How Cuphead's Most Notorious Boss Was Made
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- What goes into creating a dragon? Find out, as the two brothers behind Cuphead take us through the concept and design process of the notoriously difficult boss, Grim Matchstick.
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Which boss do you think was the hardest in Cuphead?
GameSpot dr Karl's robot
Dr. Kahl's Robot
Dr Kahls robot
GameSpot king dice was by far the boss I spent the most time on
Bon bon
Dragon was fun at least. Robot though...
Same.
Mauro Antunes for me the dragon was a FUCKING pain in my ass meanwhile I beat the robot in under 30 minutes...
Holy sh*t! I just beat the robot!
I remember that the robot was the first time I actually considered the option of suicide.
the god damn train...
I like how some bosses are hard or easy for some people, good design
That is so true. I struggled on that candy baroness one for way longer than I should have.
I managed to beat the damn kahl robot in under an hour, but grim took me a goddamn WEEK to finish
Honestly he's not that hard, but if you're trying to take zero damage he's definitely one of the hardest. But if you're just trying to beat him getting to his last stage with at least 2 hp is vital.
I'd watch a whole damn 2 hour documentary about this game, it's so cool!
And I'd go insane if it was ported to Switch! Make it happen Studio MDHR!
The Flamers Do you have a source? I’ve been told through multiple articles that it’s going to stay an XBox/PC exclusive. But holy shit, I hope you’re right!
Well it just was released for switch
Your comment aged well ;)
It will be released on switch on the 18th of april! There’s a trailer on the studio’s yt channel!
You are officially insane now.
That's not what Dr. Kahl looks like.
BryTheGamer ik right?
That's not Rumor Honeybottoms.
MarkZillaX honeybottoms is easy. Lobber phase 1 + 2, chaser phase 3
@@supaplayer dude read the title (i know this is a.joke)
@laqundra barnetts
R/woooosh
this game is so great
Understatement
This is only the SECOND hardest boss in the game. The hardest boss is the iron giant.
Random person #8462 honestly for me, 5th at maximum. Rumour Honey bottoms feels much harder for me
@@gleen9843 agreed.
@@gleen9843 lobber on her second and last phases makes it a lot easier
You can also use chaser as your secondary for when lobber isn't a complete option
I'd say this is the third, the second spot goes for king dice
Baroness von bon bon is hardeset
What to do when your game gets a terrible fandom:
Cuphead: Let's ignore it and focus on the good side
Undertale: Disappear from view until it's over
FNAF: Give them more and don't stop
Sonic: Let's give them Mania for pure enjoyment
Also Sonic: Give them Forces so we can have their money
pacman: wait... we have a fandom?
I hope sonic just continues as a 2D game series if not then just make modern sonic like he was in colours or generations.
Sooner or later, fangirls will appear...
Um... doesn't Sonic Mania also let them have our money? Probably more money than Forces made?
LRGonzales yeah, But Mania deserves it, and it's half the price of Forces
The guy who made the tower model gave a presentation at a University close to where I live. He had it on display so we could see it up close. Very cool.
Hardest boss is the tutorial
Dead meme
@@supaplayer?
What?
@@supaplayer why did you say dead meme
Because he’s referencing a meme about a game journalist who couldn’t beat the tutorial and I was just saying that it was kind of a dead meme by the time this was originally posted
The most notorious for the fandom were probably King Dice, Cala and Hilda. But I think we all agree the robot was f u c k i n g impossible
In a fit of rage, I called Dr. Khal’s robot “Dr. Khal’s kuhmsock”
For me, the robot isn’t impossible since you can slowly learn his moves
The most notorious one for me is the genie. I spent an hour trying to beat him on regular, 1 day on Expert and 1 week on S ranking
I Found Bee Harder Than The Robot
Also Dr Kahl Robot Was Hard But I Had A Lot Of Enjoyment WHILE Fighting Him.
Nah that robot was harder
Dorito joe liking for agreeing
Dorito joe king dice was harder imo
HAC KED he caught me completely by surprise with his cards but other than that I didnt think the whole gauntlet was toooo bad
False
I killed the robot 2nd try, the only trick is to focus directly on whats around you for the end
More games need to emulate this level of creative vision without shamelessly ripping it off. So much enthusiasm went into its world and it felt fully realized without trying too hard. This is the character that comes through when a few people enjoy doing most of the work on a project.
It’s almost unfair how much love and work went into this game
What??
Grim himself was easy, my problem was the jumping fire
Echo Same.
Am I too late here?
Every time before jumping, the fires make a unique noise (probably cheering or something).
Do your best to jump to the furthest cloud when you hear the noise. It will work most of the time.
Are you trying to say that phase 2 is the hardest phase? Or are you stating the obvious fact that a stationary, defenseless dragon is easier to deal with than the erratic fireballs flying at you that he emits?
**Reads video title**
“Oh, so we’ll be looking at Dr. Kahl’s blueprints?”
**watches video**
“Awwwww.....”
Kyle Stubbs there’s this thing called a thumbnail.
Kyle Stubbs you looked at the thumbnail and this didn't happen
Badger Ciaputa I saw the thumbnail. I just don’t think Grim Matchstick is the most notorious boss in the game.
Kyle Stubbs then why did you think it would be Dr. Kahl’s Robot even if it was obvious that it wasn’t.
8bitLegit It’s a joke.
Grim Matchstick and Dr. Kahl’s Robot both gave me such a hard time throughout the game! If you ask me, the Chaser is not such a good weapon for the former because you’re usually susceptible to getting hit when it splits into four pieces in the final phase. Thankfully, you can avoid that with the Lobber where it takes a less time to knock him out. As far as the latter is concerned, you’d be lucky to get a couple of head hits with the rocket shots given the speed the head flies. Then there’s the final phase where it’s long and a lot of it is bullet avoidance (as I like to call it).
The robot is way harder
wtf i beat the robot like at my 5th try but the fucking dragon took me a complete day
Both took me a long time but the dragon got easier every time I played it but the robot was just so annoying with its first phase
The dr.kahls bot is so hard😠😠😠😠
TheFunmaker IK I beat the dragon on like my first 10 tries the robot took me like 100 tries
All are easy except the fucking king dice
Haha I didn't know that this boss was considered one of the toughest. I somehow managed to beat it in 3 tries blind. The robot though...was a different story.
cuphead's most adorable boss*
grim is precious
Y e p
So true
grim matchstick is super cute
Thought that at first but now even looking at him gives me PTSD
The virgin triple AAA game vs. the Chad indie developer.
Thanks for the unexpected laugh.
*virgin triple AAA game developer
Rob Webb AAAAAAAAA game
True.
Games as ART vs Games for money.
Fortnite is a Triple A.
Minecraft is Indie.
(Or a Triple A game of Indie ancestry, like a immigrant from the indie world to the Developed triple a countries?)
Funny thing is, one of the developer’s name is Chad
Love this game
So fascinating to hear some of the thought process behind this masterpiece.
Why do people have so much trouble with grim matchstick I found him so easy just used charge and roundabout
Marcozee same
Shut up other people don’t have that much skill like you guys if it’s hard for other people let them be.
Exactly. By the time I got to the dragon, I had all weapons, and Roundabout & Charge were my favorite, and the dragon was a piece of cake.
I'm sure that without those weapons I'd actually suffer. I mean, I suffered on the clown and the princess, who are a piece of cake with Roundabout.
The robot and King Dice are way, way, way harder.
YES! SOMEONE THAT USES THE CHARGE SHOT!
Marcozee I used peashooter and chaser and beat him. I did take 3 hours though
Cuphead for life
Big Boss exept those fan arts
This is the most notorious boss of the game ? This was actually one of the easier bosses in the game for me ... took me about 10 times to kill him ... The mermaid boss was actually one of the hardest ones for me ....
EenBijVoegelijkNaamWoord in my case the dragon took way more effort from me, comperd too the mermaid that i took down on my 3 try...
It's the exact opposite for me. I can't for the life of me beat this dragon, but cala maria the mermaid i beat in 7 tries
EenBijVoegelijkNaamWoord I beat her on my second try. It took me like 20 tries to beat this dragon though.
Dr Kahl's Robot is harder
Why do people think Cala Maria is so hard
i don't remember this one being too hard.. but the damn genie and clown was pretty freaking tough.. the robot was too, but not that bad.
Beppi took me and my brother around 250 tries smh at one point he just stopped playing because we kept dying. i beat it alone
i havent finished the game yet but im on world two im working on grim matchstick and then I will beat wally warbles becuz walls easy. The genie and the clown are soooooo annoying when I beat the clown i screamed yes. When i beat genie I screamed YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS FUCK OFF
I played cuphead since day one of pc.. I just got past that dragon YESTERDAY on switch.. I'm seeing the third island for the first time today haha
I haven’t faced any of the third island bosses (yet). But Grim took me about 50/60 attempts.
Considering all other bosses up to that point probably took me an average of 5 attempts, I’m not looking forward to Inkwell isle three!
Thanks so much for this video, the designers advice actually helped me get past the final phase of this boss
I dont see why people think this is the hardest boss. I beat this guy in MegaMan 2 like 30 years ago, lolz
Grim is the cutest boss. Such an adorable dragon!
2 things
1. The Dragon isn't hard at all
2. You must have not played Dr. Kahl yet
The dragon comes earlier in the game and is a drastic increase in difficulty for many. The robot comes near the very end after you've had a lot of practice. I probably spent 4x the time on the dragon because of that.
Finished the robot in 3 tries
Finished the dragon aftee 5 hours
@@WhodidyouexpectSportaflop Exactly. I found the run and guns more difficult than the bosses. They were just so infuriating and unsatisfying.
the 3rd phase was an absolute nightmare for me, mostly just cause i'm so used to holding down the shoot button for an entire fight, and i was just never prepared for the fire orbs, especially since they split at lightning speed :l
I can't believe they literally described the way I learnt to beat this boss. Less movement on the second phase, less shooting on the last. I didn't really struggle that much with this one, but regardless, that is absolutely how I learnt to beat this boss. Excellent design.
these guys are super talented and creative..and i love how they use the old cartoons for inspiration!
I was hoping for a design discussion on the specific bullet hell challenges. There are so many varieties of it in Cuphead, it's amazing.
This was no where near as hard as the candy castle boss to me, i spent 40 mins on the candy boss and i beat this one in about 5 mins
Wow, I thought the candy boss was easy as fuck. I thought this boss was much harder
Lol funny seeing the diiferences in some bosses for different ppl
Candy Boss's health was bugged. Her health indicator at the end sometimes doesn't really show where her health is. That's thr only thing annoying about her.
I beat the Candi boss on my first try.
i haven't complete the game but so far the hardest one i think is the BEE. Dragon and Candy both were not that hard for me. (i haven't yet played the junkyard robot)
I’m just glad everyone *knows* it’s the fandom and not the game that’s bad
I wish more people would see that about things (even if you ignore the fact that bad fandoms still have good sides, and good people, it shouldn't be the game/show/movie/whatever that gets hated because of it).
The Cuphead fandom isn't even that bad. It's pretty tame compared to fandoms like the Undertale fandom and the MLP fandom.
While I broke my deadset on the dragon the robot was harder and if I had another headset I would've destroyed it. The dragon took me a day, the robot took me 3
Trogdor?!
Nah, it's missing the beefy arm and the consummate v's.
I said consummate V’s! CONSUMMATE!
Did you mean: Dr. Kahl's Robot
I love the stock whistle they use for when fire comes out of the dragons nose. It's from the 1939 Jesse James movie's train robbery sequence, I've worked on the locomotive that made that whistle sound.
The robot looks different.
Grim Matchstick will always be my favorite boss
Same here. I just love him.
O no it’s Green Chapstick
Grim and Robot honestly weren't That bad. I mean, they're tough bosses don't get me wrong, but Rumor Honeybottoms was waaayyyy fucking worse for me.
+Mr Madness Fucking same
Yes holy that one was terrible hard
Bruh I still cant even get past Cagney, im gonna be 50 when I get to this dude.
This vid overrated him, but The BEE.
Thank god they animated Grim Matchstick the way they did. If he didn't look so adorable, I would've lost my shit and rage quitted within the first three tries. But I just can't get mad at that boss. Unfortunately, fighing him involves making my right thumb sound like a cement mixer.
Many just say the hardest is Dr kahls robot or the dragon or king dice now actually THE DEVIL is the hardest boss and I know many disagree but the dragon if you choose the right weapons and know how to diagonally shoot you're fine I'm not kidding and Dr kahls robot you need dodging skills for the end I'm sure many of you have dodged unfair stuff in many games and king dice what makes it hard it's long and also depends on what bosses you get so plan perfectly you're in for a treat while THE DEVIL ( SATAN ) IS HARD BUT YOU HAVE LEARNT the skills in other bosses and I'm sure it's a very intense and short boss so it's hard for 1min 45sec boss while average time for every other boss is about 1min 30 sec - 5min so I say SATAN is hardest.
The Devil was really hard
no.. I beat the devil in around 9 tries
Try some punctuation marks next time
Cool Video! Also, pretty interesting that after Danny left to do NoClip and it's a success (because Gamespot didn't want to do it while he was there), now they're somehow finding a way to fit the same kind of format in now.
Grim is my favorite.
Grim Matchstick was very hard for me on Regular and Expert, but I bought the lobber and roundabout and I beat Regular first try and Expert in five tries
Notorious? don't you mean adorable?
Y E P
This boss is so strangely difficult, it seems like you would destroy it so fast but those little fire fuckers
Doctor Kahl's robot was pretty difficult. Just the first phase, though. Once you get past that, it's easy. I managed to get an A- minus on it.That was my only A ever.
i dont think i even noticed that castle in the back....
My favorite boss, he's so cute.
T R U E
I’ve drawn Grim MatchStick, Cala Maria,Hilda Berg, (moon form) and Cagney Carnation.
This video will taken down cuz it includes Disney video :(
b0x0d Nope: public domain :)
gravyJay Disney and public domain doesn't really work together sadly.
Le chasseur de prime d'Imhotep Copyright expires after I think 50 years so that doesn't matter :)
gravyJay It expires after 70 years for movies and Disney tries to push this limit by giving money... because you know, Mickey doesn't belong to them anymore technically and without their most famous character, the company is nothing !
Also they credit it to show its Disney
This thing broke me I was playing with a friend and he was so creeped out cause I’m usually so calm(only a little grunt against the clown
This too me was the hardest boss
Bruh he does spooky hands with its wings
This dragon is the reason I stopped playing the game. Dieing 47 times was too much for me.
Dylan Smith what are you a fucking video game journalist
Yes, my real name is Dean Takahashi.
no, you're Dylan Smith.
Dylan Smith that's it?
Only 47? Those are rookie numbers
My 5 hardest bosses(expert)
5:Djimmi the great
4: Rumor Honeybottoms
3:Cala Maria
2: Phantom Express
1: Wally Warbles
It's sad how the fandom itself is ruining the game
*not until you see the nsfw art of the game*
AmiArrow There's NSFW art of everything that is popular. Hell, it's a *rule* of the internet.
c3ntr0n800 rule 34 seems become a normal thing in every fandom now dont you think?
AmiArrow Yeah, as it's a cheap way to get e-fame on DeviantArt/Tumblr and money from Patreon.
c3ntr0n800 ya ;; sadly some good and decent art got covered up by those..."art"(you know what I mean)
I think it might be odd: but I only find Grim Matchstick to be the 5th hardest boss, not the top 3 hardest, I found King Dice, Dr. Kahl’s Robot and Rumour Honeybottoms to be way harder. Personally I think he’s pretty much as hard as the devil, I died at him a Lot, but it’s because I’m stupid enough to use Spread and Chaser, I replaced with Peashooter and Lobber, and it’s a lot easier to beat, oh and expert beat him on my 2nd try. I really loved this boss
Dude almost no one remembers this guy he isn’t notorious for anything. When I battled him he seemed forgettable...goopy is probably one of the most notorious.
The hardest boss for me was pyramid peril. Grimmatchstick was actually pretty fun for me and I don't regret fighting him.
Kids Free same, Pyramid Peril (Djimmi the Great) is probably the worst thing I’ve even done in Cuphead, especially on Expert where his RNG went out of control, I have to restart a lot of times
Aviary Action (Wally Warbles) and Junkyard Jive (Dr. Kahl’s Robot) didn’t even came close to giving me this much trouble comparing with the genie
Also, yeah Grim’s my favourite boss
The tutorial was harder
YOU FOOL!THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!!!!!
Bring this game to the ps4
my boy this is Microsoft xclusive
Ademola Adekiya yeah the one and only exclusive the xbone has. It will be on ps4 next year sometime
tweeking-on-ice It's not exclusive to xbox you can get this on PC and it won't come to ps4 the devs confirmed it
Camilo Andrés Moreno Gutiérrez It's on steam, and coming to linux and mac soon, so not exclusive
tweeking-on-ice yes they should
They should have had some rattle snakes with weapons in their tails. Like a laser, a Gatling gun, sword...
That would have been cool. But the game is great all ready
Cagney carnation is harder
..in my opinion
Cagney carnation was easy af.
He took me about an hour. It was pretty hard for the skill level I was at at that point.
Hannah Portaro both grim and cagney are easy
People keep saying that the dragon was so difficult, but I had way more trouble with Wally Warbles.
If the clouds’ direction on regular and expert switched, then he’ll be a cakewalk to progress but hard to S rank, considering he’s very hard on regular but a very easy boss to Perfect in Expert
That's a stunningly handsome gent for a video game designer. And what a game, at that!
Can't wait to play the game again!! On the go this time.
I think the worst part about the robot fight is how there is no health bar til the robot himself is destroyed. I guess it makes sense considering how youre going after the Doctor, but.... it just feels like youre making no progress in the fight, seeing that bar go nowhere after dying 20 times :p
The Dragon is *NOWHERE NEAR* as hard as the Bird Clock
Cuphead hit one million copies on Steam, congrats you guys deserve it... the game is awesome
I don't get why people hated this boss so much, it doesn't hold a candle to Dr Kahl's Robot or The Devil.
This boss was tough, and sometimes it looked a little unfair...
Probably my favorite boss
Favorite boss in the game.
Mello Dimensions SAME. It was fun and not very difficult to beat
This dragon took me two hours to beat. No money in the world can buy the happiness I felt when I killed that damn dagron.
Mermaid in the ocean - plane boss fight
Robot in a junkyard - plane boss fight
Dragon in the sky - not a plane boss fight
I’d love it if mega man was put in as a dlc character animated in the rubber hose style
I fucking hated this dragon so fucking much. The charge shot really helped. It's practically made for this battle. As soon as I had it I beat him in no time. But before that it was a constant stream of torture.
Wait, if in the expert mode, the clouds are moving counter-clockwise (supposedly), how is the tower moving clockwise?
I feel like I didn't appreciate the art as much because I was too busy concentrating on trying to beat the damn thing!
It's amazing how they did this. must of took a lot of hard work.
This game’s a masterpiece. Periodt
I'll be honest I completely agree with this guy being one of the hardest as at the time I spent over 9 hours on this boss... not burning his soul contract... he gets no mercy
That dragon pushed my shit in so many times.
I thought this would be more a tutorial to draw dragons, using Matchstick as an example.
Music Dragon? Two words: Belly Drum.
I've noticed something many people have different opinions on a bosses difficulty like I think the ghost thrown and the pirate are easy but others find them challenging but I have a lot of trouble with Wally warbles many find him easy
(Me vs this boss) Me: *Made me rage* (Me vs robot) Me: *Gets more angry*
(Me vs the very first level) *Faints from rage*
the dragon was easy af, the honeybottom herald has a medium difficult, but the fucking robot is ridiculously hard to beat.
I never even realised that castle was there omg