favorite final boss battles

[prowler]

Only games that come to mind is Vanquish and Bayonetta.

 

[Pahicken]

bizarro sephiroth from FF7 is a pretty good fight. defininatly high on the list.

 

[Jolan]

Ares from God of War 1.

Pretty much the reason behind the game, ultimate battle includes you fighting him mano-a-mano with your skills, him sending you to protect your wife and daughter against constantly spawning shadow clones of yourself, with the ability to hug your family in order to give yourself strength, followed by Ares wrenching you back into the real world, you deciding not to give up and pulling a Chekhov's Gun by using the sword/bridge from earlier in the game as an impromptu weapon against the God of War who has absorbed all your powers and is using them against you.

Never has a game gotten me so much excited, pushing me to the limit in order to defeat the final boss and exhale happily.


So, in general, I'd rate the best boss battles being those that you can't prepare for (in the game) and ultimately test the player's real ability without causing cries of anguish about the enemy being overpowered or broken.
Remember, in video games, it's all about the obstacle, but you can't be asked to jump at the level of a professional pole jumper in order to have fun, right?

 

[SinHarvest24]

There's no doubt about it but my fav. boss battle in my history of gaming has to be Sephiroth from Kingdom Hearts 1-2. Truly my most enjoyed boss battle thus far.

 

[Scott-105]

Since I suck at games, I haven't done too many boss battles.

Although my favorites would be Vanitas from Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, and Gannon from Ocarina of Time.

 

[Pahicken]

Also to add to the question. What was your favorite aspect of that villian?

Evilness?
ugliness?
disturbing?

Well i guess this topic came to its end.

 

[KingdomBlade]

Ansem - KH1
Kefka - FFVI
Blue - Pokemon Red
Golbez - FFIV
Dracula - Castlevania
Cervantes - Soul Edge
Sephiroth - FFVII
Bowser - THE GAME THAT EVERYONE KNOWS
Dr. Robotnik/Eggman - Sonic Series

 

[Shockwind]

RE3 - Nemesis

[youtube]bZmBRjCC6uM[/youtube]

Are you the one who's playing it?

I played that game, but I haven't finished it yet.
Anyways, my favorite final boss is Ansem from Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, Bowser from Mario Games, and Dr. Eggman from Sonic games.

 

[outgum]

Ultimecia

The music is intense and matches each form perfectly, she's evil as hell, and the battle is momentous followed by an epic ending. It's incredible! It is all a truly grand finish to an amazing game.

Seconded, Kick ass music to a kick ass battle, loved it.

Also Specter on Ape Escape 1 Lol

OH! And Skeith on dot.Hack Infection! That was epic! with cool music
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cEu24G8ms8[/youtube]

 

[Infinite Zero]

Sly vs. Dr. M.

[youtube]TSrBI5KXJ40[/youtube]

 

[SpaceJump]

Metroid Prime from Metroid Prime

 

[Maplemage]

Those 4 Giant worm things in maplestory DS, they are quite easy =D

 

[DarkShinigami]

lord blazer from wild arms 2 just cause the music is epic. ps1

wait does a scripted boss count? not entirely sure its scripted never let my hp drop to zero at him.

 

[Urza]

Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Doom Dragon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZz_QSRaKHU

Kirby 64
02
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYqGBZys07s

Perfect Cherry Blossom
Yuyuko Saigyouji
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0vF-ixYAjY

 

[Genowing]

Lavos, the multiform mode which is a recap of all the previous bosses, and then the Final Battle with the drones.
Kefka, Monument to NonExistance.
Sir Ject, From FFX, music made the battle.

 

[Vigilante]

Lavos from chrono trigger
Sigma in every megaman game
Nebula gray from MBN5
Omega from MBN3
Weasleby from Henry Hatsworth
ABYSS from mvc2
Kefka from ff6
Genesis:Avatar form from FFCC7
Pisaro the Manslayer from DQ4
Marx and Marx's Soul from Kirby Super Star Ultra

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Devil May Cry 3
Final Fantasy VIII (this game deserves so much more attention than 7 did, its superior in every single way).
Ocarina of Time
A Link to the Past


Iono, I have a bunch but it's too late here and my brain isn't in working mode.

 

[Urza]

Final Fantasy VIII (this game deserves so much more attention than 7 did, its superior in every single way).

FFVII received so much critical acclaim because it introduced the series to 3D. FFVIII merely built on the graphical groundwork that VII had laid out, and wasn't nearly as innovative.

Not to mention, VIII probably has the most tripe and illogical plot of the series, incredibly annoying characters, the junction system is a completely unnecessary additional grind, and that absolutely awful Triple Triad.

From an audio-visual standpoint though, the game was quite pretty.

 

[outgum]

Final Fantasy 88 was the best in the series still though, Since when has a plot in final fantasy actually been LOGICAL? Its a video game, it doest have to make sense, FF8 had everything FF7 had but more, so i believe 8 deserved more attention too, And with a last bost like ultimicia, Sepihiroth can suck it, was way too easy

 

[shyam513]

FFV - Exdeath - I mean come on - for all intents and purposes you're fighting a TREE. Looks like Global warming may be useful after all...