10 Cut Video Game Levels You Won’t Believe Exist

4. Various Bosses - Cuphead

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Since boss fights are the vast majority of what makes up Cuphead, it's more than fair to call these battles levels. With this in mind, there's a fair few cut levels from the cheery cartoon game, as many planned boss fights were ultimately scrapped to give it the more streamlined version we play today.

Firstly, and most preciously, comes "Jelly the Octopus", a clown-coloured aquatic friend. Given the tentacle on his head turns pink - the cue for parrying things in the game - it's likely safe to believe that this critter was made to show players how to parry, perhaps before it was implemented in the tutorial itself.

The rest of these bosses, while still interesting, don't serve the same educational purpose as our dear friend Jelly. They tend to be extra bosses that would have appeared in levels that have several different boss enemies for you to take down - such as the King Dice battle, or the Devil fight.

However this isn't a solid rule, as one of the most finished looking cut bosses is actually for an airship level, which boasts a spider in a suit and bow tie. Was he cut to evade any player arachnophobia? Who can say.

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