Good to see that Bomb Squad is still an interesting move to mess around with in the remake. Also, yeah, that third fight shows exactly why I refuse to start boss fights in Peril.
The audience members get back to live after the fights. I can confirm this by the fact that Luigi can be eaten by a piranha plant and we can still see him in Rogueport. @Koopatrol
@@nfcrafty5847 Yea but it's not the same you come up with other strategies that make it easy again. If you completely nuder yourself it just becomes a slog
Well, TTYD was never really designed with veterans in mind to begin with. It's very much meant to be a beginner's RPG. However, with how much flexibility its gameplay systems provide, I find that it still has a lot of challenge running potential.
I'm glad to see you back in my recommended now that the remaster is out! I used to watch a bunch of your challenges and boss battle videos and they were so good and high quality!
1:20 Real men barely avoid the rocks while being at peril. Seriously, i wonder if he waited just the right moment to attack or don't actually notice the crowd
OG MAN: 5 HP 18 Damage per strike. use flurry to blow off the floating swords. Equip many danger badges. Beat the bone guy in 3 or 4 turns. prerequisite: activate blue pipe and use bomb guy to access the lvl up guru MFer
According to my achievements list that I'm doing on my other channel's _x2 Combo_ playthrough, that last strat was a "One-Turn Liberation! - Win battles without the enemy ever getting their turn" (Mario technically had _three_ turns, but Cortez's got skipped by _phase changes_ rather than status effects, so I'd count it!)
@@GlitchythePumpkin Yeah, that'd be mine. I mostly do my browsing and commenting on WackoMcGoose, my personal account, while keeping my actual uploads to the one I'm commenting from now 👍
@@train4292 I'm glad someone noticed 👍 Half the achievement names I've got so far are references, like _The Price Is Wrong_ (fail the quiz show), _I'm Going Ghost_ (have an Audience Boo turn you invis), _Roll For Initiative_ (do 100 First Strikes), _What's Up, Doc?_ (get hit by 100 stage hazards), and so on. The entire idea came from ProtonJon's suuuuper old Battletoads 4 Player Race, where achievements popped up whenever a racer did something noteworthy...
In all seriousness, this guy and the other fight after this are utter jokes as bosses. The fact that the boss in chapter 2 is stronger than both of these bosses is funny to me.
A lot of battle timings definitely changed, and not _only_ because of the 30fps thing. The _fourth_ Power Bounce now has to be _frame perfect_ regardless of enemy, while the fifth allows multiple diminishing frames before back to frame-perfect on the eighth(?) onward... that's just the most obvious one I know of.
A reel men need 0 badge 0 counter 0 guard 0 stars 0 object 0 tactic 0 special fight fight like a men is only jump harmmer that all a reel men dont need anything besides is first
In both the original and remake, Bonetail (as well as the other two dragon)'s bite attacks are some of the few attacks in the game you can't guard or superguard at all A couple other attacks I know off the top of my head that also share that property are Marilyn's thunder and Bulky Bob-omb/Bob-ulk explosions
My rules for doing a peril setup before the fight are : if it's optimal, do it (unless you want a challenge) but I like the first peril setup because it's interesting to use the enemy attack + the spike unlike all the double dip point swap stuff
Hey Koop, need your help here - In the remake, Double Pain's description was updated to talk about having more than one, and the Wiki says multiple can be obtained now... But makes no mention of where or how to do so? Seriously I can't find the answer to this anywhere.
What is the name of the music that plays outside of his ship? Like, before you enter the fight? And the music that plays for the rest of chapter 4 after the 1st Doopliss fight?
I always felt Cortez was just too fragile to be a main chapter boss. Even without Power or Mega Rush, you can still reliably destroy each of his forms with a few Spin Jumps or badge attacks within three or four turns. Sure, he can still hit hard (and even then, you can guard or super-guard to minimize damage taken), but if he doesn't get a chance to attack (especially after he's changed forms), well... you know how it goes. If he had at least 35 HP for each form, then he might be threatening enough for a chapter boss.
I think he's a little weak because you have to go straight into Crump 2 without a heal right afterwards. At least, I don't think you get a heal? I already forgot and I just beat the remake like a week ago lul
@@plushifoxedyou can actually move around a bit before going back to ship, characters on the "town" area has unique dialog if you talk to them while the island is under attack too if i remember correctly
Definitely agree, the boss progression is a little wonky overall. You get Grubba at 60 HP which is cool, makes it a bit scary especially since we don't have power lift yet. Then, however, it feels like Doopliss is a pushover and then Cortez too. Both could use more HP for sure. While Cortez's total at 60 is decent, 20 per phase is really low, that's less (AND less attack!) than the Koopinator we face in Chapter 3 lol.
Yeah, TTYD is weird in terms of difficulty. Hooktail is a joke with the badge which is fair, but then in chapter 2 Magnus Von grapple is just as much of a joke even without a badge. Suddenly Macho Grubba spikes from 2/1 30 HP the last chapter to 4/0 60 HP with the ability to boost. Then Doopliss and Cortez/Crump are jokes, the former being weaker than a miniboss and the latter 2 at least matching Grubbas power but only technically matching Grubbas bulk because multiple phases. It's only with Smorg that something resembling an ordinary difficulty curve comes back.
Now the remake is out, I look forward to playing this game someday... But it's going to be so hard to not go into each boss fight with a specific solution from your channel, or just throwing myself at the boss on 1 hp and seeing if they instantly fall over or not.
I recommend trying to just go in without prep the first playthrough, its definitely fine to go in peril and see, but I prefer just going in full health the first time to get accustomed to guard timings and the such
5:21 ...Yeah, _why_ the surprised faces? Mario is behind the curtain with Cortez, why does he act like he _just_ sees him when it clears? Are his eyes actually _in the audience_ somehow?
I’m a real woman and I can say this is definitely not how I beat him. I don’t really play using danger or peril strategies, so that’s one difference. Two, I used Vivian as my partner for most of the battle. Three, me having the Double Pain badge active was basically my only similarity.
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Real men bring weird skull-shaped rocks, sing funny songs, and bargain ferociously with the pirate king
Real
Can confirm as a real woman that this isn't how I beat Cortez
Can confirm as a real enby that this isn't how I beat Cortez
As a real bedsheet I can confirm this ain't how I beat him either.
Not real woman
omg vivian ttyd real
As a fake man I can also confirm this isnt how I beat cortez cuz I haven't played the game
Let’s not overlook the fact that fighting Cortez like a real
Man also saves the lives of 50 audience members
Good to see that Bomb Squad is still an interesting move to mess around with in the remake. Also, yeah, that third fight shows exactly why I refuse to start boss fights in Peril.
that and trolling stage hazards
Cortez is one of the coolest bosses ever.
They should have made a Superboss version of him.
Imagine if its just the normal Cortez fight except we see what happens if Cortez never realizes Mario just wanted the crystal star.
HP: 58 (x3 technically) Attack: 7 Defense: 4
7 is a reference to the seven seas and 8 is a reference to all directions of a compass.
Cortez is the realest homie in the entire game
-fights with honor
-gives you the crystal star
-helps mario fight the x nauts
People seem to forget that (if you don't destroy him like I did), he murders innocent members in the audience by devouring their souls
The audience members get back to live after the fights. I can confirm this by the fact that Luigi can be eaten by a piranha plant and we can still see him in Rogueport. @Koopatrol
They got better.
Real men fight Cortez as an excuse to listen to his theme
Real
Peril mechanics out here fueling careers for 24 years and counting
its nice seeing you play the remake now on your channel. this game reallly needed this remake
I sincerely hope that they add in a "hard mode" in a patch update.
This game is so good, it just needs to appeal to veterans of the original as well.
This
Would be nice like give them new moves and maybe forms. Maybe give them a gimmick like the Mario RPG remake rematches
That's why I challenged myself to beat this game without any HP upgrades or HP badges 👍
@@nfcrafty5847 Yea but it's not the same you come up with other strategies that make it easy again. If you completely nuder yourself it just becomes a slog
Well, TTYD was never really designed with veterans in mind to begin with. It's very much meant to be a beginner's RPG. However, with how much flexibility its gameplay systems provide, I find that it still has a lot of challenge running potential.
Nahhhhh that 2nd strat was fire LOL
I don't know why it never occurred to me that you could damage yourself with bomb Squad. TIL.
You gotta spin jump into the water for extra style points
I'm glad to see you back in my recommended now that the remaster is out! I used to watch a bunch of your challenges and boss battle videos and they were so good and high quality!
Ever since I learned bomb squad strat, that's the only way I accept
If I were to ever mod TTYD, I'd give Cortez 5 more HP per form and 1 more defense, then give his weapons the mini-yux effect of protecting Cortez.
1:20 Real men barely avoid the rocks while being at peril. Seriously, i wonder if he waited just the right moment to attack or don't actually notice the crowd
OG MAN: 5 HP 18 Damage per strike. use flurry to blow off the floating swords. Equip many danger badges. Beat the bone guy in 3 or 4 turns. prerequisite: activate blue pipe and use bomb guy to access the lvl up guru MFer
According to my achievements list that I'm doing on my other channel's _x2 Combo_ playthrough, that last strat was a "One-Turn Liberation! - Win battles without the enemy ever getting their turn" (Mario technically had _three_ turns, but Cortez's got skipped by _phase changes_ rather than status effects, so I'd count it!)
Whats the channel called?
@@GlitchythePumpkin Yeah, that'd be mine. I mostly do my browsing and commenting on WackoMcGoose, my personal account, while keeping my actual uploads to the one I'm commenting from now 👍
Ty
Is that a battle network reference
@@train4292 I'm glad someone noticed 👍 Half the achievement names I've got so far are references, like _The Price Is Wrong_ (fail the quiz show), _I'm Going Ghost_ (have an Audience Boo turn you invis), _Roll For Initiative_ (do 100 First Strikes), _What's Up, Doc?_ (get hit by 100 stage hazards), and so on.
The entire idea came from ProtonJon's suuuuper old Battletoads 4 Player Race, where achievements popped up whenever a racer did something noteworthy...
Mega rush is sooo getting nerfed in the next game.
In all seriousness, this guy and the other fight after this are utter jokes as bosses. The fact that the boss in chapter 2 is stronger than both of these bosses is funny to me.
2:24 - I used Vivian's Fiery Jinx. What a dramatic ending lol. I also got the Merluvlee luck at the end; it doubled my Star Points to 64 😂
Can you make a version for fake men?
you mean Doopliss?
You mean cowards?
Yes plz Ill need to know for when I eventually play the game
Did you enjoy the remake? I think they did an excellent job, myself.
they really did good on the remake.
Fantastic remake, as good as as the OG.
Maybe you should retest some of your previous experiments from the previous TTYD on this game to see if it’s any different or not!
One thing that’s different the effectiveness of spin jumping on enemies in the field, the timing to land on the enemies are very very strict
A lot of battle timings definitely changed, and not _only_ because of the 30fps thing. The _fourth_ Power Bounce now has to be _frame perfect_ regardless of enemy, while the fifth allows multiple diminishing frames before back to frame-perfect on the eighth(?) onward... that's just the most obvious one I know of.
Yeah, like the Fire Drive Spam.
5:35 As someone who played the game casually, I can confirm this statement
here i am just using gale force on phase 3 then abusing cortez with 10 charged stampede
Koops after watching Mario just letting himself get chomped only to destroy Cortez :0
Omg 😂 these starts are so neat 🎉
Okay, first two i know but…the third….for real? LOL whyyyy xD
Me who spammed super blocks and power lift with Bobbery: 👁️👄👁️
Why does this chapter remind me of paper mario 64s chapter 2 and 5?
I get chapter 5, but chapter 2?
@@Commander-peeperschapter 2 because in 64 tutankoopa keeps giving you warnings and Cortez does the same
Simple¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@SapphyTheFraudthe thing is Tutankoopa goves the cliche warnings where he just acta like a demon
Cortez makes Monke noises bc why not
A reel men need 0 badge 0 counter 0 guard 0 stars 0 object 0 tactic 0 special fight fight like a men is only jump harmmer that all a reel men dont need anything besides is first
Can confirm as a real boy that this isn't how i beat Cortez
I can tell that they added more Spanish in his dialogue lol
As a Scarecrow, I seem to not understand real men-
Idk if is in the base game but even though you can superguard bonetail's bite you can still recieve damage from her, I guess its unvoidable
In both the original and remake, Bonetail (as well as the other two dragon)'s bite attacks are some of the few attacks in the game you can't guard or superguard at all
A couple other attacks I know off the top of my head that also share that property are Marilyn's thunder and Bulky Bob-omb/Bob-ulk explosions
the guard/superguard text spins away to indicate that the attack you just tried to guard ignores it.
this is just the same strategy every time. Mega rush, power rush
I get it, he is a joke boss as Mario could just need ask the Crystal Star but they could have raised his HP to 25 or 30.
3:40 Sado-Macho
OrangeFluffySheep (Something Awful, Final Fantasy Tactics), is that you?
My rules for doing a peril setup before the fight are : if it's optimal, do it (unless you want a challenge) but I like the first peril setup because it's interesting to use the enemy attack + the spike unlike all the double dip point swap stuff
Hey Koop, need your help here - In the remake, Double Pain's description was updated to talk about having more than one, and the Wiki says multiple can be obtained now... But makes no mention of where or how to do so? Seriously I can't find the answer to this anywhere.
Interesting, I wouldn't know because I'm not even finished the game yet.
Why does he kind of look like mangle when he's in his first phase? XD
What is the name of the music that plays outside of his ship? Like, before you enter the fight? And the music that plays for the rest of chapter 4 after the 1st Doopliss fight?
the Chapter names of the video thou
"This" "Is" Dumb"
I always felt Cortez was just too fragile to be a main chapter boss. Even without Power or Mega Rush, you can still reliably destroy each of his forms with a few Spin Jumps or badge attacks within three or four turns.
Sure, he can still hit hard (and even then, you can guard or super-guard to minimize damage taken), but if he doesn't get a chance to attack (especially after he's changed forms), well... you know how it goes. If he had at least 35 HP for each form, then he might be threatening enough for a chapter boss.
I think he's a little weak because you have to go straight into Crump 2 without a heal right afterwards. At least, I don't think you get a heal? I already forgot and I just beat the remake like a week ago lul
@@plushifoxedyou can actually move around a bit before going back to ship, characters on the "town" area has unique dialog if you talk to them while the island is under attack too if i remember correctly
Definitely agree, the boss progression is a little wonky overall. You get Grubba at 60 HP which is cool, makes it a bit scary especially since we don't have power lift yet. Then, however, it feels like Doopliss is a pushover and then Cortez too. Both could use more HP for sure. While Cortez's total at 60 is decent, 20 per phase is really low, that's less (AND less attack!) than the Koopinator we face in Chapter 3 lol.
@@plushifoxed If my memory serves correct, there was a heart box in a room just before you meet Cortez (for a second time).
Yeah, TTYD is weird in terms of difficulty. Hooktail is a joke with the badge which is fair, but then in chapter 2 Magnus Von grapple is just as much of a joke even without a badge. Suddenly Macho Grubba spikes from 2/1 30 HP the last chapter to 4/0 60 HP with the ability to boost. Then Doopliss and Cortez/Crump are jokes, the former being weaker than a miniboss and the latter 2 at least matching Grubbas power but only technically matching Grubbas bulk because multiple phases. It's only with Smorg that something resembling an ordinary difficulty curve comes back.
"I'll turn your mustache into a bone polisher!" 😳 Uh... is Cortez suggesting what I think he's suggesting?
So I'm a woman and love this game? XD
I’m probably gonna use “Danger Mario” for pit of 100 Trials
What if I'm a gamer? I'm not a human
Now the remake is out, I look forward to playing this game someday...
But it's going to be so hard to not go into each boss fight with a specific solution from your channel, or just throwing myself at the boss on 1 hp and seeing if they instantly fall over or not.
I recommend trying to just go in without prep the first playthrough, its definitely fine to go in peril and see, but I prefer just going in full health the first time to get accustomed to guard timings and the such
Real men don't have to rely dumb shit like power rush or mega rush tbh
As a real gender-questioning person, this is not how I'm likely to beat Cortez.
my strat:
1. power lift
2. fiery jinx
3. profit
5:21 ...Yeah, _why_ the surprised faces? Mario is behind the curtain with Cortez, why does he act like he _just_ sees him when it clears? Are his eyes actually _in the audience_ somehow?
I just use 5 hp with multiple Power rush badges to do 99+ damage
I’m a real woman and I can say this is definitely not how I beat him. I don’t really play using danger or peril strategies, so that’s one difference. Two, I used Vivian as my partner for most of the battle. Three, me having the Double Pain badge active was basically my only similarity.
Thanks for affirming me as a trans woman