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* The moment you start up ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' for the first time, you will get a brief and rudimentary title sequence before you cut straight to the cutscene of Link waking up in the Shrine of Resurrection. ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' does the same thing.

* ''VideoGame/BurnoutParadise'' drops you straight into an unskippable intro FMV, then into the city in your first car. Like ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' it also auto-loads your most recent autosave if one is found. Its SpiritualSuccessor made by [[Creator/CriterionGames the same company]], ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted2012'', does the same thing.

* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' does this, only pausing to let you choose your difficulty level and then throwing you in. After you save, it takes this trope further, automatically loading the most recent file whenever you turn on your Wii. To get to another save, you have to wait for the recent one to load, then go to the pause menu to access the load screen. ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' does the same thing when starting a new game, but when you have files saved, it gives you the option to pick which one to load.

* When any game in the ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' series is booted for the first time, it throws the player into a tutorial stage where there are no enemies or hazards aside from some rival ink. Once the player reaches the end of the stage, they will arrive to the HubWorld, where the game will always start with all subsequent boots. Since the game only allows one save file per user ID, this protocol has to be repeated for all following ones when the game is first booted with them.

* When ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' is booted for the first time, it throws the player into a tutorial stage where there are no enemies or hazards aside from some rival ink. Once the player reaches the end of the stage, they will arrive to Inkopolis, where the game will always start with all subsequent boots. Since the game only allows one save file per user ID, this protocol has to be repeated for all following ones when the game is first booted with them.

* The first time you launch ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'', it goes straight into the opening cutscene. On subsequent boots, you will get the main menu offering you to continue or to start a new journey.

* ''VideoGame/BurnoutParadise'' drops you straight into an unskippable intro FMV, then into the city in your first car. Like ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' it also auto-loads your most recent autosave if one is found. Its 2012 SpiritualSuccessor made by [[Creator/CriterionGames the same company]], ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted'', does the same thing.

* All of the 3D ''Videogame/GrandTheftAuto'' games as well as a few other titles developed by Rockstar. It also does its logical counterpart, the Automatic Continue Game; if save-files ''are'' found, it will automatically load the latest one. This can get highly annoying if you have multiple different saves and will always have to endure an extra LoadingScreen before being allowed to choose which one you actually wanted to load. This is averted with the PC and mobile versions of the 3d to HD-era games, which loads into a menu screen instead, except if the launcher to the PC version of GTA V is bypassed (such as the cracked version).

* ''Toki Tori 2'' drops the titular character into the game the first time you boot up. Toki Tori must learn the two controls and figure out how to interact with his environment until he reaches an open area where the logo rises up from the background. This is one of the many things Toki Tori must photograph, as well. It's kind of unique.
* The ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' ROMHack ''VideoGame/{{the}}'' has no logo or title screen. After loading the game, it goes straight to the intro screen.

* The Chapter 1 of ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' jumps directly into the [[CharacterCustomization "avatar creation" sequence]] when you open the chapter for the first time, and until you save for the first time, there's no title screen nor load save menu. When the Chapter 1-only demo was released in 2018, this helped reinforce its disguise as a "survey program" rather than a fully-playable demo.

* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' jumps directly into the [[CharacterCustomization "avatar creation" sequence]] when you open the game for the first time, and until you save the game for the first time, there's no title screen nor load save menu.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV to]] ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI VI]]'' for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendo do this if there are no save files present, jumping you straight into the opening cutscene.

* In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', games from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue FireRed]]'' [[VideoGameRemake and]] ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue LeafGreen]]'' (except ''[[Videogame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Emerald]]'') until ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' still display their title screen, but automatically proceeded to a New Game when the A or Start button is pressed and there is no save file.

** ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Red Alert]]'' skips the main menu during the first time playing the game. Then, it immediately puts the player into whichever campaign disc is loaded (Allied or Soviet) with its opening cutscene. (For ''The First Decade'' CompilationRerelease, it begins the Soviet campaign.)

* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' [[spoiler:skips the menu if the player opens it during Act 3, entirely preventing the player from starting a new game during that sequence. Not that they could restart anyway, because the characters but one have been deleted by this point.]]

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV to]] ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI VI]]'' for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendo do this if there are no save files present, jumping you straight into the opening cutscene.

* ''VideoGame/SaGaFrontier2'' does this if the game doesn't find a savefile on the memory card, skipping the title screen and jumping straight into the beginning of Gustave's scenario.

* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' skips the menu if the player opens it during Act 3, entirely preventing the player from starting a new game during that sequence. [[spoiler:Not that they could restart anyway, because the game has deleted its characters by this point.]]

* The moment you start up ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' for the first time, you will get a brief and rudimentary title sequence before you cut straight to the cutscene of Link waking up in the Shrine of Resurrection.

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun2001'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge'' start by prompting the player to name the character before proceeding into a New Game if there are no other save files.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsMelodyOfMemory'' skips the main menu on first boot to toss you into an interactive opening music video followed by the tutorial and then the story mode's world map.

* ''VideoGame/XMen2CloneWars'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis drops you into the first level as soon as the game is on, [[LogicalExtreme skipping even the usual opening credits]], with a random character (Beast, 9 times out of 10). The copyright disclaimers and title screen only appears once you clear this stage.

* ''VideoGame/XMen2CloneWars'' for the Genesis drops you into the first level as soon as the game is on, [[LogicalExtreme skipping even the usual opening credits]], with a random character (Beast, 9 times out of 10). The title only appears once you clear this stage.

* In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', games from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue FireRed]]'' [[VideoGameRemake and]] ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue LeafGreen]]'' (except ''Emerald'') until ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite White]]'' still display their title screen, but automatically proceeded to a New Game when the A or Start button is pressed and there is no save file.

* ''VideoGame/{{InFamous}}'' starts with a Press Start screen...but as soon as you press start, a huge explosion goes off and you're right into the action. The only way to see this start screen again is to delete your save files, as it is the only time you ever see pre-catastrophe Empire City.

* ''VideoGame/SonicColors'', where, on the first play, the start button is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. This trend is continued in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', in which starting the game up the first time launches you into the game's first level, [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Green Hill Zone Act 1.]]

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSunTheBrokenSeal'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge'' start by prompting the player to name the character before proceeding into a New Game if there are no other save files.

** ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Red Alert]]'' skips the main menu during the first time playing the game.
Then, it immediately puts the player into whichever campaign disc is loaded (Allied or Soviet) with its opening cutscene. (For ''The First Decade'' CompilationRerelease, it begins the Soviet campaign.)

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'':

** ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Red Alert]]'' does have a title sequence, but if this was the first time playing the game, it immediately puts the player into whichever campaign disc is loaded (Allied or Soviet) with its opening cutscene. (For ''The First Decade'' CompilationRerelease, it begins the Soviet campaign.)

* The video game adaptation of the ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' films (the ''Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' game) uses the forging of the One Ring for its opening FMV, then drops the first-time player right into Isildur's boots in the battle between the Last Alliance and Sauron's forces on the foothills of Mount Doom with no explanation and little in the way of tutorials. The same goes for the later ''Return of the King'' game, you can only access the menu on subsequent startups, as on initial installation it runs through clips from the movies of The Battle of Helm's Deep up to Gandalf's arrival, at which point it crossfades directly from live-action to gameplay in the heat of his siegebreaking.

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' and its sequel start by prompting the player to name the character before proceeding into a New Game if there are no other save files.