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* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' enables this feature after the player starts retrieving Banana Fairies by taking a picture shot at them. After retrieving two Fairies, the player can replay the unlocked cutscenes of the game. With six, the two {{Embedded Precursor}}s that reward the player with the Rare and Nintendo coins (''VideoGame/{{Jetpack}}'' and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'') in the main game can be replayed.[[note]]Two all-new minigames are unlocked as well, but they avert the trope since they do not appear in the game itself[[/note]] With ten, it's possible to replay the boss fights.

* ''VideoGame/{{Geist}}'' allows the player to replay the chapters of the game after its completion. And since those chapters ''are'' already complete, the game will only save the items and lore entries gathered when they're replayed; so if there's an item or lore entry that can only be accessed near the end of the selected chapter, the player must advance up to that point before turning the game off to get it.

* In the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' series, entering new zones, defeating certain monsters for the first time during the village quests and finishing certain {{Final Boss}}es will unlock their respective intro cinematics, monster ecologies and staff rolls for viewing in the game's Gallery menu; ''4U'' also adds special Event cinematics to the list. In ''Freedom 2/Unite'' and ''Portable 3rd'', the Gallery is only accessible from the main menu, but in ''3 Ultimate'' and onward, the Felyne butler who lives in the player's house can give you access to the Gallery without needing to exit the game proper.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' has an option to rewatch all cutscenes triggered in The Subspace Emissary. Since some of the cutscenes are mutually exclusive, the SSE has to be played at least twice to unlock them all.

* ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' has a cinema mode that is unlocked when beating the game for the first time. It plays all the cutscenes in order with automated gameplay mixed in between scenes to make the game feel like a movie.

* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeHunters'' has an option to replay the cutscenes of the main bosses (Cretaphid, Slench and Gorea) encountered, as well as the game's opening scene and the ending.

* In the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' series, entering new zones, defeating certain monsters for the first time during the village quests and finishing certain {{Final Boss}}es will unlock their respective intro cinematics, monster ecologies and staff rolls for viewing in the game's Gallery menu; ''4U'' also adds special Event cinematics to the list. In ''Freedom 2/Unite'', the Gallery was only accessible from the main menu, but in ''3U'', ''4'', and ''4U'', the Felyne butler who lives in the player's house can give you access to the Gallery without needing to exit the game proper.

* The [[FramingDevice Animus]] in the ''[[Franchise/AssassinsCreed Assassin's Creed franchise]]'' is a justified example as the story you play is being relived by the descendant of the [[DecoyProtagonist decoy protagonists]] through it. Thanks to this, the Animus will allow the player to replay any of the sequences in the game by accessing the synchronization info tab in the pause menu; this is helpful both to replay the missions and to complete any synchronization that was left pending due to the failure of some objective. This is Averted in ''[[Videogame/AssassinsCreedII Assassin's Creed II]]'' in which you can only replay one specific mission with the DLC.
* ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' has a cinema mode that is unlocked when beating the game for the first time. It plays all the cutscenes in order with automated gameplay mixed in between scenes to make the game feel like a movie.

* Beating ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness: Sanity's Requiem'' nets you a "Jump to Game" option, which lets you play through any character's chapter of the ''Tome of Eternal Darkness'' without the intro and outro cutscenes (and in Alex's case, jumps straight to her endgame). Beating the game three times unlocks "Eternal Mode", which allows you to give your character complete invincibility and infinite ammunition in a Jump to Game.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' has an option to rewatch all cutscenes triggered in The Subspace Emissary. Since some of the cutscenes are mutually exclusive, the SSE has to be played at least twice to unlock them all.

* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime Hunters'' has an option to replay the cutscenes of the main bosses (Cretaphid, Slench and Gorea) encountered, as well as the game's opening scene and the ending.

* In ''VideoGame/Galerians'', the Movie Preview (or Movie Viewer in Ash) option allows you to rewatch cutscenes you unlocked.

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* Adult-oriented games in particular frequently display this, often in addition to the image gallery.
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** As a whole, the series has always had a "Free Mode". Where you can choose anyone from any faction to play a particular stage, like say, play "Conquest of Wei — Wu Side" as someone from Shu. There is also more freedom on this mode in the sense that you can choose your PowerUpMount since it's not possible in Story Mode. It's accessible right from the start with quite a few stages already available thanks to all its LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters' 1st Story Mode stage. It unlocks more stages, POV and combat scenarios (conquest, defense, pursuit, etc) the more you play Story Mode.

** Lastly, there's "Gallery", where you can view the character models, weapon models, Cutscenes (the game uses both prerendered and in-engine cutscenes, where you can swap costumes and—on some entries like DW 3— even swap characters around in their roles), and voice tracks and dialogue.

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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' allows you to replay cutscenes in Luca.

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* Adult-oriented games in particular frequently display this, often in addition to the image gallery.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' allows you to replay cutscenes in Luca. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has a book/desk in the inns with this feature available.

Not to be confused with BossRush, which requires the player to resume a playthrough run to play the desired battle in-game. SoundTest is a SubTrope which allows the player to listen all audio themes and tracks without having to play the game itself again. RepeatableQuest is a SisterTrope which allows the player to replicate completed sidequests in-game.

* ''VideoGame/{{Geist}}'' allows the player to replay the chapters of the game after its completion.

* In ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' for Wii, both the training session scenes and the slide show of the boxers (both in Contender and in Title Defense) are available for rewatch.

* In ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'', the Arena is a Boss Rush that is unlocked once you've completed all other games.

* In ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', after playing through the entire game once, all chapters of the story are accessible directly, so you can fight Noise with good item drops and replaying is required to get HundredPercentCompletion.

* After ''NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' is finished, the Deathmatch mode is unlocked to challenge any of the fifteen bosses in the game.

* The [[FramingDevice Animus]] in the ''[[Franchise/AssassinsCreed Assassin´s Creed franchise]]'' is a justified example as the story you play is being relived by the descendant of the [[DecoyProtagonist decoy protagonists]] through it. Thanks to this, the Animus will allow the player to replay any of the sequences in the game by accessing the synchronization info tab in the pause menu; this is helpful both to replay the missions and to complete any synchronization that was left pending due to the failure of some objective. This is Averted in [[Videogame/AssassinsCreedII Assassin´s Creed II]] in which you can only replay one specific mission with the DLC.

* In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter 3 Ultimate'' there is a Felyne located in the house of the player who can take him/her to a special menu to rewatch all cutscenes unlocked (area introductions, monster introductions, special events and even exclusive videos like monster ecologies).

* The [[FramingDevice Animus]] in the ''[[Franchise/AssassinsCreed Assassin´s Creed franchise]]'' is a justified example as the story you play is being relived by the descendant of the [[DecoyProtagonist decoy protagonists]] through it. This is Averted in [[Videogame/AssassinsCreedII Assassin´s Creed II]] in wich you can only replay one specific mission with the DLC.

* The [[FramingDevice Animus]] in the [[Franchise/AssassinsCreed Assassin´s Creed Franchise]] is a justified example as the story you play is being relived by the descendant of the [[DecoyProtagonist decoy protagonists]] through it. This is Averted in [[Videogame/AssassinsCreedII Assassin´s Creed II]] in wich you can only replay one specific mission with the DLC.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' has a cutscene replay feature as an unlockable that can be viewed from the title screen (the feature's been there since the Updated Re-release of ''II'').

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' has an option to to rewatch all cutscenes triggered in The Subspace Emissary. Since some of the cutscenes are mutually exclusive, the SSE has to be played at least twice to unlock them all.

* The original ''[[VideoGame/RogueSquadron Star Wars Rogue Squadron]]'' game for UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo64}}, has a cheat you can enter to replay all the game's cutscenes in order. A rare instance of a replay feature that doesn't require the cutscenes being watched for the first time.

* ''VideoGame/{{Geist}}'' allows the play to replay the chapters of the game after its completion.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' has an option to to revive all cutscenes triggered in The Subspace Emissary. Since some of the cutscenes are mutually exclusive, the SSE has to be played at least twice to unlock them all.