When it comes down to all that challenge and fun associated with boss fights in video games, there should also be a certain level of replayability too. It's all well and good presenting a challenge, but if there's a point where fighting a particular boss is so much fun that we feel like we absolutely must come back and fight them again, it breaks the mould and provides a breath of fresh air. At the very core of every boss fight, it comes down to the game to essentially put a dead stop to the player's progress for a short while, be it unfair or otherwise. This has resulted in boss fights having a somewhat sullied reputation; a potentially unfair stigma, but it's one that developers have been curing in recent years with the help of franchises like Dark Souls and Ninja Gaiden. There's a sense of gamer pride in game's like Dark Souls, a certain badge of honour that can help bring online communities together in some excellent ways. Fans have discussions about which one they found the most challenging, bragging about how fast they beat them or comparing strategies; it's all part of this big ball of fun we call gaming. Through all that suffering, these were the boss battles that stayed engaging and fun even in the darkest of times. Even as you cursed your television for what you deemed was completely unfair, you were still having the time of your life. These battles are equipped with so much elegant design and technical wizardry that it didn't matter how many times you died - it was all for the sake of entertainment.
