Boss Rankings

From The Encyclopedia of Pointless

1 Notes
2 S-Rank
3 A-Rank
4 B-Rank
5 C-Rank
6 D-Rank
7 E-Rank
8 U-Rank

Notes

This list endevors to rank video game bosses. It does not seek to rank your manager, unless of course you are managed by a video game boss.

Which is unlikely.

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S-Rank

Though many come close, we have yet to determine the Best video game boss ever.

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A-Rank

GARRRAAAVVVEEE!!!

Virgil - Devil May Cry 3: Who knew your twin from hell would fight so hard?
Gunstar Green - Gunstar Heroes: Mine shafts are dangerous even when not full of transforming robot.
Fangoram - Gungrave OD: GAARRRRAAAAAAAAVVVE!
Bunji - Gungrave: Kicking people skyward and shooting them still works.
Right Hand - Resident Evil 4: Xenomorph
Dark Lord Gannon - The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess: Immortality hurts.
Neo Angelou - Devil May Cry: Virgil, all gothed out.
"It" - Resident Evil 4: Revenge of the giant manbug.
Ganon - The Wind Waker: Fight on a tall building as the world around you ends.
Crazy Blind Dude - Shinobi(PS2): Standing on the floor is equitable with death.
Bloody Mary - Terranigma: Mother to scary dolls everywhere.
Agni and Ryuda - Devil May Cry 3: Headless demon improv comedy.
Zant - Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess: It turns out he's not a front of vicious evil. He's just completely nuts.
Dracula - Circle of the Moon: Purple thing + Trippy background.
Ballos - Cave Story: Johnny beat him with 3hp. Johny is insane.
Krauser - Resident Evil 4': Knifefight.
Shagohod - Metal Gear Solid 3: Because supersonic ICBM launching hovercrafts make perfect sense.

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B-Rank

Not bad for a fat robot.

Avatar of Hakkar - World of Warcraft: Summoned abyssal flying skeletal serpent soul-flayers ROCK!
Doomsday Zone - Sonic 3 and Knuckles (Sonic mode): Stupid meteors.
Legion - Various Castlevanias: Big old ball of naked clay people.
Metal Gear Rex - Metal Gear Solid: Underuse of giant robots.
Final Dr. Robotnik - Sonic 2: Perfect use of giant fat robots.
'Undead Core - Cave Story: Cacoon + Skullface
Whip's Memory - Castlevania - Portrait of Ruin: Aggrivation in boss form.
Cyborg Ninja - Metal Gear Solid: Beats a cyborg pirate
Bowser - Super Mario World: Angry clown mode!
Deadman Bunji - Gungrave OD: Mummy with wolves made out of blue fire.
Majora - Majora's Mask: Rattle rattle rattle rattle rattle
Yellow Devil - Mega Man: Hooray for giant 1-eyed ball monsters.
Evil Soma - Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow: Not cannon. Still cool.
Gai - Bangai-O: His death blossom is bigger than yours.
Monster X - Cave Story: Cats are scary.
Koume and Koake - Ocarina of Time: Old hag + old hag = 20-foot tall stacked chick.
Meta knight - Kirby Superstar: JUMPING FLYING SWORD TORNADO ATTACK!
Dark Link - Ocarina of Time: Jumping on swords before Kill Bill.
Nevan - Devil May Cry 3: Naked bat woman turns into electric guitar.
Cerberus - Devil may Cry 3: Three-headed helldog gets frostbite.
Menace - Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow: It's not hard yet because it hasn't stood up yet.
Magma Spider thing - Devil May Cry: It's real name is Phantom. It's nothing like a normal phantom.
Hyper Mecha Sonic - Sonic 3 and Knuckles (Knuckles mode): KEKTKEKTKETKETKETKETKETKET!! ZAEEEET!! FAWOOSH!!
Sabu - Bangai-O: Way more insane than Kefka ever was.
Dark Beast Gannon - The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess: Revenge of pigwolfbear.
Psycho Mantis - Metal Gear Solid: Enjoys Castlevania.
Pluto - Astro Boy Omega Factor: You didn't play this game. You should have.

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C-Rank

Egg Viper - Sonic Adventure: Polygons and Sonic are an uneasy mix.
Dark Gaia - Terranigma: Bloody Mary was far harder than this stand in for the devil.
Doppelganger - Devil may Cry 3: After Virgil and Agni and Ryuda, we expect more.
Atlas - Astro Boy: Omega Factor : Seriously you fight him like 7 times
Chaos Arkham - Devil May Cry 3: He was cool before he was a blob.
Anslem - Kingdom Hearts: Just sort of shows up and turns into a spaceship/squid for no good reason.
Stella and Loretta - Castlevania - Portrait of Ruin: Vampire witches aren't much fun.
X Clone - Megaman Zero: Now with nothing in common with the original
Lady - Devil May Cry 3: We expect more - goth schoolgirls with rocket launchers.
The Hero of Justice - Bangai-O: Here to save the day!
Andross - Starfox Adventures: A giant head floating in space that sucks in rocks & spits out rings never looked more terrifying.

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D-Rank

Knuckles - Sonic & Knuckles: Too easy.
Revolver Ocelot - Metal Gear Solid: Too Russian.
Perfect Chaos - Sonic Adventure: Way too easy.
Leviathan's Heart - Devil may Cry 3: Apparently, giant otherworldly sky fish have zombies in their cardiovascual system.
Keremet - Castlevania - Portrait of Ruin: Blob in a pot
Biolizard - Sonic Adventure 2: Stupid rail grinding.
King Koopa - Super Mario Brothers: The bridge is out!
Mother Brain - Metroid: Fire missles!
Liquid Snake - Metal Gear Solid - The Twin Snakes: Strong against savage Beatings, Long falls, Gunfire wounds and massive bloodloss. Weak against sudden heart attacks.