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** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'': The "Shell Secret" obstacle course in Noki Bay (Episode 6) utilizes sections of almost every secret area that a player would realistically have visited prior, albeit not in order. For example, the beginning features a flipping wooden platform like one that a player would have seen in Bianco Hills' "Episode 6: The Secret of the Dirty Lake". Later on, closer to the end, there are flipping rectangular blocks like those that would be seen in Ricco Harbor's "Episode 4: The Secret of Ricco Tower". The mixture of familiar setpieces in this course is justified, because the remaining secret area ("Secret of the Underside Village" in Pianta Village) is also the last, and uses a gimmick that is frequent in the normal level episodes (Chucksters's throws) but is never seen in obstacle courses until then.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'': The final level is Bowser's Galaxy Reactor, and consists of a large path to Bowser's whereabouts filled with obstacles and planets based on past levels: A crumbled castle passageway like those of Bowser's previous boss levels, a lava planet based on Melty Molten Galaxy and the fiery side of Freezeflame Galaxy, an ice planet based on the snowy side of Freezeflame Galaxy. a desert planet based on Dusty Dune Galaxy, a path that builds itself as you traverse it like in the first star mission of Space Junk Galaxy, and a hollow cylindrical lava area that mixes assorted elements like Bullet Bills and sinking platforms. Even the final battle against Bowser takes place on different planets, continuing the trend and crossing over with MultiStageBattle.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'': [[spoiler:The Darker Side of the Moon]] has parts with gameplay from every kingdom, although not in order. To this end, several music themes are brought back as well.

* ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquigglePants [=SpongeBob SquigglePants=]]]'': The last two levels are Remix, which uses every nanogame from every previous level plus six new ones, and Hyper Remix, which is identical to Remix but starts at twice the speed.

* ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquigglePants [=SpongeBob SquigglePants=]'': The last two levels are Remix, which uses every nanogame from every previous level plus six new ones, and Hyper Remix, which is identical to Remix but starts at twice the speed.

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** The Hall of Darkness, which serves as the postgame's BonusDungeon, mixes gimmicks seen in several previous dungeons. The first floor is a large, intrincate maze that uses the WrapAround corridors of Misty Ravine (also seen briefly in Forgotten Capital); the second floor used brand-new setpieces (green damage tiles and a dark invisible maze that can only be mapped efficiently by studying the rooms with the aforementioned damage tiles); and the final floor mixes the previous elements with the miasma hall from Miasma Forest (a MiniDungeon), the ice walls and a mechanism to melt them like in Underground lake (another mini-dungeon), and a complex puzzle to weaken the TrueFinalBoss (analogous to the puzzle to weaken the boss of Golden Lair). The entire dungeon also employs a darker, gorier palette of Echoing Library.

* ''VideoGame/AmericanMcgeesGrimm'': The final part of Snow White's story, where Grimm goes and collects everybody from every story he's turned grim.

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* ''VideoGame/FightsInTightSpaces'': In the final mission, all the organizations you've defeated previously team up, so encounters can consist of any enemies previously encountered and at any location previously visited.

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* ''VideoGame/WarioWare'': Any game without a Final-Exam Boss will usually have this as the final stage, mixing up themes from all of the previous microgame sets.

* ''VideoGame/Phantasmagoria2'': The BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind at the end of the game brings back locations and characters from earlier in the game, some slightly twisted, and the rest outright nightmarish.

** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'': The final dungeon includes a series of platforms with portals to other worlds — the one for Halloween Town takes you back inside Oogie's Manor, an area you can't actually get to in the "real" town at that point. It also includes the Hundred Acre Wood, but that's the one area without any enemies. Sora, Donald, and Goofy also change form while in the portals for Halloween Town and Atlantica.

** In ''Repentance'', [[spoiler:collecting Dad's Note]] causes Isaac to ascend through all the previous floors from the current run, going beyond Basement I and ending at [[spoiler:Home]][[note]]Alternating between ''Rebirth's'' and ''Antibirth's'' floors depending on the paths taken[[/note]]. The Ascent floors are filled with extremely powerful [[EliteMook Tainted enemies]] that harken back to iconic monsters from their respective floors.

** In ''Repentance'', [[spoiler:collecting Dad's Note]] causes Isaac to ascend through all the previous floors from the current run, going beyond Basement I and ending at [[spoiler:Home]]. The Ascent floors are filled with extremely powerful [[EliteMook Tainted enemies]] that harken back to iconic monsters from their respective floors.

* Within the final level, there may be an area comprising sections based on the contents of the previous levels. The sections can appear either back-to-back in a linear order, or by way of access from a neutral hub room (with each door leading to a specific section). Bonus points if the level sections are direct extractions ([[RemixedLevel with possible changes]]). This method often has players using the item/ability they got in a level a lot during that level section, but it can also focus on battles against enemies (thus serving more as arenas for guntlets), including rematches against bosses (BossRush).

* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'': The final dungeon is Treacherous Mansion, a musem which has rooms with themes corresponding to the four previous areas, plus some themes not seen up to that point.

* WebAnimation/Alg8cosathlonCamp has two episodes invoking this trope. Both episodes 17 and 20 have nods to previous events and challenges.