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Bonus content in a [[Video Game]] (and [[RPG|RPGs]] in particular) that is available during the final chapter, but does not become unlocked until having defeated the [[Final Boss]] and watched the credits roll. These games will often prompt the player to update their save file after the end credits, often displaying a special icon with the file to indicate the game has been cleared.
This differs from a [[Playable Epilogue]] in that the [[Playable Epilogue]] is set ''after'' the final chapter has concluded, and acknowledges that you've saved the world; an [[Endgame Plus]] [[Timey-Wimey Ball|returns the player]] to the world as it looked ''during'' the final chapter, with the [[Big Bad]] still waiting for his [[World Domination|ultimate]] [[The End of the World
This is distinct from games that unlock bonus content via an "Extras" option on its frontend menu; here, the bonus content is something accessible ''in-universe'', like a bonus shop, minigame, or dungeon...or [[And Your Reward Is Clothes|even just clothes]]. The exact bonuses [[Guide Dang It|may or may not be immediately obvious]] when the player reloads their completed save file -- but hey, [[Take Your Time]]....
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== Action Adventure Games ==
* Defeating the [[Final Boss]] in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
== RPG -- Eastern ==
* After the credits roll in ''[[
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* A staple of the ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' series is to unlock a [[Bonus Dungeon]] or two upon beating the final boss; beating it is necessary to get the [[Golden Ending]] in the games that have one.
* Variation in [[Earthbound]]: You lose the ability to save after the [[Final Boss]], the idea being that you can reload and beat the [[Final Boss]] again.
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* Beating the final boss in ''[[MS Saga|MS Saga: A New Dawn]]'' unlocks the [[Bonus Dungeon]]. The game even provides a small [[Lampshade Hanging]] as [[The Hero]] complains that he's about five seconds away from the [[Final Boss|ultimate battle]] to save the world when [[Mission Control]] phones in and orders him to go conquer the [[Bonus Dungeon]] instead.
* While the mainstream ''[[Pokémon]]'' games generally utilize a [[Playable Epilogue]], in the original ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue]]'' titles, the rewards for becoming the Pokemon League Champion were limited to a "Hall of Fame" option on the PC and access to one [[Bonus Dungeon]] near Cerulean City; no one else even acknowledged the fact that the player beat the Elite Four and [[The Rival]].
* Defeating the [[Final Boss]] in ''[[Rogue Galaxy]]'' adds the game's [[Bonus Dungeon]] to the [[World Map|Galaxy Map]]; everything else (including the [[Now Where Was I Going Again?|recap]]) is still as it was before defeating the [[Final Boss]]. An NPC within said dungeon even comments that [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|the player has already beaten the game]].
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* The [[Bonus Dungeon|Bonus Dungeons]] in the [[Game Boy Advance]] versions of ''[[
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* The [[Game Boy Advance]] versions of [[Final Fantasy IV]], [[Final Fantasy V]], and [[Final Fantasy VI]] all have dungeons that open up after you beat the final boss. Within each dungeon is, among other things, the [[Captain Obvious|most powerful creatures in the game]] and the ultimate weapons for the characters. All three games allow you to defeat the final boss again with whatever new equipment and levels you gain from these as well.
** [[Final Fantasy IV]] not only opens up a bonus dungeon found on the surface of the moon, but allows the player to switch out the characters in his party (which up until that point had been locked in place as part of the story) and lets you go back and defeat the final boss using entirely new strategies due to the differences in the various characters. The bonus dungeon itself features ramped-up versions of Rydia's monster summons, who you have to defeat to use, and an even ''more powerful'' version of the final boss, which also leads to the credits if you beat it.
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== Platformers ==
* [[Ratchet and Clank A Crack In Time]] lets you [[Recurring Boss|finally put an end]] to [[The Dragon|Lord Vorselon's]] tyranny, after collecting the rest of the [[Gotta Catch Em All|Zoni]], of course. At least when you defeat him you get to explore the [[Developer Room|Insomniac Museum]].
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== Simulation Games ==
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