History MultipleEndings / ActionGames

*** ''VideoGame/MegaManThePowerBattle'' has three endings, one for each character. ''VideoGame/MegaMan2ThePowerFighters'' has four single-player endings for each character, in addition to six two-player endings, one for each combination of characters. Most of the two-player endings are minor variations on the single-player endings, but the endings for a Mega Man and Bass team and a Proto Man and Bass team are unique.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'' had two different endings depending on which player character (X or Zero) was used. ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX5 X5]]'' had three different endings that depended on chance. Whether [[spoiler:Zero turns Maverick or not, which also dictates if you can still play as him]], is random, though completing various objectives tips the odds in your favor. ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX6 X6]]'' also had three endings: two involving X [[spoiler:and determined by whether or not he defeated [[EvilKnockoff Zero Nightmare]] and reunited with Zero after the events of ''X5'', no matter which ending you got, ended with his apparent death]], and the third [[spoiler:beating it with Zero himself once he's unlocked.]]

** ''VideoGame/MegaManThePowerBattle'' has three endings, one for each character. ''VideoGame/MegaMan2ThePowerFighters'' has four single-player endings for each character, in addition to six two-player endings, one for each combination of characters. Most of the two-player endings are minor variations on the single-player endings, but the endings for a Mega Man and Bass team and a Proto Man and Bass team are unique.

* In ''{{VideoGame/Contra}}: Hard Corps'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, there are four different paths, each with its own ending. The player must choose between two branching paths at the end of the first stage. The two paths converge to a set of common stages until the player is forced to choose between another pair of branching paths during the fifth stage. The path the player took earlier, along with the path he takes afterward, will determine the final set of stages. There's also a fifth ending if the player completes the secret coliseum stage, as well as a sixth ending in which the player joins Colonel Bahamut's army (although the game counts this as a NonStandardGameOver).
** Both ''Contra: Shattered Soldier'' and ''Neo Contra'' have a Bad Ending where the enemy base is destroyed with the heroes still inside, as well as a segmented Good Ending in which the full version can only be seen by maintaining an S rank throughout the game and defeating the TrueFinalBoss.
** ''Contra 4'' has a different ending for each difficulty setting. Easy mode only takes you to Stage 7, giving you an EasyModeMockery. The ending on Hard shows a different artwork, along with a different ending message, than if you beat it on Normal.

* The first ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996'' game features two endings -- and interestingly, it's not actually clear which ending is the better one story-wise. The harder ending requires the player to collect all the gems, after which they can traverse The Great Hall and escape the islands with Tawna, followed by a humorous WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue. The other ending involves the player actually defeating Cortex.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' is a fan of this trope.
** In pretty much any game where collecting the [[MineralMacguffin Chaos]] [[BonusStageCollectables Emeralds]] is optional, if you beat the game without [[GottaCatchEmAll collecting all the Emeralds]], then you're treated to a post-credits scene with Robotnik in possession of the Emeralds, laughing to himself. Beating the game with all the Emeralds gives a more cheerful scene. A nasty example of this is the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog28Bit 8-bit version of]] ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog28Bit Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''. If Sonic does not collect all of the Chaos Emeralds, than Eggman/Robotnik escapes, and the ending implies that Tails died.
** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' all have multiple endings by virtue of having multiple campaigns. Clearing the main campaigns unlocks a "Last Story" that concludes the games' stories after defeating the TrueFinalBoss in Sonic's SuperForm.
** ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' has ''ten'' different endings (some of them more different than others) and a helpful in-game diagram that shows the 326 different ways to reach them. (The one you get depends on how many “Hero”, “Dark”, and “Normal” missions you complete in the flowchart-like structure of the plot.) Finding all ten of them unlocks the now-traditional SecretFinalCampaign, an extra level and the PerfectRunFinalBoss that lead to an OmegaEnding. While the Last Story area takes place in the area of the "hero" endings, after you've collected all the Chaos Emeralds, none of them ''quite'' match up with the situation at the beginning of the Last Story.

** Coward: After Alcedor kills the first monster, you can run back to the boat and tell the captain to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere get the hell outta Dodge]].

** Good: If Alcedor makes mostly good choices but doesn't complete every sidequest and obtain the Necronomicon, he defeats Belphegor but succumbs to his wounds shortly afterwards. He is remembered as a hero and immortalized with a statue.
** Evil: If Alcedor becomes evil but doesn't join Robert and obtain the Necronomicon, he defeats Belphegor, but transforms into a mindless zombie. The credits show him being chased out of Darsov by a group of soldiers.
** Redemption: If Alcedor becomes evil enough to unlock the sword, but then manages to return to good, he defeats Belphegor and succumbs to his wounds as in the good ending. While rumors persist that Alcedor's soul was tainted by evil, his sacrifice is not forgotten. During the credits, Alcedor is brought to Heaven by two angels, signifying that he successfully redeemed himself.
** Submission: Alcedor becomes fully evil and joins Robert, but chooses to kneel before him instead of killing him and taking the Necronomicon for himself, he swears himself as Robert's apprentice, and the two of them conquer the world.
** Pure Evil: If Alcedor becomes fully evil and takes the Necronomicon from Robert, he uses it to summon the demon lord Abbadon to kill Belphegor, and then transforms into a full demon before killing Abbadon and stealing his power. Alcedor becomes the ruler of a demonic empire that spans both Earth and Hell.
** Pure Good: If Alcedor makes only good choices, completes every sidequest the good way, and defeats Robert's cult, then after defeating Belphegor he uses the Necronomicon to access the lair of Belphegor's true master, Baphomet. After defeating Baphomet, Alcedor destroys the Necronomicon and forms a knightly order with his closest allies dedicated to uprooting evil whether it may hide.
** Future: After you get most of the endings and obtain the Necronomicom, you can bring it to a man, who sends you to the far future, where the game [[GenreShift turns into a Run 'N Gun]] similar to ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}''. to kill the demon Azazel, the TrueFinalBoss. After you defeat him, you hop on a motorcycle and drive off into the sunset.

* THe ''VideoGame/DoomII'' mod ''VideoGame/MyHouse'' has technically four endings:

** Ending 3 [[spoiler:also leads you to a beach, except this time it's real. There's nothing else to do except manually exiting the game. Notably, reaching this ending counts as the only "secret" of the map]].

* In ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'', after you complete the game, Professor E. Gadd builds Luigi a new house, and how nice a house he builds depends on how much treasure you've accumulated during the game. Curiously, [[EarnYourBadEnding getting the ''worst'' house is actually harder than getting the ''best'' one.]] You'd literally have to pick up ''no'' treasure except the stuff you automatically get. Some players have actually tried to finish the game with the worst house as a challenge. The [=3DS=] version keeps track of which endings you've gotten, and further encourages players to try for the worst ending by saving the lowest score along with the highest.

** Worst ending (run out of time on any stage): Captain Waffle reunites with his wife and daughter, only to find that they've been taken over by Hildroids, forcing him to MercyKill them.

** In [[VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber the sequel]], [[NewGamePlus Hard Mode]] adds a number of new scenes. [[spoiler:However, the possibility of an alternate ending is explicitly [[DefiedTrope defied]] and even mocked right at the beginning. It all ends [[DownerEnding the]] [[KillEmAll same]] [[TorchTheFranchiseAndRun way]]; to do otherwise would be a disservice to the CentralTheme of the futility of violence]].

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' had three endings. If Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are present, [[spoiler:Donkey Kong and Diddy will fall towards the moon before Donkey Kong pounds it, ending the Tiki tribe. Diddy then makes a safe landing.]] If only Donkey Kong is present, the same thing happens, [[spoiler:this time without Diddy. Donkey Kong will keep falling until Diddy saves Donkey Kong.]] If only Diddy is present, [[spoiler:Diddy will fall towards the moon and tries to use his jetpack, but the jetpack goes out of control, causing Diddy to land headfirst into the moon, which ends the Tiki tribe. Donkey Kong then catches Diddy as he falls.]]

* ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' has two endings that are unlocked depending on if you've collected all of the Crystal Shards or not. If you're 99% or under, [[spoiler:Kirby and friends leave Ripple Star after defeating Miracle Matter and the final shot you see is a sinister look on the Queen's face.]] If you've collected all of the Shards, [[spoiler:the restored crystal blasts the fairy queen with a light beam, expunging a cloud of Dark Matter from her that flies into space and creates the final world, Dark Star. Kirby and Ribbon must then fight 0[[superscript:2]]]]. The real ending has [[spoiler:Kirby and the others rewarded with crystal medals and Ribbon kisses Kirby, who proceeds to blush and trip down the stairs.]] If you get all the Shards on your first try, the bad ending isn't [[PermanentlyMissableContent lost forever]] in the cutscene menu if you didn't actually see it during normal gameplay; completing the game unlocks it in addition to the good one.
** Some Kirby games are fond of this, stopping at the boss of the last area and giving a mildly cryptic ending unless you collected all of their respective plot coupons. ''Dream Land 2'' and ''3'' both gave the player a rundown of all the enemies in the game before showing a question mark on Dark Matter.
** Likewise, the ''Heroes in Another Dimension Mode'' of ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' has two different endings depending if you got at least 100 Friend Hearts. In the bad ending, [[spoiler:Kirby leaves without noticing the fallen Mage Sisters' bodies flare in a dark aura -similar to ''Kirby 64''-]]; while in the good ending, [[spoiler:Kirby uses the Friend Hearts power to bring the Mage Sisters back to normal (they are even unlocked as a playable Dream Friend), they help to take the Divine Terminus away from Another Dimension, and Hyness returns back to normal]], and if you got all 120 hearts, a bonus artwork shows that [[spoiler:Kirby and the sisters are now in good terms.]]

* ''VideoGame/WarioLand'':
** ''VideoGame/WarioLandII'' has several different gameplay paths that branch out and intersect, and several different endings to go with them. Most of the endings come down to a variation of the same thing, though.
** Its predecessor also has multiple endings, depending on how many coins and treasures were collected at the end of the game. Since coins there are measured in moneybags, Wario can have the genie built him either a birdhouse (1 bags), a hollow treetrunk (2 bags), a log cabin (3 bags), a pagoda (4 bags), a new castle (5 bags), and even his own planetoid (6 bags, 99,999+ coins).
** In ''VideoGame/WarioLand4'', there were multiple endings depending on the difficulty level and amount of treasure chests collected from boss battles. You'd first have the rescued Princess Shokora's appearance change (ranging from a female Wario clone to a child to different forms of the Princess), then the car Wario's driving would look different based on difficulty level (normal was the Wario car, hard a truck, and super hard a hovercar), the pictures show in the CreditsMontage would change based on treasure collected, the [[CreditsMedley music]] would change based on difficulty level and treasure collected, and you'd get some extra pictures showing Wario on a date if you beat it on super hard and got 100% completion.
** In ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'', the way the Spritelings restore Wario's castle at the end depends on how many the player rescued. You could either receive a tent, a wooden fortress, an empty stone castle, a better-looking but equally empty silver castle, a golden castle, or another golden castle filled with riches.

** Its predecessor also has multiple endings, depending on how many coins and treasures were collected at the end of the game. Since coins there are measured in moneybags, Wario can have the genie built him either a birdhouse (1 bags
), a hollow treetrunk (2 bags), a log cabin (3 bags), a pagoda (4 bags), a new castle (5 bags), and even his own planetoid (6 bags, 99,999+ coins).

** ''VideoGame/LuminousAvengerIX2'' brings the multiple endings back with three different endings. Completing the game normally [[spoiler:has Copen successfully destroys the [[BigBad Mother Computer]], rescues Kohaku, and discovers the true identities of Mother and the Creator. With the help of [[HeroicSacrifice Null's sacrifice]], Copen, Lola, and Kohaku find a wormhole that transports them back home, where they reunite with Blade and the other Minos.]] There's a [[EarnYourBadEnding harder-to-obtain bad ending version]] where if you attack Kohaku too many times during the FinalBoss [[spoiler:the ending is extended to reveal [[BigBad the Mother Computer]] successfully [[GrandTheftMe body-jacks Kohaku]]]]. By obtaining all the Bonus Emblems in the stages and then finding a certain hidden door in the final level, Copen will find a teleporter that warps him back out of the tower and force him to climb it again to save his friend Kohaku, unlocking the game's Hard Mode, and [[EarnYourHappyEnding once Hard Mode is completed]] the True Ending. [[spoiler:The mysterious person dressed like Ypsilon and replaces him is revealed to be The Creator and Copen's counterpart and a ghost, and he uses the last of his physical power to repair Null and transfer the teleporter program to Copen's Razor Wheel. Afterwards, Copen puts Mother out of her misery, allowing [[TogetherInDeath Mother and the Creator to find peace in death]]. Lastly, Copen invites the now-restored Null to join him and Kohaku to live in their world.]]

* ''Infernax'', in addition to a joke ending gained by sleeping at an inn five times in a row, has six endings.

** ''VideoGame/LuminousAvengerIX2'' brings the multiple endings back with three different endings. Completing the game normally [[spoiler:has Copen successfully destroys the [[BigBad Mother Computer]], rescues Kohaku, and discovers the true identities of Mother and the Creator. With the help of [[HeroicSacrifice Null's sacrifice]], Copen, Lola, and Kohaku find a wormhole that transports them back home, where they reunite with Blade and the other Minos.]] There's a [[EarnYourBadEnding harder-to-obtain bad ending version]] where if you attack Kohaku too many times during the FinalBoss [[spoiler:the ending is extended to reveal [[BigBad the Mother Computer]] successfully [[GrandTheftMe body-jacks Kohaku]]]]. By obtaining all the Bonus Emblems in the stages and then finding a certain hidden door in the final level, Copen will find a teleporter that warps him back out of the tower and force him to climb it again to save his friend Kohaku, unlocking the game's Hard Mode, and [[EarnYourHappyEnding once Hard Mode is completed]] the True Ending plays [[spoiler:which ends with Mother and the Creator finding some peace in death and Null being able to reverse her sacrifice and come with Copen and Kohaku. Specifically, a mysterious person dressed like [[TheRival Ypsilon]] is revealed to be Copen's counterpart and a ghost, but he uses the last of his physical power to repair Null and transfer the teleporter program to Copen's Razor Wheel.]]

** Its predecessor also has multiple endings, depending on how many coins and treasures were collected at the end of the game. Since coins there are measured in moneybags, Wario can have the genie built him either a birdhouse (1 bags), a hollow treetrunk (2 bags), a log cabin (3 bags), a pagoda (4 bags), a new castle (5 bags), and even his own planetoid (6 bags, 99,999+ coins).
** In ''VideoGame/WarioLand4'', there were multiple endings depending on the difficulty level and amount of treasure chests collected from boss battles. You'd first have the appearance of the princess rescued change (ranging from a female Wario clone to a child to different forms of princess), then the car Wario's driving would look different based on difficulty level (normal was the Wario car, hard a truck, and super hard a hovercar), the pictures show in the CreditsMontage would change based on treasure collected, the [[CreditsMedley music]] would change based on difficulty level and treasure collected, and you'd get some extra pictures showing Wario on a date if you beat it on super hard and got 100% completion.

** Likewise, the ''Heroes in Another Dimension Mode of ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' has two different endings depending if you got at least 100 Friend Hearts. In the bad ending, [[spoiler:Kirby leaves without noticing the fallen Mage Sisters' bodies flare in a dark aura -similar to ''Kirby 64''-]]; while in the good ending, [[spoiler:Kirby uses the Friend Hearts power to bring the Mage Sisters back to normal (they are even unlocked as a playable Dream Friend), they help to take the Divine Terminus away from Another Dimension, and Hyness returns back to normal]], and if you got all 120 hearts, a bonus artwork shows that [[spoiler:Kirby and the sisters are now in good terms.]]

* ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' has 2 endings that are unlocked depending on if you've collected all of the Crystal Shards or not. If you're 99% or under, [[spoiler:Kirby and friends leave Ripple Star after defeating Miracle Matter and the final shot you see is a sinister look on the Queen's face.]] If you've collected all of the Shards, [[spoiler:the restored crystal blasts the fairy queen with a light beam, expunging a cloud of Dark Matter from her that flies into space and creates the final world, Dark Star. Kirby and Ribbon must then fight 0[[superscript:2]]]]. The real ending has [[spoiler:Kirby and the others rewarded with crystal medals and Ribbon kisses Kirby, who proceeds to blush and trip down the stairs.]] If you get all the Shards on your first try, the bad ending isn't [[PermanentlyMissableContent lost forever]] in the cutscene menu if you didn't actually see it during normal gameplay; completing the game unlocks it in addition to the good one.

** Its predecessor also has multiple endings, depending on how many coins and treasures were collected at the end of the game. Since coins there are measured in moneybags, Wario can have the genie built him either a birdhouse (1 bags), a hollow treetrunk (2 bags), a log cabin (3 bags), a pagoda (4 bags), a new castle (5 bags), and even his own planetoid (6 bags, 99,999+c coins).

** Kirby games are fond of this in general, stopping at the boss of the last area and giving a mildly cryptic ending unless you collected all of their respective plot coupons. Dream Land 2 and 3 both gave the player a rundown of all the enemies in the game before showing a question mark on Dark Matter.

** Its predecessor also has multiple endings, depending on how many coins and treasures were collected at the end of the game.

** In ''VideoGame/WarioLand4'', there were multiple endings depending on the difficulty level and amount of treasure chests collected from boss battles. You'd first have the appearance of the princess rescued change (ranging from a female Wario clone to a child to different forms of princess), then the car Wario's driving would look different based on difficulty level (normal was the Wario car, hard a truck, and super hard a hovercar), the pictures show in the CreditsMontage would change based on treasure collected, the [[CreditsMedley music]] would change based on difficulty level and treasure collected, and you'd get some extra pictures showing Wario on a date if you beat it on super hard and got 100% completion.

* In ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'', [[NewGamePlus Hard Mode]] adds a number of new scenes. [[spoiler:But the possibility of an alternate ending is explicitly {{defied}} and mocked right at the beginning. "You all came back, huh? Why? You know how this ends, don't you?" It all ends [[DownerEnding the]] [[KillEmAll same]] [[TorchTheFranchiseAndRun way]]; to do otherwise would be a disservice to the CentralTheme of the futility of violence.]]