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WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THERE'S ''ANOTHER'' GREAT EVIL?!
Extended Gameplay is whenever some sort of bonus story or challenge exists even after you've wrapped up the main plot and killed the "[[Final Boss]]". Overlaps with [[
It is ''not'' [[New Game+]]; the story does not start over. It does, however, sometimes reset to the state just before the [[Final Boss]], probably so the developers don't have to write new dialogue for all the NPCs.
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* ''[[Baten Kaitos]]: Origins'': Defeat {{spoiler|Wiseman 2,000 years in the past and he appears as the final boss in the present after one beats Verus.}}
* ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3'' had a lot of these: Batttling a swarm of enemies during the credits (kill 100 for an extra scene), extra difficulty levels and Bloody Palace.
* ''[[Dragon Quest III]]'' does this, making it possibly the [[Ur Example]] (and possibly even the [[Trope Maker]]).
** ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'': After you defeat Rhapthorne, you can find the quest to the kingdom of Dragovia...{{spoiler|and find out the Hero's heritage}}.
** Also in ''[[Dragon Quest V]]'': Okay, you've grabbed the [[MacGuffin]] and used its power, gone on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] and killed the underlings of the evil priest of death who killed your father, and now you finally get to finish him off climactically. Is it over? No. Now you have to {{spoiler|[[To Hell and Back|go to Hell]] and [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|kill the devil]]. Hope you remembered those [[Chekhov's Gun|rings]].}}
** ''[[Dragon Quest IX]]'' has a huge focus on this as well. With tons of quests, bonus bosses, and secret party members that require the game to be beaten first.
* Done sneakily in the Wii game ''No More Heroes'', where at the end of the game, AND after becoming the #1 Assassin, {{spoiler|The player is given the choice to save a clear file and watch one of two endings. The SECOND ending, which is only made available after you buy all the beam katana upgrades, involves you killing one more boss - the same boss that cheated you out of one of your own boss fights, the putative endgame boss being a [[Anticlimax Boss]].}}
* All of SSI's old ''[[Gold Box]]'' games had this. After completing the main quest you could continue playing and do any side quests you'd previously missed. ''Death Knights of Krynn'' and ''Pools of Darkness'' each had a [[Bonus Dungeon]] that was only accessible after completing the main game.
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