History Main / ReplayMode

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* 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; ''4 Ultimate'' also adds special Event cinematics to the list. In ''Freedom 2/Unite'', ''Portable 3rd'' and ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld World]]'', the Gallery is only accessible from the main menu; but in ''3 Ultimate'', the fourth generation games and ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise Rise]]'', the housekeeper who lives in the player's house can give you access to the Gallery without needing to exit the game proper.

* ''VideoGame/WarioWare'': In ''Smooth Moves'', the theater lets you view the stage cutscenes again, which is handy since the stages switch to endless mode after being beaten once.

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' features a Demo Digest mode where the player can replay the cutscenes of completed levels.

* ''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 UpdatedRerelease of ''II'').

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': The city of Luca has a Sphere Theatre where Tidus can buy memory spheres and use them to re-watch important scenes from the game.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'': The Sphere Theatre from ''Final Fantasy X'' returns, with the added bonus that since you can do NewGamePlus, you can purchase the ending movies during this.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': There's a book/desk in the inns with this feature available. Because the cutscenes are done in real time, whatever gear you are wearing will be reflected in the cutscene you watch, even if you were wearing something different the first time you saw the cutscene. This also means you can ruin the mood of certain scenes by wearing silly outfits or wearing nothing at all. The game also has a more traditional replay mode where you can replay the main story quests and job quests again, though you won't gain any rewards for playing them again.

** ''VideoGame/Persona Golden'': From the TV Listings option on the main menu, you can watch every animated cutscene. Each one has a name and description, plus closed-captioning if you want. You can't watch cutscenes you haven't seen in-game yet, to avoid spoilers.
** ''VideoGame/Persona Royal'': The theater in the Thieves' Den lets you pay a special currency to unlock cutscenes you've personally encountered in-game. Besides cutscenes, there's also bonus materials such as the game's trailers, the opening and ending of the ''Persona 5'' anime, and recordings of ''Persona'' concerts.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': The Event Theater allows the player to re-watch the game's cinematic cutscenes, including story cutscenes, sidequest cutscenes, and Blade awakenings. The Event Theater also includes the ability to configure cutscenes for different times of day and different choices the player made (when relevant).

** In ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'', The Arena is a BossRush that is unlocked once you've completed all other main sub-games. In addition, Spring Breeze, Revenge of Meta Knight, and Revenge of the King (in the [[UpdatedRerelease DS remake]]) allows you to select stage numbers in their title screens.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': The memory sequences Link gathers during his quest are recorded in his Sheikah Slate, so it's possible to view them again through a subscreen in the Minus pause menu. This includes the extra memory sequences from the second DLC.

* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''VideoGame/Injustice2'': Any chapter you've cleared in Story Mode can be replayed via a chapter select menu. You can also choose a specific fight between two characters.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': In both ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', completing a fight or chapter makes it available for replay in a chapter select menu. This feature isn't present in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', meaning that you have to replay the whole story mode if you wish to go through a desired chapter.

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

* ''VideoGame/BurnCycle'', being a FullMotionVideo game, has a "Recap" button in the main menu to view the most recent cutscene. Its successor, ''VideoGame/VirtualNightclub'' also has this function.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has a book/desk in the inns with this feature available. Because the cutscenes are done in real time, whatever gear you are wearing will be reflected in the cutscene you watch, even if you were wearing something different the first time you saw the cutscene. This also means you can ruin the mood of certain scenes by wearing silly outfits or wearing nothing at all. The game also has a more traditional replay mode where you can replay the main story quests and job quests again, though you won't gain any rewards for playing them again.

SuperTrope to SoundTest, which allows the player to listen all audio themes and tracks without having to play the game itself again, and CutsceneViewer, which allows the player to rewatch any cutscenes they've unlocked without having to start a new save. RepeatableQuest is a SisterTrope which allows the player to replicate completed sidequests in-game.

* In ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'', The Arena is a BossRush that is unlocked once you've completed all other main sub-games. In addition, Spring Breeze, Revenge of Meta Knight, and Revenge of the King (in the [[UpdatedRerelease DS remake]]) allows you to select stage numbers in their title screens.

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

* ''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. This feature returns in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' for the World of Light cutscenes. In contrast, while ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' has a cutscene menu, it averts this trope as it only has the promotional trailers for the game's debuting characters (Palutena, Little Mac, Lucina/Robin, etc.) due to a lack of Adventure Mode.

* Each and every ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' game has a Free Play mode to get into the unlocked minigames without having to play Story Mode, Party Mode or any of the other special minigame modes. Later games added boss minigames into the mix.

* The entirety of ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' is replayable via the Chapters menu. Bosses, cutscenes and ending are all included. There are also secret cheats that allow the player to take a look at, and play, a point of the game that is ahead of the current progression, though for obvious reasons it's not possible to save your progress in that case.

SuperTrope to SoundTest, 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/Trikumax'': Cutscenes can be watched again in the Theater once they have been seen in the main story. Bosses can also be fought again in the main story once beaten, with a variety of new game modes to spice things up.

* ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory'' has the option to replay cutscenes, but only in certain places, namely Planeptune's Basicicom and the hotels in the other nations.

* 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. In a weird sort of ForcedTutorial, the game then drops you off in an empty room with no exits, so you actually ''have'' to use the Chapter Select to get out.

* 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 (each with a different colored rune) unlocks "Eternal Mode", which allows you to give your character complete invincibility and infinite ammunition in a Jump to Game.

* After completion of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', an option is unlocked to replay the cutscenes. Those of ''Separate Ways'' are included when that mode is completed as well (except for the report lores, which instead are accessed through a menu known as Ada's Report).

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** ''Pikmin 2'' has an Extras mode where the cutscenes unlocked in the main game, including the credits, can be seen again anytime. There is a special slot reserved for an exclusive cutscene that will only be available after full completion of Challenge Mode.
** ''Pikmin 3'' adds a boss replay mode within Missions to challenge the unlocked bosses again, this time with a time limit and some of the Pikmin in need of being seized from the ground for extra challenge.
* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III'': Interlude cutscenes in between levels can be selected from the screen.

* ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy1'': There's a Gallery mode to see the characters and monsters.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has a book/desk in the inns with this feature available. Because the cutscenes are done in real time, whatever gear you are wearing will be reflected in the cutscene you watch, even if you were wearing something different the first time you saw the cutscene. This also means you can ruin the mood of certain scenes by wearing silly outfits or wearing nothing at all.

* ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}'' allows you to replay the chapters you've already completed, though only when you're not in the midst of a current chapter (as the game always puts you back at the latest save point).

* ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} 2'' has an Extras mode where the cutscenes unlocked in the main game, including the credits, can be seen again anytime. There is a special slot reserved for an exclusive cutscene that will only be available after full completion of Challenge Mode. ''Pikmin 3'' adds a boss replay mode within Missions to challenge the unlocked bosses again, this time with a time limit and some of the Pikmin in need of being seized from the ground for extra challenge.

* 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; ''4 Ultimate'' also adds special Event cinematics to the list. In ''Freedom 2/Unite'', ''Portable 3rd'' and ''[[MonsterHunterWorld World]]'', the Gallery is only accessible from the main menu, but in ''3 Ultimate'' and the fourth generation games, 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'' 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'' in which you can only replay one specific mission with the DLC.

* The entirety of ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' is replayable via the Chapters menu. Bosses, cutscenes and ending are all included. There are also secret cheats that allow the player to take a look at a point of the game that is ahead of the current progression.

* In ''VideoGame/WarioMasterOfDisguise'', not only can the player replay the minigames unlocked in the main campaign, but also the ''variations'' thereof (for instance, Traced Memory alone comes in ''twelve'' forms, so if he or she wants to play them all, each has to be unlocked individually).

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* ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' has the level-select menu, you can replay levels you just barely finished to get better at using your moves and weapons.

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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration: VideoGame/AFinalUnity'' allows the player to go to the Holodeck of the Enterprise where he/she can rewatch the game's custscenes.

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* ''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. This feature returns in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' for the World of Light cutscenes. In contrast, while ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' has a cutscene menu, it averts this trope as it only has the promotional trailers for the game's debuting characters (Palutena, Little Mac, Lucina/Robin, etc.) due to a lack of Adventure Mode.
* 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 the Gallery menu.

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

** 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.

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* ''[[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo-Tooie]]'' allows the player to replay the plot-critical cutscenes, the boss battles and the minigames. Notably, the minigames that are unlocked will also be available for multiplayer, and an exclusive hidden cutscene awaits in this mode for the player who collects all Jiggies in the main game.
* ''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/{{Jetpac}}'' 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.

* In ''VideoGame/WarioMasterOfDisguise'', not only can the player replay the minigames unlocked in the main campaign, but also the ''variations'' thereof (for instance, Traced Memory alone comes in ''twelve'' forms, so if he or she wants to play them all, each has to be unlocked individually).
* ''VideoGame/Rayman3HoodlumHavoc'' includes a menu where you can re-watch all the pre-rendered cutscenes you've seen so far.

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* In Galerians, the Movie Preview (or Movie Viewer in Ash) option allows you to rewatch cutscenes you unlocked.
* After completion of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', an option is unlocked to replay the cutscenes. Those of ''Separate Ways'' are included when that mode is completed as well (except for the report lores, which instead are accessed through a menu known as Ada's Report).