Your best boss intros

[Grtxkkyz 387]

So, what are your most favorite boss introductory sequences from gaming, and why? Most boss intros can be quite epic and awesome, and certainly help set the mood for the impending battle. Which ones do you find the most exciting, terrifying or just plain amazing?

[Prop 34]

Most of the ones in Metal Gear Rising are pretty hype. Loved that game in general.

[SpikusFyre 486]

One of my favorite boss fight introductions happens to be the final battle against Ganon in Ocarina of Time. You have to escape a collapsing castle and a the point when you think Ganondorf is dead you walk over to the rubble to investigate as he bursts from it changing into his final form knocking away your most powerful option to fight him and surrounding you in a field of fire.

[One-Punch Man 316]

The mood, setting, and characters are all perfect in Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story's final boss fight. 

(There are spoilers to the game in the video! ^u^)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlQ5jV2Q2M

Edited October 1, 2015 by Sugar Coat

[El Duderino 878]

I liked the quest leading up to the final boss in Skyrim.

[Megas 27,053]

The Classic Megaman Boss intros will always reign supreme.(personally Megaman X had the best rendition of the classic boss tune)

 

Edited October 1, 2015 by LAZENGANN OVERLOAD

[Sapphire Lightning 784]

Not "epic" but the first thing that came to mind was the little intro for each boss when you got to them in Megaman 2. The music changed and the boss did a little "thing" that just always got me hyped to fight the boss. It didn't need to be epic or long winded, it just "did it".

 

 

Edit: just got ninja'd by LAZENGANN OVERLOAD .

Edited October 1, 2015 by Sapphire Lightning

[Ruddboy Olaf 10,627]

-Odolwa from Majora's Mask.

 

-Rayquaza from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

 

-Masked Dedede from Kirby Super Star Ultra.

 

-Dimentio from Super Paper Mario.

 

-Gary from Bully.

 

-Black Knight from Scooby Doo: Night of a 100 Frights.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 40,243]

Many of the bosses from Dark Souls from Dark Souls have amazing intros. They do a wonderful job at striking sheer intimidation into you. Which is what a boss should do I think. 

 

Another one is Queen Gohma from Ocarina of Time. The entire setting of that stage was eerie enough, but to have that boss just walking on the ceiling, you can hear her and the way to start the fight is to look up at her in which she drops down and the fight begins. Such an amazing intro for the first boss of the game. 

 

 

The Classic Megaman Boss intros will always reign supreme.(personally Megaman X had the best rendition of the classic boss tune)

 

And these. These are imbedded into my mind. <3 

[SlenderSlayer24 127]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIWTGxK0tKI

 

This is my favorite boss opening because not only is it cool but, it hints at Teddy being a shadow which are supposedly mindless creatures you fight though out the game.

[Dark Horse 12,799]

I personally love the Master Hand battles in the Super Smash Bros. series. His N64 entrence is particularly epic and quite creepy. Dat laugh tho.

 

[long gone 8,929]

A lot of the boss intros in Metroid Prime are amazing, especially as the series progresses. The most memorable to me is the final Dark Samus battle in Prime 2, especially when both Samus and Dark Samus take aim at each other right before the final battle begins. Really sets the mood for it.

[boiteporte 591]

I love the intro for the March Hare Boss fight.. There is an epic buildup...

 

I just wish I could actually fight him, but instead, the fight takes place in a cutscene..

Just perfect ...

Edited October 1, 2015 by boiteporte

[PROJECT: Simon 3,953]

Every time when you see your target in Assassin's Creed ^O^ O3O Y3Y ^3^ 

[Radiance64 7,051]

Jubileus in Bayonetta

 

I mean come on, you have to ride up a launched rocket ship in a motorcycle as Jeanne in an attempt to stop it and save Bayonetta, only for it to be summoned in SPACE when Bayonetta comes to her senses to fight it in a battle that can only be described as God of War meets Devil May Cry meets Super Mario Galaxy... and the enemies hint that this might happen the whole game... SUCH HYPE

 

[cmarston1 5,951]

Hades from Kid Icarus Uprising comes to mind for me.

As he is an awesome and charismatic villain and his intro reflects that.

[rarity1 461]

I like the boss intros in the God of War games.

[catnet 9,353]

Does the build-up to the final Ghirahim battle in Skyward Sword count? It's probably not as epic now that Hyrule Warriors exists, but rushing down through the hordes of Bokoblins while this was playing... it really got me hyped for the battle ahead, and even the cutscene directly before the battle was pretty cool. The intro for the actual final boss is pretty awesome too, though. ^-^

[cider float 2,535]

Saints Row 2, final battle with Maero

[redaxted 1,765]

The scenes leading up to the final boss fight of Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story were epic! But seeing as that has been mentioned already, I shall focus on another great boss introduction. I've mentioned Sonic Unleashed in gaming threads a lot, but I simply have to ramble on about it again here! The intro to the final boss, Dark Gaia, is amazing! The the graphics are simply stunning, with a lot of intricate detail, as the Chip forms the Gaia Colossus to help fend of the boss, as the dark energy within Sonic is stolen back by Dark Gaia. There isn't that much more I can say, but it is truly awesome. A great lead-up to a great battle!

Edited November 9, 2015 by Wolves

[Flowey 10]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ4kumxv_1k

or

 

Same game, same character, haha.

[Hocus Pocus 636]

Well, as awkward as it is to have 2 posts in a row from the same game... I really can't think of a more intense boss intro than this person right here... The first time you fight him, his INTRO will kick the crap out of you, guaranteed!

 

I'll put it under a spoiler tag, for anyone that hasn't seen it yet, and to anyone that still wants to continue, I have only this to ask...

 

Do you want to have a bad time?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rk6tG5y0Oc

Edited November 10, 2015 by Hocus Pocus

[Flowey 10]

Well, as awkward as it is to have 2 posts in a row from the same game... I really can't think of a more intense boss intro than this person right here...

 

I'll put it under a spoiler tag, for anyone that hasn't seen it yet, and to anyone that still wants to continue, I have only this to ask...

 

Do you want to have a bad time?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rk6tG5y0Oc

((I've never done Genocide so I never got the full impact but know that he was in my thoughts))