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- noun video games A minor or incidental
boss in avideo game .
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Examples
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The other 'miniboss' Maggie Q is pretty good, and has a really good action sequence in the power plant.
Archive 2007-12-08 patternjuggler 2007
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The other 'miniboss' Maggie Q is pretty good, and has a really good action sequence in the power plant.
Live Free or Die Hard patternjuggler 2007
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Most glaringly is a kind of miniboss that's a large ball with giant spiked wheels and cannons on either end.
Aeropause Games 2009
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I've been working on a lot of new features and enemies this week, and thought I'd show you guys this new miniboss system I've been trying.
Who's the Miniboss? New playable level! spacesick 2009
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I see that GORO, the four-armed miniboss seems to have a pivotal role in the company.
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Ate in the messes, was down in the reactor rooms, up with the air boss and the miniboss.
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Our demo wrapped up with a miniboss fight in a section of an underground ruined city, where we saw the prince fight against a decent-sized horde of skeletal warriors.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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Fortunately, it wasn't very bright, so by carefully positioning the prince, you can lure the miniboss to trample the swarm of warriors in the way, which will save you the trouble of having to dispose of them yourself.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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The miniboss we faced was a large charger that wasted no time trying to run us over.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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Sure, there will be combat-only and platforming-only areas like in previous games, but there will also be crazy sequences such as when you climb up a solidified waterfall, then combat dash across a large distance, then solidify some water-jets, and finally land on a platform with 20 skeletons and a charger (a big burly dude that's appears as a miniboss at first, and becomes just another dude you fight later on).
1UP RSS feed Thierry Nguyen 2010
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