History TooAwesomeToUse / RolePlayingGames

* ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' has the Saint's Mirror item, which revives anyone that is [=KOed=] and restores them to full HP. However, there was only to be found normally as treasure in the main gameplay. Another was available as a drop from a boss fought only in [[NewGamePlus Encore Mode]]. While there was a regular enemy that dropped them in the BonusDungeon, Mysterious Unison, it was an extremely rare drop. Further complicating things in the original UsefulNotes/XBox360 version was that they carried an item weight of 10. The UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 version changed this to 2, making their inclusion in your inventory at least more practical.

** The All-Divide halves damage that the party receives and inflicts, and while it makes battles take longer, it makes it considerably easier to withstand enemies' attacks long enough to heal. Unfortunately, given how rare they are, most players will save them for ThatOneBoss or not use them at all.
*** The Playstation 2 version of ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' makes it worse since All-Divides don't ''work'' on ThatOneBoss anymore.

*** Shrouds, which are field items that pre-buff your characters with every conceivable positive status or let you dodge enemies entirely. While they can be bought in shops, they're not available until almost the end of the game, and even then they're ridiculously expensive. On top of that, they almost never drop from enemies unless you either rank extremely low on a RandomEncounter or have a certain accessory equipped. Needless to say, you'll want to save the twenty or so you get through the course of normal play for the endgame {{Bonus Boss}}es or the later Eidolon fights.

*** Incenses and Sacrifices. The first permanently raise one of your stats and fully heal your HP and MP, the second automatically revive and fully heal your main character when he takes an Expel or Curse instant kill attack, which would otherwise mean a [[WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou Game Over]]. You only get a limited number of them, most of the times from completing determinate sidequests in a specific way, or finding very rare chests in areas swarming with high-level enemies. And you keep the Incenses between [[NewGamePlus runs]], while your stats reset, meaning a savvy player will stock up dozens of them to face the {{Bonus Boss}}es or the BossRush. Incenses, unlike every other game in the franchise, can be produced at the lab... but you need several of the unique materials that only the Fiends drop. For each.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' there are tons of these. At the end of the game you have enough of these that you have to actually start chucking the "lesser" amazing items when your inventory fills up. Thankfully most of the really awesome items have either multiple uses or easily-acquired substitutes. The game, to its credit, does try to avert this by occasionally allowing "Freebies", which mean the item is not used up.

* Just like its main series counterpart, the Master Ball can catch anything without fail - [[CutscenePowerToTheMax and you can't even miss your throw]]! Also like the main series, you only get one as a [[Permanently MissableContent seasonal mission reward]]. Those who missed the event have the option to [[BribingYourWayToVictory buy the mission ticket in the store]].