History ChildhoodFriendRomance / VideoGames

** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]'': [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Princess Sheeda/Caeda]] and Prince Marth, who end up married at the end of the third game.

** Mayor [=MacCready=] of Little Lamplight in ''Fallout 3'' isn't necessarily friends with Lucy due to his abrasive personality, but they were certainly acquaintances and allies. By ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', they are married with a child [[spoiler:until Lucy's death]].

** ''VideoGame/DawnOfMana'' -- Ritzia, who [[DistressedDamsel gets kidnapped]], used to [[ApocalypseMaiden unleash disaster on the world]], and [[spoiler: becomes the next Mana Goddess]]. That last one is especially a PlayerPunch because Keldy is the one who has to [[spoiler: stab her with the Mana Sword]] for it to happen.

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* In ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', you have [[ImpliedLoveInterest Sora and Kairi.]] In ''III'', [[spoiler: they share paopu fruit with each other, which some fans interpret as a RelationshipUpgrade. However, the exact nature of their relationship is still, as of yet, fairly ambigious.]]

* In ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', you have Sora and Kairi. They've been leaning there since day one. Finally made official in ''III'', with them sharing a paopu fruit.

* The Lone Wanderer and Amata are implied to have feelings for each other in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', something her father doesn't fancy the idea of. They never get together because depending on LW's actions in the quest ''Trouble on the Homefront'', he's either thrown out of the Vault for good or she gets killed (either by the LW himself or a group of Enclave soldiers). On the other hand, the "best" resolution of the quest has Amata becoming the new Overseer and hinting at the possibility that she will accept the LW back in the future.

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', Link grew up together with Mayor Bo's daughter, [[DoesNotLikeShoes Ilia.]] The game does everything short of outright stating they're couple, [[EveryoneCanSeeIt as several characters make note of how close they are]] and, late in the game, there's a mandatory mission dedicated to restoring Ilia's lost memories. At the end of which, Cor Goron and the others [[LeaveTheTwoLoveBirdsAlone give them a moment alone.]] After giving Link the Horse Call, she urges him on his quest and tells him that whenever he finally returns to Ordon Village, [[IWillWaitForYou she'll be waiting for him.]]

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', Link grew up together with Mayor Bo's daughter, [[DoesNotLikeShoes Ilia.]] The game does everything short of outright stating they're couple, [[EveryoneCanSeeIt as several characters make note of how close they are]] and, late in the game, there's [[SidequestSidestory a sidequest]] dedicated to restoring Ilia's lost memories. At the end of which, Cor Goron and the others [[LeaveTheTwoLoveBirdsAlone give them a moment alone.]] After giving Link the Horse Call, she urges him on his quest and tells him that whenever he finally returns to Ordon Village, [[IWillWaitForYou she'll be waiting for him.]]

** [[InterspeciesRomance Link and Mipha]] in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' were close childhood friends before either was chosen as Champion of their respective races (and technically, [[MayflyDecemberRomance Mipha is still a child by Zora standards by the time Link reaches adulthood]]). One line of dialogue between Mipha and Zelda implies the former always thinks of Link in order to use her healing magic, though she got interrupted by Ganon's return before she could finish. Mipha also crafted the Zora Armor specifically for the person she intended to marry, per Zora tradition, and it becomes a meaningful subject that it fits Link exactly when attempting to convince a Zora elder to allow Link to tackle Vah Ruta. Whether or not Link returns Mipha's feelings depends on a quick dialogue option with her father King Dorephan, and even then there's nothing else indicating how Link feels.
*** ''Breath of the Wild'' also had Kodah, another Zora who was in a LoveTriangle with Link and Mipha. She got a SecondLove with a man named Kayden after Link was [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated presumed dead]].

* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': Mario and Peach are an example.

** While the aforementioned Endou tends to marry [[HighSchoolSweethearts his junior-high classmate]] Natsumi in the animes, mangas and the ''Shine'' versions of the ''GO'' game, in the ''Dark'' version of ''GO'' he can marry his childhood friend Fuyuka instead.

* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration''. Kushua Mizuha begins the game with a crush on her childhood friend Ryusei, but by the middle of the game, has moved on to somebody else. In the Alpha series, however, she ''does'' end up with her friend (who was ''not'' Ruysei), but since the first OG game came out between the first and second Alpha games, it wasn't quite a foregone conclusion until she appears in her Mech from Alpha 1.

** The earlier ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'' duology also heavily implied this regarding Soma Cruz and Mina Hakuba. [[spoiler: In ''Dawn'', it may end just as badly as Gabriel's situation did.]]

** Cal and Tammy have known each other since they were toddlers, and [[spoiler:if you save Tammy,]] they start dating around their respective 17th birthdays.

* Nero and Kyrie from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' fit this. Bonus in that Kyrie ''is'' [[LikeBrotherAndSister Nero's adopted/surrogate sister.]]

* Nero and Kyrie from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 4'' fit this. Bonus in that Kyrie ''is'' [[LikeBrotherAndSister Nero's adopted/surrogate sister.]]

* In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' this is implied to be the case by other villagers between the PlayerCharacter and either Bevil Starling (if you're female) or Amie Fern (if male). Amie is [[StuffedIntoTheFridge abruptly killed off]] at the start of the game, while Bevil leaves the party after helping you retrieve a PlotCoupon from a ruin in the swamp.

* In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature ([[NoExportForYou For Girl]])'', ''[[VideoGameRemake Friends of Mineral Town]]'', or ''[[DistaffCounterpart More Friends of Mineral Town]]'', Rick and Karen are a rival pairing but you can marry Karen (boy versions) or Rick(girl versions) thus making one of them this if you marry them. You can also get them married.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Cloud and Tifa have known each other since their days in Nibelheim, and she was the reason he eventually decided to join SOLDIER. Though Tifa didn't develop feelings for Cloud until after he'd left. Depending on player choices, Tifa can either fall into the lucky or unlucky childhood friend trope, as it is up to the player to decide what love interest Cloud pursues.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Cloud and Tifa have known each other since their days in Nibelheim, and she was the reason he eventually decided to join SOLDIER. Though Tifa didn't develop feelings for Cloud until after he'd left. During the events of the game they confess their feelings for each other and start a family in the compilation. Flashbacks to Nibelheim in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake Remake]]'' show Tifa as a girl regularly wanted Cloud to come play with her and the other kids, but due to Cloud’s crush on her he’d shy away, making Tifa think he was rudely ignoring her. Like in the original game, they become more open with their feelings as adults and comfort each other in grief after the destruction of Sector 7.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'', Shulk and Fiora seem to be going in this direction [[spoiler:until Fiora is killed in the Mechon assault... but, then it turns out that she [[NotQuiteDead wasn't quite dead]] and they hook up in the ending]].