OK, let's all take a deep breath. Chill out. Relax.

We cool? All right.

So many years ago, I remember seeing someone's forum signature somewhere that sounded like a good idea. In the grand tradition of Black History Month, Women's History Month, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and other months I'm sure exist but I'm not going to look up on Wikipedia to confirm, why not declare a month for those greatest of thorns in our sides as fans of video games?

No, not failing to get an I-Block in Tetris when you need it. There's not enough material for a whole month. You should be ashamed of yourself for even thinking that.

I speak of our greatest (and not-so-greatest) video game nemeses. Final bosses. I hereby unilaterally declare through completely fabricated authority to which I have no solid backing that this coming June is End Boss Month. A celebration of those cackling, conniving jerks that kidnap our princesses, murder our parents, frame us for crimes we didn't commit, and then call it a Tuesday.

So, to mark this momentous month (in a manner that is completely arbitrary and will likely be ignored by 99% of Giant Bomb) from June 1st to June 30th, I will be posting a blog post a day highlighting an end boss of my choosing. I already have a list of candidates sorted out. Some are the baddest of the bad, some...aren't, but in any event, I plan to highlight what I hope is a true variety.

I can't promise that most or any of these columns with go into particular depth; I don't plan on writing Video_Game_King-length essays (though copious Youtube videos will likely be involved). Also, because real life can get in the way, I won't necessarily hit all thirty days. I'm mostly writing this announcement blog now as a means to kick my ass into actually following through on this possibly-foolish, probable-waste-of-everyone's-time when June roles around. So if I miss some, or most of the month for whatever reason, I am giving myself an out. And maybe a window to get some of them written ahead of time.

Also, because I know some people are going to complain (because I'm apparently a target for that sort of thing), most of the bosses on my list are from Japanese games. So if you don't like that, well, there's your warning. Also, feel free to highlight bosses you want to highlight, because hell if I'm gonna touch most of them. There's only thirty days in the month, after all.

So this idea will likely crash and burn faster than Stefan Eriksson's Enzo Ferrari. But after the stress and furor of the past couple of days on the forums, hopefully it's something to look forward to.

The last boss in BioShock. Same with ME2. Make those 2 games significantly worse.

You can't be bothered to write four paragraphs on a final boss?

I would join you in this, but, like, E3.

@Video_Game_King said:

You can't be bothered to write four paragraphs on a final boss?

Some just might not be worth four paragraphs. Or I might not have time to bang out a full entry. Who knows? I'm just starting to get the ball rolling. I might have full-length essays on some of them, and others, maybe not. I'm not making any promises regarding their length because I don't want to hold myself accountable for anything I might not live up to. This is the first time I'll be attempting to hold myself to a daily blogging schedule regarding a particular subject.

@Hailinel said:

This is the first time I'll be attempting to hold myself to a daily blogging schedule regarding a particular subject.

Wait, daily!? OH DEAR CHRIST. I know insane, and that sounds effing insane.

@Video_Game_King said:

@Hailinel said:

This is the first time I'll be attempting to hold myself to a daily blogging schedule regarding a particular subject.

Wait, daily!? OH DEAR CHRIST. I know insane, and that sounds effing insane.

Like I said, thirty days.

@Hailinel:

Sounds neat unless you bring up them Japanese bosses cause they ain't worth shit!

I fully support this endeavor.

You've got to do Ballos from Cave Story.

Sounds badass. I am looking forward to these blogs.

I would encourage writing on the rather suggestive looking last boss in Borderlands, you know, the one that can be beaten by hiding behind a rock and holding down the shoot button. That thing was the pinnacle of awful boss design, really hurt that game since the rest was so good.

All the NES NInja Gaidens.

I am interested to see how this goes. After all, Beld, the final boss of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 deserves a day of his own simply for being the most underwhelming and easy endboss in the series (ok, maybe Formortiis in Sacred Stones fpr being a total pussy) but also for being that in what is otherwise considered to be the hardest game in the series (other than the insane Hard 5 in Shadow Dragon, which I guarantee was not playtested)

In all seriousness, I see Nyx from Persona 3 making an appearance. Because you know Mitsuru got charmed and healed him all the way back up to full health at least once.

This needs the final boss in Neir... very fucking badly then!

Go for it and don't forget!

Ah! Just joking!

OR AM I!?

Nice idea @Hailinel!

Personally my biggest nemesis is still the freaking final boss of Dark Souls. My plan (which may very well change) is to go back and finish that game once I get the two last achievements in FFXIII, which is equally annoying.

@ArbitraryWater said:

I am interested to see how this goes. After all, Beld, the final boss of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 deserves a day of his own simply for being the most underwhelming and easy endboss in the series (ok, maybe Formortiis in Sacred Stones fpr being a total pussy) but also for being that in what is otherwise considered to be the hardest game in the series (other than the insane Hard 5 in Shadow Dragon, which I guarantee was not playtested)

In all seriousness, I see Nyx from Persona 3 making an appearance. Because you know Mitsuru got charmed and healed him all the way back up to full health at least once.

No, that was Yukari. Mtisuru had...words for her after that was over. Or as Will might say:

But I can guarantee that a Fire Emblem boss will be featured.

@Cincaid said:

Nice idea @Hailinel!

Personally my biggest nemesis is still the freaking final boss of Dark Souls. My plan (which may very well change) is to go back and finish that game once I get the two last achievements in FFXIII, which is equally annoying.

Parrying is your major friend in that battle. Trust me. Saved myself from that flame sword going up my ass multiple times.

Every day's great this June.

@LordAndrew said:

Every day's great this June.

I see what you did there ;)

@LordAndrew said:

Every day's great this June.

You mean じゅねss, right?

@Video_Game_King said:

@LordAndrew said:

Every day's great this June.

You mean じゅねss, right?

That's actually a mistranslation that occurred during localization. In original Japanese, the store is called

スーパー上昇波動拳の攻撃

@Ravenlight:

Lemme guess: 訳す人のグーグル. Right?

@Video_Game_King said:

@Ravenlight:

Lemme guess: 訳す人のグーグル. Right?

Google no Translation Party for the DS.

I imported it.

@Ravenlight:

I'm certain you misread one of the easiest damn words in Japanese, since the Japanese word for party is pretty much party.

@Hailinel: Follow, activated.

@Video_Game_King

I'm certain I was just messing with you :P

@Ravenlight:

I'm well aware of that.

@Video_Game_King:

I don't know how language works, I guess -_-

Back on topic, I fully support June being End Boss month and look forward to all shenanigans associated with this concept.

If there is a "nicest final boss" rememberance, I hope that guy from Tales of Vesperia gets a mention. Some final bosses just exist because you¨ve got to have one.

On that note, please consider dedicating one of the days to all those games that, when you search for their names and the words "final boss" on youtube, will instead show a results page for "final mission". Some games just don´t think you´ve got to have one, and they are all wrong, wether they are Bastion or Half-Life 2.

This is an awesome idea, Hailinel! I'm going to cover two bosses from my wiki projects since they're obscure games. Thanks for the inspiration!