8:20 what makes this fight so cool is that it really sets the tone for the entire game. As a kid around 7 years old it seems like bowser had finally won and I wasn't even sure Mario could defeat him this time. The first time Bowser ever seemed like a genuine evil threat. He's always been a threat but never to this level. I'll never forget the feeling seeing Mario lose to Bowser that brutally. Idk if we have seen that again. But it made the final battle that much cooler as you were anticipating your long-awaited rematch.
I thought Fuzzipede's battle was actually quite memorable for a few reasons: • You're fighting someone who had hitherto been an unassuming NPC • The battle takes place in the belly of a whale • Fuzzipede's not really even all that bad of a guy, just cranky
My ranking of the Chapter bosses would be: 9-Goomba King 8-Tutan Koopa 7-Huff N Puff 6-General Guy 5-Koopa Bros. 4-Lava Piranha 3-Tubba Blubba 2-Crystal King 1-Bowser
What I especially appreciate Paper Mario for is that Bowser isn't demoted to play second fiddle to another boss. Bowser is THE boss and having another boss demote him to either a penultimate boss or ally just diminishes him greatly.
Me who beat both Kent C Koopa and Lava Piranha without ever noticing their weak points: - Oh... So this is why they were so stupidly hard compared to anything else...
@@haronka I remember as a kid being so blown away by Kent C. Koopa my friend and I convinced ourselves he couldn't be beaten without cheat codes. 😂 Then it occurred to me one day to save up my coins and just spam stone caps while Watt took him out. Didn't find out about his many weaknesses until years later. 🥴🤦
watt is actually second to bow power-wise, since bow can deal a clean 10 dmg with fan smack or more importantly simply give mario a second chance to attack while stalling through an enemy's attack using outta sight (it's goombella's rally wink except 0 fp instead of 4) which is effectively like a partner just being a second mario which especially in pm64 easily makes her far more broken than the other partners. especially since you get bow so early and her base rank contains outta sight she just trivializes any of the other characters ever being useful under normal circumstances
Great ranking! I understand why you didn't rank the triple anti-guy fight, but that's my favorite fight in the game. Such an intense challenge and I love how it feels like an actual punishment for failing the quiz.
Really enjoyed the list Opal, always good to watch Paper Mario content. Though, if you do plan on doing more lists like this, would you extend some of them into Thousand Year Door? For example, I feel like if you did a partners ranking going over both the games partner lists would be interesting to see, especially to note the differences between how both games handle them.
It's kind of hard to tell how much gameplay matters or doesn't on these rankings, it seems like it's mostly characterization. My man Huff N. Puff still got a good ranking anyway,
I would say my favorite fight is the Crystal King. I liked his design and his boss theme, and overall I just thought chapter 7 was the best because of the "murder" mystery at the beginning and the frozen theme. And once you get to the Crystal Palace, that eerie feeling from the music and puzzles and whatnot leading up to him just makes the fight seem more intense. Tubba Blubba would be a close second because the part where he chases you gives me anxiety every single time 😂 even though he is easy to outrun. And the heart, imo, is the first boss that can be slightly challenging. Gotta say, though...everyone talks about Huff N. Puff is difficult, and I never understood why. The only time I ever got a game over with him is by trying to do a low level playthrough. I honestly found Lava Piranha more difficult.
Honestly I pretty much agree with you, but if you've never played the game before and choose not to use guides, I think Huff N. Puff feels darn near impossible to beat. Every time you attack him he just heals in the next turn or 2. You can be 10 turns into his fight, about to die and he's still at full HP. Obviously once you grasp his mechanics or look up a guide his fight becomes essentially scripted and literally impossible to lose. But I think he trips up a lot of people as the hardest boss up until Crystal King 🤷
As someone who enjoyed the TTYD remaster but had never played the original version, I was expecting Smorg to be the same given I knew about Huff n Puff's reputation, though I have yet to really play much of PM64 after chapter 2 And yeah I got KO'd once by Smorg (specifically the claw one-shot my ass) but it is a bit of a shame that Smorg couldn't maintain that same reputation for me
I KNEW there was problem with the Lava Piranha fight on Switch. I thought it was just me but I couldn’t figure out why I was struggling with the timing despite playing this game dozens of times. Makes sense!
I beat anti guy when i first met him. I had the badge that gave a 30% miss chance when in danger, and the other with a general 10%. Dont remember the names. But yea. Game favored me HARD that fight. He missed like 4 times in a row 💀
I loved the fight with monstar on my no hp upgrades run because i used mega rush at 1 hp, power bounce, and super jump charge. absolutely creamed monstar.
That was a really nice top As a mostly dedicated to Paper Mario channel I quite agree with most of it and the reasons are really good too. Since you say this is your favorite game of all time, are you even in the Paper Mario Modding Server? (Formerly known as Star Rod) There are many and I mean Many mods to try, some just change a bit of gameplay, some have the same gameplay but a different story, new mechanics, there's a ton of stuff I believe someone like you would enjoy and there's a good amount of mods that you could play/stream/review for weeks and months even.
I ENCOUNTERED JUNIOR TROOPA 3 LITERALLY 20% THROUGH CHAPTER 3 😭 basically i wanted to use my super boots to unlock another part of the sewer, but instead encountered this idiot mostly a chapter early…it was a really hard fight
Huff n puff is simply the easiest boss in the game. Best way to do it is "S. Charge jump" and multi bounce the next turn, and fan smack with bow, he is legit done in 3 cycles😂
For me, the Jr. Troopa fights would all be dead last at the bottom of the list. The first fight and the spiked flying form fight would be the top two of this bottom tier. He wasn't funny the first time, having him come back once or even twice could at least abstractly resemble a joke, and he undercuts/undermines a lot of things that would have legitimately been fun or atmospheric from there on out. Anyone who thinks he was consistently funny has bad taste in comedy.
I do legitimately like the one where he loses half his health swimming to Lavalava and back. I think if it had been constrained to the first one, probably one during chapter 1, the Lavalava one, and maybe add an optional one you could add in to Shy Guy's Toybox via the questions it would be better. But eh
I mean I kinda wished the last one was handled better, but, other than that I don't mind the fights. Can't really say I care much for him as a character, but I like kicking his face in.
8:00 I’m playing Mario and Luigi Partners in Time currently and they do this quite often. Many bosses have you interact with other things in the battle to affect them.
8:20 what makes this fight so cool is that it really sets the tone for the entire game. As a kid around 7 years old it seems like bowser had finally won and I wasn't even sure Mario could defeat him this time. The first time Bowser ever seemed like a genuine evil threat. He's always been a threat but never to this level. I'll never forget the feeling seeing Mario lose to Bowser that brutally. Idk if we have seen that again. But it made the final battle that much cooler as you were anticipating your long-awaited rematch.
19:28 yo, Stryder7x love! Wishing them well, wherever they are
9- Goomba King
8- Tutankoopa
7- Tubba Blubba's Heart
6- Huff N Puff
5- Final Bowser
4- Lava Piranha
3- General Guy
2- Koopa Bros
1- Crystal King
I thought Fuzzipede's battle was actually quite memorable for a few reasons:
• You're fighting someone who had hitherto been an unassuming NPC
• The battle takes place in the belly of a whale
• Fuzzipede's not really even all that bad of a guy, just cranky
My ranking of the Chapter bosses would be:
9-Goomba King
8-Tutan Koopa
7-Huff N Puff
6-General Guy
5-Koopa Bros.
4-Lava Piranha
3-Tubba Blubba
2-Crystal King
1-Bowser
What I especially appreciate Paper Mario for is that Bowser isn't demoted to play second fiddle to another boss.
Bowser is THE boss and having another boss demote him to either a penultimate boss or ally just diminishes him greatly.
“Unfortunately named star child” 💀
true 😭
@@ARCHIVED9610 I had to name him starfy just so my parents didn't think I was calling some random person a twink.
@@Scribble2345 wait what's wrong with Twink
@@taleseylad1249 look it up
@@taleseylad1249 with caution
i love the stryder7x refrence you did at the antiguy segment. Cant have one paper mario video without even a mention of him
also, you think i wouldnt notice? you used the japaneese version of the final battle at the end. And This version of the theme is way batter
19:27 "And why i wouldn't base a youtube channel around him,"
Stryder7x:
I miss him so much man
Me who beat both Kent C Koopa and Lava Piranha without ever noticing their weak points:
- Oh... So this is why they were so stupidly hard compared to anything else...
@@haronka I remember as a kid being so blown away by Kent C. Koopa my friend and I convinced ourselves he couldn't be beaten without cheat codes. 😂 Then it occurred to me one day to save up my coins and just spam stone caps while Watt took him out.
Didn't find out about his many weaknesses until years later. 🥴🤦
There is anouther instince of fighting a future party member in the Paper Mario series: Luigi/Mr. L from Super Paper Mario
watt is actually second to bow power-wise, since bow can deal a clean 10 dmg with fan smack or more importantly simply give mario a second chance to attack while stalling through an enemy's attack using outta sight (it's goombella's rally wink except 0 fp instead of 4) which is effectively like a partner just being a second mario which especially in pm64 easily makes her far more broken than the other partners. especially since you get bow so early and her base rank contains outta sight she just trivializes any of the other characters ever being useful under normal circumstances
I finally caught the Kent C. Koopa Easter egg you put in there.
Too bad they dont make this kind of game anymore
Bug fables
@@jarrellfamily1422 I have it
@@rockowlgamer631 great 👍
i think they are trying to bring it back in
TTYD Remake: “hello there”
Great ranking! I understand why you didn't rank the triple anti-guy fight, but that's my favorite fight in the game. Such an intense challenge and I love how it feels like an actual punishment for failing the quiz.
There is another fight against a future party member in the Paper Mario series. You fight Bowser before he joins your party in Super.
Would Mr. L also count?
@@antonyc.7173 Yeah, that would count.
AND AN UNFORTUNATELY NAMED STAR CHILD the gay in me quaked hahahaha
Actually, there’s a simple explanation for why the Big Lantern Ghost is in Shy Guy’s Toy Box.
Lantern Ghosts are a variant of Shy Guy.
On my playthrough super blooper was guarding shrink stomp since I beat electro and small first because I was a idiot and couldn’t see the pipe
Really enjoyed the list Opal, always good to watch Paper Mario content.
Though, if you do plan on doing more lists like this, would you extend some of them into Thousand Year Door? For example, I feel like if you did a partners ranking going over both the games partner lists would be interesting to see, especially to note the differences between how both games handle them.
It's kind of hard to tell how much gameplay matters or doesn't on these rankings, it seems like it's mostly characterization. My man Huff N. Puff still got a good ranking anyway,
"Wouldn't base a RUclips channel around Anti Guy."
You don't mean Stryder7x, did you?
I'm so glad you ranked General Guy as high as you did. Biggest difficulty spike in the game IMO
My favorite boss in the game is anti guy. I don’t know why, but I just like how surprising he is when he attacks you for the first time.
I would say my favorite fight is the Crystal King. I liked his design and his boss theme, and overall I just thought chapter 7 was the best because of the "murder" mystery at the beginning and the frozen theme. And once you get to the Crystal Palace, that eerie feeling from the music and puzzles and whatnot leading up to him just makes the fight seem more intense.
Tubba Blubba would be a close second because the part where he chases you gives me anxiety every single time 😂 even though he is easy to outrun. And the heart, imo, is the first boss that can be slightly challenging.
Gotta say, though...everyone talks about Huff N. Puff is difficult, and I never understood why. The only time I ever got a game over with him is by trying to do a low level playthrough. I honestly found Lava Piranha more difficult.
Honestly I pretty much agree with you, but if you've never played the game before and choose not to use guides, I think Huff N. Puff feels darn near impossible to beat. Every time you attack him he just heals in the next turn or 2. You can be 10 turns into his fight, about to die and he's still at full HP.
Obviously once you grasp his mechanics or look up a guide his fight becomes essentially scripted and literally impossible to lose. But I think he trips up a lot of people as the hardest boss up until Crystal King 🤷
As someone who enjoyed the TTYD remaster but had never played the original version, I was expecting Smorg to be the same given I knew about Huff n Puff's reputation, though I have yet to really play much of PM64 after chapter 2
And yeah I got KO'd once by Smorg (specifically the claw one-shot my ass) but it is a bit of a shame that Smorg couldn't maintain that same reputation for me
Can't argue with your number 1. It's a legitimately cool final boss fight.
I KNEW there was problem with the Lava Piranha fight on Switch. I thought it was just me but I couldn’t figure out why I was struggling with the timing despite playing this game dozens of times. Makes sense!
Fun fact:you can fight the third jr troopa fight as soon as you unlock lady bow as your partner
and thats how i almost died 💀
I beat anti guy when i first met him. I had the badge that gave a 30% miss chance when in danger, and the other with a general 10%. Dont remember the names.
But yea. Game favored me HARD that fight. He missed like 4 times in a row 💀
19:27 are you jabbing at stryder7x?
Great content keep up good work😊
Hey Teal hope you reach the monetization marker before I do you deserve it more. Keep up the good work
Thanks lol. I already have well over the 4k hours of watch time so I just need to hit 1k subs now. I hope you reach it soon as well!
@Opal Reviews Everything well its been 3 years since I began an I only have 180 subs, I don't mind I'm doing youtube to make friends and play games
I hope so too.
I loved the fight with monstar on my no hp upgrades run because i used mega rush at 1 hp, power bounce, and super jump charge. absolutely creamed monstar.
That was a really nice top
As a mostly dedicated to Paper Mario channel I quite agree with most of it and the reasons are really good too.
Since you say this is your favorite game of all time, are you even in the Paper Mario Modding Server? (Formerly known as Star Rod)
There are many and I mean Many mods to try, some just change a bit of gameplay, some have the same gameplay but a different story, new mechanics, there's a ton of stuff I believe someone like you would enjoy and there's a good amount of mods that you could play/stream/review for weeks and months even.
Paper versions of games are always awesome for some reason
Super Mario Sticker Star
now rank the master quest versions
good video
Good video! Also why is general shy guys light blub so bright? Is that a result of nintendo rerelese?
Thank GOD they brought this back on the switch online. Was worried nintendo had forgotten about it.
100% agreed. Made recordint footage for this video easy as well.
But, you don't own the game on switch online.
This helped me actually play it for the first time after only ever playing (and beating) SPM, now i’m a big fan of the series!
more paper mario would be sick
I ENCOUNTERED JUNIOR TROOPA 3 LITERALLY 20% THROUGH CHAPTER 3 😭
basically i wanted to use my super boots to unlock another part of the sewer, but instead encountered this idiot mostly a chapter early…it was a really hard fight
The transphobe joke in the middle caught me off guard, I'm all here for it
Huff n puff is simply the easiest boss in the game.
Best way to do it is "S. Charge jump" and multi bounce the next turn, and fan smack with bow, he is legit done in 3 cycles😂
For me, the Jr. Troopa fights would all be dead last at the bottom of the list. The first fight and the spiked flying form fight would be the top two of this bottom tier.
He wasn't funny the first time, having him come back once or even twice could at least abstractly resemble a joke, and he undercuts/undermines a lot of things that would have legitimately been fun or atmospheric from there on out. Anyone who thinks he was consistently funny has bad taste in comedy.
I do legitimately like the one where he loses half his health swimming to Lavalava and back.
I think if it had been constrained to the first one, probably one during chapter 1, the Lavalava one, and maybe add an optional one you could add in to Shy Guy's Toybox via the questions it would be better.
But eh
I mean I kinda wished the last one was handled better, but, other than that I don't mind the fights.
Can't really say I care much for him as a character, but I like kicking his face in.
I Hope Paper Mario 64 is second!
Ttyd is the best paper mario change my mind
I love the transphobe slander ❤️
14:04 me i love being transphobic
8:00 I’m playing Mario and Luigi Partners in Time currently and they do this quite often. Many bosses have you interact with other things in the battle to affect them.