10 Best Video Game Boss Battles Of The Decade

14 years of waiting, and by god it was worth it.

That's both true of the entirety of Kingdom Hearts 3, and of its final boss. After working through his entire organization and making SURE they stay the hell down this time around, Sora comes face to face with the big man himself, and his three magic clones. The fight starts with Sora, Mickey and Riku taking on the three other versions of Xehanort, in a fight best described as absolute chaos.

After you finally put down the three fakes, you corner Xehanort in a pocket dimension made to look like Xehanort's childhood home, Scala Ad Caelum, the ancestral home of the keyblade wielders. No more tricks, no more last minute escapes or backup plans. You and Xehanort have run each other down to your last tricks. Win or lose, it ends here.

The fight is nothing short of brutal, with Xehanort shifting and changing his world to give him as much of an advantage as possible. And even when he throws out those tricks and fights you one on one, the old codger hits like a bullet train and moves about as fast. Make no mistake, you need to EARN your victory here. But it's all worth it to finally put the old bastard in the dirt.

Sure his death isn't the screaming burning hellfire we might have preferred, but that's not really what this series is about so it's all good. And it's worth it for - without question - the best boss battle of the decade.