You've gotten through our last wave of stages, but now it's time to confront yet another wave of big bad bosses! We've selected some of the biggest, toughest challenges from video games of then and now, and have rounded them up to put on the toughest battles this show has seen yet!
Make sure you've saved your progress, stocked up on plenty of Energy Tanks, potions, weapons, and everything you need, because our special host Robert Menes is about to take you on an epic rumble with the biggest boss battles ever!
=====Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System====
1.) Super Mario Bros. 3 – Koji Kondo – “Bowser Battle” – Feb 12, 1990 – Nintendo – NES
2.) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night – Michiru Yamane – “Festival of Servants” – Oct 2, 1997 – Konami – Sony PlayStation
3.) Sonic the Hedgehog CD – Naofumi Hayata & Masafumi Ogata – “BOSS!!!” – Nov 19, 1993 (Sega CD)/Dec 14, 2011 (Android/iOS/XBLA/PSN) – Sonic Team/Sega – Sega CD (Original), Android/iOS/XBLA/PSN (Remake)
4.) Super Adventure Island – Yuzo Koshiro – “Hot Reception” – April 1992 – Produce/Hudson Soft – Super NES
5.) Pokémon Red & Blue – Junichi Masuda – “Battle (Vs Gym Leader” – Sept 28,1998 – Game Freak/Nintendo – Game Boy
6.) Lunar: Silver Star Story – Noriyuki Iwadare – “Go! Go! Go!” – May 28,1999 – Game Arts/Working Designs – Sony PlayStation
7.) Doom – Robert Prince – “Facing The Spider” – Dec 10, 1993 – id Software – DOS
8.) Parasite Eve – Yoko Shimomura – “U.B.” – Sept. 9, 1998 – Squaresoft – Sony PlayStation
9.) Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse – Jake Kaufman – “Boss Battle” – Oct 23, 2014 – WayForward – Nintendo 3DS
10.) Okami – Rei Kondoh – “Twin Devils Moshirechik And Kotanechik's Extermination” – Sept 19, 2006 – Clover Studio/Capcom – Sony PlayStation 2
11) Secret of Mana – Hiroki Kikuta – “Meridian Dance” – Oct 3, 1993 – Square – Super NES
12.) Pandemonium 2 – Burke Trieschmann – “Mr. Schneobelen” – Sept 30, 1997 – Toys For Bob/Crystal Dynamics/Midway – Sony PlayStation/Windows
13.) Killer7 – Masafumi Takada & Jun Fukada – “Shoot Speed” – Jul 7, 2005 – Grasshopper Manufacture/Capcom – Nintendo GameCube/Sony PlayStation 2
14.) NiGHTS: Into Dreams… - Naofumi Hataya – “NiGHTS and Reala” – Aug 20, 1996 (Saturn)/Oct 2, 2012 (Steam) – Sonic Team/Sega – Sega Saturn (original)/Steam (rerelease)
15.) Skullgirls – Michiru Yamane – “Skull Heart Arrhythmia” – Apr 10, 2012 – Lab Zero Games/Autumn Games (originally Konami) – PSN, XBLA, Steam
16.) Mega Man X4 – Toshihiko Horiyama – “Double” – September 1997 (PS1/Saturn)/1999 (Windows) – Capcom – Sony PlayStation/Sega Saturn/Windows
17.) Shadow Warrior – Lee Jackson – “Shadow Raver” – May 13, 1997 – 3D Realms/GT Interactive Software – DOS
18.) Devil May Cry – Masami Ueda, Masato Kohda, Misao Senbongi – “Ultra Violet (Nero Angelo Battle)” – Oct 16, 2001 – Team Little Devils/Capcom – Sony PlayStation 2
19.) Mega Man Zero 4 – Ippo Yamada, Masaki Suzuki, Luna Umegaki, Shinichi Itakura – “Nothing Beats” – Oct 4, 2005 – Inti Creates/Capcom – Game Boy Advance
20.) Kid Icarus: Uprising – Yasunori Mitsuda – “Boss Fight 1” – Mar 23, 2012 – Project Sora/Nintendo – Nintendo 3DS
21.) Skies of Arcadia – Yutaka Minobe & Tatsuyuki Maeda – “Last Battle” – Nov 13, 2000 (DC)/Jan 27, 2003 (GC) – OverWorks/Sega – Sega Dreamcast/Nintendo GameCube
22.) Azure Striker Gunvolt – Ippo Yamada – “The Collision of Thunderstorms” – Aug 29, 2014 - 3DS – Inti Creates – Nintendo 3DS/Steam
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Special Host for this STAGE - Robert Menes: @LambdaCalculus