History Main / FinalBossNewDimension

* The BonusBoss Culex in ''SuperMarioRPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' is fought inside an alternate dimension that appears to be somewhere in the ''FinalFantasy'' universe, probably near the ''FinalFantasyIV'' reality/world/whatever, judging by the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome music]].

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[[caption-width:344:Because nothing says final boss more than "Acid Trip Dimension".]]

* ''LostPlanet'': While the rest of the game is fairly grounded [[spoiler: onto an ice planet, the final level suddenly adds a new dimension (literally in a way, as this is the only time vertical movement isn't limited by fuel) as it takes place alongside a space elevator.]]

* In ''Persona 2: Eternal Punishment'', the final dungeon is the Monado Mandala, part of the collective unconscious.

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You're off to fight the FinalBoss, so you end up having to go to another dimension. A VideoGame trope, probably caused because the developers want it to be memorable, impressive, and/or [[RuleOfCool awesome]]. May very well have an AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield or be a HighAltitudeBattle. It might also come with a SurrealThemeTune. The main thing, however, is that it's in its own dimension, universe, or whatever. Fighting the boss in a different time period also counts. May also be applied to {{Bonus Boss}}es, even though they're not the [[BigBad final boss]]. A common part of {{Trippy Finale Syndrome}}s, it is usually to be found in TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon. Depending on the characteristics of the new dimension, it may or may not invoke InterestingSituationDuel. Sister trope to AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield. Does wrong, it can lead to XenSyndrome.

You're off to fight the final boss, so you end up having to go to another dimension. A VideoGame trope, probably caused because the developers want it to be memorable, impressive, and/or [[RuleOfCool awesome]]. May very well have an AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield or be a HighAltitudeBattle. It might also come with a SurrealThemeTune. The main thing, however, is that it's in its own dimension, universe, or whatever. Fighting the boss in a different time period also counts. May also be applied to {{Bonus Boss}}es, even though they're not the [[BigBad final boss]]. A common part of {{Trippy Finale Syndrome}}s, it is usually to be found in TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon. Depending on the characteristics of the new dimension, it may or may not invoke InterestingSituationDuel. Sister trope to AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield. Does wrong, it can lead to XenSyndrome.

* ''DigimonAdventure'''s final boss was fought in a strange void that is neither in the Digital World nor the physical world. ''DigimonAdventure02'' had its final battle in the Digital World, but the first phase of the battle was fought in yet another plane of existence.

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* Judges Guild adventure ''Dark Tower'' (1979), using ''DungeonsAndDragons'' rules. The final battle against the BigBad Pnessutt the Lich took place in the highest level of the Outer Plane of Hades. The party had to activate a planar portal to reach him.
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You're off to fight the final boss, so you end up having to go to another dimension. A VideoGame trope, probably caused because the developers want it to be memorable, impressive, and/or [[RuleOfCool awesome]]. May very well have an AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield or be a HighAltitudeBattle. It might also come with a SurrealThemeTune. The main thing, however, is that it's in its own dimension, universe, or whatever. Fighting the boss in a different time period also counts. May also be applied to {{Bonus Boss}}es, even though they're not the [[BigBad final boss]]. A common part of {{Trippy Finale Syndrome}}s, it is usually to be found in TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon. Depending on the characteristics of the new dimension, it may or may not invoke InterestingSituationDuel. Sister trope to AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield.

* {{Beyblade}}: At the end of the first series, Takao and Yuri (get your minds out of the gutter) are warped into an otherwordly, frozen wasteland during their game. Everyone outside just sees an enormous, spiked block of ice.

* ''JetSetRadioFuture'''s last boss is fought in a nauseatingly trippy AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield.

* In ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the final battle with [[spoiler:Anti-Spiral]] happens in [[spoiler:His own pocket Universe]].

* cult classic Legend of Dragoon has one of the most fantastic examples of this throughout all {{RPG}}s, as the final battle takes place through the course of an ''entire world's creation, lifetime, and destruction''. You go from AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield to the chaotic upheaval of a world being born, to new life [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome flourishing across it]]. You see the entirety of history come to pass through archaically-styled still images, ending with a prominent image of Death. And the grand finale of the fight takes place atop a ground composed of the corpses of ''[[NightmareFuel everything that had lived on that world.]]''

** Don't forget ''FinalFantasyX'', where the {{final boss}} fight takes place inside two different pocket dimensions inside a giant flying whale monster. [[spoiler:Which is also apparently the Main Character's Father. Don't ask, JRPGs are weird....]]

* A rather weird example occurs in ''{{XenoSaga}} Episode 1'', where the space station you're on inexplicably switches to a cloudy battlefield against the final boss.

* In the ''Knights Of The Nine'' quest line of ''[[TheElderScrollsIV Oblivion]]'', despite the first fight being anticlimactic, you then go to another dimension to fight the boss for real, without the debilitating enchantments.

** Don't forget ''FinalFantasyX'', where the {{final boss}} fight takes place inside two different pocket dimensions inside a giant flying whale monster.

* The BonusBoss Culex in ''SuperMarioRPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' is fought inside an alternate dimension that appears to be somewhere in the ''FinalFantasy'' universe, probably near the ''FinalFantasyIV'' reality/world/whatever.

* cult classic Legend of Dragoon has one of the most fantastic examples of this throughout all {{RPG}}s, as the final battle takes place through the course of an ''entire world's creation, lifetime, and destruction''. You go from AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield to the chaotic upheaval of a world being born, to new life [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome flourishing across it]]. You see the entirety of history come to pass through archaically-styled still images, ending with a prominent image of Death. And the grand finale of the fight takes place atop a ground composed of the corpses of ''everything that had lived on that world.''

* cult classic Legend of Dragoon has one of the most fantastic examples of this throughout all RPGs, as the final battle takes place through the course of an ''entire world's creation, lifetime, and destruction''. You go from AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield to the chaotic upheaval of a world being born, to new life [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome flourishing across it]]. You see the entirety of history come to pass through archaically-styled still images, ending with a prominent image of Death. And the grand finale of the fight takes place atop a ground composed of the corpses of ''everything that had lived on that world.''