8 Video Game Bosses That Kill You From Beyond The Grave

8. Nuclear Armadillo - Ninja Gaiden II

There's no dick move in a boss battle quite like a Big Bad who's a total sore loser and decides to just torch the Earth as they shuffle off their mortal coil. And that's absolutely what happens with Ninja Gaiden II's appropriately monikered git of a boss, the Nuclear Armadillo.

Even if you're able to deplete the fire-spewing abomination's health bars to zero - which is no easy feat to begin with - there's one cheeky final surprise lying in wait - a damn nuclear detonation.

That's right, after dropping down dead, the Nuclear Armadillo fulfils the eventuality of its name by near-instantly self-destructing, kamikaze-style, and in turn taking bamboozled players with it, causing instant death to the unprepared.

And because nothing in a Ninja Gaiden game is ever easy, this of course forces you to start the entire battle from the beginning.

Hilariously though, the means of surviving the blast are almost so mind-bogglingly simple you couldn't be remotely blamed for failing to even consider it.

All you need to do is hold down the block button and this will inexplicably allow you to withstand the detonation, taking not even a shred of damage from the awesome blast.

There's video game logic and then there's... whatever the fresh hell this nonsense is.