I Am Not Left-Handed: Difference between revisions

* Same with [[Role Playing Game]]s, where players will just keep on using regular attacks on the regular mooks they encounter to save up items and MP, only to open the whole can of whoop-ass on stronger enemies.

* Played with in [[Super Robot Wars]]. Sanger Zonvolt is best known for piloting a mech whose only weapon is [[BFS|the Type-3 Zankantou]] and which uses a custom operating system that turns it into a [[Motion Capture Mecha]]. In OG Gaiden, a villain tries to take advantage of this by disabling the Zankantou, only for Sanger to switch back to the default OS and kick his ass with the onboard weapon systems. The catch is that these weapons had never made any kind of in-game appearance before and had only been referred to via concept art in the artbooks for SRW Alpha 2 (where Daizengar made its first appearance). So it's less "I Am Not Left Handed" and more "I ''AM'' Left Handed, [[Badass|But I Can Kick Your Ass With My Right Hand Too]]".

* ''[[Command & Conquer]]'': "That was left-handed!"

* In ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' Regal Bryant fights only using kicks, keeping his hands shackled. {{spoiler|Late in the game, you find out firsthand that when he fought using his hands, he was as or more powerful then, than the team is currently, and that was without the Exspheres that allow them to be powerful.}}

* ''[[Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals]]'': After the first boss fight with Gades, if you manage to defeat him, he toasts your party anyway in a cutscene.

* ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'': Slash, one of Magus' [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|generals]], is as famed as a legendary swordsman as his comrades are for their control over magic. When confronted, he puts up a respectable fight, but something just seems to be missing... until halfway through, when he acknowledges the team's prowess and takes his sword off the wall. Uh-oh.

{{quote|'''Slash:''' You're more powerful than I thought! I better use all of my strength as well. ''[pulls sword off of wall]'' And you, without Cyrus... ''[unsheathes sword in slashing motion]'' '''You've no hope!'''}}

** Some gamers still have a soft spot for his old battle cry. "Yes, indeed!" heralded ''pain''.

* ''[[Ace Combat]] X: Skies of Deception'' has the mission Time Limit, where an unstable neutralising agent forces Gryphus One to fly slowly and with reduced maneuvering. Two Leasath pilots proceed to trash talk about how he's not what [[Shrouded in Myth|the rumours make him out to be]] and stalk him in this near-defenceless state. When Gryphus One finally gets to discard the neutralising agent and dogfight properly, the two are taken aback by his real prowess and don't last long.

** Which is an idea that was first implemented in ''[[Sonic X]]'' where he removes the ring to better use the Chaos Emerald's powers, though weakening him in the process. This is noted mainly during the final battle of the ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'' [[Story Arc]] of the show when he goes [[Super Mode]] with Sonic and stops the ARK from falling on Earth by removing the rings again to give him enough juice.

* Ragna the Bloodedge from ''[[BlazBlue]]'' holds great power in the Azure Grimoire {{spoiler|copy/fake}} that makes up his right arm, but refuses to use it for much of the game. When he does, stuff starts hitting the fan ''very'' quickly.

* [[Zeno Clash]]'s second [[Handicapped Badass|Hunter]] battle begins with the titular boss keeping one hand behind his back as he fights you. Whittle his health down enough and he brings both arms into play - ''[[Hopeless Boss Fight|and beats the living hell out of you.]]''

* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'': The Lich King manages to pull this in the final fight in ''Wrath'', when he stops messing around and slays your entire party with one attack.

* [[Resident Evil 4]] often requires this to be able to survive the tougher enemies. One can buy a rocket launcher and make quick work of what was originally to be a boss that could easily kill you. The fully upgraded Broken Butterfly will also get the job done.

** Shoot Salazar's "Right Hand" with the upgraded Broken Butterfly or a rocket launcher after freezing it the first time and it will shatter.

* The ''[[Fallout]]'' games allow you to specialise in many different weapon types. You can be really good at using [[Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better|ordinary ballistic firearms]] but choose to use [[Ray Gun|energy weapons]] even if your skill with them is weaker but you like the pewpew effects. But when it comes down to fighting a particularly tough enemy, you can always put the laser rifle away and switch to a high-powered [[Infinity-1 Sword|Anti-Materiel rifle]] with explosive ammunition and turn a [[The Juggernaut|deathclaw]] into [[Ludicrous Gibs|bloody chunks]].

 

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