10 Weirdest Excuses For Video Game Bosses

“Be careful, Lo Wang!” exclaims the ghostly voice of the inappropriately-named protagonist’s grandmaster. “A mighty foe awaits you!”

Bad kung-fu stereotypes meet tongue-in-cheek themes in this cult classic shooter akin to Duke Nukem 3D. You get to find keycards, slice baddies, and drop racey one-liners like no tomorrow.

After traversing through the trap-filled halls of the Sumo Sky Palace, leaping atop many thin platforms floating in the air and above pools of red hot lava, Lo Wang stumbles across teleporter that’ll send him to the lair of said mighty foe.

Indeed, the Sumo Sky Palace is owned by - can you believe it? - a sumo.

Only this one is ten-feet tall, slamming the ground with his feet to cause earthquakes, performing a mighty clap to ignite our hero, and explosive farts that’ll blow you into smithereens in a gruesome and humiliating way.

After blasting a hole in the tubby dude’s stomach, he’ll drown in a pool of his own blood and entrails, finally releasing one last guff of hazardous, toxic bottom gas that will drain your health with its egg-filled aroma.

What’s even weirder is that Lo Wang will pull out one of the Sumo’s eyes afterwards, and will eat it. Talk about an unexpected display of cannibalism for an ending.

Either way, it’s a fantastic level for a dopey boss.