17:40 Since Tropic Woods was cut for time, especially since Forgotten Land is so recent, allow me to tell you about this monstrous palm tree. This guy swaps the usual apples for giant exploding coconuts and in it’s second phase it resorts to using a fence as a shield and summoning massive roots to try and skewer you. Overall it’s a pretty fun fight and one of the Waddle Dee challenges requires you to beat it without a copy ability.
And for added bonus, the Phantom fight in the Isolated Isles post-game adds in roots you NEED to climb over to avoid the WALL of air he puffs out, and those fences he summons right out the gate and bounces Gordos around them all. DAMN Kirby transitioned gracefully in to 3D! Funny to think we ALMOST got something like this back on the Gamecube; I think the scrapped development also transitioned in to Air Ride and Morpho Knight's debut from Star Allies was originally going to be this cancelled Gamecube title, iirc, and the EX version of the mecha boss you fight in Egg Engines in Return to Dream Land was the recycled DeDeDe Mecha you were meant to fight in the cancelled Gamecube title. :D
I do like how Exdeath's "erasing existence" motivation involves erasing himself as well since to him, the cosmic state of zero is just what he considers to be natural, and that everything else has run its course. Technically, he's not even evil; He just operates on a really alien "morality", if you can even call it that.
@@t.b.664 Cragalanch is more of a ground or rock boss than plants and nature. Despite being a part of The Forces of Nature, he isn't quite part of the nature archetype. Same as how Phosphora is part of Lightning Bosses despite being a part of the FON.
As someone who ADORES the Mystery Dungeon series and knows the full story, I definitely appreciate Grovyle being put so high on the list. Explaining why he fits so well would spoil several pretty big plot twists, so I appreciate that you kept it simple
Officially Marluxia's element is "Flowers". Which is an evil counterpart to the player's Leaf element. Or the Cure Spells. (Ablities like Leaf Bracer work with cure and the card for Cure in CoM has a Leaf on it). Marluxia's death and Doom suddenly make alot more sense when you realize the game's nature element heals. He's just inverting it. (And the gives the scythe a double meaning)
On the subject, I didn't have an issue with the doom mechanic in KH3. It's actually easy to get rid of it from going up if you can manage to counterattack and create a combo to activate the dispel command.
Honorable Mentions: *Truheltia Monstrata - Psychonauts 2 -A triple threat of painful memories from Bob Zanatto's past and that lead him to becoming an alcoholic. *Viridi - Kid Icaru- OH WAIT, SHE DOESN'T HAVE ONE! Seriously, what was up with that?! It would've been SO much more satisfying if we got beat the snot out of THIS genocidal little brat instead of waiting for another game to do it! (If it ever comes out that is) *Pumpkin King - MediEvil -Why do I feel the urge to play a Smashing Pumpkins song over the fight?
I would agree as well, especially with how it used to be an ordinary plant, maybe sacred due to how it was the centerpiece of the Chozo's Sunchamber until it was mutated by the Phazon, spreading its roots all over the Chozo Ruins while being the source of the poisonous waters.
I was also disappointed not to see a Metroid boss on this list. Flaahgra is great and Spore Spawn, while not the most complex boss, is still very memorable. Either of these would have been good to put on the list
4:05 That Starlight reference was absolutely perfect. Also, I’m a bit surprised at how few of these nature bosses can actually create duplicates of themselves. You’d think having powers centered around life would inspire these bosses to make more of themselves, but it seems to be a surprisingly rare ability for nature bosses. Great list as usual Josh, I’m definitely looking forward to Sonic month.
I had a feeling that, if Omega Flowey wasn't going to make the lower end of the list, he'd probably make the honorable mentions. Also, isn't it weird that whenever people think of "nature," the first thing that comes to mind is plants? Like, what about wild animals, such as deer, bunnies, or bears? Aren't those a part of nature, too?
It must be a law of video games to have an area boss that is tied to nature in someway, shape or form. For me it’s a mixed result between Whispy Woods from most Kirby games, Naval Piranha from Yoshi’s Island, Spiked Rosered from Megaman X5, or Manhandla from Zelda.
I was thinking of some plant bosses I know that didn't make the list but I couldn't find any until I tought of another Kirby boss that as FLOWER plastered on herself: Queen Sectonia phase 2. Whispy was the obvious choice for a Kirby boss but if we count phase 1 and phase 2 as seperate entries, Queen Sectonia merged with the Dreamstalk was a good plant based final boss. She had a lot of clever plant attack and the fact that you need to hit the little flower blooms sprouting out of her vines was clever. Also, that finale with the seed missiles and the giant laser, while being long and that beam not being flower themes, still amazing.
This seems more like a plant boss list than nature bosses. Nature encompasses more than plants, it includes animals, weather, and other destructive forces. A volcano based boss could easily be on this list due to volcanoes being a force of nature
Joshscorcher, if you haven't would you do a video on joke bosses? By that I mean characters that they make a big spectacle for only for them to either be beaten with one or two hits or you don't have to do anything at all. Two examples I can think of at the top of my head are Mysterio from the Spider-Man 2 game and the Executioner from Batman Arkham Origins.
Another month, another boss countdown. And personally I found plenty of nature bosses but few of them are good (mostly because a bunch of them are first bosses). 10. One of the more recent candidates I found out and yeah he does relish in his one-dimensional villainy. But that's what makes him charming. 9. A male whip wielder. You don't see those every day. Just ask the green scorpion. 8. Finally this game gets talked about in a countdown! It combines the first two games in a way I find charming. 7. No surprise this guy got in considering he's on the thumbnail 6. Been a while since a boss from this series made the list. The last I saw one was the puffstool from GS's poison wielders list 5. The worst of the worst bosses in this series according to GS... shows how great the bosses are. 4. Dang loopholes bringing one of the best scythe wielders into this list... 3. Nice phoenix wright bit at the start. Co-insides with Ari's first solo outing on the channel. 2. Yep pretty much the definition of the term nature boss also appreciate mentioning tropic woods from forgotten land 1. Not my list... not my list... not my list! Also looking forward to the sonic theme next month!
With the “erasing all of existence means them too” point, Exdeath is hardly the only example. The one that comes to my mind is Emperor Griffon from Dark Cloud 2, where the heroes point this out and he gleefully states he plans to die with the world.
As someone who considers myself a lover of nature, I was really looking forward to this list. It seems all my favorite games have some sort of deadly flower-themed character in them: Flowey, Marluxia, Cagney Carnation, Yuuka Kazami, Haru Okumura, and all the flower-based Pokemon come to mind.
@@dr.crazystein9536 I've never actually played a Mario game aside from Mario Kart and Mario Party, so they don't come to mind right away when I think of "deadly flower characters in my favorite games."
@@LeahLovesNature Oh trust me. Petey Piranha is like a mutated carnivorous flytrap what everyone else could play as in even Mario sport games. Though he is Piranha Plant's finest Final Smash in Super Smash Bros Ultimate
It might be interesting to see a top 10 mechanical bosses, stuff like Egil from Xenoblade Chronicles, Koloktos from Skyward Sowrd, a steel type gym leader
Josh is definitely showing his Kingdom Hearts bias in this video with how high Marluxia is. Both the Zelda and Pikmin entries have a far more engrained nature identity. Especially Quaggled Mireclops, which has an impressively intricate design for essentially being a nature Talus. Really wish he was higher on the list because a lot of entries feel very tangential. Not that that's terrible just that I'd prefer the bosses with an indirect relationship like Marluxia or even Grovyle to stay on the bottom half of the list
Grovyle is a plant with arms that he uses to grow leaves and cut you with them. He couldn't be any more of a Nature Elemental if he were growing in a pot.
Yeah, I mean Marluxia's element isn't even nature. It's death. Heck, that 'level becomes hit points' gimmick Josh described was just how Marluxia's Doom spell was made to work in that fight. The fact that the timed Doom spell from the Re:Mind data fight is initiated in the same way; with Marluxia flash stepping to Sora's side and whispering cursed words in his ear, is proof enough of that, assuming to don't just connect the dots with how it works.
yeah, josh always does this kind of thing in tops. Number 10 or 9 exists number 8 to 6 are increasingly better and then you reach a franchise he likes, he straight compares it to the bottom numbers, but places it in top 5 anyways Heck, marluxia was a horrible KH candidate anyway, there are ton of animal based heartless...or straight up animals like the cheetah!
@@devonm042690 You COULD argue somewhat that since his element is death, and the Cherry Blossoms he uses are a natural metaphor for the natural cycles of life and death in nature, he has a nature angle...and in KH Days, his element is literally labeled "Flowers", so you could say he has nature powers...though TBH, Lexaeus'd probably fit more due to his earth ability... I'm so not defending that he's high, I agree that he doesn't really have any reason to be on that list if we were to argue that his power isn't even nature, but maybe he just put him higher since his fight is more fun? You could argue he's the better fight over being the better thematic choice.
I was thinking of Plantman.EXE when Josh mentioned him in the honourable mentions. Many people who are fond of that game know how useful his BattleChips are.
SPOILERS!!!!! great to see you mentioned PMD: EoS on here because that game needs more love, and yes Grovile is the best and most tragic badass in the entire PMD series!
If this top 10 doesn’t mention the Forces of Nature from Kid Icarus Uprising or Flowey, I’m going to be mad. Edit: Flowey was at least an honorable mention. I’m satisfied.
now that I think about it, the only boss in the forces of nature to stick to the nature theme is the reset bomb factory and that's not very interesting
Time to get the to roots of who best commands Floral Power. 10: The Hammy Evil Tree! Good to see this guy. 9: A Rose of any style is still cool. 8: An angry botenist, I hope he's not last. 7: Swing Sinner swing, Cagney is here with his Floral Fury. 6: A Muddy Paracite? Dang Pikmen, you spoopy. 5: Kalle Demos, I would have gone with Diababa 4: _takes a shot_ Saw this pink hair reaper coming. 3: My Gecko Boy.... 2: Kirby's got a whole Forest of Bosses.... but if he beats Wispy Woods and nobody is around, does he make a sound? 1: Ah Comic's most ironic Botenist. Good to see my joke at eight payed off.
I'm ready/not ready to see yet another special treatment for a gym leader of Pok e mon GeN fIvE and/or gEn 8tE. But kinda expected Earth Bosses than Nature.
Other examples of Nature bosses: Alraune(Bayonetta 2): Demonic temptress, Archnemesis of Madama Butterfly, and the fiend capturing Jeanne. Glad to see Bayo beat the shit out of the flower based netherworld queen and saving her umbra witch brethren after some time traveling shenanigans! Xerneas(Pokémon X): This deer is an exclusive to the sister game to the first title in the sixth generation. All you need to do is weaken it, and then catch this ephemeral legendary! Since this beauty is a fairy Pokémon, spamming Moonlight shall lead your way to the Elite Four! Speaking of Kingdom Hearts, there's the Grim Guardianess(Kingdom Hearts III): Heartless form of Mother Gothel, based on her sins of obsessing over Rapunzel's blessing to heal those wounded around her. I prefer the so called mother turning into a tree after aging then to ash(made me get wet blankets as a kid btw). If it was for Devil May Cry getting attention on this list, then one of which such as the she-viper Echidna(DMC4), Qliphoth Roots or Nidhogg(both from DMC5)could count. Remember that you get Gilgamesh, and some new powers for Nero and V in the end, so that's neat! Viridi(Kid Icarus Uprising): Don't fuck with Cragalanche! He might be cute, but he packs a punch(no pun intended)! Petey Piranha(Super Mario Sunshine): A great starting boss in an already underrated Mario title. Feed him too much water and it's gonna hurt! Audrey II had nothing on this plant wearing a speedo!
oh yeah Grim Guardianess (yes I looked up Gothel's boss name) would have been a great contender with all the roots she shoots out to halt your progress or the fact that she actually uses pollen in her attacks to inflict you with a boss exclusive sneezing status. (Never underestimate hay fever)
You really should have called this "Top Ten Plant Bosses." There's a hell of a lot more to nature than plants. Animals, weather, earth, fire, water, etc.
Three of those topics you listed are in their own league already. You could make an entire list of fire, water, and animal bosses specifically. "Nature" bosses may be a little unspecific, but when you think of nature, you generally think of plants first and foremost. The title still fits. "Plant bosses" also just sounds lamer.
3:43 Maybe it’s because whenever you go through them you constantly wonder what the hell happened, what is this, what was was it like before and what led to its ultimate demise. Levels that constantly make you think over them as you travel deeper and deeper into their depths really hold a special, albeit at times creepy, place in your heart, and especially in your mind.
SPOILERS for this list below! I knew Poison Ivy would be #1 or at the very least SOMEWHERE on this list. It would be ridiculous if she wasn't. Also, COOL! Sonic month! :D
Clankey woods was, traumatic to see. Whispy is such a staple of the franchise, it's almost unheard of for him to not be in a Kirby game in some form. But when he shows up in planet robobot? THE INVADERS JUST RAN HIM THROUGH THE LUMBER MILL AND NAILED THE PLANKS TO A DEATH ROBOT!
Damn, there are a lot of possible Final Fantasy bosses you could do on here. Depending on the exact criteria, Titania from FF14 Shadowbringers might be a top pick. Grows a forest, leads the Fae, attacks with big tree lads, and uses other parts of nature like water and fire besides.
@@HenshinFanatic To be fair, I think Titania would have been a better pick, considering they have you fight THREE trees, and is altogether more nature oriented in their abilities.
It’s awesome that you put an Amanda Show reference in this video, especially since it’s one of my favorite characters from that show, THE DANCING LOBSTERS!
Nature bosses, huh? Honestly, I don’t know too many candidates aside from 2. Axel the Red from Megaman X5 and the first boss from Zelda Twilight Princess.
One of the funniest things about Kalle Demos that I learned is the Forest Water trick. Like, you can skip a whole boss fight with a jar of water?! AWESOME!
My Honorable Mention would have to be Echidna from DMC4. A flower/snake/dragon/demon that had turned a mountain range and ruins into a forest for her little chimera seedlings also manages to put up a rather impressive fight for the two devil hunters that run into her. By firing her chimera seeds at you, trying to violently whip and impale you with her tendrils when rooted, strike you with her pedal like crown(?), or just straight up try to eat you, she shows you how much of a bitch mother nature can be.
Nettori from Metroid Fusion is an interesting nature boss. The context is that as Samus is heading back to her ship for an update from her CO, the power goes out in the middle of taking an elevator. Samus has to escape by traveling through the underbelly of the BSL Station's main sector. She finds that the main reactor is being choked by vines going out of control. With only auxiliary power running and none of the doors working, Samus has to take a new entrance to Sector 2, where the vines are coming from. After getting past the hardest SA-X chase in the game Samus is able to literally fall into Nettori's chamber, and sees that it's a Chozo Statue that's been overtaken in vines. Nettori is basically an upgraded Spore Spawn from Super Metroid where there is little room to stand on and you constantly have to move around to not get hit by projectiles spewed out by plants on the ceiling. You also have to be careful not to fall into the giant man eating flowers. Once Samus deals enough damage to Nettori the Chozo Statues head will fall off and shoot Plasma Beams at you. Destroying the Chozo Statue completely causes the Beam Core-X to reveal itself, allowing Samus to get the Plasma Beam after its defeat. Now with that done and over with, the vines choking the main reactor are all gone and Samus can get back to business, now armed with the weapon necessary to finally damage the SA-X.
I’m happy to see a Cuphead boss on here given how much I love that game and WW getting on a list at last id great since it’s my favorite Zelda game. Also I can’t believe I forgot about Poison Ivy. Trying to get through AA after she took over was a bit frustrating. Oh and for anyone confused on the dancing lobsters bit look up Judge Trudy, you’ll be in for a treat.
Honorable Mentions: The Thorian (Mass Effect)- A massive psychic alien genius loci that is tens of thousands of years old and uses mind controlled thralls and plant matter zombies to defend itself. Yes Shepard, you need bigger guns. Grendel (Skies of Arcadia)- while technically an ancient magitech golem superweapon, it is nonetheless empowered by the Green Moon Crystal, from the Green Moon, which is infused with the power of natural growth. Plus, fighting this thing in your airship *The Little Jack* is hella fun. Tret Tree of Kolima Forest (Golden Sun)- this boss is literally an ENTIRE dungeon that you have to trek through before finally confronting his corrupted heart and freeing him from his torment, only to be horrified that he will die without a healing water from the far north land of Imil. Man, the Great Deku Tree set a precedence. Danika (Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber)- it's a stretch to call the Goddess of the Netherworld a nature boss, but she is literally fused to a Hell Tree with two frustrating attack spitting dekubaba-wannabe bastards during combat. This boss will require multiple battles during her Stage, if you haven't built up your army (or used the item duplication exploit *shh no judgement* ).
Been subscribed for over 5 years and didn't watch for a while, but these videos are still very entertaining despite being well into my 20's now. Keep it up!
You know,I was Thinking about a Top 10 Cybernetic Bosses or a Top 10 Disney Villains Month,but a Month full of Sonic is Even Better and it could be Best Games,Worst Games, Characters,Villains,Bosses,Songs,and Soundtracks but sadly we only have 4 or 5 Shots so we better Make it Short and Make it Count.
Interested to see what he does for Sonic Month. I can imagine all the references he'll use: Sonic Movie, Sonic Animated series, and the modern game calamity. For that one, "IT'S NO USE!"
Arborick. A walking tree that chucks your fire back at you if you don't light every segment of his body on fire quick enough. The trajectory of your shots depend on your position and how charged your fire balls are. His feet are stumps attached to vine legs and boy can they stretch far!
Mr. Vegetable from Galgun Double Peace is a very fun battle that also teaches the player how to use several mechanics for both the late stages and future playthroughs. The boss is invulnerable on the outside, but the Zoom function can let you both see and shoot through several objects, which lets you peek inside him. That way, you can locate both his weak point and the hostage. After you shoot the weak point enough times, you get closer to it and it starts attacking you using tentacles. You need to shoot their weak point to get rid of them and make sure you don't shoot the hostage or you'll receive a lower stage clear bonus. Hit enough tentacles and the fight moves goes back to phase 1, except there will be more than one Mr. Vegetable. Now the Zoom function also helps you locate your real target, as all the others have counterfeits inside them. In hindsight, this fight serves to show you how to obtain the God rank. You need to make sure you don't miss shots, always target the weak points of all your foes and make sure to not underestimate the importance of zooming in.
Mother Gaia from God of war better be here. Tales of Graces little queen is basically her world's protector in a way and flower based. God eater those monsters are made by the planet so they could count as a nature threat. Blanking on more as nature enemies escape me
13:24 Thank you for showcasing my favourite game, hopefully I can just send this to people instead of me trying to explain why a Pokémon spin-off game is my favourite (Sky specifically). Same reason grovyle is one of my favourite pokemon.
2:18 Reminds me of this priceless moment from Ninjago: "The Great Devourer will consume everything!" "Won't that mean it will devour you too?" [Serpentine blinks and understands] "You have to stop him! That snake is crazy! I don't want to awaken the Great Devourer! I'm a snake, not food!" Surprisingly, Kid Icarus Uprising hasn't had a boss with this attribute among the Forces of Nature. That would be because they avoided having Viridi as a boss fight, but it's still weird that there wasn't a Nature-themed boss fight.
Ok my hopes for this list: Dark Cloud 2's Moth boss Psychonauts 2's Truheltia Monstrata Pokemon's Primal Reversion Groudon & Kyogre Digimon World 1's Tyrannomon (preserving the nature of the Glacier and Speedy Zone) Edit: No mentions for any of them
I kinda figured Viridi wouldn't see mentioned in this video because you never fight her, but Viridi's minions are cool, her plan is both reasonable and interesting, and she's hilarious. Honorable mention for sure!
A top 10 list of "Bosses with the least threatening names" could be fun. My personal nomination? Dandelion from the PS2 action-role-playing game Steambot Chronicles. Despite such a cheerful-sounding name, the man is anything but. The former band leader and instrument maker has spent years of his life amassing a secret army with the singular intent of destroying the entire world and ushering in one that doesn't rely on machines, all to avenge his dead brother whose accidental death was caused by a prank that went too far.
Honorable mentions; Touhou's Yuuka Kazami and in a sense Yuyuko Saigyouji, Bane the Druid from Blood Omen 1, The Specter of the Nature Guardian from Legacy of Kain; Defiance and even though someone already said it the Pumpkin King from MediEvil 1.
I am so happy and excited about this list. Nature is one of my favorite elements in video games and every single entry included made me smile. 🌺 🌹 🌷 🌻 Particularly Dr. Potter, Whispy Woods and Grovyle, Heck Number 1 was a stellar pick that actually points out how big of a threat the boss really is/was
And then there's Rainbow Curse, where you have a better chance catching all the shiny Pokemon in Gen 2 than finding at least one countdowner talking about it.
Actually, the Arkhamverse never really went full-force into her backstory. Isley isn't just a powerful ecoterrorist focusing on the plants. She's one of the Avatars of the Green- the world's plants as a whole. Included in this is one Alec Holland, aka Swamp Thing, as well as Jason Woodrue, the being responsible for her current state, and a dryad from another universe who calls himself The Floronic Man. But while Woodrue is hellbent on destroying mankind, Isley has been a bit more...mellow half the time. Hell, during the No Man's Land event (Where First a strain of Ebola killed of half Gotham's population, and a massive Earthquake killed half the rest, followed by a rocker pushing Gotham to be sealed off from the rest of the world aka the bridges blown), she actually helped several orphans in her garden, protecting them from the other rogues. She's less evil, more chaotic neutral.
As much as this list was about plants, Regal Ancestor Spirit from Elden Ring is also a great contender for the animal side of nature. In a world that has knights, dragons and corrupted tree serpents as bosses, here's this elk boss that you have to go out of your way to fight. No randomly stumbling upon it, you go to it. The fight itself really isn't that hard, in fact its probably one of the easiest for the level you're likely to be when you stumble across it. But the sheer atmosphere of it all makes it worth remembering. The soundtrack, the arena, the theme of life and death. Even using the various animal spirits it summons to heal itself. And it stands out a lot more than Elden Ring's other nature-themed bosses, the Erdtree Avatars.
Fear Mother Nature. She allowed us to live, but she is unforgiving. Also, changing up the style a bit by putting the name at the beginning of the entry rather than at the end. I kinda like it. 10: Interesting choice to start this list off. (Exdeath (Final Fantasy V)) 9: Robotid plants. Not something you see every day. (Axol the Red (Mega Man X5)) 8: Feed me, Seymor! ...I am sorry. (Dr. Potter (Luigi's Mansion 3)) 7: Gotta agree with that soundtrack. I mean, Sakurai decided that out of all of the songs from Cuphead, which has a great soundtrack, Floral Fury was the one that got into Smash Bros with the Cuphead costume. (Cagney Carnation (Cuphead)) 6: Of COURSE a Pikmin boss made it onto this list. (Quaggled Mireclops (Pikmin 3)) 5: I see the point with Diababa. Still, I grew up with Twilight Princess, so it's nice to see that he was at least considered. (Kalle Demos (Zelda Wind Waker)) 4: Josh is going to run out of bosses from Kingdom Hearts eventually. (Marluxia (Kingdom Hearts 2)) 3: I mean, how is it that Pokemon Mystery Dungeons hasn't been on most of your lists until now if you find it underappreciated? You're part of the problem, Josh! Also, props for avoiding spoilers. (Grovyle (Mystery Dungeon Explorers) 2: Having not played many Kirby games, I forgot this guy existed. Shame on me. (Whispy Woods (Kirby)) 1: Poison Ivy is definitely one of the best characters in Batman's rogue's gallery, especially lately since deciding that Harley was going to be an antihero instead of just Joker's sidekick. (Poison Ivy (Batman Arkham Asylum))
Let it be known that Manfred von Karma being a Mystery Dungeon fan is canon to Ace Attorney lore.
Can't blame him. Those are some good spinoff rpg adventure games.
When was this confirmed?
@@greencomet2011 The day this list goes into development.
@@CountShaman welp
@@greencomet2011 Maybe RT made a joke like this in one of his streams?
17:40 Since Tropic Woods was cut for time, especially since Forgotten Land is so recent, allow me to tell you about this monstrous palm tree. This guy swaps the usual apples for giant exploding coconuts and in it’s second phase it resorts to using a fence as a shield and summoning massive roots to try and skewer you. Overall it’s a pretty fun fight and one of the Waddle Dee challenges requires you to beat it without a copy ability.
And for added bonus, the Phantom fight in the Isolated Isles post-game adds in roots you NEED to climb over to avoid the WALL of air he puffs out, and those fences he summons right out the gate and bounces Gordos around them all. DAMN Kirby transitioned gracefully in to 3D! Funny to think we ALMOST got something like this back on the Gamecube; I think the scrapped development also transitioned in to Air Ride and Morpho Knight's debut from Star Allies was originally going to be this cancelled Gamecube title, iirc, and the EX version of the mecha boss you fight in Egg Engines in Return to Dream Land was the recycled DeDeDe Mecha you were meant to fight in the cancelled Gamecube title. :D
THAT BOSS FIGHT WAS A PAIN
I do like how Exdeath's "erasing existence" motivation involves erasing himself as well since to him, the cosmic state of zero is just what he considers to be natural, and that everything else has run its course. Technically, he's not even evil; He just operates on a really alien "morality", if you can even call it that.
Too bad that you never get a chance to fight Viridi in Kid Icarus Uprising. Otherwise she would've been
perfect for this list.
Well, at least Cragalanch is a boss related to nature.
@@samyb4566 That's true, Cragalanch definitely deserves a spot on the list
I would have loved Viridi getting beaten up.
@@t.b.664 Cragalanch is more of a ground or rock boss than plants and nature. Despite being a part of The Forces of Nature, he isn't quite part of the nature archetype.
Same as how Phosphora is part of Lightning Bosses despite being a part of the FON.
@@Nicky2414 And then there’s whatever Arlon was doing on the moon. The only real plant based boss is the Reset Bomb Pod but like… eh…
As someone who ADORES the Mystery Dungeon series and knows the full story, I definitely appreciate Grovyle being put so high on the list. Explaining why he fits so well would spoil several pretty big plot twists, so I appreciate that you kept it simple
yeah I'm legit impressed at how Josh was able to hide a good chunk of Grovyle's deal during that segment.
Officially Marluxia's element is "Flowers". Which is an evil counterpart to the player's Leaf element. Or the Cure Spells. (Ablities like Leaf Bracer work with cure and the card for Cure in CoM has a Leaf on it).
Marluxia's death and Doom suddenly make alot more sense when you realize the game's nature element heals. He's just inverting it. (And the gives the scythe a double meaning)
On the subject, I didn't have an issue with the doom mechanic in KH3. It's actually easy to get rid of it from going up if you can manage to counterattack and create a combo to activate the dispel command.
Honorable Mentions:
*Truheltia Monstrata - Psychonauts 2
-A triple threat of painful memories from Bob Zanatto's past and that lead him to becoming an alcoholic.
*Viridi - Kid Icaru- OH WAIT, SHE DOESN'T HAVE ONE! Seriously, what was up with that?! It would've been SO much more satisfying if we got beat the snot out of THIS genocidal little brat instead of waiting for another game to do it! (If it ever comes out that is)
*Pumpkin King - MediEvil
-Why do I feel the urge to play a Smashing Pumpkins song over the fight?
I was just going to comment the same boss from MediEvil.
Flaahgra from Metroid Prime definitely deserves a mention. It's a solar powered menace and it involves some fun use of the Morph Ball mode.
I would agree as well, especially with how it used to be an ordinary plant, maybe sacred due to how it was the centerpiece of the Chozo's Sunchamber until it was mutated by the Phazon, spreading its roots all over the Chozo Ruins while being the source of the poisonous waters.
@@WrathNebula321 Retro studios was really good at making every boss feel like an event back then.
I was also disappointed not to see a Metroid boss on this list. Flaahgra is great and Spore Spawn, while not the most complex boss, is still very memorable. Either of these would have been good to put on the list
It’s always so wonderful having a new Joshscorcher countdown every year on my birthday. This one really bloomed into something amazing.
Happy birthday! :)
Happy birthday!
@@mattbks Thank you both so much!
Happy Birthday, my good man.
@@theratman6468 Thank you so much!
I’m impressed that Josh got through the entire #8 segment without making a Harry Potter joke
When a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon rep finally makes it on the list:
*A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one*
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That Starlight reference was absolutely perfect. Also, I’m a bit surprised at how few of these nature bosses can actually create duplicates of themselves. You’d think having powers centered around life would inspire these bosses to make more of themselves, but it seems to be a surprisingly rare ability for nature bosses. Great list as usual Josh, I’m definitely looking forward to Sonic month.
I had a feeling that, if Omega Flowey wasn't going to make the lower end of the list, he'd probably make the honorable mentions.
Also, isn't it weird that whenever people think of "nature," the first thing that comes to mind is plants? Like, what about wild animals, such as deer, bunnies, or bears? Aren't those a part of nature, too?
It must be a law of video games to have an area boss that is tied to nature in someway, shape or form.
For me it’s a mixed result between Whispy Woods from most Kirby games, Naval Piranha from Yoshi’s Island, Spiked Rosered from Megaman X5, or Manhandla from Zelda.
I was thinking of some plant bosses I know that didn't make the list but I couldn't find any until I tought of another Kirby boss that as FLOWER plastered on herself: Queen Sectonia phase 2. Whispy was the obvious choice for a Kirby boss but if we count phase 1 and phase 2 as seperate entries, Queen Sectonia merged with the Dreamstalk was a good plant based final boss. She had a lot of clever plant attack and the fact that you need to hit the little flower blooms sprouting out of her vines was clever. Also, that finale with the seed missiles and the giant laser, while being long and that beam not being flower themes, still amazing.
I can just hear Pamela Isley getting furious over Josh talking about these bosses and how to beat them
Update: Can't believe Ivy was number 1
This seems more like a plant boss list than nature bosses. Nature encompasses more than plants, it includes animals, weather, and other destructive forces. A volcano based boss could easily be on this list due to volcanoes being a force of nature
“AHHH NATURE! It’s all over me, GET IT OFF!”
Joshscorcher, if you haven't would you do a video on joke bosses?
By that I mean characters that they make a big spectacle for only for them to either be beaten with one or two hits or you don't have to do anything at all.
Two examples I can think of at the top of my head are Mysterio from the Spider-Man 2 game and the Executioner from Batman Arkham Origins.
Master kohga breath of the wild
Waddle Dee from Kirby Super Star
Bliblob from Adventure Time: Hey Ice King Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!
seriously you don't even have to move
Another month, another boss countdown. And personally I found plenty of nature bosses but few of them are good (mostly because a bunch of them are first bosses).
10. One of the more recent candidates I found out and yeah he does relish in his one-dimensional villainy. But that's what makes him charming.
9. A male whip wielder. You don't see those every day. Just ask the green scorpion.
8. Finally this game gets talked about in a countdown! It combines the first two games in a way I find charming.
7. No surprise this guy got in considering he's on the thumbnail
6. Been a while since a boss from this series made the list. The last I saw one was the puffstool from GS's poison wielders list
5. The worst of the worst bosses in this series according to GS... shows how great the bosses are.
4. Dang loopholes bringing one of the best scythe wielders into this list...
3. Nice phoenix wright bit at the start. Co-insides with Ari's first solo outing on the channel.
2. Yep pretty much the definition of the term nature boss also appreciate mentioning tropic woods from forgotten land
1. Not my list... not my list... not my list!
Also looking forward to the sonic theme next month!
Couldn’t help but notice the new entry sprite. Nice, Josh!
I need to see Queen Sectonia from kirby triple deluxe
I was also hoping Queen Sectonia but Whispy was the more obvious choice, sadly
With the “erasing all of existence means them too” point, Exdeath is hardly the only example. The one that comes to my mind is Emperor Griffon from Dark Cloud 2, where the heroes point this out and he gleefully states he plans to die with the world.
As someone who considers myself a lover of nature, I was really looking forward to this list. It seems all my favorite games have some sort of deadly flower-themed character in them: Flowey, Marluxia, Cagney Carnation, Yuuka Kazami, Haru Okumura, and all the flower-based Pokemon come to mind.
How come Petey Piranha and Royal Hypno Flower does not count? They seem deadly to anyone else
@@dr.crazystein9536 I've never actually played a Mario game aside from Mario Kart and Mario Party, so they don't come to mind right away when I think of "deadly flower characters in my favorite games."
@@LeahLovesNature Oh trust me. Petey Piranha is like a mutated carnivorous flytrap what everyone else could play as in even Mario sport games. Though he is Piranha Plant's finest Final Smash in Super Smash Bros Ultimate
It might be interesting to see a top 10 mechanical bosses, stuff like Egil from Xenoblade Chronicles, Koloktos from Skyward Sowrd, a steel type gym leader
Josh is definitely showing his Kingdom Hearts bias in this video with how high Marluxia is. Both the Zelda and Pikmin entries have a far more engrained nature identity. Especially Quaggled Mireclops, which has an impressively intricate design for essentially being a nature Talus. Really wish he was higher on the list because a lot of entries feel very tangential. Not that that's terrible just that I'd prefer the bosses with an indirect relationship like Marluxia or even Grovyle to stay on the bottom half of the list
Grovyle is a plant with arms that he uses to grow leaves and cut you with them. He couldn't be any more of a Nature Elemental if he were growing in a pot.
Yeah, I mean Marluxia's element isn't even nature. It's death. Heck, that 'level becomes hit points' gimmick Josh described was just how Marluxia's Doom spell was made to work in that fight. The fact that the timed Doom spell from the Re:Mind data fight is initiated in the same way; with Marluxia flash stepping to Sora's side and whispering cursed words in his ear, is proof enough of that, assuming to don't just connect the dots with how it works.
yeah, josh always does this kind of thing in tops.
Number 10 or 9 exists
number 8 to 6 are increasingly better
and then you reach a franchise he likes, he straight compares it to the bottom numbers, but places it in top 5 anyways
Heck, marluxia was a horrible KH candidate anyway, there are ton of animal based heartless...or straight up animals like the cheetah!
Yeah, sorry Josh, you cheated with that one.
@@devonm042690 You COULD argue somewhat that since his element is death, and the Cherry Blossoms he uses are a natural metaphor for the natural cycles of life and death in nature, he has a nature angle...and in KH Days, his element is literally labeled "Flowers", so you could say he has nature powers...though TBH, Lexaeus'd probably fit more due to his earth ability...
I'm so not defending that he's high, I agree that he doesn't really have any reason to be on that list if we were to argue that his power isn't even nature, but maybe he just put him higher since his fight is more fun? You could argue he's the better fight over being the better thematic choice.
Marluxia is also supposed to represent death since sakura blossoms are supposed to represent the passing of living creatures into the spirit world
I was thinking of Plantman.EXE when Josh mentioned him in the honourable mentions. Many people who are fond of that game know how useful his BattleChips are.
SPOILERS!!!!!
great to see you mentioned PMD: EoS on here because that game needs more love, and yes Grovile is the best and most tragic badass in the entire PMD series!
I still remember the shock I felt when I got to THAT point in the story.
@@Triforce_of_Doom that point threw all of us onto an emotional roller coaster that did not let up
If this top 10 doesn’t mention the Forces of Nature from Kid Icarus Uprising or Flowey, I’m going to be mad.
Edit: Flowey was at least an honorable mention. I’m satisfied.
now that I think about it, the only boss in the forces of nature to stick to the nature theme is the reset bomb factory and that's not very interesting
Time to get the to roots of who best commands Floral Power.
10: The Hammy Evil Tree! Good to see this guy.
9: A Rose of any style is still cool.
8: An angry botenist, I hope he's not last.
7: Swing Sinner swing, Cagney is here with his Floral Fury.
6: A Muddy Paracite? Dang Pikmen, you spoopy.
5: Kalle Demos, I would have gone with Diababa
4: _takes a shot_ Saw this pink hair reaper coming.
3: My Gecko Boy....
2: Kirby's got a whole Forest of Bosses.... but if he beats Wispy Woods and nobody is around, does he make a sound?
1: Ah Comic's most ironic Botenist. Good to see my joke at eight payed off.
Justice for Grovyle. Justice for him, I say. JUSTICE!
I'm ready/not ready to see yet another special treatment for a gym leader of Pok e mon GeN fIvE and/or gEn 8tE.
But kinda expected Earth Bosses than Nature.
Here's an idea for a countdown; Top 10 Clown Bosses in Video Games.
Ah but how much being a clown ties in with their overall presentation would have to be a factor, which would sadly put Kefka fairly low on the list
I can think of a few.
Flowey from Undertale, Mold-1 from Control, that flower from Cuphead, Arborik from TLOS: The Eternal Night
I’m glad that Axle the Red is getting appreciation here. He was always the best Maverick in X5 and one of my favorites in the entire X series.
Other examples of Nature bosses:
Alraune(Bayonetta 2): Demonic temptress, Archnemesis of Madama Butterfly, and the fiend capturing Jeanne. Glad to see Bayo beat the shit out of the flower based netherworld queen and saving her umbra witch brethren after some time traveling shenanigans!
Xerneas(Pokémon X): This deer is an exclusive to the sister game to the first title in the sixth generation. All you need to do is weaken it, and then catch this ephemeral legendary! Since this beauty is a fairy Pokémon, spamming Moonlight shall lead your way to the Elite Four!
Speaking of Kingdom Hearts, there's the Grim Guardianess(Kingdom Hearts III): Heartless form of Mother Gothel, based on her sins of obsessing over Rapunzel's blessing to heal those wounded around her. I prefer the so called mother turning into a tree after aging then to ash(made me get wet blankets as a kid btw).
If it was for Devil May Cry getting attention on this list, then one of which such as the she-viper Echidna(DMC4), Qliphoth Roots or Nidhogg(both from DMC5)could count. Remember that you get Gilgamesh, and some new powers for Nero and V in the end, so that's neat!
Viridi(Kid Icarus Uprising): Don't fuck with Cragalanche! He might be cute, but he packs a punch(no pun intended)!
Petey Piranha(Super Mario Sunshine): A great starting boss in an already underrated Mario title. Feed him too much water and it's gonna hurt! Audrey II had nothing on this plant wearing a speedo!
Shoulda gone with the Mother Gothel Heartless since she straight up becomes a tree Heartless
Or Groundshaker from KH2
oh yeah Grim Guardianess (yes I looked up Gothel's boss name) would have been a great contender with all the roots she shoots out to halt your progress or the fact that she actually uses pollen in her attacks to inflict you with a boss exclusive sneezing status. (Never underestimate hay fever)
Josh: “I hate puns!”
Also Josh: * MKX Segment from finishing moves list *
Poison Ivy’s most brutal attack: the burn she gave Cyborg in Injustice 2.
You really should have called this "Top Ten Plant Bosses." There's a hell of a lot more to nature than plants. Animals, weather, earth, fire, water, etc.
Three of those topics you listed are in their own league already. You could make an entire list of fire, water, and animal bosses specifically. "Nature" bosses may be a little unspecific, but when you think of nature, you generally think of plants first and foremost. The title still fits.
"Plant bosses" also just sounds lamer.
3:43 Maybe it’s because whenever you go through them you constantly wonder what the hell happened, what is this, what was was it like before and what led to its ultimate demise.
Levels that constantly make you think over them as you travel deeper and deeper into their depths really hold a special, albeit at times creepy, place in your heart, and especially in your mind.
I kinda wish the Everlasting King or Venus' Guardian were mentioned.
Yes! Bug Fables has some awesome nature fights!
I’m gonna guess the kh3 tangled boss, that one was cool, or marluxia, or groundshaker
Called it
The Eyeclones from the Yo Kai Watch series.
Yes, I said Eyeclones. Because technically there's 4 of them. Eyeclone, Eyephoon, Torneyedo and Retinado.
SPOILERS for this list below!
I knew Poison Ivy would be #1 or at the very least SOMEWHERE on this list. It would be ridiculous if she wasn't.
Also, COOL! Sonic month! :D
Clankey woods was, traumatic to see.
Whispy is such a staple of the franchise, it's almost unheard of for him to not be in a Kirby game in some form. But when he shows up in planet robobot? THE INVADERS JUST RAN HIM THROUGH THE LUMBER MILL AND NAILED THE PLANKS TO A DEATH ROBOT!
Damn, there are a lot of possible Final Fantasy bosses you could do on here. Depending on the exact criteria, Titania from FF14 Shadowbringers might be a top pick. Grows a forest, leads the Fae, attacks with big tree lads, and uses other parts of nature like water and fire besides.
You thought it was Titania, but it was I Exdeath!
@@HenshinFanatic To be fair, I think Titania would have been a better pick, considering they have you fight THREE trees, and is altogether more nature oriented in their abilities.
@@Flawless-Walrus Probably but Exdeath pulled seniority.
First off I love the list and the choices. Second...I love next months theme. So looking forward to it.
It’s awesome that you put an Amanda Show reference in this video, especially since it’s one of my favorite characters from that show, THE DANCING LOBSTERS!
Nature bosses, huh?
Honestly, I don’t know too many candidates aside from 2. Axel the Red from Megaman X5 and the first boss from Zelda Twilight Princess.
Welp, called one right :3
Oooo! Premiering on my birthday! Sweet! This is gonna be awesome!
2:18 Gonna just throw Count Bleck from Super Paper Mario up here with Exdeath-
We're definitely going to see Viridi here, I feel~
But we never got to fight Viridi herself, THAT would've been the most satisfying beatdown of the entire game!
One of the funniest things about Kalle Demos that I learned is the Forest Water trick.
Like, you can skip a whole boss fight with a jar of water?! AWESOME!
I wonder if after this where gonna get to opposite and have mechanical or machine bosses
My choice for Nature boss would be the final boss from Liar Princess and the Blind Prince. You're literally fighting the entire forestry now...
I am surprised Josh didn't mention how Axel the Red was also one of four bosses in X5 named for members of Guns n' Roses. Still a fun watch.
Remember kids be nice to nature or wood man will break your knees
YOOOO!!!
Seeing Grovyle on this list was suuuch an awesome surprise!! Oh the memories alone... so many memories~
My Honorable Mention would have to be Echidna from DMC4. A flower/snake/dragon/demon that had turned a mountain range and ruins into a forest for her little chimera seedlings also manages to put up a rather impressive fight for the two devil hunters that run into her. By firing her chimera seeds at you, trying to violently whip and impale you with her tendrils when rooted, strike you with her pedal like crown(?), or just straight up try to eat you, she shows you how much of a bitch mother nature can be.
Nettori from Metroid Fusion is an interesting nature boss. The context is that as Samus is heading back to her ship for an update from her CO, the power goes out in the middle of taking an elevator. Samus has to escape by traveling through the underbelly of the BSL Station's main sector. She finds that the main reactor is being choked by vines going out of control. With only auxiliary power running and none of the doors working, Samus has to take a new entrance to Sector 2, where the vines are coming from. After getting past the hardest SA-X chase in the game Samus is able to literally fall into Nettori's chamber, and sees that it's a Chozo Statue that's been overtaken in vines. Nettori is basically an upgraded Spore Spawn from Super Metroid where there is little room to stand on and you constantly have to move around to not get hit by projectiles spewed out by plants on the ceiling. You also have to be careful not to fall into the giant man eating flowers. Once Samus deals enough damage to Nettori the Chozo Statues head will fall off and shoot Plasma Beams at you. Destroying the Chozo Statue completely causes the Beam Core-X to reveal itself, allowing Samus to get the Plasma Beam after its defeat. Now with that done and over with, the vines choking the main reactor are all gone and Samus can get back to business, now armed with the weapon necessary to finally damage the SA-X.
I’m happy to see a Cuphead boss on here given how much I love that game and WW getting on a list at last id great since it’s my favorite Zelda game. Also I can’t believe I forgot about Poison Ivy. Trying to get through AA after she took over was a bit frustrating. Oh and for anyone confused on the dancing lobsters bit look up Judge Trudy, you’ll be in for a treat.
Oh cool, this comes out on my birthday!
Honorable Mentions:
The Thorian (Mass Effect)- A massive psychic alien genius loci that is tens of thousands of years old and uses mind controlled thralls and plant matter zombies to defend itself. Yes Shepard, you need bigger guns.
Grendel (Skies of Arcadia)- while technically an ancient magitech golem superweapon, it is nonetheless empowered by the Green Moon Crystal, from the Green Moon, which is infused with the power of natural growth. Plus, fighting this thing in your airship *The Little Jack* is hella fun.
Tret Tree of Kolima Forest (Golden Sun)- this boss is literally an ENTIRE dungeon that you have to trek through before finally confronting his corrupted heart and freeing him from his torment, only to be horrified that he will die without a healing water from the far north land of Imil. Man, the Great Deku Tree set a precedence.
Danika (Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber)- it's a stretch to call the Goddess of the Netherworld a nature boss, but she is literally fused to a Hell Tree with two frustrating attack spitting dekubaba-wannabe bastards during combat. This boss will require multiple battles during her Stage, if you haven't built up your army (or used the item duplication exploit *shh no judgement* ).
Been subscribed for over 5 years and didn't watch for a while, but these videos are still very entertaining despite being well into my 20's now. Keep it up!
You know,I was Thinking about a Top 10 Cybernetic Bosses or a Top 10 Disney Villains Month,but a Month full of Sonic is Even Better and it could be Best Games,Worst Games, Characters,Villains,Bosses,Songs,and Soundtracks but sadly we only have 4 or 5 Shots so we better Make it Short and Make it Count.
4:05 Lol I just saw that ep so I got the ref instantly! Nice reverb of the voice too!
Interested to see what he does for Sonic Month. I can imagine all the references he'll use: Sonic Movie, Sonic Animated series, and the modern game calamity.
For that one, "IT'S NO USE!"
It gets better with Grovyle’s story when you’re further in the game and the Special Episode In The Future Of Darkness. Won’t spoil them though.
Nice Mr. Crocker clip Joshscorcher. Also Mr. Crocker: FAIRY GOD PARENTS!!! Also that court dismissed bring in the dancing lobsters thing made me laugh
Arborick. A walking tree that chucks your fire back at you if you don't light every segment of his body on fire quick enough. The trajectory of your shots depend on your position and how charged your fire balls are. His feet are stumps attached to vine legs and boy can they stretch far!
I feel like Metroid Fusion and Prime has some interesting Plant bosses.
Thank you for acknowledging how underrated the mystery dungeon games are! I feel like you're the only one who talks about them!
Mr. Vegetable from Galgun Double Peace is a very fun battle that also teaches the player how to use several mechanics for both the late stages and future playthroughs. The boss is invulnerable on the outside, but the Zoom function can let you both see and shoot through several objects, which lets you peek inside him. That way, you can locate both his weak point and the hostage. After you shoot the weak point enough times, you get closer to it and it starts attacking you using tentacles. You need to shoot their weak point to get rid of them and make sure you don't shoot the hostage or you'll receive a lower stage clear bonus. Hit enough tentacles and the fight moves goes back to phase 1, except there will be more than one Mr. Vegetable. Now the Zoom function also helps you locate your real target, as all the others have counterfeits inside them.
In hindsight, this fight serves to show you how to obtain the God rank. You need to make sure you don't miss shots, always target the weak points of all your foes and make sure to not underestimate the importance of zooming in.
I like the new name cards for the choices. That little sound helps pull attention to them. 😁
You need to do a light boss count down at some point. Love your work
This will be Epic, I made a list similar for Plant bosses and it wasn’t easy
Mother Gaia from God of war better be here.
Tales of Graces little queen is basically her world's protector in a way and flower based.
God eater those monsters are made by the planet so they could count as a nature threat.
Blanking on more as nature enemies escape me
Poison Ivy in Batman: Arkham Asylum
Wood man from mega man 2
Also plant man from mega man 6
13:39 I’m literally playing Explorers of Sky right now, how did you know?
13:24 Thank you for showcasing my favourite game, hopefully I can just send this to people instead of me trying to explain why a Pokémon spin-off game is my favourite (Sky specifically). Same reason grovyle is one of my favourite pokemon.
Spin-off, not knock-off.
@@BJGvideos yeah you're right, mb
Nice as always.
so next month we're going to be seeing...what? Top Robotnik boss fights? Top non-Robotnik boss fights?
2:18 Reminds me of this priceless moment from Ninjago: "The Great Devourer will consume everything!" "Won't that mean it will devour you too?" [Serpentine blinks and understands] "You have to stop him! That snake is crazy! I don't want to awaken the Great Devourer! I'm a snake, not food!"
Surprisingly, Kid Icarus Uprising hasn't had a boss with this attribute among the Forces of Nature. That would be because they avoided having Viridi as a boss fight, but it's still weird that there wasn't a Nature-themed boss fight.
Ok my hopes for this list:
Dark Cloud 2's Moth boss
Psychonauts 2's Truheltia Monstrata
Pokemon's Primal Reversion Groudon & Kyogre
Digimon World 1's Tyrannomon (preserving the nature of the Glacier and Speedy Zone)
Edit: No mentions for any of them
It's been a long time since I've heard someone mention Digimon World 1.
I have to agree with you on psychonauts 2
16:40 EYYY ITS FAUNA!
also known as lemo- AGH!
I kinda figured Viridi wouldn't see mentioned in this video because you never fight her, but Viridi's minions are cool, her plan is both reasonable and interesting, and she's hilarious. Honorable mention for sure!
YEeeeeee ! I love Mystery Dungeon , Explorers . Thanks for reminding me the fight .
A top 10 list of "Bosses with the least threatening names" could be fun. My personal nomination? Dandelion from the PS2 action-role-playing game Steambot Chronicles. Despite such a cheerful-sounding name, the man is anything but. The former band leader and instrument maker has spent years of his life amassing a secret army with the singular intent of destroying the entire world and ushering in one that doesn't rely on machines, all to avenge his dead brother whose accidental death was caused by a prank that went too far.
Honorable mentions; Touhou's Yuuka Kazami and in a sense Yuyuko Saigyouji, Bane the Druid from Blood Omen 1, The Specter of the Nature Guardian from Legacy of Kain; Defiance and even though someone already said it the Pumpkin King from MediEvil 1.
YAY GROVYLE!!! sorry I couldn’t help it, that’s because Grovyle is my favorite Pokémon of all time.
I am so happy and excited about this list. Nature is one of my favorite elements in video games and every single entry included made me smile.
🌺 🌹 🌷 🌻
Particularly Dr. Potter, Whispy Woods and Grovyle, Heck Number 1 was a stellar pick that actually points out how big of a threat the boss really is/was
Embrace the wordplay!!!
Pun-ish the words!!!
kirby mass attack is my comfort game so it always brings me joy when my favorite youtubers acknowledge it’s existence
And then there's Rainbow Curse, where you have a better chance catching all the shiny Pokemon in Gen 2 than finding at least one countdowner talking about it.
2:24 There's also Orochi X from Warriors Orochi.
In fact, he even chastises Odin for his "All but me must be destroyed" mentality.
Actually, the Arkhamverse never really went full-force into her backstory. Isley isn't just a powerful ecoterrorist focusing on the plants. She's one of the Avatars of the Green- the world's plants as a whole. Included in this is one Alec Holland, aka Swamp Thing, as well as Jason Woodrue, the being responsible for her current state, and a dryad from another universe who calls himself The Floronic Man. But while Woodrue is hellbent on destroying mankind, Isley has been a bit more...mellow half the time. Hell, during the No Man's Land event (Where First a strain of Ebola killed of half Gotham's population, and a massive Earthquake killed half the rest, followed by a rocker pushing Gotham to be sealed off from the rest of the world aka the bridges blown), she actually helped several orphans in her garden, protecting them from the other rogues. She's less evil, more chaotic neutral.
Glad to see ExDeath here
Yes! Called it, when I saw it! Thank you for putting Poison Ivy as the Number One!
Josh, your ability to make puns is on Dad-level already. I can imagine, if you become a parent, it would be terrifying. Dad jokes.
As much as this list was about plants, Regal Ancestor Spirit from Elden Ring is also a great contender for the animal side of nature. In a world that has knights, dragons and corrupted tree serpents as bosses, here's this elk boss that you have to go out of your way to fight. No randomly stumbling upon it, you go to it. The fight itself really isn't that hard, in fact its probably one of the easiest for the level you're likely to be when you stumble across it. But the sheer atmosphere of it all makes it worth remembering. The soundtrack, the arena, the theme of life and death. Even using the various animal spirits it summons to heal itself. And it stands out a lot more than Elden Ring's other nature-themed bosses, the Erdtree Avatars.
Fear Mother Nature. She allowed us to live, but she is unforgiving. Also, changing up the style a bit by putting the name at the beginning of the entry rather than at the end. I kinda like it.
10: Interesting choice to start this list off. (Exdeath (Final Fantasy V))
9: Robotid plants. Not something you see every day. (Axol the Red (Mega Man X5))
8: Feed me, Seymor! ...I am sorry. (Dr. Potter (Luigi's Mansion 3))
7: Gotta agree with that soundtrack. I mean, Sakurai decided that out of all of the songs from Cuphead, which has a great soundtrack, Floral Fury was the one that got into Smash Bros with the Cuphead costume. (Cagney Carnation (Cuphead))
6: Of COURSE a Pikmin boss made it onto this list. (Quaggled Mireclops (Pikmin 3))
5: I see the point with Diababa. Still, I grew up with Twilight Princess, so it's nice to see that he was at least considered. (Kalle Demos (Zelda Wind Waker))
4: Josh is going to run out of bosses from Kingdom Hearts eventually. (Marluxia (Kingdom Hearts 2))
3: I mean, how is it that Pokemon Mystery Dungeons hasn't been on most of your lists until now if you find it underappreciated? You're part of the problem, Josh! Also, props for avoiding spoilers. (Grovyle (Mystery Dungeon Explorers)
2: Having not played many Kirby games, I forgot this guy existed. Shame on me. (Whispy Woods (Kirby))
1: Poison Ivy is definitely one of the best characters in Batman's rogue's gallery, especially lately since deciding that Harley was going to be an antihero instead of just Joker's sidekick. (Poison Ivy (Batman Arkham Asylum))
16:41 "Fauna will remember that." HAH!
... Wait I don't 100% get the joke there.