History Main / NoFinalBossForYou

* In the ''[[TonyHawksUnderground Underground]]'' installment of the ''TonyHawksProSkater'' games, you reach the end of the game, and [[{{Jerkass}} Eric]] [[TheRival Sparrow]] turns up and taunts the player character with the [[MacGuffin tape of their]] CrowningMomentOfAwesome from earlier in the game, which only Eric & the main character were witness to, before challenging the player to follow Eric's run across the entirity of the New Jersey level, whilst Eric is throwing things at you. Play through the game a second time, and as Eric pulls out the tape & starts taunting the main character, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim they just punch him out & take the tape]].

** In ''DevilSurvivor'', if you choose Yuzu's route, in which you escape the lockdown, you won't fight Babel, the final boss in other routes. Instead you fight [[spoiler: Amane and Izuna]], who guard the lockdown as final bosses (said battle isn't that much easier, since angels on the field [[ManaBurn absorb your mana]], and you don't have access to some powerful endgame demons from other routes). Also, day 7 isn't one big {{Boss Rush}} like on other routes, since it contains only 2 battles (including final) on Yuzu's route. The ending [[DownerEnding isn't exactly happy]] though.

* TouhouProject has a couple of these.

For one reason or another, you felt like replaying this game you like. You have just beaten ThatOneBoss and now you're almost at the end of the game. OK, you did things differently this time around, like [[{{Daikatana}} not waiting for your buddy Superfly]], and caused Atlantis to sink (you were pretty sure there wasn't anything important or powerful in there). But now you're about to face the final boss and beat the game agai- what trial? GUILTY? CREDITS!?

* The ''BubbleBobble'' series:

** ''[[SilentHillShatteredMemories Shattered Memories]]'' does this for all endings. This game technically has no bosses period, but both of these are unusual for the series.

For one reason or another, you felt like replaying this game you like. You have just beaten ThatOneBoss and now you're almost at the end of the game. OK, you did things differently this time around, like not waiting for your buddy Superfly, and caused Atlantis to sink (you were pretty sure there wasn't anything important or powerful in there). But now you're about to face the final boss and beat the game agai- what trial? GUILTY? CREDITS!?

** In ''DevilSurvivor'', if you choose Yuzu's route, in which you escape the lockdown, you won't fight Babel, the final boss in other routes. Instead you fight [[spoiler: Amane and Izuna]], who guard the lockdown as final bosses (said battle isn't that much easier, since angels on the field [[ManaBurn absorb your mana]], and you don't have access to some powerful endgame demons from other routes). Also, day 7 isn't a one big {{Boss Rush}} like on other routes, since it contains only 2 battles (including final) on Yuzu's route. The ending [[DownerEnding isn't exactly happy]] though.
** In ''{{Persona 3}}'', you can simply choose not to fight the final boss and skip the last month of the game, which gives you a "happy" ending with a bad aftertaste. Similarly, ''{{Persona 4}}'' will deny you of a real closure at two seperate points if you fail to find out the true identity of the serial killer, which can be a GuideDangIt for some.

* In the NewGamePlus of ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'', you can get a key that will let you get an early ending if you use it on the front gates. The ending is actually worth it to watch because you get to see the BigBad get his comeuppance (and an old crippled man falling downstairs)

* In the ''NeverwinterNights: Shades of the Underdark'' ExpansionPack you can engineer this yourself: by obtaining a couple of very valuable pieces of information you can end the FinalBoss during the pre-battle banter.

* ''AstroBoyOmegaFactor'' stops you from seeing the last level (and thus the final battle) on the first playthrough ("Birth"), because [[spoiler:Death Mask judges all robots on Earth as guilty and obliterates the lot of them - including Astro]]. Only by playing through "Rebirth", the second playthrough, can you complete the game.

* In the ''Underground'' installment of the ''TonyHawksProSkater'' games, you reach the end of the game, and [[{{Jerkass}} Eric]] [[TheRival Sparrow]] turns up and taunts the player character with the [[MacGuffin tape of their]] CrowningMomentOfAwesome from earlier in the game, which only Eric & the main character were witness to, before challenging the player to follow Eric's run across the entirity of the New Jersey level, whilst Eric is throwing things at you. Play through the game a second time, and as Eric pulls out the tape & starts taunting the main character, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim they just punch him out & take the tape]].

* In the NewGamePlus of ''HauntingGround'', you can get a key that will let you get an early ending if you use it on the front gates. The ending is actually worth it to watch because you get to see the BigBad get his comeuppance (and an old crippled man falling downstairs)

** In ''Devil Survivor'', if you choose Yuzu's route, in which you escape the lockdown, you won't fight Babel, the final boss in other routes. Instead you fight [[spoiler: Amane and Izuna]], who guard the lockdown as final bosses (said battle isn't that much easier, since angels on the field [[ManaBurn absorb your mana]], and you don't have access to some powerful endgame demons from other routes). Also, day 7 isn't a one big {{Boss Rush}} like on other routes, since it contains only 2 battles (including final) on Yuzu's route. The ending [[DownerEnding isn't exactly happy]] though.

** Shattered Memories does this for all endings. This game technically has no bosses period, but both of these are unusual for the series.

* If you don't [[spoiler: travel to the past and]] defeat Wiseman in a sidequest in ''Baten Kaitos Origins'', then you won't get to fight [[spoiler: Verus-Wiseman]] at the end of the game.
* In the first {{Resident Evil}} game, if you don't do the sidequests to get the good ending, you'll miss out on the final Tyrant fight.
* In the ''Underground'' installment of the ''TonyHawksProSkater'' games, you reach the end of the game, and [[JerkAss Eric]] [[TheRival Sparrow]] turns up and taunts the player character with the [[McGuffin tape of their]] CrowningMomentOfAwesome from earlier in the game, which only Eric & the main character were witness to, before challenging the player to follow Eric's run across the entirity of the New Jersey level, whilst Eric is throwing things at you. Play through the game a second time, and as Eric pulls out the tape & starts taunting the main character, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim they just punch him out & take the tape]].

* The Good Cop endgame of ''True Crime: New York'' has no final boss, just a subway chase that ends with TheMole / BigBad dying in a cutscene. In contrast, the Bad Cop endgame has a final punchout against your JerkAss boss Captain Navarro.
* ''AstroBoy: Omega Factor'' stops you from seeing the last level (and thus the final battle) on the first playthrough ("Birth"), because [[spoiler:Death Mask judges all robots on Earth as guilty and obliterates the lot of them - including Astro]]. Only by playing through "Rebirth", the second playthrough, can you complete the game.

* In [[VanguardBandits Vanguard Bandits]] [[YouLoseAtZeroTrust if your party's morale is low enough]] on the Kingdom Branch, you'll be set unto the Bad Ending and won't fight the normal final boss.
* In the ''NeverwinterNights Shades Of The Underdark'' ExpansionPack you can engineer this yourself: by obtaining a couple of very valuable pieces of information you can end the FinallBoss during the pre-battle banter.
* ''VampireBloodlines'' had two final bosses: [[spoiler:Ming Xiao and the Sheriff]]. Siding with the Kuei-jin or [=LaCroix=], respectively, in the end freed you from fighting one of them. [[spoiler:Too bad that their endings give you either a bad case of dead or an eternity spent on ocean floor. In the good endings, you have to defeat both bosses.]]

* In the ''Underground'' installment of the ''TonyHawksProSkater'' games, you can beat the game twice and then start a new game, where once you get to the end, your character punches [[JerkAss Eric Sparrow]] and takes the oh-so-important [[McGuffin skating tape]]

** In ''StrangeJourney'', siding with Chaos prevents you from fighting [[spoiler:Mem Aleph]], because you're aiding the demons and thus will not be fighting their leader. Instead, the final boss becomes [[spoiler:Pillar Zelenin]].

** In ''Persona 3'', you can simply choose not to fight the final boss and skip the last month of the game, which gives you a "happy" ending with a bad aftertaste. Similarly, ''Persona 4'' will deny you of a real closure at two seperate points if you fail to find out the true identity of the serial killer, which can be a GuideDangIt for some.

** ''Bubble Symphony'': [[spoiler:Get all four [[PlotCoupon big keys]]]].

** ''Bubble Symphony'': Get all four [[PlotCoupon big keys]].

* ''BubbleSymphony''. It's also a case of UnstableEquilibrium too: [[spoiler:complete the game with [[NoDeathRun only one credit]]]].

* ''BubbleSymphony''. It's also a case of Unstable Equilibrium too: [[spoiler:complete the game with [[NoDeathRun only one credit]]]].