That's what happened to my aunt who bought KH1 for my cousin and I when we were really young, they thought "oh Disney! This is a kids game.". And not even the adults could beat the game
Well he wasn't totally wrong. KH is directed towards a younger audience, but they know there's a more hardcore fanbase that loves Critical mode & Data bosses.
Top 5 gameplay wise: 1. Yozora (KH3) 2. Data Xemnas (KH3) 3. Data Marluxia (KH3) 4. Sephiroth (KH2) 5. Data Xion (KH3) Top 5 in story context: 1. Roxas (KH2) 2. Guardians vs Vessels (KH3) 3. Xion (Days) (pls remake this game Square) 4. Xemnas (KH2) 5. Riku-Ansem (KH1)
1: Final Xemnas, the entire atmosphere of that against a being for all intents and purposes is empty on the inside malice in his voice as he give you the final speech before the fight begins,and the final sequence is oh so beautiful, 2: KH 3: ReMind Xehanort, While yes the base game Xehanort fight fell a little flat comparing it to other final bosses, in Re-Mind they actually fixed his fight and I very much prefer it to his original an entire new move set to learn, using 13 No-Name Keyblades behind him, and in his armor I really wish this was the Xehanort Fight we got in base KH 3, 3: KH 3 Saix, Saix has always been one of my favorite Organization 13 Members cause of his Berserk gimmick which really makes you think and time your attack and tests your patience for his gauge to run out and onslaught him with attacks + with the added Addition of Roxas and Xion on your side for this battle, really makes any 358/2 Day's fans really happy
The Xion boss fight and cutscene in 358/2 days will always stick with me. I don’t normally get super emotionally invested in a story but watching her fall apart in Roxas’s hands made me cry.
Top 5 fights in the whole Series (for me) 1: Roxas/Data Roxas (Ngl I almost cried when bro died) 2: Final Xemnas/Normal Xemnas (KH2FM) 3: Sethiroth (KH2FM) 4: Lingering Will 5: Terra-Nort (BBSFM)
My favorite of all time is Roxas, Xion, Axel vs Saix and Xemnas. The connection I have with Kingdom Hearts started with Roxas. So having that fight be so emotional is what makes it top tier
For me, I had a similar experience to your Severov in KH2 but in the vanilla version of KH one I remember, shivering with excitement when I finally got him to the yellow bar of health only for him to pull out a new move and finish me off again That combined with my heavy nostalgia for the Disney Classics got me hooked on this amazing series
Alright, ill give my own top 3 in the entire series and why. 1. Julius: Although being a secret boss post-game for Triple D, he's the player's ultimate test in both patience and how well you've mastered Sora's and Riku's abilities. And although you can use Balloonga to counter him, if you take on the Frankenstein pete normally, you will learn to HUG that glide button and FEAR his lightning fists. Getting hit by his lightning fists will cancel one of your commands, or rapidly cancel them if he has lightning in his fists and he does his butt scoot. 2. Master Xehanort: All that pain. All that suffering that was caused onto Sora, all of it has led to this final clash between light and dark in KH3. Keep on your toes or he will make you fear him. Hes even more aggressive in his Data battle, so watch out! 3. Final Mans-err I mean Xemnas- The most satisfying fight in KH2. Fitting that its the finale of the game. Need I say more? Honorable mention: Hydra - GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK
Wait, hold on, I need more clarification on the section from 9:10 to 9:22 Yes, they added in the battle between Roxas and Xion (which was missing in the original PS3 release), but your wording makes it sound like they added *more* combat to that fight scene, and also other separate combat scenes ("more fight scene*s* later down the line") As far as I know, the Xion fight was the only scene that was added in an update, and there were never any updates beyond that, riiiight...? (Also I'm surprised that Lingering Will and Yozora aren't on this list! They're the hardest, but I find them to be the series' most phenomenal battles)
Amazing work man, your content is amazing, keep it up. In terms of best boss fights for me, it would have to be 1. Roxas (KH2) 2. Xemnas (KH2) 3. Data Xion (KH3) 4. Yozora (KH3) 5. Final Ansem (KH1) Honourable mentions: The 3 elemental titans from olympus (KH3) The final wolf boss in frozen (KH3) You fight a massive wolf, how can that not be cool.
I really loved Lingering Will's boss fight when Final Mix finally came out. That was what I saw on UA-cam back in the day that I thought was people hacking the game
Maybe its not a boss battle but my favorite is at the end of 3 when you get to use all the players keyblades against the darkness Just pure joy culminating from a long time worth of love for the series and waiting forever so when i saw all those keyblades it was a joy I cant describe
Sephiroth was the ultimate challenge for me when i first played KH2. I played the original PS2 release, and i had even went getting my hands on Ultima Weapon, intending on beating him with it, only to forget to switch to the thing and best him with the Kingdom Key
I’ve played almost every KH game, yet Roxas/Data Roxas from 2 is still my favorite. Not only is Roxas my favorite character so being able to fight him is super cool, but this fight shows exactly what KH boss design should be in my opinion. Almost all of Roxas’ attacks can be parried or avoided if you learn their tells. With enough practice, Roxas goes from a frustrating fight to one of the most fun to replay. In terms of other amazing KH fights, Xemnas from 2, Yozora from 3, Davy Jones from 3, and the Re:Coded Trickmaster fight are some others I love.
Best 3 boss fights in my opinion… 1. Roxas from KH2 2. Terra-Xehanort from Terra’s Story in Birth By Sleep 3. Young Xehanort from Dream Drop Distance Keep in mind these have nothing to do with difficulty or skill level but Moreso with environmental design and how much fun these boss battles were for me… I love those 3 boss fights to the core…
Something I would add to the xion entry is that her special attacks in each world are the ones you would use as sora in KH1, using sonic blade in wonderland, ars arcanum in agrabah and the ball thingy in halloween town
My top 3 favorites, 3. Davy Jones (KH3) This is a bit of an extreme guilty pleasure of mine because he's pretty easy and he has very little significance as a character, but everything else is awesome. The boss themes in KH3 are some of the GOATs, they all create a huge sense of proportion and just generally make you feel really cool. On top of that, the setting of the fight is one of my favorites, being in the maelstrom with the kraken doing things and affecting the fight in different ways. The visual changes that the Pirates world has against every other world in the series is jarring yet cool if nothing else, but in this fight it escalates it to help it feel even larger than it already was. It's also a pretty satisfying fight, with his constant movement and disorientation. I also love the cutscene beforehand, where Davy Jones kills Will and then Sora Donald and Goofy jump him as if they were mugging him, like he isn't a near immortal sea god thing, it's hilarious. 2. Roxas (KH2) I love Roxas as a character, one of my favorites in the games. Gameplay wise, all of his attacks conglomerate to create a boss fight that really doesn't feel like any other boss in the series. He has his own identity from his attacks alone. He has one of the best reaction commands in the game, giving you an obsurd power trip from the 3 Keyblades at once. In terms of story, it's rare for a boss fight in a game to make me sad (most of the boss fights that do make me sad are in the KH series), but this fight and its theme kind of depress me. More than anything else, this fight is essentially a massive, desperate burst of rage by a man who was never supposed to exist, having everything he had gained in the short time that he had existed taken away from him because a dude (Sora) he's never met needed him to give it all up. 1. Lingering Will. Just a perfect boss fight, I think. Always keeping you moving, always keeping you careful, forcing you to learn what he does and how to play around it. His theme is also among my favorite of all time in terms of video game music.
KH bosses and especially 2 and 3 with remind has some of the best bosses overall. Till today Final Xemnas is my favorite Boss of all time. As remind came Data Xemnas was the hardest for me to beat. I adored every lost of him just because he was so amazing. If I have to rank the bosses I would say 1. Final Xemnas 2. Remind Data Xemnas 3. Remind Data Xigbar (because my favorite Organization member) 4. Roxas 5. Data Xion 6. KH2 Data Luxord 7. Lingering Will 8. Terranort with Aqua at the final episode. 9. Sephiroth both 1 and 2 10. Riku ansem. He is my favorite Boss if KH1 but I just cherish everyone above him so much more because I have much more memories of them.
Even though its side content I still love the armor of eraqus fight from bbs. The fight is slightly different for each character. With the ost master tell me the truth you really do get the feels as well. Its like the final step before becoming a keyblade master. I love that normura puts so much meaning even into the story even when its locked behind optional content.
And in the og psp final mix version you could do that fight and no heart in coop so if you fight it with terra aqua and ventus,that meant that armor of eraqus could acces each different style depending of who he grab with his chains
I would have to say my top 5 boss battles would be 1. Lingering Will 2. Final Xemnas 3. Xehanort (kh3) 4. Roxas (kh2) 5. Marluxia (kh2) I enjoy these battles because of the feel of these battles and I love the satisfaction that I received from finally beating these battles. Especially the lingering will because it took me 3 days to beat him lol
One of my favorite boss fights from kingdom hearts is Marluxia from re chain of memories. Not only does he have a third phase, but he can make you lose all of your cards with a move called Whirlwind to the Void. He also can instantly kill you with doom if you dont break his chain of cards within 6 seconds.
the sora vs rinsler just gave me an idea in kh4 maybe we shouldn’t fight vader initially but befriend anakin then fight him as vader in the sequels could be a lot more emotional
The Riku fight was easy for me in KH1, but you know which one really got me? The Maleficent Dragon. I probably sat through that cutscene 13+ times before I realized I should summon Tink 😭
As a teenager I modded my ps2 to play KH2 Final Mix (and also bought the Game from japan, so yeah I was Happy to see every FM Cutscene in KH2.5) Possessed Riku is also my favorite Boss and the Boss i had the most Problems with on my lvl1 Run. In Sephiroth fights. for me KH1 Sephiroth was harder
I've always been partial to the Groundshaker fight. I LOVE it. The huge arena and the fact that the boss itself is pretty much part of the stage is crazy fun. Wish you could go back and replay the normal bosses like with the data org.
I remember my brother and I spending hours trying to beat Sephiroth in KH2 back in the early days. He got close a few times but I kept getting floored. But one day, after hours of grinding and item crafting elixers (we had that thick guidebook), I took another stab at it. I got him down to 4 health bars and called my brother in. He just watched in awe as I finally beat Sephiroth and got bragging rights. Which didn't last long as he decided to try and got him right after me.
Great Top!! So many good memories, including the one about the ps2 KH2 Final Mix; I remember watching with my friends videos of people fighting the other organization XIII members and we were wondering how they unlocked them 😂
I swear to god 12 year old me doing proud mode riku, I was able to quote that entire cutscene by heart by the time I was done doing the original game and to this day it haunts my dreams.
11:37 I don't know what to believe anymore because I swear that when I played the ps2 version, I fought Roxas(no limit form, completely western). So either I hallucinated that entire fight, or I played a super secret rare version that added the Roxas fight...
I have no idea how SW stumbled upon sephiroth as a kid. I was like 15, knew exactly that sephiroth is one of secret bosses and couldn't find him, until seeing solution.
Beating Sephiroth back on the PS2 version of KH2 was peak for me, I didn't even finish the secret bosses for the first game until the PS3 version. Sephiroth was just an experience.
One boss battle I had a personal connection with was the data Riku from Kingdom hearts recoded I swear that boss may have taken me 3 months but it was like I was beating myself up 😭 due to the fact that I see a lot of myself in Riku and he's like a son to and he's like a son to me so that far far as one of the best nights I've had even though it made me want to tear my hair out and I was stuck on it for an entire summer vacation
3 Roxas so emotional so great 2 ansem xamnas and young xeohneart riku sora and mickey fighting together was everything 1 xemnas dream drop distance I just fought that guy for more than 4 months
3 is Riku vs Sora in KH1, I love up and personal fights in games and this was one of the best. 2. Is sephiroth vs Sora in kh2, this one kept me on my toes the who match. Everytime I died it felt fair if you mess up with anything sephiroth will kill you when he get the chance. Honorable mention is Sora and Riku vs Xemnas. This fight was very tense and honestly had one of the best moments in gaming history with Sora and Riku deflecting the lasers. 1. For me is Sora vs Roxas in Kh2. This fight bought so much emotion out of me. You can feel the rage of Roxas just by the way he fights and how you have to be on defense most of the fight. This is the fight that shows you Roxas emotion through gameplay. The music the emotion and the battle is the best Kingdom hearts had in a battle and is definitely my favorite.
The fight against Ansem Riku on Hollow Bastion is pretty good storywise but is not so difficult as it seems. Accessoires which reduce dark damage are pretty good and reduce his damage output very much. For his desperation move I thought back than on ps2 that is was extremly hard until I got that it can be easily dodged. The battle Arena is nearly a circle. Just on on point it is slightly of, the point in the opposite of the door of darkness. Ansem Riku's first strike of his dm goes always on that point and after that no other of the hits. So just jump over the first strike and wait on the point until his dm is over
The first time I played through KH1 I was able to play through the whole game without dying. Until I go to the final boss. Which everyone was confused about.
3. Xaldin(KH2) this guy was the cuff on the back of the head I needed to actually start analyzing the movesets of bosses and experimenting with Different tactics instead of just button mashing. Thanks Dilan you helped me to "git gud". 2. AntiAqua(KH3), more symbolic if anything... If Rinzler being a corrupted Tron made you feel hopeless... seeing Aqua say "You're too late" sent me over the edge... I knew KH3 was gonna hit hard with the big feels as Xehanort's plan hit it's peak but that's another thing. If fighting a corrupted party member was horrible try fighting A corrupted main character! Aqua was dealing with some dark feelings throughout BBS and 0.2 but she still felt like the least likely to be corrupted! Damn I love KH3 for the emotional rollercoaster of it's plot! 1. Data Xion(KH3:remind) take the difficulty of Xaldin, the emotional rollercoaster also backing AntiAqua, then multiply both by Zetta. That's Xion in Remind for me... the fight itself tore me asunder if Seeing Xion as a boss in the series didn't cause enough problems. My goodness this boss is Peak KH combat right here and peak emotional storytelling for the series... there's so much more than that but I don't think I can explain enough within the Character limi
My top 3 boss battles would be: 3.) Xion (358). Credit where it's due, this fight i felt was a major build up to what would give us insight to Roxas pre-kh2. And it didnt disappoint (though most of the game still did) 2.) Cerberus (KH2). Im just a sucker for Auron, and getting to team up with him just made me giddy 😄. 1.) Sai'x (KH3: Re:Mind). Getting to play as Roxas and team up with Axel and Xion, seeing their big Limit attack, all the background behind it, just culminating into this fight where the 3 get to reunite AND fight for and with each other was just all around fantastic for me
3 bosses for me, Ansem in Dark Destiny Islands, Roxas in The World That Never Was, and Darkside in various. Ansem in Dark Islands was such a pain for me, for the life of me I would become a human punching bag for the guy as I tried desperately to fight him. Eventually, I just decided to get some help and watch a guide to learn some tricks. I figured out he had a rhythm to his attacks which was the key to beating him, which led to me going back in one last time and beating him with barely a scratch, it felt so liberating to finally beat him. Roxas. . . do I need to explain further? 'Cause I'm gonna. Lots of games have iconic boss fights where the boss is a dark reflection of us, Samus had Dark Samus, Link has Dark Link, and Sora has Roxas. That's what's so cool about these fights, we're fighting another version of ourselves, but Roxas plays it different since most others are bad for the sake of it, Roxas though just wants to know why it has to be that he shouldn't exist but Sora does. That little bit adds that finishing touch of feeling, sadness in that we can't give him the answer he's looking for, and this kind of emotional response is so incredibly rare to come by, that inevitable sadness, which makes Roxas so iconic. Darkside might seem unique since it's almost always relegated to the tutorial boss, it's designed to be a minor inconvenience, even in KH3 they stripped its name away during the tutorial and just called it "Big Heartless", but that doesn't fly with me. I think it might be that I first played KH1 on PS2 without a save card, meaning if the game ever turned off, back to the beginning I go, and Darkside would always be there to greet me. I think somehow through that turn of events, Darkside became my bro, I always found it so creepy yet interesting how Darkside would first appear crawling out of Sora's shadow, since I never got to the Shadow Sora section of Hallow Bastion, I assumed Darkside was the darkness in Sora's heart which scratches that evil you boss I like so much, as said with Roxas. Every time I see this guy, I get a little smile on my face, my friend has come back for another friendly wrestling match, and I aim not to disappoint.
My favorite boss ever is Final Xemnas in KH2, the multiple phases with some of Yoko Shimomura’s finest work in the background and some of the most badass moments with Reaction Commands ever just make this fight the epitome of EPIC. The only boss fights since to come close were the Eikon / Dominant bosses in Final Fantasy XVI, particularly Hugo Kupka / Titan.
Top 3: #3: Aqua vs Terranort (BBS) #2. Sora and Kairi vs Master Xehanort (KH3) #1. Sora and Riku vs Mansex (KH2) I went with one per game to be more fair. Honorable mentions go to Davy Jones, Groundshaker, Lingering Will, and all data battles from 3 (including Yozora)
Instead of a normal top 5 or whatever, I’ll just list my favorite per game (well… most of them): KH1: Kurt Zisa. The first boss that I simply could not beat as a kid. My favorite Heartless design of all time (biased) and one of the biggest yet most mobile in the entire series. KH2: Lingering Will. Could it really be anything else? One of the best tests of strength I could ask for in a game. Plus it helped me decide who my favorite character is. It really just opened the floodgates for the possibilities of what a Keyblade Wielder could do. BBS: Possessed Terra. (“Terranort” whatever) Technically two different bosses but they’re both so good. It’s always fun when the bosses use moves that you have too, but also the scenes that accompany each fight are so powerful that I’m always hyped for every playthrough. KH0.2: Zodiac Phantom Aqua. This fight scared me bro. This was one of the few fights that you simply could not power through on your own. She was almost as difficult as Lingering Will and it felt so satisfying to learn every attack and opening. KH3: Dark Inferno. I understand that it was a super easy bossfight in the grand scheme of KH3, but while we waited for that DLC it kept me so entertained. Not only does it look like one of my favorite KH1 Heartless, but it moves around so fast and it’s attacks are so cool to watch. It’s like if KH2’s Valor Form spent some time training in DBZ. And since it wasn’t super hard to beat, I often used it to practice my Keyblade Transformations since those usually just plow through heartless before they can even blink. Also it might end up being important later in the story after what we heard from Dark Inferno X.
I thought Rinzler was a joke. How the HELL did Lingering Will or Yozora not make this list??? I’m shoook. Anyways my top 10 is: 10. Final Xehanort (from Remind) 9. Xemnas (KH2) 8. Sephiroth (KH2) 7. Data Xemnas (KH3) 6. Ansem (KH1) 5. Controversial but Sköll (KH3) 4. Chernabog (KH1) 3. Lingering Will (KH2) 2. Data Marluxia (KH3) 1. Yozora
Top for me: All data battles in KH2 ans 3 except Data Luxord, Larxene (KH2) and Data Replica Rico (KH3). If you want a list: 1. Data Roxas 2. Data Marluxia (KH2) 3. Data Xion 4. Data Xemnas (KH3) 5. Data Larxene (KH3) 6. Yozora 7. Data Saix (KH2) 8. Sephiroth (KH2) 9. Lingering Will 10. (I dunno, the others data)
For me #1 is Lingering Will, nothing was more satisfying than beating him on critical mode, it took me like 3 days to fully understand his moveset and beat him. The only downside is that you get his Keyblade as a reward.
1. Yozora kh3 2. Xion data kh3 3. Sephioth kh2 I actually beat xion the first time I fought her, which was on crit and boy there were a few very close calls but she was one of the most fun fights in kh3 If I could pick a 4th it would be the ….. inferno? I forget it’s name but even though it wasn’t particularly difficult I still found it super fun
My top 10 Kingdom Hearts bosses. 10. Data Xion (KH3R) 9. Aqua vs Terranort (KHBBS) 8. Master Xehanort (KH3) 7. Sephiroth (KH1 & 2) 6. Yozora (KH3) 5. Guardians of Light vs The 13 Seekers of Darkness (KH3) 4. Roxas (KH2FM) 3. Roxas vs Axel (KH2) 2. Lingering Will (KH2FM) Honorable Mentions: Sora, Riku, and Mickey vs Ansem, Xemnas, and Young Xehanort (KH3) Roxas vs Xion (KH358/2 Days) Sora vs Ansem (KH1) Sora vs Luxord (KH2) Terra vs Vanitas & Master Xehanort (KHBBS) Xianyu (KH2) Sora vs Data Xemnas (KH3R) 1. Xemnas (KH2)
For me, it was the 3-v-3 against the ‘Norts. 20 years of emotional turmoil crammed into one epic fight and the best boss theme from KH3 which, in my opinion, should have been part of the final boss fight against Mas. Xehanort.
"Kairi's inside me?"
"Kairi's inside me?"
"Kairi's inside me?"
"Kairi's inside-" *BROKEN TV NOISES*
Watching my friend who goes hardcore into souls games take 3 months to beat Yozora was genuinely hilarious after listening to him call KH a kids game
hi Adam
That's what happened to my aunt who bought KH1 for my cousin and I when we were really young, they thought "oh Disney! This is a kids game.". And not even the adults could beat the game
Well he wasn't totally wrong. KH is directed towards a younger audience, but they know there's a more hardcore fanbase that loves Critical mode & Data bosses.
LMAO
I hve a friend that’s super into Dark Souls and taken jives at the KH series. He couldn’t beat Ansem in KH1
Top 5 gameplay wise:
1. Yozora (KH3)
2. Data Xemnas (KH3)
3. Data Marluxia (KH3)
4. Sephiroth (KH2)
5. Data Xion (KH3)
Top 5 in story context:
1. Roxas (KH2)
2. Guardians vs Vessels (KH3)
3. Xion (Days) (pls remake this game Square)
4. Xemnas (KH2)
5. Riku-Ansem (KH1)
PLEASE give me a days remake
Based
marluxia goes SO HARD man
Datafights are dogshit
pls give us a days remake without this annoying tetris item and spells system and this weird cure spells@@enlightenedblade171
1. Yozora
2. Lingering will
3. Final boss Xemnas
Calling sitting up a stat boost is so wholesome, we've all got that feeling
"There's no way you're taking Kairi's heart!" is THE Kingdom Hearts line to me... purely because of how many times I lost in that damn battle.
"There's no way you're taking Kairi's HeArT" still haunts me to this day
The moment you said the ranking being meaningful or memorable to you I basically yelled "DERS NO WAY UR TAKIN KAIRIS HART"
1: Final Xemnas, the entire atmosphere of that against a being for all intents and purposes is empty on the inside malice in his voice as he give you the final speech before the fight begins,and the final sequence is oh so beautiful, 2: KH 3: ReMind Xehanort, While yes the base game Xehanort fight fell a little flat comparing it to other final bosses, in Re-Mind they actually fixed his fight and I very much prefer it to his original an entire new move set to learn, using 13 No-Name Keyblades behind him, and in his armor I really wish this was the Xehanort Fight we got in base KH 3, 3: KH 3 Saix, Saix has always been one of my favorite Organization 13 Members cause of his Berserk gimmick which really makes you think and time your attack and tests your patience for his gauge to run out and onslaught him with attacks + with the added Addition of Roxas and Xion on your side for this battle, really makes any 358/2 Day's fans really happy
14:50 those words are etched into my memory. This was the fight that walled me the first time I played KH1
The Xion boss fight and cutscene in 358/2 days will always stick with me. I don’t normally get super emotionally invested in a story but watching her fall apart in Roxas’s hands made me cry.
Wooo! Love your KH content! Currently replaying the series again😂
PS5?
Top 5 fights in the whole Series (for me)
1: Roxas/Data Roxas (Ngl I almost cried when bro died)
2: Final Xemnas/Normal Xemnas (KH2FM)
3: Sethiroth (KH2FM)
4: Lingering Will
5: Terra-Nort (BBSFM)
My favorite of all time is Roxas, Xion, Axel vs Saix and Xemnas.
The connection I have with Kingdom Hearts started with Roxas. So having that fight be so emotional is what makes it top tier
Oh my god the amount of times I have heard: “It is I, ansem, the seeker of darkness.” Riku beat me to the ground as a kid
Proud owner of the Platinum trophies for KH1&2. The torture. The pain. THE HOURS!
For me, I had a similar experience to your Severov in KH2 but in the vanilla version of KH one I remember, shivering with excitement when I finally got him to the yellow bar of health only for him to pull out a new move and finish me off again That combined with my heavy nostalgia for the Disney Classics got me hooked on this amazing series
Alright, ill give my own top 3 in the entire series and why.
1. Julius: Although being a secret boss post-game for Triple D, he's the player's ultimate test in both patience and how well you've mastered Sora's and Riku's abilities. And although you can use Balloonga to counter him, if you take on the Frankenstein pete normally, you will learn to HUG that glide button and FEAR his lightning fists. Getting hit by his lightning fists will cancel one of your commands, or rapidly cancel them if he has lightning in his fists and he does his butt scoot.
2. Master Xehanort: All that pain. All that suffering that was caused onto Sora, all of it has led to this final clash between light and dark in KH3. Keep on your toes or he will make you fear him. Hes even more aggressive in his Data battle, so watch out!
3. Final Mans-err I mean Xemnas- The most satisfying fight in KH2. Fitting that its the finale of the game. Need I say more?
Honorable mention: Hydra - GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK
Top 5:
1. Master Xehanort (KH3)
2. Xemnas (KH3)
3. Lingering Will (KH2)
4. Sephiroth (KH2)
5. Dark Inferno (KH3)
Honorable Mentions:
Ansem, Seeker of Darkness (KH3)
Sephiroth (KH1)
Saix (KH3)
I'm with you in loving Limit Cut Xemnas. Not only difficult, but such a fun boss fight with the little mixups.
Wait, hold on, I need more clarification on the section from 9:10 to 9:22
Yes, they added in the battle between Roxas and Xion (which was missing in the original PS3 release), but your wording makes it sound like they added *more* combat to that fight scene, and also other separate combat scenes ("more fight scene*s* later down the line")
As far as I know, the Xion fight was the only scene that was added in an update, and there were never any updates beyond that, riiiight...?
(Also I'm surprised that Lingering Will and Yozora aren't on this list! They're the hardest, but I find them to be the series' most phenomenal battles)
1:19 You referenced my favourite Kingdom Hearts song and l thank you for that
Amazing work man, your content is amazing, keep it up. In terms of best boss fights for me, it would have to be
1. Roxas (KH2)
2. Xemnas (KH2)
3. Data Xion (KH3)
4. Yozora (KH3)
5. Final Ansem (KH1)
Honourable mentions:
The 3 elemental titans from olympus (KH3)
The final wolf boss in frozen (KH3) You fight a massive wolf, how can that not be cool.
I really loved Lingering Will's boss fight when Final Mix finally came out. That was what I saw on UA-cam back in the day that I thought was people hacking the game
IM SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE XION FINAL BOSS FIGHT FOR 359/2 DAYS. That boss fight had me crying when I finally beat it, I was so sad to watch Xion go
Maybe its not a boss battle but my favorite is at the end of 3 when you get to use all the players keyblades against the darkness
Just pure joy culminating from a long time worth of love for the series and waiting forever so when i saw all those keyblades it was a joy I cant describe
Keeping it simple and clean I see what you did there
“It is I Ansem the seeker of darkness” is a quote that has haunted my dreams my entire life
The music when you fought Rinzler is very heartbreaking.
Sephiroth was the ultimate challenge for me when i first played KH2. I played the original PS2 release, and i had even went getting my hands on Ultima Weapon, intending on beating him with it, only to forget to switch to the thing and best him with the Kingdom Key
I’ve played almost every KH game, yet Roxas/Data Roxas from 2 is still my favorite. Not only is Roxas my favorite character so being able to fight him is super cool, but this fight shows exactly what KH boss design should be in my opinion. Almost all of Roxas’ attacks can be parried or avoided if you learn their tells. With enough practice, Roxas goes from a frustrating fight to one of the most fun to replay.
In terms of other amazing KH fights, Xemnas from 2, Yozora from 3, Davy Jones from 3, and the Re:Coded Trickmaster fight are some others I love.
As someone who has started a Kingdom Hearts marathon tonight, this will help me look forward to some of the best bosses in the series.
Greatest boss battles in gaming. (In my opinion.)
I love the Luxord boss fights, it makes you stop and learn his games which I always enjoyed😁
Best 3 boss fights in my opinion…
1. Roxas from KH2
2. Terra-Xehanort from Terra’s Story in Birth By Sleep
3. Young Xehanort from Dream Drop Distance
Keep in mind these have nothing to do with difficulty or skill level but
Moreso with environmental design and how much fun these boss battles were for me…
I love those 3 boss fights to the core…
I loved the Boss fight against Xion. The theam was sooo good and the end of the fight was so f*cking sad
Something I would add to the xion entry is that her special attacks in each world are the ones you would use as sora in KH1, using sonic blade in wonderland, ars arcanum in agrabah and the ball thingy in halloween town
The entire xemnas boss fight will always be my favorite of all time in video games. The emotion, the combat, the style all perfect execution.
The 2nd with riku fight lol "kiaris heart!" Is burned into my mind from Ps2 days
My top 3 favorites,
3. Davy Jones (KH3) This is a bit of an extreme guilty pleasure of mine because he's pretty easy and he has very little significance as a character, but everything else is awesome. The boss themes in KH3 are some of the GOATs, they all create a huge sense of proportion and just generally make you feel really cool. On top of that, the setting of the fight is one of my favorites, being in the maelstrom with the kraken doing things and affecting the fight in different ways. The visual changes that the Pirates world has against every other world in the series is jarring yet cool if nothing else, but in this fight it escalates it to help it feel even larger than it already was. It's also a pretty satisfying fight, with his constant movement and disorientation. I also love the cutscene beforehand, where Davy Jones kills Will and then Sora Donald and Goofy jump him as if they were mugging him, like he isn't a near immortal sea god thing, it's hilarious.
2. Roxas (KH2) I love Roxas as a character, one of my favorites in the games. Gameplay wise, all of his attacks conglomerate to create a boss fight that really doesn't feel like any other boss in the series. He has his own identity from his attacks alone. He has one of the best reaction commands in the game, giving you an obsurd power trip from the 3 Keyblades at once. In terms of story, it's rare for a boss fight in a game to make me sad (most of the boss fights that do make me sad are in the KH series), but this fight and its theme kind of depress me. More than anything else, this fight is essentially a massive, desperate burst of rage by a man who was never supposed to exist, having everything he had gained in the short time that he had existed taken away from him because a dude (Sora) he's never met needed him to give it all up.
1. Lingering Will. Just a perfect boss fight, I think. Always keeping you moving, always keeping you careful, forcing you to learn what he does and how to play around it. His theme is also among my favorite of all time in terms of video game music.
Top 5 gameplay wise:
1) Data Xemnas (KH3)
2) Data Xigbar (KH3)
3) Data Xion
4) Sephiroth (KH2)
5) Yozora
Top 5 storywise:
1) Roxas (KH2)
2) Vanitas (Second Phase from BBS)
3) Chernabog
4) Guardians vs Vessels
5) Xemnas (all phases from KH2)
KH bosses and especially 2 and 3 with remind has some of the best bosses overall. Till today Final Xemnas is my favorite Boss of all time. As remind came Data Xemnas was the hardest for me to beat. I adored every lost of him just because he was so amazing. If I have to rank the bosses I would say
1. Final Xemnas
2. Remind Data Xemnas
3. Remind Data Xigbar (because my favorite Organization member)
4. Roxas
5. Data Xion
6. KH2 Data Luxord
7. Lingering Will
8. Terranort with Aqua at the final episode.
9. Sephiroth both 1 and 2
10. Riku ansem. He is my favorite Boss if KH1 but I just cherish everyone above him so much more because I have much more memories of them.
14:51 I can't watch this scene without changing his voice for a text-to-speech voice while zooming in to his face...
Blame pancakes for that
Xion's fight is CRAZY the amount of times I just stood there mashing the block button is insane 💀
Even though its side content I still love the armor of eraqus fight from bbs. The fight is slightly different for each character. With the ost master tell me the truth you really do get the feels as well. Its like the final step before becoming a keyblade master. I love that normura puts so much meaning even into the story even when its locked behind optional content.
And in the og psp final mix version you could do that fight and no heart in coop so if you fight it with terra aqua and ventus,that meant that armor of eraqus could acces each different style depending of who he grab with his chains
I would have to say my top 5 boss battles would be
1. Lingering Will
2. Final Xemnas
3. Xehanort (kh3)
4. Roxas (kh2)
5. Marluxia (kh2)
I enjoy these battles because of the feel of these battles and I love the satisfaction that I received from finally beating these battles. Especially the lingering will because it took me 3 days to beat him lol
One of my favorite boss fights from kingdom hearts is Marluxia from re chain of memories. Not only does he have a third phase, but he can make you lose all of your cards with a move called Whirlwind to the Void. He also can instantly kill you with doom if you dont break his chain of cards within 6 seconds.
the sora vs rinsler just gave me an idea in kh4 maybe we shouldn’t fight vader initially but befriend anakin then fight him as vader in the sequels could be a lot more emotional
The scene from kh 1 that I still got stuck in my head to this day is the chameleon boss from Tarzan
And “YOURENOTTAKINGKAIRISHEART” 😂😂
so the finally boss in KH3 , in the first part when he is normal it took me 1 try and the armored version took 2 tries which suprised me
The Riku fight was easy for me in KH1, but you know which one really got me? The Maleficent Dragon. I probably sat through that cutscene 13+ times before I realized I should summon Tink 😭
As a teenager I modded my ps2 to play KH2 Final Mix (and also bought the Game from japan, so yeah I was Happy to see every FM Cutscene in KH2.5)
Possessed Riku is also my favorite Boss and the Boss i had the most Problems with on my lvl1 Run.
In Sephiroth fights. for me KH1 Sephiroth was harder
Days is the first game anyone should consider for a remake, even with it's limitations it's my favorite in the series
I've always been partial to the Groundshaker fight. I LOVE it. The huge arena and the fact that the boss itself is pretty much part of the stage is crazy fun.
Wish you could go back and replay the normal bosses like with the data org.
I remember my brother and I spending hours trying to beat Sephiroth in KH2 back in the early days. He got close a few times but I kept getting floored.
But one day, after hours of grinding and item crafting elixers (we had that thick guidebook), I took another stab at it. I got him down to 4 health bars and called my brother in. He just watched in awe as I finally beat Sephiroth and got bragging rights. Which didn't last long as he decided to try and got him right after me.
“What is cloud doing” heard that soooo many times fighting seph lol made me have to max out drives for the abilities you get 😂
Great Top!! So many good memories, including the one about the ps2 KH2 Final Mix; I remember watching with my friends videos of people fighting the other organization XIII members and we were wondering how they unlocked them 😂
because of how they made xions fight, it always feels like a walts of a fight dealing with her mechanics.
I swear to god 12 year old me doing proud mode riku, I was able to quote that entire cutscene by heart by the time I was done doing the original game and to this day it haunts my dreams.
11:37 I don't know what to believe anymore because I swear that when I played the ps2 version, I fought Roxas(no limit form, completely western). So either I hallucinated that entire fight, or I played a super secret rare version that added the Roxas fight...
14:58 “Lead me into everlasting slippers!”
1. Yozora: Kingdom Hearts 3 Secret Episode
2. Lingering Will: Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix
3. Terranort: Birth by Sleep Final Episode
4. Terranort: Birth by Sleep, Terra’s Story
5. Ansem, Xemnas, and Young Xehanort: Kingdom Hearts 3
6. Final Xemnas: Kingdom Hearts 2
7. Roxas: Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix
8: Data Xemnas: Kingdom Hearts 3 Limit Cut Episode
9: Sephiroth: Kingdom Hearts 2
10: Sephiroth: Kingdom Hearts 1
Xaldin is the only death well saved by mickey i ever had in kh 2.. such respect
Ok, Duel from Brave Exvius is SUCH a good track
My top 3 boss battles:
1: Xemnas "Leaving?"
2: Yozora "I will save you!"
3: Marluxia "The end is nigh!"
Xaldin has always been my favourite. It was always nice to stick it to him lol
I have no idea how SW stumbled upon sephiroth as a kid. I was like 15, knew exactly that sephiroth is one of secret bosses and couldn't find him, until seeing solution.
1. Experiment (kh2)
2. 2nd Axel fight (re:com)
3. Sephoroth (kh1)
5- Sora vs Riku KH1
4- Terra vs Eraqus BBS
3- Kairi vs Xehanort KH3 Remind
2- Sora vs Xigbar KH2
1- Ventus vs Vanitus BBS
Beating Sephiroth back on the PS2 version of KH2 was peak for me, I didn't even finish the secret bosses for the first game until the PS3 version. Sephiroth was just an experience.
One boss battle I had a personal connection with was the data Riku from Kingdom hearts recoded I swear that boss may have taken me 3 months but it was like I was beating myself up 😭 due to the fact that I see a lot of myself in Riku and he's like a son to and he's like a son to me so that far far as one of the best nights I've had even though it made me want to tear my hair out and I was stuck on it for an entire summer vacation
3 Roxas so emotional so great
2 ansem xamnas and young xeohneart riku sora and mickey fighting together was everything
1 xemnas dream drop distance I just fought that guy for more than 4 months
I really enjoyed your videos
3 is Riku vs Sora in KH1, I love up and personal fights in games and this was one of the best.
2. Is sephiroth vs Sora in kh2, this one kept me on my toes the who match. Everytime I died it felt fair if you mess up with anything sephiroth will kill you when he get the chance.
Honorable mention is Sora and Riku vs Xemnas. This fight was very tense and honestly had one of the best moments in gaming history with Sora and Riku deflecting the lasers.
1. For me is Sora vs Roxas in Kh2. This fight bought so much emotion out of me. You can feel the rage of Roxas just by the way he fights and how you have to be on defense most of the fight. This is the fight that shows you Roxas emotion through gameplay. The music the emotion and the battle is the best Kingdom hearts had in a battle and is definitely my favorite.
My personal faves, #3 - Roxas KH2 story fight, #2 - Lingering Will (still feel like it's the best fight in the series, period) #1 - Data Xion KH3
The fight against Ansem Riku on Hollow Bastion is pretty good storywise but is not so difficult as it seems. Accessoires which reduce dark damage are pretty good and reduce his damage output very much. For his desperation move I thought back than on ps2 that is was extremly hard until I got that it can be easily dodged. The battle Arena is nearly a circle. Just on on point it is slightly of, the point in the opposite of the door of darkness. Ansem Riku's first strike of his dm goes always on that point and after that no other of the hits. So just jump over the first strike and wait on the point until his dm is over
my top 3 bosses:
1. Sora, Roxas, and Xion Vs. Saix (KHIII)
2. Roxas (KHIIFM)
3. Lingering Will (KHIIFM)
The first time I played through KH1 I was able to play through the whole game without dying. Until I go to the final boss. Which everyone was confused about.
Omg I love the butter buns reference thank you!!!!!
LOVE how the intro has the brave exvius enemy battle theme
3. Xaldin(KH2) this guy was the cuff on the back of the head I needed to actually start analyzing the movesets of bosses and experimenting with Different tactics instead of just button mashing. Thanks Dilan you helped me to "git gud".
2. AntiAqua(KH3), more symbolic if anything... If Rinzler being a corrupted Tron made you feel hopeless... seeing Aqua say "You're too late" sent me over the edge... I knew KH3 was gonna hit hard with the big feels as Xehanort's plan hit it's peak but that's another thing. If fighting a corrupted party member was horrible try fighting A corrupted main character! Aqua was dealing with some dark feelings throughout BBS and 0.2 but she still felt like the least likely to be corrupted! Damn I love KH3 for the emotional rollercoaster of it's plot!
1. Data Xion(KH3:remind) take the difficulty of Xaldin, the emotional rollercoaster also backing AntiAqua, then multiply both by Zetta. That's Xion in Remind for me... the fight itself tore me asunder if Seeing Xion as a boss in the series didn't cause enough problems. My goodness this boss is Peak KH combat right here and peak emotional storytelling for the series... there's so much more than that but I don't think I can explain enough within the Character limi
My top 3 boss battles would be:
3.) Xion (358). Credit where it's due, this fight i felt was a major build up to what would give us insight to Roxas pre-kh2. And it didnt disappoint (though most of the game still did)
2.) Cerberus (KH2). Im just a sucker for Auron, and getting to team up with him just made me giddy 😄.
1.) Sai'x (KH3: Re:Mind). Getting to play as Roxas and team up with Axel and Xion, seeing their big Limit attack, all the background behind it, just culminating into this fight where the 3 get to reunite AND fight for and with each other was just all around fantastic for me
3 bosses for me, Ansem in Dark Destiny Islands, Roxas in The World That Never Was, and Darkside in various.
Ansem in Dark Islands was such a pain for me, for the life of me I would become a human punching bag for the guy as I tried desperately to fight him. Eventually, I just decided to get some help and watch a guide to learn some tricks. I figured out he had a rhythm to his attacks which was the key to beating him, which led to me going back in one last time and beating him with barely a scratch, it felt so liberating to finally beat him.
Roxas. . . do I need to explain further? 'Cause I'm gonna. Lots of games have iconic boss fights where the boss is a dark reflection of us, Samus had Dark Samus, Link has Dark Link, and Sora has Roxas. That's what's so cool about these fights, we're fighting another version of ourselves, but Roxas plays it different since most others are bad for the sake of it, Roxas though just wants to know why it has to be that he shouldn't exist but Sora does. That little bit adds that finishing touch of feeling, sadness in that we can't give him the answer he's looking for, and this kind of emotional response is so incredibly rare to come by, that inevitable sadness, which makes Roxas so iconic.
Darkside might seem unique since it's almost always relegated to the tutorial boss, it's designed to be a minor inconvenience, even in KH3 they stripped its name away during the tutorial and just called it "Big Heartless", but that doesn't fly with me. I think it might be that I first played KH1 on PS2 without a save card, meaning if the game ever turned off, back to the beginning I go, and Darkside would always be there to greet me. I think somehow through that turn of events, Darkside became my bro, I always found it so creepy yet interesting how Darkside would first appear crawling out of Sora's shadow, since I never got to the Shadow Sora section of Hallow Bastion, I assumed Darkside was the darkness in Sora's heart which scratches that evil you boss I like so much, as said with Roxas. Every time I see this guy, I get a little smile on my face, my friend has come back for another friendly wrestling match, and I aim not to disappoint.
My favorite boss ever is Final Xemnas in KH2, the multiple phases with some of Yoko Shimomura’s finest work in the background and some of the most badass moments with Reaction Commands ever just make this fight the epitome of EPIC. The only boss fights since to come close were the Eikon / Dominant bosses in Final Fantasy XVI, particularly Hugo Kupka / Titan.
Top 3:
#3: Aqua vs Terranort (BBS)
#2. Sora and Kairi vs Master Xehanort (KH3)
#1. Sora and Riku vs Mansex (KH2)
I went with one per game to be more fair. Honorable mentions go to Davy Jones, Groundshaker, Lingering Will, and all data battles from 3 (including Yozora)
My top 3 Kingdom hearts boss battles 1, Yazora 2, Lingering Will 3, Sephoroth.
Instead of a normal top 5 or whatever, I’ll just list my favorite per game (well… most of them):
KH1: Kurt Zisa. The first boss that I simply could not beat as a kid. My favorite Heartless design of all time (biased) and one of the biggest yet most mobile in the entire series.
KH2: Lingering Will. Could it really be anything else? One of the best tests of strength I could ask for in a game. Plus it helped me decide who my favorite character is. It really just opened the floodgates for the possibilities of what a Keyblade Wielder could do.
BBS: Possessed Terra. (“Terranort” whatever) Technically two different bosses but they’re both so good. It’s always fun when the bosses use moves that you have too, but also the scenes that accompany each fight are so powerful that I’m always hyped for every playthrough.
KH0.2: Zodiac Phantom Aqua. This fight scared me bro. This was one of the few fights that you simply could not power through on your own. She was almost as difficult as Lingering Will and it felt so satisfying to learn every attack and opening.
KH3: Dark Inferno. I understand that it was a super easy bossfight in the grand scheme of KH3, but while we waited for that DLC it kept me so entertained. Not only does it look like one of my favorite KH1 Heartless, but it moves around so fast and it’s attacks are so cool to watch. It’s like if KH2’s Valor Form spent some time training in DBZ. And since it wasn’t super hard to beat, I often used it to practice my Keyblade Transformations since those usually just plow through heartless before they can even blink. Also it might end up being important later in the story after what we heard from Dark Inferno X.
I thought Rinzler was a joke. How the HELL did Lingering Will or Yozora not make this list??? I’m shoook.
Anyways my top 10 is:
10. Final Xehanort (from Remind)
9. Xemnas (KH2)
8. Sephiroth (KH2)
7. Data Xemnas (KH3)
6. Ansem (KH1)
5. Controversial but Sköll (KH3)
4. Chernabog (KH1)
3. Lingering Will (KH2)
2. Data Marluxia (KH3)
1. Yozora
Top for me:
All data battles in KH2 ans 3 except Data Luxord, Larxene (KH2) and Data Replica Rico (KH3). If you want a list:
1. Data Roxas
2. Data Marluxia (KH2)
3. Data Xion
4. Data Xemnas (KH3)
5. Data Larxene (KH3)
6. Yozora
7. Data Saix (KH2)
8. Sephiroth (KH2)
9. Lingering Will
10. (I dunno, the others data)
I feel the PTSD hitting my back whenever I hear "Show me your strength"
1. Lingering Will
2. Sephiroth (even though his attacks are confusing)
3. Xenmas
4. Zexion
5. Vanitas
For me #1 is Lingering Will, nothing was more satisfying than beating him on critical mode, it took me like 3 days to fully understand his moveset and beat him. The only downside is that you get his Keyblade as a reward.
1. Yozora kh3
2. Xion data kh3
3. Sephioth kh2
I actually beat xion the first time I fought her, which was on crit and boy there were a few very close calls but she was one of the most fun fights in kh3
If I could pick a 4th it would be the ….. inferno? I forget it’s name but even though it wasn’t particularly difficult I still found it super fun
Legit took me a whole year to beat riku at hollow bastion when I was a kid
1.roxas
2.xemnas, ansam, young xenonort (kh3)
My top 10 Kingdom Hearts bosses.
10. Data Xion (KH3R)
9. Aqua vs Terranort (KHBBS)
8. Master Xehanort (KH3)
7. Sephiroth (KH1 & 2)
6. Yozora (KH3)
5. Guardians of Light vs The 13 Seekers of Darkness (KH3)
4. Roxas (KH2FM)
3. Roxas vs Axel (KH2)
2. Lingering Will (KH2FM)
Honorable Mentions:
Sora, Riku, and Mickey vs Ansem, Xemnas, and Young Xehanort (KH3)
Roxas vs Xion (KH358/2 Days)
Sora vs Ansem (KH1)
Sora vs Luxord (KH2)
Terra vs Vanitas & Master Xehanort (KHBBS)
Xianyu (KH2)
Sora vs Data Xemnas (KH3R)
1. Xemnas (KH2)
what is this show at 16:28 when this popped up in the video I couldnt help but laugh lol
Kh1: Riku-ansum
Khcom: Marx for Sora and Zex for Riku
Kh2: Roxas/ Xemnas
Khbbs: Vantias
Khddd: Dark Armor Ventus
Kh3: Data Xion
I really wish they kept the series on the PlayStation 2 there’s SO MUCH stuff I don’t know about, so many characters and villains and key blades and……
I LITERALLY CRIED WHEN I BATTLED AGAINST RINZLER AND HE REACHED OUT FOR SORAS HAND
For me, it was the 3-v-3 against the ‘Norts. 20 years of emotional turmoil crammed into one epic fight and the best boss theme from KH3 which, in my opinion, should have been part of the final boss fight against Mas. Xehanort.