Playable Boss

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When a character that the player fights as a boss is playable elsewhere.

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This is a very common feature in fighting games, where bosses are usually included in the roster as hidden characters.

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• 2 Spicy (Game)
• Adventure of Little Ralph (Game)
• Akatsuki Blitzkampf (Game)
• Backyard Skateboarding (Game)
• Batman Forever (Game)
• Batman: Arkham Origins (Game)
• Battle High 2 (Game)
• Bayonetta (Game)
• Bayonetta 2 (Game)
• Bayonetta/Vanquish 10th Anniversary Bundle (Game)
• Binary Domain (Game)
• BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (Game)
• BlazBlue: Central Fiction (Game)
• BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (Game)
• BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend (Game)
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (Game)
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend (Game)
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II (Game)
• Brütal Legend (Game)
• Cadence of Hyrule – Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda (Game)
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (Game)
• Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium (Game)
• Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (Game)
• Chaos Code (Game)
• Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe (Game)
• Crash Nitro Kart (Game)
• Crash Team Racing (Game)
• Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled (Game)
• Creepy Castle (Game)
• Critical Blow (Game)
• Critical Depth (Game)
• Dead or Alive: Dimensions (Game)
• Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (Game)
• Devil May Cry 4 (Game)
• Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition (Game)
• Devil May Cry HD Collection (Game)
• Diddy Kong Racing DS (Game)
• Dino Crisis 2 (Game)
• Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy (Game)
• Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Game)
• Divekick (Game)
• Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones (Game)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (Game)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 (Game)
• Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure (Game)
• Duels of Fortune (Game)
• Dynasty Warriors 3 (Game)
• Dynasty Warriors 6 (Game)
• EN-Eins Perfektewelt (Game)
• EN-Eins Perfektewelt Anastasis (Game)
• El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (Game)
• Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side (Game)
• Fatal Fury Special (Game)
• Final Fantasy IX (Game)
• Final Fantasy VIII (Game)
• Freaky Flyers (Game)
• Gaist Crusher (Game)
• Gaist Crusher God (Game)
• Garou: Mark of the Wolves (Game)
• Gears of War 2 (Game)
• Gears of War 3 (Game)
• Granblue Fantasy: Versus (Game)
• Guardian Heroes (Game)
• Guilty Gear (Game)
• Guilty Gear -Strive- (Game)
• Guilty Gear Isuka (Game)
• Guilty Gear X (Game)
• Guilty Gear X Plus (Game)
• Guilty Gear XX #Reload (Game)
• Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R (Game)
• Guilty Gear XX Slash (Game)
• Guilty Gear XX Λ Core (Game)
• Guilty Gear XX Λ Core Plus (Game)
• Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- (Game)
• Heatwave (Game)
• Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition (Game)
• Jump Force (Game)
• Kid Icarus: Uprising (Game)
• Kings of Hell (Game)
• Kirby: Star Allies (Game)
• LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Game)
• LEGO Batman: The Videogame (Game)
• LEGO Harry Potter Collection (Game)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Game)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (Game)
• LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (Game)
• LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Game)
• LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Game)
• LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (Game)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Game)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (Game)
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (Game)
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (Game)
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (Game)
• Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (Game)
• Mega Man Powered Up (Game)
• Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Game)

Concept details

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Playable Boss

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Games

• 2 Spicy (Game)
• Adventure of Little Ralph (Game)
• Akatsuki Blitzkampf (Game)
• Backyard Skateboarding (Game)
• Batman Forever (Game)
• Batman: Arkham Origins (Game)
• Battle High 2 (Game)
• Bayonetta (Game)
• Bayonetta 2 (Game)
• Bayonetta/Vanquish 10th Anniversary Bundle (Game)
• Binary Domain (Game)
• BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (Game)
• BlazBlue: Central Fiction (Game)
• BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (Game)
• BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend (Game)
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (Game)
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend (Game)
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II (Game)
• Brütal Legend (Game)
• Cadence of Hyrule – Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Mortal Kombat (Franchise), Street Fighter (Franchise), Street Fighter II (Franchise), X-Men (Franchise), LEGO Star Wars (Franchise), Soul (Franchise), Star Wars (Franchise), Star Wars: Clone Wars (Franchise), Avengers (Franchise), Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Franchise), Mega Man (Franchise), Indiana Jones (Franchise), Batman (Franchise), DC Universe (Franchise), LEGO Batman (Franchise), Metal Gear (Franchise), Metal Gear Solid (Franchise), Backyard Sports (Franchise), Dead or Alive (Franchise), Dynasty Warriors (Franchise), Musou (Franchise), Tales (Franchise), Uncharted (Franchise), Gears of War (Franchise), Final Fantasy (Franchise), GoldenEye 007 (Franchise), James Bond (Franchise), Mega Man Classic (Franchise), Devil May Cry (Franchise), Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Franchise), Resident Evil (Franchise), Dragon Ball (Franchise), Dragon Ball GT (Franchise), Dragon Ball Z (Franchise), Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (Franchise), Naruto (Franchise), Double Dragon (Franchise), Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Franchise), Onechanbara (Franchise), TimeSplitters (Franchise), Silent Hill (Franchise), Like a Dragon (Franchise), Dragon Age (Franchise), Star Gladiator (Franchise), LEGO (Franchise), LEGO Indiana Jones (Franchise), Harry Potter (Franchise), Lego Harry Potter (Franchise), Bayonetta (Franchise), Power Rangers (Franchise), BlazBlue (Franchise), Dino Crisis (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Bi-Han (Character), Goro (Character), Shang Tsung (Character), Shao Kahn (Character), Smoke (Character), Master Hand (Character), Donkey Kong (Character), Balrog (Character), M. Bison (Character), Seth (Character), Vega (Character), Galactus (Character), Onslaught (Character), Wolfgang Krauser (Character), Mewtwo (Character), Kain R. Heinlein (Character), Gill (Character), Wizpig (Character), Motaro (Character), La Clown (Character), Samuel Rodrigues (Character), Akuma (Character), Atoq Navarro (Character), Zoran Lazarevic (Character), Amakusa (Character), Mizuki Rashoujin (Character), Rugal Bernstein (Character), Chris (Character), Goenitz (Character), Iori Yagami (Character), Krizalid (Character), Kusanagi (Character), Orochi (Character), Orochi Iori (Character), Shermie (Character), Yashiro Nanakase (Character), Saisyu Kusanagi (Character), Kula Diamond (Character), Zankuro Minazuki (Character), Neo Dio (Character), Bomb Man (Character), Cut Man (Character), Elec Man (Character), Fire Man (Character), Guts Man (Character), Ice Man (Character), Oil Man (Character), Time Man (Character), Bladewolf (Character), Saxton Hale (Character), Geary (Character), Komodo Joe (Character), Krunk (Character), Nash (Character), Nitros Oxide (Character), Norm (Character), Papu Papu (Character), Pinstripe (Character), Ripper Roo (Character), Velo (Character), Android 21 (Character), Goro (Character), I-No (Character), Dizzy (Character), Nagoriyuki (Character), Testament (Character), Vile (Character), Ramlethal Valentine (Character), Sankuro (Character), Grant (Character), Justice (Character), Zero (Character), Whip (Character), Saiki (Character), The Baz (Character), Anubis (Character), Kraken (Character), Valgas (Character), Kuroko (Character), Gaoh Kyougoku Hinowanokami (Character), King Lion (Character), Necromancer (Character), Painter (Character), V-13 (Character), Hazama (Character), Hades Izanami (Character), Yuki Terumi (Character), Nine the Phantom (Character), Yumeji (Character), Be'lakor (Character), Pilot X (Character), Kasumi Rose (Character), Lace Rose (Character), Shasta Rose (Character), Laurence Blood (Character), Princess Sissy (Character), Oshima Goketsuji (Character), Bloody Marie (Character), Kouryu (Character), Walhart (Character), Yen'fay (Character), Plague Knight (Character), Reize Seatlan (Character), S-Kill (Character), Adler (Character), Elektrosoldat (Character), Inazuma (Character), Murakumo (Character), Mycale (Character), Valkyria (Character), Kachi (Character), Myukus (Character), Kudlak-SIN (Character), King Knight (Character), Mole Knight (Character), Polar Knight (Character), Propeller Knight (Character), Specter Knight (Character), Tinker Knight (Character), Treasure Knight (Character), Black Knight (Character), Dali Llama (Character), Verse (Character), Bobby Ologun (Character), Leopaldon (Character), Antonov (Character), Eternal Champion (Character), Long Haul (Character), Kuon (Character), Goodman (Character), Blitztank (Character), Mizuchi (Character), The Enchantress (Character), Mudo (Character), Hornet (Character), Celia II (Character), Marry Phillips (Character), Merkuar (Character), Rickey Leon (Character), SieGuei (Character), Kintaro (Character)

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Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Unlockables (Concept), Boss (Concept), Mini-Boss (Concept), Final Boss (Concept), Cheat Code (Concept), Fighting Multiplayer Modes in Non-Fighting Games (Concept)