What's the creepiest Wario Land boss?

That Robo-Mouse,even though it's not a boss,is something that scared the crap out of me,and still does to this day. It's more of the execution than the design it's self,so far there hasn't been anything putting pressure on you besides the bosses. And you go to the Stagnant Swamp and you see that-OH CRAP ITS A GIANT ROBOTIC MOUSE RUN FOR THE HILLS!! And it's almost impossible not to get hit by it first time through. (Unless you activate a glitch,which most people wouldn't.) And how does that mouse kick you out? Physhic powers? Throws Wario through the cieling? HOW?!?! But yeah,Robo-Mouse is spoopiest boss.
 
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That Robo-Mouse,even though it's not a boss,is something that scared the crap out of me,and still does to this day. It's more of the execution than the design it's self,so far there hasn't been anything putting pressure on you besides the bosses. And you go to the Stagnant Swamp and you see that-OH CRAP ITS A GIANT ROBOTIC MOUSE RUN FOR THE HILLS!! And it's almost impossible not to get hit by it first time through. (Unless you activate a glitch,which most people wouldn't.) And how does that mouse kick you out? Physhic powers? Throws Wario through the cieling? HOW?!?! But yeah,Robo-Mouse is spoopiest boss.
It scared me aswell. Especially the first time.
 
There's also this boss room placeholder that went unused in Wario Land 3.

I've been playing Wario Land 3 again and noticed something interesting.
In Desert Ruins are walls with faces inbeded that look pretty close to this.
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I think it was supposed to be a boss looking through the hole in this wall.
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Yeah -- Demon Head easily takes the cake for most unsettling boss, I'd say. Beyond his, er... Demonic appearance, his introduction is perhaps what defines his creep factor best. That, and the fact that he finds amusement in squashing/burning/bombing poor Wario to death, cackling whenever the player loses a life. Even worse is that he apparently doesn't die once the player defeats him, as he shows up in one of the possible endings for the game.

Additionally, I think this earlier boss from the same game deserves an honorable mention... On an actual Virtual Boy, that 3D effect as he whips his morning star at the player's face combined with the sharp sound design is pretty startling. Not "creepy", per say, but certainly a nerve-wracking boss (especially when the difficulty is ticked up a few notches on Hard Mode).
 
Spoiled Rotten is pretty creepy but then again all the WL4 bosses are. :SpoiledRotten: I think this one tops the others because it drags a doll around.
 
I was a little older when I played Wario Land 4, so I wasn't totally creeped out by those bosses. But I am pretty sure they would have if I was at the same age when I played Wario Land 2 and 3.

But One boss that creeped me out as a kid was the Ghost from Wario Land 2.


I thought it was so hard back then. And it was the only boss (that I remember) that took 4 hits instead of 3. I also didn't like how it slapped Wario away when it dragged him upwards.
 
I was a little older when I played Wario Land 4, so I wasn't totally creeped out by those bosses. But I am pretty sure they would have if I was at the same age when I played Wario Land 2 and 3.

But One boss that creeped me out as a kid was the Ghost from Wario Land 2.


I thought it was so hard back then. And it was the only boss (that I remember) that took 4 hits instead of 3. I also didn't like how it slapped Wario away when it dragged him upwards.

It doesn't look great in the GBC version, though! It seems a lot weaker.
 
Aerodent's not shown in that slideshow. It's the ghost mouse riding on the inflatable teddy bear you fight in the Topaz Passage.
 
Aerodent's not shown in that slideshow. It's the ghost mouse riding on the inflatable teddy bear you fight in the Topaz Passage.

He's the only entirely non-scary-looking boss in the game (unless you theorize that the teddy bear he rides on is actually an inflated corpse)
 
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