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** There are a few boss corridors in the original ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'', such as the two caves in [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Atlantica]] that each lead to the two separate phases of the Ursula boss battle, but the big one is after slaying [[DiscOneFinalBoss Male]][[Disney/SleepingBeauty ficent]] in Hollow Bastion. Upon returning to the castle chapel, a hole appears behind the room's save point, and it leads to the elevator shaft and then the actual Boss Corridor, the Grand Hall where the Princesses of Heart are kept in stasis. This room is the last chance to explore a rather easy overworld (and do a few sidequests), as once you pass through this corridor and make it to the stairway at the other end, a cutscene starts that takes Sora into the boss fight against the [[spoiler: Ansem/Xehanort possessed Riku]], and all hell breaks loose after this fight that makes the game much harder from this point.

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* In ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'', the corridor preceding the first fight with Hornet in Greenpath qualifies as this.

*** A small rock ledge comes right before a sinister face at the end of the Cave of the GI. Approaching the face brings it to life, turns it into the GI Nattak boss, and forces you to fight it.
*** The last major room in the Temple Of The Ancients is a long hall with murals of Meteor. This is the goal room, as [[BigBad Sephiroth is inside]]. He locks you in when you enter, and following him to the end of the room, where the Black Materia is, starts a conversation about [[AGodAmI his]] [[OmnicidalManiac plans]] and brings a Red Dragon down on AVALANCHE when he disappears. A second BossCorridor follows this one to the temple exit, where a stronger boss, the Demon's Gate, blocks the door out [[spoiler:(This boss is the last boss fight that Aerith participates in, as she leaves the party afterwards to face Sephiroth by herself and is KilledOffForReal shortly afterward.)]]

*** The return to Midgar has short tunnels and walkways before each of it's bosses (the Turks as a whole, which is optional if you did the Wutai sidequest, the Proud Clod, and the three forms of Hojo, in that order.)

* Obani Draco of ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'' is a Boss Corridor. It's only purpose is to serve as a corridor towards the boss battle with [[spoiler:Courtney Gears]] at the end. It is also one of only two places in the game (the other being [[{{PortTown}} Blackwater City]]) without a Titanium Bolt.

* A miniboss corridor appears in ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'' for the only MiniBoss in the game. Funnily, at the start of the corridor, you see a sign stating "Beware! [[GiantMook Giant Ants]]!", and then you face off against three ''tiny'' ants that run away from you. Until you reach the end, [[OhCrap confirming the sign's statement]].

* A miniboss corridor appears in ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}!'' for the only MiniBoss in the game. Funnily, at the start of the corridor, you see a sign stating "Beware! [[GiantMook Giant Ants]]!", and then you face off against three ''tiny'' ants that run away from you. Until you reach the end, [[OhCrap confirming the sign's statement]].

* ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' has this before the battle with [[spoiler:the fake]] Andross on Venom if you came from Bolse (the penultimate boss, Golemech, is also fought in a corridor, but since it's running away and its "attacks" involve causing the corridor to become more crowded so that you [[CollisionDamage crash into stuff]], it doesn't count as this trope). If you come from Area 6, the single straight corridor is replaced by a branching group of corridors where you get different power-ups depending on which direction you choose to go at each branch. The optimal route will get you the exact same group of power-ups that would be found in the straight corridor in the from Bolse version--two laser upgrades, three shield rings, and a bomb.[[note]]It's left, right, left, left, right, right.[[/note]]

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' does this not for the FinalBoss, but for the fourth Fiend, Tiamat. The floor she is on consists of a long corridor leading up to her lair, and ''mostly'' contains the standard enemy encounters, with a 1/64 chance to encounter ([[BossInMookClothing and likely get savaged by]]) the super-powerful [=WarMECH=].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', the Last Corridor (so named by the SavePoint there) is a stately hallway bathed in gorgeous yellow light which obviously leads the player straight to the final encounter with the King. However, one dialogue occurs in the middle of this corridor, and it includes a major {{Reveal}}.

* The path leading to Psycho Mantis in ''MetalGearSolid'' is a good example. When you got the key to open the door, even the rest of the building seems entirely deserted, warning you that something is about to happen.
* At the endgame of ''MetalGearSolid4'', you have to cross a long corridor to the control room where the [[spoiler:[[AIIsACrapshoot world controlling supercomputer]]]] is located. While the corridor is technically empty, the walls are covered in microwave radiation generators that almost bake Snake alive as he struggles to reach the other end.

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has a long path trough multiple rooms where you'll get told the backstory of the game and [[spoiler: one corridor where Sans will be judging you before the {{final battle}}.]]

* One of these corridors precedes each of the world-end bosses in the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' games, and all of the Boom-Boom fights apart from the ship and mega-tank levels in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''.

* One of these corridors precedes each of the world-end bosses in the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' games, and each of the Boom-Boom fights in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''.

* The first boss of ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'', the Battlelord, has a long corridor right before the giant arena with him and the trigger point that summons him into the room. Said trigger point also shuts the door behind you; the corridor is technically part of the boss room, but hovering over the trigger point will summon the Battlelord but also keep the door open for Duke to retreat back to the anteroom.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''
* There are a few boss corridors in the original ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'', such as the two caves in [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Atlantica]] that each lead to the two separate phases of the Ursula boss battle, but the big one is after slaying [[DiscOneFinalBoss Male]][[Disney/SleepingBeauty ficent]] in Hollow Bastion. Upon returning to the castle chapel, a hole appears behind the room's save point, and it leads to the elevator shaft and then the actual Boss Corridor, the Grand Hall where the Princesses of Heart are kept in stasis. This room is the last chance to explore a rather easy overworld (and do a few sidequests), as once you pass through this corridor and make it to the stairway at the other end, a cutscene starts that takes Sora into the boss fight against the [[spoiler: Ansem/Xehanort possessed Riku]], and all hell breaks loose after this fight that makes the game much harder from this point.

* In all story modes of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', the PointOfNoReturn leading to the FinalBoss is marked by a long, narrow, jagged-walled corridor. It is one of the most foreboding things in the entire series to date.

* Often used in the ''Main/Kirby'' series after Super Star. They often contain 3 Copy Essences and one Maxim Tomato, with the Copy Essences often being useful against the next boss. [[{{EasyLevelsHardBosses}} You're gonna need them.]]

* Often used in the ''Franchise/Kirby'' series after Super Star. They often contain 3 Copy Essences and one Maxim Tomato, with the Copy Essences often being useful against the next boss. [[{{EasyLevelsHardBosses}} You're gonna need them.]]

* Often used in the ''VideoGame/Kirby'' series after Super Star. They often contain 3 Copy Essences and one Maxim Tomato, with the Copy Essences often being usefl against the next boss. [[{{EasyLevelsHardBosses}}You're gonna need them.]]

A DangerouslyGenreSavvy Boss is likely to ambush there or set up DeathTrap or StuffBlowingUp to take you down for good.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' ends with a long straight corridor on the Citadel, that leads to the big bad. The first half of it is filled with human corpses.