The Most OVERPOWERED Playable Bosses in Video Games

Video Game bosses are cool, but it's even cooler when they give you the option to play as them, EVEN COOLER when they're incredibly overpowered, and in this video we are looking at the best of the best.
Which playable bosses are your favorites? Let me know in the comments.
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0:00 Intro
0:54 Gerudo Man
4:10 Fighting Game Mexican Icon (Ft. Other Guys)
8:37 The Most Powerful Mexican
11:27 Smash Bros Brawl's Meta
15:34 Motivation Man
20:30 Ending
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[@timstudios2871]

I love how noise is just there. Bro thinks he’s in the team lol

[@LeBabol]

He IS in the team. just check one singular speedrun.

[@TheGameShelf]

To be fair, it's very in-character for him to do a photobomb

[@jmf_drawings]

Pig City tittle card be like

[@autismandgaming4532]

I dunno about anyone else, but the section at the end of SSBU's World of Light where it lets you play as Master Hand is unadulterated euphoria

[@starkar91]

i think the most broken part about the noise isn't really his moveset - it's his transformations. nearly every single transformation has been changed JUST for the noise, and pretty much all of them make the transformation straight up more broken. both the knight and the rocket transformation bounces off walls, mort is now throwable and can reach pretty much everywhere, the shotgun becomes a gatling gun - everything is just off the rails. and it isn't just that it's good, it's fun too. it's to a point where certain transformations (such as cheese) can be considered superior to their former selves. noise doesn't just break the game, he REDEFINES it.

[@memorableman3709]

Bowser from Bowser's Inside Story doesn't exactly feel super broken, but it really does sell how big and imposing he is. I love how, instead of doing silly jump attacks like the Bros. do, the guy really just settles for punching enemies straight in the face. And it always feels SO satisfying when you hit that perfect punch, and EVEN MORE SO in the end of the final boss of the game (if you know, you know).

[@TheGameShelf]

The final boss from BiS is genuinely one of my favorites of all time, it's excellent in every single regard

[@kruegerpoolthe13th]

The Castlevania series deserves some attention in this regard

[@TheGameShelf]

Julius mode is so good!!!

[@DarthSigma86]

20:05 Not just one of the best, he is THE Meta Knight of the Marvel vs Capcom series.

[@TheGameShelf]

I know he is among the best but considering characters like Zero and Morrigan exist it's hard to say Vergil is THE Meta Knight since he shares the spot with a few others

[@DarthSigma86]

@@TheGameShelf True, but people make more memes about him than those two though. XD

[@Ricard1807o]

I really liked how in FE: Awakening Walhart later becomes playable. He's an absolute beast of a unit, with only one real weakness being his low res and I guess middling speed. But, he has this unique Conquest skill that only he has. If you get S support with him as Female Robin, you can then pass down his awesome skill to Morgan and use heavy armor classes without the weakness. Through supports In that game in general, it was just great how they allowed bosses to become better understood and in a way redeem themselves despite their role in the story

[@TheGameShelf]

Hell yeah! That was a pretty cool thing to do although admittedly I barely used the Xenologue characters at all due to them joining extremely late into the game

[@BulbaWhat98]

Playing as Sephiroth in Smash is amazing. You really feel like your the boss in a boss battle when you play as him, which is very fitting of course

[@BJGvideos]

He moves too slowly for my taste. Even the actually slow characters don't FEEL as slow as he does

[@BulbaWhat98]

@@BJGvideos yeah he’s not a high tier character or anything. I just think he’s great to play as regardless

[@Liberatios]

Real good video.

[@danielmenchaca4042]

Queen Sigma from Vampire Survivors (Please play it). She’s not the final boss technically, but you unlock her after 100% the base game. It sounds hard, but you can also use a cheat code to unlock her early. Anyways she has the best stats in the game, a revive her base weapon is really good, hitting enemies multiple times a second and synergizes well with most of the game’s arcana (bonus modifiers you can choose during a run). She can also get 5-6 arcanas relatively early, when the rest of the cast gets 3-4 max. And in a game about what weapons and skills you get randomly, being able to reroll for a chance to get better stuff (or even remove things from the pool) is pretty op. There are times where my switch crashed because she kept killing too many enemies and they had to keep spawning. So yeah good game would recommend

[@TheGameShelf]

Oh dude Vampire Survivors is so good! I'm very surprised to hear there's a stronger character than Death, guess I haven't gotten that far

[@SirBanana1992]

literally legendary pokemons after you catch them. Mewtwo remains a favorite Gaius in Tales of Xillia 2 which they decided "instead of nerfing him and destroying his image we'll make him super OP but limit how much you get to play as him". Yes also Ganondorf in Hyryle Warriors, with Trident is my favorite Alan Richard/Renne Hayworth in Trails in the Sky the Third. Alan being a pretty cool boss fight in the first game, and an absolute speed demon when he join. Renne being a nuclear button with slightly more potential than Olivier but more risky because glass cannon stats. Vivian in Paper Mario is arguably even better than when she was a boss fight because she can actually hide you from dangerous attacks which she doesn't do for her sisters. Hornet in Hollow Knight is so strong they're holding out on releasing her game in fear!!! THAT STRONG!

[@TheGameShelf]

So true!!! Silksong devs are just too afraid of her power it's been holding them back for too long

[@misk-ivus2990]

15:30 I've never seen that clip before, I gotta use that XD

[@theickystickie]

I was just wondering why Ganondorf is in the very middle of the tiers. Before I get into what I mean, allow me to first put out there that I have been playing for years, and I have watched MANY videos of the tournament masters. My brother and I found out, through years of play, literally EVERY advanced technique in the game, except the wavedash, which we stumbled upon, but wrote off as simply hilarious. I was surprised to find that all the wacky observations we have encountered and adapted are actually defined in the glossary in the sticky topic above! Three of the particularly surprising terms that I could not believe had been widely known and utilized were the Phantom Hit (I just thought I had a glitchy game) and that effect where recovering at the right time from attacks that sent you flying results in an upward boost if you jump out/air dodge/whatever early enough (I cannot remember what it was called in the sticky), and the waveland. Now, I have been using Ganondorf against my brother lately, and he cannot seem to beat me. We think we know why, and we think it puts Ganon at the top of the tiers. I will be brief. Ganondorf has his air forward. We call it 'The Punch.' It has that special hitbox like a sword, hence it goes right through anything except an attack with that same type of hitbox. It does 17% max, is relatively fast executing, has basically instant recovery on a barrier cancel, and is quite massive, killing at rather low percentages. If he misses, he can just do his A punch if the opponent tries to retaliate, or shield/roll. I am telling you, Ganondorf is a crazy meat mountain who crushes bones with many attacks doing 15+%, survives to insane damages thanks to his weight, and has ridiculous horizontal recovery (Double Jump, Ganondorf Kick Down B, ANOTHER Double Jump, ARE YOU SERIOUS, Up B). Next, check his roll. It goes like half screen. It makes him rather fast, nearly eliminating his speed problem on the ground, and a great character when it comes to the defensive game. It pretty much eliminates the need for his wavedash, which, with Ganondorf, who needs to do most of his attacking from hops, is pretty much useless already unless you are looking to smash attack. Wavesmashing, however, in my opinion, is also a bad idea, because, in the time and damage it takes you to actually land a smash, you could have just used The Punch and killed you opponent by then. Even though he has to fight mostly in the air, 3 of his 4 air attacks are pretty fast, and are quite massive. A major advantage he has is that nearly all his attacks move the opponent considerably, and can topple him from 0%, so his opponent gets little to no counterattack opportunity. The only explanation I can find for why he is low on the tiers is that no one has used him seriously. I think he really keeps up, if not tops, the top tier characters. I really do not like to simply shoot my mouth, and I am not one who thinks it right to shower a character in encomium, and never actually prove anything. Is there online for this somewhere, or is that simply wishful thinking? If not, please do not yell at me and stuff until you at least check out The Punch. Goes right through projectiles, goes right through attacks, goes right through faces. Please just give Ganondorf another shot and tell me what you thnk. Final Comment: People have a tendency to think that posts from newcomers to a board but veterans of its respective game are saying they are better than everyone else, regardles of what the post actually says. Please note that I did not say 'I am better than you' or 'Ganon is better than Fox.' I said, essentially: 'Ganon seems to be great. These are his strengths. He may top Fox. Check him out and see if you agree.' I will say, however, that I am a full master of Ganondorf. Please give Ganondorf a second look before responding so you know where I am coming from!

[@ehhorve857]

watch the video, "ganondorf: the best worst character".

[@autumnoraki]

I feel like the Championship Edition of Street Fighter II could also count for this list, because it lets you play as the previously boss-only Four Heavenly Kings that were balanced with eating quarters in mind. But there's something so satisfying about a character like the Noise completely changing how the game is played.

[@elbuggeado4991]

Something really funny about Rugal is that he's only really threatening on like 2 games, one of them curiously the first game you put of KOF, being 94 were he could be considered the best version of him, and 2002 UM, and well the reason people have him pretty infamous, the 2002 Magic Plus/Plus hackroms but because of how fucking insanely broken those things are (And well him being strong too, even in vanilla 2002), in the other games he appears, he's not that good of a character, if you don't believe me take a look a 98', the normal Rugal is such a whimp, to the point he's bottom/low tier, and Omega Rugal is just a little above him, and I can confirm the normal one is pretty bad, like his Kaiser Wave is pretty slow c'mon I can easily punish that shit. Either way tho, Good video Don Shelf!

[@GamingTapatio]

Vergil, my beloved...

[@sunchildproductions]

I personally never had been able to have the privilege to play as a boss in a video game, (Mainly because I didn't have those types of games) but I still really enjoyed this video! Especially the Virgil section at the end. Maybe it's because I've never played a Devil May Cry game before, but I was so damn curious about him as soon as you started talking! But yeah I think I'm going to try a Devil May Cry game now, mainly because it looked so fun! Anyway that's where my appreciation ends and I'll see you later in whatever project you are working on next, goodbye for now! ^^

[@jurtheorc8117]

If you're up for more Devil May Cry type games --or at least with similar combat-- here's a list of recommendations. - The Darksiders series (mainly 1 and 2), The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, Soulstice, and i heard good stuff about Assault Spy too.There's also the Lords of Shadows games, which combat-wise seem somewhere in-between DMC type combat and God of War. DThe Darksiders series and Soulstice have a lot to offer in terms of personality, characters and world too. They're amongst my favourites in the genre. Oh, and there's also stuff like No Straight Roads, and the upcoming Genokids and Enenra Daemon Core. Immortal: And the Death that Follows may be interesting too. As well as Clash: Artifacts of Chaos. Clash is a lot more grounded in terms of combat in comparison, but it's got a world like no other. Rarely any humans in sight-- it's all monsters, freaks, mutants and chimeras, inspired from prehistoric animals, medieval monster paintings, and people have said they look like they could fit in movies like The Dark Crystal.

[@TheGameShelf]

Thanks for the support really! And for sure give Devil May Cry a shot, they're very hard but also extremely rewarding... just avoid the 2nd game at all costs lmao

[@syndixel9857]

Need I mention Majima in Yakuza 0? Breaker style SPIN TO WIN BABYYYYYYY

[@dsilva369]

Appropriately enough, Vergil's own brother deserves a mention. "Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series" has become such a meme it has eclipsed the fact that Dante was a fantastic addition to that game (Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne), both as a recurring boss and as a playable party member. Not only are his boss encounters fairly challenging yet fun, not only is his battle theme a banger, not only is his dialogue very in-character (arguably more than DMC 2, ironically), not only is he the only enemy that gets to chase you through a dungeon and shoot at you in real time outside of the turn based combat... but he's really fun and useful once you recruit him. Despite being very late game, he makes his short time in your party count with his high stats, attack variety, Almighty damage, and most importantly... pierce. It's an ability so rare and almost mandatory against the true final boss, I've seen a couple of videos where players put the demi-fiend (the main character) on a supporting role and let Dante do all the offense when dealing with Lucifer. MegaTen games should bring him back!

[@TheGameShelf]

Now that you mention that, Dante is also an extremely difficult boss in DMC4 so TECHNICALLY speaking he's a playable boss in DMC too lol, but that would've been too much of a stretch maybe

[@BobbyHopp]

I know we dont technically have a proper bossfight against him but ive always like how Hendrick was this badass knight chasing you throughout the entire first part of DQ XI and something you needed to avoid. And when he joins you in part 2 hes everything he was cracked up to be being one of the most powerful and well rounded characters in an already powerful cast.

[@TheGameShelf]

I'm actually curious, who's considered the best party member in DQXI? I remember Hendrick was good but not outright broken, if anything Erick was busted as hell with his dual wielding

[@TheGameShelf]

As a side note, I am surprised you didn't make a twerking while oiled up joke this time

[@BobbyHopp]

@@TheGameShelf the alt comment was me going like "i didnt think vergil was that good but when you showed him twerking oiled up during judgement cut you changed my mind" but then I went Hatchet Mode.

[@dieg7749]

When it comes to Kirby games I’m glad you mentioned meta knight but honestly, the most busted boss characters playable have got to be the mage sisters from star Allies with absolutely high range attacks, powerful charged attacks with I frames and less start up than they are in their bosses, a screen wipe move and each have a giant laser move. HONERABLE mentions to Magolor and Marx as they are also fairly strong

[@ivanbluecool]

Fire emblem awakening if robin counts since he's grima. If not codename steam where again robin uses grima and he's so broken. Tales of xillia 2 gauis and muzet. So op. Crymaria from Valkyria Chronicles 4

[@TheGameShelf]

I wasn't aware Robin could use frima in Codename STEAM that's pretty neat actually

[@ivanbluecool]

@@TheGameShelf yeah he shows up behind him in his super attack. But robin is so broken in codename steam as his attack isn't limited and can counter foes if he has steam. It's so strong

[@BJGvideos]

Pokémon SV gives us three such examples. "Guardian of Paradise" Miraidon/Koraidon, and Ogerpon. These things are HELLA powerful, and they remain maddenly powerful after you catch them. It's no wonder the othet thing these three have in common is that (massive spoilers) they've all killed before, Ogerpon killing the "Loyal Three" in revenge for attacking her human companion, and the Guardian having killed the respective professor. By the way did you know you can catch the Guardian before the school tournament? You can make Arven fight the monster that killed his parent. I REALLY wish there was special dialogue for this!

[@adrianmichelislasgarcia4634]

I don't know if it counts. But I'm that guy who played Yakuza Kiwami before 0. And playing like Majima, pffff. I remember having a blast using slugger style and trying out every kind of weapon in the game

[@TheGameShelf]

Yeah! Majima was actually a candidate I considered at some point because he's so damn strong, but quite frankly I don't know if he can be considered BROKEN. I think most people agree that Dragon of Dojima is the strongest style in Y0 but I'm not sure

[@LegoWhisbecauseyes]

I hope Hakita makes a V2 DLC one day to Ultrakill, It'd be cool to see him on lists like this

[@sergiomendoza251]

Honorable mention to Prince Porky from Angry Birds Epic (and Angry Birds Epic All-Stars) and Metal Sonic the fighters (also Metal Sonic and Eggman are banned from community tournaments).

[@theodd-squadpodcast9101]

Yeessss Ganondorf is so damn good, glad Hyrule Warriors did him justice

[@LuiSuperX]

MOTIVATION MAN IS IN YEEEES

[@tacotyler9933]

Pretty sure I've said this before but that white jacket fits on you so well teehee. I feel like it's cheating but playing as Miles Edgeworth in the Investigations after being the prosecutor is like everything to me. anyways smooches.

[@Oblivion53k]

HYRULE WARRIORS MENTIONED, VIDEO GOATED

[@memorableman3709]

13:25 YEEEEEEES

[@MaximumAddition]

No Kirby Star Allies Dream Friends? Unsubbed. (but seriously though those guys are amazing as far as playable bosses go, Magolor's expanded moveset in Return to DreamLand Deluxe specially once you fully power him up. His moveset was so powerful as-is that he was genuinely top tier in Kirby Fighters 2)

[@TheGameShelf]

I did consider the Dream Friends actually! But sadly I dropped Star Allies after the 1st DLC wave, so Meta Knight was the perfect Kirby character to choose from lol

[@hg5172]

The Noise?!?!?!

[@soyyoelmeromeroasies1960]

INCREDIBLE VIDEO

[@sirmagnemiteiii8689]

VERGIL

[@TheGameShelf]

THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING

[@LucasMiddleNameandLastname22]

Bro why are you rocking the middle-aged SCP scientist look, anyway, Despite watching most of the video, i'm gonna go out on- well, The Noise! Spoilers for the campaign. His reasons for being so overpowered all rounding back to the whole thing being a movie makes it all the more hilarious how Noise is so willing to just... cheat his way throughout the Tower's many mechanics and bosses, i'm not gonna repeat what you said in your PT videos, but i will say this: Where as Peppino's gameplay is fun and satisfying due to just being able to steamroll through any enemies in your way, having more lenient tech and mechanics and a more low skill ceiling, Noise is fun due to how bouncy and wacky he is, and just how overall different and generally harder to control he is compared to Peppino, which makes sense.

[@pipopawebghost8095]

Isnt king of fighthers popular in most of latin America tho? Also pizza tower sau maudraga or something

[@ShokoArc]

Hello Mr shelf

[@cristianovogt5586]

Where's Hessonite?

[@linksupersayan]

VERGIL GOD ALWAYS ON TOP OF THE LIST