History ElementalPowers / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' uses the four traditional elements, with a fifth one needed for life... ''Pizza''. In the words of Dr Cranium "Would you want to live in a world without Pizza?" We cannot fault his logic. The Pizza thing became a recurring joke in the last two games. So much that the Creator/AGDInteractive VGA FanRemake of the second game (where the player must defeat 4 elementals) includes a Pizza Elemental as a BonusBoss.

** ''VideoGame/MegaManX3'': [[AnIceSponge Blizzard Buffalo]], [[PoisonousPerson Toxic Seahorse]], [[ShockAndAwe Volt Catfish]], [[LightEmUp Neon Tiger]], [[GravityMaster Gravity Beetle]]

* In ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', Organization XIII members have their own "attribute". Most of the time, they use elemental attacks based on their attribute. Axel controls fire, Demyx controls water, Xaldin controls wind, etc. Others just use their attribute as a source of power (Saïx), or visual motifs (Marluxia). Or it's just very tangentially related to their fighting style (Luxord's timer is the extent of his time attribute). In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', these elements are extended to Heartless enemies as well, and each one is given a status effect.
** [[PowerOfTheVoid Nothingness]]: Xemnas. Can null your defense in ''358/2 Days''.
** [[GravityMaster Space]]: Xigbar. Can "shoe-glue" you in ''358/2 Days'', preventing you from jumping.
** [[BlowYouAway Wind]]: Xaldin. Can "air-toss" you, making you fall to the ground if you're in the air.
** [[AnIcePerson Ice]]: Vexen. Can freeze you in ''358/2 Days''.
** [[DishingOutDirt Earth]]: Lexaeus. Can halve your health in ''358/2 Days''.
** [[MasterOfIllusion Illusion]]: Zexion. Can "flip-foot" you in ''358/2 Days'', reversing your controls.
** [[{{Lunacy}} Moon]]: Saïx. Can silence you in ''358/2 Days'', preventing you from casting magic.
** [[PlayingWithFire Fire]]: Axel. Can ignite you in ''358/2 Days'', making you lose small amounts of health at intervals.
** [[MakingASplash Water]]: Demyx. Can damage-drain you, healing the enemy if you get hit by their water attack.
** [[TimeMaster Time]]: Luxord. Can rewind your defense in ''358/2 Days'', setting your defense back to what it was at level 1.
** [[GreenThumb Flower]]: Marluxia. Can blind you in ''358/2 Days'', making you miss enemies much more often.
** [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]]: Larxene. Can shock you in ''358/2 Days''.
** [[LightEmUp Light]]: Roxas and Xion. Can zap your radar in ''358/2 Days'', messing with your minimap.

** The series have had such powers exhibited to at least a minor extent by the Sages ever since ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', with the Sages of [[GreenThumb Forest]], [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[MakingASplash Water]], [[SoulPower Spirit]], [[CastingAShadow Shadow]], and [[LightEmUp Light]]. In addition, the three Golden Goddesses Din (fire and earth), Nayru (water), and Farore (air and [[GreenThumb wood]]) [[CreationMyth are said to have created the world with these powers]].

** [[AnIcePerson Ice]]: Light Blue, used with [[BladeOnAStick Hyoujin Yari]] and [[EpicFlail Hyousai]].

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'' had [[HavingABlast Bomb Man]], [[DishingOutDirt Guts Man]], [[ShockAndAwe Elec Man]], [[AnIcePerson Ice Man]], and [[PlayingWithFire Fire Man]].

* ''Videogame/ArmageddonMUD'' has six kinds of elementalists, all getting an in-universe name:

* In ''Videogame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'', you can use thunder, fire, stars, ice, and light (in the form of PK Flash). PK Rockin, Ness' signature move, sounds like it's control over Sound.

* ''Videogame/{{OFF}}'' does have elemental attacks, though the actual elements are Smoke, Metal, Plastic, Meat and [[spoiler:Sugar]]. A few parallels are made, like Metal being earth and Smoke being air, but that's about the extent of it. [[WidgetSeries It's an odd game]].

* The elements [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[AnIcePerson Water]], [[BlowYouAway Air]] and [[DishingOutDirt Earth]] appear in the game ''VideoGame/DragonRage'', though only Ceal Cyndar and General Mandek can use them all.

* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' has each and every playable character fall under an element. The first game had Magic, Tech, Life, Undead, Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. The fourth game in the series added in Light and Dark to the mix of elements. And the series’ big bad, the [[LargeHam extremely hammy]] Kaos has his own self titled element.

* In ''Videogame/EarthBound'', you can use thunder, fire, stars, ice, and light (in the form of PK Flash). PK Rockin, Ness' signature move, sounds like it's control over Sound.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'', [[{{Mana}} Light magic]] comes in three elemental forms; Solar (Fire, with hints of Star), Arc (Electricity), and Void. Dark (Shadow) magic also exists, but is believed to be [[TheCorruption an inherently evil and corrupting force]] and is effectively banned as a result.

** [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] is represented by Zetterburn. The sub-elements are [[SuperSmoke smoke]] (Forsburn) and plasma (Clairen).
** [[MakingASplash Water]] is represented by Orcane. The sub-elements are [[AnIcePerson ice]] (Eltalus) and {{poison|ousPerson}} (Ranno).
** [[BlowYouAway Air]] is represented by Wrastor. The sub-elements are [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] (Absa) and steam (Elliana).
** [[DishingOutDirt Earth]] is represented by Kragg. It only has one sub-element, [[GreenThumb plants]], which is represented by Maypul and Sylvanos.

** [[BlowYouAway Wind]] is represented with the color green, and emerald quartz, and uses windstorms to blow enemies around or improve allies' movement and agility. [[ShockAndAwe Lightning attacks]] also fall under the purview of wind.

** {{Time|Master}} is represented with the color black, and onyx quartz. Its support magic, predictably, involves speeding up or slowing down time, but strangely its offensive magic typically invokes [[CastingAShadow dark powers]] such as blades of darkness or channeling power out of a {{Hellgate}}.

* ''{{VideoGame/Warframe}}'' has ''fourteen'' of them, each with its own peculiar effect:
** Three physical elements: Impact (knockback), Puncture (lowers damage dealt) and Slash (damage over time bypassing shields and armor).
** Four basic elements: Heat (damage over time, causes a panic effect plus halved armor), Cold (reduces attack and movement speed), Electricity (chains between enemies and stuns) and Toxin (heavy damage over time).
** Six combined elements: Blast (Heat+Cold, reduced accuracy), Corrosive (Electricity+Toxin, lowers armor per stack up to 80%), Gas (Heat+Toxin, area of effect + dual-effect Toxin), Magnetic (Cold+Electricity, drains energy and increases damage to shields whilst preventing shield regeneration), Radiation (Heat+Electricity, causes enemies to fight each other) and Viral (Cold+Toxin, deal more damage to HP per stack).
** And last but not least, the two ElementNumberFive, Void (ignores all elemental resistances) and True (ignores ''everything'').

*** [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Chill Penguin]]: [[AnIcePerson Ice]]

** [[DishingOutDirt Earth/Magma]]: Orange, used with [[DropTheHammer Dokotsui]] and [[AnAxeToGrind Chigo]].

** Transmutative: Attacks like turning chunks of your opponent into gold coins or just plain re-arranging their atoms. Combines elements of [[ILoveNuclearPower radiation]] and PureEnergy. Mathemagic loves this one, and it's common among magical staves as well.

*** [[ILoveNuclearPower Nuclear (Frei)]], appearing in ''VideoGame/{{Persona|1}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}'', and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}''. The first game also borrows the usually-Almighty Megido spells as its multi-target Nuclear spells.

* ''Gacha World'' has [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[MakingASplash Water]], [[BlowYouAway Wind]] (including [[DishingOutDirt Earth]]), [[LightEmUp Light]], and [[CastingAShadow Darkness]]. The first three form an [[ElementalRockPaperScissors affinity triangle]], while Light and Darkness have a MutualDisadvantage.
** ''Gacha Club'' keeps all of the above, and adds [[InfinityPlusOneElement Corruption and DJ]] to the mix.

** The sun Goddess Amaterasu eventually gains Elemental powers over the Sun, Moon, Wind, Water, Wood, Electricity, Ice, and Fire.

* VideoGame/TalesSeries
** Most games in the series include various elements to use in combat, using elemental physical artes or by using magic.
*** In the first ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' game, there are eight temples for the eight elements, Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Ice, Darkness, and Light. Spellcasting characters can use spells from each element except for darkness, which for some reason doesn't have spells usable by playable characters other than one of Sheena's summons late in the game. In the second Tales of Symphonia game, each character is assigned a different element.

* In the first ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' game, there are eight temples for the eight elements, Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Ice, Darkness, and Light. Spellcasting characters can use spells from each element except for darkness, which for some reason doesn't have spells usable by playable characters other than one of Sheena's summons late in the game. In the second Tales of Symphonia game, each character is assigned a different element.
** Also in ''Tales of Symphonia'' was heart, which [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway the spirit can't be used and there are no techs of the element]], [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower but by the sequel the element becomes much more important]]. Other non-tech elements seen in Tales of in general also included the sea, monsters, origin, and sound.