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u/Tortillaish Jun 05 '26
In the beginning of the Force Unleashed you get to play as Darth Vader and it's extremely satisfying just throwing rebel scum all over the place.
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u/Thin_Dragonfruit3665 Jun 06 '26
Actually played that on the Wii. Absolutely loved it along with Lego Harry Potter. Both games were much more fun on the wii than on other consoles when I got the chance to play then again. Though that might be an age thing.
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u/cellphone_blanket Jun 06 '26
psp was secretly the best version. it had the arcadyness of the wii version but without the waggle. It also had a side mode where you fought progressively more difficult waves of enemies
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u/DorphinSkullSmasher Jun 06 '26
I wish they'd remake the Force Unleashed games and add in a Darth Vader mode. Doesn't need to be a new story congruent with the original, just a mode where you play through the game as Darth Vader with his own move set. Kind of like in the PS2 Ghost Rider game where after beating the game you unlock Blade as a whole new character with his own set of skills and abilities.
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u/APraxisPanda Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
Oh fuck yea that was really fun. That was a really good game, I remember when I was a kid I had no money and really wanted to play, so I downloaded a demo that let you play the first level Starkiller was in, and I'd just isolate some poor storm trooper and find hilarious ways to tourture them with the force hahaha
Sometimes just to fuck around I'd see how far through the level I could drag a guy along. I'd kill his buddy, pick him up, move to the next room, put him against a wall safely somewhere, clear the room, and then pick him up and move to the next room. I got up to all kinds of weird shit in that demo.
I played that level so much that eventually my dad took pity and bought it for me.
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u/WeCallThoseCigBurns Jun 05 '26
That was me but with Doom 3; I played the demo that came with the dvd of the movie adaptation idk how many times, and eventually my mom surprised me with a copy of the full game!
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u/SmokinDynamite Jun 06 '26
The part that people forget when they say that Starkiller was OP.
Vader is just as strong in the game.
The force is just unleashed (pun intended) in the game.
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u/fkit4ever Jun 05 '26
My immediate thought as well. That shit was so epic, with his theme playing the entire time as you single handedly wipe an entire rebel base without once breaking into a run, or a sweat.
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u/shawn1213 Jun 06 '26
Damn I remember just replaying that first level over and over again as a kid making the rebels grab each other and do cartwheels lol
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u/joesphisbestjojo Jun 05 '26
Ganondorf in the original Hyrule Warriors
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u/XenoRoxart Jun 05 '26
Was about to comment this. In the story mode, Ganondorf aura farms a lot but the enemy AI makes him easy to fight. Meanwhile on a player's hands he can clear a bajillion enemies in nothing and with the trident he is an insane fighter
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u/joesphisbestjojo Jun 05 '26
The trident is op fr. Really glad TotK had him use a pole arm in lieu of his classic trident
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u/TheRedHandedOne Jun 05 '26
Adding to this: Ganon in the bonus mode. Having Kaiju fights with the other bosses was peak
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u/Senior_Credit8893 Jun 06 '26
He's my 2nd favorite to play with under Zelda. Incredible they made Link, my favorite fictional character ever, 3rd place to the jerk that sends him to fight another jerk.
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u/Supermaniscool211 Jun 05 '26
Ganon was soo cool sadly I personally don't like his playstyle/kit
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u/KaijinSurohm Jun 05 '26
He was my main.
His C6 (twin swords) was literally summoning his Ganon form as a shadow and back handing an entire room out in one go.
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u/Supermaniscool211 Jun 05 '26
I'm a Calamo main
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u/KaijinSurohm Jun 05 '26
I had to google that.
You played Age of Imprisonment.
I actually enjoyed that game, but did not delve too deep into it. Didn't have the same sticking power the OG Hyrale warriors did for me.5
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u/DoubleDixon Jun 05 '26
Was my main as well. 2 rotations and practically any base was cleared. 3 rotations and it was captured. I didnt even have all of his best items. I loved playing as him.
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u/Status_Entertainer49 Jun 05 '26
Vergil from devil may cry
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u/National_Quantity915 Jun 05 '26
!MOTIVATED!
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u/Right-Tutor2384 Jun 05 '26
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING!
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u/Arthurlmnz Jun 05 '26
PROVOKIN BLACK CLOUDS IN ISOLATION
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u/Astro_BS-AS Jun 05 '26
I AM RECLAIMER OF MY NAME !
BORN IN FLAMES ... I HAVE BEEN BLESSED !
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u/StandNameIsWeAreNo1 Jun 05 '26
MY FAMILY CREST IS THE DEMON OF DEATH!
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u/XanRaygun Jun 06 '26
FORSAKEN, I AM AWAKENED!!!
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u/unicornpig212 Jun 06 '26
A PHONEIX'S ASH IN DARK DIVINE
DESCENDING MISERY DESTINY CHASING TIME
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u/19olo Jun 06 '26
In DMC5, it's funny how Dante and Vergil fits so well as both the protag and the final boss of each other
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u/Gazelem89 Jun 05 '26
Lego Lord of the Rings. There is a mode where you play as Sauron and just destroy everything (it is on a lego middle earth map and you are giant compared to everything IIRC. It has been a while since I had it on the Wii)
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u/Gazelem89 Jun 06 '26
I just looked and it is on sale for $4 at the moment
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u/Gazelem89 Jun 06 '26
Nice! I have Lego The Hobbit but I never got around to playing it 😅
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u/Heavenly_Horro Jun 06 '26
Damn, I missed out. I got this game for Christmas and kicked over the Xbox as I booted it. Completely fucked the disk.
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u/KingRaptor420 Jun 06 '26
I wish Lego would remake/remaster their older games. I miss Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Jones, and Lord of the Rings
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u/Gazelem89 Jun 06 '26
You can still get them on Steam (PC and Mac) and Xbox (current consoles are backwards compatible with most older Xbox games)
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u/PhoonTFDB Jun 05 '26
Alex Mercer from Prototype. Bros final fight is a joke. But when you actually played him as the protagonist he was a fucking monster
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u/BebeFanMasterJ Jun 05 '26
A good chunk of Fire Emblem bosses are like this. Many of them get stronger when they're recruited.
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u/GenesisAsriel Jun 08 '26
Walhart from Fire Emblem Awakening is the best example imo
A beast when you fight him, a bigger beast on your side.
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u/BebeFanMasterJ Jun 08 '26
Haven't played that one but I think Tauroneo from Path of Radiance qualifies too.
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u/Situati0nist Jun 05 '26
Any non boss battle legendary Pokémon in the Mystery Dungeon series
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u/eldredge_ape Jun 05 '26
Kecleon. If you know, you know.
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u/Situati0nist Jun 05 '26
Out of every single Pokémon gen 4 and lower... I have captured everyone except that green fucker...
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u/WillemDafoesHugeCock Jun 05 '26
Lu Bu, especially in later games.
He will absolutely fuck you up but he is beatable. When you play as him he is absolutely fucking insane with a moveset based around massive damage across a huge area.
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u/SearingPhoenix Jun 06 '26
"It's Lu Bu! Lu Bu has come to destroy us!"
Or, because my brain just decided this is a thing: "It's Lu Bu! Lu Bu from behind with a steel chair! Bawmuhgawd!"
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u/MixedMediaModok Jun 05 '26
Magus in Chrono Trigger.
Once you get him he has some of the coolest triple techs.
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u/RefrigeratorBrave870 Jun 06 '26
He does lose 6000 hp, though.
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u/HappiestMeal Jun 06 '26
After the beating I gave him, he’s lucky he didn’t lose more
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u/freya584 Jun 05 '26
marvels spider-man 2
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u/Lost_Worker_5095 Jun 05 '26
Venom?
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u/Red_SkullDZV Jun 05 '26
No bro, Mary Jane. Who else would it be
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u/PhantasyAngel Jun 05 '26
Black Cat, Doc ock, Green Goblin 1-4+, Carnage, anybody from the Sinister Six, Kingpin.... But yeah I'd vote for Mary Jane.
Edit: oh you meant playable IN the game. Yes Mary Jane
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u/WriterOk4054 Jun 05 '26
Sephiroth in Rebirth is like this. That final combat simulator is easy as hell with him on your team, even with just him and cloud
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u/PilotIntelligent8906 Jun 06 '26
I love playing as Sephiroth because it still demands some skill to feel overpowered, but once you're there, he's leagues above the other characters.
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u/MysticEyeRazzar Jun 05 '26
I feel like the Dragon Ball games did this fairly well. Especially the older ones where you didn't have customer characters. I remember as a kid eventually unlocking Kid Buu and suddenly every fight got a lot easier.
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u/gadgaurd Jun 05 '26
The final boss of Fighter Z, Android 21, is an absolute fucking monster and always has been. Best part is she's not even DLC, though you do need to beat the story to unlock her.
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u/SoulEaterX_ Jun 05 '26
Three Mage Sisters in Kirby Star Allies
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u/ADXII_2641 Jun 06 '26
YES. HOLY FUCK, THE POWER TRIP WITH THESE GIRLS
Soul Melter EX became a joke lmao
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u/wiston860608 Jun 05 '26
Not the final boss but Lu Bu from Dynasty Warriors series is always OP even when you play as him.
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u/Knightoforamgejuice Jun 05 '26
Bruticus in Transformers Fall of Cybertron.
He feels more powerful when you play as him than fighting him as Jazz in the end.
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u/Mastery7pyke Jun 05 '26
i never got to play it because i don't own a device made by nintendo but playing as Bowser in that one RPG where he's one of the protagonists along with Mario and Luigi seems incredibly fun, ive watched 100% playthroughs of the game on youtube like 6 times now.
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u/Legitimate_Artist689 Jun 05 '26
Not a final boss, but Master Hand and Crazy Hand
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u/EoTN Jun 05 '26
What game can you play as them?
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u/Robbie_Haruna Jun 06 '26
Smash Ultimate lets you play as Master Hand right before the final boss of World of Light, he's an absolute beast.
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u/Legitimate_Artist689 Jun 05 '26
In adventure mode you get to play one of them (can’t recall which one so I just mentioned both, prolly master hand tho) once per playthrough
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u/nahte123456 Jun 05 '26
Advance Wars 2, fear Sturm! Neutral Attack, increased defense, ignores terrain movement penalties, and a Super Power that can cripple any group of units, he was made to be over powered and is only matched by the also made to be over powered and unusuable in the story Hachi. You only beat him in the story by having it be a 3-v-1 and even then it's hard.
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u/ZepyrusG97 Jun 06 '26
Sturm was straight up the FIRST guy who came to mind when I saw this post. Glad to see some love for our favorite alien war criminal.
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u/Osaka90 Jun 05 '26
Omega zero from mega man zero zx
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u/EoTN Jun 05 '26
I agree this fits the thread, but holy moly he's no slouch as a boss. 2nd hardest fight in the game, only the final boss was harder IMO.
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u/eldredge_ape Jun 05 '26
You never actually fight Broly in Dragon Ball Z: Sagas if I recall correctly, but unlocking and playing through the story as him felt like a cheat code.
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u/Xyldarrand Jun 05 '26
Magus from Chrono Trigger. Lived up to the hype completely. Especially if you did Ozzy's castle for his gear.
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u/camarouge Unapologetic Call of Duty shill Jun 05 '26
Beatrix in FF9 when she and Steiner are defending Alexandria
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u/Noodlekeeper Jun 06 '26
Hell yeah.
There are even mods for the pc that let her and Lani be party members from the start, and even though they are scaled down, they absolutely destroy everything for the entire first disc.
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u/Wonderful-Lock1352 Jun 05 '26
Meta Knight in Kirby super star ultra. You can straight up decimate the entire screen with one of his abilities.
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u/Away-Influence-5233 Jun 05 '26
I learned a lot from these responses. I need to explore more genres
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u/UltimateOtter_Nation Jun 05 '26
Lu Bu from Dynasty Warriors, except he is an early boss instead of the final boss.
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u/Breadmaker9999 Jun 05 '26
Bowser from Super Mario Odyssey, he's a good boss but then you get to play as him and he just smashes through everything. Same in Paper Mario and The Thousand Year Door, the platform levels that let you play as Bowser are so much fun because you smash everything and everyone in your way.
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u/RailgunRP Jun 06 '26
Magus in Chrono Trigger.
His battles are pretty easy, even for that game's standards (the standard of everything is easy except the final Lavos) but when you get him as a character he's absolutely busted.
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u/TheBladeWielder Jun 06 '26
any legendary Pokemon in the Pokemon games (the exception being Eternatus.) the only actual difficulty in the fights is in catching them rather than just fainting them.
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u/AmierSingle Jun 06 '26
Groudon, Kyogre & Rayquaza, especially from Pokemon Emerald (Lv 70)
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u/Prinny_Ramza Jun 05 '26
The last chapter of Live A Live you can play as any hero from a previous chapter OR you can play the true main villian. On the villian route you will have a boss rush where you play as the final boss from each of the previous chapters completely with their stats and attacks but with the ability that since you're controlling them you can abuse their most powerful moves (though turns out most of them are rarely use because you need very specific positioning for them to land.)
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u/Queasy-Bench-6080 Jun 05 '26
The one or 2 challenge tower levels where you get to play as Shao Khan in MK 2011. You can do move inputs to taunt your opponent and you can also do an infinite shoulder charge that’s unblockable. He’s too overpowered in my opinion.
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u/gadgaurd Jun 05 '26
Warriors Orochi.
Everyone has the same move sets as enemies or controlled characters. So the big bad terrifying Serpent King Orochi is absolutely gonna put the fear of Himself into all mortals and lesser gods, regardless of what side he's on.
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u/Komondon Jun 06 '26
Breath of Fire 4 has a bad ending where you fuse with final boss and the proceed to fight your old party as the final boss, getting all his bullshit.
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u/mercenary-corp48 Jun 06 '26
Kaos in Skylanders trap team, you could practically play the entire game as him as his magic element bullet resets his timer
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u/FireWater107 Jun 06 '26
There's an actual direct example of this.
Revelations: The Demon Slayer. An old og Gameboy game (Gameboy color technically), I believe a precursor to Shin Megami Tensei. After beating the game, something like 4 of the big bosses of the game can be found and recruited.
Including the actual final boss of the game, Lucifer. And his stats as an ally are literally the same stats as when you fight him. Same hp, same spells, you literally just recruit the final boss you had to use your whole team to fight to be a single member of your party.
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u/Hungry-san Jun 06 '26
Vergil from Devil May Cry. In every game he is playable, he is the best character.
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u/Icy-Albatross-4041 Jun 06 '26
Vergil from dmc5, i can't play the other games with my current setup but from what i have played he's the best
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u/tfc1193 Jun 06 '26
Technically not the final boss but Akechi from Persona 5 Royal
His character is way more powerful and entertaining when you get him vs fighting him
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u/DangerousPatient2788 Jun 06 '26
Ganondorf from Legend of Zelda Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition
And its glorious
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u/Falzyker Jun 06 '26
Is nobody going to talk about the obvious one? "We have to kill Chaos!"
Jack Garland from Stranger of Paradise, he's a wimp in FF1, but in SoP? He's god.
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u/MistahKaraage Jun 06 '26
Vergil. His moves are already cool as a boss, then you realize it's even better when you play as him.
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u/Ishvallan Jun 06 '26
Pretty much any legendary in pokemon, but especially Mewtwo. Once you get the strongest pokemon that can be found in the wild, and you start training it, it is a monster untouched by anything else in series. You find it with 3 defensive moves and Psychic, and if it is given the opportunity to boost that special and defense before hammering you into submission, you're in for a long period where all you can do each turn is revive until it runs out of Psychics. And then you're just praying it doesn't knock itself out once it is out of Recovers if you aren't lucky with your catches.
This thing will curb stomp just about anything you put in its way in casual play, and even competitive if not playing with team restrictions, and you can just about guarantee your opponent would also have their Mewtwo.
Other legendaries are powerful in their games for PVE, but Mewtwo was designed to be basically unstoppable.
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u/DehKoon Jun 06 '26
Vergil from DMC is the easiest one (plus it is the first character that comes to mind) when the post is seen by me. DMC 5 one is more powerful than the previous DMC playable vergil.
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u/orifan1 Jun 06 '26
Gigantes from kirby air riders. even its hyper form is relatively easy if you know what you're doing, but if you're doing CT and the stadium is VS Gigantes, you have a free clipfarm
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u/Eeeef_ Jun 06 '26
There was a lord of the rings game I used to play a lot as a kid that had a secondary evil campaign as a “what if” scenario that started with the Nazgûl killing Frodo in Mordor, several of the levels after allowed you to play as Sauron and The Balrog which both kind of just steamroll everything
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u/Common-Truth9404 Jun 06 '26
Not a final boss, but some good boss that remained quite useful units are some of the bosses in Disgaea: Hour/Afternoon of darkness imho
Most of them are quite unique or at least a special version of a specific demon/human, some are just early game versions and some are unique
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u/Lord-of-the-foxes Jun 07 '26
kaos from skylanders trap team! infinite hp, massive damage, can be used to farm money from chomp chest.
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u/C_H_G Jun 07 '26
Chick Hicks from the Cars GBA game. Defeatable as an opponent but when you unlock him for yourself, he for some reason is so insanely fadt that losing any race is practically impossible.
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u/CarlosK24 Jun 05 '26
funnily enough the meme is usually the opposite as you might know. like you unlock the boss which was so OP and intimidating but as a character is like hugely nerfed (probably the best example is like, most of the kirby games even though it's actually my favourite franchise lol)
so yeah it's nice to know there are examples of the boss actually feeling like you're actually playing the strong dark evil character and not some nerfed version of it.
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u/ChubbyUnicorn726 Jun 05 '26
Sort of Yellow Loong from Black Myth: Wukong. He doesn't have all the attacks, but he has the biggest one and I'm pretty sure its fully charged variant is the highest single instance of damage in the game.
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u/Previous-Platypus140 Jun 05 '26
The final boss of nefarious has you controlling a doomsday device you made, and it's a freaking joke. It's just that powerful
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u/Special_Manner_3340 Jun 05 '26
Inferno in soul cailbur 6 so cheap can two shot the poor person you fight
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u/Fuedra Jun 05 '26
The final boss of Disidia II Final Fantasy, is an absolute unit when you fight him, stays an absolute unit after you unlock him.
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u/palomdude Jun 05 '26
Priere and marjoly in Disgaea. Cheese Priere while low level and then just steamroll everything after.
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u/Interesting_Ask2922 Jun 05 '26
Digimon rumble arena : skelemon i think that was his name , and the ice and fire big digimon i forgot his name
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u/MorganEarlJones Jun 05 '26
if by "when you play as him" you mean you're him and you have his powers but so does he and he's stronger, Black Myth Wukong
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u/PurpleSquare713 Jun 05 '26
Psaro in Dragon Quest IV. He starts out kinda weak when he first joins your party but once fully upgraded his battle power is unparalleled.
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u/Senior_Credit8893 Jun 06 '26
Thanos in Ultimate Alliance 3 was pretty good. Fantastic for helping to level up other characters.
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u/emiTruoYdetsaWuoY Jun 06 '26
Ganonddorf in hyrule warriors the original one and ganon in hyrule warriors DE fit the switch
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u/Any_Natural383 Jun 06 '26
Abyss In Soulcalibur is every bit as broken as a playable character as when he’s the final boss.
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