History Fanon / VideoGames

** A relatively minor theory involving [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Excellen]] [[MsFanservice Browning]]: Because of her interactions with her female crewmates and friends, she is seen by the fandom as bisexual, given her [[TheTease teasing and flirtatiousness]] with [[HoYay both sexes]]; made more evident in the sequel during her scenes with [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Lamia]] [[RobotGirl Loveless]]. In fact, they take this further to AnythingThatMoves when monsters show up, some of them composed of CombatTentacles. However, it's important to note she's [[SingleTargetSexuality only ever interested in getting the attention]] of her boyfriend, [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Kyosuke]] [[TheStoic Nanbu]], so this piece of {{Fanon}} is slight, and not hard evidenced enough. Still, many fanworks would rather pair of up with other girls than guys.

** In spite of being generally agreed to be the [[LowTierLetdown worst of the game's protagonists stat wise]], Akira Tadokoro is the most popular of the game's protagonists to be portrayed as [[spoiler:the protagonist of the Dominion of Hate. This is likely due to the fact that in the room containing the statues of Odio's incarnations, Odeo, the incarnation Akira fights is the one in the center during Oersted's visit to the room, and remains in the center if Akira is chosen as the protagonist (unlike with the other protagonists, whose own Odio incarnation will be placed at the center if they're chosen). Akira's [[BonusDungeon Trial dungeon]] is also the most unique and story relevant of the characters' dungeons, being populated by the spirits of the people of Lucrece. Akira and Odio's attacks also counter each other in terms of design, with Akira's most powerful attack having heavy angel symbolism while Odio's attacks are more demonic in nature]].

** ''VideoGame/Persona3'' fan works tend to portray the game's male protagonist and ''[[UpdatedRerelease Portable]]'''s female protagonist as fraternal twins, usually in [[ThirdOptionAdaptation Third-Option Adaptations]] that portray them both as the leader of S.E.E.S. Works that don't involve the two still tend to portray them like this, with the usual explanation being that one of them died in the car accident that killed their parents. Even with the [=FeMC=]'s surprise appearance in ''VideoGame/{{Persona Q2|NewCinemaLabyrinth}}'' heavily implying the two characters are actually [[AlternateSelf the same person]], this idea still has a lot of staying power within the fanbase.

*** [[PlayerCharacter Joker]]'s parents tend to get characterized as neglectful HateSink characters similar to the minor Mementos targets, considering they seemingly believed the very flimsy accusation laid against him, dumped him off on a guy whose cafe is mildly frequented by a friend of theirs, and apparently never so much as called or wrote him. Others tend to write them to be much more sympathetic, in that they obviously didn't believe the accusations against the protagonist, but were powerless to stop his probation from happening, and were forced to send him away. Alongside this, many portray them as a StrugglingSingleMother and a DisappearedDad or as going through a divorce in order to explain why Joker's home life is seemingly rocky. The ones who write them as the latter tend to point out that we don't exactly ''see'' every single aspect of Joker's life.

*** Alternatively to the above, many also believe that Joker would take over Leblanc after Sojiro retires, or at least get involved in the restaurant business, largely due to Sojiro teaching him how to cook and create coffee blends during the events of the game. (It helps that ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'', set one year later, has Joker serving as the TeamChef and picking up culinary recipes as the group travels across Japan, with Futaba commenting that the Master Curry devised and cooked by Joker during their trip is outright superior to Sojiro's original recipe.) This sometimes is further expanded to mesh with the Joker/Haru ship, as Haru's Confidant sees her getting interested in coffee production, growing her own beans, and eventually [[spoiler:making plans to open a chain of family-friendly cafés much like her grandfather did]].

* The cult classic NES game ''The Guardian Legend'' has a great example of Fanon. In the original Japanese game, the Guardian of Earth was apparently named Miria in the instruction manual, but the English language release left her unnamed. In the years after its release, the game saw a few fanfics put up online, one of which referred to the Guardian as Alyssa. For some reason, this caught on, and she's been referred to by that name by almost any fan of the game since. Look up ''TGL'' on almost any retro gaming site now and it will probably mention Alyssa.

** Many fans believe that Meta Knight's mask contains a voice changer/amplifier like [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]], to provide his trademark BadassBaritone, and that his "real" voice would sound more like Kirby's (or at least not nearly as deep).

** Among the ''Mortal Kombat'' fandom, while ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Shaolin Monks]]'' is regarded as a very good spin-off, [[BroadStrokes the sheer amount of liberties taken in regards to the plot]] (and ''several'' [[{{Retcon}} contradictions]] to previous continuity, which did ''[[BrokenBase not]]'' go over well with the fans) made it hard for many to believe that the game (assumed to be a retelling of the [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 first]] and [[VideoGame/MortalKombatII second]] installments) is canon. However, a somewhat prevalent fan theory has popped up since then, claiming ''Shaolin Monks'' might exist in the same timeline as ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse MK vs. DC Universe]]'' (itself supposedly set between ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 3]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat4 4]]''), explaining all of the odd changes in plot developments and thus creating [[AlternateContinuity another reality]] (the original canon being the first, [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 the 2011 reboot]] and [[VideoGame/MortalKombatX its]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 sequels]] being another, and these two games comprising the third). While Creator/{{Midway|Games}}[=/=]Creator/NetherrealmStudios has not commented on the matter, the fact that ''[=MK11=]'' [[spoiler:provides a glimpse at several more timelines overseen by BigBad [[TimeMaster Kronika]] (with Kronika herself all but outright saying she's pressed the ResetButton countless times)]] gives the idea some degree of plausibility.

* Ness' design from ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}'' is [[{{expy}} near-identical]] to Ninten from ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'', however Ness is far more popular than Ninten due to SequelDisplacement. This has caused fans to almost always draw Ninten's design differently than it canonically is. This usually involves giving him the handkerchief that he wore in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQUN7QAnMp0 live-action commercial]] for the game, but can also involve editing the stripes on his shirt to be red-blue-white like in the commercial. This is so commonplace that many think Ninten's canonical design has him wearing a handkerchief.

* The gender of Kyros, the [[VillainWorld world-conquering]] EvilOverlord in ''VideoGame/{{Tyranny}}'', is pointedly left {{ambiguous|Gender}}, with different characters giving conflicting reports or making assumptions according to cultural norms of leadership. However, fans who don't go for GenderNeutralWriting when discussing them usually assume they're female rather than male. [[WriterInducedFanon Especially given that the devs themselves typically prefer female pronouns.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', a FanTranslation of [[UniverseCompendium Perfect Works]] erroneously mentioned that Yui Uzuki, Citan's wife, beat him in a swordfight before they married. While this has since been debunked, [[BetterThanCanon it nonetheless makes Yui far more awesome]] (especially since Citan is otherwise TheAce), so the myth continues anyway.

** One Japanese guidebook for ''Kirby's Dream Land 2'' claimed Dark Matter was a TorturedMonster that attacked Popstar because it was jealous of all the "happiness" there. Just about every fan accepts this as official canon, [[BeamMeUpScotty but they always]] {{flanderiz|ation}}e [[BeamMeUpScotty it into applying to]] Zero/0[[superscript:2]] alone, despite Zero not being introduced until the sequel (the TearsOfBlood likely have something to do with it).
** Most Japanese fans depict Dark Matter Blade as having floating hands like Magolor (except with fingers).
** People really seem to like the idea that Meta Knight is like a [[ParentalSubstitute father-figure]] to Kirby, to the point where the Japanese have their own term for the whole headcanon[[note]]パパナイト, which literally translates to "Papa Knight"[[/note]]. This stems from his portrayal in the anime, where he's more protective and supportive towards Kirby (though still largely enigmatic).
** Many fans believe that Meta Knight's mask contains a voice changer/amplifier like [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]], to provide his trademark BadassBaritone, and that his "real" voice would sound more like Kirby's.
** Did Bandana Waddle Dee appear in ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'', minus the blue bandana and spear? Some fans think so.
** Many fans agree that Susie, Haltmann, the Three Mage-Sisters, and Hyness are all from Halcandra like Magolor is.
** There's a Japanese fan-comic on tumblr ([[https://shinytranslations.tumblr.com/post/141980444574 translated here]]), detailing Gooey's exile from the Dark Matter and the start of his friendship with Kirby, that is accepted by just about everyone who reads it as Gooey's "official" backstory.

** Female Revan stories outnumber the "canonical" male by about a five-to-one margin. ''KOTOR'' [[GameFavoredGender has several bonuses for a female character anyway]]; Carth's dialogue tree being largest in-game (only half of it accessible to male players), [[GayOption a second romance option]] with Juhani, and a [[LastSecondChance third ending]] where a Dark Side female could choose to sacrifice herself, and [[Creator/BioWare David Gaider]] made the whole thing clear as mud when he showed up on the fan site and submitted a female Revan story.

** Similarly, you'll be hard pressed to find a large number of ''Sorrow'' fans who ''don't'' believe in the idea of a ReincarnationRomance playing out between [[spoiler:[[ChildhoodFriendRomance Soma and Mina]]]], with the latter serving as the reincarnation of [[spoiler:Dracula's departed loves [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence Elisabetha]] and [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Lisa]]]]. While it's true that[[spoiler:, much like Dracula, losing Mina]] in one of ''Dawn''[='s=] MultipleEndings causes [[spoiler:Soma to willingly become the new Dark Lord]], never mind the duology's [[TomatoInTheMirror reincarnation angle]] giving some weight to the possibility, any "evidence" is circumstantial at best. This is largely owed to [[spoiler:Mina's name (Mina Hakuba) being taken from [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Mina Harker]], who is indeed the reincarnation of Dracula's wife in ''Film/BramStokersDracula'']]. For that matter, the idea that [[spoiler:Lisa herself is Elisabetha's reincarnation]] has only been implied in-universe but never officially confirmed.

* There's several ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' fanfics, particularly those written after the release of the ''VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy'', in which the leaders of the five Dragon Realms -- the Artisans, Peace Keepers, Magic Crafters, Beast Makers and Dream Weavers -- are identified as Nestor, Titan, Cosmos, Bruno and Lateef, respectively. This may have something to do with the fact that, with the exception of Lateef, each of these dragons are the first that most players will rescue in each realm, with Nestor being literally right in front of Spyro at the beginning of the game. Furthermore, since the Artisans' Realm is where Spyro begins his adventure, it's a common assumption that Spyro himself is an Artisan, with Nestor often assuming the role of Spyro's father figure (his actual personality varies considerably, [[OCStandIn since he and every other elder dragon only have, at most, three lines in canon]]).

* Many in the ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' fandom have [[spoiler:[[ActionGirl Lei Kugo]]]] be the Earthen Heart successor, and [[spoiler:[[BadassBiker Akira Tadokoro]]]] as the Final Chapter protagonist.

** Most artwork of characters from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHapyHavoc'' [[spoiler:as Future Foundation members]] depicts Hagakure with his hair in a ponytail. This was made [[AscendedFanon canon]] in the design sketches included in the ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' artbook.

** Almost every fan agrees on the theory that [[spoiler:Ryouko Otonashi is Junko Enoshima's real name, and that both of the twins' names are fake names]]. While nothing in ''LightNovel/DanganronpaZero'' says this to be true, it fits very well into what is shown.

** Most artwork of [[spoiler:the first game survivors as Future Foundation members]] depicts Hagakure with his hair in a ponytail. This was made [[AscendedFanon canon]] in the design sketches included in the ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' artbook.

** Most fans have accepted August 21st, 2017, the date of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_21,_2017 a solar eclipse over the United States,]] as the birth date of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'''s protagonist Soma Cruz.

* Though there's not much evidence to support it other than somewhat similar appearances (and Etna's commitment to fanservice), many ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' fans have it that Etna, Hanako and Raspberyl are all adolescent [[HornyDevils succubi]].

** Humanization fanarts of Sunflower almost always draw her as DarkSkinnedBlonde.

*** Alternatively to the above, many also believe that Joker would take over [=LeBlanc=] after Sojiro retires, or at least get involved in the restaurant business, largely due to Sojiro teaching him how to cook and create coffee blends during the events of the game (it helps that ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'', set one year later, has Joker serving as the TeamChef and picking up culinary recipes as the group travels across Japan, with Futaba commenting that the original curry Joker devises during their stay is outright superior to Sojiro's). This sometimes is further expanded to mesh with the Joker/Haru ship, as Haru's Confidant sees her getting interested in coffee production, growing her own beans, and eventually [[spoiler:making plans to open a chain of family-friendly cafés much like her grandfather did]].
*** Due to their PowerTrio dynamic, many fans portray Kasumi as a ShipperOnDeck for Joker/Akechi, and then there are many who portray them as a OneTrueThreesome. Maruki is also often portrayed as a wanting to see the two together, [[spoiler:given that he had resurrected Akechi do to Joker's wish, and states that he wants the two to be able to spend more time together]].

*** In-spite of being Ann's best friend and playing a major role in her backstory and CharacterDevelopment, Shiho receives very little actual characterization in canon outside of just being a general NiceGirl. As a result, many fan works featuring her tend to characterize her more, a notable example being the tendency to portray her as TheGadfly, in-part due to Ann's mention of [[BrutalHonesty how their first conversation went down]].
*** Haru is shown in-game to take enjoyment in killing Shadows, which has led the fandom to collectively portray her as a SoftSpokenSadist. This is something that would end up becoming AscendedFanon as per future works like ''[[VideoGame/Persona5DancingInStarlight Dancing in Starlight]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/Persona5Strikers Strikers]]''. Also of note, even fans who don't ship her with Joker tend to portray her as having a crush on him, in-part because of how her Confidant progresses.

* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' in general has a lot of fanon, most of it left over from the pre-''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 RE4]]'' years when Capcom seemed allergic to explaining anything. They would make a game specifically to answer a question, which would then confuse several other issues further.

* Any discussion of ''Franchise/SilentHill'' tends to rely heavily on this, as much of the actual story elements are either widely open to interpretation or, if you [[NoExportForYou live in Japan]], it's [[AllThereInTheManual all there in the manual]].

** Because he was allegedly [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally meant to be]] bisexual, has no {{Love Interest|s}} and shows some AmbiguouslyGay characteristics throughout the series, some fans consider Murray to be either gay or bisexual.

* The ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' fandom loved to portray Vahlen's interrogations as a FateWorseThanDeath, up to meme levels. They also love to portray her (and XCOM's research division) as a ForScience borderline lunatic with little, if any, moral restraints. Then the Alien Hunters DLC of ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' essentially canonized the latter; Vahlen ''herself'' wishes the Commander had been around to stop her before she went too far and created the Alien Rulers, and her replacement Tygan thinks her research was extremely reckless.
** Fanfics - especially on Spacebattles - love to refer to TotalPartyKill missions as "Code Black", based on "Status Black" for a similar mission in the E3 2012 trailer.

* Within the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' fandom, it's become a somewhat popular theory that [[TheDon Daigo Dojima]] is actually secretly the illegitimate child of Masaru Sera, as Daigo looks way more like him than his canonical father, Sohei Dojima. There's also the fact that Sohei was an all-around [[HateSink awful guy]], whereas Sera's pretty well liked.

** Quite a few fans consider ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' to be a sort of "unofficial canon." Basically, they acknowledge that it isn't really canon, but still consider it to be just as much a part of the ''Halo'' universe as the actual games.

*** [[PlayerCharacter Joker]]'s parents tend to get characterized as neglectful HateSink characters similar to the minor Mementos targets, considering they seemingly believed the very flimsy accusation laid against him, dumped him off on a guy whose cafe is mildly frequented by a friend of theirs, and apparently never so much as called or wrote him. Others tend to write them to be much more sympathetic, in that they obviously didn't believe the accusations against the protagonist, but were powerless to stop his probation from happening, and were forced to send him away. Alongside this, many portray them as a StrugglingSingleMother and a DisappearedDad or in as going through a divorce in order to explain why Joker's home life is seemingly rocky. The ones who write them as the latter tend to point out that we don't exactly ''see'' every single aspect of Joker's life.

** ''Club Penguin'' has quite a dedicated fanon community, which is mainly centered at the [[Wiki/ClubPenguinFanon Club Penguin Fanon Wiki.]] ([[http://fanon.clubpenguinwiki.info/ Link here.]])

*** [[PlayerCharacter Joker]]'s parents tend to get characterized as neglectful HateSink characters similar to the minor Mementos targets, considering they seemingly believed the very flimsy accusation laid against him, dumped him off on a guy whose cafe is mildly frequented by a friend of theirs, and apparently never so much as called or wrote him. Others tend to write them to be much more sympathetic, in that they obviously didn't believe the accusations against the protagonist, but were powerless to stop his probation from happening, and were forced to send him away. The ones who write them as the latter tend to point out that we don't exactly ''see'' every single aspect of Joker's life.

*** Largely because of a lack of elaboration, many fans believe Joker suffers from PTSD from his [[ColdBloodedTorture brutal interrogation]] by the police. However, others seem to believe that [[spoiler:because Joker's capture was AllAccordingToPlan, he was mentally prepared to face this]].

*** Alternatively to the above, many also believe that Joker would take over [=LeBlanc=] after Sojiro retires, or at least get involved in the restaurant business, largely due to Sojiro teaching him how to cook and create coffee blends during the events of the game. (It helps that ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'', set one year later, has Joker serving as the TeamChef and picking up culinary recipes as the group travels across Japan, with Futaba commenting that the original curry Joker devises during their stay is outright superior to Sojiro's.) This sometimes is further expanded to mesh with the Joker/Haru ship, as Haru's Confidant sees her getting interested in coffee production, growing her own beans, and eventually [[spoiler:making plans to open a chain of family-friendly cafés much like her grandfather did]].
*** Due to their PowerTrio dynamic, many fans portray Kasumi as a ShipperOnDeck for Joker/Akechi, and then there are many who portray them as a OneTrueThreesome.

* Amy from the ''VideoGame/{{Soul|Series}}'' series is almost invariably called "Amy Sorel" in fandom due to her being adopted by Raphael, but officially she's never called anything but "Amy," and Raphael himself has no reasons to actually give her his last name, given the Sorel clan not only betrayed him to save face, but fell into obscurity shortly afterward, leaving no social or economical advantage to use it. (In fan works, a common in-story justification for this trend is that Amy, being HappilyAdopted by Raphael, decides to use his family name out of love and respect, but the games have yet to confirm that line of thought.) Her age (which officially has always been "Unknown") is sometimes stated to be 14 thanks to someone editing it in in [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]], and people wrongly believing it came from the official site.

* Many in the ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' fandom have [[spoiler:[[ActionGirl Li Kuugo]]]] be the Xin Shan Quan successor, and [[spoiler:[[BadassBiker Akira Tadokoro]]]] as the Final Chapter protagonist.

** Among the ''Mortal Kombat'' fandom, while ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Shaolin Monks]]'' is regarded as a very good spin-off, [[BroadStrokes the sheer amount of liberties taken in regards to the plot]] (and ''several'' [[{{Retcon}} contradictions]] to previous continuity, which did ''[[BrokenBase not]]'' go over well with the fans) made it hard for many to believe that the game (assumed to be a retelling of the [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 first]] and [[VideoGame/MortalKombat2 second]] installments) is canon. However, a somewhat prevalent fan theory has popped up since then, claiming ''Shaolin Monks'' might exist in the same timeline as ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse MK vs. DC Universe]]'' (itself supposedly set between ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 3]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat4 4]]''), explaining all of the odd changes in plot developments and thus creating [[AlternateContinuity another reality]] (the original canon being the first, [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 the 2011 reboot]] and [[VideoGame/MortalKombatX its]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 sequels]] being another, and these two games comprising the third). While Creator/{{Midway|Games}}[=/=]Creator/NetherrealmStudios has not commented on the matter, the fact that ''[=MK11=]'' [[spoiler:provides a glimpse at several more timelines overseen by BigBad [[TimeMaster Kronika]] (with Kronika herself all but outright saying she's pressed the ResetButton countless times)]] gives the idea some degree of plausibility.

* The ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' fandom loved to portray Vahlen's interrogations as a FateWorseThanDeath, up to meme levels. They also love to portray her (and XCOM's research division) as a ForScience borderline lunatic with little, if any, moral restraints. Then the Alien Hunters DLC of ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' essentially canonized the latter; Vahlen ''herself'' wishes the Commander had been around to stop her before she went too far and created the Alien Rulers, and her replacement Tygan thinks her research was reckless.