Me too. I remember playing the game for a few years. When I finally got good enough in normal, it scared the crap out of me when I first saw him. I used to play easy or normal (but wasn't fast enough) so I always see bowser defeated and win... and then the cutscene happened. That cutscene alone was terrifying at first.
It still is kind of unnerving, especially when you take into account that it’s a Mario character. I remember seeing my older sister get to this boss when I was like six. I was fucking traumatized. Nintendo is just for kids my ass!
@@thephantasm2408 Same can be said for SSBU. Namely, due to Dharkon. I mean, two things: one, he's a literal eyeball. Two, the ending where he drowns the world in darkness, then proceeds to stare into your soul for a few seconds...
I still remember the time when I first seen Giga Bowser. I thought I was finished with the game on Very Hard til I seen the words "STAGE CLEAR" not "GAME CLEAR" after I beat Normal Bowser. >_< Nintendo is sneaky...
This moment must have been really shocking for Nintendo fans, To see the Bowser that we all knew and loved to defeat, turn into this zombie like version of himself. Pretty freaking epic!!!!
It’s more like all of Bowser’s rage towards Mario takes over Bowser and turns him into this Kaiju version of himself. Funny enough Sakurai confirmed that this form of Bowser is what he envisioned his original sprite from Super Mario Bros to look like as a 3D model. Yep.
@@schaefer76 You are correct! Plus Sakurai has gone on record saying the original Bowser sprite from Super Mario Bros should’ve given off a more scary monster like appearance but was limited to NES capabilities. Giga Bowser is that idea brought to life and has NEVER appeared in a mainline Mario game before or after Giga Bowser’s creation in Melee.
This was one of the scariest gaming moments for me actually. When I was like 7/8, I played Melee on a hard difficulty and I saw this scary ass Bowser (Which I know is Giga Bowser a few years after, back then we had no computers in my house) and my GameCube froze at 1:14 and I was like what the fuck. NO one believed me because it never happen to them and my dad was like "You're watching too many horror movies & played too much Resident Evil." I WAS SO UPSET FOR YEARS AND THAT FACE HAUNTED ME FOR THE LONGEST BECAUSE I NEVER GOT THAT FIGHT AGAIN TILL YEARS AFTER.
+MyRecklessDesire Crazehness man. On the bright side, at least you were pro enough to get to the end to even see bowser in the first place, 7/8 I was like 10/11 last In remember playing melee like crazeh and I never made it to the end without dying at least twice so the master hands the only thing I remember fighting against let alone a GIGA Bowser! Know what just because I seen you pro out just now. I'm having fun playing SSBB right now, but I wanna play Melee like crazy now! =D Now If only I can find out where my dumb little brother placed it in the first place xS
+MyRecklessDesire I totally get what you're saying. It must have been intense. I got over my fear when I finally defeated Giga Bowser myself. I assume it was the same for you.
I first got this game in 2005 and played it all the time and never knew about Giga Bowser. I found about him in Brawl and in 2012 when I found out he was from Melee, I went back in my closet, pulled out Melee. I played that shit again and saw this cutscene and went "WTF??!!" LOL. I had the game for years and didn't know about him until 2012. Damn shame. LOL
Melee was my first Super Smash Bros game in 2004 or 2005. I never knew Giga Browser was in melee. I only thought that he was only in brawl. And i never unlocked all the characters except Falco, Dr. Mario, Pichu, and Ganondorf. I'm 16 years old and now i've realized that, i'm surprised right now.
Go Ku well i guess so. The only games i remember playing on the Gamecube was Sonic Adventure DX, Sonic Adventure 2 battle, Super Smash Bros Melee, Dragon Ball Z budokai 1, Super Mario Bros sunshine, Sonic Heroes, Naruto, Madden NFL 2005, Pokemon Colosseum and DX gale of darkness and Sonic riders. I was a big sonic fan. I only played on PS2 when even when i was like 6 i had an Wii.
I still can't stop laughing how the last couple of music notes at the end of the Giga Bowser battle fit with how he was killed especially how the last note played at the exact moment Giga Bowser exploded lmao
I was around 8 years old, when the bowser trophy came back up and turned into giga bowser, i literally screamed out '' WHAT IS THIS!?'' But, i controlled my fear and defeated him with no problem c:
I remember when I first encountered Giga Bowser...I shit myself and turned OFF the game. lol that was some crazy shit, but it made me love Melee even more! :D
My game froze when giga bowsers face was looking scary, so my 5 year old self peed on the ground, ran into my room, locked the door, and cried for like 20 minutes until my dad told me to shut up.
Giga Bowser was/is the greatest thing that ever happened in Smash Bros history. I remember fighting him for the first time in event mode and my mind was blown. Ever since then I always wanted to play as him, and I finally did in Brawl and Smash 4, but it's not the same since it's only Bowser's final smash. Oh well...
@Sol-Amar you have to do at least normal adventure or higher. Then, defeat bowser to get giga bowser optional fight. Of course, you have beat bowser boss before 18 minutes. 18 minutes as the total adventure time to arrive at final destination. Best way to remember this is just clear stages under minute and you will be ok.
I had this game when I was child, but I never knew about Giga Bowser until *today* , Sep. 20th 2018. How on earth did I manage to be unaware of it for 16 years?
@@HaloGaming08 Showdown is kind of easy once you know how to do it. The hardest challenge is to complete All-Star at very hard. Those twenty Mr Game and Watch make me rage quit every time
Oh man. Yeah I remember. Still have PTSD from that final event match. It took me 3 days of non stop playing. I stood up for 3 days playing the game one weekend trying to beat the event match.
For years the only to play a Giga Bowser was through action replay or something similar. But then came Super Smash Bros. Brawl and with the introduction of Final Smashes fans could final play as Giga Bowser legitimately. Also you left out the fact that you can't use any continues before reaching bowser if you want to fight Giga Bowser.
My first inkling that Giga Bowser existed was when I saw his trophy in my friend's Melee save file. But she hadn't faced him, her brother had, so she didn't know how to fight him. It wasn't until Brawl was being teased and I saw the big guy would be Bowser's Final Smash did I ever bother trying to face him. I managed it as Mewtwo, but it was really close.
***** Lol really? Dude, he didn't lose a stock against Bowser, OR Giga Bowser. I guess you're just like the best Smash player ever and everyone else is bad but you, right? xD I know your type...
I too have a story on one of my scariest gaming moments of going against Giga Bowser in Melee. I have to point out that when I was playing Melee I didn't know about Giga Bowser until Event Match #51. When I saw Bowser being huge and different, I was like "Why is Bowser huge and ugly?". I then looked it up on the internet and read up that you have to do certain requirements on going against him. I was shocked that I never found the secret (I always played every mode on the Very Easy difficult level to finish it early lol). So by the time I made it to Bowser and beat him (at the time I was shocked and questioned why was his color palette different from his usual green attire, until I was overjoyed that I met the criteria on the challenge). Until, the cutscene played... Holy shit, that scared the hell out of me as a kid, the idea that the Final Destination background is all pitch black, alone, Bowser's trophy somehow made it back on stage on its own and his transformation with those damn glowing eyes, it was very intimidating. I will never forget that image at all. Of course, I snapped out of it as soon as I fight him as the remix version of Final Destination played (which I'm ashamed that it never made it on the Sound Test in Melee) and won. I swore to never fight him again. Months later, I realized that I haven't gotten his trophy and I had to do it all again. But this time I finally conquered my fear against him and gotten the trophy. I'm glad Melee gave me alot of memories and a bit of nightmares from a really good game. :)
I was also in that unique group of kids that first discovered Giga Bowser in Event Match #51. I still nearly pooped myself when I finally discovered him in Adventure mode by accident, lol
When I first encountered Giga Bowser in Melee I was like "WTF you are totally kidding right now!?" I had dropped my controller on the floor about to shut down my GameCube then it vibrates I look up my mouth hit the floor and yes I got my ass beat he retaliated on a major tip! Pure Awesomeness!
How I first reacted: Defeated bowser, and slowly walks away from controller assuming his defeat then senses bowser's trophy slowly rise from the darkness and he sheds his inner shell and saw his true form. Me: we're at our endgame now huh?, so be it.😈
I picked this game up after not playing it for over 10 years. Realized I hadn't unlocked the Giga Bowser trophy (beating him without using continue). This shit is hard
I remember when i was 7 or 8 and my friend were trying speed run adventure mode and i chose yoshi and when i beat bowser, my friend was like NOOOOO and i had so much excitement but.....i saw bowser return back and me and my friend got scared lol my heart dropped and thought the game was hacked or something and then we see bowser turning into giga bowser and i was like WTF and my ass handed to me
Do You know whats ironic. The giga bowser trophy says something like good luck in defeating Giga Bowser, even though unlocking the trophy requires beating Giga Bowser.
I don't know how many times I lost to Giga Bowser until I finally beat him back then. Him and Crazy Hand really were more terrifying back then... probably because i was younger and not spoiled by hd. Now Giga Bowser doesn't look intimidating at all and i probably can rekt him with my eye closed. Though I'm glad Smash 4 introduced Master Core and Brawl introduced Tabuu (and others), both were pretty powerful foes that continued the introduction of fierce final bosses. Ehh, I don't know...
+NocturnalAgent I played melee a bit when I was 9 or 10, but I only ever did easy mode or very easy mode. I then returned when I was 12 or 13 and I was a lot better so I started doing Normal difficulty. Then I finally discovered tat giga bowser and crazy hand actually existed and I was so freaked out! Especially by giga bowser.
To be fair, I completely kicked Giga Bowser's ass on my first try, and with Roy of all people... It's not that hard unless you try to go airborne a lot (that fight was almost impossible with Kirby, it took me a lot to finally beat Giga Bowser with Kirby)
It's probably just based on the trope of dead creatures coming back to life via electricity sources such as a lightning bolt (Frankenstein's monster is probably the most famous example). After all, characters in the Super Smash Bros. series are essentially "dead" or at least in a comatose state when they are trophies. So, the lightning bolt causes Bowser to "rise from the dead", if you will, as a more grotesque form of his normal self.
Yep i just found that out on Instagram and I wanted to tell everybody that. I just got the Nintendo Switch and Pokemon Eevee with it so December here we come!
Giga Bowser is actually genuinely scary and intimidating. I never got to see this form as a kid, since I never got too far in Adventure Mode on Normal difficulty, but it's probably for the best. Giga Bowser would've made me shit myself. Imagine how cool it would be if, during the final act of the Mario movie, Bowser turns into Giga Bowser?
when i got to fight him, is was ready for the fight of my life, the music started, and my mom said that the screen said "stage clear" and i was asleep of the floor.
Some time after watching this video, I beleve it was recently, I beat Giga Bowser with DR.MARIO!...(I watched this about...I think it was sometime about 5-6 months ago, I also went back and beat the crap out of Crazy hand, because I can)
first time this happened to me "WHAAAAA ZOMBIE OF BOWSER GETTING REVENGE!!!" I didn't even know about event 51 yet which I always freaked out to see he had friends
I pretty much hate myself for not remembering Melee, even though it's been like 10 years since I had it. I don't remember any of this, especially when Mario... TURNED INVISIBLE?!
In my days of 2002 I played with young link and where bowser trophy falls and becomes giga bowser The first thing comes into my head was go to my bedroom but I did't do it Epic Battle
I was terrified of this shit as a kid. I just remember my leg was shaking uncontrollably when I fought him, I was soooo ecstatic when I beat him with Roy and got his trophy lol
SOLARFARLE The Beauty Queen i didn't know who Giga Browser was in Melee. I thought he was in brawl. I played melee since i was like 3 or 4 years. Now that I'm 16 years old, i was surprised.
This shit scared the crap out as a kid it was completely unexpected you though you've won when suddenly bowser returns for round 2 and turns into a hideous beast.
Sakurai says that Giga Bowser (as a Final Smash) doesn't flinch to any attack when hit. When he's done with that, he then talks about all the matches that Captain Falcon isn't in.
Bowser's Final Smash being his Giga form is actually brilliant because even if someone picks up Brawl, 4, or Ultimate as their first Smash game without any knowledge of Classic Mode in Melee, because to them, of course Bowser's Final Smash would be him becoming giant like he does in his final boss fights in the modern Mario games.
In the game intro, you can actually see bowser trophy being struck by lightning, but have to come across this to see what happens then. G(videogame)OAT
heres my story back when i was way younger i got own by giga bowser for first time battle with him and cry so badly, it got me by surprised the first time i saw this, after it took me days later because i no idea how to fight giga bowser again because no internet at the time i don't remember what year when internet became a thing for me but i finally beat him and it was my greatest accomplishment ever at the time and disappoint not knowing he was a just a boss char i thought i unlock giga bowser but i guess trophy works too so i can learn what the hack is this thing?
Nearly 15 years later and I never realized that the lightning striking Bowser's trophy in the intro was a reference to Giga Bowser.
You just blew my mind
I was thinking 'bout that the whole entire time
Clever foreshadowing.
Am I the only one who is creeped out by how Bowser's trophy just eerily rises out of the depths?
Nope im creeped out too.
+Zehro Games Absolutely not.
smg4: MARIO WHY DO I HAVE TO GET YOUR SPAGHTIE stupid -- oh god why
giga bowser: *roars*
smg4: Pese pants
So am I I'm also creeped out
I was even more creeped out by how it just broke on the floor when you beat it, basically killing not just Giga Bowser, but regular Bowser for good.
Funny, Giga Bowser seemed so much bigger when I was 12.
I thought so too.
Same
Right? He was the scariest shit when I was an unprepared child.
I think he was bigger in Brawl so that might be a bit of where there is some sort of stuff of him looking bigger in Melee
I'm a little ashamed to admit it but; The first time I saw Giga Bowser's into, it scared the sh*t outta me.
So did we all my friend....
So did we all...
Me too. I remember playing the game for a few years. When I finally got good enough in normal, it scared the crap out of me when I first saw him. I used to play easy or normal (but wasn't fast enough) so I always see bowser defeated and win... and then the cutscene happened. That cutscene alone was terrifying at first.
It still is kind of unnerving, especially when you take into account that it’s a Mario character.
I remember seeing my older sister get to this boss when I was like six. I was fucking traumatized.
Nintendo is just for kids my ass!
@@shinkenger2011 SSBM didnt play around lol
@@thephantasm2408 Same can be said for SSBU. Namely, due to Dharkon. I mean, two things: one, he's a literal eyeball. Two, the ending where he drowns the world in darkness, then proceeds to stare into your soul for a few seconds...
The freeze frame right after Bowser has transformed is kind of the point where you void your bowels and realize just how screwed you are.
I still remember the time when I first seen Giga Bowser. I thought I was finished with the game on Very Hard til I seen the words "STAGE CLEAR" not "GAME CLEAR" after I beat Normal Bowser. >_<
Nintendo is sneaky...
look it up kid.
I'm good...I'm not perfect and so are you.
thank you :D
:/
Lol, well would you look at that.
Good observing dude. 👌
This moment must have been really shocking for Nintendo fans, To see the Bowser that we all knew and loved to defeat, turn into this zombie like version of himself. Pretty freaking epic!!!!
He's more like a kaiju than a zombie.
It’s more like all of Bowser’s rage towards Mario takes over Bowser and turns him into this Kaiju version of himself. Funny enough Sakurai confirmed that this form of Bowser is what he envisioned his original sprite from Super Mario Bros to look like as a 3D model. Yep.
@@leohernandez8751 You mean to tell me that this is what Sakurai imagined when he saw the original Bowser sprite
That is freaking awesome
@@schaefer76 You are correct! Plus Sakurai has gone on record saying the original Bowser sprite from Super Mario Bros should’ve given off a more scary monster like appearance but was limited to NES capabilities. Giga Bowser is that idea brought to life and has NEVER appeared in a mainline Mario game before or after Giga Bowser’s creation in Melee.
This was one of the scariest gaming moments for me actually. When I was like 7/8, I played Melee on a hard difficulty and I saw this scary ass Bowser (Which I know is Giga Bowser a few years after, back then we had no computers in my house) and my GameCube froze at 1:14 and I was like what the fuck. NO one believed me because it never happen to them and my dad was like "You're watching too many horror movies & played too much Resident Evil." I WAS SO UPSET FOR YEARS AND THAT FACE HAUNTED ME FOR THE LONGEST BECAUSE I NEVER GOT THAT FIGHT AGAIN TILL YEARS AFTER.
+MyRecklessDesire Did you at least prove them wrong?
Pussy
+MyRecklessDesire Crazehness man. On the bright side, at least you were pro enough to get to the end to even see bowser in the first place, 7/8 I was like 10/11 last In remember playing melee like crazeh and I never made it to the end without dying at least twice so the master hands the only thing I remember fighting against let alone a GIGA Bowser! Know what just because I seen you pro out just now. I'm having fun playing SSBB right now, but I wanna play Melee like crazy now! =D
Now If only I can find out where my dumb little brother placed it in the first place xS
+Todd Enrico Bully
+MyRecklessDesire I totally get what you're saying. It must have been intense. I got over my fear when I finally defeated Giga Bowser myself. I assume it was the same for you.
"Mario's greatest enemy has become even greater."
Truer words have never been spoken.
I first got this game in 2005 and played it all the time and never knew about Giga Bowser. I found about him in Brawl and in 2012 when I found out he was from Melee, I went back in my closet, pulled out Melee. I played that shit again and saw this cutscene and went "WTF??!!" LOL. I had the game for years and didn't know about him until 2012. Damn shame. LOL
Took me 17 years to get mew..
Melee was my first Super Smash Bros game in 2004 or 2005. I never knew Giga Browser was in melee. I only thought that he was only in brawl. And i never unlocked all the characters except Falco, Dr. Mario, Pichu, and Ganondorf. I'm 16 years old and now i've realized that, i'm surprised right now.
Camaniyack wait so you’ve been playing smash since you were 2-3 years old?
Go Ku well i guess so. The only games i remember playing on the Gamecube was Sonic Adventure DX, Sonic Adventure 2 battle, Super Smash Bros Melee, Dragon Ball Z budokai 1, Super Mario Bros sunshine, Sonic Heroes, Naruto, Madden NFL 2005, Pokemon Colosseum and DX gale of darkness and Sonic riders. I was a big sonic fan. I only played on PS2 when even when i was like 6 i had an Wii.
Go Ku I was born in late 2001. My older brother taught me how to play videos games because he was 10 years older than me
Rip anybody who's game freezes at 1:14
The Batter E for everyone they said
It’s fun for the whole family they said
Actually it was T for teen but kids still played it
@@Nightwolf--og3du cuz rules are dumb
I still can't stop laughing how the last couple of music notes at the end of the Giga Bowser battle fit with how he was killed especially how the last note played at the exact moment Giga Bowser exploded lmao
Through all the countless hours I spent on this game as akid, I never knew about this. Wow, really strange feeling.
Well, now you know who the final boss is. :)
ActiveReplay AR well more like the TRUE final boss.
Same, I always played it on very easy mode.
Same
Same
I was around 8 years old, when the bowser trophy came back up and turned into giga bowser, i literally screamed out '' WHAT IS THIS!?'' But, i controlled my fear and defeated him with no problem c:
I think we ALL had that reaction. Whether as a kid OR an adult.
The way how it comes out with no context is what makes it intimidating
Is anybody else here getting a feeling of nostalgia?
I remember playing giga Bowser as a kid on medium. Man when he poped back up again and turned into...that...i was like "WHAT THE FUUUUUUUCK?!"
Tell me you actually said that when you saw that cutscene as a kid.
@@GlitchanBlack I actually said what the hell and never cussed as a kid lmao
I remember when I first encountered Giga Bowser...I shit myself and turned OFF the game. lol that was some crazy shit, but it made me love Melee even more! :D
JP Sleeps I can see why lol
JP Sleeps to be honest I could never get to fight him as a kid because the requirements to fight him were too hard for me
as a kid
why u like melee its overrated
Well I guess it's a bit overrated but the game is really good that's why a lot of people like it and also he's allowed to have a opinion.
My game froze when giga bowsers face was looking scary, so my 5 year old self peed on the ground, ran into my room, locked the door, and cried for like 20 minutes until my dad told me to shut up.
that cutscene scared me when i was younger, still does kinda
same, that scream is engraved into my head
That last 3 hit combo where charges with his fist, uppercuts him then sends him flying.........
.....that was fucking clean.
Giga Bowser was/is the greatest thing that ever happened in Smash Bros history. I remember fighting him for the first time in event mode and my mind was blown. Ever since then I always wanted to play as him, and I finally did in Brawl and Smash 4, but it's not the same since it's only Bowser's final smash. Oh well...
+Ben Zafrir I agree. They should do something similar at least to make up for it.
Ben Zafrir mods/glitches? See like where have you been
smash remix:
Of all my years of playing this game, I never knew Giga Bowser existed in Melee until now.
You missed out, it’s way more intense seeing it unexpected as a kid haha.
@@zendevil6965How do you get to fight him? I never knew either and I unlocked all the characters and stages.
@Sol-Amar you have to do at least normal adventure or higher. Then, defeat bowser to get giga bowser optional fight.
Of course, you have beat bowser boss before 18 minutes. 18 minutes as the total adventure time to arrive at final destination.
Best way to remember this is just clear stages under minute and you will be ok.
What I find most unsettling is after the battle when his trophy falls back down, it straight up shatters like he was actually killed
I had this game when I was child, but I never knew about Giga Bowser until *today* , Sep. 20th 2018. How on earth did I manage to be unaware of it for 16 years?
I mean they don't tell you exactly how to unlock it
I didn't know about Giga Bowser until Brawl.
It’s because you never played Adventure mode on Normal difficulty or higher.
@@gamertoon8230 Or beat it within 18 minutes without using continues.
I've had this game for almost 11 years now and I'm still discovering new secrets.
I've had this game for 13 years and I've now discovered Giant Bowser.
it's...taking you that long? It only took me a few months to know everything about this game! xD
+lobstertrainfilms I love it when that happens with video games.
Gabriel Ganzevoort Lucky you.
You figured it out before the Internet got big. LOL
Anybody remember the final event level? I still have nightmares...
andrew schmidt oh, that’s nothing... just wait til World of Light
Great now I’m getting horrible Pauline spirit battle flashbacks.
@@HaloGaming08 Showdown is kind of easy once you know how to do it. The hardest challenge is to complete All-Star at very hard. Those twenty Mr Game and Watch make me rage quit every time
Oh man. Yeah I remember. Still have PTSD from that final event match. It took me 3 days of non stop playing. I stood up for 3 days playing the game one weekend trying to beat the event match.
Giga Bowser was the definition of childhood nightmare fuel
*1:14** W O K E 🅱*
For years the only to play a Giga Bowser was through action replay or something similar. But then came Super Smash Bros. Brawl and with the introduction of Final Smashes fans could final play as Giga Bowser legitimately.
Also you left out the fact that you can't use any continues before reaching bowser if you want to fight Giga Bowser.
You also gotta play through adventure mode in under 18 minutes too
Oh right, the way Melee was intended to be played.
what
Are you talking about the competitive scene
Very comforted in knowing I wasn't the only 12 year old creeped out by the whose rising of Bowser and turning into Giga Bowser cutscene
Like I've been saying for a long time...Mario is a superhero.
But you can beat Giga Bowser with any character :V
EVEN BOWSER HIMSELF CAN BEAT GIGA BOWSER.
But it doesn't feel the same if it isn't Mario the one to beat him
My first inkling that Giga Bowser existed was when I saw his trophy in my friend's Melee save file. But she hadn't faced him, her brother had, so she didn't know how to fight him. It wasn't until Brawl was being teased and I saw the big guy would be Bowser's Final Smash did I ever bother trying to face him. I managed it as Mewtwo, but it was really close.
That is one Good Mario player.
***** Lol really? Dude, he didn't lose a stock against Bowser, OR Giga Bowser. I guess you're just like the best Smash player ever and everyone else is bad but you, right? xD I know your type...
And then I look at mango, scorpion master
Unlawful Potato
He wish he was the type.
Unlawful Potato It's on Normal... It is pretty easy to 1 stock adventure on normal...
#ScorpaDorp
I too have a story on one of my scariest gaming moments of going against Giga Bowser in Melee. I have to point out that when I was playing Melee I didn't know about Giga Bowser until Event Match #51. When I saw Bowser being huge and different, I was like "Why is Bowser huge and ugly?". I then looked it up on the internet and read up that you have to do certain requirements on going against him. I was shocked that I never found the secret (I always played every mode on the Very Easy difficult level to finish it early lol). So by the time I made it to Bowser and beat him (at the time I was shocked and questioned why was his color palette different from his usual green attire, until I was overjoyed that I met the criteria on the challenge). Until, the cutscene played... Holy shit, that scared the hell out of me as a kid, the idea that the Final Destination background is all pitch black, alone, Bowser's trophy somehow made it back on stage on its own and his transformation with those damn glowing eyes, it was very intimidating. I will never forget that image at all. Of course, I snapped out of it as soon as I fight him as the remix version of Final Destination played (which I'm ashamed that it never made it on the Sound Test in Melee) and won. I swore to never fight him again. Months later, I realized that I haven't gotten his trophy and I had to do it all again. But this time I finally conquered my fear against him and gotten the trophy. I'm glad Melee gave me alot of memories and a bit of nightmares from a really good game. :)
I was also in that unique group of kids that first discovered Giga Bowser in Event Match #51.
I still nearly pooped myself when I finally discovered him in Adventure mode by accident, lol
that part creeped me out at 1:05
+tobythefamousone Me too, especially when it's your first time and you are not expecting it!
tobythefamousone same
Always has, always will
GUYS GIGA BOWSER IS BACK AS A BOSS IN SMASH ULTIMATE AND IT HAS THE SAME MUSIC!!
HEY EVERYONE! GIGA BOWSER RETURNS AS A CLASSIC MODE BOSS IN SUPER SMASH BROS ULTIMATE!!!
And World Of Light.
They could have remastered these scenes for it
I like how Giga Bowser's entrance made it seem like he was shedding his trophy like it was some kinda thing he sheds off like a snake
So many memories :).. But this scared me when I was like 7-8... Like THE FUCK. THE MUSIC/ THE FREEZE. MY GOD.
I think we all came here to relive our fear of the very short and haunting cut scene after you defeat regular bowser
I'd love to see Giga Bowser in an actual "New Super Mario Brothers" game. That'd be Badass.
I used to imagine that. Also it would be cool in a Mario and Luigi game, they kind of did it with paper jam but it wasn’t the same.
When I first encountered Giga Bowser in Melee I was like "WTF you are totally kidding right now!?" I had dropped my controller on the floor about to shut down my GameCube then it vibrates I look up my mouth hit the floor and yes I got my ass beat he retaliated on a major tip! Pure Awesomeness!
I would imagine if Bowser will turn himself into Giga Bowser in the Super Mario Bros movie
How I first reacted: Defeated bowser, and slowly walks away from controller assuming his defeat then senses bowser's trophy slowly rise from the darkness and he sheds his inner shell and saw his true form.
Me: we're at our endgame now huh?, so be it.😈
I picked this game up after not playing it for over 10 years. Realized I hadn't unlocked the Giga Bowser trophy (beating him without using continue).
This shit is hard
+Trey Waka Yeah...
Wait until you get to event 51.
@@isabellev.2483 He's at least easier to beat there.
Here, he has to be over 200% to KO him.
My respect for Bowser skyrocketed when I first fought his Giga form; I was like O_O
Even watching this now as an adult Giga Bowser's glowing eyes FREAK ME THE F*** OUT
Giga Bowser is actually kind of frightening.
It was only made worse when I saw someone say "long live the king" when he transformed
I remember when i was 7 or 8 and my friend were trying speed run adventure mode and i chose yoshi and when i beat bowser, my friend was like NOOOOO and i had so much excitement but.....i saw bowser return back and me and my friend got scared lol my heart dropped and thought the game was hacked or something and then we see bowser turning into giga bowser and i was like WTF and my ass handed to me
Do You know whats ironic. The giga bowser trophy says something like good luck in defeating Giga Bowser, even though unlocking the trophy requires beating Giga Bowser.
I don't know how many times I lost to Giga Bowser until I finally beat him back then. Him and Crazy Hand really were more terrifying back then... probably because i was younger and not spoiled by hd. Now Giga Bowser doesn't look intimidating at all and i probably can rekt him with my eye closed. Though I'm glad Smash 4 introduced Master Core and Brawl introduced Tabuu (and others), both were pretty powerful foes that continued the introduction of fierce final bosses. Ehh, I don't know...
+Aaronix788 Wait what?
+NocturnalAgent I played melee a bit when I was 9 or 10, but I only ever did easy mode or very easy mode. I then returned when I was 12 or 13 and I was a lot better so I started doing Normal difficulty. Then I finally discovered tat giga bowser and crazy hand actually existed and I was so freaked out! Especially by giga bowser.
NocturnalAgent
how can hd spoil you lol
To be fair, I completely kicked Giga Bowser's ass on my first try, and with Roy of all people... It's not that hard unless you try to go airborne a lot (that fight was almost impossible with Kirby, it took me a lot to finally beat Giga Bowser with Kirby)
Im surprised this wasn't posted sooner
everybody gangsta till lightning strikes the trophy
Thanks for telling us how to fight him. I never knew you could ever fight him. Honestly
1:07 OK!? How does lightning make a goddamm Bowser trophy turns into a nightmare Bowser!?
Redguy idek myself. Giga Browser is on some drugs rn or he mad as shit like when Jiren was going to lose to Goku in Dragon Ball Super.
Lol wut?
It's probably just based on the trope of dead creatures coming back to life via electricity sources such as a lightning bolt (Frankenstein's monster is probably the most famous example). After all, characters in the Super Smash Bros. series are essentially "dead" or at least in a comatose state when they are trophies. So, the lightning bolt causes Bowser to "rise from the dead", if you will, as a more grotesque form of his normal self.
I think it was the power of Master Hand as the creative spirit that sent Bowser back with a menacing form
shitting bricks like it was 2001 XD
I remember my first encounter... "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH -almost destroys controller with button mashing-"
Damn, you make the fight look so easy...
+MyPlasmaPlatypus I've got a feeling I may have gotten up to Giga Bowser once in Melee, but lost the battle against him.
waterfieldV I haven't played melee yet but if I do, I'll probably get thrashed by Giga Bowser.
Giga Bowser theme and Metal Mario theme are the best themes of this game....
Giga Bowser is back as a mario boss in the classic mode
Yep i just found that out on Instagram and I wanted to tell everybody that. I just got the Nintendo Switch and Pokemon Eevee with it so December here we come!
If RareWare made this game with Hal Laboratory before leaving Nintendo.... it would have been epic to play!
Melee is an epic game. I'm saying that it would have been more epic if RareWare worked on it.
imagine...banjo kicking giga bowsers ass or conker punching him god thats gotta be ASWESOME
Giga Bowser is actually genuinely scary and intimidating. I never got to see this form as a kid, since I never got too far in Adventure Mode on Normal difficulty, but it's probably for the best. Giga Bowser would've made me shit myself.
Imagine how cool it would be if, during the final act of the Mario movie, Bowser turns into Giga Bowser?
1:05 1:08 1:10 OH MY LORD!!! This Is 100% Super Extremely Horrifying, Scariest, And Terrifying Than I Thought!
First time I encountered Giga Bowser, I was about 6
I literally paused the game at that point, and didn't play for 2 days, because I was so scared
I was so happy when i beat all levels perfectly with peach, i had no clue what i was in for once giga bowser appeared.
when i got to fight him, is was ready for the fight of my life, the music started, and my mom said that the screen said "stage clear" and i was asleep of the floor.
So what happened?
Some time after watching this video, I beleve it was recently, I beat Giga Bowser with DR.MARIO!...(I watched this about...I think it was sometime about 5-6 months ago, I also went back and beat the crap out of Crazy hand, because I can)
I remember when i fought bowser. he scared the shit out of me after he"evolved"
first time this happened to me
"WHAAAAA ZOMBIE OF BOWSER GETTING REVENGE!!!"
I didn't even know about event 51 yet which I always freaked out to see he had friends
Nice. I like beating Giga Bowser with Gannondorf. Watching him him try to attack when I repeatedly pressing A is so funny.
Congratulations, your Bowser evolved into Giga Bowser!
That was a nice combo at the end of the vid
¡And a nice finishing pose! (The jump pose when the results shown up)
ShadowSpiral yep
9 Years old me : "wait! I- can't beat that!."
I pretty much hate myself for not remembering Melee, even though it's been like 10 years since I had it. I don't remember any of this, especially when Mario... TURNED INVISIBLE?!
Sakurai’s edgy Mario OC
8 years and I've never seen this happen.
First time I saw giga bowser I was on the internet and I felt my heart stop
The fact that it plays an unnerving tone and the scene stops when Giga Bowser's eyes flashed makes it look terrifying
In my days of 2002 I played with young link and where bowser trophy falls and becomes giga bowser The first thing comes into my head was go to my bedroom but I did't do it
Epic Battle
Giga Bowser looks hilariously easy.
I played this a lot when I was a kid and I never knew you could do this in Adventure mode.
Same here melee was my first Super Smash Bros. I thought there was only Master Hand and Crazy hand. And also i didn't unlocked all the characters.
Camaniyack I only played (very) easy mode and I never knew you could fight crazy hand.
@@isabellev.2483 i was born in late 2001 and my older brother is 10 years in a half older than me. He taught me how to play videos games.
I remember when me and my friend were little, giga bowser was impossible to beat
Jesus, he looks terrifying even today!
I was terrified of this shit as a kid. I just remember my leg was shaking uncontrollably when I fought him, I was soooo ecstatic when I beat him with Roy and got his trophy lol
crazy hand and gigas appearence felt so amazing
I can't tell what's more creepier, the light on giga bowser's eyes when he roars, or the music through the whole cutscene
I discovered Giga Bowser by accident long time ago.
SOLARFARLE The Beauty Queen i didn't know who Giga Browser was in Melee. I thought he was in brawl. I played melee since i was like 3 or 4 years. Now that I'm 16 years old, i was surprised.
@@TillShivers I didn't even know he was even in Melee until like 2011 when I tried to beat the game on normal for the first time.
1:11 Giga bowser
1:13 I like the way he opens his mouth
1:12 scared the absolute shit out of me when I was a kid.
A bit disappointing that he's easy. A bigger Bowser should be doing more damage and knockback.
Then again, the description says this was being played on normal.
For everyone being scared of this:
Play Smash 4 on 9.0, it's way scarier the first time
This shit scared the crap out as a kid it was completely unexpected you though you've won when suddenly bowser returns for round 2 and turns into a hideous beast.
Sakurai says that Giga Bowser (as a Final Smash) doesn't flinch to any attack when hit. When he's done with that, he then talks about all the matches that Captain Falcon isn't in.
Bowser's Final Smash being his Giga form is actually brilliant because even if someone picks up Brawl, 4, or Ultimate as their first Smash game without any knowledge of Classic Mode in Melee, because to them, of course Bowser's Final Smash would be him becoming giant like he does in his final boss fights in the modern Mario games.
In the game intro, you can actually see bowser trophy being struck by lightning, but have to come across this to see what happens then. G(videogame)OAT
Bowser is playable in the hack version of smash 64: smash remix along with his giga form
heres my story back when i was way younger i got own by giga bowser for first time battle with him and cry so badly, it got me by surprised the first time i saw this, after it took me days later because i no idea how to fight giga bowser again because no internet at the time i don't remember what year when internet became a thing for me but i finally beat him and it was my greatest accomplishment ever at the time and disappoint not knowing he was a just a boss char i thought i unlock giga bowser but i guess trophy works too so i can learn what the hack is this thing?
Same. I had nightmares for a week STRAIGHT!
You forgot to mention if Bowser is black instead of is normal greenish color that easily tells if you beat him you'll go against Giga Bowser.
Whatever you say.
But I'm telling you, it's true, you're just afraid to admit it.