History Main / FinalExamBoss

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'':
** ''A Realm Reborn'' has you fighting the Ultima Weapon, which uses attacks from Ifrit, Titan, and Garuda as well as its own attacks.
** ''Heavensward'' has the final boss(es) use attacks that are similar to the ones used by the bosses in the Crystal Tower raids that took place during ''A Realm Reborn''.
** The final boss of ''Stormblood'' uses attacks from nearly all the primals from ''A Realm Reborn'' as well as its own attacks.

* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'':
** Most games tend to have at least one boss like this in each game, but the requirements for each one are not necessarily as specific as many other examples. For example, in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'', the final boss of the game requires you to smash orbs floating around it to destroy the boss. These orbs are each resistant to different elements, and the boss acquires said resistances from any orbs that are still standing. You don't need EVERY spell in the game, but you do need a good variety. The most common version of this in the series is a SequentialBoss, where the boss has a set pattern of abilities, and you must plan for all of them. In true ThatOneBoss fashion, some of these bosses require to you get hit at times to avoid enraging them, like [[ThatOneBoss Trumpeter]] in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''.
** [[spoiler:Nyx Avatar]] in ''VideoGame/Persona3'' has you go through each arcana one at a time; while it's not necessary to know what works for each Arcana, it certainly helps.
** And beyond [[spoiler:Nyx]], there is the secret boss, [[spoiler:Elizabeth]], whom you have to fight with ''only'' your main character, and who, like you, can change Personas, thus switching her weaknesses and defenses. You ''better'' know the traits of each of her Personas, and you better learn the partner of her fight and be equipped with a good variety of Personas yourself if you expect to win.

** ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooieNutsAndBolts'': During the final battle, Gruntilda will use increasingle large vehicles and machines, each requiring a different tactic to be defeated.

* The final boss of ''VideoGame/WildARMs3'' has a grand total of ten forms, most of which require the use of one specific spell in your repertoire. Then again, the Clive/Finest Arts trick deals so much damage that it can bypass any other trick you might be having trouble with through sheer brute force.

* ''VideoGame/BangOnBallsChronicles'': During the final boss fight against Bob Boss, he mixes up the costumes he used in the movies, causing him to be able to use several different combined attacks based on his previous fights.

* The final boss of ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast'' for the [=PS2=] has six forms, each of which requires one of your transformations to take down.

* VideoGame/PizzaTower: The final fight against Pizzaface/Pizzahead involves the use of just about every combat-related skill in the game, including the Revolver from the Vigilante's fight, throwing enemies into other enemies (required to stun Pizzaface and the Vigilante in this fight), and bringing back all four previous bosses for a BossRush. The following escape sequence down the now-crumbling tower also brings back several level-related gimmicks as well as forcing the player to race down the tower under a strict time limit, which they will fail at if they're not at least competent at barreling through levels at high speed by now.

* The first ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'''s final battle is against Shang Tsung, the EvilSorcerer in charge of the tournament. In addition to throwing sets of three fireballs at you, his main gimmick is [[DittoFighter being able to morph into every fighter you have battled]], up to and including [[TheDragon Goro]], and only by knowing how to take down each one will you be able to end him.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'': Senator Steven Armstrong uses tactics that echo all of the previous [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Winds of Destruction]], making those four bosses lead-ups to him. If you haven't mastered parrying, countering, dodging, blade mode and virtually every gameplay mechanic that the game has to offer, he will '''''[[ThatOneBoss wreck]]''''' you.

* The second phase of the final battle in ''VideoGame/LonesomeVillage'' does this, as the player has to redo several of the puzzles they've solved throughout the game in succession. The kicker being that, this time, there's a time limit, as you have to complete the puzzles before the boss finishes charging his attacks.

** ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'': [[spoiler: Raven Beak is a Chozo general armed with the peak of his race's technological might]]. To fight and evade him optimally Samus has to use nearly ''everything'' her arsenal has. One attack is best beaten back by super missiles, storm missiles are excellent for unloading damage on the boss in the tiny openings given as he flies, his speed requires use of both the flash boost and space jump to safely evade, the melee counter can be used to force big openings sooner than they would come naturally, and in the last phase power bombs can be used to outright neutralize the miniature suns that otherwise turn the fight into a periodic space jump evading nightmare. Truly a fitting boss to close out the saga of Samus and the Metroids with.