Job 186: Marvel Boss
This nomination will be a little unconventional; I ran through a couple of nominee options myself. I was going to go for Kang, but he is a character that will definitely be nominated in an upcoming round, and I don't want to start making redundancies in our nominations*; I also considered Dormammu, as we currently have a stage for the Dark Dimension, but no Dormammu (What's up with that?) But then I had this idea:
*I procrastinated on typing this up for so long that this character was nominated
THE SILVER SURFER AND GALACTUS
If you all remember, Galactus was a boss back in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, with two phases to the fight: Firstly, he'd summon an evil replica of an already existing fighter, and then he himself would show up as the final fight. Here's a vid from Marvel:
So, what I'm proposing is 2 phase Galactus boss fight, but instead of him summoning a copy of an existing fighter, he'd summon his most powerful herald to ever grace the stars:
PHASE ONE: THE SILVER SURFER
The Silver Surfer has arrived! The Surfer's grand cosmic awareness has alerted him of a multiversal outbreak in the universe; and with new universe, comes new planets, new Earths. Galactus has taken advantage of his grip on the Surfer and sent him ahead to scout the anomaly and prepare for his arrival, for the new Earths shall be consumed.
Fighting Style
The Silver Surfer is fast moving and hits hard using the Power Cosmic - Rushing into the fight will only result in the player's defeat. The player must be on their toes and play defensively if they want to get through the Surfer; However, the Surfer will occasionally leave himself open for the player to rush him down - and this is for a particular reason, as the Surfer is trying to break free of Galactus' control over him and his powers!*
The Silver Surfer, being half of a boss fight, retains half the health of a normal boss and does not have a Level 3 super; In place of a Level 3 super, is a cutscene in which the Surfer, having been defeated by the heroes and villains of Earth, finally recuperates, just as Galactus arrives to feast on new worlds; Surfer uses his Power Cosmic to attack Galactus, leaving an opening for the player to make a move and save the Earth - or whatever planet this takes place in.
*As far as I'm aware, there isn't any kind of mental link between Galactus and the Surfer. This is just a tidbit I made up for the purpose of an interesting boss fight.
Galactus quickly dispatches the Silver Surfer, but the latter's onslaught against him has drastically decreased Galactus' power, meaning the heroes now have a chance to stand against his might.
Fighting Style
Galactus would be similarly sized to MvC3's interpretation, so as to make the fight feasible.
Being larger than the stage itself, his attacks will be long reaching and hard to dodge, and utilize not just his power but the pure physical strength of Galactus himself. The player's best bet is to go all-offensive against him - This is the fight of their lives and there's no holding back. Any opening should be taken advantage of, and awareness of incoming attacks must be kept at an all-time high, otherwise Galactus will get rapidly close to ending you right then and there.
Galactus has a little more than half a boss' health, so as to keep in line with being the second phase of a boss fight.
Possible Rewards: TBD
Other boss ideas:
Surtur,
Shuma-Gorath/Gargantos,
Dormammu,
The Mandarin