This thread makes me want to set up an index for the index in my thread. I am going to do that before posting this.

Anyway, bosses. I have things to say about them. Since most of those things involve violence, drugs, or nudity I have to be briefs.

Boss fights in classic games are unique and highlight experiences. With normal enemies you usually start with simple maps and traps and plane wing flaps then when you get used to a kind of enemy they throw you in some weird setups where the world is new and difficult even if the enemies are the same, but since the environment is different the enemies can seem more difficult because of new and old colliding. What am I talking about? Bosses, right. So they have some weird things you have to do before a boss fight to teach you how to beat the boss because mindlessly smashing it is not supposed to work. You have to throw a bomb in its mouth. You have to hit a sweet spot. You have to press some buttons in a specific order. You have to push something on its noggin. Normal enemies usually scale up from the starting enemies. For example, imagine if the T1 Trojan could be attacked from its shield side but it takes only 50% damage from the front, in T2 it works as it does right now, and in T3 if you attack it from the front it can immediately dash. Moral of the story, do not stand in front of Trojans. You had T1 to see something abnormal, T2 to confirm it, and T3 to test if you were paying attention. Getting off topic again. You can probably tell by now I would rather discuss what makes bosses interesting to fight but everyone knows people only care about the payouts and token rewards in this game.

1. I have no favorites because when I like a boss thread that means I like it. Why only like one? If I see something that fits what it means to be a boss, good. Good job. Go have an ice cream cone. Lactose intolerant? I can eat it for you.
2. I think boss token items should be designed to do something relevant to the boss and/or its preceding floors that other weapons can only struggle to do. The problem is making that happen. Crest of Almire is a good example but shields are easy to make stats for. Firestorm. Things have melee attacks. Almost everything deals shadow damage. Trojans can shock when they buff themselves. Fire is everywhere. Done. If doing that is too difficult then make the equipment have similar abilities to the boss or its preceding floors. Nautical theme? Anchor heavy sword. Why the liquids not.
3. In my own thread I have been procrastinating posting a boss idea of my own. If you want to spoil the idea for yourself you can find it listed easily. I have also been kicking around a few other boss ideas but it usually falls back to the preceding floors with unique normal enemies and map features that make the boss seem uninteresting in comparison.
4. The boss can be whatever family it wants, I just want to see something unique and satisfying.