History FourIsDeath / VideoGames

*** Averted with King Bulblin, a secondary villain serving the main antagonist and leader of the orc-like Bulblins that menace you throughout the game. You fight him a total of four times, and even knocking him off his giant boar mount and into a deep ravine, ''twice'', only breaks off one of his horns and he comes back for a rematch. Finally, as the miniboss of the very last dungeon in the game, you defeat him once and for all... because [[SuddenlyVoiced he finally concedes that Link is the stronger warrior]] [[GracefulLoser and willingly surrenders, giving Link the key he needs to continue]]. He gives up on supporting the forces of evil in Hyrule [[IFightForTheStrongestSide because he follows the strongest side]], which he now understands is ''you''; the credits imply that he and the rest of the Bulblins live peacefully with the other of the peoples of Hyrule from then on.

* ''VideoGame/LibraryofRuina" features the Shi Association of Fixers, who are assassins. Each Association is named after a number in a certain language, the Shi are 4 in Japanese.

*** Averted with King Bulblin, a secondary villain serving the main antagonist and leader of the orc-like Bulblins that menace you throughout the game. You fight him a total of four times, and even knocking him off his giant boar mount and into a deep ravine, ''twice'', only breaks off one of his horns and he comes back for a rematch. Finally, as the miniboss of the very last dungeon in the game, you defeat him once and for all... because [[SuddenlyVoiced he finally concedes that Link is the stronger warrior]] [[GracefulLoser and willingly surrenders, giving Link the key he needs to continue]]. He gives up on supporting the forces of evil in Hyrule [[IFightForTheStrongestSide because he follows the strongest side]], which he now understands that is ''you''; the credits imply that he and the rest of the Bulblins live peacefully with the other of the peoples of Hyrule from then on.

*** Averted with King Bulblin, a secondary villain serving the main antagonist and leader of the orc-like Bulblins that menace you throughout the game. You fight him a total of four times, and even knocking him off his giant boar mount and into a deep ravine, ''twice'', only breaks off one of his horns and he comes back for a rematch. Finally, as the miniboss of the very last dungeon in the game, you defeat him once and for all... because [[SuddenlyVoiced he finally concedes that Link is the stronger warrior]] [[GracefulLoser and willingly surrenders, giving Link the key he needs to continue]]. He gives up on supporting the forces of evil in Hyrule because he follows the strongest side, as he now understands that that's ''you''; the credits imply that he and the rest of the Bulblins live peacefully with the other of the peoples of Hyrule from then on.

* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'', when Wei and Old Salty Crab use a triad boss' superstitious beliefs and adherence to ''feng shui'' by [[{{Gaslighting}} vandalizing his home]], in particular smashing all but four decorative vases and setting the clock to read 4:44. The "Year of the Snake" DLC also has a cultist car rigged with a bomb that has "44" in its license plate, which causes the police dispatcher to audibly wonder "who ever heard of a license plate with two fours in it?".

* In the 2011 version of ''VideoGame/YouDontKnowJack'', the segue into the fourth question features a bunch of dancing 4s. In one game, one of the 4s is shot and killed, and subsequent episodes feature a crime scene, the remaining 4s dancing sadly without the other 4, and finally, a graveyard where the 4's funeral is being held.

** In ''VideoGame/NEOTheWorldEndsWithYou'', the foretold Inversion of Shibuya [[spoiler:takes place at 4:44:44 PM on the Final Day of the third week. Seventh day minus third week is four, for that extra-fatal kick]].

*** The Arbiter's Grounds, which serves as the game's fourth dungeon, is an ancient gibbet located in the desert where the worst criminals of Hyrule are housed and executed; it is overrun by spectral beings (from four larger-than-usual Poes to the MiniBoss, [[EldritchAbomination Death Sword]]), [[DemBones skeletal monsters]] (Bubbles, Stalfos and the giant skeletal dragon, Stallord, who serves as the Boss) and living mummies. In addition, the dungeon reuses the same concept as ''Ocarina of Time'''s Forest Temple: the aforementioned four Poes seal the way to the boss, as well as the item needed to defeat it (the Spinner), and Link has to hunt down and defeat them to reopen the gate, with the last one having the ability to split into four clones. The dungeon is also home to the Mirror of Twilight, which serves as the portal leading to the Twilight Realm, where many of its inmates were exiled, [[spoiler:including Ganondorf]].
*** [[ArtifactOfDoom Both the Fused Shadows and the Mirror of Twilight]], artifacts on the decidedly dark side, [[PlotCoupon are split into four pieces]]. Midna's helmet is one-fourth of the Fused Shadows and she enlists Link's help to seek out the remaining three to take back her kingdom from Zant, originally used by three of the four Light Spirits to seal away the Dark Interlopers during the Interloper War, now guarded by the first three bosses of the game[[spoiler:, but are then stolen by Zant]]. As far as the Mirror of Twilight, when Link and Midna finish exploring the Arbiter's Grounds and reach the Mirror Chamber, they find only one-fourth of the mirror intact, having been fragmented by Zant and preventing them from entering the Twilight Realm[[note]]only the real leader of the Twili, Midna herself, can utterly shatter the Mirror of Twilight, and the fact that Zant could only break it into shards was proof of his false kingship[[/note]], prompting another adventure to recover the remaining three shards so they can finally enter the Twilight Realm, face down Zant [[spoiler:and reclaim the stolen Fused Shadows]].

* In ''VideoGame/NEOTheWorldEndsWithYou'', the foretold Inversion of Shibuya [[spoiler:takes place at 4:44:44 PM on the Final Day of the third week. Seventh day minus third week is four, for that extra-fatal kick]].

* In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireDragonQuarter'', the "names" of the [[strike:dragons]] [[NotUsingTheZWord D-Constructs]] are simply numbers in Gratuitous Russian. "Odjn" (One) is linked to the hero. "Dva" (Two, mistranslated as "Dover") is the BonusBoss. And Chetyre (Four) is, of course, the BigBad.

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' BonusBoss Raiko Horikawa numbers her magical attacks: First Drum, Second Drum, etc. Her fourth attack is "Death Drum".

** The fourth mission of the game is one of the deadliest, as Hat Kid is forbidden to use her powers when she infiltrates a manor haunted by Queen Vanessa, an [[NeverMessWithGranny extremely disturbed old witch]] who [[KillItWithIce freezes her victims to death]].

* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'': In Chapter 3, Act 1, The Snatcher will threaten Hat Kid to make her sign his contract, and if she refuses four times, he'll kill her.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'': Morty, the fourth Gym Leader in Johto, is a Ghost-type specialist who has four Pokémon on his team.

** In the original game, the Hades Cup is the fourth tournament at Olympus Coliseum. Aside from the fact that the Lord of the Dead is behind the tournament ''and'' part of it, the whole thing is harder and longer than the past three combined, having 50 matches instead of 10 with every tenth one being a boss battle.
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'', Vexen, the fourth member of Organization XIII, is the first one to die, assassinated by Axel when he attempts to reveal Marluxia's trap—and more subtly, Roxas's existence—to Sora. Also, the fourth [[spoiler:and final, in Sora's story]] member you fight in ''Chain of Memories'' is Marluxia himself. Fitting, what with having a SinisterScythe and all.

*** Clock Town has four districts, there are four temples in the four areas outside of Clock Town where four giants are imprisoned and which require four separate songs to unlock, Link has four forms that he shape-shifts between throughout the game, and the game is set across four days. At the dawn of the fourth day, [[ColonyDrop the moon will crash down and destroy everything]], so Link uses the Ocarina of Time to [[GroundhogDayLoop keep turning back the clock]] until he's freed all four giants so they can stop it.

*** The theme is taken furthest in the fourth area, Ikana Canyon. You have to fraternize with skeletons, mummies, and ghosts to navigate the area, and it carries an overall bleak atmosphere everywhere but the temple, [[RuleOfSymbolism which being themed around light and sky, represents death in a different way]]. You also need four masks in this area[[note]]The Garo Mask to gain entrance and gather information from the lingering Garo spirits; the Captain's Hat to speak with Stalchildren and obtain the Song of Storms from Beneath the Graveyard; the Gibdo Mask to speak with Gibdos and navigate Beneath the Well to the Ancient Castle of Ikana; and the Giant's Mask that allows Link to grow to tremendous size in the Stone Tower boss's lair (and absolutely nowhere else; it's not strictly required to beat Twinmold, but ''not'' using it is a self-imposed challenge)[[/note]], you defeat four undead denizens before entering the Stone Tower (Keeta, Flat, Sharp, and Igos du Ikana), and the song you use to navigate the Stone Tower and reach the temple lets you create four statues. Furthermore, the Poe Collector presides over two areas with four optional bosses each: the aforementioned Poe Sisters in one and the first mini-boss of each temple in the other.

*** Clock Town has four districts, there are four temples in the four areas outside of Clock Town which require four separate songs to unlock, Link has four forms that he shape-shifts between throughout the game, and the game is set across four days. The whole goal is to [[GroundhogDayLoop keep circling through a three-day cycle]] to prevent the end of the world at the dawn of the fourth day.

* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' has no 4; skips right to 5. According to [[WordOfGod Al Lowe]] what started as a flippant comment about finishing the original trilogy turned into a marketing coup. Sequels include in-game references to the "lost" game as "Leisure Suit Larry 4: The Missing Floppies."

* ''VideoGame/SilentHill''

** In ''VideoGame/NEOTheWorldEndsWithYou'', the foretold Inversion of Shibuya [[spoiler:takes place at 4:44:44 PM on the Final Day of the third week. Seventh day minus third week is four, for that extra-fatal kick]].

* In ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'', an elevator in an AbandonedHospital that previously had only three floors [[MissingFloor suddenly gains a fourth floor button]]. Travelling to this "fourth floor" triggers a trip to the town's hellish DarkWorld.
* In ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'', the [[spoiler:fourth time that James meets Eddie and Angela, they die]].

*** Mario's quest for the fourth Crystal Star takes him to the [[BigBoosHaunt Creepy Steeple]] located in [[AlwaysNight the dark and grim Twilight Town]], which is home to a troublemaking, shapeshifting ghost named Doopliss, who had been turning the town's residents into pigs [[ItAmusedMe for his personal amusement]], and then, would [[GrandTheftMe steal Mario's identity and teammates and reduce him to shadow form]].

* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'''s Death generally has 444 or 4444 HP. Death-themed items play by this trope as well. The Book of Death in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Portrait of Ruin]]'' has 44 ATK, while Death's Robe in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Dawn of Sorrow]]'' boosts STR, CON and LUCK by 4 (and Int by 13!). Death's Ring is especially noteworthy, as it boosts 4 different stats by 44 each but turns you into a OneHitPointWonder.