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=== [[Beat'Em Up]] ===
* Particularly common in [[Beat'Em Up]] games, where a player is offered a choice of (usually three) characters and never see the others despite the fact that the plot has them fighting together for the same objective.
** ''[[Final Fight]]'' only allowed up to two players simultaneously, meaning that at least one of the three main characters will always be left out of the action. Although, when the [[Final Boss]] is beaten, there is a cutscene showing all three of them in the room, possibly implying that the fighters not being used were simply bringing up the rear. This is particularly egregious in the SNES version, which was single-player only and came in two versions: one that that featured Cody and a second version which replaced him with Guy (providing the explanation that Cody is still training under Guy's sensei in Japan and couldn't return to Metro City on time). The opening intro in ''Final Fight 2'' for the SNES establishes that all three of them fought the Mad Gear gang together, despite the fact that neither version of the first SNES game had the full roster.
** ''[[Streets of Rage]] 3'' offers a choice between four player characters. The [[cutscene]]s shows all four heroes working together, while the game itself only supports two players at most.
** Averted in ''[[Spider-Man]] and Venom: [[Maximum Carnage]]''. The player is offered a few times to play as [[Spider-Man]] or Venom, which determines the next stage, but the player must control both, [[Spider-Man]] and Venom, for the final stage.
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