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I was mentioning Rapid Hero to a friend a bit ago, and this made me remember the ridiculousness of the mech-suit guy you keep fighting in it.

Dude whistles for backup, goes super saiyan, and gets revealed as a giant ninja that fights you in space.

So I thought, surely there must be some other bosses or even regular enemies that were just ridiculous to face.

Perhaps you can name some? Aside from the aforementioned Rapid Hero, I always found the original Hibachi downright ridiculous. It's the wall of engrish that ruins the whole thing, or rather improves it by making it incredibly amusing.
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How about anything from Cho Aniki?

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egg_sanwich wrote:How about anything from Cho Aniki?
Yup, first thing that came to mind. I think this one takes the cake.
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I remember laughing my back off the first time I encountered this gangly ninny in deathsmiles 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyc38MnFhYQ&t=11m4s

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I'm reminded of that boss in Espgaluda 2 who has a screen of him just laughing at you, only to pull up more screens of him laughing at you the more you damage him
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clippa wrote:I remember laughing my back off the first time I encountered this gangly ninny in deathsmiles 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyc38MnFhYQ&t=11m4s

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One of the midbosses in Strikers 1945 stage 7.
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One of the bosses in God Panic (PCE CD) is Freddy Krueger + Jason Voorhees. :mrgreen:
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No mention of Catspider from Guwange? I always thought that was pretty goofy.
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Everyone knew that the first on the list would be that Cho Aniki boss, right?

Anyway, I like that Santa Claus from Boogie Wings. Personality crisis version.
He keeps turning evil and trying to shoot you, or being his nicer self and giving you presents.

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Kiwami Shooting the best.

Dimahoo's final boss makes everyone laugh the first time they fight it.
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clippa wrote:I remember laughing my back off the first time I encountered this gangly ninny in deathsmiles 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyc38MnFhYQ&t=11m4s

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Level 5 boss from Gynoug. Kind of a precursor to the Choaniki games.
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I don't know any shit funnier than a good number of the Bakuretsu Breaker bosses.

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Aww, no love yet for Mary, the random Giant Cow boss from Deathsmiles?
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The ha ha ha robot boss in Trouble Shooters is hilarious.
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Explosive breaker is A+ quality material. I can't believe I forgot about this thing.

Rather obscure one, but the final boss of Sol-Feace/Deace emerges from a wall and starts harmlessly flailing its limb-thingies as you gun it down. It is a completely anticlimactic ending and looks wacky as all hell.
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PAPER/ARTILLERY wrote:No mention of Catspider from Guwange? I always thought that was pretty goofy.
catspiders aren't funny
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Every Parodius bosses.
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Uncle Taco wrote:Aww, no love yet for Mary, the random Giant Cow boss from Deathsmiles?
I guess we got used to it.
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Fighting polygonal bees and a dog in psikyo's pilot kids.
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Some of the best shmups don't actually end in a vowel.
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Durandal wrote:I'm reminded of that boss in Espgaluda 2 who has a screen of him just laughing at you, only to pull up more screens of him laughing at you the more you damage him
Thanks for reminding me about him! He's really funny indeed. :mrgreen:
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Cyber Poppo from Twinbee Da!!
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Uncle Taco wrote:Aww, no love yet for Mary, the random Giant Cow boss from Deathsmiles?
Yes! Especially because Deathsmiles is otherwise grim and gothic, and totally thematically consistent -
then, out of the fucking blue, there's a giant cow.
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Yay for reviving a thread that's been dead for years, but how did no one mention Toilet Kids for PCE? The bosses are all literally some variation of giant asses, penises, or toilets that fire poo/pee bullets at you. They really did a number on this one

It has it's issues, but it's a somewhat fun game on it's own, except a few of the bosses requiring you to get in their face to hit certain areas with your ground bombs.
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Yukari Horiguchi from Castle of Shikigami III.
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MachineAres 1CC wrote:Yay for reviving a thread that's been dead for years, but how did no one mention Toilet Kids for PCE? The bosses are all literally some variation of giant asses, penises, or toilets that fire poo/pee bullets at you. They really did a number on this one

It has it's issues, but it's a somewhat fun game on it's own, except a few of the bosses requiring you to get in their face to hit certain areas with your ground bombs.
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MachineAres 1CC wrote:Yay for reviving a thread that's been dead for years, but how did no one mention Toilet Kids for PCE? The bosses are all literally some variation of giant asses, penises, or toilets that fire poo/pee bullets at you. They really did a number on this one

It has it's issues, but it's a somewhat fun game on it's own, except a few of the bosses requiring you to get in their face to hit certain areas with your ground bombs.
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