5 Best Mario Final Bosses!

So, Mario has appeared in a grand total of 167 different games in his lifetime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mario_games_by_year). It was a little difficult to sift through the games and try and find the best final bosses, but there are some really great ones that definitely stand out for me. I present to you, the 5 best bosses from any Mario game, in no particular order.

1. Giant Bowser - New Super Mario Bros. Wii

 

 

He's like 500x your size

Once you reach Bowser, he's relatively simple to take down. It's awkward because it's so easy, and you have just completed some of the hardest levels in any platforming game. Then he suddenly emerges from the lava as GIANT BOWSER and chases you out of his castle. Not only was this fight completely unexpected, but theres virtually no way to defeat him. Also, when he takes up a good 60% of your 52' Plasma TV, he really does seem overwhelmingly huge.

2. Donkey Kong - Donkey Kong

Angry monkey, throw barrel, steal woman!

The first villain in a Mario game, even before Mario was the main character. He's a great boss for a few reasons. First off, he's always on screen, waiting for you, taunting you and pelting you for minutes with barrels over and over. Second, he hits Mario at his heart, by stealing his beloved woman. Turns out Donkey Kong wasn't all that evil, simply confused and probably drugged up or something.

3. King Boo - Luigi's Mansion

King Boo pops out of Bowser's Head!

After playing through an entire game set in the Mario universe, and a game about a ghost-filled haunted mansion, you see very few of the classic Boos that you've seen in every other Mario game. Turns out the real Boo is hidden inside a fake bowser. Getting to this final boss was a nice treat because you finally saw the classic style Boo that you had grown up with in other Mario games. All the other ghosts in this game looked so weird and out of place.

4. Shadow Queen - Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door

Controlling Princess Peach

This boss was absolutely terrifying. Not only did she have creepy attacks, and creepy sound effects, but she just looks scary as hell. Her attacks consist of, glaring at you for massive damage, summoning hundreds of little hands to grope you with, draining life with her weird vibrating hand, and blasting out waves of dark energy. Definitely difficult, fun and atmospheric.

5. Smithy - Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Get in there with the Lazy Shell!

Reach Bowser's Castle in this game, and you end up in Smithy's Factory, where the bearded hammer-wielding king resides and creates his infinite army. He isnt terribly strong for the first part of the battle. He hits you with a giant sledge every so often, and creates some enemies. But once you enter the 2nd phase, all hell breaks loose. He is far stronger and more resilient and his head changes into a lot of random things like a tank, a wizard and a refrigerator. The background field you fight on is also just a bunch of his heads scatter all around. It's all a very surreal experience.