History EleventhHourSuperpower / VideoGames

* In both ''VideoGame/{{Fairune}} 1'' and ''2''. In ''1'' the Mamono/Monster Slayer sword is used to give Hope Girl wings, a tail and a SwordBeam to fight the boss with. Taken UpToEleven in ''2'', with the new Fairune Sword and Photon Blade giving more elaborate forms, until the combined power of all three swords gives her something like an open top fighter jet.

* In ''{{VideoGames/Fairune}}'', [[spoiler:the Mamono/Monster Slayer sword is used to give Hope Girl wings, a tail and a Sword Beam to fight the boss with. Taken UpToEleven in 2, with the new Fairune Sword and Photon Blade giving more elaborate forms, until the combined power of all three swords gives her something like an open top fighter jet.]]

** Dante's Sparda Devil Trigger in the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 first game]]. You don't get to keep it for NewGamePlus.
** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', Nero ''finally'' getting a complete Devil Trigger just in time for the final boss battle. Unlike Sparda Devil Trigger in the first game, he does keep it for NewGamePlus.

* ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'': At the end of ''Sanity's Requiem'', you have to defeat the main enemy, Pious the Lich, as well as the dark god that the player chose at the beginning of the game while playing as Pious. You, as Alex Roivas, defeat them by summoning the dark god that directly opposes the one Pious summons. To summon it, you have to place the proper runes in a nine-rune "Circle of Power" which happens to be the largest circle in the game, in terms of having the most runes, in addition to spanning an ''entire city''.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', if by the very last battle you don't have the LimitBreak Omnislash yet, [[spoiler:you automatically get it, and it's the only command available. Unless you select 'Defend' or just sit there not choosing anything - then Sephiroth hits Cloud once, and Cloud counterattacks once, and the final cut scene plays as normal.]]
** Perhaps the coolest part about that battle is that, using the in-game explanation of Limit Break being the result of increasing anger, Cloud's limit break gauge slowly increases during the intro to the battle, showing him getting angrier and angrier until he devastates with Omni-Slash.

** ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' gives Raiden Sam's HF Murasama for the final boss which allows him to cut through his nanomachine-reinforced skin.

** At the end of the operation against the final GUILT strain, your 'Healing Touch' (which seemingly slows down time) automatically activates, as it has in operations before. The twist? If you haven't used it yet, you can use your use-anytime HT as well ''on top of'' the scripted one, and stop time, which indicates that Derek is activating the healing touch with both hands. This is the only way to win.
*** Things get stranger in the Wii remake, ''Second Opinion''. For the final postgame bonus level where you play as Nozomi, against this same GUILT, her Healing Touch doesn't normally slow time, but she inexplicably gets the ability to stop time too so that you can finish the level.

* In the final level of ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'', your suit gains the (plot-dependent) ability to short out the alien drones, and you get a nuclear grenade launcher, both expressly for the purpose of taking down the final boss. You're not even allowed to use the cannon on anything else. It is available in Multi-player as a Doomsday Weapon, though.

*** It will also compel you to shout ''Get some!'' as you rip through the enemies you've been running from for hours. This will cause confusion for those in the adjacent room.

* The final level of ''VideoGame/UnrealIITheAwakening'' gave you a gun that shoots black holes, which pretty much suck up and kill any enemy they even come close to. This weapon is the only thing that can kill the game's final boss monsters (whom it dispatches in one shot), but they're also armed with one, and can do the same to you. This weapon is so overpowered that a hit from an enemy will kill you ''[[NoFairCheating even if you have god mode turned on]]''.
** The kicker is that you first have to kill one of those creatures with only your regular weapons, while IT is armed with THE black hole gun you're going to be using the rest of the level.

* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'': The eponymous "Chrono Cross" is actually an optional Element you can only get near the end of the game. Although it does refill your used Elements under certain circumstances, its main use is to get the good ending when used against the final boss, which also completely bypasses the final boss fight.
** It's also used in a special spot to combine party members from other saves.

* ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' games love to give you a special power for the final boss. These include the Star Rod in ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'', the Rainbow Sword in ''Kirby's Dream Land 2'', the Love-Love Stick in ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'', the Crystal + Ribbon combo in ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'', the Master sword in ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'', and the Triple Star in ''VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad''. The latter two can be used in regular levels after beating the game (and, in the case of Triple Star, unlocking the ability room), and can take care of ''all'' otherwise ability-specific obstacles. ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' grants you the Hypernova ability you've been using all game at specified points, except ''this'' time you get it during the final phase of the final boss, and it causes Kirby to basically be able to negate anything she can throw at him by being able to inhale everything she has ''including laser beams''.

*** Robobot Halberd Mode from ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' is also an UnexpectedShmupLevel, albeit a ''VideoGame/StarFox''-based one, but it actually is used against the final boss.

*** The Avatar gets more powerful versions of his/her Yato as the game progresses, but the 'final' upgrade always comes at the penultimate chapter, after Yato's current form fails to leave a scratch on the penultimate boss. Which form it takes depends on the route the Avatar takes, (Shadow, Blazing, or Omega) but the form that truly embodies this trope is Omega Yato, only possible on the ''Revelations'' route after all five divine weapons are reunited, the most effective weapon against the final boss, and this game's Fire Emblem.
*** In the final chapter of the ''Heirs of Fate'' DLC the two Kanas combine their Shadow and Blazing Yatos to turn them both into Omega Yatos to defeat Anankos.

** Towards the end of the Death Knight starting quest chain, when you are taking part in the assault on Light's Hope Chapel, your character is given higher health and damage output (among other things) in order to compete with the Elite mob enemies at the Chapel.
*** Likewise when you have to defeat Patchwerk back in Acherus almost immediately afterwards.

** Other times, you are simply given control of a powerful vehicle, drake or other things that are much more powerful than your character would usually be at that level. Though in those cases, if you were to go back for a daily quest or something one expansion later, you'd most likely be more powerful on your own than these, if there is a choice.

** Dante's Sparda Devil Trigger in the first game. You don't get to keep it for NewGamePlus.

** ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'': During the siege on Fort Hateno, the battle where Link is almost killed and all of Hyrule falls in Breath of the Wild, things go differently. In this alternate timeline, Zelda manages to awaken her power like before, but Hyrule has not yet been defeated. The massive horde of Guardians is fought by Zelda and the remaining forces of Hyrule including Link and the saved Champions as she uses the power of the Goddess and the Light Bow to completely throw the enemy force back. This happens not only in cutscene, but unlocks the Light Bow weapon and, with it, a new moveset for Zelda focused around her powers.

*** The first is the Omega Cannon, obtained temporarily at different points throughout the game by destroygin and siphioning the data from the Central Units of each region of ZDR. It’s the only weapon capable of vanquishing the otherwise invincible E.M.M.I. robots prowling certain areas, but deactivates soon after you land the killing blow.

* In ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' (predecessor to ''VideoGame/EarthBound''), the final boss is toppled by singing a song comprised of the 8 melodies collected during the game. The player receives the actual song prior to entering the final boss battle.

* The final story mission of ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'' forces the player to drive a vehicle that can be unlocked in Level 2, the World War II vehicle, but with a rocket strapped to the back, boosting the SPEED and ACCELERATION stats for it to 5 stars.
* The Dark Energy Gravity Gun in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' that appears in the penultimate level. Different only in that it's available for the last several levels instead of merely the final boss fight. It's also [[FisticuffsBoss the only weapon you can use for these sections]], requiring a bit of extra work; its range is still limited, but since it was rather good to begin with, and it now causes ''instant death'' of a bone-breaking, muscle-dislocating nature in all humanoid enemies (the only kind you'll face until the strider halfway through and the two gunships at the ''very'' end) and can [[ShutUpHannibal rip bolted-down wall monitors with Breen on them ranting at you off the wall with a simple yank]], this hardly matters. It is also very, ''[[VideogameCrueltyPotential very]]'' fun.
** Since Word of God says we won't ever see the Dark Energy Gravity Gun again, ''Episode Two'' gave us the Magnusson Device, which is an instant kill if mounted on a Strider and detonated.

* The [[SequentialBoss very-definitely-final boss]] of ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' is impervious to everything you use on it -- bullets, rockets, shotguns, ultimate techniques... and then the main character is given bullets laced with [[AppliedPhlebotinum her own DNA,]] lethal to the creature's own cellular structure. The resumed boss fight takes less than a minute to complete.

** Most of the games from ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic and Knuckles]]'' on end with a boss fight in SuperMode, though the ability was unlockable in normal gameplay as well up until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.
** ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Secret Rings]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'' did things slightly differently, allowing Sonic to transform into Darkspine Sonic and Excalibur-Sonic to fight their respective final bosses.
** ''[[VideoGame/SonicGenerations Generations]]'' has the final boss as both Super Sonics, and after that they are unlocked for use in normal stages, as an equippable skill that can only be used on its own.

* VideoGame/SlyCooper gains the ability to walk on laser beams mere moments before the final boss fight in ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves''.

** Specifically in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', the ludicrously powerful Fierce Deity's Mask, although you had to [[HundredPercentCompletion meet certain conditions first]].
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'', Link's fairy companion randomly and without warning pulls the ability to stop time from nowhere in the first part of the Final Boss Fight. This continues on to the second and third rounds, as well.
*** The same game also gives you the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Phantom]] [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Sword]], which finally gives you the ability to kill normally invincible Phantoms, just before your last trek into the Temple of the Ocean King.
** The original ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI The Legend of Zelda]]'' has the Red Ring, which quadruples your defense, but is unavailable until the last dungeon. Even worse in the second quest where the Red Ring is located only a few rooms away from Ganon.
** The final Great Fairy in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' doubles your defense, but can only be reached using the Golden Gauntlets, which are found in the last dungeon.
** In the final phase of the final boss of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', Yuga[=/=]Ganon merges into the wall, making him impossible to hit. Zelda gives Link the Bow of Light, an enchanted bow which can be used while merged into the wall and only exists for this boss
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'', Link doesn't get access to the Fire Rod, a ranged attack that can one-shot most enemies (including [[KillerRabbit chickens]]), until the penultimate dungeon.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Link gets the Bow of Light during the fight against Dark Beast Ganon, and has to use it to [[AttackItsWeakPoint shoot at Ganon's weak points]] [[MountedCombat while on horseback]].
** During the siege on Fort Hateno in ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'', the battle where Link is almost killed and all of Hyrule falls in Breath of the Wild, things go differently. In this alternate timeline, Zelda manages to awaken her power like before, but Hyrule has not yet been defeated. The massive horde of Guardians is fought by Zelda and the remaining forces of Hyrule including Link and the saved Champions as she uses the power of the Goddess and the Light Bow to completely throw the enemy force back. This happens not only in cutscene, but unlocks the Light Bow weapon and, with it, a new moveset for Zelda focused around her powers.
* Doing the fusion with Nemesis for the fight against Apocalypse in ''VideoGame/{{Silver}}''.

* In the final battle of ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}: Overdose'', your character is filled with so much [[UnstoppableRage rage]] that his appearance changes slightly (Beyond the Grave's eye glows completely white and his hair goes [[Anime/DragonBallZ super-saiyan]]-ish, Rocketbilly suddenly becomes [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]], and Jyuji wears Bunji's shades and the flame on his back turns blue). The demolition shot gauge then begins to regenerate and fill up on its own, which lets you use your D. Shots more frequently.

* Throughout ''VideoGame/LittleNemoTheDreamMaster'', your only weapons are thrown candy, which does no more than stun enemies, and whatever abilities are granted by the animals you charm. In the last level, Nightmare Land, however, you are given the Royal Scepter, which fires actual damaging projectiles, although it has a lengthy charge-up period and only fires at a diagonally upward angle, only making it useful on the last few bosses.

* During the TrueFinalBoss of ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}} and the Pirate's Curse'', Shantae manages to reclaim her genie magic [[spoiler:thanks to Risky's BatmanGambit with the Dark Magic]], allowing her to whip the Pirate Master for maximum damage. [[spoiler:Risky then provides a second dose of this trope by hijacking the Ammo Baron's Palace Disruptor Cannon, providing additional firepower to finish the Pirate Master off]].

* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', your legendary dragon awakens right before you confront the FinalBoss, and you have to catch it to proceed. Unlike other instances of catching Pokémon in this game, you are then offered the option of putting the legendary dragon in your party -- and given that it's an OlympusMons with very high stats, while your own companions are not likely to be fully evolved at the time, it's definitely a great addition. Doing so will lead to a CoolVersusAwesome showdown between both version legendaries in the ensuing battle. Of course, you can [[DefiedTrope defy this]] by opting to send the dragon to your box instead and proceed with your usual team.

* Don't forget about ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''.
** Played straight with the Shadow Queen. Halfway through the battle, Mario's Crystal Stars go out to all over the world, and the various people they've met all give their support to him, causing the Shadow Queen to lose her invincibility.

* Because of how ''VideoGame/Undertale'' is structured, the game features two of these, with each possible route ending in one.

* Because of how [[VideoGame:Undertale]] is structured, the game features two of these, with each possible route ending in one.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Chorus}}'', [[spoiler:Nara and Forsa [[FusionDance merge into]] [[PhysicalGod the One]] during the final phase of the FinalBoss fight with the Great Prophet. Their minds become as one and their power becomes immeasurable. Forsa's hull is covered in glowing blue lines and flames, his weapons are replaced by rapid-fire energy blasts that tear through any small ship, and his [[RamingAlwaysWorks Rite of the Stars]] becomes so powerful he can smash through Demon battleships in seconds.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Chorus}}'', [[spoiler:Nara and Forsa [[FusionDance merge into]] [[PhysicalGod the One]] during the final phase of the FinalBoss fight with the Great Prophet. Their minds become as one and their power becomes immeasurable. Forsa's hull is covered in glowing blue lines and flames, his weapons are replaced by rapid-fire energy blasts that tear through any small ship, and his spearing becomes so powerful he can rip through Demon battleships in seconds.]]

* In ''VideoGame/Chorus'', [[spoiler:Nara and Forsa [[FusionDance merge into]] [[PhysicalGod the One]] during the final phase of the FinalBoss fight with the Great Prophet. Their minds become as one and their power becomes immeasurable. Forsa's hull is covered in glowing blue lines and flames, his weapons are replaced by rapid-fire energy blasts that tear through any small ship, and his spearing becomes so powerful he can rip through Demon battleships in seconds.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' has a strange example of this for its FinalBoss fight. [[UltimateEvil The Queen Mother of the Grotesqueries begins to sing once it arrives in Tokyo, of "light and dark, good and evil." The mission is to silence its song. To do this, you emit the song back at the monstrosity so that the two cancel each other out.]] While being deeply [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic symbolic]] of the protagonist's [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil embodiment of humanity as a whole]], it is [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible mind-bogglingly impossible]] to describe how this conflict would take place in any world other than that of [[ThePhilosopher Plato]]nic Forms or similar realms of [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence higher existence]]. The symbolism is the reality, which leaves one clawing out their own eyes wondering where the reality is.

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'', Shulk receives his InfinityPlusOneSword, [[spoiler:the Monado III]], right before the final phase of the FinalBoss. NewGamePlus allows the player to bring it over into the rest of the game.

* During the final boss fight in the [[spoiler: True Pacifist route, if you run out of HP, your determination stops you from dying and you revive with full HP. The second phase starts off hopeless, with you unable to do anything. Even saving the game is impossible, but then you realize you can save something else. Your ACT command then turns into SAVE, with a new icon and flashing colors, which allows you to reach inside Asriel and "save" the souls he's absorbed and eventually Asriel himself.]]
** At the end of ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}'''s [[spoiler: Genocide route]] the player finds the [[spoiler: Real Knife and The Locket, a weapon with 99 ATK and an armour piece with 99 DEF respectively.]] However, there's only one enemy left in the game at this point, and [[spoiler: the items are completely useless as he dies in one hit anyway and all his attacks can only do one damage per hit. It’s even more useless because said enemy actually dodges attacks unlike everyone else and his attacks have a status ailment which ignores your invincibility frames, stacking damage in a poison like effect refered to as Karma.]]

* At the end of ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}'''s [[spoiler: Genocide route]] the player finds the [[spoiler: Real Knife and The Locket, a weapon with 99 ATK and an armour piece with 99 DEF respectively.]] However, there's only one enemy left in the game at this point, and [[spoiler: the items are completely useless as he dies in one hit anyway and all his attacks can only do one damage per hit. It’s even more useless because said enemy actually dodges attacks unlike everyone else and his attacks have a status ailment which ignores your defense.]]

** In the final phase of the final boss of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' [[spoiler:Yuga/Ganon]] merges into the wall, making him impossible to hit. Zelda gives Link the Bow of Light, an enchanted bow which can be used while merged into the wall and only exists for this boss

** During the siege on Fort Hateno in ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'', the battle where Link is almost killed and all of Hyrule falls in Breath of the Wild, things go differently. [[spoiler:In this alternate timeline, Zelda manages to awaken her power like before, but Hyrule has not yet been defeated. The massive horde of Guardians is fought by Zelda and the remaining forces of Hyrule including Link and the saved Champions as she uses the power of the Goddess and the Light Bow to completely throw the enemy force back. This happens not only in cutscene, but unlocks the Light Bow weapon and, with it, a new moveset for Zelda focused around her powers.]]

** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', Nero ''finally'' [[spoiler:getting a complete Devil Trigger just in time for the final boss battle. Unlike Sparda Devil Trigger in the first game, he does keep it for NewGamePlus.]]

** During the final fight against Ethelberd in ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'',you reach a form [[spoiler:where Ethelberd overtakes Ventuswill, becoming Ethelwill. You ''can'' technically beat this form, but it is deliberately extremely high in level, making it almost impossible. Ventuswill, with what mental control she has left, sends you her power, causing your level to skyrocket above 1,000 and refilling your HP after Lest/Frey gets knocked down..]]

* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', when [[spoiler:after Kreia kills the Jedi Masters or talks to you after you kill them]], you magically get either the dark side uberpower Force Crush or the Light Side uberpower Force Enlightenment, both of which are probably the best power for their respective alignments.

** In the [[VideoGame/OnimushaWarlords original game]], if you've completed a very difficult side-quest, you'll later be rewarded with the Bishamon Sword. Its basic attack deals more damage than anything in your arsenal...save its ''magic'' attack, which can be used infinitely. You get to use it for all of one room before reaching the final boss.
** The powers granted by the five orbs in ''VideoGame/Onimusha2SamuraisDestiny'', resulting in an UnexpectedGameplayChange into a [[spoiler:third person shooter via turning the main character into a demonic equivalent of Franchise/MegaMan.]]

** In ''VideoGame/Persona3'', during the final confrontation, the Main Character draws power from all the [[ThePowerOfFriendship people he's helped throughout the game]], giving him the power of the Universe Arcana. Then the other team members give their encouragement, powering up a final attack that saves the day. [[spoiler:And [[HeroicSacrifice takes his life.]]]]

*** In the original game, the player completes the Judgement Social Link and unlocks Lucifer after defeating [[spoiler:Ameno-Sagiri]], after which the game fast-forwards to the final day of gameplay. You can only use Lucifer [[spoiler:in the true final dungeon and on the TrueFinalBoss Izanami]].
*** In ''Golden'', additional content is added between unlocking Lucifer and the last day. However, Tohru Adachi's Social Link is maxed out in a story event on the last day, so you can only use [[spoiler:Magatsu-Izanagi]] [[spoiler:in the true final dungeon]].
*** On the final day of the game, the protagonist does this against the final boss of the True Ending. [[spoiler:He is granted Izanagi-no-Ookami, the ascended form of his default persona, which he then uses to pretty much [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu punch the ever-living hell out of Izanami]], who was [[TheManBehindTheMan behind everything about The Midnight Channel, Ameno-Sagiri, and the fog that tormented the residents of Inaba, as well as being the one who gave the protagonist, Adachi, and Namatame their powers in the first place]].]]

*** In ''Royal'', while the other party members can unlock their 3rd-tier Personas throughout January, Akechi and Kasumi ([[spoiler:actually Sumire - [[ItMakesSenseInContext long story]]]]) can only get theirs the literal day before the final battle, and can only use them against the TrueFinalBoss and any random enemies you wander off to fight in their Palace.

** In ''Videogame/ResidentEvil6'', at the end of Chris's campaign, [[spoiler: Piers gets an actual superpower. His EmergencyTransformation via C-Virus gives him HealingFactor and a LightningGun for an arm, but as it starts to affect his mind, he chooses to sacrifice himself in a supercharged attack that kills both him and the final boss]]. Also, Leon traditionally gets a rocket launcher to finish his final boss, and Ada steals a helicopter that makes her last level a lot more fun. Inverted with Jake, who [[spoiler: gets in a FisticuffsBoss fight with Ustanak]].

** One of the Nameless One's normal abilities acquired at the beginning of the game is the ability to raise people from the dead, albeit with a lot of limitations. It doesn't come out until the very end that [[spoiler:he can raise anyone from the dead. At will. Without cost.]]

*** In one of the last five chapters, you obtain [[spoiler:Alondite, Ragnell's counterpart, except that ''any sword user'' can equip it.]] You also get [[spoiler:every laguz king except Dheginsea]] before those final five chapters. Add to that that after 2 chapters you can make a weapon unbreakable for every character, you get a lot of these this game. On a second playthrough on, you can get [[spoiler:Lehran; look at his [[http://serenesforest.net/fe10/char_base.html stats]] -- the cap in general is 40 and he has that in FIVE STATS to start. Granted, Lehran takes more work than any character ever in any ''Fire Emblem'' game to unlock, but he will make the fight easier.]]
*** While it's only the Eleventh Hour Superpower of Part 1 (of four), you also get [[spoiler:the Black Knight, who literally cannot be killed by any enemy units]], but he still has a death speech.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', two chapters away from the end, Chrom's Falchion is upgraded to the Exalted Falchion, which is the most effective weapon to use against [[spoiler: Grima]].

*** The Avatar gets more powerful versions of his/her Yato as the game progresses, but the 'final' upgrade always comes at the penultimate chapter, after Yato's current form fails to leave a scratch on the penultimate boss. Which form it takes depends on the route the Avatar takes, (Shadow, Blazing, or Omega) but the form that truly embodies this trope is Omega Yato, only possible on the ''Revelations'' route after all five divine weapons are reunited, the most effective weapon against the final boss, and [[spoiler: this game's Fire Emblem]].
*** In the final chapter of the ''Heirs of Fate'' DLC [[spoiler: the two Kanas combine their Shadow and Blazing Yatos to turn them both into Omega Yatos to defeat Anankos.]]
* In both ''VideoGame/{{Fairune}} 1'' and ''2''. In ''1'' [[spoiler:the Mamono/Monster Slayer sword is used to give Hope Girl wings, a tail and a SwordBeam to fight the boss with.]] Taken UpToEleven in ''2'', with [[spoiler: the new Fairune Sword and Photon Blade giving more elaborate forms, until the combined power of all three swords gives her something like an open top fighter jet.]]

*** The second is [[spoiler:the Metroid Suit, activated after the FinalBoss fight with [[BigBad Raven Beak]]. Samus is so consumed with rage over Raven Beak's past deeds and future plans, that her Metroid DNA takes over completely. She is absolutely unstoppable in this form, with her basic beam now being the Hyper Beam (previously seen in ''Super''), which is ''far'' stronger than even the Omega Cannon, and her Metroid energy-sucking abilities are boosted to have an area of effect. Unfortunately, she can't fully control said powers.]]

*** [[spoiler: Robobot Halberd Mode]] from ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' is also [[spoiler:an UnexpectedShmupLevel, albeit a ''VideoGame/StarFox''-based one, but it actually is used against the final boss.]]

* In ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei: VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga 2'', Serph [[spoiler:fuses with Sera into the superbeing Seraph, whose demon form has no weaknesses]] in TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon (also a PointOfNoReturn).

* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' has a strange example of this for its FinalBoss fight. [[spoiler:[[UltimateEvil The Queen Mother of the Grotesqueries]] begins to sing once it arrives in Tokyo, of "light and dark, good and evil." The mission is to silence its song. To do this, you emit the song back at the monstrosity so that the two cancel each other out.]] While being deeply [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic symbolic]] of the protagonist's [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil embodiment of humanity as a whole]], it is [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible mind-bogglingly impossible]] to describe how this conflict would take place in any world other than that of [[ThePhilosopher Plato]]nic Forms or similar realms of [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence higher existence]]. The symbolism is the reality, which leaves one clawing out their own eyes wondering where the reality is.

* In ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' (predecessor to ''VideoGame/EarthBound''), the final boss is toppled by [[spoiler:singing a song comprised of the 8 melodies collected during the game. The player receives the actual song prior to entering the final boss battle.]]
** Earthbound's final boss was killed in a similar manner, where [[spoiler:a character prays several times, using an ability that up to that point was almost useless. The only thing that prevents this from being a complete GuideDangIt is that Porky hints that you should use the command. Well, kind of...]]

** In ''VideoGame/MOTHER3'' you get [[spoiler: PK Love Ω]] for pulling the sixth needle. There are ''seven'' needles.

* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''' Eleventh Hour Superpower is a crackling field of psychic energy that allows you to grow to [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever monstrous size]], given to you by [[spoiler:your father, who was secretly [[SecretLegacy a psychic all along]].]]

** [[spoiler:Just like in the first game, Nona gives Raz "everything she's got" to go toe-to-toe with a mental version of Maligula, which involves Raz growing to giant size to duke it out with her.]]
* ''VideoGame/Condemned2Bloodshot'' has [[spoiler:The Voice, which lets you explode the heads of your enemies along with disabling their brain-damage-causing emanations long enough for you to apply the beatdown.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Aquaria}}'', the Eleventh Hour Superpower was the character's final form, given just before the final boss: [[spoiler:although, just as you were finally getting used to having a power that could kill nearly anything on screen, it was taken away after the first form of the final boss, until the LAST form, leaving you to have to figure out other methods for those in between.]]

* ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'': At the end of ''Sanity's Requiem'', you have to defeat the main enemy, Pious the Lich, as well as the dark god that the player chose at the beginning of the game while playing as Pious. You, as Alex Roivas, defeat them by [[spoiler:summoning the dark god that directly opposes the one Pious summons. To summon it, you have to place the proper runes in a nine-rune "Circle of Power" which happens to be the largest circle in the game, in terms of having the most runes, in addition to spanning an ''entire city''.]]

** Perhaps the coolest part about that battle is that, using the in-game explanation of Limit Break being the result of increasing anger, [[spoiler:Cloud's limit break gauge slowly increases during the intro to the battle, showing him getting angrier and angrier until he devastates with Omni-Slash.]]
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' has the High-Frequency Blade, a katana-like blade that slices enemies up and can even block bullets. The catch? You don't get it until almost at the end of the game, when [[spoiler:Solid Snake gives Raiden his clothes back and also gives him the HF Blade, and it's only useful during the battle in the infamous FISSION MAILED chamber and in the very final battle with Solidus Snake]].
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' gives Raiden [[spoiler: Sam's HF Murasama]] for the final boss [[spoiler: which allows him to cut through his nanomachine-reinforced skin.]]

** In ''Crysis 2'', the last 3 levels have most of the MIKE maser guns found in the game, which is good news considering the fact that ''every alien in Manhattan is out to get you'' as you're [[spoiler:heading straight for their HQ]]. The suit also gains the ability to [[spoiler:re-purpose their supervirus into a weapon against them]], which is how you win.

** ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' hides the [[spoiler:Ultimate Armor for X and Black Armor for Zero in a wide pit in the third fortress stage,]] although you can technically start with them by using built-in cheat codes at the character select.

* In ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity'', [[spoiler:if you find yourself losing the final battle against [[DualBoss the Petit Robot Masters]], Proto Man comes in to give you the Wily Buster and refill all your health. The Wily Buster shoots charged shots instantly and reduces all damage taken from the bosses.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TombRaiderLegend'', you [[spoiler:get Excalibur in Nepal.]] It's used only to [[spoiler:break open a door to leave and to fight Amanda and the unknown creature]].
** In ''Underworld'', you acquire [[spoiler:Thor's hammer, Mjolnir,]] several levels before the end, and [[{{Gamebreaker}} get to use it to wreak godlike havoc on enemies]], be they simple gun-toting humans, sharks in water(!), or the various thralls [[spoiler:emerging from the depths of Nifleheim, before ultimately planting it into the ''Big Bad'''s backside.]]

* The final level of ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar2'' puts you in the pilot seat of a [[spoiler:40-foot tall Brumak, bustling with machine guns and rocket launchers]]. Suffice it to say, from that point on everything that gets in your way dies really quickly.

* In the final mission of ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger: Shadows of Almia'', you are given the Vatonage Styler, which allows you to befriend any Pokémon, even if it has been hypnotized by Gigaremo Units. This is an Eleventh Hour Superpower because there are no Gigaremo Units in the game after this mission is completed. Also, you cannot even damage the final boss [[spoiler:([[OlympusMons Darkrai]], implied to be the King of Almia reincarnated)]] until said Vatonage Styler is further upgraded by fusing with the Tears of the Princes. There is no use for this gem power outside of the final boss fight, so enjoy the pretty animation while you can.