BOSS RUSH (a boss theme album)

There are a bunch of apple slices lying around Citrus Knight's castle... the protagonist is an apple... 😱

Orchard Ogre seems like the type of guy who would fight you once, try and fail to be a recurring antagonist through out the rest of the game, and then teams up with you near the end of the game after you show him an act of kindness.

kwackpot seems like the type of boss that is inexplicably hard despite only being a mini-boss...

I love Kirby vibe of fighting cute food themed bosses in the early game, then having to fight a literal god for the final boss

I like how during the Kwackpot boss fight the Apple isn’t even bobbing up and down like he’s ready for battle; he just looks at it confused because he genuinely doesn’t know if it’s a threat

I love HOGWYLLD, feels like the kinda villain that’s thrilled when the hero shows up so they can test out their new gadgets. They have no beef with the hero, they just love the spectacle of being a villain.

I love the concept of non-existent bosses & characters getting battle themes 😩 I’d love to see more at some point

The fact that they don’t actually battle leads me to believe that they have really intense staring competitions. The final boss further points to this, with those giant eyes. You have stared down a great many rivals, but you cannot beat the Void Mother’s gaze… funny boss music starts

this feels exactly like a japan-exclusive game from the 90's that no one remembers being rediscovered by the internet and becoming a cult classic

The Void Mother is an insanely terrifying design, and 0% what I'd expect out of a nonexistent game that starts you off at a cute farm. It's so perfect.

I noticed the further it got away from nature, the more synthetic the music got.

Kwackpot is a shopkeeper, and his shop theme is that basic “quack” rhythm at the start of the song. A secret item is available for purchase after completing a long side quest from his brethren, called Challenge. After saving up money, a special dialogue happens and then a cutscene showing the caravan shop Kwackpot was inside of unfolding like a cardboard box and instead of the overworld, it’s replaced with the Kwackpot void (as shown in the video) If you defeat him, not only do you get a discount, but his cousin Kwacker fills in and explains that Kwackpot wasn’t possessed or too self-important, he was just a duckwad.

I like watching Apples health slowly go up as we move through the game and level up

Now we have music for the levels, the dlc and finally the bosses. The only thing we are missing is the actual game

This album has perfect nintendo game flow. World 1: Large, more powerful than the player, but very easy to outsmart. A simple fellow to help you get the controls. World 2: The game starts showing you a bit of its edge. This boss is entirely antagonistic, but is also very charismatic and you kind of grow to love when they're on screen. Thinks they're very cool. World 3 mini-boss: duck World 3: Coming right around the midpoint of the game is the first proper challenge: a doppleganger boss. Propells the main story forward, genuinely a little scary. Defeating this boss feels like a huge achievement. World 4 mini-boss: Yeah, it's a little silly, but also kind of a tank and you don't fully believe it's a mini-boss. It plays around with the environment and hits like a truck. World 4: We're nearing the big bad now, so this is a huge challenge in the game's core mechanics. The fight itself contains a puzzle aspect that is really frustrating because it's like playing tic tac toe with lava. World 5: Final thing before the big bad and while they're tough to beat, it's nothing you haven't seen before. They're really there to hype you up and to get you pumped for the final boss. Making you overconfident. What's the worst that can happen? World 6: Complete lovecraftian horror. A full departure from the lightharted, kind of campy aesthetic the rest of the game has had, it is now you against an unfeeling, all-powerful darkness. The threat they pose is existential, every time you die to it you feel stabbing pain and fear in your heart. This is the worst thing that can happen.

The other bosses:🐖🚍🍑 Void Mother: 👁👁

Orchard Orgre is one of those characters that come back as an ally later on.

What a lot of people don't know is if you unequip all your weapons, you can actually choose to interact with Quackpot and pass by them without battling. Not only that, but you'll also unlock the exclusive Duck Hat that gives you +10 Charisma.

Man, the more I hear the Citrus Knight theme, the more fire I realize it is. Even without this being an actual game, that boss represents the “wake the fuck up, the real Dark Souls starts here” mid-game boss so perfectly.

Man, the Apple Man Cinematic Universe expands with every BANGER Louie makes