Topper
How to Beat All Darkside Bosses in Super Mario Odyssey
As you can imagine, the first floor is the easiest one but that doesn’t mean it’s a walk in the park either. Topper isn’t necessarily a particularly daunting foe but he is a particularly annoying one. His hats are a bit random and although they aren’t impossible to deal with their sporadic nature can easily turn into a headache for you. The best thing to do here is to actually rush Topper and immediately throw your cap to knock his own hats off his head. Once you’ve accomplished this, jump on his head and prepare for the second round of attacks to begin. This time you’ll want to give Topper some space. Hang out at the back of the arena and hit any hats that come your way. You will keep this up until Topper has run out of hats or until the timer has run down.
The fight isn’t over yet. Topper will bring out a larger stack of hats and you will essentially just want to focus on keeping space between you and him. Just don’t forget to hit any loose hats left appear the arena. Keep this up until your golden moment to deal tons of damage arises. While other classic franchises have taught us to just avoid big bosses when they got into spin moves, Super Mario Odyssey calls for you to throw that thought process out the window. Use the long throw to toss Cappy towards the pink circle and you’ll manage to knock multiple hats off in one throw. Hop on his head once you have cleared the second stack of hats and you will enter yet another phase of the battle.
Topper’s collection of never ending hats allows him to go into the third heat of battle with even more hats so you’ll want to stay towards the back of the arena and repeat the same strategy as before. Keep an eye out for spinning attacks that you’ll need to jump over to preserve life. Just like before, wait for Topper to run out of hats and then rush to jump on his head and you’ll be ready to move on to the next floor.
