History AwesomeBosses / ShinMegamiTensei

** Nazi warmechs created from rumors. Doppelgangers created by the avatar of madness in your image, wielding your powers. AdolfHitler. Let Nyarlathotep see what it can come up with; it's going to get junked anyway.

*** Hell. ''Every'' boss of this game qualifies somehow. Fuck, make that every boss in the whole ''series''.

* ''{{Persona 2}}'': Innocent Sin's Final Boss: Great Father Nyarlathotep. The chaos of Humanity's heart incarnate. Extremely vicious attacks, pummeling both HP and SP. Unforgettable boss.

We can almost forgive Atlus for making them so hard almost all of them are in the ThatOneBoss page. [[spoiler: And the NightmareFuel one, for that matter.]]

* King Kenji in [[spoiler:Infernal Tokyo]], whose SchmuckBait is a stroke of FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler:Near the end of the battle, Kenji [[ISurrenderSuckers claims to admit defeat]], and then the game offers you the chance to pick up the remote. If you do pick it up, he sucker-punches you with a physical attack that also inflicts Sick status on the entire party. Yes, he's [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty fighting dirty]]. But considering that Infernal Tokyo is a society where, as Akira puts it, "[[AsskickingEqualsAuthority you can do anything you want, as long as you have the power to back it up]]," it makes sense for Kenji to pull such a cheap tactic on you.]]

* King Kenji in [[spoiler:Infernal Tokyo]], whose SchmuckBait is a stroke of FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler:Near the end of the battle, Kenji [[ISurrenderSuckers claims to admit defeat]], and then the game offers you the chance to pick up the remote. If you do pick it up, he sucker-punches you with a physical attack that also inflicts Sick status on the entire party. Yes, he's [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty fighting dirty]]. But considering that InfernalTokyo is a society where, as Akira puts it, "[[AsskickingEqualsAuthority you can do anything you want, as long as you have the power to back it up]]," it makes sense for Kenji to pull such a cheap tactic on you.]]

** Pluto is also a pretty awesome boss, despite being pretty difficult. [[RocketTagGameplay It has an exploitable weakness, but also has the opportunity to crit with a long string of Press Turns, which it will use to decimate your party with status effects with Sunny Ray and Vulnera]]. Not only that but the fact that [[spoiler:it sounds like a fanatic [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]]]] makes it a really unique boss.

* Every Fiend is a major nightmare to battle. None of them, however, come close to Trumpeter. In ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'', the brutal combo of Holy Melody/Evil Melody and his overpowered attacks make him already nigh-unbeatable without a well-rehearsed strategy. In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', however, he manages to top himself - still a major powerhouse, he adds Horn of Fate to his arsenal. This means he can effortlessly kill anyone who is vulnerable to either Light or Dark alignments instantly with virtually no chance of stopping him. And he also has Hostile Terror, meaning he can now slap all enemies with any ailment he wants. [[OhCrap And he]] ''[[OhCrap still]]'' [[OhCrap has Megidolaon]].
* In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', pretty much any boss where you can have dialogue choices during the BossBanter. Such as Minotaur, which allows you to pull off a couple of [[BadassBoast Badass Boasts]], which throw the Minotaur off guard. This is taken UpToEleven in the Neutral path, [[spoiler: with friggin' Lucifer ''awestruck'' and Merkabah acknowledging you as his WorthyOpponent at the correct answer.]]

* ''Jack Frost''. He's not fought often as a boss, but hoo boy is he a damn great boss in ''DigitalDevilSaga 2''. Taking a page from the first game's Vasuki, he uses his SignatureMove Breath to freeze enemies, then shatters them into oblivion with physical attacks. Say you come protected against Ice attacks. Fine, then. [[OhCrap Eat Megidolaon, loser]].
* In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', pretty much any boss where you can have dialogue choices during the BossBanter. Such as Minotaur, which allows you to pull off a couple of [[BadassBoast Badass Boasts]], which throw the Minotaur off guard.
** Pluto is also a pretty awesome boss, despite being pretty difficult. [[RocketTagGameplay It has an exploitable weakness but also has the opportunity to crit and have a long string of Press Turns, which it will use to decimate your party with status effect]]. Not only that but the fact that [[spoiler:it's a robot that serves God and sounds like a [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]]]] makes it a really unique boss.

** [[spoiler:[[TheManBehindTheMan, Izanami]]]], whose second form contains an amazing ThemeMusicPowerUp.

** [[spoiler:The DiscOneFinalBoss, Kunino-sagiri]], who can best be described as a NewAgeRetroHippie ''angel.''
** [[spoiler:EvilTwin Magatsu Izanagi]], [[spoiler: who looks like your own first Persona... if you were ''not'' such a nice person.]] And after him comes...
** [[spoiler:TheDragon, Ameno-sagiri]], which boasts one of the best battle themes in the game.
** [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan, Izanami]], whose second form contains an amazing ThemeMusicPowerUp.
** And last but not least, the secret boss, [[spoiler: Margaret]], who has an arsenal of Personas with which to take you on. That's a lot!

* ''StrangeJourney'' has great bosses. Alilat has Diarahan, fully healing herself at whim, and being capable of firing off Mind Charged Megidolaons for complete wipeouts, and bounces off physical and Gun attacks. Mother Maya insta-kills anybody who dares use magic against her. Ouroboros uses an attack to randomly slap you with any ailment it wants and heals itself constantly in its first phase, then uses a ''very'' strong physical attack on the second. Morax, the ''very first boss'', can be a nightmare if it begins using Bobasma, as can be Asura with Asura Roga. Mother Mem Aleph uses intensely destructive magic of all alignments and random physical attacks that are ''very'' capable of killing entire parties. Demiurge loves spamming Big Bang (Almighty-type attack, stronger than Megidolaon) and equally vicious offensive magic. And they're all awesome.

* Every Fiend is a major nightmare to battle. None of them, however, come close to Trumpeter. In ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'', the brutal combo of Holy Melody/Evil Melody and his overpowered attacks make him already nigh-unbeatable without a well-rehearsed strategy. In ''StrangeJourney'', however, he manages to top himself - still a major powerhouse, he adds Horn of Fate to his arsenal. This means he can effortlessly kill anyone who is vulnerable to either Light or Dark alignments instantly with virtually no chance of stopping him. And he also has Hostile Terror, meaning he can now slap all enemies with any ailment he wants. [[OhCrap And he]] ''[[OhCrap still]]'' [[OhCrap has Megidolaon]].

** And last but not least, the secret boss, [[spoiler: Margaret.]] That's a lot!

** Pluto is also a pretty awesome boss, despite being pretty difficult. [[RocketTagGameplay It has an exploitable weakness but also has the opportunity to crit and have a long string of Press Turns, which it will use to decimate your party with status effect]]. Not only that but the fact that [[spoiler: it's a robot that serves God and sounds like a [[DoctorWho Dalek]]]] makes it a really unique boss.

* ''Jack Frost''. He's not fought often as a boss, but hoo boy is he a damn great boss in ''DigitalDevilSaga 2''. Taking a page from the first game's Vasuki, he uses his SignatureMove Breath to freeze enemies, then shatters them into oblivion with physical attacks. Say you come protected against Ice attacks. Fine, then. [[OhCrap Eat Megidolaon, loser]].
* In VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV, pretty much any boss where you can have dialogue choices during the BossBanter. Such as Minotaur, which allows you to pull off a couple of [[BadassBoast Badass Boasts]], which throw the Minotaur off guard.

* In ShinMegamiTenseiIV, pretty much any boss where you can have dialogue choices during the BossBanter. Such as Minotaur, which allows you to pull off a couple of [[BadassBoast Badass Boasts]], which throw the Minotaur off guard.

* ''StrangeJourney'' has great bosses. Alilat has Diarahan, fully healing herself at whim, and being capable of firing off Mind Charged Megidolaons for complete wipeouts, and bounces off physical and Gun attacks. Mother Maya insta-kills anybody who dares use magic against her. Ouroboros uses an attack to randomly slap you with any ailment it wants and heals itself constantly in its first phase, then ises a ''very'' strong physical attack on the second. Morax, the ''very first boss'', can be a nightmare if it begins using Bobasma, as can be Asura with Asura Roga. Mother Mem Aleph uses intensely destructive magic of all alignments and random physical attacks that are ''very'' capable of killing entire parties. Demiurge loves spamming Big Bang (Almighty-type attack, stronger than Megidolaon) and equally vicious offensive magic. And they're all awesome.

** The duel between [[spoiler:Gin and Azuma]]. Particularly if you have the party dispatch his goons, then just sit back and watch [[spoiler:Gin]] kick [[spoiler:Azuma]]'s ass. Yes, it is possible for [[spoiler:Azuma]] to be defeated without you interveining--[[spoiler:Gin]] has a very excellent skill and demon setup that allows him to survive on his own--unlike many other [=NPCs=], friend and foe, who don't bother to revive allies most of the time, he makes the smart choice of using the Revive auto-skill!

** The duel between [[spoiler:Gin and Azuma]]. Particularly if you have the party dispatch his goons, then just sit back and watch [[spoiler:Gin]] kick [[spoiler:Azuma]]'s ass.

* [[spoiler:Hitoshura]], secret boss of ''Digital Devil Saga''. You MUST be at level 99 with EACH character (and have maxed out EVERY single stat.), just to have a 50% chance of defeating him. And if you take even one skill that can give you any type of advantage (like the Monotheist mantra skill) he just uses an instant death attack that cannot be avoided (Gaea Rage) and it's game over.

** How is it that no one mentioned [[spoiler: Adachi]] yet? [[spoiler: Just like Strega before him, this [[CompleteMonster monster]] has a Persona, which is an alternate form of the protagonist's starting Persona. Sure, the battle is easy, but managing to hunt down the killer and fight the guy that's caused so much trouble is just so satisfying.]]