Table of Contents Sans – Undertale Mike Tyson – Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!! Shao Kahn – Mortal Kombat 9 Promised Consort Radahn – Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Absolute Radiance – Hollow Knight Emerald Weapon – Final Fantasy 7 Through the Fire and the Flames – Guitar Hero 3 Absolute Virtue – Final Fantasy 11 (Honorable mention) From the first console generation to the last, there have always been boss fights.
These battles upped the difficulty to test players on all the skills they learned up until that point and push them even further beyond.
Boss fights come in all shapes and sizes depending on the genre, such as shooters and fighting games, but they always stand as the game’s highest challenge.
A perfectly tuned boss fight can be the highlight of a given game, but if it leans a bit too far one way or the other in terms of difficulty, it can fall flat.
An easy boss fight is dull, but one that is way, way too hard can completely ruin a game. Thankfully, most games hide their intentionally punishing bosses as secret or optional challenges, but there are a few that have caused many players to give up before seeing the credits roll.