Foregone Victory: Difference between revisions

 

When a boss battle is a [[Foregone Victory]], it is often a [[Anticlimax Boss]] -- but not always; essentially, the [[Foregone Victory]] is to the [[Hopeless Boss Fight]] as the [[Anticlimax Boss]] is to [[That One Boss]].

 

* In ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (Video Game)|Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]''/''Emerald'', you cannot lose against Zigzagoon/Poochyenna when saving the life of the Professor at the beginning. Even if you just use the Buff/Debuff move against them over and over... it will flee, like a scared Latios.

** In addition to that, if you push the opposing truck across the finish line by ramming it from behind, the game doesn't acknowledge it and you still win.

* In ''[[Bio Shock]]'', up until the final battle against {{spoiler|Atlas/Fontaine}}, dying causes you to be immediately resurrected in the nearest Vita-Chamber with roughly 50% Life and Eve. Thus, if you repeat the cycle of banging a Big Daddy with your pipe wrench, dying, and being resurrected enough times, you ''will'' eventually win. That said, an option to turn all Vita-Chambers off was added in a patch about six months after the game was released.

* The first stage of "Hero 30" mode in ''[[Half Minute Hero]]'' does this...to a point. If you run out of time, the Time Goddess will revive you and encourage you to keep going (in fact, you [[Thanatos Gambit|need to do this at least once]] to advance the story). However, if you let time run out more than three times in that particular stage, you'll still receive a [[Game Over]].

* If you ignore ''[[Barneys Hide And Seek]]'' for the [[Sega Genesis]], the game will play --and eventually complete-- itself.