History AwesomeBosses / Kirby

* ''Kirby Triple Deluxe'' gives us the final battle. [[spoiler: Dreamstalk Queen Sectonia vs Hypernova Kirby.]]
** The fight with [[spoiler: Queen Sectonia herself]] is very cool as well, as they possess a wide variety of attacks and different phases to the fight. The awesome music backing up the fight doesn't hurt either.
** And immediately prior to that, [[spoiler: Masked Dedede's Revenge. Think Masked King Dedede with a massive power boost and a battle axe 3 times his size. And just wait until you see his Mirror World counterpart Shadow Dedede.]]
** This game's answer to [[spoiler:Galacta Knight]] is [[spoiler:Dark Meta Knight from ''Amazing Mirror'']], and he's just as awesome. [[spoiler:Theme Music Power Up and everything.]]

** He returns in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'' as a BonusBoss, being fought in the True Arena as the third to last opponent[[note]] though the two opponents after him are the same guy, so he pretty much fulfills the same role as in ''Super Star Ultra'''s True Arena[[/note]]. Unless you saw his picture in the end of the Extra Mode Credits, this fight is only foreshadowed by easily missed details in the appearances of Stone Kirby and Metal General. The fight itself is... mediocre, at best, until, like many bosses in the game before him, he [[TurnRed turns red]]. His theme music kicks in and he starts wiping the floor with you with upgraded versions of his previous attacks and throwing out new attacks. Good luck going through all the previous bosses after you die, one of which is the OTHER BonusBoss.

* Fighting Dedede is generally awesome all around, but perhaps the crowning one was in the ''Adventure'' remake, ''Nightmare in Dreamland'', mostly because of how HUGE he is in this one.

* [[MilestoneCelebration Kirby's Dream Collection]] gives us [[spoiler:Smash Combat Chamber EX, a Boss Rush with every miniboss from ''Return to Dreamland'' and Whispy Woods EX. Kirby fights them with the Smash Ability, which is basically his [[SuperSmashBros SSB]] moveset, making a return from ''Kirby and the Amazing Mirror.'' And the songs that can play include the True Arena boss theme from ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'' and Miracle Matter's boss theme from ''Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.'' Alone, they're great. Together, it's amazing.]]

** And immediately prior to that, [[spoiler: Masked Dedede's Revenge. Think Masked King Dedede with a massive power boost and a battle axe 3 times his size. And just wait until you see Amazing Mirror World King Dedede.]]

** Speaking of the Metal General, he's pretty good. He fights like Meta Knight, but uses his own, mechanical attacks, as well, including generating giant rockets that he uses to ram into you. [[spoiler:And the other Bonus Boss mentioned above? In Extra Mode, after beating the Metal General EX, he summons HR-D3, the robot from the Kirby Quest minigame in ''Mass Attack'', which he redesigned in his image. That's right; he managed to take Dedede's own Humongous Mecha. And, considering the first form, it's highly likely it was designed after Kirby 64's HR-E.]]

** And immediately prior to that, [[spoiler: Masked Dedede's Revenge. Think Masked King Dedede (see above) with a massive power boost and a battle axe 3 times his size. And just wait until you see Amazing Mirror World King Dedede.]]

** And immediately prior to that, [[spoilers: Masked Dedede's Revenge. Think Masked King Dedede (see above) with a massive power boost and a battle axe 3 times his size. And just wait until you see Amazing Mirror World King Dedede.]]

* Goriath, also from ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', is an excellent boss battle, paying homage to several famous manga such as One Piece, Naruto, and Dragon Ball. [[spoiler:His EX fight even has a Spirit Bomb attack!]]

* Goriath, also from ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', is an excellent boss battle. [[spoiler:His EX fight even has a Spirit Bomb attack!]]

* The boss battle against Miracle Matter in ''[[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards Kirby 64]]'' is a battle against a bizarre shapeshifting 20-sided die who is capable of mimicking all of Kirby's abilities in some shape or form who can only be [[BarrierChangeBoss damaged by whatever ability he's mimicking at the time.]] ([[GuideDangIt Good luck beating it if you haven't figured that out]].) There's seven different forms he uses to attack you, some of which are honestly pretty hard to avoid, he switches forms at random, and he can only be hurt (and even then it's only a slight chip off the HP bar visible at the bottom) when he's in the middle of attacking you. Still one of the lengthiest, most interesting fights in the whole franchise. [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome The music's pretty rad too.]] Unfortunately, it's not on the OST.

** He returns in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'' as a BonusBoss, being fought in the True Arena as the third to last opponent[[hottip:*:though the two opponents after him are the same guy, so he pretty much fulfills the same role as in ''Super Star Ultra'''s True Arena]]. Unless you saw his picture in the end of the Extra Mode Credits, this fight is only foreshadowed by easily missed details in the appearances of Stone Kirby and Metal General. The fight itself is... mediocre, at best, until, like many bosses in the game before him, he [[TurnRed turns red]]. His theme music kicks in and he starts wiping the floor with you with upgraded versions of his previous attacks and throwing out new attacks. Good luck going through all the previous bosses after you die, one of which is the OTHER BonusBoss.

* 0^2 from ''The Crystal Shards'' was some ''serious'' MoodDissonance with almost the entire rest of the game, considering the CrowningMusicOfAwesome that served as the BGM, the AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield (dark and drab unlike the backgrounds of pretty much every other level in the game), and the UnexpectedGenreChange to a rail shooter. And the boss itself is a giant, winged eye with a halo and a sickeningly-green tail. The eye is also bleeding.

* Masked Dedede in ''Super Star Ultra'', for being the most epic fight against Dedede ever and having [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome an uber-awesome remix of Dedede's theme (which is already awesome in its own right)]].

** Whoever said that [[spoiler:Dark Mind]] was an underwhelming boss is out of their... um... brain. His star barrages nearly put Nightmare to shame, and his bouncing lasers off of his mirrors is an extremely chaotic and tough-to-dodge attack. For such a confusing game, beating the snot out of this Mirror Zero is a very satisfying way to cap it off.

* Fighting Dedede is generally awesome all around, but perhaps the crowning one was in the ''Adventure'' remake, ''Nightmare in Dreamland,'' mostly because of how HUGE he is in this one.
* Kirby's finishing move against [[spoiler:Magolor]]. So much Sword.
** And after you barrage him with that Ultra Sword, [[spoiler:he goes even more OneWingedAngel and turns into a big, black sphere of darkness with big red eyes. His stomach is pure white with an eye that resembles Dark Matter.]] This is without going into [[spoiler:the Extra Mode version]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=b00F-MR7Lgc#t=2559s I think you're selling him short...]]

* The boss battle against Miracle Matter in ''[[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards Kirby 64]]'' is a battle against a bizarre shapeshifting 20-sided die who is capable of mimicking all of Kirby's abilities in some shape or form who can only be [[BarrierChangeBoss damaged by whatever ability he's mimicking at the time.]] ([[GuideDangIt Good luck beating it if you haven't figured that out]].) There's at least eight different forms he uses to attack you, some of which are honestly pretty hard to avoid, he switches forms at random, and he can only be hurt (and even then it's only a slight chip off the HP bar visible at the bottom) when he's in the middle of attacking you. Still one of the lengthiest, most interesting fights in the whole franchise. [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome The music's pretty rad too.]] Unfortunately, it's not on the OST.

** He returns in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'' as a BonusBoss, being fought in the True Arena as the third to last opponent[[hottip:*: though the two opponents after him are the same guy, so he pretty much fulfills the same role as in ''Super Star Ultra'''s True Arena]]. Unless you saw his picture in the end of the Extra Mode Credits, this fight is only foreshadowed by easily missed details in the appearances of Stone Kirby and Metal General. The fight itself is... mediocre, at best, until, like many bosses in the game before him, he [[TurnRed turns red]]. His theme music kicks in and he starts wiping the floor with you with upgraded versions of his previous attacks and throwing out new attacks. Good luck going through all the previous bosses after you die, one of which is the OTHER BonusBoss.
** Speaking of the Metal General, he's pretty good. He fights like Meta Knight, but uses his own, mechanical attacks, as well, including generating giant rockets that he uses to ram into you. [[spoiler: And the other Bonus Boss mentioned above? In Extra Mode, after beating the Metal General EX, he summons HR-D3, the robot from the Kirby Quest minigame in ''Mass Attack'', which he redesigned in his image. That's right; he managed to take Dedede's own Humongous Mecha. And, considering the first form, it's highly likely it was designed after Kirby 64's HR-E.]]

** [[spoiler: First form]] isn't so bad either.

* 0^2 from ''The Crystal Shards'' was some ''serious'' MoodDissonance with almost the entire rest of the game, considering the CrowningMusicOfAwesome that served as the BGM, the AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield (dark and drab unlike the backgrounds of pretty much every other level in the game), and the UnexpectedGenreChange to a rail shooter. And the boss itself is a giant, winged eye with a halo and a sickeningly-green tail. The eye is also bleeding. Its original incarnation, 0 from Kirby's Dream Land 3, attacked by shooting its own blood at you. And this is a ''Kirby'' game we're talking about.
* Drawcia from ''Canvas Curse''/''Magic Paintbrush''. Tough as nails when you first fight her, especially if you have no clue what you're doing. Once you've figured out how her attacks work, though, she's an absolute ''blast'' to fight against.

** The battle with [[spoiler: Dark]] Meta Knight before fighting the final boss is incredibly cool too. Then again, anything involving Meta Knight is cool.

** ''Amazing Mirror'' also introduced Mega Titan - one of the few bosses in the franchise who cannot be damaged by the conventional "Pick any ability and attack relentlessly" method. Unless you enter the fight with the (rather underpowered) Spark or Beam abilities, the only way to beat Mega Titan is by [[BossArenaIdiocy smacking him into the electrified walls of his arena]]. These same walls also happen to instantly destroy any loose ability stars, should you have your ability knocked out of you by one of Mega Titan's difficult-to-dodge attacks.

* From the same game as the last two examples, there's Grand Doomer. Basically a KingMook for all the Sphere Doomers. He comes out of nowhere and uses attacks unlike any other enemy (other than Doomers), and the fight ends with [[spoiler: Grand Doomer shielding itself so that Kirby has to use the Ultra Sword on him]]. On top of that, he's the game's final boss [[spoiler: [[DiscOneFinalBoss before moving to Halcandra]]]].
* [[MilestoneCelebration Kirby's Dream Collection]] gives us [[spoiler: Smash Combat Chamber EX, a Boss Rush with every miniboss from ''Return to Dreamland'' and Whispy Woods EX. Kirby fights them with the Smash Ability, which is basically his SSB moveset, making a return from ''Kirby and the Amazing Mirror.'' And the songs that can play include the True Arena boss theme from ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'' and Miracle Matter's boss theme from ''Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.'' Alone, they're great. Together, it's amazing.]]

* The boss battle against Miracle Matter in ''[[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards Kirby 64]]'' is a battle against a bizarre shapeshifting 20-sided die who is capable of mimicking all of Kirby's abilities in some shape or form who can only be [[BarrierChangeBoss damaged by whatever ability he's mimicking at the time.]] ([[GuideDangIt Good luck beating it if you haven't figured that out]].) There's at least eight different forms he uses to attack you, some of which are honestly pretty hard to avoid, he switches forms at random, and he can only be hurt (and even then it's only a slight chip off the HP bar visible at the bottom) when he's in the middle of attacking you. Still one of the lengthiest, most interesting fights in the whole franchise. [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome The music's pretty rad too.]] Unfortunately, [[WastedSong it's not on the OST.]]

** Marx SOUL from the True Arena. It's Marx, more powerful, more awesome, and most of all, more INSANE. His maniacal laugh, crazy rolling eyes, and final scream as he falls apart all make him both a Most Awesome Boss and (relatively mild, but still) NightmareFuel.
** Until you hear [[HellIsThatNoise his]] [[NightmareFuel death]] [[MemeticMutation scream.]]

* 0^2 from ''The Crystal Shards'' was some ''serious'' MoodDissonance with almost the entire rest of the game, considering the CrowningMusicOfAwesome that served as the BGM, the AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield (dark and drab unlike the backgrounds of pretty much every other level in the game), and the UnexpectedGenreChange to a rail shooter. And the boss itself is a ''[[NightmareFuel giant, winged eye with a halo and a sickeningly-green tail.]]'' The eye is also bleeding.
** Its original incarnation, 0 from Kirby's Dream Land 3, attacked by ''shooting its own blood at you.'' And this is a '''''Kirby''''' game we're talking about.

** ''Amazing Mirror'' also introduced Mega Titan - one of the few bosses in the franchise who cannot be damaged by the conventional "Pick any ability and attack relentlessly," method. Unless you enter the fight with the (rather underpowered) Spark or Beam abilities, the only way to beat Mega Titan is by [[BossArenaIdiocy smacking him into the electrified walls of his arena]]. These same walls also happen to instantly destroy any loose ability stars, should you have your ability knocked out of you by one of Mega Titan's difficult-to-dodge attacks.

* While not up to the level of other Kirby bosses, the final battle of ''The Amazing Mirror'' culminates in a shoot-em-up, and once you bring its health bar to zero, the credits roll and you can still beat on it.

The pink puffball with the huge appetite has faced his fair share of [[Awesome/VideoGameBosses awesome bosses]] over the years. After all, the games generally have [[EasyLevelsHardBosses harder bosses than levels]].

The pink puffball with the huge appetite has faced his fair share of awesome bosses over the years. After all, the games generally have [[EasyLevelsHardBosses harder bosses than levels]].

* From the same game as the last two examples, there's Grand Doomer. Basically a KingMook for all the Sphere Doomers. He comes out of nowhere and uses attacks unlike any other enemy (other than Doomers), and the fight ends with [[spoiler: Grand Doomer shielding itself so that Kirby has to use the Ultra Sword on him]]. On top of that, he's the game's final boss [[spoiler: before moving to Halcandra]].

** And after you barrage him with that Ultra Sword, [[spoiler:he goes even more OneWingedAngel and turns into a big, black sphere of darkness with big red eyes. His stomach is pure white with an eye that is actually Dark Matter.]] This is without going into [[spoiler:the Extra Mode version]].

** The Japanese version explains how Drawcia is actually 0. ''[[PrecisionFStrike Motherfucking]] 0''.