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** ''SonicAdvance 3''. Twinkle Snow boss. ''[[ThatOneBoss Oh God.]]''[[hottip:* :You have to constantly climb, as the platforms fall out from under you, hope they hit Eggman's mech, and to add insult to injury he occasionally attacks. Falling is death.]]

** The battle against Kraid in Super Metroid once he [[TurnsRed reveals his full form]]. Only his mouth is vulnerable, and it can only be attacked by climbing platforms, including the ones he shoots out. Falling off may land Samus in damaging spikes or cause her to receive CollisionDamage from Kraid.
* The rematch against Ludwig Von Koopa in ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' takes place on three moving platforms, with Ludwig occupying one.

* ''{{Ys}}'' has this in spades, especially {{final boss}}es. During the battle with Dark Fact, a piece of the platform disappears everytime you hit him.

** Lava Reef Zone from ''SonicAndKnuckles''. After a [[FixedScrollingLevel forced-scrolling segment]], you have to dodge Robotnik's bombs from rocks floating in a lava pit. While he's attacking, everything in the lava pit moves towards him, including you, [[TacticalSuicideBoss but also including the bombs]]. (However, once you find the fire shield--which allows you to walk on the lava unharmed--in the boss arena, the boss fight becomes much, much easier.)

* Three boss battles in ''CaveStory''.

* In ''DonkeyKong64'', Mad Jack is fought in an arena of 16 large platforms, arranged in a grid. The platforms aren't too small, but the player must constantly jump from one to the other to avoid being flattened by the boss chasing after them.

* Most ''VideoGame/WarioLand 2'' and ''3'' bosses, because falling down and having to redo part of the level is the only punishment the game could give Wario due to his complete invincibility to any damage. Basically, each boss would have one attack which is basically to throw Wario out the arena and have him find his way back. Some more normal examples are the the last real boss in Wario Land, fought on an invisible floor only the boss can stand on (so Wario has to jump on the boss repeatedly) as well as the Psycho Beaver and Mutant Mouse bosses in the sequel.

* Most ''WarioLand 2'' and ''3'' bosses, because falling down and having to redo part of the level is the only punishment the game could give Wario due to his complete invincibility to any damage. Basically, each boss would have one attack which is basically to throw Wario out the arena and have him find his way back. Some more normal examples are the the last real boss in Wario Land, fought on an invisible floor only the boss can stand on (so Wario has to jump on the boss repeatedly) as well as the Psycho Beaver and Mutant Mouse bosses in the sequel.

* The rematch against Ludwig Von Koopa in ''NewSuperMarioBros Wii'' takes place on three moving platforms, with Ludwig occupying one.

* In ''SuperMarioWorld'' battles against the Reznor minibosses always end up on moving platforms... or in hot lava death.

** ''RockManMinusInfinity'' combines the Serges boss battle with the [[CoreAndTurretsBoss Square Machine]] from Mega Man 4 to create the Serges Devil.

* The first Wily boss in ''Game/MegaMan 2'', as pictured above.

** Lava Reef Zone from ''SonicAndKnuckles''. After a [[FixedScrollingLevel forced-scrolling segment]], you have to dodge Robotnik's bombs from rocks floating in a lava pit. While he's attacking, everything in the lava pit moves towards him, including you, [[SelfDefeatingBoss but also including the bombs]]. (However, once you find the fire shield--which allows you to walk on the lava unharmed--in the boss arena, the boss fight becomes much, much easier.)

** Lava Reef Zone from ''SonicAndKnuckles''. After a [[FixedScrollingLevel forced-scrolling segment]], you have to fight Robotnik from blocks of ice floating in a lava pit. (However, once you find the fire shield--which allows you to walk on the lava unharmed--in the boss arena, the boss fight becomes much, much easier.)

* ''{{Ys}}'' has this in spades, especially {{final boss}}es. During the battle with Dark Fact, a piece of the platform disappears everytime you hit him.

See also HighAltitudeBattle and HighSpeedBattle, which can overlap. Can also be combined with {{Temporary Platform}}s, [[InconvenientlyPlacedConveyorBelt conveyor belts]] or [[FrictionlessIce ice blocks]] for extra NintendoHard bonus points.

See also HighAltitudeBattle and HighSpeedBattle, which can overlap. Can also be combined with {{Temporary Platform}}s, [[InconvenientlyPlacedConveyorBelt conveyor belts]] or [[SlippySlideyIceWorld ice blocks]] for extra NintendoHard bonus points.

See also HighAltitudeBattle and HighSpeedBattle, which can overlap.

A type of BossBattle that restricts the player's freedom of movement to a set of FloatingPlatforms. Although the boss's attacks may be easily avoidable and nothing to write home about, the real challenge to match here is simply to avoid falling off in the process: One false step, or the slightest {{knockback}} can quickly send you down off the screen into whatever awaits below (usually a BottomlessPit or SpikesOfDoom). Thus, victory all but requires a NoDamageRun, regardless of whether your protagonist would otherwise be a OneHitPointWonder.

Alternatively, instead of causing an instant death some games may provide a NonLethalBottomlessPit instead, or falling down may simply drop you into a room below where you have to find a way to climb back up before you can resume fighting. When this is the case, falling off the platform will incur a noticeable penalty: Perhaps you receive damage from the fall. Maybe the boss will taunt your lack of platforming prowess by hurling long-range attacks at you while you're scrambling to get back up. Sometimes it's simply a ''long'' and tedious climb just to get back up there at all. Or, at the most NintendoHard extreme of the spectrum, sometimes falling down terminates the boss battle entirely, causing it to start over from the top (with the boss's HP ''fully replenished'') once you're back onto the platforms to fight the boss on.

In any case, the platforms must be relatively small so as to restrict the player's available footing, and falling off must carry some weight of penalty; examples where the platform fills the entire arena, or where it is a trivial matter to jump back up after falling off, do not count.

See also HighAltitudeBattle and HighSpeedBattle, two specific settings that can overlap.

In any case, the platforms must be relatively small so as to restrict the player's available fotting, and falling off must carry some weight of penalty; examples where the platform is large enough to move around on easily, or where it is a trivial matter to jump back up after falling off, do not count.

In any case, if the platforms are of large enough size to allow unhindered player movement (especially if the entire arena is one large platform), or if it is a trivial matter to simply jump back onto the platforms after falling off, then the boss is ''not'' a PlatformBattle.

** The battle against The Core. The lower half of the room is filled with water, requiring the player to climb back out before they drown.
** The game's FinalBoss can only be attacked by standing on the boss's moving platforms, which is also right in line with the boss's own attacks... unless you use the booster. But it is possible to do this battle without the booster as a SelfImposedChallenge, which makes getting back on the platforms quite difficult.
** In the final phase of the game's BonusBoss, the floor fills with spikes, requiring the player to finish the boss off on a set of platforms that rotate around the boss himself.

** The battle against Kraid in Super Metroid once he reveals his full form. Only his mouth is vulnerable, and it can only be attacked by climbing platforms, including the ones he shoots out. Falling off may land Samus in damaging spikes or cause her to receive CollisionDamage from Kraid.

** Lava Reef Zone from ''SonicAndKnuckles''. After a forced-scrolling segment, you have to fight Robotnik from blocks of ice floating in a lava pit. (However, once you find the fire shield--which allows you to walk on the lava unharmed--in the boss arena, the boss fight becomes much, much easier.)

* The second battle with Ludwig in ''NewSuperMarioBrosWii''.

[[caption-width-right:256:Don't look down, MegaMan....]]

* The ''MegaMan'' series is replete with examples, such as:
** The first Wily boss in ''MegaMan 2'', as pictured above.

** Late in the game the player encounters the "Dragon Devil" which combines the MegaMan series's Dragon boss with its original ThatOneBoss, Yellow Devil.

* The second battle with Ludwig in ''NewSuperMarioBrosWii''.

* Most WarioLand 2 and 3 bosses, because falling down and having to redo part of the level is the only punishment the game could give Wario due to his complete invincibility to any damage. Basically, each boss would have one attack which is basically to throw Wario out the arena and have him find his way back. Some more normal examples are the the last real boss in Wario Land, fought on an invisible floor only the boss can stand on (so Wario has to jump on the boss repeatedly) as well as the Psycho Beaver and Mutant Mouse bosses in the sequel