History ArchEnemy / VideoGames

** Yuri is also a contender to Makarov's archenemy in the third game.

** Wario is a secodary nemesis for Mario.

** Devin Westin, Steve Haines, Stretch, and Wei Cheng to Franklin Clinton, Michael [=DeSanta=], and Trevor Philips in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''..

** Ray Bulgarin to Luis Lopez in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGaYTony''.

** Sonny Forelli and Lance Vanve to Tommy Vercetti in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity''.

** Devin Westin, Steve Haines, Stretch, and Wei Cheng to Franklin Clinton, Michael [=DeSanta=], and Trevor Philips.

** In the fan-made remake of the game, [[TheDragon Shiva]] is arguably this to Axel, as well as being TheRival. [[spoiler:The whole Syndicate is this for [[GoodAllAlong Rudra]], since they kidnapped her sister to force her servitude]].

* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' - Shirou gets two, depending on which route you're in. [[spoiler:His possible future self Archer is the antithesis of his ideals, yet embodies them. The two are completely incompatible. And allies, at first.]] The other is Kotomine, who understands Shirou better than anyone else in the VisualNovel. He's also the first person Kotomine met who was like him, a person without a real sense of self. They get along rather well in their own way, they just ''happen'' to be completely and utterly opposed to one another.
** Kotomine was also the Arch Enemy of Shirou's adoptive father (as detailed in ''LightNovel/FateZero'') and still [[WorthyOpponent speaks respectfully of him]], though he appears to have [[EvilCannotComprehendGood misunderstood Kiritsugu's motives]]. This is clearest in the "Mind of Steel" BadEnd where Shirou becomes a TotalitarianUtilitarian who no longer has [[PersonOfMassDestruction Saber]] to fight for him.

** Edgeworth himself has Manfred Von Karma, his mentor and adoptive father [[spoiler: who killed his biological father, Gregory, and also planned for years to frame Edgeworth because killing his father [[DisproportionateRetribution just wasn't enough revenge for getting a penalty in his perfect win record (oh, and a bullet on the shoulder, but it was clear where Manfred's priorities truly lied)]].]]

** Kotomine was also the Arch Enemy of Shirou's adoptive father (as detailed in ''FateZero'') and still [[WorthyOpponent speaks respectfully of him]], though he appears to have [[EvilCannotComprehendGood misunderstood Kiritsugu's motives]]. This is clearest in the "Mind of Steel" BadEnd where Shirou becomes a TotalitarianUtilitarian who no longer has [[PersonOfMassDestruction Saber]] to fight for him.

* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G.]]'': Yuka's fighting ability has enabled her to overcome each of [[BigBad Miranda]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jahana's]] [[DesignerBabies hybrids.]] Which makes her Miranda's chief opposition, so she'll stop at nothing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOTaSivc1Mc to try to break her.]]

* Many ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' Lords get at least one
** [[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Fire Emblem: Jugdral]] - Celice and Julia vs [[spoiler: Julius]]
** [[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword]] - Eliwood vs Nergal, Lyn vs Lundgren
** VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones - Ephraim and Eirika vs Lyon
** VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius
*** Ike vs The Black Knight
*** Micaiah vs Jared
*** The Bird Tribes vs the Bengion Senate
** For the series, there is Naga and the Divine Dragons vs Medeus, Loptous, Grima and the Earth Dragons.

** Also Ryu vs. Akuma.
* The original ''StreetFighter'' had Sagat as Ryu's original Rival, and it may have been that way ever since.
* ''FatalFury'' has Geese Howard, who could practically be considered an Arch Enemy to Southtown as a whole. Terry Bogard actually winds up adopting his son, Rock (who despises his father anyway, since Geese abandoned Rock's mother).

* Bowser is [[SuperMarioBros Mario's]] Arch Enemy, hating him for always foiling his plans. LampshadeHanging occurs in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'' where it is revealed that even as toddlers Mario stopped Bowser from kidnapping Peach.

* The end of the world be damned, nothing will stop [[CommandAndConquer GDI and Nod]] from attempting to destroy the other, an ''alien invasion bent on killing everyone'' is only grounds for a short ceasefire, which doesn't even last halfway through the invasion.

* [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]] has a lot of powerful enemies: [[EvilCounterpart Saren Arterius]] in the first game, [[MagnificentBastard The Illusive Man]] and [[EvilIsPetty Kai Leng]] in the third game. However, Shepard's ''arch''enemies are the Reapers, and (s)he is theirs. They consider Shepard to be the greatest threat they have ever faced, and Shepard is the only thing in existence that has ever made the Reapers feel fear.

** In the sequel, ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', some of Hawke's companions have archenemies. Danarius for Fenris, Bartrand for Varric, and Castillon for Isabela.

*** From VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX is [AllLovingHero Zidane]] who's motto is to [[NeutralGood help anyone who needs it]] and his somewhat [[DudeLooksLikeALady gender ambiguous]] brother [[TheFightingNarcissist Kuja]] who is unable to see the value of anything but himself.

** Riku's arch-enemy is Xehanort's Heartless / Ansem, the Seeker of Darkness. He represents every bad decision Riku made in the first game, stole Riku's body at the end of those bad decisions, and spent a lot of time as Riku's EnemyWithin. Not even being purged from Riku's heart is quite enough, as they end up fighting each other all over again in ''3D''.

** Omega, one of Eggman's creations, considers him a sworn enemy because he had abandoned him in a base. Needless to say, Eggman doesn't acknowledge him as a threat.

* Many characters in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' have M. Bison as their Arch Enemy, among them Chun Li, who [[YouKilledMyFather lost a father to him]]. He pisses off ''a lot'' of people. In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'', Gill becomes Alex's Arch Enemy.

* [[UnitedNationsIsASuperpower UNSC]] and [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Covenant]] in ''{{Halo}}'', specially the [[SuperSoldier Spartans]] and the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Elites]]. They've been fighting for decades, trying to wipe each other out. But later, it's revealed that humanity as a whole has a far more deadlier archrivalry with the [[EldritchAbomination Flood]] that is dating back to the time of the humans' ancient ancestors, the Forerunners.

* Many characters in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' have M. Bison as their Arch Enemy, among them Chun Li, who [[YouKilledMyFather lost a father to him]]. He pisses off ''a lot'' of people. In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'', Gill becomes Alex's Arch Enemy.\\
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Also Ryu vs. Akuma.

* {{Dracula}} has the Belmont clan (as well as the Belnades and Morris families) as his running archenemies in the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games.[[note]] The Belmonts ''have'' to destroy Dracula. They are fated to do so. Dracula makes it easy by actively pissing off the current Belmont. The Morris family, however, has no such problem with Dracula, instead being chosen by the Belmont clan to defeat the vampire out of necessity when they can't. It's a confused mish-mash, but the end result is that Dracula has the Belmont clan as his arch-enemies, but it's one-way and he should really stop exacerbating the situation.[[/note]]\\
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According to the prequel ''Lament of Innocence'', Dracula's real Arch Enemy is [[spoiler: Sara Trantoul, whose soul empowers the Vampire Killer]].
* In the original Literature/{{Dracula}} novel and in many of the movies, Dracula has the Van Helsing clan as his archenemies, particularly Abraham Van Helsing who opposes him in the original stories. See Literature.

** In the second game The Exile has ''three'': each of the Sith Lords which reflect an aspect of herself. The most strongest is Darth Traya who's fate is bound up with the Exile whether they like it or not.

* Ultimately, Sora and Xehanort in the ''KingdomHearts'' series. Sora is the AllLovingHero, while all the conflict in the games was caused by Xehanort in one way or another.

** Riku's arch-enemy is Xehanort's Heartless Ansem The Seeker Of Darkness.

* The ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' series has the Mad Gear gang as collective arch-enemies for Mike Haggar and his allies, since the first iteration of the gang (then led by Belger) kidnapped Haggar's daughter Jessica in the first game, and their second incarnation in the second game kidnapped Guy's fiancee and master as revenge (though since Guy's not around, said fiancee's sister Maki steps in instead). In the third game, the Skull Cross gang are arch-enemies for Dean since they killed his family, and in ''Streetwise'' Father Bella is this for both Kyle and Cody [[spoiler:since he's actually the brother of the slain Belger who had changed his name to hide his true identity]].

* [[UnitedNationsIsASuperpower UNSC]] and [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Covenant]] in ''{{Halo}}'', specially the [[SuperSoldier Spartans]] and the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Elites]]. They've been fighting for decades, trying to wipe each other out. But later, it's revealed that humanity as a whole has a far more deadlier archrivalry with the [[EldritchAbomination Flood]] that is dating back to the time of the humans' ancient ancestors, the Forerunners.