Sonic 3 & Knuckles ~ All Bosses

I absolutely love how they portray Eggman as both comical and terrifying at the same time... crazy how they embody his character without needing to say a word

21:43 I love how after his main weapon was destroyed he has no other option so just says FUCK and makes a run for it.

Love how they made all of Knuckles' bosses harder, despite Knuckles' already existing shortcomings. Guy has it rough.

13:14 I still can't believe they wasted all of that amazing build-up to the fight on another Robotnik beats himself battle.

My favorite boss is the one where Tails forces himself past his limits just to keep sonic in the air, it’s such a subtle moment of friendship and determination, that’s what I like to see it as.

Of the sonic games, this one had the best story for its time. I mean as a kid I didn't quite get it, but as an adult, you can really look back and appreciate the story they were trying to set up. With how each boss at the end of a zone feels inconsequential at first, but as you move progressively more and more towards the completion of the death egg, you start to see bosses that are indications of what's to come (eg: fighting the hand in lava reef zone). You also fight Knuckles, who was misled by Robotnik, and finally go on a daring rescue to recover not only the chaos emeralds, but the master emerald itself. Robotnik does everything in his power to keep the emerald from you, but his last ditch effort isn't enough and Sonic wins it back, saving the land from Robotnik's reign. It was an awesome narrative without any narration.

15:14 that scene always give me goosebump

I always thought the most difficult boss in this game was Lava Reef's major boss. It wasn't just Robotnik you were up against, but the environment as well. It required the most precision to get through, and you really had to have a modicum of skill to get through it without getting hurt... unless of course you grabbed the heat barrier right before. Red Eye also required a little patience compared to the other mini-bosses.

If you attack the Sandopolis Act 2 boss as soon as you arrive in the arena, you can actually beat it so quickly that the music never starts.

17:36; 18:09 and 19:16, I remember the pain when I got to those parts for the first time... Death Egg defence systems were absolutely satanic, Robotnik really outdid himself.

I love eggman's face when the barrier boss is destroyed

Ya gotta wonder though, how does Robotnik survive all these explosions? He's been caught in so many! He should be 10 times dead, yo! 21:44 "HE'S MAKIN A BREAK FOR THA DOORS!"

Act 2 boss for carnival night zone is a nightmare with tails. No insta shield

I just noticed that the new boss in Lava Reef (in Mania) is a remade version of the Hillbot. pretty cool i guess

its crazy how the masteremerald is powerful enough to give a robot without true free will superform,even if its incomplete

i like how that the act 2 boss theme is exclusively for the Egg. It makes him out to be more of a threat than the future sonic villains...if you look at all the eggman's eggomatic addon's these badboys are made to put an end to the blue blur and his intelligent sidekick. (which deserves his own game and is more a rival to the egg than sonic is) the 3rd game for sure is when egg got serious.

24:02 This about as epic as an action game could possibly be back in those days.

I love that the lava fight was hands down the most easy thing EVER if you had the fireball power up thing

Gotta admit, Mecha Sonic was the coolest of the metal sonics. Actually used the concepts of both Sonic and being a robot as a boss and he's actually somewhat hard to keep up with. The spin dashes and jumps are impenetrable much like your own but he also speeds up in reverse to get you with his back spines... Pretty cool idea and kept you moving too.

21:26 imagine robotnik chasing you like that