esper What game is most improved by promoting and powering up the lowliest enemy to be the final boss? (40:18)
Reading the prompt, this answer doesn’t quite fit, but I did enjoy The Great Knight or Hero or Whatever-He-Called-Himself Zote in Hollow Knight. This is a character that looks like the protagonist, randomly shows up in the first town proclaiming to be the great hero, needs to be rescued by the protagonist, and cons a self-appointed damsel into thinking that he saved her. You can then go into her dreams and fight what she imagines him as; this is a repeatable fight that becomes more and more difficult and one of the few things in that game I just didn’t want to bother with after a point.