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** Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker. Ascending Bowser Jr.'s tower with the Cloud Flower is truly epic. {{spoiler|And then it starts moving...}}
* ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' has the Final Boss fight with Bowser. Much like ''{{spoiler|[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]}}'' the fight involves {{spoiler|getting through a crumbling castle with Bowser hellbent on stopping your progress by every means necessary. The first half involves you chasing Bowser up the crumbling remains of his castle while he, among other things, spits fireballs, throws spike balls, and at one point takes a page out of [[Donkey Kong]] by throwing barrels at you.}} The last part of the first half concludes with the usual switch press to send him down into the lava old-school style. Afterwards, you get to climb through the second half of his crumbling castle{{spoiler|, but then, Bowser jumps back up and this time HE'S CHASING YOU! Managing to climb up to the top while avoiding his magical fireballs leads to a chase scene where you have to run to a second switch before he gets to smash you with his claws.}} All the while you get some kickass music playing! A great way to end the main story of this game.
* Bowser again in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. Usually, battles with him are fun, but not overly complex. Well, ''forget'' that here. The first time you face him mid-game, he fights Mario with his hat, that has robot boxing gloves. To harm him, Mario has to use Cappy to take control of Bowser's hat, but Bowser doesn't just stand there when he sees you take it, using [[Ground Pound]]s with flaming shockwaves and throwing exploding baskets. (Managing to hit him causes a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] when you realize just [[Groin Attack| where you're hitting him.) And ''that's'' just the ''first'' time! The [[Final Battle]] is similar, but he uses more attacks like flaming breath to actually give Mario a challenge. To top it off, once you ''do'' beat him, [[Don't Celebrate Just Yet]], because you and Peach have to escape his collapsing castle, using Cappy to ''control Bowser himself!'' Definitely a satisfying battle for Mario's greatest foe..
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*** Then, after you knock the Shroom Princess out, you accidentally help revive her brutish older sister, who wastes no time in trying to destroy you. She's willing to use her considerable bulk against you and has the Shroobs' fleet of UFOs at her disposal, who assist her in everything from summoning her Shroob-ified Chain-Chomp to restoring her health. And you've got nowhere to run, as you're standing on a platform with the boss, in the middle of a thunderstorm. At least Peach helps you to take out some of those UFOs.
*** ...But the real kicker is the elder sister's second round. She transforms into a bigger, much less humanoid and much more alien entity, which causes Princess Peach to pass out. Not unlike the fight with Crackletta's soul, the player must cause considerable damage to parts of Elder's person before meaningful damage to the boss herself is even possible. Combine this with new attacks that require both quick reflexes and/or active memorization, and you've got yourself a boss that's very tricky to deal with. That's to say nothing of the darker atmosphere that this battle takes place in, established wonderfully by [[Crowning Music of Awesome|dire, yet supremely sublime]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWzLMC9KiM battle music].
* Monty has quickly become the favorite Boss in ''[[Luigi's Mansion|Luigi's Mansion 3]]'', even though the player doesn't have to fight him. The player goes through the puzzle-like [[Level in Boss Clothing]], through various movie sets (including a [[Shout Out]] to ''[[The Ring]]'', finally ending in a [[Kaiju]] battle with a ghost dressed as [[Godzilla]] on a soundstage. It's loads of fun.
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