Top 10 Best Bosses from Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
You might not have this game on a pedestal, but even if you feel lukewarm about Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days as a whole, it's hard to ignore how wild the boss lineup is. One minute you're locked in a visually stunning, emotionally loaded duel. The next, you're stuck hammering away at a giant piece of clunky nonsense with a hitbox that feels like it was coded out of spite. The bosses here are the ultimate mixed bag. Some are fan-favorites for good reason. Others are widely hated enough to be punchlines in the fandom.The good ones, though? They stand out. Maybe it's because of the mechanics. Maybe it's the story beats. Or maybe it's just the sheer style of it all. A few of these fights actually give the game a spark it sometimes struggles to keep lit. You're here to sift through the rubble and highlight those moments. The ones that made your thumbs hurt in a good way. The ones that felt like a reward, not a chore.
Massive spoilers are scattered everywhere in this list like broken Keyblade shards. So proceed only if you've finished the game or just don't care. Vote for the boss fights that actually earned their screen time and see what the rest of the Kingdom Hearts crowd thinks is worth remembering.
This is really the only boss in the game that can be considered great. Each of the four phases is different and progressively more difficult. It's also the only boss that feels right in the game it's in, as it is actually balanced to suit the fairly simplistic combat of the game. It is also extremely sad.
I find Riku to be a pretty decent fight all around. The main reason I like him, though, is how much emotional strain it puts on you. After you destroy Xion, you run back to the castle, dual keyblades in hand, and seek to destroy Kingdom Hearts. After a confrontation with Riku, where you win, he surprises you by giving in to the darkness before squeezing you until you pass out. Then you slowly see all memories of Xion fade away as you wonder who is chopping onions next to you.
This is just such an unbelievably cool fight. Being able to beat up this person who has been extremely rude and manipulative the entire time is satisfying. The fight is pretty good outside of that fact as well.
I've always had a major soft spot for this boss, no matter what game it's in. I find it one of the more unique fights in the series, and I always have a lot of fun fighting it.
Definitely the most interesting of the original Heartless bosses in the game. It has a wide variety of attacks, yet none of them are unfair. My only issue is how much health this jerk has. It really didn't have to have over eight health bars.
This one has a pretty cool design and isn't poorly designed. It just isn't particularly interesting either.
I know that this boss is infamous, and it definitely earned that infamy. However, at least it had a somewhat interesting concept and is the coolest-looking Heartless in the game, possibly the series.
The boss has been annoying no matter what game it's in. This one becomes more annoying by splitting itself in two and then having you whittle down each one's health so the other one doesn't revive.
I actually enjoyed the chase scene in the fight because of how relaxing the environment is.
This boss takes the cake for the worst boss in the game. It took me over 35 minutes to beat this pile of trash. Its defense is unfair, and its massive shockwave attack can inflict any status effect. If you get weighed down, you should just give up. Additionally, it will always one-shot or two-shot you. And as I said, it took me 35 minutes on one run to beat it, after a few hours of trying beforehand. If you fail, you have to go through the entire boss rush all over again.
The first big boss was cool enough that they've brought him back and let you fight him again.