Need three boss suggestions...

Does anybody have any suggestions for three bosses that could fit in a volcano world, a beach world, and a mountain world?

This post has been edited by Yoshbert 1-Ups on Mar 25 2008, 03:01 PM

Original > Classic bosses

I'd just make up new ones if I were you.

I have suggestions for the volcano world and beach world

Volcano World: Lava piranha
Beach World: Mega ElectroKoopa

Volcano: Giant Lava Nep-Enut
Beach: Mini Bowser in a Mecha Blooper; The Octopus from SML
Mountain: A giant snow-Goomba; Yeti; A mad Snowman-if you hit him he's turning into many small snowmen

EDIT: Oh and what's with that Ice-Bully from SM64?

This post has been edited by Funky on Mar 25 2008, 03:08 PM

lava nep-enut = gargantuan blargg, BTW

Volcano: A Czar, duh! (A Czar is basically those giant fire dragons)
Beach: Something giant like a blooper or sidestepper(crab)
Mountain: That vulture dude.

EDIT: If you run out of ideas, it means you need an imagination!
But, seriously, If you can't think of a boss, look at the enemies in the world. Pick the most common one, and make that into a boss.

This post has been edited by Soiyeruda on Mar 26 2008, 08:32 AM

like a giant cheep cheep (boss bass/big bertha anyone?) for a beach boss

It's really up to Yoshbert, but I think new enemies are better. I mean, who HASN'T faced Big Bertha? Who HASN'T faced Goomboss? The point is, you need something that's new and unpredictable, so it isn't all: "Oh, Beach Zone....Wonder what the Boss is--BIG BERTHA, DUH!"

Volcano Boss
Volcano world should have a boss that can change the stage like make the lava cool or make the volcano erupt. The volcano in Mario Kart double dash has a face maybe you could use him.

Giant crab boss
Beach level should have a giant crab or whale. The crab could use his claws and his weak point could be his eyes you could probably make traps to flip him over and land on his head. His attacks could also include making giant sand storms and shock
waves, another attack since crabs are fast would be just plain old charging.

Whale boss
The whale could of course eat you. Inside his mouth he'll suck up water filled with enemies and help full items. His attacks inside his mouth could include tilting the angle of water making all obstacles and enemies come zooming to a side. He could also use his tongue to through you. His week point will be his uvula pick some thing up and through it once he tossed you with his tongue. If you though enough stuff it will make him sneez, and then freedom! As you go flying out his spout.

Giant Charging Chuck Boss
For the mountain there could be a giant charging Chuck. He'll through boulders footballs and base balls to try and keep you off the top. His weak point will be his stupidity. You can some how get him mad enough to fall off the mountain. Other attacks include summoning flying enemies and charging. You can use a bouncy item to making him get a taste of his own medicine. Then his anger will build up ,so he starts to through faster. The bouncy item should be temporary. Once be gets mad enough he summon flying enemies. Hop on top of one the swooping enemies to get to the top of his head. Then fall on his head do this 3 times and for the last time the flying enemies will bring you to the other side of the mountain he'll be so steamed that he'll charge for you and fall off.


Complicated bosses rule! YEAH!

This post has been edited by Yoshibro. on Mar 26 2008, 08:25 PM

That sounds like a brain teaser .
But seriously, WAY TOO MUCH programming.....

This post has been edited by Soiyeruda on Mar 26 2008, 08:30 PM

I know isn't it amazing? (sarcasm included)

Bosses aren't generally meant to be complicated however......
They're meant to have a simple attack pattern that should take a 6 year old to figure out. In the Mario Platform realm, there's almost no such thing as a complicated boss. They all follow one attack pattern, and have fewer than 3 attacks normally. They sound like neat bosses (Is the whale a Yoshi?), but they just need to be easier to manage....

Bosses are totally meant to be complicated.
Many, many games have massive bosses that take complicated thinking, timing, and trying to actually beat.
I myselft lost tons of times before beating the boss of M&L2:PIT. Making a boss hard makes the game more of a challenge in my opinion.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste and ,and I bet not that many 6 year olds would find Mfgg interesting. Most of the video game veterans come here I'm sure the most of us are get tired of ,do nothing but shoot in one direction bosses. And their only weakness is easy access stomping to the cranium 20 times. Now does that sound like fun to you? It might be, but definitely not challenging. I can under stand that being fun if your playing as Sora or sonic because they have a krapp load of attacks. But for Mario usually the only moves he has is jump, jump,and jump. For people that have beaten allot of easy bosses,they get quickly bored of battling another new easy one, they want some thing new challenging if I don't speak for all I speak for myself.

This post has been edited by Yoshibro. on Mar 26 2008, 09:08 PM

I'm not saying to COMPLETELY give up the difficulty factor. I'm just saying don't make uber-complicated bosses with a jillion different attacks.

Dex: Isn't M&L2:PiT an RPG? I don't care about an RPG being complicated. This is platformer bosses I'm talking about.

Maybe I should rephrase my statement.....

Bosses shouldn't be uber-complicated with unnecessary attacks, and no logic.

There, that is basically my point, and nuff' said.....

I'm sorry, but I must interject here. Remember Super Princess Peach? The platformer geared towards girls but was still fun for everyone?


Petey Piranha: While avoiding his attacks, you have to water the plants, which grew into climable beanstalks. You then have to wait for him to open his mouth so you can fill him up with water, then stomp on him when he falls over. He can fly, send out shockwaves, and belch out Nipper plants. He is the first boss.



What Yoshibro. posted is by no means overly complicated. :(


Edit: Well, the Chuck boss's description is worded a bit funny so it sounds complicated, but after thinking a bit it's really a simple concept.

This post has been edited by Peardian on Mar 26 2008, 09:41 PM

He's right the Chuck boss has all the attacks of a regular plain old charging Chuck.

A robotic giant koopa robot, and a green koopa troopa at the helm. He sits in the cockpit which is located on the top of the robot's shell. The robots mouth opens and it shoots green koopa shells at you. You have to grab them and throw them at the cockpit four times for a kill.

Yeah, I'll have to admit, I reread it, and it wasn't AS complicated, but there will still some unnecessary actions. I'll go as far as that.

Volcano Boss: Blargy McBlarg
A giant blarg that attack from the background. He spits fireballs which turn into switches after a while. Step on one to knock Blargy into the battlefield where you can attack him.

Beach Boss: Sandy Soaked
A Blooper covered in sand. He attacks by spitting oil and tackeling you. After a while he'll flood the beach and you fight him underwater.

Mountain Boss: Chompo
A giant chomp that chases you everywhere. Basicaly keep running until you reach a switch that drops a thwomp on him that stund him. A note block boosts you up do you can whack him.