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* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'', after defeating the BigBad, Emil ends up in a life-or-death battle against [[spoiler:Marta and Lloyd. The reason isn't quite as clear-cut as most examples, and winning gets you the BadEnding]].
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** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', you spend the first five hours of the game playing as Roxas, before the player character switches to Sora. Near the end of the game, [[spoiler: Sora fights Roxas, who's revealed to be his Nobody, in a [[CutsceneBoss cutscene battle]], which is made an actual battle in the ''Final Mix'' version]].
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', you play as three characters: [[AntiHero Terra]], [[KidHero Ventus]] and [[MagicKnight Aqua]]. [[spoiler: The former two, both possessed, are eventually fought by the latter]].
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' features Sora and Riku as playable characters. At the end of the game, [[spoiler: a possessed Sora serves as the final boss]].
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', you spend the first five hours of the game playing as Roxas, before the player character switches to Sora. Near the end of the game, [[spoiler: Sora fights Roxas, who's revealed to be his Nobody, in a [[CutsceneBoss cutscene battle]], which is made an actual battle in the ''Final Mix'' version]].
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', you play as three characters: [[AntiHero Terra]], [[KidHero Ventus]] and [[MagicKnight Aqua]]. [[spoiler: The former two, both possessed, are eventually fought by the latter]].
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' features Sora and Riku as playable characters. At the end of the game, [[spoiler: a possessed Sora serves as the final boss]].
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* In ''LegendOfMana'', Escad and Daena come to blows over disagreeing about what to do with Irwin. You're forced to take a side (refusing to take a side will have them choose ''for'' you), and the battle is to the death. No matter what, one party member isn't coming out of that fight alive. [[spoiler:[[PoorCommunicationKills And then it's all made moot when, if Daena is the survivor, she comes around to Escad's point of view shortly afterward anyway.]]]]
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* In ''LegendOfMana'', Escad and Daena come to blows over disagreeing about what to do with Irwin. You're forced to take a side (refusing to take a side will have them choose ''for'' you), and the battle is to the death. No matter what, one party member isn't coming out of that fight alive. [[spoiler:[[PoorCommunicationKills [[PoorCommunicationKills And then it's all made moot when, if Daena when]] [[spoiler: Daena's third option is the survivor, she comes around outright rejected by Matilda and you're driven to Escad's point of view shortly afterward kill Irwin anyway.]]]]]]
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* In ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Star Wars]]'', you play through most of the last level of Episode III as either Obi-Wan or Anakin. Come the last stage, the character not being used becomes the boss. [[DoomedByCanon There's only one way it'll turn out]] despite who wins.
** Oddly, this does actually give an easy victory, activate the second player and simply kill them without them defending.
** Oddly, this does actually give an easy victory, activate the second player and simply kill them without them defending.
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* In ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Star Wars]]'', you play through most of the last level of Episode III as either Obi-Wan or Anakin. Come the last stage, the character not being used becomes the boss. [[DoomedByCanon There's only one way it'll turn out]] despite who wins.
**wins. Oddly, this does actually give an easy victory, activate the second player and simply kill them without them defending.
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** Later in the game, Lucario and Meta Knight fight, which is between this and DefeatMeansPlayable (since it's Lucario's first appearance in the story).
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* ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' has a rivalry between [[TheHero Serph]] and [[TheLancer Heat]] come to a head when Mick tempts Heat with Sera, leading to a fight between the two. You can decide whether you fight back seriously or not. [[spoiler:Heat is just faking it as a distraction, and tells Serph to play along - he's still loyal, though if you fail to trust Heat and do fight back seriously then it can come back to bite you in the sequel.]]
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* In ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Star Wars]]'', you play through most of the last level of Episode III with P1 as Obi-wan and P2 as Anakin. Come the last stage, Anakin becomes a boss and you can only control Obi-wan.
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* In ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Star Wars]]'', you play through most of the last level of Episode III with P1 as Obi-wan and P2 as either Obi-Wan or Anakin. Come the last stage, Anakin the character not being used becomes a boss and you can the boss. [[DoomedByCanon There's only control Obi-wan.one way it'll turn out]] despite who wins.
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* In the final story mission of ''Videogame/GrandTheftAutoV'', [[spoiler:Franklin is ordered to kill either Michael or Trevor by Devin Weston.]] However, it's also possible to TakeAThirdOption where the characters team up to take care of loose ends.
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* In the final story mission of ''Videogame/GrandTheftAutoV'', [[spoiler:Franklin is ordered forced to kill either Michael or Trevor by Devin Weston.Trevor.]] However, it's also possible to TakeAThirdOption where the characters team up to take care of loose ends.
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* Midway through ''MarioAndLuigi: BowsersInsideStory'', the Mario bros fight Bowser after finally getting out from his insides. Bowser has the attacks he learned while in the player command.
* Also in ''SuperPaperMario'', after the group has been split Mario manages to find Bowser and they have a fight due to some misunderstandings, he comes to his senses afterwards and rejoins of course.
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* Midway through ''MarioAndLuigi: BowsersInsideStory'', the Mario bros Bros. fight Bowser after finally getting out from his insides. Bowser has the attacks he learned while in the player command.
* Also in ''SuperPaperMario'', after the group has been split Mario manages to findBowser and they Bowser. They have a fight due to some misunderstandings, and he comes to his senses afterwards and rejoins rejoins, of course.
* Also in ''SuperPaperMario'', after the group has been split Mario manages to find
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* ''PokemonGoldAndSilver'' and the remakes have the post-elite four battle with Red, the PlayerCharacter you controlled if you played ''PokemonRedAndBlue'' before that.
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* In the final story mission of ''Videogame/GrandTheftAutoV'', [[spoiler:Franklin is ordered to kill either Michael or Trevor by Devin Weston.]] However, it's also possible to TakeAThirdOption where the characters team up to take care of loose ends.
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* In ''Crash Bash'', if playing a two player game with one good and one evil character, the two players must duel each other to decide whether good or evil triumphs.
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* Happens repeatedly during ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn]]''. Add to it when you fight an alternate team, they keep the levels and items from when you were last controlling them. If you manage to keep both teams around the same power its an even match-up, but if they're not balanced you'll spend half the levels plowing through 'yourself' and the other half running away from 'yourself'.
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* Happens repeatedly during ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn]]''. Add to it when you fight an alternate team, they keep the levels and items from when you were last controlling them. If you manage to keep both teams around the same power its power, it's an even match-up, but if they're not balanced you'll spend half the levels plowing through 'yourself' and the other half running away from 'yourself'.
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** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' has Sonic & Knuckles fight again, as well as E-102 Omega. However, playing through as Knuckles & Omega allows the player to fight Sonic, and playing as Tails puts him in the fights instead of Sonic.
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** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' has Sonic & Knuckles fight again, as well as E-102 Omega. Gamma. However, playing through as Knuckles & Omega Gamma allows the player to fight Sonic, and playing as Tails puts him in the fights instead of Sonic.
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* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' has the Sonic vs. Silver fight. Notably, you can play either side of the same fight, according to which character's story mode you're playing. The same cutscene still plays afterwards either way.
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* Used more often than you'd think in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series.
** During the Hidden Palace Zone in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', Sonic finally gets to fight Knuckles, who had been hindering at every available opportunity after being told by series BigBad Dr Robotnik that ''Sonic'' was in fact the villain of the two. The inverse doesn't happen, as Knuckles' story takes place after Sonic's & he needs to lose the fight to iniate his HeelFaceTurn.
** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' has Sonic & Knuckles fight again, as well as E-102 Omega. However, playing through as Knuckles & Omega allows the player to fight Sonic, and playing as Tails puts him in the fights instead of Sonic.
** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' has the story split into two sides the 'Hero' side with Sonic, Tails & Knuckles, and the 'Dark' side with Shadow, Eggman & Rouge. Each character is matched to another, and fights their counterpart several times through the course of the game. Again, the fights are played from both perspectives.
** ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' has the characters split into 4 teams of 3, with two of the other teams serving as Boss Battles during the game - Team Sonic & Team Chaotix fight Team Rose & Team Dark, whilst Team Dark & Team Rose fight Team Sonic & Team Chaotix.
** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' hasthe Sonic vs. & Shadow fight Silver fight. Notably, at least once. Again, you can play either side of the same fight, according to which character's story mode you're playing. The same cutscene still plays afterwards either way.playing.
** During the Hidden Palace Zone in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', Sonic finally gets to fight Knuckles, who had been hindering at every available opportunity after being told by series BigBad Dr Robotnik that ''Sonic'' was in fact the villain of the two. The inverse doesn't happen, as Knuckles' story takes place after Sonic's & he needs to lose the fight to iniate his HeelFaceTurn.
** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' has Sonic & Knuckles fight again, as well as E-102 Omega. However, playing through as Knuckles & Omega allows the player to fight Sonic, and playing as Tails puts him in the fights instead of Sonic.
** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' has the story split into two sides the 'Hero' side with Sonic, Tails & Knuckles, and the 'Dark' side with Shadow, Eggman & Rouge. Each character is matched to another, and fights their counterpart several times through the course of the game. Again, the fights are played from both perspectives.
** ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' has the characters split into 4 teams of 3, with two of the other teams serving as Boss Battles during the game - Team Sonic & Team Chaotix fight Team Rose & Team Dark, whilst Team Dark & Team Rose fight Team Sonic & Team Chaotix.
** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' has
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* Happens repeatedly during ''FireEmblemRadiantDawn''. Add to it when you fight an alternate team, they keep the levels and items from when you were last controlling them. If you manage to keep both teams around the same power its an even match-up, but if they're not balanced you'll spend half the levels plowing through 'yourself' and the other half running away from 'yourself'.
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* Happens repeatedly during ''FireEmblemRadiantDawn''.''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn]]''. Add to it when you fight an alternate team, they keep the levels and items from when you were last controlling them. If you manage to keep both teams around the same power its an even match-up, but if they're not balanced you'll spend half the levels plowing through 'yourself' and the other half running away from 'yourself'.
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* In ''LegendOfMana'', Escad and Daena come to blows over disagreeing about what to do with Irwin. You're forced to take a side (refusing to take a side will have them choose ''for'' you), and the battle is to the death. No matter what, one party member isn't coming out of that fight alive. [[spoiler:[[PoorCommunicationKills And then it's all made moot when, if Daena is the survivor, she comes around to Escad's point of view shortly afterward anyway.]]]]
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* In the Subspace Emissary of ''SuperSmashBros Brawl'', Mario and Pit face off against Link and Yoshi, after one the teams mistakes the other for having just killed one of the pricesses. Which one is in control of the player depends on which princess was saved earlier.
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* Midway through ''MarioAndLuigi: BowsersInsideStory'', the Mario bros fight Bowser after finally getting out from his insides. Bowser has the attacks he learned while in the player command.
* Also in ''SuperPaperMario'', after the group has been split Mario manages to find Bowser and they have a fight due to some misunderstandings, he comes to his senses afterwards and rejoins of course.
* Also in ''SuperPaperMario'', after the group has been split Mario manages to find Bowser and they have a fight due to some misunderstandings, he comes to his senses afterwards and rejoins of course.
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* In ''ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'', you spend the game alternating between controlling two parties; a party of human characters led by Kharg, and a party of deimos led by Darc. In the final chapter of the game, both parties meet each other and you have to choose one party that you control in order to defeat the other (shortly before the BigBad appears and forces them into an EnemyMine situation).
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* In ''ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'', ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'', you spend the game alternating between controlling two parties; a party of human characters led by Kharg, and a party of deimos led by Darc. In the final chapter of the game, both parties meet each other and you have to choose one party that you control in order to defeat the other (shortly before the BigBad appears and forces them into an EnemyMine situation).
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* In ''LegacyOfKain:'' ''Defiance'', one of the boss fights is a duel between the two protagonists, Kain and Raziel. For the first half of the fight, you control Kain trying to beat Raziel into submission, before control switches to Raziel half way through.
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* In ''LegacyOfKain:'' ''Defiance'', ''LegacyOfKain: Defiance'', one of the boss fights is a duel between the two protagonists, Kain and Raziel. For the first half of the fight, you control Kain trying to beat Raziel into submission, before control switches to Raziel half way through.
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* In addition to the whole "one character leaves clues, the other two find them" mechanic in ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'', there is an episode where Carla and Tyler spar at the police gym. Notably, not only can you decide whom to control during the sparring, but you can also lose (even on purpose), which is helpful because the winner gets a boost to their SanityMeter (which Carla usually needs more than Tyler).
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* In addition to the whole "one character leaves clues, the other two others find them" mechanic in ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'', there is an episode where Carla and Tyler spar at the police gym. Notably, not only can you decide whom to control during the sparring, but you can also lose (even on purpose), which is helpful because the winner gets a boost to their SanityMeter (which Carla usually needs more than Tyler).
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* In ''{{VideoGame/Injustice Gods Among Us}}'', the single player campaign has you swapping characters at the end of most chapters, and every so often you'll end up in a fight with a character you controlled in a previous chapter.
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* In ''{{VideoGame/Injustice Gods Among Us}}'', ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', the single player single-player campaign has you swapping characters at the end of most chapters, and every so often you'll end up in a fight with a character you controlled in a previous chapter.
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* The second ending for each character in ''Videogame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' features the other as the final boss.
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Most single-player video games have a single PlayerCharacter whom the player steers throughout the adventure. Some feature [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent more of them, with the player controlling each one of them in turns]]. And then there are some that pit one player character against another, controlled by the player and the AI, respectively.
If the battle is fought to the death, it can become a powerful PlayerPunch, especially if preceded by a SadisticChoice wherein the player must decide which character lives and who dies.
Not to be confused with PlayerVersusPlayer, which is specific to multiplayer games. See also FightingYourFriend.
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* In ''LegacyOfKain:'' ''Defiance'', one of the boss fights is a duel between the two protagonists, Kain and Raziel. For the first half of the fight, you control Kain trying to beat Raziel into submission, before control switches to Raziel half way through.
* In ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Star Wars]]'', you play through most of the last level of Episode III with P1 as Obi-wan and P2 as Anakin. Come the last stage, Anakin becomes a boss and you can only control Obi-wan.
* ''VideoGame/DeadlyCreatures'' has a few portions where the tarantula and scorpion cross paths and you have to beat one with the other.
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[[folder:Adventure Game]]
* In addition to the whole "one character leaves clues, the other two find them" mechanic in ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'', there is an episode where Carla and Tyler spar at the police gym. Notably, not only can you decide whom to control during the sparring, but you can also lose (even on purpose), which is helpful because the winner gets a boost to their SanityMeter (which Carla usually needs more than Tyler).
* Likewise, in ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', [[spoiler:Ethan, Madison, or Norman (whoever is alive at that point)]] must fight [[spoiler:Scott a.k.a. the Origami Killer]] in the endgame. You control the former but you can still lose and have your current character killed.
* Not a physical conflict but in ''VideoGame/DreamfallTheLongestJourney'', when April and Kian meet for the first time, they engage in a heated argument over the Azadi politics in the Northlands. Notably, you can select ''both'' characters' responses, so it is possible to either convince April to reconsider her views on Azadi, or force Kian to take a good look at his superiors. Too bad it doesn't really lead to any StoryBranching.
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* In the single-player story mode of ''VideoGame/{{X-Men Vs Street Fighter}}'', after defeating Apocalypse, the player takes control of whichever character landed the final blow and must then fight his tag partner in a one-on-one match. This turn of events goes unexplained.
* In ''{{VideoGame/Injustice Gods Among Us}}'', the single player campaign has you swapping characters at the end of most chapters, and every so often you'll end up in a fight with a character you controlled in a previous chapter.
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* Happens often in ''VideoGame/TribesVengeance''. First is when Victoria fights and kills [[spoiler:her lover Daniel after he is tricked into killing her father]]. Then subverted when Julia [[spoiler:chases after Jericho, only to be one-upped by Mercury (who is ''also'' a player character)]] but played straight when she fights and kills [[spoiler:Mercury himself]].
* There is a brief level in the original ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarez'' where Ray finally catches up with Billy and guns him down (though Billy survives).
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* In ''VideoGame/MegaManX 5'', if you can save Zero from going Maverick then X and Zero get into an argument that escalates into a fight (with you playing whomever you took in to the level). If Zero goes Maverick then you have no choice and X ''has'' to destroy Zero.
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* In ''ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'', you spend the game alternating between controlling two parties; a party of human characters led by Kharg, and a party of deimos led by Darc. In the final chapter of the game, both parties meet each other and you have to choose one party that you control in order to defeat the other (shortly before the BigBad appears and forces them into an EnemyMine situation).
* Happens repeatedly during ''FireEmblemRadiantDawn''. Add to it when you fight an alternate team, they keep the levels and items from when you were last controlling them. If you manage to keep both teams around the same power its an even match-up, but if they're not balanced you'll spend half the levels plowing through 'yourself' and the other half running away from 'yourself'.
* In ''VideoGame/FortuneSummoners'', there's a brief section where you play as [[LovableAlphaBitch Stella]] in a flashback explaining how she got to the section of dungeon you just reached. When you reach the present she challenges Arche to a dual, serving as a BossFight (something of a CurbstompBattle, since she's a SquishyWizard and the battle takes place in a small arena), before joining the PlayerParty.
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', an Imperial Flashpoint sees you [[FullyAbsorbedFinale hunt down and eliminate the protagonist of the original]] ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''. Needless to say, [[spoiler:Darth Revan]] puts up a hell of a fight.
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* In the (non-canon) BrutalBonusLevel of ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'' you, as Cipher, must fight the TrueFinalBoss Mobius One, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies''. This has since become a staple in the ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' series to include protagonists of previous games as bosses in the non-canon bonus levels.
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* The finale of ''TransformersFallOfCybertron'' involves the player selecting to control either Optimus Prime or Megatron as they have their final battle before landing on Earth.
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If the battle is fought to the death, it can become a powerful PlayerPunch, especially if preceded by a SadisticChoice wherein the player must decide which character lives and who dies.
Not to be confused with PlayerVersusPlayer, which is specific to multiplayer games. See also FightingYourFriend.
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* In ''LegacyOfKain:'' ''Defiance'', one of the boss fights is a duel between the two protagonists, Kain and Raziel. For the first half of the fight, you control Kain trying to beat Raziel into submission, before control switches to Raziel half way through.
* In ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Star Wars]]'', you play through most of the last level of Episode III with P1 as Obi-wan and P2 as Anakin. Come the last stage, Anakin becomes a boss and you can only control Obi-wan.
* ''VideoGame/DeadlyCreatures'' has a few portions where the tarantula and scorpion cross paths and you have to beat one with the other.
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[[folder:Adventure Game]]
* In addition to the whole "one character leaves clues, the other two find them" mechanic in ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'', there is an episode where Carla and Tyler spar at the police gym. Notably, not only can you decide whom to control during the sparring, but you can also lose (even on purpose), which is helpful because the winner gets a boost to their SanityMeter (which Carla usually needs more than Tyler).
* Likewise, in ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', [[spoiler:Ethan, Madison, or Norman (whoever is alive at that point)]] must fight [[spoiler:Scott a.k.a. the Origami Killer]] in the endgame. You control the former but you can still lose and have your current character killed.
* Not a physical conflict but in ''VideoGame/DreamfallTheLongestJourney'', when April and Kian meet for the first time, they engage in a heated argument over the Azadi politics in the Northlands. Notably, you can select ''both'' characters' responses, so it is possible to either convince April to reconsider her views on Azadi, or force Kian to take a good look at his superiors. Too bad it doesn't really lead to any StoryBranching.
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[[folder:Fighting Game]]
* In the single-player story mode of ''VideoGame/{{X-Men Vs Street Fighter}}'', after defeating Apocalypse, the player takes control of whichever character landed the final blow and must then fight his tag partner in a one-on-one match. This turn of events goes unexplained.
* In ''{{VideoGame/Injustice Gods Among Us}}'', the single player campaign has you swapping characters at the end of most chapters, and every so often you'll end up in a fight with a character you controlled in a previous chapter.
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[[folder:First-Person Shooter]]
* Happens often in ''VideoGame/TribesVengeance''. First is when Victoria fights and kills [[spoiler:her lover Daniel after he is tricked into killing her father]]. Then subverted when Julia [[spoiler:chases after Jericho, only to be one-upped by Mercury (who is ''also'' a player character)]] but played straight when she fights and kills [[spoiler:Mercury himself]].
* There is a brief level in the original ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarez'' where Ray finally catches up with Billy and guns him down (though Billy survives).
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* In ''VideoGame/MegaManX 5'', if you can save Zero from going Maverick then X and Zero get into an argument that escalates into a fight (with you playing whomever you took in to the level). If Zero goes Maverick then you have no choice and X ''has'' to destroy Zero.
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* In ''ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'', you spend the game alternating between controlling two parties; a party of human characters led by Kharg, and a party of deimos led by Darc. In the final chapter of the game, both parties meet each other and you have to choose one party that you control in order to defeat the other (shortly before the BigBad appears and forces them into an EnemyMine situation).
* Happens repeatedly during ''FireEmblemRadiantDawn''. Add to it when you fight an alternate team, they keep the levels and items from when you were last controlling them. If you manage to keep both teams around the same power its an even match-up, but if they're not balanced you'll spend half the levels plowing through 'yourself' and the other half running away from 'yourself'.
* In ''VideoGame/FortuneSummoners'', there's a brief section where you play as [[LovableAlphaBitch Stella]] in a flashback explaining how she got to the section of dungeon you just reached. When you reach the present she challenges Arche to a dual, serving as a BossFight (something of a CurbstompBattle, since she's a SquishyWizard and the battle takes place in a small arena), before joining the PlayerParty.
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', an Imperial Flashpoint sees you [[FullyAbsorbedFinale hunt down and eliminate the protagonist of the original]] ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''. Needless to say, [[spoiler:Darth Revan]] puts up a hell of a fight.
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* In the (non-canon) BrutalBonusLevel of ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'' you, as Cipher, must fight the TrueFinalBoss Mobius One, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies''. This has since become a staple in the ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' series to include protagonists of previous games as bosses in the non-canon bonus levels.
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* The finale of ''TransformersFallOfCybertron'' involves the player selecting to control either Optimus Prime or Megatron as they have their final battle before landing on Earth.
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