You're going to really miss him when you get to Dharma Temple. That's when you're going to really feel the lack of 25% of your offensive strength. Yeah, Beelzebub (Oni Form), Orochi, and King Frost open up after you beat the Brutes base. Fly form of Beelzebub unlocks after you defaet his Oni form, and the Four Holy Beasts of the Cardinal directions unlock when you beat Ananata in Karma Temple along with Metatron. Once you beat the four Holy Beasts, Heung Long unlocks and he is the ultimate boss in a first play through. In NG+, Demi-Fiend unlocks with the Four Beasts as well. Beating King Frost, Metatron, Beelzebub Fly Form, and Heung Long nets you a new Mantra that usually contains their special skills as well as some other items. Beating those Four and Demi-Fiend unlocks special Rings in DDS 2 when you load the DDS1 data.
Now I'm really sad Kiefer's gone for good
Holy crap that's a lot!
There are a ton actually. About nine actually, including the infamous Demi-Fiend but he only appears in NG+.
Yeah, good luck with that. I never even knew there were optional bosses when I played the game
I need to get back to DDS, I'm grinding Mantras before the battle with his Fly form cause I can already tell it's going to be a bitch. At least they removed his resistance to Physical.
Oh, it does work. I didn't mean that as a criticism In a simple game like DQ it really isn't glaring.
It works though. Wait until stupid villager mobs becomes the common theme of most of the locations.
It's like, the fastest and easiest way to write a disposable love interest. Want the player to not feel guilty about breaking up a girl's relationship? Have the guy be a total jerk!
Its pretty common in this series it seems.
