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Cuphead is a master class in boss attacks. Let's look at the game’s patterns, phases, telegraphing, predictability, and more. This video shows off bosses from the game’s first three areas.
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Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance)
Cuphead (Studio MDHR, 2017)
The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Genesis version) (Clockwork Tortoise, 1994)
Contra III: The Alien Wars (Konami, 1992)
Gunstar Heroes (Treasure, 1993)
Contra: Hard Corps (Konami, 1994)
Disney's Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey & Donald (Capcom, 1995)
Hollow Knight (Team Cherry, 2017)
Super Meat Boy (Team Meat, 2010)
Dark Souls (From Software, 2011)
Shadow of the Colossus (Team Ico, 2005)
Portal (Valve Corporation, 2007)
Undertale (Toby Fox, 2015)
Music used in this episode
Introduction (Cuphead)
Inkwell Isle One (Cuphead)
Inkwell Isle Two (Cuphead)
Inkwell Isle Three (Cuphead)
Sugarland Shimmy (Cuphead)
All Bets Are Off (Cuphead)
Don’t Deal With The Devil (Instrumental) (Cuphead)
Other credits
See How Cuphead's Incredible Cartoon Graphics Are Made | Time
time.com/4123150/cuphead-preview/
Minnie the Moocher, Paramount
Silly Symphony, Disney
The Old Man of the Mountain, Paramount
Bimbo’s Initiation, Paramount
Balloon Land, Celebrity
Swing You Sinners!, Paramount
Opening Night, Van Beuren
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Kommentarer
Electro Paul Lol
The Giant lolly pop is actually a peppermint
8 timer sidenzSaberPlayz
the jelly beans are the real boss they are a nightmare
Dag sidenThe Random Guy and Co
Me, someone who has no pattern recognition: Why you hate me game? 😭😭
Dag sidenProject Somone
*(Try to)*
Dag sidenhero
The fate you called calla maria "mermaid" and the puffer fish "sea urchins" annoys me
2 dager sidenRemy
That Mermaid though
7 dager sidenTymoteusz Strzeczewski
I play'd gunstar heros
8 dager sidenJack_ThePumpkinDemon and Coffee The Cat
*W A L L O P*
8 dager sidenSwitchKid
The music 9:29
10 dager sidenSamuel Mendoza
“Just giving the boss a million health point is never fun” ah you’ve clearly never played monster hunter.
12 dager sidenJacaré de Lacoste
7:07 OH THE FUCKING JELLY BEAN
17 dager sidenThe Senate
Really splendid job of taking 10 minutes to say fucking nothing.
19 dager sidenSCP Time
Cuphead is hard, but to be fair, retro games in the past were really hard too. That's why cuphead is really hard; our standards for difficulty are different.
21 dag sidenFellow Human
“Try to kill you” is an understatement since I have almost 800 deaths and I’m on king dice
27 dager sidenChun Ming Ho
The ragged vegetable minimally peck because produce potentially multiply throughout a chief body. numerous, abrupt hook
28 dager sidenJuan Acevedo
Man just one video and you convince me to subscribe. This analysis is so well done as maybe future game-designer I have the feeling you have a lot to teach me
Måned sidenDevyn Knight
i think "How Cuphead's Bosses Kill You | Game Maker's Toolkit" is what you meant.
Måned sidenDE23 :]
Unrelated joke here
Måned sidenlonelyPorterCH
This game would be too hard for me^^
Måned sidenHannah Hartung
Thanks for mentioning Hollow Knight. I was having the same thought
Måned sidenMiguel Sanchez
Using phases and patterns? *WITCHCRAFT!!!* -EA
Måned sidenThe Movie Review Warriors
I love this game 😍. Had a lot of fun beating it. I hope they do a sequel or more content.
Måned sidenAik Babayan
Oh hai Mark!
Måned sidenGavin Pashak
Yes i know what the boss want me to do
Måned sidenYung Hedge Fitness and Truth
You're forgetting the game that inspired Cuphead the most, Alien Soldier. Alien Soldier was the first run & gun to have a focus on being a boss rush game with short levels and many bosses (25 to be exact).
Måned sidenA Ghost.
the fact hey made cuphead so disgustingly hard killed their company. good job.
Måned sidenMasterboa
8:13 me: hears king dice theme also me: emkay alert
2 måneder sidenMasterboa
anything pink is parryable baroness von bon bon and her castle are pink you can parry the boss
2 måneder sidenTheKrensada
I am terrible at this game, and I knew I would be and got it anyway. because It deserves your money. But I don't even feel bad that Im terrible at this game.
2 måneder sidenWizzem
Do you put butter on your chocolate?!
2 måneder sidenBlueBasNeue Tube
Gobstopper can be easily beaten with Roundabout, just go around in circles and he's a free pass. Also, do account for weapon combinations, as those can significantly improve fights if you apply technical skill to the game and what would be the most optimal way of beating the bosses. And finally, use smoke dash for pete's sake man. Makes the game a lot more fun outside of plane stages, in which I recommend twin hearts.
2 måneder sidenUltimate Gamer
“Just giving a boss a million health points isn’t really that fun” Terraria: Hold My Ale
2 måneder sidenCasual Player
A boss with hit points is never that much fun
Dag sidenAdam Stolar
1:07 funniest crap I've ever seen
2 måneder sidenWell Feed Duck
1:56 This actually isn't the arc of a circle. It's a parabola
2 måneder sidenLindsay Kilbourne
Hi
2 måneder sidenTyler Roberson
Butter on chocolate is a classic euro snack I guess
2 måneder siden1234iamsad channel
so bon bon is the biggest woose out of all the bosses since she only fights herself in the last phase
2 måneder sidenPrettyTony
“Man this video makes me want to play again.” *sees Matchstick* “Never mind”
3 måneder sidenGoofMcDoofFace Gaming
You said you would be next back time to talk about killing the bosses... It's been 3 years
3 måneder sidenThat One Spectator
"Try to"?
3 måneder sidenSuperbrohouse
I miss 2017
3 måneder sidenIcedchai plays
Lmao when I was younger I literally thought cup head was a classic cartoon
3 måneder sidenIcedchai plays
@Ok when i was much younger than I am lmao idk what exact age
16 dager sidenOk
So your still young lmao?
16 dager sidenGmod Locus
I remember once me and my homie were playing some terraria mods and the boss started to very rapidly heal and become invincible and he was like "wtf" and I was like "Oh shit it's stage 2 buckaroo" and he laughed and we both smiled :)
3 måneder sidenJedidiah Ingram
Jesus Christ
3 måneder sidenCrystal Givens
The bosses in cuphead are not villains. They’re under the devil’s control.
3 måneder sidenTimothy Snyder
the're kittens not mice 2:45
3 måneder sidenBROKEN wing H
Nope thank you, life is already hard enough, I don't need that in virtual life.
4 måneder sidenUnitedCultOf Fishcrab
3:45 hard to avoooooid...... AREA ATTACK!
4 måneder sidenQwilsy
I remember still, Bon Bon took me 93 tries exactly
4 måneder siden•Pixelboy127•
Subbed and liked
4 måneder sidenDakyz Howard
10:11 got me like 😆
4 måneder sidenSubham Anand
hhu
4 måneder sidenTheRedRubyGaming
my favourite games 10.Batman Arkham Origins 9.Batman Arkham Knight 8.Cars 3 driven to win( make fun of m3 I know) 7.GTA 5 6. Roblox 5. FNAF 3 4.FNAF 1 3.Minecraft 2.Cuphead 1. Red Dead Redemption 2
4 måneder sidenShai Ambar
I'm sorry but you meant that the cat split to 4 small cats
4 måneder sidenG59Boycross
2:40 expert mode intensifies
4 måneder sidenDean Gulston
May I just say, Cala Maria is T H I C C ! ! ! I cannot express that enough!
4 måneder sidenAJ08Coder
what about castle crashers
4 måneder sidenRedPz
hol up emkay music is playing
4 måneder sidenDaniel
4:38 Pufferfish*
5 måneder sidenLuis F. Peña Neto
Just... Incredible.
5 måneder sidensundaran 1122
do an episode on terraria bosses!
5 måneder sidenMiguel Vaca
I want cuphead because the art reminds me of old Disney
5 måneder sidenРуслан Калашников
6:42 гопстоппер
5 måneder sidenLarryOli 11
4:39 You mean pufferfish
5 måneder sidenRzLo_
Soy el comentario en español que buscas.
5 måneder sidenOurCorner
Moral of the story: cup head is epic
5 måneder sidenCuphead
3 things most exciting thing in the world (please dont make a jojo reference) - when U hear a "KNOCKOUT" in cuphead -when U finish cuphead And when U finish cuphead in the Difficulttie max with an S or A+ rank
5 måneder sidenPro Eternal
When the dragon is making a fireball It looks pregnant
5 måneder sidenSimon no last name
Cuphead has cool art style but the game just annoyed me. Crazy hard. Feels unfair but kudos to those who beat it I only managed a few bosses before I gave up and played something else
5 måneder sidenGaZ loves Games
Enjoyed this 💪💚
5 måneder sidenJames Duffy
Rock candy... You mean a peppermint?
5 måneder sidenFist Bump Sauce
Love the art style and graphics! #LoveIsNotTourism #LoveIsEssential
5 måneder sidenThememeking 484
2:16 this attack may look slow but it’s one of the most obnoxious attacks in the game
5 måneder sidenAxel Benega
the second part of this topic ever came out?
5 måneder sidenJosh H
Friend and I were just hanging out and we decided to buy this game. We completed every fight on the hardest difficulty including the devil in 8 hours. Like I’m typing this mere minutes after we just did it.
5 måneder sidenDaniel Castillo
I must confess I played this game several times, and I still don't know A) Most of the boss names B) What that fucking bee's plane form's pattern was, like seriously, I felt like I was getting really lucky
5 måneder sidenchobbis3
5:08 I can't believe I just got this, but one of the frogs is "throwing punches"
6 måneder sidenCharkit
Just in case you weren't aware, the frogs are a reference to Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter. His "punch throwing" move is a reference to Ryu and Ken's signature move, Hadouken which is also a "punch" or fist-shaped projectile.
5 måneder sidenDark Hood Chief
I have a love/hate relationship with this game.
6 måneder sidenMike does things
Tile fix: how Cupheads bosses kill you
6 måneder sidenShade Katz
King dice could have a video of his own :P
6 måneder sidenChara Dreemurr
Imagine if you can make your Own Boss in Cuphead, that would be cool, Right?
6 måneder sidenElectroshock Gamer
I thought this would mention each boss' primary strategy 😅 But I can think of that. Most of them try to corner the player or force them to mess up. Some of the best examples: Dr. Kahl's Robot: Almost all of the attacks are meant to corner the player, such as the small flying drones that come from the gut, which can corner you if you get caught in a bad spot, the laser from the head, which can pin you down while you wait for it to end, the laser walls, which are pretty self explanatory, the screws and bolts fired from the head once the laser is destroyed, which cover a large part of the screen, the bombs, which, again, can catch players in a bad spot if they aren't destroyed, and both attacks in the final phase. The electrified walls are, again, pretty self explanatory, and the gems have very tight spaces in between, which, combined with the walls, can cause a player to be caught behind the wall or take a hit from the shots to avoid being trapped. Cala Maria: Cala constantly tries to get you either cornered or otherwise unable to avoid a hit. Her pufferfish make everything a very tight squeeze when avoiding attacks, her seahorse makes avoiding attacks difficult, and the turtle covers a large area in projectiles, limiting movement that way. Her homing eel is very difficult to avoid in these tight spaces, as are the ghosts. In the second phase, she uses her petrification to make the player unable to avoid the projectiles from the eels, which cover a very large area and are likely to corner the player. In the third phase, again, she uses her petrification to limit the player's dodging abilities, and the claustrophobic conditions in the cave make it much easier for the spike walls and bubbles to catch the player. That's all I'm going to write because I'm lazy right now.....
6 måneder sidenCameron Horn
what do you mean "try to" they do kill me
6 måneder sidenRefrigerator20Plays
I hate how many things this guy misnames. He literally says the pufferfish in Cala Maria's fight sea urchins. SEA URCHINS.
6 måneder sidenRich Lizard
Cuphead makers are bullies.
6 måneder sidenMyles Keith
Cuphead fighting Butch from Popeye
6 måneder sidenCompletionist_ Gamer
2:39 GMT: "These cats *always* split out into four mice. Never three. Never five. Always four." Expert Mode: *Hey.*
6 måneder sidenNexus Code YT
I feel like every boss in cuphead was very well designed except with the rabbit in king die’s boss fight.
6 måneder sidenJared Doherty
how tf did u manage to name every single object wrong in this video
6 måneder sidenPay2CUsername
I think it’s kind of funny, almost anybody I talk to about sugar land shimmy really doesn’t like it, especially the waffle. I loved that stage and felt like the waffle wasn’t that bad (but the gumball machine, yeah I hate it)
6 måneder sidenCamus Reviews
Cuphead also has a lot of influence from Megaman and it has a lot of references to older fighting games (the frogs represent Ryu and Ken, and the charge attack for the peashooter is a hadoken reference for example)
7 måneder sidenM4XD4B0ZZ
This game looks awesome
7 måneder sidenWindex Man
also when fighting baroness von bon bon she’ll shoot her shotgun but u can also shoot the candy floss she shot so then u dont have to worry about that very much
7 måneder sidenIan Flint
Did you know that whenever the candy corn opens its mouth in the Baroness von Bon Bon boss battle, a mini candycorn pops out?
7 måneder sidenEkant Sahu
The dragon will do a psychic ray attack after 3 fire ball in which one will be a double fire ball
7 måneder sidenAlpacalypse
Cuphead also reminds me of classic Rayman in its colour and difficulty
7 måneder sidenNot sound Content
Becky boop you mean Betty boop you cant talk right
7 måneder sidenFrog _guy
But god is it satisfying to beat a boss you spend hours on *cough* bebby the clown *cough*
7 måneder sidenAentonas
Hollow Knight intensifies
7 måneder sidenFat Hammond
I hate how bosses are jiggly and wobbly it looks dumb
7 måneder siden