The Absolute Worst Kirby Final Boss

Dark Nebula sucks

Music used:
Mustard Mountain - Atsuyoshi Isemura
Shadowy Partners - Yuuta Ogasawara
Water Sliders - Jun Ishikawa
Ripple Field 2 - Jun Ishikawa
Daroach Reunion - Shogo Sakai

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#KirbySqueakSquad #Kirby #TheRpgMonger #DarkNebula

[somebody]

It's honestly kind of amazing how the final boss is *completely* overshadowed by the boss that came before it

[Magic_Ice]

And when people say “Kirby kills God for cake”, this is the *God* that people prop up so much.

[oimenamesrick]

Lore-wise, it can be inferred that Dark Nebula is strongest when controlling a host. And it's just so weak without controlling someone that its priority will be to flee to space. Similar to how other Dark Matter behaves but weaker. This could be how Meta Knight or Dedede were able to capture it in the chest the first time while acknowledging how much of a threat it truly is. As a fight it is VERY underwhelming... I'm just trying to cope here-

[manteiga]

I think Dark Nebula wouldn't be nearly as hated if its phases were reversed. Fighting its normal form first and then fighting it while possessing Daroach would feel much more cathartic, especially since he was the main antagonist for most of the game

[knuxjw]

It'll always be funny how Dark Nebula is called the "ruler of the underworld". And then we proceed to get no elaboration on that, and it goes down so easy. I struggled more on the dang fire owl thing than him lol.

And they could at least retroactively do something interesting with it lore wise, but no. Outside the Star Allies ref, feels like even HAL wants to forget this boss was a thing 🤣.

[Gibo]

Be thankful that Dark Nebula also doesn't camp in background for literal minutes where it fires out extremely drawn out and predictable attacks where can't touch it at all

Unlike a certain frog

[Chivi-chivik]

If you listen closely, you can indeed feel how RPGMonger is disappointed about this final battle XD He often sounds a lot happier than this

[theravingtimes]

Squeak Squad really needs a remake, the game had a lot of interesting ideas that could've been better utilized if properly fleshed out. Plus I can't be the only one who needs a little more lore to explain what the "ruler of the underworld" is doing locked up inside the same type of treasure chest that was used to house a slice of cake.

[Fannintendociccio]

The fact that Kirby final bosses are always the greatest moment of the games they are in and are in general always excellent, makes the existence of this video essay just absolutely hilarious lmao

Dark Crafter is pretty close to dark Nebula gameplay wise I have to say tho

[Dullsonic]

Thank god we live in the golden age of Kirb final bosses ever Maglor redefined what makes them amazing.

[michealvalois]

Honestly, to me it feels like Daroach was supposed to be the final boss, but either by last minute HAL requirements or a crunched time schedule, they had to just throw Nebula's boss fight in at the last minute, reusing a few animation (Like I'm pretty sure for the Ice ability they just straight ripped it from Kracko), and buffed the Triple Star to hilarious levels to try and make the fight go quickly so nobody notices before shipping.

[TheAzulmagia]

Aside from the disappointing final boss, my only other complaint about Squeak Squad is that the Ghost power unlocks waaaay too late.

I also wouldn't have minded if the ability room unlocked sooner, but you had to gradually unlock powers to fill the room by collecting treasures. Maybe when you find the scroll that fully unlocks a form's abilities, you unlock it for the ability room?

[Magic_Ice]

Honestly Hyness is what if Dark Nebula was good. He uses each Element really well that are hard to dodge.

[powerpointorm]

If beating bosses without copy ability is no longer a fun challenge, you can tell that there's something wrong with the boss design.

[CrossTrash]

I loved it when Daroach said "its Nebula-ing time" and Nebulad all over the place.

[rando]

I like to think the fight is so easy because kirby knows if he defeats dark nebula, he will get his cake, so he completely atomizes him.

[werewook]

Squeak Squad deserves a remake more than any other mainline Kirby game istg

[poyoSC]

One of the most unfortunate things about dark nebula, in my opinion, is the fact that it ruined a good portion of people's impressions of Squeak Squad. A finale is supposed to be a memorable climax that will cement your positive memories of the game, so Dark Nebula being such a disappointing final boss coming after the difficult yet fun Dark Daroach really hurts, especially when compared to the otherwise stellar final boss roster. -Dark Crafter does not exist Claycia was the real final boss-

Squeak Squad is a really solid Kirby game with many neat ideas (especially the elemental gimmicks), and some cool references to other Kirby games (and even the anime!), so seeing many trash on it due to Dark Nebula is really unfortunate. As you said in the video - "It's a real shame".

[penitente]

I just noticed most movement patterns do combo with their element:
-Fire moves erratically in the air because the flames force you to fly.
-Thunder moves around the screen because the spark cage makes you stay around the center (screen corners apart).
-And you mentioned ice already.
This fight could be cool if Dark Nebula did something like:
Elemental attack (faster and flames/sparks last longer) -> Movement -> Small star attack -> Switch element and repeat.

Squeak Squad was my first Kirby game, Daroach is amazing but Dark Nebula really is more forgettable than the sequence leading up to his battle.

[dass]

This truly was a squeak squad, or as i like to call it, a mouse attack