Behemoth
Template:Species-infobox The Behemoth is a recurring enemy from the Final Fantasy series, and is the final boss in Mario Sports Mix. If the player defeats the Final Fantasy team (composed of Ninja, White Mage, and Black Mage) at all sports, an extra challenge is given to the player, where he/she must face off against Behemoth.
During the Behemoth battle, the player and his/her teammates must work together to fully deplete Behemoth's health. They're each given a life meter, which will deplete if any of them get hit by Behemoth's attacks. To fight Behemoth, players use their various skills from all the sports, while having access to a blade-like weapon, along with the ? Panels. The ? Panels will either contain a meteor (which is used like a Basketball, Volleyball, and Dodgeball), a Coin (used to strengthen the player's attacks), a Green Shell, or a Bob-omb. These items have to be used directly on Behemoth to affect it.
Additionally, when the Special Move meter bar is full, the player can have his/her team perform a special move that's unique to this fight to inflict some decently good damage to Behemoth.
Behemoth does feature some various attacks that the player must watch out for. If the player stays too close to Behemoth, he/she may risk getting attacked by its claws and/or tail. Behemoth may also do a body slam, or charge right into the player. The player can be clued to when Behemoth will start charging when it roars. It can also release fireballs, lightning bolts, and meteors at the player as well.
If any players lose their health, they'll be knocked out temporarily, but as long as one player still has some health remaining, they can recover and rejoin the fight again with a small portion of their health recovered. Fortunately, teammates can't lose health from their own attacks.
When the player and his/her team fully deplete Behemoth's health, it'll get knocked out for good and vanish.
A harder version of Behemoth, known as Behemoth King, is fought when the player beats the Final Fantasy team at all sports in Hard mode. Unlike Behemoth, Behemoth King does add some extra attacks, such as biting and spinning its body to push back the player's teammates. The meteors that it releases also cause small explosions upon hitting the ground.
