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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 [[100% Completion]]. Can manifest itself as a [[Bonus Dungeon]] or a [[Playable Epilogue]]. Or it could be just a chance to finish the [[Sidequest|Side Quests]], get the [[Cosmetic Award
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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** Thought you were almost done when you defeated {{spoiler|Albus}} in ''[[Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia]]''? Guess again. Welcome to {{spoiler|Dracula's castle, which is at least half as big as a typical [[Metroidvania]] castle!}}
** All Castlevania games feature this to an extent, unlocking at least one final area with the [[True Final Boss]] by doing something specific during a boss battle (Defeating Graham with the right set of souls, defeating Aguni during the battle with Dario, etc.)
* The draw of just about every ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]'' game. Between the sprawling levels, [[One Hundred Percent Completion]], [[Bonus Boss
* Another Day from ''[[The World Ends With You]]''.
* ''[[Dark Cloud|Dark Chronicle]]'' (or ''Dark Cloud 2'', depending on where you live) does this, with an entire extra chapter past the end of the game.
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* N64 classic ''Blast Corps'' does a real whammy. After solving the central problem of the leaking nuclear carrier, the heroes are suddenly given a new assignment to rescue a damaged space shuttle about to make an emergency landing. This seems like the final mission as well, but getting [[One Hundred Percent Completion]] suddenly has the Blast Corps team being sent for a mission to clean up debris ''on the moon''. Beating ''that'' mission unlocks more missions throughout the solar system. And then there's the platinum medals...
* ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]: The Lost Levels'' has four more worlds for you to complete after World 8-4. (Five if you beat the first eight without any Warp Zones.)
* From a story point of view, ''DonPachi'' 's second loop fits this trope to a T. You've slaughtered thousands upon thousands of [[Mook
* ''[[Dead Rising]]'' has several endings, depending on what you have and have not completed when the timer runs out. ''All'' are downer endings. But the A ending is a downer ending which, post-credits, leads to Overtime Mode. Overtime Mode offers a couple more hours of story, introducing along the way several new environments and new kinds of gameplay, finally allowing you to get the "True Ending". Which itself leads to ''another'' mode of gameplay (although there is no story after this point).
* After you beat the main plot in ''[[Tales of Legendia]]'', there's character quests that go into the backstory of every single character.
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* The Game Boy Advance remake of ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'' has the "Soul of Rebirth" option which lets you play as the [[Killed Off for Real]] party members from one of your completed saves, showing what they were doing while the main game's heroes were beating the [[Final Boss]]. {{spoiler|It turns out they were in heaven, beating the final boss's light side.}}
* After you defeat Stauf in ''[[The Seventh Guest]]'', the game automatically creates an "Open House" save file in your 0th save game slot, which lets you wander Stauf manor freely and replay every puzzle and cutscene on demand.
* Most tri-Ace games feature anywhere from one to four [[Bonus Dungeon
* Both of the GBA ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' games have this. If you beat the final boss with all the gems in ''The Huge Adventure'', {{spoiler|all the bosses in the game become a [[Biological Mashup]], and you're subjected to [[Chasing Your Tail|a race to the end of an extra level]] before the boss hits you too many times.}} In ''N-Tranced'', collecting all the gems {{spoiler|allows you to subvert N. Tropy's [[Villain Exit Stage Left]] and give you a batch of new levels, climaxing with a battle with N. Tropy himself}}.
* Done cleverly with the [[Game Mod|ROM hack]] ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario World]]: The Second Reality Project Reloaded''. When you reach the end of Bowser's castle, {{spoiler|you'll find that Bowser escaped to the Second Reality, and you follow him there.}} Additionally, after clearing World 4, Ludwig's castle crashes into World 3. Upon activating at least the Blue Switch and subsequently exploring the Crashlanded Castle and its secret paths, you'll access {{spoiler|the secret dimension, Thirdspace}}.
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