Double Knockout: Difference between revisions

*** Speaking of ''[[Soul Calibur]]'', Yoshimitsu's seppuku move seems to be tailor-made for these.

*** ''Soul Calibur IV'' has an achievement/trophy for getting a Double KO: Two Cannot Exist Together.

** Even ''[[Super Smash Bros Brawl]]'' has Double KO potential in Ganondorf's "Flame Choke" move, which can result in sudden-death even after a ''stock'' battle.

*** This is, in fact, a viable strategy: Bowser, Ganondorf, Kirby (less viable after the nerfs), Metaknight (harder to do than others), King Dedede, and a few others can easily win a match by getting the first kill then proceeding to suicide their opponents. Strangely, Kirby and King Dedede are capable of avoiding their own demises with their Inhale ability. Bowser is amazing at it as his animation for this puts him at a higher altitude than the opponent, meaning they often die first (which subverts this trope [[Taking You with Me|only to invoke another]].)

* Next-to-last boss in ''[[Purple]]'' literally mirrors your characters movement, except that his frisbee dissappears earlier. The strategy for easy defeat {{spoiler|is to bring Homer Frisbee to the battle}}.

* Due to a change in the combo and hit detection system in ''[[Streets of Rage]] 3'', it's possible for you to take out an enemy's remaining life and for the enemy to do the same to you at the same time. This can be quite a funny moment if you end a boss battle this way.

** Notably, one boss ([[Magi Master]]) in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' would use Ultima just before dying. It was powerful enough to deal damage near the cap, and it hit everyone in your party. The ''only'' way to reliably win the fight is to case Reraise (Life3) on at least one of your party members, which revives a character automatically on death. And considering Reraise is only gained from one Esper, it required some grinding to get it.

*** If you don't have Reraise or the Esper that grants it, the only other likely option is to use Rasp/Osmose to drain [[Magi Master]]'s MP, making him unable to cast Ultima (also, like a few other magic-based enemies, he dies when he hits 0 MP). The fight takes an extremely long time, but seeing "Ultima...Not Enough MP" flash on the screen, followed by the boss's death, is entirely worth it.