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Sartax123
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What's your favorite boss battle in Skyward Sword?
Well, it seems Koloktos is pretty popular. Yeah, Koloktos was pretty fun. But all the bosses were.
It's a tie between Ghirahim (2nd time in the Fire Sanctuary) and Koloktos (which seems to be a popular boss :3).
I'm not a fan of the fights where all you do is do something to make the boss fall down, and then you quickly run over to his weak point and slash at him like there's no tomorrow. So fights like Tentalus and Scaldera were nice the first time, but after that, they end up falling into the rift of "overused boss strategies." At least, for me. Just think about all of the boss fights we've seen in 3D Zelda games. Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, The Wind Waker included -- most of the bosses in these games require you to "stun" the boss and run over to slash at him repeatedly.
Ghirahim (all three fights, actually :3) was a very nice change from that. I particularly favoured the fight in the Fire Sanctuary because it was more fast-paced than the first one and the third one (arguably). I loved how he would constantly be after me, and there was no one weak point to hit. You didn't have to stun him. Timing, dodging, and the direction of your sword swings all came into play, and it felt like a sword fight.
As for Koloktos, well, I just loved slicing off his limbs with his own giant swords. XD
Except for Tentalus.
I liked Ghirahim the third time because it was fun to knock him off the platform and do a super high fatal blow from the platform above. My most favorite was demise though. I liked how there weren't too many ways to damage him, and it was difficult to land a hit on him. The battle got 10 times cooler when lightning stared striking. I think a one on one sword battle boss was something that skyward sword didn't have very much of, and was one of my minor things on a minute list of things that I think could have made it better. He fit the mechanics of skyward sword so nicely and made my heart pound. He's also got better replay value that Koloktos in my opinion. a second time fighting him still gave me a rush, but a second time facing koloktos and I was calm and knew what to expect.
Except for Tentalus.