When it comes to video games, there are always first bosses, which come near the beginning of the game to be a starting challenge for the player to help them see how the game is going to play out. Usually, they are very easy and can be forgotten about within a few hours of gameplay. But, once in awhile, you get that first boss that is one of the best bosses in the entire game. These first bosses offer madami of a challenge to the player and feel like a later boss than the first boss. So, today, I wish to share with you all the ten first bosses that I found to be the most fun. First, the rules. Only one game per franchise, and only games that I have played. With that out of the way, let’s start with the list.

#10: Tiny Tiger from Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped



For a platforming game, a first boss shouldn’t be all that important. Just look at King Bob-Omb from Super Mario 64 (Hell, look at EVERY boss from Super Mario 64). However, Tiny was a different story. In Crash Bandicoot 3, you start the fight with Tiny sa pamamagitan ng having him jump around the arena to crush Crash. Once he gets tired, hit him once, and he will then jump to the tuktok of the stadium and send waves of lions to attack Crash. After this, just rinse and repeat the process until you’ve hit him three times and the fight is over. When I put it that way, it may not seem all that special. But, it’s a platforming game, what do you expect. Still, the fight has a pretty cool level in it, and this was a lot better from the Tiny fight in the original game. That’s for damn sure.

#9: Classic Metal Sonic from Sonic Generations



Another platforming game and another first boss that is manages to be better than anything you’d expect. The fight already puts you on edge when Metal Sonic starts destroying the bridge behind you and tries to ram into Sonic with an electricity attack, so you need to run pasulong while dodging his attack at the same time. Once Metal Sonic is in front of you, just jump into him and knock him pasulong to damage him. After this, he will use a shockwave to do massive damage to you, so be very careful with that attack. After you hit him again, he will begin throwing objects at you. You will then have to hit him again, sending him back behind you. This will cause him to rush towards Sonic very fast and again, try to ram you. Just hit him one madami time and the fights done. It’s nice to see a first boss have a variety of attacks instead of trying to be a tutorial fight for the player.

#8: Petey Piranha from Super Smash Bros Brawl



This is a boss that actually interests me. When the fight starts, Petey Piranha traps both Zelda and melokoton inside two cages and will use the cages as weapons. He will ugoy them both at you and will also try to crush you after it jumps into the air. Once you get the boss down to half health, it will then start to attack quicker and madami aggressively. It’s neat to see that Nintendo is turning a boss that was pretty weak in games like Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy and making it madami threatening. However, what interests me about this boss is that the boss itself doesn’t have a health bar. Instead, the cages that hold Zelda and melokoton have a health bar. The one that gets depleted first will have both princess free, but the one whose life bar was still full would be turned into a statue sa pamamagitan ng Wario. So, if you deplete the health of the cage that had Zelda in it, than melokoton would be turned into a statue. Wow, sadly this boss is a lot madami interesting and fun than the final boss itself…. (I still hate Tabuu very much)

#7: Great Jaggi from Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate



Okay, so I didn’t actually play the full game of Monster Hunter 4. I only played a demo of it. But from what I played in that Demo, it was the most awesome first boss I had ever fought. It’s not cheating… IT’S NOT! So you start in this open field and you just head to the location. Nothing too bad, at first. Then a cutscene starts. And in that cutscene, you meet this monster that looks like the velociraptors from Jurassic Park on steroids. The Great Jaggi will attack you sa pamamagitan ng ramming into you with its side, swinging its tail at you, or will try to do a double bite attack. It will also call in minions to help it. Yes, I do hate bosses that use minions, but this can be easily avoided if you hit the Great Jaggi with a well timed strike. Once you’ve damaged it enough, it will retreat to a cave, where you must finish it off. For a first boss, it’s pretty complex. Then again, we’re talking about a game where you hunt down giant monsters for better equipment.

#6: Skelter Helter from No madami bayani 2: Desperate Struggle



In the first No madami Heroes, Travis was tasked with killing the Rank 11 assassin named Helter Skelter, but you only saw him get killed in a cutscene. So, in the sequel, Travis had to fight his brother, Skelter Helter, which is the closest we got to fighting Helter Skelter from the first game. The fight starts, literally, right when the game starts, and you are thrown right into the boss fight to start the game off. Skelter Helter will use a large buster sword, kinda like Travis’s, and will also use a revolver with multiple chambers to attack from a distance. This fight can range from being easy on Sweet Mode, fair on Normal Mode, or difficult as hell on mapait Mode. And this entire boss is just a tutorial. Who says tutorials can’t be fun? Also, this guy got his head cut off, but can still talk. How does that work? Then again, why am I questioning a Suda51 game? That never goes over well.

#5: Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater



Of course the best Metal Gear Solid game should have the best first boss in the series, and why not make it the main antagonist of the game? The fight has Snake and Ocelot separated sa pamamagitan ng a cliff, and the two must fight with pistols. For a fight that involves two men with pistols, a lot can happen in this fight. Ocelot’s men can attack from the back and shoot at Snake, or you could shoot down a beehive to temporarily distract Ocelot, or Ocelot can apoy his bullets to ricochet off of rocks and trees to hit Snake if he is taking cover. Also, as the fight goes on, bees from The Pain can be seen to appear madami and more, ipinapakita that the fight is almost over. Some see this as the least interesting fight in the game. Well, that just shows how impressive the bosses in this game are.

#4: Gohma from Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker



Hey, remember Gohma from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time? Remember how you could destroy that boss in under thirty seconds? Well, Gohma from Wind Waker is a whole lot madami powerful. When the fight starts, Gohma will already ipakita you how threatening he… she…. It is. You will need to use the Grappling Hook and latch it onto Valoo’s tail, and ugoy across the stage. After that, you will jump off of it, and the ceiling will fall onto Gohma, damaging it and chipping it’s armor. Just repeat this process two madami times, and you will completely destroy Gohma’s armor. This will make Gohma attack madami quickly, swinging it’s claws at you and breathing apoy at you. You will then need to stun it with your Grappling Hook, and once it it is on the ground, slash at it with your sword until you win. This is a major step up from Ocarina of Time’s Gohma. Good work, Nintendo.

#3: Poseidon from God of War 3



Okay, I only played this game at a friend’s house, but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t played it, right? The fight starts with Kratos climbing along the arm of a giant, only to be attacked sa pamamagitan ng a giant horse made of water. Soon, you’ll need to climb up the arm to avoid falling while still fighting the water horse. After defeating the water horse, you will need to start climbing up Mount Olympus, defeating enemies. Once that’s done, you finally get to fight Poseidon himself. You must start sa pamamagitan ng attacking the legs as he strikes at you with his trident. Once the legs are removed, you must attack Poseidon’s upper body while he still tries to attack you. After you’ve weakened him, climb to the tuktok of the area and attack the head. After that, attack his six legs again, and then use his conveniently placed body parts to grapple your way to his weak spot and knock the real Poseidon out of his larger form to beat the boss. This was the first boss, people.

#2: Valus from Shadow of the Colossus



Sure, all of the Colossus in this game are amazing, actually (Except Celosia. He sucks). But Valus is the first one you run into that just shows you how this game is going to go. Once you reach the location that you were pointed to, you will hear loud booming and the ground will start to shake. You will then see THIS! A large Colossus with a club walking along the landscape. However, if you stay still and try not to Leeroy Jenkins everything, you will see that this boss is actually not trying to attack you. It is just walking, minding its own business. And then you attack it. That is when the fight starts. It will try to crush you with it’s club, allowing you to climb onto its legs and stab him, making Valus fall to the ground, and allowing you to climb to it’s head and strike it. This boss is the first piece of what you’re going to see in a game like Shadow of the Colossus and when there are even madami Colossi waiting for you, then you know that this first Colossus is something truly special

#1: Iudex Gundyr from Dark Souls III



Yeah, you try pronouncing that name. Anyway, Iudex Gundyr is the best first boss in video games ever. You start sa pamamagitan ng finding the corpse of the boss, sitting in the middle of the area with a sword stuck in its body. Just pull that out and the boss fight will start. At first, he just looks like a giant knight with a large axe, but we’ll touch on that later. This boss will attack you sa pamamagitan ng swinging it’s giant axe at you, so you’d better have learned dodging sa pamamagitan ng this point. He will also try leaping at you to smash you against it’s weight, so just make sure that Estus Flask is full sa pamamagitan ng this point. Once you manage to get Iudex down to half health, you will soon notice a black substance coming from his armor. This is the part where you run away. Iudexs upper body will turn into this black serpent like creature with red eyes, have one tree-like arm and will carry it all under his legs that still remain the same. You will need to dodge his large arm, which can now reach a much larger area. This transformation shocked me so much, that I knew that Dark Souls III was going to blow all expectations, and this first boss is what started that. This boss manages to be a perfect challenge and surprise you at the same time. I told you that I can respect the perfect first boss, and Dark Souls always manages to have the perfect boss, and Iudex Gundyr proves that.

Well, there you have it. Did you enjoy the list? Tell me what you thought of it. With that said, I will see you all susunod time.