History CanonImmigrant / VideoGames

** The [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW IDW comics]] introduced Tangle the Lemur and Whisper the Wolf, who quickly became {{Breakout Character}}s and were added as playable characters in the mobile spinoffs ''VideoGame/SonicDash'' and ''VideoGame/SonicForcesSpeedBattle'', making them the first Western comic book characters to make a playable appearance in a game. Tangle also gets name-dropped in ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'', confirming her existence in the main games' universe; only time will tell if the same applies to Whisper.
*** Surge The Tenrec (also from The [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW IDW comics]] ) was also added to (most) of the above mentioned game.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' series, several characters and locations hinted at in manuals or introduced in the [[AnimatedAdaptation OVA]] made their way into the games proper with the release of ''[[VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen Ys Eternal]]

* A.B.A.'s first appearance was in the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' spinoff game ''Guilty Gear Isuka''. It wasn't until ''XX Slash'' that she made an appearance in a main series game, and though she ''technically'' had a story in ''Isuka'' (revolving around finding a new body for her weapon/lover Paracelsus,) ''Isuka'' itself had no story at all. It wasn't until ''XX Accent Core Plus'' that her storyline was actually explored.

* Mr. Game & Watch originally took various forms throughout the UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch handhelds, hardly ever looking the same twice. Then ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'', needing one form to represent the franchise, gave him one to fill all functions modeled after the civilians in ''Fire''. This was later adopted into canon as his regular form in ''VideoGame/GameAndWatchGallery 4'', released a year later.

** Violent Ken originated in ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos SVC Chaos]]'' as an homage to Sennou Ken (Brainwashed Ken) from ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' and would officially join the ''Street Fighter'' canon in ''Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOvwdVp8Fvo American Commercial]] for the first ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' game infamously had [[WhatWereTheySellingAgain absolutely nothing to do with the game itself]], save for featuring fantastic elements. It involves an opera house's pit orchestra fighting off a horde of gargoyles, and then taking down a dragon that took the form of a chandelier. [[RuleOfCool Very cool]], but clearly more about [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance the hardware]] than the game, and only barely even that. And then ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' came around, and introduced a new summon named Crystallux. According to the legend, he was a dragon that so loved the music in the Belinsk opera house that he turned himself into a chandelier, so that he could live in the opera house and hear the music whenever he wished. Yes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnV5hH50Ug It's the exact same dragon]]. He even tries to help you fight off some particularly nasty monsters when the opera house gets attacked. [[SparedByTheAdaptation Thankfully, he doesn't get killed like he does in the commercial]]. Rather, the [[DeathByAdaptation woman who was the heroine in the commercial is ironically the one who bites it]].

* Dormarth made her Video Game debut in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' franchise via the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS Remake of ''VideoGame/SoulHackers''. Yes, "Video Game debut", not actual debut. That was back in the Novel ''Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidou tai Shibito Ekishi'', where she was one of Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV's Demon Partners.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry''

* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys:''

* In 2024, it was confirmed that ''Videogame/LeagueOfLegends'' would be adding Ambessa Medarda from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'' animated series as a playable Champion, marking the first time a character from the show has made the jump to the game.
* The anime adaptation of ''MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'' added an original character named Kuroe, a former teammate of Iroha's who ended up in the Wings of the Magius. Kuroe was eventually added to the game, although her history with Iroha was omitted.

** Takuma Sakazaki's black-clad Serious Mr. Karate form from ''Videogame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos'' was later added to ''Videogame/TheKingOfFightersXIII'' as a DLC character.

** Similar to the Violent Ken example mentioned above, Takuma Sakazaki's black-clad Serious Mr. Karate form from ''Videogame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos'' was later added to ''Videogame/TheKingOfFightersXIII'' as a DLC character.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' series, several characters and locations hinted at in manuals or introduced in the [[AnimatedAdaptation OVA]] made their way into the games proper with the release of ''[[VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen Ys Eternal]]''.

** Similar to the Violent Ken example mentioned above, Takuma Sakazaki's black-clad Serious Mr. Karate form from ''Videogame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos'' was later added to ''Videogame/TheKingOfFighterXIII'' as a DLC character.

* In ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'', the Divet Autopistol from the first game is revealed to have been left behind by the characters in its prequel sequel.

* In 2024, it was confirmed that ''Videogame/LeagueOfLegends'' would be adding Ambessa Medarda from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'' animated series as a playable Champion, marking the first time a character from the show made the jump to the game.

** Captain Falcon's Falcon Punch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFtw7qW7Vcw makes an appearance]] in the ''VideoGame/FZero: GP Legend'' anime.