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requesting the dark queen from battletoads being extra dominant

requesting the dark queen from battletoads being extra dominant

>>2514271

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>Finally, the past stages culminate in a boss battle against the Queen's master, where she defeats him and takes his immortality to become the Dark Queen. In the final level of the present stages and of the game itself, there is a unique final boss... YOU are the final boss, controlling the Dark Queen as she faces off against the Battletoads. It is...extremely neat to play as a final boss and whether you win the fight or not, the game ends, giving you one of two endings. If you lose to the Battletoads, the Dark Queen once again retreats to the ends of the universe, where she actually considers relinquishing her immortality and the ending is left very ambiguous as to whether or not she'll attempt her evil schemes again. If you defeat the Battletoads, the Dark Queen conquers all and there's a very entertaining and triumphant ending of her subjugating the entire universe. The game actually makes it quite fun to play as the villain and though there are a couple scenes in the “past” levels that give her sort-of a sympathetic line or two, ultimately she's an unrepentant villain and the character is all the better for it.

>-excerpted from ”The History of The Dark Queen”, an article on IGN.com, January 24, 2012