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** The battle against Kraid in Super Metroid; at first Samus has only a ledge near the door to stand on, but once he [[Turns Red|reveals his full form]], the player must climb platforms (including the [[Projectile Platforms|ones he shoots out]]) to get within range of his weak point. Falling off may land Samus in damaging spikes or cause her to receive [[Collision Damage]] from Kraid.
** To a lesser extent, the battles against Mother Brain tend to take place on relatively small platforms, while dodging the various turrets that threaten to knock her off into the lava below.
* The rematch against Ludwig Von Koopa in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' takes place on three moving platforms, with Ludwig occupying one of them.
* In ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' battles against the Reznor minibosses always end up on moving platforms... or in hot lava death.
* Several ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' games have this, especially the 3D ones. A notable example is the Egg Golem boss from ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'', where the boss is positioned in the center of a floating ring of platforms with quicksand below. Falling down there in Sonic's version of the boss isn't immediately fatal, but Eggman's mech will sink if it comes in contact with the sand instead of one of the lower platforms.
** In ''[[Sonic Advance 3]]'', the Twinkle Snow area boss is one of the game's [[That One Boss|toughest challenges]], as the player must constantly climb an array of [[Temporary Platform|falling platforms]] while the boss [[Rise to the Challenge|relentlessly pursues from below]], hoping that the platforms will strike the mech and damage it. Without falling off in the process, of course.
** Lava Reef Zone from ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles|Sonic and Knuckles]]''. After an [[Auto-Scrolling Level|auto scrolling segment]], you have to dodge Robotnik's bombs from rocks floating in a lava pit. While he's attacking, everything in the lava pit moves towards him, including you, [[Tactical Suicide Boss|but also including the bombs]]. (However, once you find the fire shield—which allows you to walk on the lava unharmed—in the boss arena, the boss fight becomes much, much easier.)
* Most ''[[Wario Land]] 2'' and ''3'' bosses, because falling down and having to redo part of the level is the only punishment the game could give Wario due to his complete invincibility to any damage. Basically, each boss would have one attack which is basically to throw Wario out the arena and have him find his way back. Some more normal examples are the last real boss in Wario Land, fought on an invisible floor only the boss can stand on (so Wario has to jump on the boss repeatedly) as well as the Psycho Beaver and Mutant Mouse bosses in the sequel.
* ''[[Ys]]'' has this in spades, especially [[Final Boss|final bosses]]. During the battle with Dark Fact, a piece of the platform disappears everytime you hit him.
* Fluffy XR-9 in ''[[An Untitled Story]]'' is fought on three platforms that descend when stepped upon, all suspended over a [[Non Lethal Bottomless Pits]]. The second form of FinalBoss is the same, but replaces unstable platforms with double-jump clusters (yep, you will be continually jumping during the battle).
* In ''[[Castlevania III:
* In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', Mad Jack is fought in an arena of 16 large platforms, arranged in a grid. The platforms aren't too small, but Tiny Kong must constantly jump from one to another to avoid being flattened by the boss chasing after them.
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', one fight in Deepholm involves jumping among floating stones to lay a beatdown on the dragon Aeosera. Falling off isn't instantly lethal but it's quite possible to die during the struggle and a fall means jumping your way back up to the fight.
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