Official Ideas for Future Bosses Thread

I would love to see another Shadow Link. But I would love to see him have a history, like he was created by one of Link's inner struggles. Or a 'Shadow Link' that is another actual character, like an anti-hero that shows up every once in a while through out the adventure and grows stronger with Link every time he shows up. He could be the cause of some side missions, aside from the traditional temples, that do not have to be completed at a specific time.

As for weapons, the way to defeat him would be different at different battles with him. Defeating him would be a puzzle itself just as we would see in a temple. The key to winning would not be focused on what weapon you got most recently but other means...

I would love to see another form of Shadow Link, but I would love for him to have a History with Link. As in, Shadow Link was created by some horror in Link's past, or by an inner struggle within Link.
Or I would love to see a Dark Link or an anti-hero. Kinda like a mini villan in the adventure. Someone who pops up at different times during the adventure to confront Link. He (Dark Link) would grow stronger with Link and have all of the same items as Link, making him much more difficult to defeat.
Well thats all I have right now. Tell me what you think!

Boss battles can have a lot of strategy that's needed to win. A weak spot can be exposed very rarely during the fight, but you can hit other areas and do very little damage. Bosses should definitely be harder in furture LoZ games.

Denomic Beast From The Abyss, The Shadow

Possibly the Devil himself, The Shadow is one of the most terrifying bosses in Zelda history.

The Stage: One the platform located in the middle of a lake filledwith dark red water (possibly blood). The stage is similar to the one where you fight Bongo Bongo in OoT although the platform doesn't vibrate.


You fight The Shadow in 3 forms, which are all invincible to all weapons except light arrows which will temporaily make it vaunrable to your sword.
Form 1, Beast
In this form, The Shadow appears as a large black cloud in the shape of a head, with two glowing red eyes and very sharp teeth. The Shadow will attack by shooting swarm of bubbles fly out it 's mouth for about 10 seconds then it will close it's mouth. You must take out our bow and shoot it's two eyes with your Light Arrows which will cause it to be paryalized for a short period of time and will crash onto the platform, where you must strike with your sword. After repeating this 7 times, the Shadow will transform into it's second form.

Form 2, Demon
The Shadow will shrink it's size down a bit and will take the shape of a large muscular man with a skull shaped head, with a large axe in it's hand. If you're near the edge of the platform, undead skeletons will jump out of the lake and will latch onto you and more skeletons will jump out onto you and will hold you down so that The Shadow can damage you with it's axe. In order to avoid being piled on by the skeletons, you need to press the A button repativly once on get's a hold of you but staying away from the edges is a much more better method. In order to stop The Shadow in this form is to hit it's head with a light arrow which will paraylize it for a minute and while it's paryazlied you must hit it with your sword.

Final Form, Dark Link
The Shadow will transform into, yep, that's right, Dark Link. Now here is where things get's tricky, he not only copies your every move, but he is also very fast and can easily dodge your light arrows. So must time it right if you want to succed in hitting him with your arrows.
After you pull a final strike, he will begin to melt until he is nothing more than a oil like liquid that drips into the lake, which then dries out. He then says, "Light does not always out shine Dark, one day I will be back."