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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2019
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    From "Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling"
    Written by Tristan Alric
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  • @ziqi92
    @ziqi92 4 года назад +2104

    Wanna see me restore to full health?
    Wanna see me do it again?

    • @littlevoidboi2111
      @littlevoidboi2111 4 года назад +32

      Lol

    • @pigofknowledge795
      @pigofknowledge795 4 года назад +99

      This gives me ptsd of that fight

    • @NovaPaladin
      @NovaPaladin 4 года назад +171

      Vi while poisoned with a last stand, leaf cloak, antlion jaws, poisoned attacker, ADPB extender and two power exchange medals: Sure. Just let me use hard charge real quick.

    • @guestb8389
      @guestb8389 4 года назад +11

      lol

    • @yonatanhoresh2695
      @yonatanhoresh2695 4 года назад +79

      @@NovaPaladin
      Bro is playing dangerously... I wish I had your courage

  • @Sinchu9
    @Sinchu9 4 года назад +2230

    Imagine becoming a demigod but after being beaten up by a beetle with survivor guilt, a fungus piloting a dead moth and an angry rebelious teen bee you just turn into broccoli
    Rough day

    • @ermant7285
      @ermant7285 4 года назад +116

      Im still confused whether lief is 'the fungus' or he just got revived

    • @Sinchu9
      @Sinchu9 4 года назад +324

      @@ermant7285 Leif is the fungus that inherited the memories of the moth

    • @Luxembourgish
      @Luxembourgish 4 года назад +151

      @@Sinchu9 that's what's so sad. Lief is dead and never came back.

    • @crocketlawnchair259
      @crocketlawnchair259 4 года назад +256

      Ermant StuckInRealityguy Lief is Lief. They’re both the moth and the fungus. The fungus uses “I” when referring to itself but “We” when speaking as Leif.

    • @Luxembourgish
      @Luxembourgish 4 года назад +62

      @@crocketlawnchair259 Lief is dead. The fungus inherited Lief's memories.

  • @pef_v6107
    @pef_v6107 3 года назад +540

    "Somebody help me, I'm being robbed!"
    "I'll save you. Tree powers, activate!"

    • @jackocoyne7841
      @jackocoyne7841 2 года назад +54

      *Metamorphasis into oxygen producing plant.*

    • @AverageEldritchEntity
      @AverageEldritchEntity 2 года назад +9

      That was called for.

    • @uiinpui
      @uiinpui Год назад +5

      oh no you didn't-

    • @gfdx3214
      @gfdx3214 Год назад +36

      Wasp King: "Help me im low on HP"
      Everlasting sapling: "I'll save you, tree powers activate"

  • @jetstreamjackie3437
    @jetstreamjackie3437 4 года назад +698

    CHOMPY COMING IN CLUTCH WITH THE FINAL BLOW

    • @Lush_Produce
      @Lush_Produce 3 года назад +44

      I used kabbu with pebble toss

    • @damienkleine8454
      @damienkleine8454 3 года назад +14

      The most epic thing ever!

    • @errorstringexpectedgotnil
      @errorstringexpectedgotnil 3 года назад +31

      Hey, I got the same thing. Completely unplanned too, things just lined up perfectly. It was nice.

    • @gayflower900
      @gayflower900 3 года назад +78

      Chompy must be exhausted from carrying the entire team on her thin vine back

    • @cheesecheese1574
      @cheesecheese1574 3 года назад +7

      @@gayflower900 true

  • @HandyMark
    @HandyMark 4 года назад +1042

    By the end the Wasp King turned out to be more *bark* than bite.

    • @AlsoMeowskivich
      @AlsoMeowskivich 4 года назад +171

      Getting to the root of his power was a task and a half, other final bosses in games should take a leaf out of Bug Fable's book.

    • @TrickyRover
      @TrickyRover 4 года назад +96

      I wood love it if more final bosses were just as good.

    • @muskatDR
      @muskatDR 4 года назад +119

      Hes quite the challenge with tree phases

    • @pancakedreamer8588
      @pancakedreamer8588 4 года назад +134

      If I see one more bad tree pun, I’m gonna log out.

    • @imanultrastarwarrior801
      @imanultrastarwarrior801 4 года назад +61

      Should I stick with the Grain and make a joke or Nah?

  • @michaelbowman6684
    @michaelbowman6684 4 года назад +643

    ""Hoaxe was abandoned by his parents in the middle of the Dead Lands, before he spoke his first words. Only through a miracle did he survive to reach Bugaria, where he managed to blend into the Wasp Kingdom's populace. He had no friends, and no respect. All he had was his job: cleaning up trash. One day, he vanished from the Wasp Kingdom. Nobody cared..."
    Trinket Seller on Metal Island: "...I don't have anything else to sell, but you lot remind me of this fly lad I met once. Poor boy went crazy over an old crown I fished out of the lake. Paid me hundreds of berries for that junk. I wonder what became of him after that... Last I heard he headed north or something..."
    "...When he returned, unrecognized by all who ostracized him, he commanded such power and charisma...They had no choice but to serve him."
    Hoaxe was abandoned by his parents, survived Hell shortly after being born, and was practically rejected by the Wasps. After spending who knows how long collecting their trash and being disrespected, he ran away from the Wasp Kingdom, spending his life savings on a trip to Metal Island, where he spent the rest of his money on a crown so that he could feel important for once in his life.
    By pure chance, that crown was a magical artifact that gave Hoaxe the power of Flame. With his newfound power, he sought revenge against the people who wronged him, so he headed north, back to the Wasp Kingdom. After the Fly got his revenge, he had gone mad with power (perhaps he had gone mad long before he even got the crown, who knows.), and so he started his quest to get the most powerful artifact of all, the Everlasting Sapling, so that all would obey him. He would never be neglected or disrespected ever again.
    I almost feel bad for the guy. Almost.
    I hope that his parents got what was coming to them, at least.

    • @bagelgod946
      @bagelgod946 4 года назад +80

      I wonder what ever happened to his parents... maybe they died in the dead lands.

    • @ziqi92
      @ziqi92 4 года назад +158

      @Bagel God They probably did. The game's text says they abandoned Hoaxe in the MIDDLE of the Dead Lands. What in the world were they doing there in the first place? If they were in that deep into sealed territory, then it's unlikely that they made it out alive. Perhaps they didn't abandon Hoaxe out of malice, but rather fear for their lives and just lost their maggot as they fled. It’s also plausible that it was a Kung Fu Panda-ish situation where they hid their maggot somewhere and went to distract the Dead Landers to get them far from Hoaxe. We'll never know.
      Also, perhaps it's not unusual that he was neglected and disrespected in the Wasp Kingdom. He is, after all, a Wasp Mimic Fly (Hoverfly), rather than an actual wasp. He is an outsider and technically a migrant laborer. His treatment isn’t that much different from how humans treat their migrant laborers throughout history.

    • @drawingablankesq
      @drawingablankesq 4 года назад +92

      A little extra text from a roach in the roach village touches on that. She says it was irresponsible of them to have tossed such a powerful item into the lake, and how it wasn't an artifact per say, but just as powerful.

    • @CharlotteML1
      @CharlotteML1 4 года назад +25

      Sorry to bother you so long after you wrote this comment, but where did you find the text about Hoaxe? I thought I'd read everything in the game, but clearly I haven't!

    • @drawingablankesq
      @drawingablankesq 4 года назад +44

      @@CharlotteML1 check your bestiary article on the everlasting king. Did you spy him?

  • @wobbmin3705
    @wobbmin3705 4 года назад +1545

    You know a Final Boss is amazing when it literally takes place on a kitchen table and is still extremely epic.

    • @CaliCosmicGal
      @CaliCosmicGal 4 года назад +146

      Wobbmin you forget the important part the table is a fine table that what made the final boss good

    • @wobbmin3705
      @wobbmin3705 4 года назад +156

      @@CaliCosmicGal Only the best table cloth for an epic final battle

    • @CaliCosmicGal
      @CaliCosmicGal 4 года назад +97

      Wobbmin and let not forget those small clouds of smoke that came up from the table that was epic. We were lucky that the table didn’t get on fire screw the sapling the table is the real treasure.

    • @Stargazer_Pie
      @Stargazer_Pie 4 года назад +80

      Emil Calisto the real table was the friends we made along the way

    • @CaliCosmicGal
      @CaliCosmicGal 4 года назад +41

      No One but nothing in the world is as good looking as that table. And the table cloth was perfect.

  • @polyman6859
    @polyman6859 3 года назад +419

    The wasp king was abandoned in the dead lands and died in the dead lands. Pretty poetic.

    • @kylestubbs8867
      @kylestubbs8867 2 года назад +112

      Even more poetic, he came there because he wanted to be eternal. To last forever.
      In a sense, he did.

  • @braindead100
    @braindead100 3 года назад +559

    Imagine walking into your kitchen and seeing a bee, beatle, and a moth fighting a wasp with leaves coming out of his body and the ability of fire while there is a bunch of "dead" bugs right next to them on the kitchen table

    • @ThatOneTowel
      @ThatOneTowel 3 года назад +137

      And then the wasp turns into a tree

    • @whotookmypuddingcup4131
      @whotookmypuddingcup4131 3 года назад +182

      "Please tell me this isn't related to the tiny ungodly abominations all over the floor lately."

    • @yellowpig1026
      @yellowpig1026 2 года назад +69

      i'd start recording it lmao

    • @dewroot5176
      @dewroot5176 2 года назад +11

      Hoaxe only looks like a wasp. He's actually a hoverfly.

    • @morphstarchangeling8024
      @morphstarchangeling8024 2 года назад +102

      Imagine the game ended with a giant fly swatter just smacking the wasp king. I would have laughed my ass off

  • @exquisiteaquariummusic1871
    @exquisiteaquariummusic1871 3 года назад +828

    The roaches took care of the everlasting sapling just as well as I take care of my houseplants lmao

    • @F.D.A751
      @F.D.A751 2 года назад +8

      Nice

    • @Dexuz
      @Dexuz 2 года назад +3

      @@F.D.A751 Estoy de acuerdo.

    • @EthVortexShield
      @EthVortexShield 2 года назад +6

      I hope you've been doing a better job since then

    • @airwalker0676
      @airwalker0676 2 года назад +45

      To be fair, it WAS called EVERLASTING. Why the hell would you check in on something protected by a swarm of mutants and risk death?

    • @joshuarobinson8529
      @joshuarobinson8529 2 года назад +20

      @@airwalker0676 Also, your little houseplant isn't a living, immortal, too-powerful-for-use magical tree of incredible repute to a post-humanity society of common and uncommon garden ecology in a tiny backyard.

  • @kitkat3033
    @kitkat3033 4 года назад +848

    and then he turned into a tree
    funniest thing i've ever seen

    • @xnaphothex-naut9996
      @xnaphothex-naut9996 4 года назад +22

      Hehe he said funny joke

    • @t00nedd00d
      @t00nedd00d 4 года назад +53

      Ironic how it's the funniest thing you've ever seen after the scariest thing you've
      ever seen

    • @The_KingDoge
      @The_KingDoge 3 года назад +15

      Tree go brrr........
      i'm not quite sure what compelled me to write this comment

    • @nonymouswisp8176
      @nonymouswisp8176 3 года назад +5

      Called himself the tree king

    • @wispgaming6732
      @wispgaming6732 3 года назад +11

      Little know fact: this is a prequel to Ori and the blind forest

  • @babycatplanet
    @babycatplanet 3 года назад +417

    I dont think I saw anyone mention this, but...
    "We must press on until the end!"
    "This is it, huh...Vi, Kabbu, thanks for all the good times."
    While it isn't as clear with Kabbu's whether or not he thinks so too, since "the end" could also just mean the end of the fight...I'm pretty sure Leif genuinely thought they were all going to die to this guy...

    • @MeEncanta563
      @MeEncanta563 3 года назад +104

      Damn i didn't notice this now the sentence sounds so different yeah it does seem leif thought they were gonna die cuz in the notes it says "He controlled the power of fire and the everlasting sapling, there was no LOGICAL way team snakemouth could've won"

    • @appelofdoom8211
      @appelofdoom8211 3 года назад +86

      Meanwhile Vi's is totally ready to kick this guys ass for hurting her friends and isn't even scared at all.

    • @worldssmallestdestron7819
      @worldssmallestdestron7819 2 года назад +54

      dying twice. gotta be rough for the poor bug.

    • @kylestubbs8867
      @kylestubbs8867 2 года назад +15

      Makes sense. Why assume you'd all _almost_ die around the same time before saying it?

    • @GiveViAllYourBerries
      @GiveViAllYourBerries Год назад +11

      @@appelofdoom8211 yep. I wiped the floor with him.

  • @thebandanadee8265
    @thebandanadee8265 4 года назад +155

    "This is it, huh. Vi, Kabbu...thanks for all the good times."

    • @regretinglifechoices5519
      @regretinglifechoices5519 3 года назад +23

      i just finished this game and i gotta say, seeing leif say this made me tear up a bit before beating the shit out of a plantified mimic fly.

    • @bucketofice1777
      @bucketofice1777 3 года назад +7

      I'm guessing Leif says that, but I've beaten the game and don't remember hearing him say that

    • @regretinglifechoices5519
      @regretinglifechoices5519 3 года назад +14

      @@bucketofice1777 its his spy dialouge for the everlasting king, basicly the moment i got spy specs i put it on so spying is free, i always put it in my boss builds since i always have like one medal point left over.

    • @sareruno
      @sareruno 3 года назад +16

      I just finished it too, and this was the only game that made me almost drive into tears. It was a experience. I saw this in xbox gamepass and i was like “funny haha paper mario clone”. But it was one of the best games i have played, no joke. Better then alot of paper mario games. The plot was amazing and the gameplay was just paper mario but i still loved it. Good game 9/10 for me.

  • @CongaYT
    @CongaYT 3 года назад +149

    Hoax: *Restores to full health*
    Also Hoax: I'll fuckin do it again

    • @andrix7777
      @andrix7777 3 года назад +12

      Hoaxe*

    • @neonoah3353
      @neonoah3353 27 дней назад

      Also hoe axe: i'll fucking do it aga-
      *Becomes a tree*

  • @lazybones8962
    @lazybones8962 Год назад +298

    Here we go, rant time
    I love this fight so much, Hoaxe had completely screwed himself without even realizing it, at least not before it was too late
    That "leaf" Hoaxe ate wasn't a leaf, it was a seed, and as soon as Hoaxe ate it, he was on borrowed time
    His power seems limitless, every time you take his health down, he just heals
    But that healing gets weaker and weaker as the fight progresses, the seed is growing inside of Hoaxe, roots are growing out of his legs and sapping energy from the ground, only making it grow faster, he is slowly dying without even realizing as his hatred for the world is blinding him
    Hoaxe dies as the tree grows out of him, the power of the sapling truly drained, leaving Hoaxe the one thing he always wanted to be.....
    *Everlasting*

    • @fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290
      @fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290 Год назад +22

      Nice comment,
      Unfortunately, this isn't what the word "rant" means

    • @lazybones8962
      @lazybones8962 Год назад +19

      @@fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290 Feels like a rant to me, maybe tangent is a better word?

    • @fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290
      @fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290 Год назад +17

      @@lazybones8962 A rant is when you're angry or unimpressed.
      I'm not sure about the tangent, but i think it's right.

    • @eyesfullofsky9776
      @eyesfullofsky9776 Год назад +20

      @@fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290 "rant" also implies it being of great length. That was more of a short tangent.
      That said, a "rant" need not be angry -it can also be impassioned. Never heard of "unimpressed", though. Basically, whenever you go on some form of an energetic spiel, be that from excitement or rage.

    • @TJ-hg6op
      @TJ-hg6op Год назад +13

      I mean, just cut down the tree, he won’t be everlasting anymore.

  • @fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290
    @fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290 3 года назад +225

    I like to think that dead lander omega is watching the fight with pop-corn.

    • @ConsarnitTokkori
      @ConsarnitTokkori 3 года назад +46

      or alternatively, trying to do something about the fire

    • @monitorlizardkid8253
      @monitorlizardkid8253 2 года назад +40

      "By far the best fight I've seen, and I didn't even start this one!" is probably what it's thinking if you are correct.

    • @dengc8973
      @dengc8973 2 года назад +6

      holy crap, I was about to comment that exact same thing with the exact same words, except I was thinking about a queen's dinner more than popcorn

    • @fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290
      @fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290 2 года назад +3

      Why didn't I get notified for those comments?

    • @speedymatt1236
      @speedymatt1236 10 месяцев назад

      @@fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290Idk, could be how RUclips works.

  • @mr.heehoo7866
    @mr.heehoo7866 4 года назад +576

    Boss fight: 10/10
    Boss fight soundtrack: 10/10
    Game: 1000/10

  • @emeraldskits4026
    @emeraldskits4026 3 года назад +217

    To quote Hoaxe, “With this power, I am everlasting!”
    To quote me, pointing to the medal that gives you 2 TP every turn, “You think you’re everlasting? Look at this, Bichon Frisée! With this power, I am everlasting!” Proceeds to use Frozen Drill 10 times.

    • @kluocduoc9835
      @kluocduoc9835 2 года назад +12

      He actually says: " but with this power, I cannot fail!"

    • @agentstamp4045
      @agentstamp4045 2 года назад +10

      It's every two turns :)

    • @andrewmoore2580
      @andrewmoore2580 2 года назад +13

      Ah yes, Frozen Drill aka one of the 8 skills I use more than 3 times the entire game.....

    • @-Commit-arson-
      @-Commit-arson- Год назад +9

      Frozen drill a.k.a. Boss murderer

    • @GoofyGjoob
      @GoofyGjoob Год назад +3

      @@kluocduoc9835 🤓

  • @anthonydavid3348
    @anthonydavid3348 4 года назад +396

    Airborne Everlasting King: “Haha fire go pew pew”
    Grounded Everlasting King: “HIPPITY HOPPITY YOUR HP IS NOW MY PROPERTY”

    • @rylleyziegler7211
      @rylleyziegler7211 3 года назад +53

      Kabbu: you have been yeeted off the ground
      Everlasting King: ok then i'l just use a shield
      (2 minutes later)
      Vi: ok go get him Chomps!
      Chomps: (lands the final blow)
      Everlasting King: HOW COULD I, THE EVERLASTING KING, COULD BE DEFEATED BY A BABY PLANT!
      Chmps: *laughs in chomping*

    • @finnvaneekelen4966
      @finnvaneekelen4966 3 года назад +14

      I kinda like it though. The entire game bosses have been harder to hit inside the air and Some cant even attack on the ground and others have stronger attacks in the air (spuder is the only flying boss to follow neither of these rules i believe.) So wasp king subversing this expectation is honestly kinda cool, its like what lavos does in chrono trigger where he hides his core in 1 of the smaller pods

    • @andxrw5597
      @andxrw5597 3 года назад +3

      I actually think it's a strategy to keep him in the air. At least, that's how it felt for me.

    • @chasedownall6492
      @chasedownall6492 3 года назад +4

      @@andxrw5597 I wasn't confident enough to defend against his fire barrages so I kept him as much as possible rooted to the ground. It probably made my fight unnecessarily longer but that's how it be.

    • @cathymeehan7691
      @cathymeehan7691 3 года назад +2

      this is why you do, vi attacc, leif attacc, kabbu attacc

  • @mayawinkler9040
    @mayawinkler9040 3 года назад +659

    Is it just me who connects the title to Team Snakemouth?
    Vi transcended the expectations placed upon her by her entire species, and eventually went beyond the perception she had of herself too, showing kindness to those who hurt her.
    Kabbu was overpowered by his rage at seeing The Beast again, and overpowered by the grief that he might loose all he knows again, and used that to overpower The Beast.
    Leif's memories survived past death, giving the opportunity for his story to be told and remembered forever. Also, immortality headcanons.
    Might just be me reaching, but I find it cool to think about.

    • @NebulaKernel
      @NebulaKernel 3 года назад +23

      I'm with you on that one.

    • @15stargamer98
      @15stargamer98 3 года назад +80

      Ok this is actually a really underrated comment, I swear.
      It’s amazing that the final boss theme could be taken as describing both the party, with each word being positive in its meaning, as well as Hoaxe himself, with the words taking a negative connotation, since he forcefully transcended his mortality at the cost of almost the whole wasp kingdom, overpowered anyone in his way, and ate the everlasting sapling.

    • @PeeperSnail
      @PeeperSnail 3 года назад +40

      I think it could also talk about the bonds of Team Snakemouth by the end of the game. I mean, they endured the fight with the power of friendship and raw willpower, like a bunch of shonen anime protagonists.

    • @freedomzero6430
      @freedomzero6430 3 года назад +23

      Holy shit this is too good to be true, it’s like all the pieces of their problems and major flaws were finally fixed thanks to this adventure, and now it’s time to see the results.

    • @Kike2205
      @Kike2205 3 года назад +3

      Deep haha

  • @chameleonshovel4163
    @chameleonshovel4163 4 года назад +434

    everyone gangsta until Everlasting King gets the two key halves and deals 9 damage to a party member.

    • @chameleonshovel4163
      @chameleonshovel4163 4 года назад +16

      @@kaje3435 nah I'm certain it's just one party member.

    • @azurda7483
      @azurda7483 4 года назад +6

      yeah it’s one member

    • @crocketlawnchair259
      @crocketlawnchair259 4 года назад +23

      I know for a fact he doesn’t always do that at the start of phase three but he damn well made sure to keep doing it anyways.

    • @ooofexe7210
      @ooofexe7210 4 года назад +3

      lol he did only 2 and dear god was he easy to beat

    • @inshaneindamembrane8043
      @inshaneindamembrane8043 4 года назад +10

      I wasn't dealing with that so when he did I just said screw it, threw an ahoneynation out, and allahu-akbard everyone

  • @louienguine3305
    @louienguine3305 3 года назад +145

    "Unable to die although he wished for it, the Usurper eventual stops thinking"

    • @littlemoose4121
      @littlemoose4121 3 года назад +7

      I get it 😎

    • @kluocduoc9835
      @kluocduoc9835 2 года назад +5

      JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOjo

    • @pizzaggio
      @pizzaggio 2 года назад

      @@kluocduoc9835 REFERENCE?
         / ・ω・
       _ノ ヽ ノ \_
      / / ⌒Y⌒ Y ヽ
      (  (三ヽ人  /  |
      | ノ⌒\  ̄ ̄ヽ  ノ
      ヽ___>、__/
         |( 王 ノ〈
         /ミ`ー―彡ヽ
        / ヽ/  |
      JOJO REFERENCE

    • @kylestubbs8867
      @kylestubbs8867 2 года назад +8

      For a guy who sought to be eternal, too.
      Although if he wished to die, it would've been a _long_ while after he stopped thinking.

    • @kluocduoc9835
      @kluocduoc9835 2 года назад

      @@fillertext438 are you kidding me right now

  • @chaincat33
    @chaincat33 3 года назад +770

    Having finished Bug Fables, I'm really sad I took so long to pick it up, because it was worth every penny and then some. I don't know if this is a particularly new take, but this is a game about many things. About triumph over adversity, about the struggle against your own failings, but chief among them, this is a game about finding peace.
    Vi had her dreams trampled by the hive and estranged herself from them consequently. She was hurt, and she returned that hurt ten-fold. Two wrongs do not make a right, and Leif gives her the push she needs to find peace, spending her life savings if it meant she could finally be a family again, to find that peace in her life.
    Kabbu was haunted by the death of his friends, that he must protect everyone. But he can't protect everyone if he can't protect himself. And in a moment of passion, he almost repeats the same mistake he made in the past. He was strong enough to slay the beast, but what if he wasn't? Would he have fled again? Perhaps it is only because he has grown so close to Vi and Leif that he finds the resolve to face the Beast, to face his demon, and slay his own selfish rage, finding inner peace.
    Leif is displaced in time. And more than that, he is dead. We never know Leif. We only ever know the Cordyceps that had taken over his body. Does he have a right to life? A product of mad experimentation by desperate roaches. His wife moved on without him, and had a kid in the spitting image of herself. In the end, it doesn't matter what Leif truly is, he's always been Leif to his new team, his new friends, his new family. That bond is real, and he has as much right to life as they do. And so he resolves to carry on the life of the explorer who met his untimely demise at the hands of a gluttonous spider, finding peace.
    Elizant the Second lived her entire life in her mother's shadow. She is not half the diplomat her mother was, let alone half the ruler she was. She is distant and speaks with authority, not with kindness. She seeks the sapling to revive her mother, so her mother may reign eternal, the perfect queen the people deserve. As the Wasp King takes everything from her, she is forced to work with her subordinates directly and confide in them. To admit her own shortcomings. To face her greatest fears as a ruler. She bears the brunt of the Termites' anger, but resolves to do what she must for her people, for all of bugaria even, to prevent the Wasp King from attaining the Sapling and becoming unstoppable. In this chase, she realizes the folly of her actions. She sees herself in the Wasp King. No different from the mad king who desires power for power's sake. So she resolves to allow her mother the rest she deserves, and to destroy the Sapling in the final act. She has found her peace. She does not need to be perfect. She need only be her best, to be a better ruler tomorrow than she is today, and that all starts by destroying this object that has become the obsession of both her and her mother, that drove a wedge between the ants and the termites. Would it have pushed the bees away as well, perhaps, if she became too blinded by it? It is good that she came to realize her folly before it was too late.
    The Wasp King mirrors all of these stories. But he misses a vital component in all of them. No one was there for him. When the world was against him, and he was at his most vulnerable, no one reached out a hand in kindness. No one reassured him that it would be alright. He didn't have Vi, Kabbu, or Leif. What he did have, was a crown. A crown of immense power. A crown that offered him the world. Of course he took it. Of course he spared no expense in obtaining it, the opportunity to take revenge, to make those who pushed him around serve him instead. In the end, this path of revenge lead to his own destruction.
    Hoaxe's tale is a tragedy, warning not only against the dangers of listening to the demons of vengeance, but also a reminder to us to be kind to one another. Be the Vi, Kabbu, or Leif someone needs in their life. A hand offered in friendship may be all it truly takes to ensure someone becomes more like Team Snakemouth. But the longer they go with no one, the longer they feel as though the world is against them, that they don't belong, that they're a failure, the longer they are left to fester in their own anger, the more and more likely they are to become like Hoaxe. So, be kind to others, friends. Even if it feels like the world is against you, try to stay optimistic, try to stay positive, and when that fails, seek out those like you. The outcast, the spurned, the downtrodden, the stranger. As a wise man once said, sometimes the best way to solve your own problems is helping someone else.
    Edit: Added spacing for readability

    • @SpoopyChicken
      @SpoopyChicken 2 года назад +62

      Why the hell is this comment so underrated.

    • @codename618
      @codename618 2 года назад +44

      ...I love this comment and everything in it.

    • @consideratebulbproductions4277
      @consideratebulbproductions4277 2 года назад +42

      W-wow. This is an incredible envisioning of what the lead writer, Genow, intended for the story. Although it's obviously a basic lesson: there's absolutely no reason to wrong others who've wronged you; instead, simply be friendly to those you currently have in life. It's represented almost perfectly through the 5 significant characters, with it even being twisted through Leif's and Hoaxe's and straight-up altered through Elizant the 2nd's.

    • @saltysnowboi
      @saltysnowboi 2 года назад +38

      Damn I just came here to listen to a boppin soundtrack and ended up learning the message of the bug game

    • @chaosinc.382
      @chaosinc.382 2 года назад +13

      This is a damn powerful comment. I teared up a bit.

  • @gotekeeper9519
    @gotekeeper9519 9 месяцев назад +15

    reminder that, lore-wise, probably the only reason this fight was winnable was bc the whole house was boarded up and sunlight couldn't get in.

  • @IAteABox
    @IAteABox 4 года назад +716

    One random thing I’m just going to blurt out.
    I’m really impressed how well this game did with the lack of major plot twists.
    I was genuinely expecting Elizant II to be evil in the end or something, but no! Elizant II was a caring leader and overall fantastic character throughout the whole story.
    The closest thing to a major plot twist was when it was discovered that The Usurper wasn’t in the Wasp Kingdom during the invasion.
    Even with the other twists like how Usurper isn’t the actual king of the wasps, or the truth about Leif, they don’t twist the plot, they add into them

    • @supershadow2021
      @supershadow2021 4 года назад +103

      Same with the Elizant thing, the second I saw she had a battle sprite alarm bells went off super hard.(When she draws her swords on the Usurper, then iirc it never gets used again lmao)

    • @IAteABox
      @IAteABox 3 года назад +85

      supershadow2021 For me, it was just the fact I was so used to the trope where the queen you were working for was evil all along! Oh noooooooooo!

    • @trainman5675
      @trainman5675 3 года назад +88

      @@IAteABox well they set her up so well. With how she acts in the first chapters

    • @Mothbean
      @Mothbean 3 года назад +98

      I was quoting ProZD's video about characters that are obviously going to betray you basically every time I saw her for the first half of the game. Everything about her is set up perfectly to make you think she'll be the villain, but no, she was actually a good person the entire time.

    • @andrix7777
      @andrix7777 3 года назад +23

      I thought she was going to use the giant crystal in the mines to find the sapling for herself or something. I'm glad that didn't happen.

  • @BehemothPhoenix
    @BehemothPhoenix 2 года назад +171

    I absolutely love how the chorus section of this song was seeded into your mind early-on as the lullaby for the Inn animation.
    You go to bed every day to a soft, soothing banjo.
    And you wake up to this fucking nightmare.

    • @terraria_ranger4887
      @terraria_ranger4887 Год назад +26

      It's the motif for the Everlasting Sapling. It's heard in a few other music bits too

    • @vulblhotdiessfi
      @vulblhotdiessfi Год назад +21

      It's the everlasting sapling leitmotif, found OST 1, 2, 6, 20, 77, 81, and 84
      the first half and second half sometimes appear separately, but only in those 7 songs does the full leitmotif play. (I scanned the entire soundtrack)

  • @alvaroperez2349
    @alvaroperez2349 3 года назад +102

    0:00 Transcending
    1:40 Overpowering
    2:08 *Everlasting*

  • @DeltaBlazin
    @DeltaBlazin 3 года назад +193

    The fact that he turns into a tree after the battle is honestly kind of a brutal death, his body just turns into bark and branches just burst out of the husk of his body, his feet are reduced to roots that are submerged into the soil, and...
    I'll just stop there.

    • @Mothbean
      @Mothbean 3 года назад +24

      After the shit he did I find it hard to say he doesn't deserve it

    • @whacka2871
      @whacka2871 3 года назад +34

      @@Mothbean at first I felt the same way, but after looking at the bestiary entry for him post-game, I kinda felt bad for him.

    • @Mothbean
      @Mothbean 3 года назад +73

      @@whacka2871 That's what I like about Hoaxe as a villain. He has a reason for his actions that makes you empathize with him, but the game never uses his backstory to justify what he does. He could have done something like join the Explorer's Association if he wanted others to look up to him, but instead he chose to subject others to the same fate as him in pursuit of power. He's not just an evil person, he _chose_ to be one.

    • @whacka2871
      @whacka2871 3 года назад +4

      @@Mothbean true

    • @birdboy16
      @birdboy16 3 года назад +2

      @@Mothbean 👏 well said 👏

  • @chandirby1444
    @chandirby1444 4 года назад +465

    my greatest accomplishment with this fight isn’t beating him on hard mode. It was finishing him off with my lass chompy. I wouldn’t want to win that fight any other way

    • @NapeMango
      @NapeMango 4 года назад +27

      same here, it just felt right 😤

    • @theutubepower1243
      @theutubepower1243 4 года назад +24

      Also finished him with chompy

    • @steamlord4923
      @steamlord4923 4 года назад +13

      I did it on both phases, I absolutely loved it

    • @hesterfranks9716
      @hesterfranks9716 4 года назад +35

      me, watching Chompy deal the last bite: (sobbing) that's right, you go queen

    • @Kruxx26
      @Kruxx26 4 года назад +16

      Chompy: The real MVP

  • @chuckleberry2142
    @chuckleberry2142 Год назад +578

    My favorite part of the game is when the Wasp King said "The Sapling! The Sapling is real!" Truly one of the most epic moments in Bugaria history.

    • @RayaneJspVoila
      @RayaneJspVoila Год назад +122

      And then when he eat the the sapling he say it's sapling time and sapled every where. That was a certified epic moment

    • @samm6041
      @samm6041 Год назад +68

      "Jesse, the everlasting sapling is real"

    • @Neo-Metal17
      @Neo-Metal17 Год назад +78

      “Can we fly much higher”

    • @Tachunky
      @Tachunky Год назад +34

      @@samm6041 mista white we're making green now, we makin the everlasting sapling yo

    • @red.laser.
      @red.laser. Год назад +10

      its a reference to the one piece, the one piece is real!!

  • @heartlesssora55
    @heartlesssora55 4 года назад +233

    Somehow managed to end the fight with just enough HP for an Ice Bowling and Chompy to finish him off. Maximum hype fight.

    • @berylliosis5250
      @berylliosis5250 4 года назад +2

      I saved my TP for a final 2 fly drops, that final hit was so satisfying. (Didn't have chompy)

    • @IAteABox
      @IAteABox 4 года назад +8

      Nomf (my chompy) finished him off too. She’s such a good girl. Yes she is. Yes she is.

    • @kluocduoc9835
      @kluocduoc9835 2 года назад +6

      Finishing him off with frost bowling is so poetic

    • @jwx9509
      @jwx9509 Год назад +1

      overkilled it with frozen drill

  • @Bluedino152
    @Bluedino152 4 года назад +250

    "huh this doesn't seem like a lot of health, maybe I'll take my time just to savior this/wait for a surprise"
    "Oh a revial, that makes sense, well time to splurge on skills"
    "Okay he's done now and... Phase 3? On 9 tp and most items used up? Oh shi-"
    Seriously though I got through this fight with all items drained, tp to 0, and every party member in critical. What a hype finale. That everlasting sapling theme hits so hard

    • @hazmojumps2379
      @hazmojumps2379 3 года назад +11

      What you said apply directly to me. At the end I think lief already fainted everyone was in the red 0 tp 0 items but chompy was wearing the pink ribbon doing 3 dmg. I tried that fight so many times.

    • @xnaphothex-naut9996
      @xnaphothex-naut9996 3 года назад +6

      @BlueDino ive seen you comment on alot of the bug fables songs. Seing someone browsing the whole soundtrack and commenting is super charming to me :)

    • @cathymeehan7691
      @cathymeehan7691 3 года назад +2

      i still have a tangy carpaccio and leaf salad left. cheers.

    • @nintenboss645
      @nintenboss645 3 года назад

      Tp core + constantly using frozen drill when possible = victory

    • @gladeburst
      @gladeburst 2 года назад

      @@nintenboss645 Where do I find a TP core?

  • @TopOfAllWorlds
    @TopOfAllWorlds 4 года назад +275

    Me: YES I BEAT HIM!
    King: *Full Heals*

    • @ermant7285
      @ermant7285 4 года назад +10

      If you have hp core, it will be no biggie to fight him

    • @bonsley67
      @bonsley67 4 года назад +23

      FULL HEALS THREE TIMES

    • @TopOfAllWorlds
      @TopOfAllWorlds 4 года назад +8

      Ermant StuckInRealityguy hard mode tho

    • @ermant7285
      @ermant7285 4 года назад +2

      @@TopOfAllWorlds oh

    • @thegoldenstation9723
      @thegoldenstation9723 4 года назад +11

      Counting all his heals, he technically has 110 hp.

  • @lordmarshmal_0643
    @lordmarshmal_0643 4 года назад +218

    After I finished this fight, I came back to the Sapling room after cleaning up a little bit of stuff I missed in the main-game. The Elder was there, the trio theorized with her about why exactly they got the upper hand. Apparently the Sapling's having been in darkness for so long was what caused it to wilt, and thus why the Wasp King (or Hoaxe as he's called in his bestiary entries) got a not-so-everlasting boon from the Sapling. Upon looking around a little more, I saw light from outside the Lair - a window that was boarded up! Then the thoughts came about that rather convenient detail...

    • @Teinve
      @Teinve 4 года назад +3

      Explain

    • @malacara1335
      @malacara1335 4 года назад +74

      @@Teinve sunlight turns little plants into big plants

    • @madprophet6891
      @madprophet6891 4 года назад +72

      @@Teinve If the plank of wood boarding up the window was just a few inches above or below where it's at (or absent entirely), the Sapling would never have wilted and Hoaxe never would have timed out--he'd be completely immortal and there would be no force in Bugaria that could stop him from burning everything to cinder.

    • @yawningabyss681
      @yawningabyss681 4 года назад +39

      @@madprophet6891 I think you're forgetting it was encased in a metal dome, I don't think the sunlight would have been able to go threw that even if the board was a little bit higher up.

    • @The_KingDoge
      @The_KingDoge 3 года назад +7

      @@madprophet6891 It was in a metal box that was nearly invincible

  • @m.m.2341
    @m.m.2341 6 месяцев назад +7

    I love how right after the Final Battle the great humor comes back. When they're talking about "nothing being everlastung" and Mothiva just blurts out "my beauty". :D

  • @chow_gms
    @chow_gms 4 года назад +284

    when you're on hard mode and you think this is the phase 2 of the fight and you chunk him down just fine but then he full heals, so you do it again and think he can't possibly heal again BUT HE DOES and you just barely scrape by at the end
    oh man what a SICK fight

    • @BirfTheSpider
      @BirfTheSpider 4 года назад +20

      tfw ex hard mode has essentially 300 health

    • @rarebeeph1783
      @rarebeeph1783 4 года назад +23

      @@BirfTheSpider It's like, 175. but that's still more than anything else in the game, and he packs a punch too.
      Edit: oh right EX bossrush exists oh god oh fuck

    • @megamike15
      @megamike15 4 года назад +1

      it's a reference to the final fight with bowser in paper mario. he also healed himself but unlike wasp king it was random and not at a set hp.

    • @Alphakennyjuan
      @Alphakennyjuan 4 года назад +8

      @@megamike15 It's actually not random against Bowser in Paper Mario. He heals if you have 50% of his current hp. Or something along those lines. But it does have specific parameters.

    • @starmangalaxy2001
      @starmangalaxy2001 4 года назад +7

      @@Alphakennyjuan It's if Mario is 50% healthier than Bowser, as a percentage of their HP. So if Mario stayed at 1HP Bowser could never heal.

  • @aealain00
    @aealain00 4 года назад +275

    Played Bug Fables on the console release, and when I finally beat this boss, I was given a rare sense of sheer accomplishment and relief of beating him that I normally don't get with final bosses.
    This battle and the rest of the game is very well made.

    • @Cyndasoul
      @Cyndasoul 3 года назад +23

      Normally in final boss fights the protagonist gets something op and wins. I LOVE THAT BUG FABLES DIDN’TDO IT

    • @MarkusHobelsberger
      @MarkusHobelsberger 3 года назад +12

      @@Cyndasoul Beemerang might want to have a word with you :P
      Also: That fire brooch the party gets from Vanessa could be seen as this game's endgame "op" item.

    • @Cyndasoul
      @Cyndasoul 3 года назад +14

      MH no I mean like an op finishing move that you suddenly get only in the final boss

    • @NeonWasInUse
      @NeonWasInUse 3 года назад +7

      CyndaSoul
      it's such an overdone trope it's refereshing to see a game going without it frankly.

    • @dustymcwari4468
      @dustymcwari4468 3 года назад +18

      @@MarkusHobelsberger more like Vanessa taking the op-ness off him, otherwise the man would’ve one-shotted everyone for a third time in a row with his supereffective Inferno spam with 100% accuracy

  • @thegoldenw
    @thegoldenw 4 года назад +341

    1:40 onwards is quite literally one of the best parts of any piece of music I’ve ever heard. This song has unbridled power and emotion, and the use of the game’s main leitmotif almost made me cry with how hard this song hits you. I knew I was so close to the finish line, and that has multiple emotions tied to it, both positive and negative, for a game you loved so much you don’t want it to end.

    • @tattersthebat6253
      @tattersthebat6253 4 года назад +33

      I agree entirely. I absolutely loved this game to the end, and I really wanna play it again in Hard mode just to get more out of it. This boss was amazing.

    • @LilJBBeats
      @LilJBBeats 4 года назад +19

      That main theme motif is SO GOOD. I loved this game!

    • @sharischneider9720
      @sharischneider9720 4 года назад +40

      you could call it a... leifmotif? huh? huh? ok I'll leave

    • @thegoldenw
      @thegoldenw 4 года назад +13

      @@sharischneider9720 👏🏼he did the funny

    • @IAteABox
      @IAteABox 4 года назад +16

      Pretty much all the themes from the game have this one part that absolutely rocks the whole thing.
      The part at 0:09 for The Beast’s theme has to be my favorite one of those parts.

  • @bootsnhopscotch
    @bootsnhopscotch 4 года назад +443

    Probably one of the best final boss themes I've ever heard, not even joking.

    • @joshmongames4624
      @joshmongames4624 4 года назад +34

      Dang right. This song takes down a lot of final boss themes I’ve heard over the years. But nothing can replace the final boss theme from ocarina of time for me. That’s just me.

    • @ICharlyl
      @ICharlyl 4 года назад +28

      For me personally (and I reiterate, personally) it is a solid 7-8 for a final boss theme, it is good, serves it's purpose, and gets you invested. But I can't help to compare it to other final boss fights (or even regular boss fight music) and I don't think it makes it into my top 10. Still great tho, not hating.

    • @stylesnivy1839
      @stylesnivy1839 4 года назад +8

      They call him spider is still better

    • @stylesnivy1839
      @stylesnivy1839 4 года назад +11

      *spuder

    • @rinnnnnnnnnnrin
      @rinnnnnnnnnnrin 4 года назад +5

      Right up there with a hat in time,paper Mario 1 and 2,pokemon emerald,chrono trigger and fire emblem three houses

  • @allenthecavalier1514
    @allenthecavalier1514 4 года назад +232

    2:07 I love how you can hear parts of the Everlasting Sapling theme in this piece. Such a good touch to this already fantastic song.

    • @Twisted_Logic
      @Twisted_Logic 4 года назад +26

      Really gives it that emotional punch

    • @Bee-rr3ei
      @Bee-rr3ei 4 года назад +22

      That’s my favorite part of the whole song tbh

    • @tattersthebat6253
      @tattersthebat6253 4 года назад +15

      The Guitar riffs make it even better

    • @IAteABox
      @IAteABox 4 года назад +6

      Thank you so much for the time link (or whatever you call it).
      I really needed it

    • @ventriloquistmagician4735
      @ventriloquistmagician4735 4 года назад +8

      @@IAteABox I'll do you another solid: this recurrence of a theme is called a leitmotif in music

  • @papermr.magolorguy7957
    @papermr.magolorguy7957 4 года назад +431

    "Change the world, My Final Message. Goodbye."
    *become tree*

  • @KitStudioz
    @KitStudioz 11 месяцев назад +22

    What if you wanted to have the everlasting sapling, but the wasp king said:
    “...Yes...YES! This power will suit me just fine! I will deliver you to your DOOM!”

  • @mattheworozco5929
    @mattheworozco5929 4 года назад +326

    Transcending
    Overpowering
    Everlasting
    Grey Prince Zote.
    The joke was too good to pass up.

  • @Oddyisodd
    @Oddyisodd 4 года назад +435

    Who else used up all of their healing items before realizing that this guy has more than one phase

    • @ivegonesickomode1610
      @ivegonesickomode1610 4 года назад +7

      me lmao

    • @CaliCosmicGal
      @CaliCosmicGal 4 года назад +39

      Unfunny._. And that why secret stash and sharing stash are really good and underrated.

    • @Oddyisodd
      @Oddyisodd 4 года назад +9

      Emil Calisto those were my saving graces during the fight lol

    • @fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290
      @fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290 4 года назад

      me

    • @FabschOblivion669
      @FabschOblivion669 4 года назад +21

      Not me, because he had less HP than he did on the previous fight after I spied him, Plus what Kabbu said about the relics, and that this is a RPG, I suspected that this boss would have at least 2 phases.

  • @IUseRandomPfps
    @IUseRandomPfps Год назад +33

    The ultimate "yeah you're fucked" and "you're gonna win this" song.

    • @ihaetschool3361
      @ihaetschool3361 Год назад +2

      that would be reckless for glory

    • @GeoAce51
      @GeoAce51 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@ihaetschool3361fucking pitcher plant man. I'm shocked I beat it on my first try, even if it was after I near the game that dude nearly killed everyone lmao

    • @ThatNerdAlbert
      @ThatNerdAlbert 9 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@GeoAce51my sister found, fought, and beat that boss by complete accident lol
      she started the fight on half health and almost no healing items but she hadn't saved in a while so we had to beat it, it was a really fun battle lol

    • @omgman5745
      @omgman5745 Месяц назад

      My first and second attempts

  • @marcossierra3498
    @marcossierra3498 4 года назад +66

    This is one hell of a final fight.

  • @greed0599
    @greed0599 3 года назад +179

    Love the leitmotif from the Everlasting Sapling track; Like, no joke leitmotifs are one of my favorite things from video game music- having call backs that remind you of the start of a journey to tie it all together and make you reflect on how strong your characters have become over the course of their travels is great.

    • @shady7919
      @shady7919 3 года назад +15

      I like the leifmotif's as well
      I'll leave now

    • @worldssmallestdestron7819
      @worldssmallestdestron7819 2 года назад +4

      then boy, you'll LOVE the ultimate show.

    • @Dexuz
      @Dexuz 2 года назад +5

      @@worldssmallestdestron7819 The Ultimate Show is great, and that game's build-up and finale slightly outclasses Bug Fables.
      However, in terms of a pure leitmotif, this one's better for what it represents.

    • @lewis9s
      @lewis9s 2 года назад +1

      I feel the same
      _(looks at serpent devouring the horizon)_

    • @TheTrenchesYT
      @TheTrenchesYT 11 месяцев назад

      Pizza Tower does some of this too!

  • @fossilizedbread1301
    @fossilizedbread1301 3 года назад +80

    The title of this song doesn't describe the Wasp King, it describes the Main Characters. it's the story of how you didn't give up, beating everything thrown at you. This is your battle theme.

    • @tackey8632
      @tackey8632 3 года назад +13

      So basically, it’s Proof of a Hero, but with bugs instead of giant apocalyptic death lizards.

    • @andrewmoore2580
      @andrewmoore2580 2 года назад +2

      Really thinking about it? That's exactly what it feels like.

  • @Edd_Harr
    @Edd_Harr 4 года назад +43

    Gotta admit, I was expecting his transformation to be a little more grandiose, but this theme certainly picked up the slack.

  • @Sn3kynite
    @Sn3kynite 4 года назад +99

    15 Queen's Dinners later from hard mode.
    *crawls away* aaaaahhh everything huurrrrts. But it was so worth iiiit

    • @skirdus367
      @skirdus367 4 года назад +8

      I managed to scrape by with only two miracle shakes and two tangy smoothies, among other items. And I do mean just scrape by

    • @bluerious5475
      @bluerious5475 4 года назад +1

      Skirdus I brought in only 2 miracle shakes for this fight, along various other healing items (No queen’s dinners, I wasn’t gonna stoop to that level) and 2 berry jams. Surprisingly, my winning attempt didn’t see me use any miracle shakes, just pretty much everything else.

    • @steamlord4923
      @steamlord4923 4 года назад +2

      I crawled through on hard mode with just 4 leaf omelets, 6 Crisbee Donuts, 2 spicy berries, 2 burly berries, and a few magic seeds. It was a fun experience, I'm surprised I did not die

    • @Cyndasoul
      @Cyndasoul 3 года назад

      I forgot to get more preparation so I went in there and let chompy killed cause Leif was on 1-3 health

    • @ampkenryu7145
      @ampkenryu7145 3 года назад

      Just got this final boss done on Hard Mode + Hard Hits. Only took a package of 3 Queen's Dinners, 3 Tangy Carpaccios, 3 Cherry Pies, 3 Berry Smoothies, 2 Magic Seeds and a Miracle Shake. The only thing that survived to the credits was a Tangy Carpaccio and Berry Smoothie D:

  • @Zoruastar64
    @Zoruastar64 4 года назад +161

    This battle was honestly what taught me how important vi’s healing skills are (and espacially with the healing item boosting badges)
    That is honestly what kept my entire team alive
    Now that im doing an entire hard mode playthrough i know how usefull certain skills are over others

    • @TrickyRover
      @TrickyRover 4 года назад +11

      I was able to beat him without Vi's healing with nobody in the group dying.

    • @ivegonesickomode1610
      @ivegonesickomode1610 4 года назад +28

      i had hard mode on during my first playthrough and holy shit this boss was hard.
      but it was kinda easy with tangy berry and dark cherries items

    • @djdrizzy9139
      @djdrizzy9139 4 года назад +11

      @@ivegonesickomode1610 Yeah, having an inventory full of Queen's Dinners made him way easier to deal with (even on hard mode).

    • @Bee-rr3ei
      @Bee-rr3ei 4 года назад +8

      Every time the wasp king full healed I could basically fill heal with a queens dinner. Beautiful fight.

    • @loosetube5417
      @loosetube5417 4 года назад +4

      Yeah man you don't need Vi's healing at all. It's way better to use a Queen's dinner, heal up and restore your TP.

  • @DragonEnthusiast
    @DragonEnthusiast 2 года назад +26

    I love final boss themes that demonstrate the urgency in the tone of the song. With the Wasp King, this demonstrates the point that you HAVE to win here, everything is riding on Team Snakemouth winning here against a creature with legendary immortality and strength. This is a kickass boss theme for those reasons.

  • @amigomorton7654
    @amigomorton7654 4 года назад +76

    Hoaxe (real name of the Wasp King) is Nothing but a power hungry Monster with no love or care for anyone but himself.
    But Looking at his past, it makes sense why he became that way.
    Abandoned by his parents in the dreaded Dead Lands when he was almost still a Baby.
    Ostracized by his own kind and all he had was his Job: cleaning up trash.
    If someone grows up with no even a Concept of love or kindness, off curse they are likely to become a bad and selfish Person.
    Yet, for some reason, he made Ultimax (his real name is Fuff), despite of his inept and cowardly nature, to his right Hand man, a General.
    Why? was there no one better qualified for this? That's honestly hard to believe.
    Maybe...Hoaxe saw something of his old self in Fuff and gave him something more he had himself in his youth, unintentionally showing kindness without ever realising.
    Whatever the exact reason was, whatever little shred of good he may had inside him, it's completely lost in his demented hunger for power.
    All that is left for him is to exist as a tree for what might be an eternity, but when he finally dies as a tree, Maybe than he will be reborn in a happier life.
    Hoaxe, a tragic and pitiful existence from birth to death.
    ….
    NÄÄÄÄÄH!
    I probably overthinking this. Ima gonna beat'em up in Boss Mode.

    • @CaliCosmicGal
      @CaliCosmicGal 4 года назад +17

      Amigo Morton he’s not wasp he’s a fly that looks like a wasp I wonder if he knows that he isn’t a wasp or thought that he was a wasp and wanted revenge.

    • @ermant7285
      @ermant7285 4 года назад

      @@CaliCosmicGal if he is a fly, he should be looking like fry the chef

    • @CaliCosmicGal
      @CaliCosmicGal 4 года назад +8

      Ermant StuckInRealityguy no he’s a kind of fly that looks like a wasp o think they are called wasp flys.

    • @ermant7285
      @ermant7285 4 года назад

      @@CaliCosmicGal oh

    • @amigomorton7654
      @amigomorton7654 4 года назад

      @@CaliCosmicGal Where does the game actually tell you that? I must have missed it.

  • @jellykirby6704
    @jellykirby6704 4 года назад +145

    just finished the main story, this song is fantastic. really pumped me up during the final fight

  • @issykit3
    @issykit3 4 года назад +21

    Wasp king: eats seed
    Team snakemouth: does a full on epic boss fight
    Wasp king: turns into a tiny tree

    • @technomorph6798
      @technomorph6798 3 года назад +3

      I never thought about it, but yeah, that’d be a really tiny tree

  • @liampeterson8299
    @liampeterson8299 3 года назад +28

    Vi and leif: Dead
    Kabbu: wanna see a cool trick

  • @bearboy.
    @bearboy. Год назад +14

    FASCIST wasp king EATS the EVERLASTING SAPLING, instantly REGRETS it

  • @buybugfables
    @buybugfables 2 года назад +10

    Tristan Alric casually making the best final boss theme of any video game ever

  • @MinunRobotnik4
    @MinunRobotnik4 4 года назад +21

    When you manage to beat him using the power of the Big Mistake you brought for this specific purpose, it feels good. Love those attack boosts.

  • @El_Coeilleitor
    @El_Coeilleitor 4 года назад +39

    What makes this piece more epic is that starting at 1:14 you can hear in the background an electric piano with a rhythm which is very similiar to a part of the theme in the fight aganist the shadow queen in paper mario TTYD somewhat connecting those two boss fights.(You might need headphones to notice though).

  • @mcgoldenblade4765
    @mcgoldenblade4765 2 года назад +17

    Damn, the Wasp King really went: 🌳

  • @luckytail4360
    @luckytail4360 4 года назад +32

    Game of the year.
    10/10

    • @achievedchair17
      @achievedchair17 4 года назад +5

      I wish... it definitely deserved at least a mention back in 2019

    • @thebraviarykid7849
      @thebraviarykid7849 4 года назад +4

      Game of... Every year 10/10

  • @wileecoyotegenius5955
    @wileecoyotegenius5955 3 года назад +25

    At first I was like "only 65 health? really?" and then I was like "oh, ok, he heals to full health," and then I was like "oh, he heals to full health again, cool" and then I was like "oh he summons two flying enemies with 6 hp that only take 1 point of damage at a time, neat" and then I died. Seriously though this was a badass final boss, glad it wasn't a pushover even at max level.

    • @retiredaccount6032
      @retiredaccount6032 2 года назад

      I fought him at like level 23

    • @andrewmoore2580
      @andrewmoore2580 2 года назад +2

      I just take out the flying ancient keys with one Under Strike.....

    • @umibozu1983
      @umibozu1983 7 месяцев назад

      Then he makes a lightsaber from a key

  • @quinnsundquist-carr3634
    @quinnsundquist-carr3634 4 года назад +119

    I'm so happy this song is so good. Mainly because I had to listen to it over 2 hours before beating the final boss on hard mode. XD

    • @TopOfAllWorlds
      @TopOfAllWorlds 4 года назад +1

      Quinn Sundquist-Carr 2. Full. Revives. UG

    • @The_KingDoge
      @The_KingDoge 3 года назад +2

      spam that queens dinner

    • @TheAverageGuyTAG
      @TheAverageGuyTAG 3 года назад

      @@The_KingDoge
      I had to make do with only one (plus a few revives, to be fair). D: It was a pain lining things up for the most optimal moment to pop the dinner without someone dying first.

    • @The_KingDoge
      @The_KingDoge 3 года назад +2

      @@TheAverageGuyTAG eat the table for 999 hp

    • @vernbaa
      @vernbaa 3 года назад

      @@The_KingDoge big brain

  • @olympusgolemoflight7198
    @olympusgolemoflight7198 4 года назад +37

    In the Finale: At last a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary.

    • @mercenarygundam1487
      @mercenarygundam1487 2 года назад +5

      Someone do a Mashup

    • @speedymatt1236
      @speedymatt1236 10 месяцев назад

      The finale of gaming itself: ruclips.net/video/5LZrWRSwDHQ/видео.htmlsi=XGNKW3D-xDJiwduk

    • @Gamerman-lu9bs
      @Gamerman-lu9bs 4 месяца назад +1

      Adventures end is also a good one

  • @tristandahn2284
    @tristandahn2284 4 года назад +133

    GOD THIS BOSS IS AMASSING!!! You start the fight and it makes you feel like the underdog compared to his overwhelming strength, but you keep moving forward, even if he keeps healing. because you know in you're soul that your making progress and the more you try the more better you get. This is what all bosses should be.

    • @tristandahn2284
      @tristandahn2284 4 года назад +17

      The theme also helps by making you feel dread and hope.

    • @MeowBanti
      @MeowBanti 4 года назад +2

      idk kinda bs that he heals at 10hp each time. it feels like hes breaking the rules and not in a good way. i got the same feeling fighting the bandit boss and how he just randomly breaks out of freeze to delete your items. just not great design in the fight there.. wouldve been better if his heal took up a turn

    • @theidiotics2629
      @theidiotics2629 4 года назад +6

      @@MeowBanti but the boss wasn't that hard even on hard mode

    • @Megaman-2407
      @Megaman-2407 4 года назад +3

      @@MeowBanti translate to: i think this boss is hard so i need more way to exploit it

    • @berylliosis5250
      @berylliosis5250 4 года назад +6

      @@MeowBanti Nah, his healing was barely even a factor. If you do it in the order Vi - Leif - Kabbu you can do 7+ damage each turn and prevent him from healing (at the cost of taking extra damage).
      The only real flaw in this fight is the spy text. All of them emphasize destroying the artifacts, and all other times when they suggest a strategy or order for fighting, it's practically hard required (e.g. Zasp and Mothiva, where beating the former first is a terrible idea). Makes it seem like the goal of the fight is to destroy the artifacts rather than wipe the king out. Other than that, great boss design. Can't wait to fight it on HARDEST.

  • @Goos64
    @Goos64 4 года назад +52

    I just fought this boss today.. boy what a great boss fight.
    I didnt know what to expect for the music I knew itd be good. I didnt know it's become one of my favorite final boss themes

  • @LordBob
    @LordBob 4 года назад +502

    People out there really do think this game is a shameless Paper Mario knock off. Those people don't deserve this masterpiece.

    • @Eepaust
      @Eepaust 3 года назад +53

      I mean it is a paper mario knockoff but its a damn good one

    • @ApolloDawn85
      @ApolloDawn85 3 года назад +75

      The world needs Paper Mario clones with how Paper Mario is now

    • @freedomtheplayer4235
      @freedomtheplayer4235 3 года назад +84

      @@Eepaust it is heavily inspired by paper mario, but unlike games like yooka-laylee, which just do what the original game does best, bug fables still feels like its own thing

    • @radladstudios
      @radladstudios 3 года назад +44

      It literally outclasses Paper Mario in nearly every regard

    • @stevered9659
      @stevered9659 3 года назад +22

      Inspired by Paper Mario but definitely it’s own game

  • @andytekampe8748
    @andytekampe8748 3 года назад +77

    Wife just outside the game room reading a book on the couch while I’m fighting this boss: “Close your door, babe the base is way too loud.”
    Me while closing the door and getting back to the tv: “Of course it is, we’re having a fucking epic battle on a kitchen table here!”

  • @explodatorium
    @explodatorium 4 года назад +61

    This was honestly such a sick fight, especially with this playing in the background really encouraging you to keep going even if you felt helpless. I think this has to be one of my favorite boss fights out of any game!

  • @inshaneindamembrane8043
    @inshaneindamembrane8043 4 года назад +25

    This was one the greatest finale bosses I have ever witnessed

  • @Ephelle
    @Ephelle 3 года назад +87

    Even several months after beating this game I still can't listen to this song without crying. The main theme just hits me too hard. Well done.

    • @Mothbean
      @Mothbean 3 года назад +8

      It didn't hit all that hard for me when I first played, but god damn it hurts listening to it now. I really wish I could experience this game for the first time again.

  • @Qwerty16088
    @Qwerty16088 10 месяцев назад +7

    You won’t believe how many Omelettes that my party had to consume this fight

  • @PidgeyHowler
    @PidgeyHowler 2 года назад +16

    The Everlasting King used a Full Restore.

    • @pizzaggio
      @pizzaggio 2 года назад +2

      ...again

    • @appeli1
      @appeli1 Год назад +1

      and again

    • @m.m.2341
      @m.m.2341 6 месяцев назад +1

      Underrated comment.

  • @Jacotomo2222
    @Jacotomo2222 2 года назад +8

    When he healed for the first time I thought this battle was scripted, and that I had to die. Nope, I love how they make you feel like overcoming a seemingly unbeatable foe, without adding a dumb scripted cutscene or something.

    • @speedymatt1236
      @speedymatt1236 10 месяцев назад +2

      You always get that feeling when facing something monumentally overpowering, yet somewhere in the depths of the abyss lies a glimmer of hope you NEED to grasp onto…

  • @LeoYoshi54321
    @LeoYoshi54321 2 года назад +10

    On my most recent playthrough, Chompy was the one who ended up getting the final hit in. The Everlasting King, the supposed most powerful entity that you fight, taken down by a baby mother chomper. How fitting.

  • @BreadShowOfficial
    @BreadShowOfficial Год назад +11

    Leave it to an indie studio to somehow make more epic final boss themes then most triple a titles

  • @bencarrington3743
    @bencarrington3743 3 года назад +7

    Wasp King: I AM INEVITABLE!!!!!
    Kabuu, with Deep Taunt, Favorite One and Bubble Shield: ... and I am ... KABUU!!!

  • @Drewmdonde
    @Drewmdonde 4 года назад +26

    My favorite final boss theme. Everything about this song is just so damn good especially when the everlasting sapling leitmotif kicks in. This music really kept me going and set the atmosphere so well for an amazing final boss. My feels were all over the place during this fight what a great game and great soundtrack.

  • @skirdus367
    @skirdus367 4 года назад +70

    Over 600 likes and 0 dislikes.
    That is the power of Bug Fables

  • @kingLorshi
    @kingLorshi 2 года назад +10

    Just finished bug fables and did the quest where Kabbu grieves.
    Honestly phenomenal game. One of my favourites period.

  • @notedefinity
    @notedefinity 3 года назад +10

    2:10 this honestly symbolizes the final fight and no backing down, and there is only one option, I honestly equally love this theme as much as the Usurper,Grasping for power and The Watcher

  • @christianperkins9508
    @christianperkins9508 4 года назад +14

    After I finally beat this guy on hard mode, I felt so overwhelmed that I just collapsed on the ground like a bear skin rug for a minute. This was an absolutely BRUTAL battle with a phenomenal song that helped keep me going.

    • @speedymatt1236
      @speedymatt1236 10 месяцев назад +1

      As impressive as that task was, that wasn’t even the hardest challenge the game can muster…

  • @Ihazkirbro
    @Ihazkirbro 3 года назад +56

    1:41
    "if this is the end there's one thing we should know"
    "its that we would never ever let each other go"
    "here now we stand, here our hearts beat as one"
    "the road has been long but we've had our fun"
    "Our bonds and weapons they cut through the dark and bring back the light"
    "Now, hear us chant now as our souls begin to soar through the sky!"
    "Together, We are three, but we're one"
    "Together, Here we stand, fighting free"
    "Together, with each blow, we have won"
    "Together, By my side, stay with me"

  • @JezElectro13
    @JezElectro13 11 месяцев назад +7

    I love this fight. You TECHNICALLY kill a god, but he didn't managed to god for long enough to be a god, and also no sunlight, and Hoaxe ALMOST won. He ALMOST got what he wanted. While I would love for Hoaxe to somehow return, I feel like he had perfect ending. He wanted ultimate power, and he got it, yet he still lost. He wanted to be everlasting, he became everlasting. He was abandoned to live in Dead Lands, he returned and died in Dead Lands.

  • @MartanisIV
    @MartanisIV 3 года назад +40

    I had really high expectations for the final boss theme in this game. The soundtrack up to this point has been so good, and I was honestly a little scared it wouldn't be as good as I was hoping it to be.
    *Thankfully, I was wrong. This has become one of my new favourite final boss themes, going toe-to-toe with In The Final. Tristan Alric, you killed it with this OST my guy.*

    • @MisterRegretti
      @MisterRegretti 2 года назад +2

      TOE TO TOE WITH IN THE FINAL!?
      Well, i mean you're not wrong, so...

  • @cocoa2251
    @cocoa2251 Месяц назад +1

    i love the little twinkly synth in the background, helps to emphasize the magical properties of the sapling while also working with the other instruments to make it really *feel* like you're fighting a god

  • @JezElectro13
    @JezElectro13 11 месяцев назад +6

    2:33 I love this moment in particular. I can't describe why, especially in English, but I just love it.

  • @sovietdoge1554
    @sovietdoge1554 3 года назад +31

    YOUR 100% GUIDE TO TURN SOMEOnE INtO A TReE

    • @shady7919
      @shady7919 3 года назад +2

      Instructions unclear: became fox

    • @NeonWasInUse
      @NeonWasInUse 3 года назад +1

      Instructions Unclear: Ended up fighting an Arsonistic Hoverfly

    • @sovietdoge1554
      @sovietdoge1554 3 года назад

      @@NeonWasInUse yes

  • @tiptap2352
    @tiptap2352 4 года назад +88

    Remember explorers keep him off the ground and focus the relics! Let Kabbu hit him last. Since he's part plant now, he's vulnerable to Leif's Ice!

    • @azurda7483
      @azurda7483 4 года назад +3

      I used Fly Drop and Frigid Coffin over and over again. But why would you keep him off the ground?

    • @tiptap2352
      @tiptap2352 4 года назад +18

      @@azurda7483 He heals three health at the start of every turn he's on the ground.

    • @azurda7483
      @azurda7483 4 года назад +15

      @@tiptap2352 Aaaah, so that was the pattern. You know, between not knowing that, and having Luckier Day equipped on accident, I really made this fight harder for myself.

    • @megamike15
      @megamike15 4 года назад +7

      @@tiptap2352 had i known him being on the ground was made him heal it would not have taken me like 2 hours to finally beat this guy. that and i have huge issues blocking his fire attack.

    • @AliciaJewel
      @AliciaJewel 4 года назад

      I think him being on the ground also lets him use his strongest root attack. Shame I couldn't get that extra damage with Chompy, but it was worth not losing big chunks of my health.

  • @MegaBomberZX
    @MegaBomberZX 3 года назад +11

    Amazing setting:check
    Difficulty worthy of the name “Everlasting King”:check
    Instruments and Leitmotifs on point: check
    Worthy song title:
    ABSOLUTELY CHECK!!!!

    • @Mothbean
      @Mothbean 3 года назад +2

      My favorite thing is how the fight takes place on a fucking *kitchen table* and is still an incredibly climactic battle.

    • @MegaBomberZX
      @MegaBomberZX 3 года назад +1

      @@Mothbean IK RIGHT XD

  • @pizzaggio
    @pizzaggio 2 года назад +10

    Gotta love the little ultimax tank part at 1:55

  • @malacara1335
    @malacara1335 4 года назад +31

    You did great Tristan, thank you so much for your contribution to the game, wouldn't be half as good as it is without so many bangers, seriously.

  • @bussy420
    @bussy420 Год назад +7

    Who needs an everlasting sapling when you could just slap poison strat to a bee

  • @zememerr2329
    @zememerr2329 4 года назад +17

    Delicious,
    Finally, a good Paper Mario final battle once again

  • @aabattery5
    @aabattery5 4 года назад +12

    How does one simply compose a masterpiece like this?

  • @thevioletbee5879
    @thevioletbee5879 4 года назад +43

    God this fight was so fucking good. Two unmovable forces clashing against each other, constantly on the brink of failure, but never giving up. In the first attempt, my entire team had been brought down except for Kabbu, and I was barely getting by waiting for recharges on SP, failing just as the fucker was under 10 HP. And upon coming back with a better strategy (and a different medal setup), I got to enjoy a proper beatdown (albeit still a really challenging one). Not too hard like Xenoblade's (where I had to grind for the first time in the game, Jesus Christ), but not too easy like... Well, a lot of games. Absolutely perfect difficulty. Just like the rest of the game (except for that fucking post-game fight against those characters that deserve to be the stars of a sequel. Fuck that fight, I'm never going to be able to beat it).

    • @TMOR99
      @TMOR99 3 года назад +1

      It took me three months to beat that final fight, turning Vi into my poisoned glass cannon, Kabbu healing from attacking them (as well as them taking damage from attacking him) and Leif into my defensive one, freezing them with most of his turns. Lots of queens meals and tangy berry meals, too, and I still just barely won.

    • @cryptidcloud
      @cryptidcloud 3 года назад +1

      I'm assuming you're talking about the fight with the slackers (forgot their names). Just beat the game and barely beat maki and WOW yeah im gonna save that for another time. Hoaxe was a joke compared to the post game fights

    • @worldssmallestdestron7819
      @worldssmallestdestron7819 2 года назад +1

      I hope they make a sequel

  • @JorgelCrisp
    @JorgelCrisp 4 года назад +28

    Wasted 2 of my 3 queens dinners on this guy and wasn't expecting him to pull 2 extra health bars out of nowhere. Still, what a boss fight.

    • @ASquared544
      @ASquared544 4 года назад +6

      It’s not wasted if it’s well spent.

  • @ProfessorHanger
    @ProfessorHanger 3 года назад +9

    Maybe the Everlasting Sapling was the friends we've made along the way

  • @vipknight3280
    @vipknight3280 4 года назад +16

    I can't stop remembering this track so much... it's such a bop imagining the fight.