soon, I will get my chance to face him. I just defeated Speardovich and am on my way to Land's End. I was hoping that Culex's rematch would have used Battle with the Four Archfiends as its BGM, but this is nice in its own right.

[@masterzombie161]

Lol casually turns half the party into shrooms, summons Sun to burn them, then a giant piles of rocks falls on them, oh and let’s not forget a freaking meteor for good measure.

[@corjonbett]

3D Culex: You will witness the true power of postgame content!

[@joelikespotatoes8321]

Yooooo they actually remember beating him the first time and Culexs speech actually meant aomething thats so damn cool.

[@Vaquix000]

His face looked a lot more sinister in the 2D version in my opinion, this version's face looks like a delightful chap. Still an intimidating design but his face looks really chill and mellow like he could be your bud. Could actually make him more intimidating depending on how you look at it.

[@ikushuka]

Y'know, if this is Culex's true power then I shudder to think about how powerful the "Dark Mage" is.

[@CooperGal24]

So Culex reminded me SO much of the Behemoth boss you face off against in Super Mario Sports Mix, or a sports game that they worked on with Square Enix, and Culex using the four crystals is the SAME ones as the crystals you collect in the sports game!

[@garsrandom4358]

Certainly because this guy is inspired by final fantasy and that the behemoth is From final fantasy

[@lovinglife8854]

I love the end of the battle! Geno blasts him with a bunch of stars, doesn't kill him. Then Mario kicks a shell and he perishes!

[@SeisoSilv3rfox]

I haven't played the game yet...and culex has a rematch battle? o.o now i am hyped

[@johnnythewalrus]

My favorite FF games have always been 4 and 6. I loved the idea of this boss in the original mario rpg. Just got to him in the remake (2d form) and was bummed he didn't get a 3d revamp. Then I found this online and was like "shut the front door."

[@eaglewolffox6275]

Culex is basically a final fantasy villain in a mario world.

[@lubbo5261]

Not just basically, hes liturally is one.

[@lubbo5261]

@@quikskoprbro968 the battle theme is from FF4 and the spells he uses are from FF.

[@lubbo5261]

@@quikskoprbro968 its the boss theme from Final Fantasy 4.

[@togekiss09]

​@@lubbo5261yeah but he's still not in any FF games

[@topfranluis1]

Ok I just gotta tip my hat to you, that Switching to Toadstool trick at the beginning was brilliant

[@michadrzymaa2206]

mario can beat gods yet they still say that he is just a plumber XD

[@spinozilla2421]

Man stronger then kirby

[@misterboxhead3045]

Please no power scaler in the mario community

[@ArceTheTroll]

@@spinozilla2421 nuh uh

[@spinozilla2421]

@@ArceTheTroll yeah huh

[@ArceTheTroll]

​@@spinozilla2421 they would team up and you KNOW it

[@tracemacmillan9718]

“Oh no he’s hot!” -squidward

[@raveast]

That's what I think about Culex.

[@karisasani7006]

Its always nice to know youre fighting a superboss when they start with their strongest attack (in this case Meteor)

[@thegamerator10]

All the SMRPG fans seeing Culex again must've been like Joe Swanson going: "BRING IT OOOOOON!"

[@guillermogamboafrayre5949]

Culex is like a mix or cross between Kefka and Sephiroth in their final forms.

[@garsrandom4358]

Well maybe sephiroth is inspired by his design, considering the snes version was released before ff7

[@yourknightmanny]

No, Culex is just Culex. No need for compare.

[@solidusny07]

The fact they acknowledged the original game of the culex battle to the remake brings pure joy to me. That is a fine detail by the creators of the game. I really need to get this game when I get a switch.

[@dragonmaster0851]

This fight could only be described as “hold up, who said we’re done yet?”

[@cyclonerex44]

After Culex’s rematch, never touching his door again!

[@PaulPortland]

Incredible The best final fantasy battle in the last 20 years is this, in a Mario game... No one ff battle of the last games feels good like this

[@koishiwii8370]

I do agree on how seriously challenging this boss battle is but I've been able to actually succeed it thanks to some of my past experiences of playing the Touhou and TMNT games (for timing action commands) including Bloons TD 6 (for taking time to choose battle options).

[@Spooknight]

When this FFIV boss music sounds better than the one in Pixel Remaster

[@zummone]

Word. PR goes way too heavy and other than making it very hard to grasp what melody of it remains, the heroic nature of the song itself was completely drowned in shallow self-importance. This rearrangement is what it should have been. It soberly emphasizes every and each section without bringing any of it down and has a banger drum kit to go along with the exceptional bass.

[@gaminggoddess85]

Better than The After Years version too. I played that big pile of mediocrity with the original soundtrack option on and it was pretty much the only way I could struggle through it.

[@garsrandom4358]

You can thank yoko shimomura

[@HeroADI1]

I am really happy they give this more love from what we initially believe they did. This is a legendary game battle and deserves all respect

[@SuperLopez-h9m]

One of the hardest rpg boss i fight in my life people IM NOT JOKING

[@garsrandom4358]

Get ready for der richter

[@speedymatt1236]

Or absolute virtue

[@MrJoker190]

Is that theme a remix of Final Fantasy 4 boss theme ?

[@Chelaxim]

yes the pixel remaster version in the snes version they used the og ff4 boss music this fight is a ff reference notice the 4 elemental crystals

[@Nocturne989]

@@Chelaxim Pretty sure it is not the same version as Pixel Remaster

[@RebelLombax]

I might be wrong imagine this.was the ff14 version for battle 2 of ff4 I mean there later parts were basically plotted around 4

[@DerekDirk]

@@RebelLombaxthank god they didn’t use that awful ff14 mix

[@silverancient7840]

​@@DerekDirkXIV version was pretty good in its own way

[@HunterBloodHunterBlood]

oh my god he did the wing thing Zodiark does in his Extreme version's intro

[@erikberg2893]

Did they nerf the lazy shell armor? Doesn't seem to give the safety ring effect anymore.

[@veghesther3204]

Actually it NEVER did even on the SNES game you still had to use the Safety ring TO NULL instant kill moves since the Lazy Shell armor never did.

[@erikberg2893]

@veghesther3204 pretty sure when someone says that, people assume they're talking about the zeroed damage from spells, but cool um actually, broseph

[@chargml2032]

probably has the best stats but the boss is just too op for anything to work

[@DragonRage40X]

The Meteor spell Culex uses is a "Set HP to 1" attack. Odds are it bypasses normal damage calculation altogether.

[@erikberg2893]

@@DragonRage40X Flame stone would have done zero damage under the old lazy shell though.

[@visualcreativemt]

The music in this game is fantastic!!!! As much as I love the classic, I haven’t switched to the classic once. Also, this Culex REALLY made me panic when he wiped out almost all of my team as well… I was like oh shit oh shit what’ll I do????? ;-; But I was still able to pull it off. We wanted a challenge? This guy will give it!!!!

[@Jeff-tt7wj]

This is so darn cool and looks challenging! Not going to watch much of this but I can’t wait to get to it in game!

[@nickbritto1511]

Culex deserves to be more than a SMRPG secret boss. He NEEDED to be in Smash as some stage hazard.

[@barjothelastuser5815]

Mola mucho Culex en este juego, parece que Nomura esta fuertemente implicado en su diseño en esta nueva version

[@SuperLopez-h9m]

Nomura no es parte de artepiazza y gracias a dios asi fue

[@alexepena]

1:22 utter greatness with music and attack combos

[@mikewehr7887]

Thank you for keeping the ff 4 theme lol

[@Neighborhood_Bully]

My strat for ol' 2D Culex was to farm [Rock Candy] from the final dungeon and then let him have it. I'm not sure if that's how you're supposed to do it but the AOE took down his crystals after a couple of turns.

[@AB-wl5ny]

You can also equip peach with the lazy shell and the frying pan then just let him kill your party except peach, keep healing her until culex and all the crystals run out of fp, then revive your party and attack him.

[@junkermon9791]

This version of prelude is beautiful

[@adrianrodrigopalafoxnogale8588]

This is FFIV battle theme, not prelude

[@junkermon9791]

@@adrianrodrigopalafoxnogale8588 i mean the song after the battle that is prelude it sounds like prelude like the Start Menu theme from FF7 or FF3

[@videon6134]

I am so looking forward to this fight when I get this game.

[@alvaroperez2349]

Let’s this be a reminder to all that a Biblically Accurate Angel is a Mario Character… *let that sink in.*

[@mattblaster2378]

If Mario ever shows up in a final fantasy game I want culex to be his summon

[@ResurrectedElvenMonk]

Oh my goodness, the BGM is so beautiful. Thank you Square & Nintendo.

[@thenovaguy386]

I wish Mario games had more bosses like Culex, but being part of the plot, you don't see many demons/gods in Mario games, and it would be cool if it were like that, not always Bowser or characters with goofy appearances.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Oh, and you can battle this boss again. That's why he's telling you how much turns this battle took: The game is challenging you to do it again but quicker. Sadly the Crystal Shard you get has no effects. It's just a trophy to show that you've beaten this guy.

[@InevitableTranquility]

I could tell that his game was made by the team that did the Dragon Quest DS remakes since the superboss tells you how many turns it took to finish them