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"The Last Stand!" is the final boss fight in story mode, and the only one to always be the same regardless of what path lead up to it. The stage starts with a normal battle against a random opponent, who can be any of the playable characters, including the player's monster, or Vimoor or Despira, who do not appear in Story Mode anywhere else. After they are defeated, a cutscene takes the player into a mysterious, technological lair, beginning the final boss stage.

A cutscene will play showing the player stomping into the main room of the lair, looking at a giant TV screen and a control console with a domed brain plugged into it. Images of maps, famous cities, nuclear stockpiles, Planet X, and the Zorgulon aliens flash quickly before abruptly stopping; the brain's containment unit hums and glows, now aware of the intruder, and it emerges from the control panel as a hovering, armed pod. The player monster roars and it snaps its claws angrily, flying over to the side of the room toward one of the many large, dormant machines. It lowers into the cockpit of an enormous robot, bringing it to life.

The fight begins with the mech slowly strafing left and right, locked onto the player. The brain on top can be targeted, but the dome around it protects it from harm. It will alternate between three attacks during this phase: stopping to shoot energy bolts from its antennae, lifting it's tentacles and slamming them down in front of it, and swinging one tentacle horizontally like a jumbo-sized backhand. All of these attacks deal a large amount of damage and should be avoided at all costs. This part of the fight leaves no opportunity for the player to do damage, but will end on its own after a few seconds.

When it ends, the mech will lift its tentacles above its head and aim them at the player, locking on and slowly gathering energy. At this moment they can both be targeted and harmed; there are numerous two-handed objects that can be picked up around the room and thrown at them. Doing so will take away a chunk of the Boss' health and send it back to the first phase. If the player doesn't stop it from charging, both tendrils will fire continuous rays of green energy that cannot be blocked or dodged, seizing them in place and dealing a colossal amount of damage. No character can survive this attack twice.

Whether they interrupted the lasers or had to endure them, the boss will return to the first stage of the fight afterward and cycle between the two repeatedly. Each tentacle must be struck a total of three times before it is destroyed, surging with energy and recoiling into the body. If one is disabled before the other, the boss will continue to attack the same way, only with one arm. When both arms are shut down, a cinematic will play showing the mech stumbling back and sparking. The brain yells angrily in the indistinguishable alien language as its dome glows brightly and it turns its body sideways. One of the tentacle arms suddenly extends again, shooting completely out and flying over the player's head. They roar and turn around, seeing it coil up like a snake and rise behind them, fingers snapping like mandibles. The other arm slinks out of its socket and the intruder finds themselves in stage two of the fight, outnumbered three to one.

In this part of the fight, the player has three separate mini-bosses to contend with, all with their own separate healthbar. The main body segment which contains the brain is the slowest and least lethal of the three: it simply strides around the level, shooting low damage energy bolts from its antennae and occasionally charging forward. If it gets close enough, it will lift one of its legs and stomp down hard, creating a small area of effect that deals moderate damage and sends the player flying.

The two tentacle-snakes are much faster and more aggressive. They share the same moveset, but attack independently from one another. They can snap at the player (a very fast, hard to avoid attack that deals a decent amount of damage), sweep their bodies toward them (easier to predict and jump over, but longer range and more powerful), and burrow underground. When underground, they will pop halfway out of the ground three times, trying to follow the player and strike from below. This is not hard to avoid, assuming the other two mini-bosses don't interfere. Burrowing monsters can still be hit by the rising attacks and will be thrown out of the ground if struck.

As in the first stage, all of the mini-bosses are completely immune to conventional damage. Their attacks should be avoided at all costs, as their combined efforts can reduce the player's health to zero very quickly. The only way to get ahead in this stage is to bait the three bosses into accidentally attacking each other, as they are the only things big and strong enough to hurt themselves. This can be done to any of the bosses, using any of their allies. The main target should be the body, as the two tentacle-snakes cannot actually be defeated. Their health will stop dropping when they have only a small amount left; after that, they'll instantly dive underground if they're about to be hit. This is because, while all three do need to be defeated, only the main body's defeat can progress the fight.

After the player tricks the tentacles into lowering the main body's health to halfway, it will stop and shake, ejecting the brain pod. A metal globe rises from the empty port and it then resumes fighting as the pod hovers around above. It does not have a separate health bar, as it is still invincible and flies too high for the other mini-bosses to hit. Targeting it is completely useless, so the player should ignore it other than when they need to avoid its swooping attacks. The headless body bot, meanwhile, gains a new attack, being able to stop and fire electricity from both the antennae and the metal globe. This attack tracks the player, but can be dodged, and thus used against the tentacle-snakes if they still have health. Eventually it will be the only one left with a (feasibly damageable) healthbar, and so it should be defeated by tricking the dome or tentacle-snakes to attack it.

When the walker bot's healthbar is depleted, a cutscene will play showing it short circuiting and exploding, shooting stray bolts of electricity in every direction. The player's monster is zapped away to the other end of the room as the other three bosses take the full current and are promptly electrocuted. The heads of the tentacle snakes both explode and the flying bot crashes to the ground, shattering its dome and exposing the pulsating brain inside. The player's monster shakes themselves and steps forward, surveying the four smoldering, robotic corpses. They turn their attention to the brain, who's convulsions gradually slow down and stop, apparently dead.

Bursting out of the pod, the brain and its true body emerge and scream, shaking off slime and gesturing furiously. So begins the final part of the final fight: the rematch between the player and the newly regenerated Cerebulon.

As in WOTM1, Cerebulon fights more like a normal enemy than a Boss, being susceptible to any kind of damage and moving freely around the map without a pattern. While he is something of a break from the madness that was a four on one fight, he is easily the most formidable individual boss of all. He is cunning, fast moving, and relentless. His combos are just as long as they were in WOTM1, and now he has three different ones he can perform: one ending in a shove, one ending in an uppercut, and one ending in an upward juggle. If not blocked or countered, these can deal a tremendous amount of damage in no time. He is still a skilled combatant, prone to countering attacks and catching projectiles, and will use objects to his advantage the same as any other monster. Also like them, he now has a full set of moves, including a divebomb and special attacks. He will try to prevent the player from gathering energy powerups and take them for himself, unleashing them as either a close-range blast or a powerful, continuous eyebeam that pushes enemies back like the hand-beams of his WOTM1 robot. Worse still, the fight is now timed: As the cutscene showing his entrance ends, the TV screen in the background will turn on (regardless of whether it's been fully damaged or not) and display an ominous countdown. If Cerebulon is not defeated before time runs out, the entire lair will self destruct and kill the player.

If the player does beat the clock and defeat Cerebulon, a cutscene will play showing them uppercutting him into the control panel, shattering it and electrocuting him. The countdown clock malfunctions and the TV screen explodes, leaving Cerebulon's motionless, charred body to slump forward at the player's feet. They roar victoriously and the camera slowly pans to the side, showing the corpse's subtly moving. Cerebulon's head suddenly splits open and another crawling offspring pulls itself out, screeching and spraying slime. It tries to run away, but this time the winning monster catches it before it gets away, crushing it under their foot like a bug. They give an extra loud victory roar and the cutscene ends, leading to the character ending and final credits...

Artwork © Chris Eye, 2016.

Description

"The Last Stand!" is the final boss fight in story mode, and the only one to always be the same regardless of what path lead up to it. The stage starts with a normal battle against a random opponent, who can be any of the playable characters, including the player's monster, or Vimoor or Despira, who do not appear in Story Mode anywhere else. After they are defeated, a cutscene takes the player into a mysterious, technological lair, beginning the final boss stage.

A cutscene will play showing the player stomping into the main room of the lair, looking at a giant TV screen and a control console with a domed brain plugged into it. Images of maps, famous cities, nuclear stockpiles, Planet X, and the Zorgulon aliens flash quickly before abruptly stopping; the brain's containment unit hums and glows, now aware of the intruder, and it emerges from the control panel as a hovering, armed pod. The player monster roars and it snaps its claws angrily, flying over to the side of the room toward one of the many large, dormant machines. It lowers into the cockpit of an enormous robot, bringing it to life.

The fight begins with the mech slowly strafing left and right, locked onto the player. The brain on top can be targeted, but the dome around it protects it from harm. It will alternate between three attacks during this phase: stopping to shoot energy bolts from its antennae, lifting it's tentacles and slamming them down in front of it, and swinging one tentacle horizontally like a jumbo-sized backhand. All of these attacks deal a large amount of damage and should be avoided at all costs. This part of the fight leaves no opportunity for the player to do damage, but will end on its own after a few seconds.

When it ends, the mech will lift its tentacles above its head and aim them at the player, locking on and slowly gathering energy. At this moment they can both be targeted and harmed; there are numerous two-handed objects that can be picked up around the room and thrown at them. Doing so will take away a chunk of the Boss' health and send it back to the first phase. If the player doesn't stop it from charging, both tendrils will fire continuous rays of green energy that cannot be blocked or dodged, seizing them in place and dealing a colossal amount of damage. No character can survive this attack twice.

Whether they interrupted the lasers or had to endure them, the boss will return to the first stage of the fight afterward and cycle between the two repeatedly. Each tentacle must be struck a total of three times before it is destroyed, surging with energy and recoiling into the body. If one is disabled before the other, the boss will continue to attack the same way, only with one arm. When both arms are shut down, a cinematic will play showing the mech stumbling back and sparking. The brain yells angrily in the indistinguishable alien language as its dome glows brightly and it turns its body sideways. One of the tentacle arms suddenly extends again, shooting completely out and flying over the player's head. They roar and turn around, seeing it coil up like a snake and rise behind them, fingers snapping like mandibles. The other arm slinks out of its socket and the intruder finds themselves in stage two of the fight, outnumbered three to one.

In this part of the fight, the player has three separate mini-bosses to contend with, all with their own separate healthbar. The main body segment which contains the brain is the slowest and least lethal of the three: it simply strides around the level, shooting low damage energy bolts from its antennae and occasionally charging forward. If it gets close enough, it will lift one of its legs and stomp down hard, creating a small area of effect that deals moderate damage and sends the player flying.

The two tentacle-snakes are much faster and more aggressive. They share the same moveset, but attack independently from one another. They can snap at the player (a very fast, hard to avoid attack that deals a decent amount of damage), sweep their bodies toward them (easier to predict and jump over, but longer range and more powerful), and burrow underground. When underground, they will pop halfway out of the ground three times, trying to follow the player and strike from below. This is not hard to avoid, assuming the other two mini-bosses don't interfere. Burrowing monsters can still be hit by the rising attacks and will be thrown out of the ground if struck.

As in the first stage, all of the mini-bosses are completely immune to conventional damage. Their attacks should be avoided at all costs, as their combined efforts can reduce the player's health to zero very quickly. The only way to get ahead in this stage is to bait the three bosses into accidentally attacking each other, as they are the only things big and strong enough to hurt themselves. This can be done to any of the bosses, using any of their allies. The main target should be the body, as the two tentacle-snakes cannot actually be defeated. Their health will stop dropping when they have only a small amount left; after that, they'll instantly dive underground if they're about to be hit. This is because, while all three do need to be defeated, only the main body's defeat can progress the fight.

After the player tricks the tentacles into lowering the main body's health to halfway, it will stop and shake, ejecting the brain pod. A metal globe rises from the empty port and it then resumes fighting as the pod hovers around above. It does not have a separate health bar, as it is still invincible and flies too high for the other mini-bosses to hit. Targeting it is completely useless, so the player should ignore it other than when they need to avoid its swooping attacks. The headless body bot, meanwhile, gains a new attack, being able to stop and fire electricity from both the antennae and the metal globe. This attack tracks the player, but can be dodged, and thus used against the tentacle-snakes if they still have health. Eventually it will be the only one left with a (feasibly damageable) healthbar, and so it should be defeated by tricking the dome or tentacle-snakes to attack it.

When the walker bot's healthbar is depleted, a cutscene will play showing it short circuiting and exploding, shooting stray bolts of electricity in every direction. The player's monster is zapped away to the other end of the room as the other three bosses take the full current and are promptly electrocuted. The heads of the tentacle snakes both explode and the flying bot crashes to the ground, shattering its dome and exposing the pulsating brain inside. The player's monster shakes themselves and steps forward, surveying the four smoldering, robotic corpses. They turn their attention to the brain, who's convulsions gradually slow down and stop, apparently dead.

Bursting out of the pod, the brain and its true body emerge and scream, shaking off slime and gesturing furiously. So begins the final part of the final fight: the rematch between the player and the newly regenerated Cerebulon.

As in WOTM1, Cerebulon fights more like a normal enemy than a Boss, being susceptible to any kind of damage and moving freely around the map without a pattern. While he is something of a break from the madness that was a four on one fight, he is easily the most formidable individual boss of all. He is cunning, fast moving, and relentless. His combos are just as long as they were in WOTM1, and now he has three different ones he can perform: one ending in a shove, one ending in an uppercut, and one ending in an upward juggle. If not blocked or countered, these can deal a tremendous amount of damage in no time. He is still a skilled combatant, prone to countering attacks and catching projectiles, and will use objects to his advantage the same as any other monster. Also like them, he now has a full set of moves, including a divebomb and special attacks. He will try to prevent the player from gathering energy powerups and take them for himself, unleashing them as either a close-range blast or a powerful, continuous eyebeam that pushes enemies back like the hand-beams of his WOTM1 robot. Worse still, the fight is now timed: As the cutscene showing his entrance ends, the TV screen in the background will turn on (regardless of whether it's been fully damaged or not) and display an ominous countdown. If Cerebulon is not defeated before time runs out, the entire lair will self destruct and kill the player.

If the player does beat the clock and defeat Cerebulon, a cutscene will play showing them uppercutting him into the control panel, shattering it and electrocuting him. The countdown clock malfunctions and the TV screen explodes, leaving Cerebulon's motionless, charred body to slump forward at the player's feet. They roar victoriously and the camera slowly pans to the side, showing the corpse's subtly moving. Cerebulon's head suddenly splits open and another crawling offspring pulls itself out, screeching and spraying slime. It tries to run away, but this time the winning monster catches it before it gets away, crushing it under their foot like a bug. They give an extra loud victory roar and the cutscene ends, leading to the character ending and final credits...

Artwork © Chris Eye, 2016.