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* ''VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}}'': In Jin's campaign, Shade serves as both [[WarmUpBoss his first opponent]] and [[FinalBoss his final opponent]].
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* ''VideoGame/StayTooned'' begins and ends on the 4th floor of the apartment building where the game takes place, specifically the television in Room 4A. That television is where the toons [[RefugeeFromTVLand break out into the real world]] at the beginning of the game, and upon finding the remote control they hid, you find the toons in the 4th floor hallway, where you use that television as a conduit to forcibly transport them back to their own fictional worlds at the end of the game.
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** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' starts and ends with Green Hill Zone, the game's (and as well as the franchise's) first level.

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** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' starts and ends with Green Hill Zone, the game's (and as well as the franchise's) first level.
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** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' starts and ends with Green Hill Zone, the game's (and as well as the franchise's) first level.
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* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'': Ezio's life as an Assassin really begins with [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII his family getting executed]] in UsefulNotes/{{Florence}}, and it ends in the same place when he [[WesternAnimation/AssassinsCreedEmbers dies there]]. Moreover, he was born in Florence, and died there as well.

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* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'': Ezio's life as an Assassin really begins with [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII his family getting executed]] in UsefulNotes/{{Florence}}, and it ends in the same place when he [[WesternAnimation/AssassinsCreedEmbers dies there]]. Moreover, [[CradleToGraveCharacter he was born in Florence, and died there as well.well]].
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* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'': Ezio's life as an Assassin really begins with [[spoiler: his family getting executed]], and it ends in the same place [[spoiler: when he dies there]].

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* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'': Ezio's life as an Assassin really begins with [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII his family getting executed]], executed]] in UsefulNotes/{{Florence}}, and it ends in the same place [[spoiler: when he [[WesternAnimation/AssassinsCreedEmbers dies there]].there]]. Moreover, he was born in Florence, and died there as well.
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** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3''

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** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3''''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'':
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* Most games in the ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series will begin with a stage hosted by Wario, typically with simplistic microgames designed to ease the player into the game, then end with another stage hosted by Wario, typically going under some kind of alias, with more difficult microgames designed to test the player's mastery of each of the game's mechanics.
** Wario is the host of both the first and last stages of ''VideoGame/WarioWareIncMegaMicrogames''. Both stages also have a similar plotline of Wario getting trapped inside one of his belongings, namely his boom box in the first stage, and his computer in the last.

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Most games in the ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series will begin with a stage hosted by Wario, typically with simplistic microgames designed to ease the player into the game, then end with another stage hosted by Wario, typically going under some kind of alias, with more difficult microgames designed to test the player's mastery of each of the game's mechanics.
** ''VideoGame/WarioWareIncMegaMicrogames'': Wario is the host of both the first and last stages of ''VideoGame/WarioWareIncMegaMicrogames''.the game. Both stages also have a similar plotline of Wario getting trapped inside one of his belongings, namely his boom box in the first stage, and his computer in the last.
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** ''Videogame/PaperMario64'': The very first battle is a fight against Bowser in a hall of Peach's castle. The [[spoiler:second-to-last]] fight is another battle with Bowser in the same room.

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** *** ''Videogame/PaperMario64'': The very first battle is a fight against Bowser in a hall of Peach's castle. The [[spoiler:second-to-last]] fight is another battle with Bowser in the same room.
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* Most games in the ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series will begin with a stage hosted by Wario, typically with simplistic microgames designed to ease the player into the game, then end with another stage hosted by Wario, typically going under some kind of alias, with more difficult microgames designed to test the player's mastery of each of the game's mechanics.
** Wario is the host of both the first and last stages of ''VideoGame/WarioWareIncMegaMicrogames''. Both stages also have a similar plotline of Wario getting trapped inside one of his belongings, namely his boom box in the first stage, and his computer in the last.
** ''VideoGame/GameAndWario'': Wario's first minigame is "Arrow", a ShootingGallery where the player fires arrows at enemies to protect their strawberries, while his second minigame is "Pirates", which can be seen as an inversion of "Arrow" where the objective is to protect yourself from arrows being fired at you.
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* The office in the first area of ''VideoGame/ThePedestrian'' features in the background a picture of a boat at a dock facing the sun. [[spoiler:The game ends with the sign designer having teleported to that same area to take a well-deserved break from their work.]]

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* The office in the first area of ''VideoGame/ThePedestrian'' ''VideoGame/ThePedestrian2020'' features in the background a picture of a boat at a dock facing the sun. [[spoiler:The game ends with the sign designer having teleported to that same area to take a well-deserved break from their work.]]
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* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'':
** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'':
*** One of the very first [[{{Sidequest}} Normal Missions]] the player receives is one known as "A Hero's Ride". [[spoiler:One of the very final Normal Missions the player is capable of completing, "Rise of the Blood Lobster", is a follow up to that mission]].
*** The game's opening and ending cutscenes both have Lin Lee Koo narrating over them.
*** The game's prologue has Elma entering New Los Angeles through the West Gate Corridor overlooking the city, while the game's ending plays out in a very similar fashion. On a similar note, Elma is the first character to appear besides [[FeaturelessProtagonist Rook]], and excluding the epilogue, she is also the final character to appear in the game.
** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'':
*** Malos serves as the final boss of the game's first chapter, [[spoiler:as well as the FinalBoss of the final chapter and the game as a whole]].
*** At the beginning of the game, Azurda starts out in a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Titan]] form before having to revert to a larval state to heal from the damage done to him during the climax of chapter 1. [[spoiler:He returns to his Titan form in the game's climax]].
*** One of the game's first [[RelationshipValues Heart-to-Hearts]] has the option of having Rex note that he preferred Azurda's Titan form. [[spoiler:After Azurda regains his Titan form, he remarks "I suppose this form suits me best."]]
** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3''
*** The game begins and ends with [[spoiler:a member of House Vandham crashing their ship somewhere near Ouroboros]].
*** The opening scene of the game features a young Noah attending the Queen's anniversary, only for a strange cataclysm to occur. [[spoiler:TheStinger of the game returns to that same ceremony, only this time no cataclysm occurs and the festival carries on as normal]].
** ''Xenoblade Chronicles 3'''s ExpansionPack, ''[[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3FutureRedeemed Future Redeemed]]'', features a few of these for the series as a whole, being the GrandFinale for the "Klaus Saga" that has been running since the first game.
*** Both the first game and ''Future Redeemed'' have Ontos/Alvis play a major role. Rather fitting, considering Alvis states at the end of the first game "I was here at the beginning, and I will proclaim the end." Similarly, the {{Final Boss}}es of the first game and ''Future Redeemed'' are against god-like entities wielding Ontos' Monado.
*** The first game and ''Future Redeemed'' both have Colony 9 and Prison Island as major locations in their respective stories. Similarly, both the first game and ''Future Redeemed'' both have Prison Island as the location the player travels through on their way to the FinalBoss.
*** ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', the first game in the greater ''Xeno'' series, has its credits accompanied by the song "Small Two of Pieces", sung by Joanne Hogg. ''Future Redeemed'', which serves as the thematic finale for the ''Xeno'' series up to that point, has its credits accompanied by the song "Future Awaits", once again sung by Joanne Hogg.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Episode III'', not counting [[OptionalBoss Omega Id]], E.S. Levi is the first and final boss fought on board the E.S. units.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Farpoint}}'' begins with a SwirlyEnergyThingy dragging the main characters from Jupiter - en route back home to Earth - all the way to an alien world, which turns out to be [[spoiler:3 billion years away from earth]]. It ends with the player character and SoleSurvivor entering another SwirlyEnergyThingy again, but this one [[spoiler:leads to a WhiteVoidRoom]]. The end.



* ''VideoGame/{{Farpoint}}'' begins with a SwirlyEnergyThingy dragging the main characters from Jupiter - en route back home to Earth - all the way to an alien world, which turns out to be [[spoiler:3 billion years away from earth]]. It ends with the player character and SoleSurvivor entering another SwirlyEnergyThingy again, but this one [[spoiler:leads to a WhiteVoidRoom]]. The end.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Farpoint}}'' begins ''VideoGame/FroggersJourneyTheForgottenRelic'':
** The final boss fight takes place in [[spoiler: the same ruins at the dig site where Frogger found OPART at the beginning of the game]].
** The game starts
with a SwirlyEnergyThingy dragging the main characters from Jupiter - en route back home to Earth - all the way to an alien world, which turns out to be [[spoiler:3 billion years away from earth]]. It Frogger arriving in Kabohti via Griffith's plane, and ends with the player character and SoleSurvivor entering another SwirlyEnergyThingy again, but this one [[spoiler:leads Griffith returning him back to a WhiteVoidRoom]]. The end. Firefly Swamp.
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** If you take the main story path in ''VideoGame/WarioLandII'', you'll start off in Wario's Castle and end up in Syrup's Castle. However, the chapter "Invade Wario Castle" is a more appropriate example. It begins with Wario being tossed out of the castle by the Black Sugar Gang [[WaitingPuzzle after the alarm clock failed to wake him up]], and it ends with Wario reclaiming his castle and going back to sleep.

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** If you take the main story path in ''VideoGame/WarioLandII'', you'll start off in Wario's Castle and end up in Syrup's Castle. However, the chapter "Invade Wario Castle" is a more appropriate example. It begins with Wario being tossed out of the castle by the Black Sugar Gang [[WaitingPuzzle after the alarm clock failed to wake him up]], and it ends with Wario reclaiming his castle and [[GoToSleepEnding going back to sleep.sleep]].
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** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioParty'': During the opening cutscene, there is a left-to-right pan shot showing each of Mario's friends celebrating the prospect of another party, ending with Mario looking over all of them with his arms crossed and nodding his head in approval. [[spoiler:During the ending awards ceremony there is a similar shot featuring all of the playable characters, good and bad, that ends with Bowser overlooking everyone with the same approval]].

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