Sometimes a boss can shine by throwing away everything, but completely overhauling the usual gameplay and making for an experience that is impossible to not remember, such as with the confrontation with Korsica.

While she isn’t perfect, Mimosa still manages to shine bright. But while actually fighting her is less than perfect, everything else is perfect from the brilliant attacks like the music notes or the sound box, to the absolutely amazing spectacle of the big stage and the music, and of course the rhythm section in the middle can’t go unmentioned because it is so memorable and wonderful. The main gimmick for Mimosa is her shield dress, making you whittle away at it to do some real damage, something that sounds really fun… But with how shield mechanics work, it ends up focusing less on your attacks and more so spamming your friends to break it fast with Korsica’s help. Mimosa is one of the messier fights in the games, with an excellent mix of a few less-than-perfect design choices and some perfect aspects. Mimosa marks the middle of the game and is definitely one of the most stylish bosses, being the head of marketing for Vandelay and a pop star you fight on the big stage.

Spectacle fighters can be challenging to make bosses for as they have to balance serving as a true challenge to deal with while letting players still have the fun of getting combos off, and this difficulty of this balance can be seen within Mimosa’s fight.

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