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I've been fighting this boss wrong for more than 20 years
- Thread starter zoodoo
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Crystal Flash showed up in Smash Bros, kind ofSurprised people didnt knew that about super metroid. I always thought crystal flash was the most obscure tech of that game.
it's Mainstream now
What is this thread?? Mind blown twice today.Surprised people didnt knew that about super metroid. I always thought crystal flash was the most obscure tech of that game.
My first time fighting the boss was strange. I didn't go pick up the items, didn't even know there was items there. Instead I attacked the boss when it was just standing there... and it didn't do anything, anything at all. So I just shoot it to death. I thought it was some sort of joke boss or something, but apparently the boss just glitched, because I've never been able to defeat it that way again (Switch version btw).
I actually also tried to ran back to the mist wall, but I guess the boss was able to kill me before dying itself, otherwise I would've been able to figure out this trick by myself.
That's amazing lol. And I still would never do that, as the goron race with this boss is the funniest ever. I just LOVE spike-rolling in the neck of this boss.
It's fun seeing people react to being able to roll through Ganon's legs in Ocarina of Time. Funny enough, it was the first thing I tried when I fought him first under the logic of "If that's him using the Triforce of Power, I need to counter with Courage. Hmm... CHAAARGE!"
One thing I rarely see mentioned, though, is what you can use to hurt him. Did you know that Deku Nuts used when targeting Ganon's tail will damage him?
This makes one of the easiest ways to finish the first part fast to roll under him, immediately Z-Target and throw a Deku Nut. No need for accurate positioning, you just need the tail lock.
One thing I rarely see mentioned, though, is what you can use to hurt him. Did you know that Deku Nuts used when targeting Ganon's tail will damage him?
This makes one of the easiest ways to finish the first part fast to roll under him, immediately Z-Target and throw a Deku Nut. No need for accurate positioning, you just need the tail lock.
There it is!
To this day, the greatest of all time stumper in a platforming game.
I discovered this by accident because I panicked when it grabed me!
You can ALSO stun him with Deku Nuts.
Edit: I might be thinking of damaging him, but I seem to remember this working
If I remember right, Deku Nuts targeting the face is a stun. Deku Nuts targeting the tail is damage.
I've... always ran like a madman after the boss too. Damn.
I thought this was gonna be about Draygon though:
I always feel like I'm cheating when I do it :s
Fun fact, when this game was new, I watched my friend play through this boss, and thought this was actually how you beat it. I've never done it any other way.
Holy shit this is crazy. This game was so ahead of it's time it's nuts. There's a reason it's still considered the best Metroid game almost 3 decades later.
So I only did this the first time I played it, but I can't be the only one who thought Psycho Mantis was an absurd leap in difficulty the first time they played MGS? Eventually I beat him by wearing him down, all the while complaining about poor game design. I was so mad when I found out how you were actually supposed to go about it.
Well, it's Link's Awakening. At least on the Gameboy you could dodge any attack in the top-down view by jumping. Only in the rare side-view parts (most notably, the boss of level 7 and the basement of level 8) you can be hit while jumping. IIRC you could cheese the game even further by attacking in the air, hitting targets you can't reach by standing.
I've... always ran like a madman after the boss too. Damn.
I thought this was gonna be about Draygon though:
I always feel like I'm cheating when I do it :s
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Yeah, I discovered this one by myself. It was an amazing moment lol.
Doesn't Campbell call you in the middle of the fight and tell you what to do?
Same for me...figured that one out on my own actually. Fun game. Great classic :)
This.
It's also possible to get it locked in a pattern where it just keeps moving between two points. As long as you it when it stops, it'll turn back around and go back the way it came. Just rinse and repeat until it's dead.
I haven't played it since the year it was released, but I can't remember getting a call like that. I beat him the honest way. I guess that would at least be an achievement or something nowadays.
stand still in the same place where the cannonball makes the arc over your head. alternatively, just jump in place (without touching no direction on the d-pad) when the cannonball is approaching you, so you don't walk down the hill due the physics;please tell me there's a secret method to beating this boss with no trouble
right? =)
Genuine question: is it universal knowledge that during the King Dodongo boss fight in OoT, you can stand on the rim of the lava pit in the center and he'll never hit you when he rolls around? I read this trick as a kid and have never attempted the fight any other way so don't actually know for sure if this is the intended method to avoid him.
ok this one i didnt no about thats awesomeWind Waker's "one hit kill with sacred water" Boss still blows my mind, because WHO THOUGHT TO DO THAT?
Me, I guess. I didn't know about the other way until this thread.
The Wind Waker/forest water thing is also harder than it looks since you not only have to go out of your way to get the water (it's not located in the dungeon at all), but (IIRC) the water has a time limit before it turns into ordinary water
It is one of those game things that rewards you for thinking about it.
Yeah when I found this by accident it pissed me off so much, after all of the times I struggled to get through that fight.
Might replay that game now.
You're supposed to fight every boss by timing and parrying their moves, and getting a cinematic "kill" when their posture meter is depleted. You can also deplete the posture meter by lowering their health, but good luck with that before you have any upgrades. Normal attacks after they whiff basically do chip damage of the bosses and do decent posture damage, but if you hit & run their posture recovers.
I actually figured that one out when replaying the game on NSO. I felt super embarrassed lol.I've... always ran like a madman after the boss too. Damn.
I thought this was gonna be about Draygon though:
I always feel like I'm cheating when I do it :s
I understand that, I mean for the ogre specifically, it can be parried?
The throws can't, but all of his physical attacks (elbow drop, drop kick, punt) can be.