History Main / SequentialBoss

* ''VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer'' :
** Starting with its fourth installment, the series begun featuring a whole bunch of them per game. They all roughly work in the same way: the player will face one at a time, and after beating one will immediately be trust into a race with the next boss with no break, rinse and repeat until all bosses are defeated or the player loses. Should the latter happen, it's back to the beginning. Going into specifics:
** ''3'' features Osaka's FinalBoss team, DARTS, in particular its' second unit of Skyline GT-R drivers, as well as Nagoya's FinalBoss, D3. Albeit working differently due to allowing you to take breaks and return later, Osaka's NO LOSER and Nagoya's Genesis-R and Seeks are also considered bosses by the game.
** ''Import Tuner Challenge'' features the Kurosaki brothers of the PHANTOM NINE. They'll very likely be the first members of the group the player will face.

* Starting with its' fourth installment, the ''VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer'' series begun featuring a whole bunch of them per game. They all roughly work in the same way: the player will face one at a time, and after beating one will immediately be trust into a race with the next boss with no break, rinse and repeat until all bosses are defeated or the player loses. Should the latter happen, it's back to the beginning. Going into specifics:

* The last couple installations of the ''VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer'' series actually feature multi-stage bosses in a ''racing game''. Though most of the races you participate in are simple one-on-one matches, some may have you taking on multiple opponents: you may be competing against a leader of a racing crew and, once you have him halfway beat, suddenly find yourself confronted with [[DualBoss a ''second'', equally high-powered member of the racing crew which will help give your original opponent an increased advantage]]. Since beating opponents requires you to drain their "battle meter" by gaining a large enough lead (or [[SecondPlaceIsForLosers finishing the race in a first place]] in ''Drift'' titles), throwing in a second rival with a fresh battle meter midway through a race can complicate things significantly.

* Parodied in the web game ''ChibiKnight'': after you defeat the last boss, the Demon Beast, he explodes and you have to fight what's left of him, [[GoForTheEye the Demon Eye]]. However, it does absolutely nothing and you can kick it around as you please before it dies!
* Lance in ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Shattered Soldier''. And Mission 6 consists almost entirely of a sequential boss fight against the Relic of Morai's many forms. If you complete the game up to here with an S ranking, you get to fight the disappointingly easy TrueFinalBoss.

** When King Cepheus is killed, his body disintegrates but leave his eyes behind, which start flying around as distinct entities and chasing
the ship while firing off streams of energy projectiles.

* ''VideoGame/{{Maplestory}}'' uses this trope quite a bit.
** The {{Yakuza}} Boss of Showa Town in ''VideoGame/MapleStory''. When you first enter the TreasureRoom, he appears as [[ScaryBlackMan Bodyguard A]], a tough guy who uses Physical attacks. When defeated, he turns into [[GigglingVillain Bodyguard B]], who has a BFG and mana drain abilities. When he's beaten, he assumes his true form, a hulking, demonic bald guy in a kimono; while he's not as physically tough as A and B, he uses a variety of powerful magical attacks and debuffs.

** Level 29 from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'' is probably one of the longest stages in the game. It starts off pretty simple, just a couple sets of ''Anime/MazingerZ'' and ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' mooks. Then an FMP boss shows up with a batch of reinforcements on the second enemy turn. Then on your third turn, Gauron shows up with a set of EliteMooks from Mazinger, and four Behemoths (One of which was a stage boss five levels ago.). Take out Gauron, and ''Zeorymer'''s Rose C'est La Vie of the Moon comes along as well. Defeat him, and the level rounds off with you fighting Baron Ashura.

** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has Dracula, who has two phases. The iconic humanoid vampire form in the first (only his head can receive damage), and then his beastly form in the second.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'': The Shadow Nightmares, the FinalBoss, has six sequential forms (although the last two forms can be [[OneHitKill one-shotted with the right weapons]]).

** [[spoiler:Hush]], the BonusBoss from ''Afterbirth'' also counts. His first phase is a palette-swapped [[spoiler:???]], but defeating that reveals his [[BodyHorror true form]], which has five phases in which each of them he gains new attacks.

** The final boss of ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' has four stages. All four has him getting new attacks, but the last also grants the player character an EleventhHourSuperpower.
** The BonusBoss of ''Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion'' has five stages, and it is probably [[SNKBoss the most stressful]] five stages [[ThatOneBoss you'll ever play in any shooter]].

** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' has Master Core, an amorphous mass of black matter that emerges from Master Hand at higher difficulty levels. The number of forms you fight through also depends on the difficulty, including in order; Master Giant, a large humanoid form; Master Beast, a quadruped dragon/scorpion hybrid; Master Edges, five swords attacking at once; and Master Shadow, a MirrorMatch. And finally a ZeroEffortBoss of the core itself. For the Wii U version, Master Core has one final form that can only be fought at the highest difficulty levels: Master Fortress, an EldritchLocation ColossusClimb.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': Fortitudo, Temperantia, Sapientia, the last fight against Jeanne, and the TrueFinalBoss all qualify due to their multi-layered life meters (each of them color-coded) and phases. You know you're in the last phase of a fight if the LifeMeter of the boss is red (and inflicting damage leaves the affected part empty with color black, indicating that there are no more layers of health left).

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'': With the exception of Scaldera and the Imprisoned, every boss has two phases. The miniboss Stalmaster has two as well (it only uses two arms in the first, and all four of them in the second).

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'':
** The final boss of the first game's Hero Mode has five stages, each of which has him adding a new weapon to his arsenal while stepping up the platforming challenge.
** The final boss of ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' has four stages; all four has him getting new attacks, but the last also grants the player character an EleventhHourSuperpower.
*** The BonusBoss of the Octo Expansion has five stages, and it is probably [[SNKBoss the most stressful]] five stages [[ThatOneBoss you'll ever play in any shooter]].

* ''VideoGame/SARSearchAndRescue'' have it's FinalBoss, the mutant abomination source which you fought in a pool of blood needs to be killed twice. You kill it the first time, causing it to break into chunks of flesh as it sinks into the pool... [[BodyHorror then the mutation takes effect, stitching those chunks into a grotesque new form]]. With a new health bar and all that.

Compare BossRush, where more than one past enemy is fought in a sequential order, and BossBonanza, where there are multiple new bosses in a row. Compare TurnsRed.

Compare BossRush when fighting more than one past enemy in a sequential order and BossBonanza when there is a high amount of new bosses in a row. Compare TurnsRed.