Discussion Main / NotCompletelyUseless

Removed a couple of examples and rewrote a few others:

Examples Are Not Arguable:

• Castlevania: Circle of the Moon features the Zombie Dragons: A Dual Boss that easily earns That One Boss status. One of the reasons for this is that they are both above you (and a lack of platforms and good attacks doesn't help). But you may recall the Ax, the subweapon that you stopped using because it goes in an overhead arc...
  • More in line as a subversion. Those axes still do not do enough damage to outclass the cross. To be even more frank, if you do not catch the cross, the rebound can score a free hit or two on the OTHER dragon. It's useful, but you still won't touch it. The knife on the other hand...

If it's an Infinity +1 Sword that's Too Awesome to Use, it doesn't count, especially if it works on the Final Boss:

• Mega Man 5 has Beat which turns Wily into an Anti-Climax Boss. (Not the full entry)

This was a Good Bad Bug that was "corrected" in the Remake. Plus, "missing out on a reward" more-than counter-balances any "usefulness":

• X-zone is a spell that removes enemies from combat. Like most instant death spells it rarely works on anyone you'd care to kill instantly. It works a lot better if you cast vanish on an enemy first (this may be unintentional), but it also works on the boss known as Wrexsoul, ensuring a quick end to an otherwise annoying boss fight (though you miss out on a reward).

Also, I rewrote the Top Spin example removing these videos. If they demonstrate the apparent One-Hit KO mechanic against the applicable bosses, I'll put them back in.

The Blood Sword in Final Fantasy II. In most battles, it sucks - sure it heals, but it only does 12 damage where the sword I had before it would do about 87 from the same character. But when you go up to the final boss, the usual tactics would deal like 8 damage, and Ultima 3 maybe 20...whereas the Blood Sword on your primary swordsman can easily deal high levels of damage.