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== Video game examples ==
=== Action Adventure ===
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'':
** The Biggoron Sword in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''. The sidequest required to get it had several [[Guide Dang It]] events in it, particularly giving the saw to the carpenter's boss, where it is only vaguely hinted that the gray-skinned man possessing the saw was his son, and to boot, he's in a location (Gerudo Valley) that is unlikely you would visit at the time you start the quest, so by the time you would finally get it, you would have missed out on using it in more than half the dungeons.
** Although it may be unlikely that a first-time player would do this, it ''can'' be obtained as soon as Link becomes an adult, so it is very useful.
*** Also, in the remake of OoT for the Nintendo 3DS the map on the bottom screen shows the location of the next person to go to.
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** ''[[Skyward Sword]]'', being the [[Origins Episode]] of the {{spoiler|Master Sword}}, has variants of it as both the [[Infinity-1 Sword]] ({{spoiler|in the form just called the Master Sword}}) and Infinity+1 Sword ({{spoiler|in the form called the True Master Sword}}).
*** ''[[Skyward Sword]]'' also has the Hylian Shield (making this an Infinity Plus One Shield), which unlike the other three shields you can get, doesn't actually take any damage. This is the best shield in the game, and is earned after beating 8 [[Do Well, But Not Perfect|(and only 8)]] bosses in the Thunder Dragon's challenge.
** The Bow of Light in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath]]''. Link only gets to use this potent weapon against the [[Final Boss]], after Zelda gives it to him.
* ''[[Okami]]'' features the String of Beads, which basically turns Amaterasu into even more of a god than she already is. It gives you infinite health and ink (the game's equivalent of magic power) and ''ten times'' attack power. To get it you must collect all 100 stray beads, which entails completing pretty much every sidequest in the game, among other things. Naturally this a huge [[Game Breaker]], but since the final bead is received upon beating the game, it is a [[New Game+]]-only item. Incidentally, this is also an instance of [[108]], since the beads are the "stray" small beads from the rosary of the mythical Princess Fuse, which broke when she committed suicide (though she's alive and well in the game world). The eight big beads are the power orbs held by her canine warriors.
* The Spur in ''[[Cave Story]]'' (Not so much the Sword part as the Infinity Plus One part; it's the most powerful weapon in the game). Actually, it's an upgrade to the starting weapon: the Polar Star. To obtain it, you must [[Path of Most Resistance|avoid trading it for a superior weapon until you reach a certain point]].
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* The Mace in ''[[La-Mulana]]''. To get it, you must solve a puzzle involving weights and balancing a scale out; on top of that, if you mess up the puzzle, congratulations, [[Lost Forever|it's gone for good]]. Should you manage to get it, you can make it even more powerful by equipping the ''[[Castlevania]]'' and ''Mahjong Wizard'' ROMs.
* ''[[Alundra 2: A New Legend Begins|Alundra 2]]'' has this quest to gain the most powerful sword in the game, you must do a Trading Quest all over the world.
* In ''[[Tomb Raider: Legend]]'', Lara spends most of the game traveling the globe searching for the pieces of the mythic Excalibur, King Arthur's blade. When she finds ever piece and assembles it, she does indeed get a chance to use this legendary blade, but only against the [[Final Boss]].
=== Action Game ===
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