Something rather interesting. The first game on the NES to do this Metroid style that wasn't Metroid was Goonies II. My friends and I call this style of game a "Goonoid". I do actually like this game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdpmDqR4ZDc

Saiunkoku Monogatari https://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net/book_images/onix/cvr9781421549460/the-story-of-saiunkoku-vol-8-9781421549460.jpg (Looks like Wallace got his wish.) Also, glad Fruits Basket was remade. Still need to watch PT2 of the remake though.

How bout 4? With an additional side quest to defeat 8 mini-bosses to regain your abilities that are automatically locked prior to the fight. In addition, leveling up is bad because the boss' scaling triples the difficulty if you foolishly max out the main character's stats. And then to make matters worse, the longer the fight takes the more abilities you lose at random. If a single party member gets knocked down they are immediately removed from the fight permanently and summons are insta killed. That boss' name is Ultimicea.