Bosses in the Zelda series

**Wyborn** · 11-17-2007, 02:20 AM

Ladies and gents, this is a topic wherein we talk about the menaces, monsters, and mayhem-mongers who perpetually plague our boy Link and our girl Zelda. This is not limited to Ganondorf and other game-centric villains, though: the series is full of them, from Twinrova to Shadow Link to Gomez. All are free game.

So, you know, get discussing. I will start.

I like it when bosses in dungeons have some kind of narrative tie to the area they're in: I don't mean like the Yeti's wife in Twilight Princess, either. I mean like King Yigorse from the Ikana Ruins in Majora's Mask: he stands as a character as much as a boss, whose presence is more memorable than the fight with him. It is like you are facing off with all the corruption in that dead, ghostly place, and he only sets the tone for the overarching conflict that you are working your way towards.

Another really cool boss is Shadow/Dark Link. Just because he is what he is.

Please post your thoughts. Any particular battles that stand out? Designs that just impressed you? Any of them that outright sucked? Tell the rest of us about them.

***ZeldaGirl*** · 11-17-2007, 03:22 AM

Kind of off-topic, but your avatar ROX!

**Wyborn** · 11-17-2007, 03:30 AM

Thank you. SilverWind made it for me a few hours ago in the space of about two minutes. She's a wiz at this stuff.

So, ZG: bosses in the series. Who do you like? Why? Who do you hate?

Inquiring minds want to know.

From all of you.

***ZeldaGirl*** · 11-17-2007, 03:37 AM

I hated Morpha. He/She/It was so damn annoying - hookshotting the nucleus, then trying to slash at it. And the whole thing about it grabbing me and throwing me into the spikes in the wall...

And Shadow/Dark Link, while very cool as a villain, was a pain in the arse. Seriously, I hated fighting him.

I tend to just write-off the water temple in general.

**Wyborn** · 11-17-2007, 03:40 AM

Morpha was tough, yeah - I remember she did a huge amount of damage for where you were in the game.

Still, water bosses tend to be among my favorite in the series. Gyorg was great because it was like fighting a shark, and Morpheel (eel from Twilight Princess) was probably the coolest fight in the whole game.

I just like water battles in general, though. I can't tell if it's an intrinsic part of their design or not, but something about them tends to be appealing, if only that they have a heightened sense of tension for me because I have a very mild fear of deep water.

***ZeldaGirl*** · 11-17-2007, 03:47 AM

^Interesting, the water thing. For me, I think fighting pretty much ANYTHING in the Shadow Temple was terrifying for me - seriously, that temple scared the bejeezes out of me. I'm not a big fan of horror or gore - I was so jumpy during that temple.

I'm trying to think I fights I particularly liked. Honestly, it's been AGES since I've played a Zelda title - I haven't even played TP yet, due to poor time, having 2 brothers who hog the Wii, and school.

Super Murdero Bros. · 11-17-2007, 06:38 AM

^^ I have an intense fear of deep, open water (even virtual deep, open water), so you can imagine the way my gut was contorting when I had to drop down into that massive chamber and fight Morpheel. Nonetheless, the fight was quite awesome.

Minister of Silly Walks · 11-17-2007, 10:24 AM

The final strike on Morpheel was one of the coolest moments in the game, only to be surpassed by the final strike on the boss of the Sky temple.

Tales of CuccoLady · 11-17-2007, 11:23 AM

The City in the Sky, though an annoying dungeon, had a freakin' AWESOME boss. Morpheel rawked too... most of the TP bosses were really fun. Evil bosses... Gyorg. I HATE that guy. I beat him in the last three hours of the final night...

Super Murdero Bros. · 11-17-2007, 11:24 AM

Ever notice how bosses in 3D Zelda games almost always have to have an overdramatic death scene? I find it to be funny and annoying at the same time.

Tales of CuccoLady · 11-17-2007, 11:33 AM

Yeah... and they always explode in some way or another.

Maximum Spider · 11-17-2007, 11:38 AM

Twinmold (That was his name, right?) pissed me off.

Tales of CuccoLady · 11-17-2007, 11:47 AM

I had to go back to Clock Town and buy Green Potions on the last day because I ran out fighting him. Goht was a really fun boss, however.

Blake · 11-17-2007, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeldaGirl

And Shadow/Dark Link, while very cool as a villain, was a pain in the arse. Seriously, I hated fighting him.

He only has 3 hearts of health in a 3 heart quest

Lol 3 din fires and he's done(in 3 hear quest)

So essentially the player chooses how difficult the fight will be.

I'll talk about my fav and unfav bosses later but I just want to say this battle is FREAKING hilarious...

Bongo: HAHAHA me big bad evil spirit blarg I am dead.

Microphone_Kirby · 11-17-2007, 12:33 PM

^Ummmm... what? That was too quick... and to think that I jumped out of my skin the first time I went to the Shadow Temple and was nearly PETRIFIED when I was dealing with the "Stone Umbrella" part of the temple...

My fav boss? Volvagia in OoT, mostly because of the Music that came with them, or maybe because I like fire more in a Boss Battle. Fire sets a good tone for a battle IMO.

I hate the Twinrova battle, only because I thought it was BORING.

Tales of CuccoLady · 11-17-2007, 12:41 PM

Barinade is a fun boss, considering you fight it with only five hearts as the THIRD BOSS. Bosses I hate? Uh... Bongo Bongo. Despite watching that video and all, the very IDEA of the Shadow Temple freaks me out, as does the boss. Man I hate that guy... more because he's CREEPY than his difficulty as a boss.

**Wyborn** · 11-17-2007, 01:03 PM

Lots of people hate Gyorg, for some reason, but I honestly have no idea why. I thought he was a very cool boss - swimming around with the shield on was one of the coolest things you could do, and ramming him with it did five metric tonnes of damage.

Anybody wanna share on what they did or didn't like about him?

X-3 · 11-17-2007, 01:11 PM

I always kicked Morpha's ass. Hrad. I think there's been times where it's never touched me. Still a tedious boss, though.

As for bosses I like...well, there was that kickass Stallord battle in TP. Also, LttP's final boss is memorable in my eyes. The Majora battle is actually pretty hard, if you don't use that FD Mask. Otherwise, it's easy.

Tales of CuccoLady · 11-17-2007, 01:11 PM

I didn't know about the shield when I fought him. The battle was hard and I didn't use the platform. I stayed IN the water with the zora-eating fish with NO defense. I died a lot.

Auron · 11-17-2007, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Valigarmander

^^ I have an intense fear of deep, open water (even virtual deep, open water), so you can imagine the way my gut was contorting when I had to drop down into that massive chamber and fight Morpheel. Nonetheless, the fight was quite awesome.

I know exactly how you feel on this one.

As far as I can think of right now, there really wasn't too many boss battles that I actually disliked. It's much easier for me to come up with a list of booses that I thought were amazing: King Dodongo, Phantom Ganon, Puppet Ganon, Morpheel, Stallord, and Argorok. If only I could remember the bosses in LttP and MC.

11-17-2007, 02:20 AM	#1
Wyborn Zelda Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: All over the place Gender: Posts: 12,326 Thanks: 86 Thanked 439 Times in 269 Posts Points: 19,454.94 Bank: 83,798.62 Total Points: 103,253.56 Donate	Bosses in the Zelda series Ladies and gents, this is a topic wherein we talk about the menaces, monsters, and mayhem-mongers who perpetually plague our boy Link and our girl Zelda. This is not limited to Ganondorf and other game-centric villains, though: the series is full of them, from Twinrova to Shadow Link to Gomez. All are free game. So, you know, get discussing. I will start. I like it when bosses in dungeons have some kind of narrative tie to the area they're in: I don't mean like the Yeti's wife in Twilight Princess, either. I mean like King Yigorse from the Ikana Ruins in Majora's Mask: he stands as a character as much as a boss, whose presence is more memorable than the fight with him. It is like you are facing off with all the corruption in that dead, ghostly place, and he only sets the tone for the overarching conflict that you are working your way towards. Another really cool boss is Shadow/Dark Link. Just because he is what he is. Please post your thoughts. Any particular battles that stand out? Designs that just impressed you? Any of them that outright sucked? Tell the rest of us about them.

11-17-2007, 03:22 AM	#2
*ZeldaGirl* Venting SuperMod Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 12,405 Thanks: 551 Thanked 911 Times in 619 Posts Points: 36,051.06 Bank: 662,433.14 Total Points: 698,484.20 Donate	Kind of off-topic, but your avatar ROX!

11-17-2007, 03:30 AM	#3
Wyborn Zelda Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: All over the place Gender: Posts: 12,326 Thanks: 86 Thanked 439 Times in 269 Posts Points: 19,454.94 Bank: 83,798.62 Total Points: 103,253.56 Donate	Thank you. SilverWind made it for me a few hours ago in the space of about two minutes. She's a wiz at this stuff. So, ZG: bosses in the series. Who do you like? Why? Who do you hate? Inquiring minds want to know. From all of you.

11-17-2007, 03:37 AM	#4
*ZeldaGirl* Venting SuperMod Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 12,405 Thanks: 551 Thanked 911 Times in 619 Posts Points: 36,051.06 Bank: 662,433.14 Total Points: 698,484.20 Donate	I hated Morpha. He/She/It was so damn annoying - hookshotting the nucleus, then trying to slash at it. And the whole thing about it grabbing me and throwing me into the spikes in the wall... And Shadow/Dark Link, while very cool as a villain, was a pain in the arse. Seriously, I hated fighting him. I tend to just write-off the water temple in general.

11-17-2007, 03:40 AM	#5
Wyborn Zelda Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: All over the place Gender: Posts: 12,326 Thanks: 86 Thanked 439 Times in 269 Posts Points: 19,454.94 Bank: 83,798.62 Total Points: 103,253.56 Donate	Morpha was tough, yeah - I remember she did a huge amount of damage for where you were in the game. Still, water bosses tend to be among my favorite in the series. Gyorg was great because it was like fighting a shark, and Morpheel (eel from Twilight Princess) was probably the coolest fight in the whole game. I just like water battles in general, though. I can't tell if it's an intrinsic part of their design or not, but something about them tends to be appealing, if only that they have a heightened sense of tension for me because I have a very mild fear of deep water.

11-17-2007, 03:47 AM	#6
*ZeldaGirl* Venting SuperMod Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 12,405 Thanks: 551 Thanked 911 Times in 619 Posts Points: 36,051.06 Bank: 662,433.14 Total Points: 698,484.20 Donate	^Interesting, the water thing. For me, I think fighting pretty much ANYTHING in the Shadow Temple was terrifying for me - seriously, that temple scared the bejeezes out of me. I'm not a big fan of horror or gore - I was so jumpy during that temple. I'm trying to think I fights I particularly liked. Honestly, it's been AGES since I've played a Zelda title - I haven't even played TP yet, due to poor time, having 2 brothers who hog the Wii, and school.

11-17-2007, 06:38 AM	#7
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11-17-2007, 10:24 AM	#8
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11-17-2007, 11:23 AM	#9
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11-17-2007, 11:24 AM	#10
Super Murdero Bros. I'm-a gonna kill you! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Either UN's bed or Andre's bed. Gender: Posts: 13,531 Thanks: 914 Thanked 1,554 Times in 749 Posts Points: 99.16 Bank: 112,126.15 Total Points: 112,225.31 Donate	Ever notice how bosses in 3D Zelda games almost always have to have an overdramatic death scene? I find it to be funny and annoying at the same time.

11-17-2007, 11:33 AM	#11
Tales of CuccoLady Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: BADABBADCABABADKFAFEAWVEAOFA IMMA SCAT MAN Gender: Posts: 4,573 Thanks: 1,221 Thanked 404 Times in 339 Posts Points: 7,776.41 Bank: 1,153.18 Total Points: 8,929.59 Donate	Yeah... and they always explode in some way or another.

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11-17-2007, 11:47 AM	#13
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11-17-2007, 12:33 PM	#15
Microphone_Kirby Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Gender: Posts: 5,444 Thanks: 306 Thanked 170 Times in 140 Posts Blog Entries: 2 Points: 2,059.79 Bank: 44,203.30 Total Points: 46,263.09 Donate	^Ummmm... what? That was too quick... and to think that I jumped out of my skin the first time I went to the Shadow Temple and was nearly PETRIFIED when I was dealing with the "Stone Umbrella" part of the temple... My fav boss? Volvagia in OoT, mostly because of the Music that came with them, or maybe because I like fire more in a Boss Battle. Fire sets a good tone for a battle IMO. I hate the Twinrova battle, only because I thought it was BORING.

11-17-2007, 12:41 PM	#16
Tales of CuccoLady Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: BADABBADCABABADKFAFEAWVEAOFA IMMA SCAT MAN Gender: Posts: 4,573 Thanks: 1,221 Thanked 404 Times in 339 Posts Points: 7,776.41 Bank: 1,153.18 Total Points: 8,929.59 Donate	Barinade is a fun boss, considering you fight it with only five hearts as the THIRD BOSS. Bosses I hate? Uh... Bongo Bongo. Despite watching that video and all, the very IDEA of the Shadow Temple freaks me out, as does the boss. Man I hate that guy... more because he's CREEPY than his difficulty as a boss.

11-17-2007, 01:03 PM	#17
Wyborn Zelda Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: All over the place Gender: Posts: 12,326 Thanks: 86 Thanked 439 Times in 269 Posts Points: 19,454.94 Bank: 83,798.62 Total Points: 103,253.56 Donate	Lots of people hate Gyorg, for some reason, but I honestly have no idea why. I thought he was a very cool boss - swimming around with the shield on was one of the coolest things you could do, and ramming him with it did five metric tonnes of damage. Anybody wanna share on what they did or didn't like about him?

11-17-2007, 01:11 PM	#18
X-3 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Brigade HQ Gender: Posts: 9,660 Thanks: 342 Thanked 396 Times in 288 Posts Blog Entries: 5 Points: 23,935.88 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 23,935.88 Donate	I always kicked Morpha's ass. Hrad. I think there's been times where it's never touched me. Still a tedious boss, though. As for bosses I like...well, there was that kickass Stallord battle in TP. Also, LttP's final boss is memorable in my eyes. The Majora battle is actually pretty hard, if you don't use that FD Mask. Otherwise, it's easy.