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*** In ''Endwalker'', [[spoiler:after defeating the Endsinger and saving Eitherys and the rest of the universe from oblivion, your old enemy Zenos challenges you to one final duel. While he has some difficult to dodge attacks, it's a relatively easy battle to win, as you are given multiple chances to freely revive; the fight is basically there to wrap up Zenos' character arc]].

*** The UpdatedRerelease, ''Persona 5 Royal'', has another Post-Final Boss at the end of its third trimester. [[spoiler:After defeating Maruki twice, he fuses with his Persona Adam Kadmon and attacks the party one more time. However, Adam Kadmon can't reduce anyone's HP below one, and Adam Kadmon's defense is so high that attacks will only do ScratchDamage to it. The player just needs to hold on for a few turns before the boss is automatically defeated. Right after that, there's one more battle between Joker and Maruki without their Personas, resulting in a CombatBreakdown to just punching each other as Maruki has a VillainousBreakdown.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
** In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', after [[spoiler:the party defeats [[FinalBoss Nyx Avatar]]]], the protagonist ultimately faces the true form of [[spoiler:Nyx]] alone. It deals 4-digit damage every turn (in a game where the heroes can only have 3-digit HP), but ThePowerOfFriendship [[spoiler:grants the hero the Universe Arcana]], allowing the hero to continue fighting and eventually becoming outright immune to attack. All the player has to do is wait a few turns until they can use their only ability, [[spoiler:Great Seal]], which instantly ends the battle when used, [[spoiler:but at the expense of the hero having to sacrifice himself to do it]].
** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' ends the same way [[spoiler:in the True Ending]], wherein ThePowerOfFriendship allows [[spoiler:the protagonist's initial Persona, Izanagi, to transform into Izanagi-no-Okami (Great God Izanagi)]]. After a few turns of eating 999 damage spells that would instantly KO him in regular gameplay, the hero unleashes one final attack, [[spoiler:Myriad Truths, to wipe away all of the lies and deceit in humanity]], instantly ending the battle.
** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' operates similarly with its True Ending. [[spoiler:After the party defeats Yaldabaoth, it simply gets up again and floors the party with a powerful attack. Joker draws on ThePowerOfFriendship to stand back up and unleash his Persona, which evolves into the much larger and more powerful Satanael. Not only does it match Yaldabaoth in size, it completely nullifies Yaldaboath's retaliation. The final combat action in this game is to deliver the killing blow with Sinful Shell, which is the only action you can take.]]
*** The UpdatedRerelease, ''Persona 5 Royal'', has another Post-Final Boss at the end of its third trimester. [[spoiler:After defeating Maruki twice, he fuses with his Persona Adam Kadmon and attacks the party one more time. However, Adam Kadmon can't reduce anyone's HP below one, and Adam Kadmon's defense is so high that attacks will only do ScratchDamage to it. The player just needs to hold on for a few turns before the boss is automatically defeated. Right after that, there's one more battle between Joker and Maruki without their Personas, resulting in a CombatBreakdown to just punching each other as Maruki has a VillainousBreakdown.]]
** ''VideoGame/PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth'' uses a variant of the Post-Climax Boss seen in ''Persona 4''. If you drop the BigBad [[spoiler:Enlil's]] HP low enough, she will prevent you from battling and proceed to remove every direct combat member in your party, leaving the support Persona users and Hikari in the scene. Hikari will then [[spoiler:step in and confront Enlil alone, requiring you to use three support skills one by one from her to persuade Enlil with words, which seemingly have no effect. While after the first one Enlil just chastises her, for the next two she does absolutely nothing.]] Finally, the [[spoiler:[[BadassCrew Persona 3 male and female protagonists, Persona 4 protagonist and Joker]] reappear to answer Hikari's call and finish Enlil off with a single unison attack.]]

* In ''[[VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift 2]]'', after defeating [[spoiler: the [[FinalBoss Final Bosses]], Jintei and Hamagaki, and the TrueFinalBoss, Forever Knights, the player is still not done, as they will receive a message on the BBS hinting at something going down back over at Mount Haruna. Should [[GuideDangIt]] the right conditions be met, they'll find Ground Zero awaiting them there.]]

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' features a showdown after the final boss. Ocelot jumps on board the escape plane and challenges Snake to a duel with two revolvers, one with one bullet and one totally empty. No matter what, Snake and Ocelot are unhurt (the bullet is either a blank or [[DevelopersForesight you can miss on purpose]]), and the ending proper starts immediately afterwards.

* At the end of ''[[VideoGame/ObsCure Final Exam]]'', after defeating the FinalBoss, you face [[spoiler:Principal Friedman]]. [[ZeroEffortBoss He's just an ordinary human being and, other than having a lot of health and a decent dodge roll, fights more or less like a basic enemy.]] The fight is just a chance to beat him up for causing the whole mess.

* In ''[[VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift 2]]'', after defeating the TrueFinalBoss Ground Zero, multiples of GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere challengers called "Twenty Masters" appear anywhere, though these are more of EliteMooks you may encounter, and you may not race them.

* After defeating Greg Nightmare in ''VideoGame/{{Killer 7}}'', the following opponents are ZeroEffortBoss[=es=] that you simply point at and shoot, particularly the [[spoiler:Last Shot Smile, who is built up as the final Heaven Smile, but]] who is defeated by simply chasing him down a linear corridor until he's cornered and then firing away.

** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'' follows almost the same setup as ''Fusion''; the "real" final boss is grueling three-phase affair against the Emperor Ing, followed by an EscapeSequence with a suspiciously generous time limit. Sure enough, the player is ambushed by RecurringBoss Dark Samus during their escape, and the two Samuses duel one last time. The fight is not especially difficult, especially compared to Emperor Ing, but it does take a fairly long time and the mechanics for damaging Dark Samus can be finnicky, making the time limit an actual threatening factor.

** ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' has the Omega Metroid, which is basically a last challenge while being timed. He can be tricky, but his attacks are easy to avoid and you should have plenty of time to win. The SA-X is the true final boss, really.
** ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'': [[spoiler:MB, a.k.a. Madeline Bergman, who is revealed to be Mother Brain]]. The [[spoiler:Metroid Queen]] is the main final boss, the last part is just a first-person thing and you just have to aim for the enemy ([[spoiler:Madeline]]) in order for a cutscene to play. It only resembles a challenge due to being backed up by four unique EliteMooks (Desbrachian supersoldiers) who can still be knocked out of the way easily once you figure out the proper trick to them. However, there is a PlayableEpilogue afterwards with its own TrueFinalBoss, [[spoiler:Phantoon]].

* After you defeat the final boss in ''VideoGame/ArmoredWarriors'', it explodes and its now-defenseless head utters its last words. Then you can land the final blow.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' In the thirteenth and final chapter of Book IV, the ArcVillain, Freyja, is fought and defeated in the fourth part of the chapter. The fifth and final part is a battle against recurring antagonist Loki.

* VideoGame/JimmyAndThePulsatingMass: Just before fighting the [[spoiler:titular antagonist]], you are pitted against [[spoiler:Possessed Buck]], who is absolutely ''brutal,'' combining the major strengths of most major bosses fought previously in order to pulp you into paste with hard-hitting attacks while he takes off into the air to ignore your melee strikes. [[spoiler:The Pulsating Mass]] itself isn't much of a challenge by comparison, even though you go up against it [[spoiler:with only two party members.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Crystalis}}'', after destroying Emperor Draygon, you have to destroy the Tower's central computer DYNA, which is much easier than Draygon.

* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters97'': If [[FinalBoss Orochi]] is defeated with [[TheHero Kyo Kusanagi]] while playing as Team Japan (Kyo, Benimaru and Daimon), then [[TheRival Iori Yagami]] will show up for a one-on-one duel with Kyo to tie up loose ends. Losing against Iori also doesn't count as a strike against the player.

* ''Fanfic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences'': The Freeman brothers defeat the explicitly-called-such Final Boss together, only for Gordon to be killed by the "next boss" in a SequelHook.

*** After defeating the FinalBoss of the main story, the player has a [[CutsceneBoss Cutscene]] [[DuelBoss Duel]] MirrorBoss between the boxart legendary you have been traveling with and an aggressive member of its species that had been bullying it before the events of the game sent out by the last line of defense for a TimeMachine known as the Paradise Protection Protocol, which is scripted to be impossible to lose. The boss will always first use Taunt, followed up by a Giga Impact/Hyperbeam three turns later, with the player's legendary surviving the hit with one HP and getting a stat boost thanks to ThePowerOfFriendship (or the move Endure if you use it in the former case) before the player is encouraged to use a [[SuperMode Terastilized]] Dragon-type Tera Blast to end the battle.
*** In the DLC episode ''The Teal Mask'', after two very tough fights against [[spoiler:Kieran and Ogerpon]], the chronological final battle is a rematch with Carmine. Her team is noticably weaker than that of the previous human boss, with one less party member, lower levels, and (if done after beating the main story) no held items, and you're also required to use [[spoiler:the Ogerpon you just caught]], turning her into more of a punching bag than a legitimate challenge. [[DownplayedTrope Unlike the aforementioned examples, however, the player's battle with her is both unscripted and required to win]].

** In ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', after defeating the Champion, the player is thrown a parade to celebrate. However, at said parade, AZ, whom the player had encountered several times during their journey, requests a battle. [[spoiler:After the battle, he finally lets go of the anger in his heart about what happened 3000 years ago. Suddenly, from the sky floats down a Floette — and AZ collapses to his knees and cries with happiness, having finally been reunited with his friend after so long.]]
** In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'', TheRival May/Brendan serves this role, challenging you to a battle after the credits and being around 10 levels lower than the Champion. They ''do'' use a Mega Evolution, but it's likely to be so underleveled it's hardly a threat. Also, like the above AZ fight, you don't even gain exp for this battle. The fight mostly exists to wrap-up the rival's character arc.
** After defeating the FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', [[OlympusMons Tapu Koko]] recognizes you as a WorthyOpponent and appears as your final encounter before the credits roll. You can catch it if you're so inclined, but here you only have to defeat it. It will reappear right where it is any time after the credits roll.

*** After defeating the FinalBoss of the main story, the player has a [[CutsceneBoss Cutscene]] [[DuelBoss Duel]] MirrorBoss between the boxart legendary you have been traveling with and an aggressive member of its species that had been bullying it before the events of the game sent out by the last line of defense for a TimeMachine known as the Paradise Protection Protocol. The boss will always first use Taunt, followed up by a Giga Impact/Hyperbeam three turns later, with the player's legendary surviving the hit with one HP and getting a stat boost thanks to ThePowerOfFriendship (or the move Endure if you use it in the former case) before the player is encouraged to use a [[SuperMode Terastilized]] Dragon-type Tera Blast to end the battle.
*** In the DLC episode ''The Teal Mask'', after two very tough fights against [[spoiler:Kieran and Ogerpon]], the chronological final battle is a rematch with Carmine. Her team is noticably weaker than that of the previous human boss, with one less party member, lower levels, and (if done after beating the main story) no held items, and you're also required to use [[spoiler:the Ogerpon you just caught]], turning her into more of a punching bag than a legitimate challenge.

** After defeating the FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', the player has a [[CutsceneBoss Cutscene]] [[DuelBoss Duel]] MirrorBoss between the boxart legendary you have been traveling with and an aggressive member of its species that had been bullying it before the events of the game sent out by the last line of defense for a TimeMachine known as the Paradise Protection Protocol. The boss will always first use Taunt, followed up by a Giga Impact/Hyperbeam three turns later, with the player's legendary surviving the hit with one HP and getting a stat boost thanks to ThePowerOfFriendship (or the move Endure if you use it in the former case) before the player is encouraged to use a [[SuperMode Terastilized]] Dragon-type Tera Blast to end the battle

%% Needs context * ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones''. The Vizier is a very challenging final boss. Anticlimax, thy name is Dark Presence!