Hyrule Compendium: The Worst Bosses in the Zelda Series
Posted on October 23 2020 by Andrew Millard
Hyrule Compendium hosts Mases and Gooey take on a tough call: What are the worst bosses in the series?
Finding anything to complain about when it comes to Zelda’s stellar track record of boss characters is a tall order. Using Champions Cast #130 as a jumping off point, the duo take a sharp turn away from the top 10 discussion and try to dissect the missteps a number of Zelda games have made when it comes to clearing those inevitable boss chambers. The hosts have a deep knowledge and recall of the mechanics of all these bosses. In one eye-opening moment, they succinctly take apart the occasional tendency for Zelda boss strats to be little more than just “use that dungeon’s item.”
My vote comes from Ocarina of Time: passing the controller — in a panic — to my roommate after failing to spot which painting Phantom Ganon was about to gallop out of for the umpteenth time!
Have a watch. We would love to hear your most disappointing, aggravating, or avoided boss battles in the series. And are they from a game in the series that you otherwise enjoy? Let us know in the comments here, and check out Hyrule Compendium over on YouTube.
Andrew is a writing teacher in the American Upper Midwest. He has been playing Zelda games since 1990.
