Stage 8

**Stage 8** is the eighth and final official Story Mode stage from the One Billion Survivor. It was added in version 2.0 as of the Second Software of the lite version. It precedes Stage 7. Stage 8 EX is the sixteenth and final official Extra Story Mode, with the latter formerly having a different song. This Stage must be completed to beat the game.

## Level Data

Unlike Stage 7, Stage 8 is directly harder than the previous Stages encountered. Stage 8 takes place in the same location where the Hacker's Mega Dark Corporation Event was held. The first three levels take place at the lower half of the corporation tower, while the last three levels occur at the upper half of the tower. The last level takes place at the top of the Mega Dark Corporation tower, where the final boss is fought.

### Final Boss Data

In the old version of The One Billion Survivor, the final boss battles were called Ultra Ground Nation, and Underground Nation respectively. They have the same attacks as for their original appearances from the respective Korean TV show, The Haunted House: The Secret of the Ghost Ball.

In the new version, however, the final boss you would face is the Hacker, who is fought at stage 8-5. His transformation occurs at the end of stage 8-6, which causes the almost-defeated Hacker to transform into his demonic, deity form, which is now called "The Hacker's Final Form". He is fought in the end of this Stage. The boss' attacks almost appear to be the exact same as for the old version, except that almost all attacks would instantly kill the player if not timed properly.

## Trivia

* As with Stage 2, this is the only stage to be composed by Doin.
* The levels in Stage 8 must be unlocked with the Power Gems collected from all the levels of the previous worlds, but in a different way; the first level requires 200 Power Gems, the second requires 225, the third requires 250, the fourth requires 275, and the fifth requires 300. The final level of Stage 8 requires all Power Gems to be collected as well as all Stages completed.
	+ If all Power Gems weren't collected or if any Stages were skipped due to the use of secret exits, then the final Stage would be Stage 7, and this causes Stage 8 to be inaccessible until the player has enough Power Gems collected.
* Before the new version of The One Billion Survivor came, if you tried to access this stage without possessing the previous encounters from the previous Stages, a message would appear saying, "*Stop! Require your team powerup to access this stage!*"
	+ This message was changed in the new version so that it would appear to be as this: *"Complete the previous Stages and collect all Power Gems to access this stage!"*
* This stage is considered the most popular and most hardest ever including Stage 8 EX, added in version 2.00, Nightmare Mode remastered this stage, but in Extra Story Mode.
	+ This was easily toned down due to the new version of The One Billion Survivor, as only stage 8-6 is afflicted by this.
* In the old version of the game, the reward for completing Stage 8 was the Team Sparkling Pinks group.
	+ This was changed so that beating Stage 8 will unlock the Fright Zone Challenges.
* The quote heard in stage 8-5, "And you are capable of amazing things because you are the Master", is a reference to the quote "And you are capable of amazing things because you are The Special" from the *first Lego Movie* film.
	+ Also, stage 8-5 was formerly a normal level, before in the new version, was later upgraded to a boss level.
	+ Unlike other boss levels, stage 8-5's boss battle occurs before the dance battle.
* This world functions similar to how secret worlds from the Nintendo series work, except that the Stage contains boss battles, specifically at least the final boss.
* The extra final boss was formerly an independent Stage before it was merged with Stage 8 as with the earlier versions of The One Billion Survivor. In addition, parts of the extra final boss were served as a candidate for the second phase of the last level, that being stage 8-6.