What are your thoughts on Horsehead?

[Rubik]

Who is he, what is he, and why is he?

Is he the only one of his kind?

Why does he fight for the side of evil?

Is he of human-like intelligence as his clothing might suggest?

Someone help me understand Horsehead.

Please.

 

[Spiritual Mask Salesman]

He is the boss of Parapa Palace (the first palace) in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. He uses a mace in battle, and can only be defeated by jumping and sword slashing his head, because the rest of his body is covered by armor.

He is indeed one of a kind.

We don't know much about him besides that. It's safe to assume he is in league with Ganon, and is trying to get Link's blood to revive him just like all the monsters in the game are.

 

[Rubik]

He is the boss of Parapa Palace (the first palace) in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. He uses a mace in battle, and can only be defeated by jumping and sword slashing his head, because the rest of his body is covered by armor.

He is indeed one of a kind.

We don't know much about him besides that. It's safe to assume he is in league with Ganon, and is trying to get Link's blood to revive him just like all the monsters in the game are.

Thank you for the insight.

Do you think he's inherently evil or that he's been forced into his role as a villain by a society that won't accept him because he's different?

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He is so far the only Zelda 2 boss I've seen defeated. I'll likely have more to say about the world of Zelda 2 as LG and I get further through the game. Kudos to the ZD Zelda 2 guide for preventing us from being completely lost.

 

[Spiritual Mask Salesman]

Do you think he's inherently evil or that he's been forced into his role as a villain by a society that won't accept him because he's different?

Well, he's just chilling in the Palace and never leaves, so Link is one of the only people to ever see him probably. He's probably inherently evil. Really this question can be applied to any of the monsters in Zelda, are they all inherently evil through connected to Ganondorf? Afterall, in BotW we see them resurrect with the blood moon, which is when Calamity Ganon reaches the peak of his power, perhaps implying that the monsters are extensions of himself? This is pretty wild speculation on my part, though.

 

[thePlinko]

He’s a reverse centaur. Maybe he’s related to lynels?

 

[AncientPoe]

No joke, I legitimately wish they would bring him back, and I think I actually wrote a whole "modern remake" boss post about him once, detailing how I would implement him.

EDIT: Yup. Found it! Wow... 2015, eh? That was a lot longer ago than I thought it would be.

Designing a Boss Battle

So this is a subject I've been thinking about writing on for some time. The Legend of Zelda series pretty much invented the epic boss fight, and these giant monstrosities at the end of dungeons have been a staple of the series. Recent entrants in the series, however, have been very hit or miss...

zeldadungeon.net

Edit Edit: Oh god... my earlier writing style...

 

[VikzeLink]

I've never been able to beat that guy... That's how far I've made it into AoL XD
I know I could probably just grind a bit more before the boss, but since there is a level cap, I probably wouldn't be able to beat the even more difficult parts of the game later anyway, so why bother? I'm just not good or patient enough for Zelda 2...

 

[MapelSerup]

The bosses of the dungeons are guardians, created by the king to protect the Triforce from evil. Horsehead is not evil, he is simply there to prevent anybody from placing the crystal.

When you have defeated the guardians, which I made to prevent enemies from invading the six palaces of Hyrule... -Ancient Scroll, Zelda II manual

 

[Rubik]

The bosses of the dungeons are guardians, created by the king to protect the Triforce from evil. Horsehead is not evil, he is simply there to prevent anybody from placing the crystal.

This is so tragic.

Thank you for the information, I appreciate it a lot.

 

[Farore's Chosen]

I like him, he's a good first boss. I'd like to see him brought back in a new Zelda some day.

Dunno who he is.

Maybe a stone statue brought to life?

Maybe a cursed soldier?

The tinsuit sprites kinda look like him. Maybe he's just a big one?