Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Remake - Whacka Boss Fight
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Switch) - Whacka Boss Fight. This video shows you the new Whacka boss fight in the Paper Mario: TTYD Remake for Nintendo Switch.
►Game Information:
▪ Title: Paper Mario - The Thousand-Year Door Remake
▪ Developer: Intelligent Systems
▪ Publisher: Nintendo
▪ Platform: Switch
▪ Genre: Role-playing
▪ Playtime: 30+ hours
#PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor #PaperMarioTTYD - Hry
Since people were complaining about Mario danger strats yesterday, I removed the video and recorded a new fight. Hope this one is a better showcase.
No snark, thank you for going through the efforts of rerecording the fight and trying to get all the mechanics shown.
Also would like to issue a bit of an apology as I was one of those complaining about the danger strats yesterday. While I still think the sentiment is true, you couldn't clear the game that quickly to even show the fights without those strats and I'm assuming it sucked pretty bad to accomplish being the first on CZcams with the two fights only to have folks bitching that you did it wrong.
@@rogersmattr Ditto. I just really wanted to see the new bosses show their challenge & moves.
I'm really thankful they decided to show the bosses off more
That's really Cool. I though Nintendo Gave you the Hammer.
@@rogersmattr Thanks, and no worries it's all good. The fights were parts from my walkthrough and it's like you said, I used the danger strats so I would be able to record my full game video in time. When recording my playthrough I also had the assumption that I have to complete the Pit in one try which would a been a problem, didn't know restart would work there.
The fact they made Whacka’s Revenge official with the most intense joke battle ever still feels so unreal to me.
You’re not wrong, because we do whack their heads for months, so maybe they decided to make him be like: “Enough is ENOUGH!!!!! I HAD WITH ALL THE WHACKING THEY DONE TO ME!!!!!!”
@@Cantu678why hasn’t anyone put the poor creature under extreme protection yet? I don’t care how delicious their scalps are. Please, protect these beautiful beings.
First Unfair Magolor becomes canon and now Whacka's Revenge becomes canon. What's next, a sex mod is canon?
Lol don't fuckle with shuckle
ok but WHY DOES HE GOT A FULL ON XENOBLADE CHOIR
Goombella: You can hit them and eat the bumps or sell them for a high price... but they're almost extinct so-
Mario: *already readying his hammer*
Mario: say no more
Mario: FREE MONEY!!!!
Whacka: “Enough is ENOUGH!!!!!”
@@Cantu678
Whacka: This time... WHACKA WHACKS YOU!
@@ShadowdaHedgie11
Whacka: “BECAUSE I HAD WITH ALL OF THIS WHACKING AND WHACKING TO OTHERS!!!!”
5:45 that shy guy really just said, “if whacka gets a bowser statue, YOU get a bowser statue.”
True hater energy
You get a statue! You get a statue! Everybody gets a statue!
I got a bowser statue on both sides of this fight too lol
Why does its belly have physics….
It’s reminding me of something else that involves bowser and physics
Fun fact: For some reason in the original Paper Mario without the door, there’s a Whacka enemy in the code but it was never used and finished.
"without the door" 💀
You know, the Paper Mario game for the N64!
Never finished, nah it was and let me tell you don't want to make him made.
@@speedymatt1236 you could've said Paper Mario 64...
I didn’t want people to get confused with the 64th Thousand Year door Remake coming in the year 3284.
Jokes aside, I try to be clear with what I say.
>Whacka whacks himself to produce more bumps to hit you with
Okay, that's pretty funny.
Part of me thinks he secretly enjoys the abuse. In fact, he even implies Mario whacking him with a hammer is all a game to him.
@@e-mananimates2274He does not imply that, in fact, that's just an implication that it's an actual fight in his eyes, because, have you seriously never watched a TV show where someone describes a fight a "playing"? Because that is actually the MOST common use of the word "play" outside of the infant vocabulary.
@@user-kj7pu1pi8k Well, yes, I see your point. Still, it doesn't mean he finds no enjoyment out of roughing it up with Mario. In fact, one of his own abilities involves him deliberately giving himself Whacka Bumps just to increase his stockpile.
I think you mean to whack you with
Wish Jr Troopa was an optional boss in the remake but Whacka was a really clever and hilarious addition.
If jr troopa was in the game that would be awesome but I get why he isn’t
My only wish for the remake was for Jr. Troopa to make an appearance beyond just that one email picture. He was always pestering Mario, so it would have been perfect. Alas, his absence knocks the game down from a 10 to a 0. Maybe the next remake 20 years from now will add him in.
@@BobPeterson628he also appears in the train iirc
**F*******K!!! YOUR RIGHT!!!**
I straight up **FORGOT** about him.
Yeah that would’ve been a pretty cool fight, but this is too funny though
As someone who’d never bring himself to actually hurt a Whacka, I would never have seen this boss fight coming.
WE'RE POACHING WHACKAS WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
Does it only appear if you whack him?
Truthfully, as much as I'd like to try this opinion boss battle, I don't have the nerve to intentionally harm the poor creature.
ive been debating it in my mind over and over about would i really be willing to do this
but whackas dialogue pre and post fight imply that whacka found it fun and that this was merely a game to them
so i feel like its okay to do. super paper mario has whacka get basically brain damaged after being hit enough times but this seems to retcon it to whacka just taking it until deciding to go on vacation to the pit of 100 trials and fighting you for fun
@@ViIvaNunner Well, Whacka's surprisingly positive attitude towards his ordeal is a silver lining!
I like that despite this fight being in the game, Whacka's existence is overall more lighthearted in the remake. You no longer literally kill him, and even when you chase him to the ends of the earth for a final showdown, he views it as a play fight and has fun with it.
I was searching widely across the US for a super specific arcade game that had such an inhumane entity it was literally wiping out almost every player worldwide that stood yet it’s still intended to be beaten. It’s just THAT hard.
@@speedymatt1236What are you talking about?
I haven't been okay since I found out about the Whacka in Paper Mario (64)
The holy trinity of ttyd superbosses.
Bonetail: A giant skeletal dragon that now has a bosstheme that feels accurate to the situation.
Prince mush: the original champion of the glitz pit and deservingly so.
Whacka: Just a lil goober.
Whacka deserves to be a super boss. You pretty much murder the poor thing in paper Mario games if you’re greedy. And it’s so sad.
@@sanddry738 I don't care for getting bumps off the guy, especially in repeat playthroughs; however, the challenge of this boss battle is a good temptation!
Where’s the unholy queen of the shadows?
@@speedymatt1236 I don't count shadow queen because she is not an optional suoerboss. She is the final boss.
*The Sins of Countless Whacka Bumps crawl on your Back*
undertale moment
DOOMED TO DEATH BY WACKA BUMPS
Whackalovania
Do you wanna have a Whacka time?
Because if you whacka me, you are REALLY not going to like what happens next.
All 108 of them
When the audience casually throws an ultra mushrom that heals 50 hp just in case u need it
I mean when a peice of bread hits you for 8 dmg you never know
@@westform22 ...He'd only need a super to restore to full
@@tysonvienneau1830Well, they didn't give the mushroom to Mario...
Proceeds to take 14 red bumps in 1 turn at 27 damage each
MY TIME IS NOW
Be whacke'd blue guy
Whack-a-woo!!!
Hello blue diglett and quagsire :3
@@OmegaVideoGameGod hiii :3
Hello hope you’re doing well :)
He has 108 HP. To get to battle him you really have to give into your temptations....yeah, we earned this battle.
the easiest of the tempations in this game xd
Whacka just casually doing 87 damage in one round...
4:13 “HE DID HOW MANY DAMAGE!?!?!”
27 Damage of the red one
wait till you see prince mush
@@questionmarkquestionmarkquesPrince Mush is like 50 damage in one turn while Whacka can do upwards of 100, both are insane but Whacka is even moreso
About that even if you leveled to lv 99 and have like 200 max HP Prince Mush/Whacka MAY possibly kill even a lv 99 Mario WITH 200 HP in 1 turn towards the end of the battle.
@@maglev957Prince mush can do upwards of 100 damage too
I wanna remind everyone that this was Whacka PLAYING with us.
Imagine if he was actually serious.
the devs def saw Paper Mario MQ and other challenge rom hacks and got inspired to put Whacka as a boss 😂
They actually had a scrapped plan from early on in development from the 64 game to have Wacka be an optional boss. That's probably where they got it from, especially because that's where the rom hacks got the idea from
So, both into one?
Same thing with the new Glitz Pit superboss.
@@jasonkeith2832Mush was never planned for TTYD in 2004. That’s an old rumor that one singular person was purporting as true, with absolutely no tangible evidence. Did You Know Gaming did a video about it
@cratorcic9362 I meant more that his fight was definitely inspired by some of the PM64 romhacks' superbosses, with the whole 6 piercing attack, 6 defense, stance-based dodges, and late-fight supermove that does 50 damage.
You can faintly hear the Gamecube version of the post-Bonetail ambiance in the wind that plays near Whacka before the battle, assuming my ears aren't recognizing patterns that aren't there. Can I also mention how both of the notoriously rare stage events (the meteor and the Bowser statue) happened during this run? Were their occurance rates upped in the remake? Were they just always rather frequent at the highest stage?
bonetail isnt in the game?
@@Roxlecmc She is, this battle is accessed by returning to that floor after beating Bonetail
@@maglev957 oh ok
It's just whacka's gimmick. Whacka makes stage events happen.
@@BreakGlassForMemes Eh. only to generate more bumps, but good thing it doesn't heal itself that often otherwise it'll be even harder than mush
I can’t believe he finished himself off like that.
in the end.... it was his Hubris, not Mario, that finished him XD
He got too carried away x,d
@@jamesvega6813 I think he defeated himself the way he desired anyway.
@@e-mananimates2274 He really done said "You won't finish me... I'll do it myself"
@@FakeTrashbags It certainly speaks volumes of that whacky Whacka!
Whacka is tired of being whacked all the time
Fun fact: For some reason in the original Paper Mario without the door, there’s a Whacka enemy in the code but it was never used and finished.
@@speedymatt1236 I assume that this battle is meant to be a reference to that.
I'm under the impression he enjoys the abuse.
4:07 That's 87 damage in 1 round?!
Definitely tougher than Bonetail.
He’s just skilled like that
Prince Mush is also in a similar league in terms of damage dealt in a turn.
@@DigiPen92if it weren’t for Vivian, yes.
Crazy idea for a bonus boss, I love it! I also feel relieved that defeating the Whacka in battle doesn’t kill it.
It makes me feel a bit better about the whole situation. Also, it seems he views his abuse as a sort of game and holds no real grudge towards Mario.
Gotta love how getting bonked by a snack does more damage than a giant statue crushing u
Everyone only thinks on eating them, no one else other than Whacka thinks on using them as ammo
It is painful, yet delicious.
And malicious
Why is the music so intense 😭
I think Whacka is stronger than Bowser in this game, he has more health. Whacka hasn't killed mario or took over the mushroom kingdom because he doesn't want to XD
He deserves it.
@@daninoob007
That basically describes every extra boss ever. X3
@@YoungLeosword yeah.
A damn mole is stronger than bowser LOL
Once bowser recruits wakka its over for mario
Whacka = Mushroomian Diglett
Quagsire and Diglett son
Funny cause I was thinking of diglet as I looked at him.😂 He's a regional form
This was relly cool! Not only seeing its attacks but how dangerous it truly is.
Don’t mind the fight THE FUCKING BATTLE THEME GOES CRAZY
I am so glad I’m not nostalgia blind / deaf because I appreciate every battle remaster.
But the original new battle themes?? They SLAPPPPPPPP
Goombella: You'd never hurt a defenseless creature, right, Mario?
Tippi: Whackas are delicate and easily harmed. Don't hurt it.
Goombario: Once I heard of their tasty Bumps, I got the urge to whack 'em!
Was that…was that the Asteroid Event?
AND the Bowser Statue? TWICE?
Oh boy.
Late game stage accidents in both versions are really big and loud in order to sync with the big and loud late game challenges, yeah? >w
I think this battle drastically raises the stage hazard frequency given that something happened literally every turn
Bonetails- Tests your endurance
Prince Mush- Tests your Super Guard
Whacka- Is just a fun lil chaotic fellow. The Quagsire of the Paper Mario Series.
Insane to see Koops’ Shell Shield not be a gimmick but a NECESSITY
FUCKING 87 DAMAGE
My heart sank at that damage. Thank God it doesn't fully crack before the enemy attack ends
@@Metalguy40 Yeah, if you can’t Superguard efficiently you’re going to get killed in two of these attacks at most.
@@albireothestarthebacklight2990 Its absolutely hillarious that the scary skeleton dragon does LESS damage compared to the goofy blue mole. God I love this game.
People in 2005 woulda thought this is a troll video with hacked file
Ohhhh so this is what people were referencing with "Pit of 200 trials"?
Super Paper Mario has two Pit of 100 trials; one in Flipside, and one in Flopside. The Flopside one requires you to go through it twice to fight the boss.
So a pit a of 300 trials, then ??
@@enavy04and you are forgetting the chapter in a japenese like place that are 100 trials too, isn't?
WTF?! THAT WHACKA'S LEGIT PSYCHOTIC WITH HIS FIREPOWER, LIKE 27 WITH HIS RED WHACKA BUMP? And don't get started with his healing, Whacka can like heal over 60% of his hp with the red bump alone
Seeing these superguards is crazy. I'm still trying to adjust my timing to basic attacks
imo this boss has one of the easiest superguards in the game lol
Pre battle, before whack:
“Whaaack-hoo! I’m Whacka! You sure traveled a loooooong way to see me!
It’s kind of cramped and dark down here… but it’s also suuuper quiet! Such a relaxing getaway spot, hoo.”
Pre battle, goombella dialogue:
“That’s a rare Whacka. I don’t think you see many of his kind anymore, nope.
If you whack a Whacka, they drop a Whacka Bump. You can either eat those or sell them for a high price.
You did hear me when I said these critters are rare, right?
Just checking. Because that means you should NOT whack them. You do understand that… right, Mario?”
Pre battle, after whack:
“Whaaack-hoo?! So that’s why you’re here… You want to play with me! In that case, LET’S PLAY! BA-BAM!”
Tattle:
“That’s a Whacka. They’re pretty rare, but you can also find them hiding in Keelhaul Key.
He’s got a Max HP of 108, an Attack of 10, and a Defence of 1.
I never expected to run into one of these guys all the way down here!
When he’s attacked, he’ll drop a Whacka Bump. Then he’ll use that bump for a powerful attack of his own.
That means we should try to use as few attacks as possible to keep him from dropping those Whacka Bumps!
Seriously, I never expected to fight a Whacka. It’s so hard to tell what they’re thinking…
I bet he gets real scary when he’s mad… but I hope we don’t find out.”
Post-battle:
“Whack-a-Wooooooooo… Guess I lost… but that was fun! Hope to see you again sometime!
Whacka got the orchestra playing Mario’s death march
The most genuine "¿why do i hear dark souls boss music?"
I had EVER
bonetail
I never wanted to whack a whacka before. Now that there's a boss battle to go with it, I've never wanted to whack a whacka more in my life.
This fight seems kind of hard. The music also goes way too hard for who you are fighting. Nintendo really went all in with the whacka's revenge.
Have you seen how much damage Prince Mush can do?
I mean, it is a superboss.
Whacka (GOD MODE)
HP: 108
ATK: 10
DEF: 1
Special: UNTOLD POWER!!
Bio: You whacked him, NOW YOU MUST DIE!!
8:30 "YOUR LIFE MEANS NOTHING. YOU SERVE ZERO PURPOSE"
YOU SHOULD WHACK YOURSELF NOW!
"You gave me a bump on the head, I will give you a scar"
Whacka is the antithesis to danger strats, like yeah you go deal more than Mario base HP with your standard attack.
Super guard or die LMAO
Also no Power Bounce or Goombella and Mini Yoshi unless you're sure you can take a huge chunk of his HP away from one go and/or you can superguard all the flying whacka bumps, because each hit gives him ammo regardless of how much damage he takes, that's also why he attacks himself at times, the more bumps the merrier, though that can also lead to him killing himself on accident like here, he knows no bounds x,d
Same with Prince Mush, if you're going for a Danger Strat he can insta-wipe Mario with a single strike after you get his HP low enough.
@@silverflight01Y'all don't have 5 lucky badges equipped to avoid damage half the time?
Imagine making the most unassuming, adorable creature one of the strongest enemies in the game. It's perfect!
*Hits Whacka*
Whacka: OH, so you have chosen… FUN
Love that they decided to do a few extra things for the remake, and for it to be something as silly as this.
Shoutouts to you getting Merlee this far down in the pit! Also, amazing that you got a Meteor AND TWO Bowser Statues!
This battle increases stage hazard chances to make more Bumps.
They really said, "time for payback!" Whackas were tired of being bonked for healing items from everyone.
Also omg major w for that one toad with the ultra shroom. I salute you.
Why does he have the best boss theme in the game?
Hey if you are trying to get the e-mail to appear make sure you have no Whacka Bumps in your inventory.
Does it count if I keep it in the shop’s storage?
@Ange1R78 It does count. As long as it isn't in Mario's inventory your fine. So you can keep it in the store.
I got the email while having his bumps in my inventory. I think it doesn't matter as long as you whack him a bunch for him to go away.
@@Metalguy40 yeah this didn’t happen with me until I stored them. Maybe if you have only one bump. But the email wouldn’t appear for me otherwise.
@@YoshKen That's weird
Did i mention that this is the only way to farm more Whacka Bumps beyond the original 8? Just rematch Whacka yet again etc
First of all, thank you for the effort, and secondly, what I was complaining about is that some medals need certain adjustments and the Super Guard should be nerfed from some because it's so broken.
Re-nerfing the superguard may not actually be possible since it's tied to frames.
Honestly, I don't think I'd ever be able to learn them in their GCN state. I only ever was able to do it for two different enemies: Spinies and Clefts. The leniency is one of the reasons I'm actually wanting to pick this version up.
It actually isn’t
Are you saying it's easier to Superguard in this remake? This could just be me, but I'm having a bit of trouble pulling it off myself. Still, if it is easier, then it makes for a nifty surprise! Also, if you'd rather have a tighter timing, would the Unsimplifier help you at all?
BRO WHY DID THEY GIVE HIM A AMAZING BATTLE THEME!? I LOVE IT!
all the more reason for multiple pit trips.
Whacka did _87 damage in a single round?!_
With this, we can say that Whacka really couldn't take that abuse anymore
Well to be fair, he didn’t even seem angry, he was just having fun and wanted to “play”.
This was a mere fraction of what a Whacka is capable of. If any Whacka were to be fed up with the abuse and get mad…
Every final boss in Paper Mario combined would be shredded in an instant
@@IAteABox I said it because in PM64, when you gave him the last blow, he said "I can't take this abuse", and well that, a reference I wanted to make, but the truth is that Whacka was really holding back, he is even so humble that he self-harm to give us a chance, what a nice dude
@@MusSupremeJAR03 Ah, gotcha gotcha
This is the paper Mario equivalent to the genocide sans fight in undertale
Wack OW, you're gonna have a bad time!
*_Dirtybrotherwhacker-_*
this is more like undyne
sans would be more like prince mush
sand is prince mush, do you see how he dodges all those attacks?
people are saying prince mush fits as sans better because he dodges but i think about the opposite instead based on their execution
sans exploits the battle system by using his turn as first, doing nothing in last, dodging (which most monsters aren't capable of), lastly utilizing a karma gimmick to bypass your defense no matter what
whacka also exploits the battle system too, increasing the hazard chances by a ton and has a gimmick that lets him generate a whacka bump every time you land a hit no matter what (and has a move involving hitting himself for the purpose of getting bumps), which is a VERY damaging attack whacka can do, instakilling mario or his partner in one turn if they don't time their guards right
both undyne and prince mush fit together because they trained themselves up to this point, but both sans and whacka are simply meant to be a joke, yet frustrating enemies which is why it feels so insulting to get a game over by them
Haha they finally gave him his own fight? He was gonna have one in the original paper mario 64 but they never did it until now lol.
Whoever dropped the fork mid battle must've been hungry for tasty Whacka Bumps.
There's something i love about the silliest goobers having the most epic themes in gaming
I love how they seem to have "turned up the wackiness" in this fight by amping up the odds for stage shenanigans to maximize the chip damage whacka takes. Both the meteor and bowser statues are really rare, but both of the videos ive seen of this fight have them.
I half expected that diglett meme where he pulls himself out of the ground and has giga muscles
We finally got it after all these years!
Dude seriously, you could have call it secret boss or something, why did you have to spoil us ?
I'm still trying to deny the existence of this.
My Boy!
I wonder what battle theme plays when you have the nostalgic tunes badge equipped?
No difference.
Whacka sprite: He's just standing there, menacingly!
Whacka reminds me of a Diglett because he uses rock throw and earthquake.
Yup and we don't see his full body. His face reminds me of Quagsire tho
What makes this fight even better is that Whacka isn't even mad at you despite everything that's happened.
Dude just wants to have fun or chill.
I made it all the way there the 2nd time and now I have to do it all again because I didn’t smack him enough, absolute misery
Normally I don't look up a guide without even attempting the boss, but I really dont wanna die and have to spend another 2 hours going down the pit
When will you upload your 100% walkthrough of this game?
Remember, his 1st playthrough is with the Danger Strat on
Hey, I hit Whacka enough times to get him to stop appearing on the island but even though I already beat Bonetail, I didn't get the email for Whacka to appear in the Pit of 100 Trials. Does anybody know why?
Whacka: **gets hit**
Also whacka: **BRINGS UP THE THICCEST BANGER IN ANY MARIO GAME**
What an awesome idea for a superboss. I also like the twist that you learn he actually Likes getting hit.
what makes the email trigger? I had bonked the guy on keelhaul until he disappeared but then he never sent an email. this was after I defeated bonetail as well
Do you actually HAVE to hit Whacka for him to spawn? I don't wanna do that ;-;
I'm not keen on abusing him myself either. Still, the guy seems to secretly enjoy it.
Sadly yeah but it's worth getting a yummy treat of 25hp and 25fp :3
I really am not a fan of provoking him myself either, but at least he seems to enjoy it. Go figure!
Does anyone know how long it should take the email about this fight to appear, I've done all the pre - requisits, and have b=now been running around for 20 mins, changing areas and sleeping, saved and quit, but its not appearing - could this be a glitch?
This is what I imagine a battle with a Mr. Saturn would be like.
I really like the Whacka boss fight theme. Will you make another video focusing on capturing this please? I will really appreciate it
I love this lil creep. :P It's about time he got his turn.
So you can’t run out of whacka bumps this time, it just might be a tad bit harder to get them
Non edible ones, but bumps none the less
How do I unlock the fight? I don't get this email but I don't have it on the island anymore either
You have to complete the Pit of 100 trials and beat Bonetail as well. And then go to the surface, and get a mysterious e-mail.
So is this boss after u best bonetail and do the 100 trials again or how does that work?
So how does the music sound with the GameCube badge on? Since the fight seems to have a new music track.
I believe that the completely new music tracks will play with the badge equipped, and the old tracks will play along with them.
Maybe I can strike a deal with the big N for me to make VRC6 8-bit covers of the new songs so there will be a difference? I dunno, a lizard can dream 😅
I beat the main game, the pit twice, and had whacka disappear, why am i still not getting the email?
I really just went through the pit a second time for no reason. 3rd times the charm, right?
I'm so angry. I heard Whacka was a new boss so I did the 100 trials again only to realize you have to make him leave Keyhaul keep first. Then I had to do the last 50 floors AGAIN for the third time
108 hp for 100 trials and 8 whacka bumps. Whacka's plan was immaculate
I hit these guys for their bumps when I was a kid playing the first Paper Mario but after that I never hit them again because I felt too bad for them. The idea of fighting one as a boss kinda hurts lmao
Why does the tattle noise sync with the music so well here?
My head canon is that the moles aren't going extinct, so many are in hiding that the people think they are going extinct. Its very likely case since i would not like being beaten with hammers.
That’s honestly what I was thinking, as this one doesn’t even seem hurt that much. They just leave, or maybe they just have a naturally low population.
Question... How to Unlock this Boss Battle? What are the Steps to Unlock?
This superboss looks like a lot of fun! I'm very tempted to give him a try. The only downside is that I'm not keen on provoking Whacka just to gain access to a fun, unique challenge. Still, it is implied he truthfully enjoys the abuse and sees it all as a game. He even was a good sport when Mario defeated him.
I was like "why isn't he finishing him off???" but then it hit me
Wait….im trying to 100% the Tattle Log, does that mean I HAVE to hurt this poor creature to do so?!?!
I wonder why Whacka couldn't be finished off when his health was that low? Was that just for show or does his defense become impenetrable like a certain other superboss?
Just for show I think, I finished him at that range.