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* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter4'': The player's Hunter character is aboard the Arluq in the Great Desert, and then a gigantic Elder Dragon (Dah'ren Mohran) approaches to attack it. The hunter has to employ the equipped weapons of the Arluq to attack the Elder Dragon as it approaches in order to repel it.
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* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter4'': The As soon as the game begins, the player's Hunter character is aboard the Arluq in the Great Desert, and then a gigantic Elder Dragon (Dah'ren Mohran) approaches to attack it. The hunter has to employ the equipped weapons of the Arluq to attack the Elder Dragon as it approaches in order to repel it.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' opens with a HopelessBossFight in which your party is massacred by Imperla Imperial soldiers. Three of them are rescued and recruited into LaResistance, and the fate of the fourth is a significant subplot.
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** ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3'' follows on its predecessor by also making you fight two boss fights in a row for its first battle in a flshback sequence, the first being Madara Uchiha with you as the First Hokage, and the second being the Nine Tails clad in Susanoo armor with you as Hashirama's Wood Golem.
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** ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3'' ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm4'' follows on its predecessor by also making you fight two boss fights in a row for its first battle in a flshback flashback sequence, the first being Madara Uchiha with you as the First Hokage, and the second being the Nine Tails clad in Susanoo armor with you as Hashirama's Wood Golem.
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** ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3'' begins with a flashback sequence where you have to fight not one but ''two'' bosses back to back from the get go: The Masked Man with the Fourth Hokage and the Nine Tails with the Third Hokage.
** ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3'' follows on its predecessor by also making you fight two boss fights in a row for its first battle in a flshback sequence, the first being Madara Uchiha with you as the First Hokage, and the second being the Nine Tails clad in Susanoo armor with you as Hashirama's Wood Golem.
** ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3'' begins with a flashback sequence where you have to fight not one but ''two'' bosses back to back from the get go: The Masked Man with the Fourth Hokage and the Nine Tails with the Third Hokage.
** ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3'' follows on its predecessor by also making you fight two boss fights in a row for its first battle in a flshback sequence, the first being Madara Uchiha with you as the First Hokage, and the second being the Nine Tails clad in Susanoo armor with you as Hashirama's Wood Golem.
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* ''{{VideoGame/Blasphemous}}'': The game starts off in a fairly lonely area, with no NPCs or enemies, but at the very end of the area, you're greeted by a masked giant holding a candelabra named The Warden of the Silent Sorrow, who you then fight against.
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* ''{{VideoGame/Blasphemous}}'': The game starts off in a fairly lonely area, with no NPCs [=NPCs=] or enemies, but at the very end of the area, you're greeted by a masked giant holding a candelabra named The Warden of the Silent Sorrow, who you then fight against.
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* The first mission of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' titled "Birds of a Feather" has its new main character Nero fighting Dante the main protagonist of the previous games in a boss battle. The fight also serves as a tutorial which teaches the player how to use Nero's skills and abilities.
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* The first mission of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', titled "Birds of a Feather" Feather", has its new main character Nero fighting Dante the (the main protagonist of the previous games games) in a boss battle. The first few phases of the fight also serves serve as a tutorial segments which teaches teach the player how to use Nero's skills basic controls and abilities. But should the player disable the Tutorials in the options menu, this mission would immediately start with the last phase of the fight; the actual boss battle.
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* ''Videogame/SonicAdventure'' begins with Sonic fighting Chaos 0, Chaos' weakest form.
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* ''VideoGame/DemonsCrest'' starts Firebrand off in a coliseum fighting a large zombie dragon named Somulo (all but said to be the undead form of the Demon Dragon who Firebrand killed in the intro). It's the easiest of the game's bosses, but comes early enough to be a surprise for newcomers without knowledge of the controls.
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* The first mission of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' titled "Birds of a Feather has its new main character Nero fighting Dante the main protagonist of the previous games in a boss battle. The fight also serves as a tutorial which teaches the player how to use Nero's skills and abilities.
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* [[VideoGame/{{Bakugan}} Bakugan: Defenders of the Core]] has the player's first Brawl be against Dan using Maxus Dragonoid
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* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'': The very first fight, has you facing the Cycloid Emperor from ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' armed with nothing but a Devastator, alone, in a stadium. It turns out that was a game that Duke was playing while a pair of twins was giving him a blowjob.
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* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'': The very first fight, has you facing the Cycloid Emperor from ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' armed with nothing but a Devastator, alone, in a stadium. It turns out that was a game that Duke was playing while a pair of twins was giving him a blowjob.
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* The very first level of the Berserk Studios Flash game ''Delivery Man'' pits the player against the first of two separate fights against Bob, the game's first boss. Downplayed in that the boss fight happens at the end of the level after a couple waves of regular {{Mooks}}.
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* The very first level of the Berserk Studios Flash game ''Delivery Man'' pits the player against the first of two separate fights against Bob, the game's first boss. Downplayed in that the boss fight happens at the end of the level after a couple waves of regular
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* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'': The game opens where [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood the previous game]] ended: Richter climbing the stairs to the throne room ready to face off against Dracula. It's rigged so that if you are about to die Maria will appear and give a major power boost.
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* The first mission of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' titled "Birds of a Feather has it's new main character Nero fighting Dante the main protagonist of the previous games in a boss battle. The fight also serves as a tutorial which teaches the player how to use Nero's skills and abilities.
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In most videogames the player will often fight first against [[TheGoomba weak, easy to beat enemies]], which will be followed up by slightly stronger enemies until they make their way to the first boss encounter, who is usually a WarmUpBoss.
Then there are other games that drop you into a BossBattle right from the very beginning.
While not always, this boss will more than likely be the game's BigBad, and usually also the FinalBoss. If it can be beaten, either then the boss will be in its weakest form, or the player is in the ATasteOfPower segment and soon will be depowered. Otherwise, it will be a HopelessBossFight. If it's not the BigBad, then it will likely be a StarterVillain.
Now, for the trope to count, the boss must the very first fight of the game. If there's maybe one or two mooks, then it's a {{Downplayed|Trope}} version of the trope.
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* ''VideoGame/SpiritualAssassinTaromaru'' begins with you fighting the twin-giant skeleton heads right in the first area, but they're an easy WarmUpBoss duo [[https://youtu.be/TQy6xtMGTJM?t=115 that can be killed in 10 seconds with the right moves]].
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* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'': The game opens where [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood the previous game]] ended: Richter climbing the stairs to the throne room ready to face off against Dracula. It's rigged so that if you are about to die Maria will appear and give a major power boost.
* The first mission of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' titled "Birds of a Feather has it's new main character Nero fighting Dante the main protagonist of the previous games in a boss battle. The fight also serves as a tutorial which teaches the player how to use Nero's skills and abilities.
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder'' once Cal Kestis is outed as a Jedi, he'll have his first fight against the Second Sister, the game's BigBad. You'll only have to last a few minutes against her until somebody comes to rescue you.
* ''Videogame/GodOfWar'':
** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarI'' begins with Kratos fighting the Hydra. Funnily enough, the other two bosses aren't fought until the very end of the game.
** Like its predecessor, VideoGame/GodOfWarII also begins with Kratos fighting a boss, this time the animated Colossus of Rhodes, with mook fights sprinkled between the boss phases.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'': The game begins right before Travis fights Skelter Helter into a boss battle, without any preceding hack-and-slash level gameplay. Skelter is ranked 51st in the UAA, so his defeat puts Travis back into the assassin rankings. He's also [[WakeUpCallBoss surprisingly difficult]], especially on [[HarderThanHard Bitter]].
* ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'': The game begins as Krystal, who is traveling across the skies with her [=CloudRunner=] companion, is ambushed by the hovering galleom of General Scales, who then proceeds to attack her by having the galleom shoot fire projectiles as well as maneuver it so its propeller hit her. Krystal has to disable the projectile cannons and the propeller with the help of the [=CloudRunner's=] spit fireballs to win the battle and infiltrate the galleom.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'', after descending into the Ceres Space Station, the very first enemy the player faces is Samus' ArchEnemy, Ridley. He's however there to steal the Baby Metroid rather than pick a fight, so after a certain amount of damage is dealt to either the player or himself (more likely the player), he'll fly off with the Baby. This also triggers a SelfDestructSequence, forcing the player to escape and pursue Ridley to Planet Zebes.
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* The first fight in the Dark Tournament mode of ''[[Manga/YuYuHakusho Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament]]'' is against Younger Toguro. He starts the fight at full strength, and you can't use any spirit energy moves against him. He is incredibly tough, and a HopelessBossFight. It is possible to beat him though, but whether you somehow beat him or lose to him as you're supposed to, the outcome doesn't change, except a message saying you're good but you still need training if you win.
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* ''VideoGame/JurassicParkArcade'' opens with you battling the T-Rex as soon as you enter Jurassic Park, and you'll need to target it's [[AttackTheMouth mouth]] until you managed to drive the T-Rex away. You then lose it in the plains, crashes into a herd of Gallimimus, and the mook-level dinosaurs starts showing up.
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* ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie'': After the game's opening cutscene (which shows Gruntilda returning and murdering Bottles) ends, Banjo and Kazooie leave Spiral Mountain through the cave from whence the witch's sisters came, and once there Klungo challenges them in a MiniBoss battle.
* The first battle in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogTripleTrouble16Bit'' is the Egg Robo. Also counts for ATasteOfPower, since this is the only time other than the TrueFinalBoss where you can use Super Sonic.
* ''Videogame/SonicAdventure'' begins with Sonic fighting Chaos 0, Chaos' weakest form.
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* ''VideoGame/BravelySecond'' has the first scene in the game be a HopelessBossFight with the game's BigBad, Kaiser Oblivion. Downplayed as the player doesn't get any input during this fight, the party fights using scripted moves that he {{No Sell}}s, ending in a total CurbStompBattle in Kaiser Oblivion's favor (complete with a "your party has fallen" GameOver message). He absconds with Agnès in tow after the fight has concluded. The player then gains control of Yew once he regains consciousness. Much later, after the game's fourth Chapter, [[spoiler:time has been frozen, and Yew asks the player to go back to the beginning. He means this quite literally, as the player gains access to a NewGamePlus option on the main menu. Using this will bring them back to the very first fight with Kaiser Oblivion, except this time, the player can control Yew and access the Bravely Second skill (indicated by the hourglass icon). Once this is activated, the player's party from the future is brought to the battle with Kaiser Oblivion, unlocks the game's fifth Chapter, allowing the Kaiser to be defeated right then and there before he can enact his plan]].
* The very first encounter in ''Videogame/{{Deltarune}}'' is against Lancer, a MiniBoss. The fight even takes place before the tutorial battle!
* The first encounter in ''Videogame/GoldenSun'' is against Saturos and Menardi, the game's main villains, [[HopelessBossFight who will oneshot your party]]. Downplayed in that there are a couple preplaced mook encounters before you face them.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'': After the intro cutscenes, the player takes control of Sora and is immediately thrown into a boss battle against [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula]].
* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter4'': The player's Hunter character is aboard the Arluq in the Great Desert, and then a gigantic Elder Dragon (Dah'ren Mohran) approaches to attack it. The hunter has to employ the equipped weapons of the Arluq to attack the Elder Dragon as it approaches in order to repel it.
* PlayedForLaughs in VideoGame/Mother3 where near the start of the game Lucas and Claus get ambushed by a literal Mole Cricket. A comically easy boss that's near impossible to lose against. [[spoiler:Later in the game you have a LightheartedRematch with the mole cricket which leads to an even larger CurbStompBattle!]]
* The very first encounter in ''Videogame/ParasiteEve'' is against the titular Eve in her weakest form.
* The first fight in ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' is against the local bully Boss. It basicaly serves to showcase the basic combat system, and you can beat him using nothing but normal attacks.
* It's common for ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games to have your very first battle be against your rival, who is always a RecurringBoss:
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' once you and Blue got your first Pokemon from Prof. Oak, Blue will challenge you to a Pokemon battle.
** In ''Videogame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', you have to fight both Bianca ''and'' Cheren, your two rivals, right after choosing your starter Pokemon.
** And again in ''Videogame/PokemonXandY'', where you fight against Shauna, your secondary rival, after getting your starter in Aquacorde Town.
* The ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' [=RPGs=]:
** ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'': The very first battle is a HopelessBossFight with Bowser, used to showcase the power of the Star Rod and raise the stakes posed by his possession of it.
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'': With the sole exception of ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPaperJam'', almost every game in the series makes the first fight a tutorial battle against a boss. In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' and ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', the first fight is against Bowser. In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'', the first fight is against Baby Bowser. In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'', the first fight is against Antasma.
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* The first encounter in ''VideoGame/ChickenInvaders 3'' has you fight a giant chicken boss. Thankfully, you're given ATasteOfPower to help defeat it in a reasonable amount of time, and it only fires a small number of projectiles.
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* The first battle of ''Videogame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' is against Klesta, a Crushatrice RecurringBoss you'll be fighting many times in the future.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' opens with a short level where Chrom and [[PlayerCharacter Robin]] fight and defeat one of the last bosses of the game, Validar, two on one, before Robin backstabs and kills Chrom. While this appears to be a premonition of things to come, it is later revealed that [[spoiler:this scene had occurred in a BadFuture where Robin was possessed by the BigBad Grima, prompting Chrom's daughter to go back in time and creating the current timeline of the game]].
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* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'': The first battle of the game is a DuelBoss fight against Rudjek's bodyguard, Hypatos.
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* The very first level of the Berserk Studios Flash game ''Delivery Man'' pits the player against the first of two separate fights against Bob, the game's first boss. Downplayed in that the boss fight happens at the end of the level after a couple waves of regular {{Mooks}}.
Then there are other games that drop you into a BossBattle right from the very beginning.
While not always, this boss will more than likely be the game's BigBad, and usually also the FinalBoss. If it can be beaten, either then the boss will be in its weakest form, or the player is in the ATasteOfPower segment and soon will be depowered. Otherwise, it will be a HopelessBossFight. If it's not the BigBad, then it will likely be a StarterVillain.
Now, for the trope to count, the boss must the very first fight of the game. If there's maybe one or two mooks, then it's a {{Downplayed|Trope}} version of the trope.
!!Examples:
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* ''VideoGame/SpiritualAssassinTaromaru'' begins with you fighting the twin-giant skeleton heads right in the first area, but they're an easy WarmUpBoss duo [[https://youtu.be/TQy6xtMGTJM?t=115 that can be killed in 10 seconds with the right moves]].
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* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'': The game opens where [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood the previous game]] ended: Richter climbing the stairs to the throne room ready to face off against Dracula. It's rigged so that if you are about to die Maria will appear and give a major power boost.
* The first mission of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' titled "Birds of a Feather has it's new main character Nero fighting Dante the main protagonist of the previous games in a boss battle. The fight also serves as a tutorial which teaches the player how to use Nero's skills and abilities.
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder'' once Cal Kestis is outed as a Jedi, he'll have his first fight against the Second Sister, the game's BigBad. You'll only have to last a few minutes against her until somebody comes to rescue you.
* ''Videogame/GodOfWar'':
** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarI'' begins with Kratos fighting the Hydra. Funnily enough, the other two bosses aren't fought until the very end of the game.
** Like its predecessor, VideoGame/GodOfWarII also begins with Kratos fighting a boss, this time the animated Colossus of Rhodes, with mook fights sprinkled between the boss phases.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'': The game begins right before Travis fights Skelter Helter into a boss battle, without any preceding hack-and-slash level gameplay. Skelter is ranked 51st in the UAA, so his defeat puts Travis back into the assassin rankings. He's also [[WakeUpCallBoss surprisingly difficult]], especially on [[HarderThanHard Bitter]].
* ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'': The game begins as Krystal, who is traveling across the skies with her [=CloudRunner=] companion, is ambushed by the hovering galleom of General Scales, who then proceeds to attack her by having the galleom shoot fire projectiles as well as maneuver it so its propeller hit her. Krystal has to disable the projectile cannons and the propeller with the help of the [=CloudRunner's=] spit fireballs to win the battle and infiltrate the galleom.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'', after descending into the Ceres Space Station, the very first enemy the player faces is Samus' ArchEnemy, Ridley. He's however there to steal the Baby Metroid rather than pick a fight, so after a certain amount of damage is dealt to either the player or himself (more likely the player), he'll fly off with the Baby. This also triggers a SelfDestructSequence, forcing the player to escape and pursue Ridley to Planet Zebes.
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* The first fight in the Dark Tournament mode of ''[[Manga/YuYuHakusho Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament]]'' is against Younger Toguro. He starts the fight at full strength, and you can't use any spirit energy moves against him. He is incredibly tough, and a HopelessBossFight. It is possible to beat him though, but whether you somehow beat him or lose to him as you're supposed to, the outcome doesn't change, except a message saying you're good but you still need training if you win.
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* ''VideoGame/JurassicParkArcade'' opens with you battling the T-Rex as soon as you enter Jurassic Park, and you'll need to target it's [[AttackTheMouth mouth]] until you managed to drive the T-Rex away. You then lose it in the plains, crashes into a herd of Gallimimus, and the mook-level dinosaurs starts showing up.
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* ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie'': After the game's opening cutscene (which shows Gruntilda returning and murdering Bottles) ends, Banjo and Kazooie leave Spiral Mountain through the cave from whence the witch's sisters came, and once there Klungo challenges them in a MiniBoss battle.
* The first battle in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogTripleTrouble16Bit'' is the Egg Robo. Also counts for ATasteOfPower, since this is the only time other than the TrueFinalBoss where you can use Super Sonic.
* ''Videogame/SonicAdventure'' begins with Sonic fighting Chaos 0, Chaos' weakest form.
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* ''VideoGame/BravelySecond'' has the first scene in the game be a HopelessBossFight with the game's BigBad, Kaiser Oblivion. Downplayed as the player doesn't get any input during this fight, the party fights using scripted moves that he {{No Sell}}s, ending in a total CurbStompBattle in Kaiser Oblivion's favor (complete with a "your party has fallen" GameOver message). He absconds with Agnès in tow after the fight has concluded. The player then gains control of Yew once he regains consciousness. Much later, after the game's fourth Chapter, [[spoiler:time has been frozen, and Yew asks the player to go back to the beginning. He means this quite literally, as the player gains access to a NewGamePlus option on the main menu. Using this will bring them back to the very first fight with Kaiser Oblivion, except this time, the player can control Yew and access the Bravely Second skill (indicated by the hourglass icon). Once this is activated, the player's party from the future is brought to the battle with Kaiser Oblivion, unlocks the game's fifth Chapter, allowing the Kaiser to be defeated right then and there before he can enact his plan]].
* The very first encounter in ''Videogame/{{Deltarune}}'' is against Lancer, a MiniBoss. The fight even takes place before the tutorial battle!
* The first encounter in ''Videogame/GoldenSun'' is against Saturos and Menardi, the game's main villains, [[HopelessBossFight who will oneshot your party]]. Downplayed in that there are a couple preplaced mook encounters before you face them.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'': After the intro cutscenes, the player takes control of Sora and is immediately thrown into a boss battle against [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula]].
* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter4'': The player's Hunter character is aboard the Arluq in the Great Desert, and then a gigantic Elder Dragon (Dah'ren Mohran) approaches to attack it. The hunter has to employ the equipped weapons of the Arluq to attack the Elder Dragon as it approaches in order to repel it.
* PlayedForLaughs in VideoGame/Mother3 where near the start of the game Lucas and Claus get ambushed by a literal Mole Cricket. A comically easy boss that's near impossible to lose against. [[spoiler:Later in the game you have a LightheartedRematch with the mole cricket which leads to an even larger CurbStompBattle!]]
* The very first encounter in ''Videogame/ParasiteEve'' is against the titular Eve in her weakest form.
* The first fight in ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' is against the local bully Boss. It basicaly serves to showcase the basic combat system, and you can beat him using nothing but normal attacks.
* It's common for ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games to have your very first battle be against your rival, who is always a RecurringBoss:
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' once you and Blue got your first Pokemon from Prof. Oak, Blue will challenge you to a Pokemon battle.
** In ''Videogame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', you have to fight both Bianca ''and'' Cheren, your two rivals, right after choosing your starter Pokemon.
** And again in ''Videogame/PokemonXandY'', where you fight against Shauna, your secondary rival, after getting your starter in Aquacorde Town.
* The ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' [=RPGs=]:
** ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'': The very first battle is a HopelessBossFight with Bowser, used to showcase the power of the Star Rod and raise the stakes posed by his possession of it.
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'': With the sole exception of ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPaperJam'', almost every game in the series makes the first fight a tutorial battle against a boss. In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' and ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', the first fight is against Bowser. In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'', the first fight is against Baby Bowser. In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'', the first fight is against Antasma.
[[AC:Shoot 'em Ups]]
* The first encounter in ''VideoGame/ChickenInvaders 3'' has you fight a giant chicken boss. Thankfully, you're given ATasteOfPower to help defeat it in a reasonable amount of time, and it only fires a small number of projectiles.
[[AC: Turn-Based Strategy]]
* The first battle of ''Videogame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' is against Klesta, a Crushatrice RecurringBoss you'll be fighting many times in the future.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' opens with a short level where Chrom and [[PlayerCharacter Robin]] fight and defeat one of the last bosses of the game, Validar, two on one, before Robin backstabs and kills Chrom. While this appears to be a premonition of things to come, it is later revealed that [[spoiler:this scene had occurred in a BadFuture where Robin was possessed by the BigBad Grima, prompting Chrom's daughter to go back in time and creating the current timeline of the game]].
[[AC:Wide Open Sandbox]]
* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'': The first battle of the game is a DuelBoss fight against Rudjek's bodyguard, Hypatos.
[[AC:Other]]
* The very first level of the Berserk Studios Flash game ''Delivery Man'' pits the player against the first of two separate fights against Bob, the game's first boss. Downplayed in that the boss fight happens at the end of the level after a couple waves of regular {{Mooks}}.
