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* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' has this in the form of [[spoiler: The Old Dragonslayer, AKA Dragonslayer Ornstein, and the Belfry Gargoyles (only this time you fight SIX, not two).]]

* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' has this in the form of [[spoiler: The Old Dragonslayer, AKA Dragonslayer Ornstein.]]

* A Pre-FinalBoss example. In ''VideoGame/SonicAdvance'''s [[spoiler:final stage, Dr. Eggman reprises the first bosses from both ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'', complete with the boss themes from both games, before the actual FinalBoss battle occurs. And there seems to be no other reason for Eggman to go to the trouble of reenacting fights that he had lost before]].
* ''{{Sonic4}}'' does this with every single boss fight.

** ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' has Majory, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure'', and Prier from ''VideoGame/LaPucelleTactics''.

** ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' has Majory, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure''.

If the boss' game of origin is from another franchise, than these may be {{Mythology Gag}}s or {{Lawyer Friendly Cameo}}s.

Of important note, is that most Legacy bosses are only fightable in the post game and don't have any role in the plot. So BigBad FinalBoss examples don't qualify unless the BigBad of the game his cameo is in is different, or because the fight feels more familiar than the context would indicate.

* In ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', [[spoiler:Galacta Knight from ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStarUltra'']] appears as an extra boss in [[BossRush the True Arena]]. In this game he cannot be fought everywhere else.
* A Pre-FinalBoss example. In ''VideoGame/SonicAdvance'''s [[spoiler: final stage, Dr. Eggman reprises the first bosses from both ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'', complete with the boss themes from both games, before the actual FinalBoss battle occurs. And there seems to be no other reason for Eggman to go to the trouble of reenacting fights that he had lost before]].

* [[FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] appears as a BonusBoss in ''Videogame/KingdomHearts1'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. The first one as one of the coliseum matches with no context except for one Final Mix exclusive cutscene, the latter game has him cameo during the 1000 Heartless War where he asks where Cloud is, vanishes and then taunts Cloud a little bit later.

** Xehanort (or rather [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII Xemnas]] and [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsDreamDropDistance Young Xehanort]] invert the trope, they [[EarlyBirdCameo first appeared]] as {{Bonus Boss}}es in ''VideoGame/{{Kingdom Hearts|I}}: Final Mix'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', respectively, albeit with their identity hidden from the characters (and the audience).

** Cynthea, [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Sinnoh's champion]], appears as a Bonus Boss in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''
** Later, in ''Videogame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', you can face ''every'' Gym Leader and Champion from preceding games (Most of them are fought in the World Tournament, but some the retired Gym leaders from Black And White, and N are fought in different areas, and only one Gym Leader (Koga) is excluded)
* Metal Max 4's DownloadableContent Bosses are these. Including [[spoiler: Noah and Ted Broiler]]
* In later versions of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' starting with the GameBoyAdvance version, there are bonus dungeons featuring four bosses each from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' , ''[[Videogame/FinalFantasyIV IV]]'', ''[[Videogame/FinalFantasyV V]]'' and ''[[Videogame/FinalFantasyVI VI]]''. There are no bosses from ''Videogame/FinalFantasyII'' because that game is usually bundled with ''I''
* The FinalDungeon of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'' has bosses from ''I'' to ''VI'', with only a couple of them being optional.

* Ozzie, Slash and Flea, a group of recurring bosses from ''ChronoTrigger'', can be found and fought in the Bend of Time on the sequel ''ChronoCross''. Since they're only found during a NewGamePlus, they're harder than in the original game.

** ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' has Majory, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure''

** Cynthea, [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Sinnoh's]] [[FinalBoss champion]] appears as a Bonus Boss in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' has two optional fights against the Star Magician and the Dullahan, two of the strongest BonusBosses of the previous game, now even ''stronger''.

Compare and contrast DegradedBoss, RecurringBossTemplate, PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo, SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome and GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere. NostalgiaLevel is the Level version.

** ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' has Majory, the BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure]]''

* In the post game of ''VideoGame/DisgaeaDimension2'', The Krichevskoy Group summons Darkdeath Evilman, the FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/ZettaiHeroProject'' to test Laharl's power. (At least's that's the reason they give when Laharl beats him).

* ''Sonic4'' does this with every single boss fight.

* ''VideoGame/Sonic4'' does this with every single boss fight.

* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': Ridley, a SpacePirate pterodactyl/dragon-thing, has made an appearance for a boss fight in every game in the franchise except for three [[labelnote:*]]Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Metroid II: Return of Samus, and Metroid Prime Hunters[[/labelnote]].

* ''Franchise/Metroid'': Ridley, a SpacePirate pterodactyl/dragon-thing, has made an appearance for a boss fight in every game in the franchise except for three [[labelnote:*]]Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Metroid II: Return of Samus, and Metroid Prime Hunters[[/labelnote]].

A LegacyBossBattle is a boss from one game that appears as a boss in a later installment, often as a BonusBoss and as a result generally [[DifficultySpike much harder]] than the original boss fight. Though some storyline bosses can fit as well.

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Of important note, is that most Legacy bosses are only fight able in the post game and don't have any role in the plot. So BigBad FinalBoss examples don't qualify unless the BigBad of the game his cameo is in is different, or because the fight feels more familiar than the context would indicate.

** Later, in ''Videogame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', you can face ''every'' Gym Leader, Elite Four member, and Champion from preceding games (Most of them are fought in the World Tournament, but some the retired Gym leaders from Black And White, and N are fought in different areas, and only one Gym Leader (Koga) is excluded)

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'' has DownloadableContent, among them three stages featuring bosses from the GameBoy games. More specifically, the "Mega Man Killers"