History ArchEnemy / VideoGames

** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': TheProtagonist (who is either Hilbert or Hilda, depending on the player's choice) has Ghetsis Harmonia, TheManInFrontOfTheMan to the leader of Team Plasma, the NebulousEvilOrganization which the protagonist spends the main storyline opposing. Additionally, the protagonist encounters Ghetsis in person several times throughout the story. [[spoiler:Ghetsis eventually reveals to the protagonist that he is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist who is trying to trick Pokémon trainers into freeing their Pokémon so he can TakeOverTheWorld, and even gloats that the protagonist's friend Bianca, whose Munna has previously kidnapped by Team Plasma, will be forced by public opinion to release her Pokémon.]]

** Donkey Kong is a secondary nemesis to Mario. He was Mario's first main archenemy during the arcade era, before they each got their own series on consoles, and Bowser took on the role for good in Donkey Kong's absence. Based on their friendly interactions in SpinOff games it was originally implied that they buried the hatchet for good, but then the ''VideoGame/MarioVsDonkeyKong'' series revived it and it has been going since, albeit to a much lesser degree than the rivalry with Bowser.
*** Donkey Kong would later go on to gain a new arch-nemesis of his own with [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent King K. Rool]] in the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' games with him being the most recurring threat for the big ape and the rest of the Kongs.

** [[spoiler:After Deus' death, he is replaced as Aura's archfoe by Chakravartin, who possesses his daughter Mithra and reveals himself as being TheManBehindTheMan to Vlitra and the Gohma (which in turn led to the aforementioned Deus' betrayal), in order to test Asura. Asura attacks him upon learning this. Asura ends up sacrificing himself to take down Chakravartin.]]

* In ''Franchise/StarFox'', Fox became Andross' nemesis after he prevented him from conquering the Lylat System. ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' was a retelling of [[VideoGame/StarFox1 the original game]]'s events and made things personal between Fox and Adross, by implying Andross had been responsible for the death of [[YouKilledMyFather Fox's father]], James [=McCloud=].

** In the first two ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'' games, Sonic has Lyric the Last Ancient. In ''Rise of Lyric'', he is a SealedEvilInACan who Sonic inadvertently frees, and who has a vendetta against Sonic [[spoiler:for causing his one thousand years' imprisonment in the first place, which Sonic does by travelling in back in time to defeat Lyric in the past after Sonic (from Sonic's point of view) accidentally frees Lyric in his (Sonic's) own time]]. In ''Shattered Crystal'', Lyric captures Sonic's friend Amy.

** And in the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Archie comics]], [[TheLancer Knuckles]] gets his own Arch Enemy -- first the MadScientist Dimitri (and his alter-ego [[PhysicalGod Enerjak]]), and later Dr. Finitevus (following Dimitri's HeelFaceTurn).

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* In ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', the Purple Guy, William Afton, found himself at odds with ''several'' characters throughout the series most prominently being the Puppet who in the [[VideoGame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator sixth game]] is revealed to be the [[spoiler: daughter]] of the Cassette Man who is explicitly stated to be [[spoiler: Henry]] from the novel series. In the [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation fifth game]], he manages to also earn the ire of his son [[spoiler: Michael]] after tricking him into going to the underground factory leading to him getting [[spoiler: gutted by Ennard who then used his skin to escape]].

*** Donkey Kong would later go on to gain a new arch-nemesis of his own named [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent King K. Rool]] in the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' games with him being the most recurring threat for the big ape and the rest of the Kongs.

* The old ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' had Mario but the new one has King K. Rool in the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' games.

** With the ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' games, [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosMarioBrothers Luigi]] seems to have gained his own arch-nemesis in the form of [[OurGhostsAreDifferent King Boo]].

** As of ''VideoGame/CaptainToadTreasureTracker'', [[FeatheredFiend Wingo]] seems to be this for Captain Toad as well.

** In the DLC of ''Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', Ogerpon and Pecharunt are nemeses to one another considering that they are [[FracturedFairyTale an inversion of]] the story of Momotaro, with Ogerpon being an innocent creature who was made into a target of Kitakami Village's anger due to Pecharunt's machinations. If brought out for the fight against the latter, Ogerpon responds in a furious battlecry.

** ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Joker has [[spoiler:Masayoshi Shido]], who framed him for assault.

*** By ''[[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'' (and ''Dissidia'', below), it's {{played straight}}, with [[ExpandedUniverse the official novellas]] stating that Sephiroth kept himself from being assimilated by the planet's {{Lifestream}} by focusing on his hatred of Cloud. Sure enough, once he resurrected, his first order of business was to try to settle the score between them. But Cloud defeated him again, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBNj1jqy00I#t=52s after another hard fought battle.]]

*** Initially {{subverted}}, since Sephiroth had little regard for Cloud, except as a pawn by which to obtain the Black Materia he needed to summon Meteor. It wasn't until the very end when Cloud defeated him, that Sephiroth took him seriously as an enemy.

--->'''Asura''': [[spoiler:''(to Chakravartin) You... You're the one I should kill!!.'']]

** Pit and Palutena have Medusa. In the backstory of the series, Palutena and Medusa were co-rulers of Angel Land, until Palutena turned Medusa into a monster and banished her to the Underworld as punishment for Medusa's attacks against humanity. A vengeful Medusa joins forces with the Underworld Army to imprison Palutena within her (Paulutena's) palace, only for Medusa to be defeated by Pit at the end of the first game. [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Twenty five years later]], Medusa returns, nown seeking vengeance against both Pit and Palutena.

** Tellius Series: Ike has the Black Knight for [[spoiler:killing his father Greil.]]

** Fódlan Series:

** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'': [=MegaMan.EXE=] [[spoiler:a.k.a. Hub Hikari]] and Lan Hikari have Lord Wily, a former friend of Lan [[spoiler:and Hub's]] grandfather Dr. Tadashi Hikari. Wily is a recurring enemy of [=MegaMan=] and Lan throughout the series, serving as the BigBad personally in 1, 3, and 6, and TheManBehindTheMan to Gospel in 2. In addition, Wily is the father of Dr. Regal, who is the BigBad of 5 and 6.

*** Cammy was 1 of the 12 girls who were kidnapped and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mentally enslaved]], via Bison's Psycho Drive, as part of [[TykeBomb the "Doll Program"]][[note]]which turned them into his personal squad of sleeper agents/assassins[[/note]]. Ever since freeing herself of his control, she's made it her mission to try to save the others, whom she now regards as her "sisters," and exact revenge against Bison -- for all of them.

*** The prequel ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', starring Cloud’s old friend Zack Fair, introduces Genesis Rhapsodus as a prototype Sephiroth with a clone army. He consistently antagonizes Zack throughout the game and takes the ArchEnemy role as Zack’s answer to Cloud’s Sephiroth.

*** By ''[[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'' (and ''Dissidia'', below), it's {{played straight}}, with [[ExpandedUniverse the official novellas]] stating that Sephiroth kept himself from being assimilated by the planet's {{Lifestream}} by focusing on his hatred of Cloud. Sure enough, once he resurrected, his first order of business was to try to settle the score between them. But Cloud defeated him again, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBNj1jqy00I#t=52s after a hard fought battle.]]
*** What really establishes their mutual antagonism though is their appearances in other media. Cloud and Sephiroth have appeared in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', and Sephiroth's overwhelming motivation is always to hurt Cloud.

* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'':

** The original events of [=DOA3=] gave Ayane her own score to settle against DOATECH by having them abduct her adoptive father figure Genra, then subjected Genra to cruel experiments that ultimately turned him into mindless superweapon. Like her half-sister before her, Ayane was enraged and refused to accept anything less than vengeance, going so far as to [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness openly defy their brother]] Hayate by ''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating him unconscious]]'' when he tried to stop her from leaving. The third game concluded with Ayane avenging Genra and laying him to rest.

** Kasumi's nemesis in the original DOA was her EvioUncle, Raidou, who attacked and crippled her brother Hayate in order to steal the "Torn Sky Blast", a hidden and closely guarded ninpo art of the Muugen Tenshin Clan. She was ''[[ThisIsUnforgivable so enraged]]'' [[ItsPersonal by the offense]], that she defied their clan's laws by leaving the village to pursue Raidou and didn't rest until she finally succeeded in killing him.
** From DOA2 onwards, her main antagonist becomes Victor Donovan and [[MegaCorp DOATECH]] as a whole, given that Victor has repeatedly targeted the Muugen Tenshin for experimentation and execution. But Kasumi herself is of particular interest to him due to her immense spiritual energy, which is why he's had multiple clones made of her - essentially weaponizing Kasumi against her own family.
** Helena Douglas has Christie, who [[spoiler:killed her mother.]]

** Kasumi has Victor Donovan, a CorruptCorporateExecutive who created clones of her.

* ''VideoGame/Blood1997'': Caleb has Tchernobog, the evil deity who betrayed him.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}'': White Bomberman has Buggler, one of his most recurring enemies.

* ''VideoGame/TheBouncer'': Sion Barzahd has Dauragon C. Mikado, who kidnapped his friend Doninique and murdered his mentor Wong.
* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'': Eddie Riggs has Emperor Doviculus, who kills [[RebelLeader Lars]], the leader of a resistance Eddie joins.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'': Grayson Hunt has General Sarrano, his former superior who tricked him into killing innocents.

** In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'', Alex Mason has Nikita Dragovich, who turned him into a Soviet sleeper agent.

** In ''VideoGame/Castlevania64'', Carrie Fernandez has Actrise, who turned her cousin into a vampire.
** In ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines Bloodlines]]'', Eric Lecarde has Elizabeth Bartley, who turned his fiancée into a vampire.

* ''VideoGame/ChaosLegion'': Sieg Wahrheit has Victor Delacroix, his EvilFormerFriend.

* ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'': Bll Rizer and Lance Bean have Gava, the leader of the Red Falcon organization who serve as their most prominent foes.

* ''VideoGame/CultOfTheLamb'': The Lamb has the Bishops of the Old Faith, who are responsible for the genocide of the Lamb's species.
* ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'': Dante Alighieri has Lucifer, who took the soul of his LoveInterest Beatrice to Hell.
* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'': Toan has the Dark Genie, who attacked his village.

** ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'': Death has his eldest brother Absalom, who he killed [[spoiler:twice.]]

** Dante also has Mundus, the demon who [[YouKilledMyFather murdered his mother]].
** Nero, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Vergil's son]], has a vendetta against Vergil for maiming him.

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' has Gruntilda the witch. In the first game she kidnaps Banjo's sister Tooty to suck out her beauty and tries to kill Banjo and Kazooie when they come to rescue her. In the subsequent games she returns to get revenge on the duo for defeating her. She is also this to the Jinjos whom she regularly mistreats, even killing the Grey Jinjos with her digger in Banjo-Tooie.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'', Ganondorf is this to Rauru. Ganondorf [[spoiler:falsely swore allegience to Rauru before murdering his wife Soni, and Rauru later sacrificed his life to seal away Ganondorf]]. Thousands of years later, Rauru's replaces Link's arm, which had been corrupted by Ganondorf, with Rauru's own, [[spoiler: enabling Link to survive and defeat Ganondorf.]]
** The ''Breath of the Wild'' and ''Tears of the Kingdom'' incarnation of Link has a notable feud with Master Kohga, the leader of the Yiga Clan. In ''Breath of the Wild'', Kohga has his minions searching Hyrule in an effort to hunt down Link, only for Link to personally storm Kohga's hideout in the Gerudo Desert and confront Kohga personally, at which point Kohga tries to kill Link himself, only for Kogha to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard cause himself to fall]] into a [[BottomlessPits pit]]. In ''Tears of the Kingdom'', Kohga is revealed to have survived his fall into the pit, which caused Kohga to land into the Depths of Hyrule. [[NeverMyFault Blaming Link for his fall]] into the Depths, Kohga and his begins researching Zonai technology. Later on, Link himself enters the Depths and obtains the Autobuild ability before Kohga could, prompting Kogha to fight Link again in attempt take it from Link. However, Link defeats Kohga again, prompting the Yiga Clan leader to flee. Link ends up pursuing throughout the Hyrule Depths, [[RecurringBoss encountering him in combat several more times]].