Are there any games where the protagonist builds a great party and becomes strong with the power of friendship only to canonically lose to the final boss?
Not with a great party, but Link canonically lost to Ganon in one of the timelines.
lisakinda
Mortal combat?
>>384865274
What caused that to happen?
>>384864515
Xcom eu/ew
>>384869841
Wait, so i was supposed to lose at the end? I just got mind controlled and thought i was fucking up, so i quit and was too lazy to retry.
>>384868492
Zelda
>>384864515
Fuck you, I'm still fucking mad.
>>384864515
/vp/'s greatest moment
>>384870515
>gardevior thread
JAJA
>>384864515
ff6 ...sorta
>>384870515
Hard to believe its almost been a year now.
>>384869924
No you can win, but Xcom 2 follows the ending where you lost.
>>384864515
>great party
>>384870515
Lol, I missed this when it happened unfortunately
Im pretty sure ffxv counts-ish close enough, maybe?