History HappilyAdopted / VideoGames

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': Trucy Wright. After being adopted at age eight, shortly after her birth father's disappearance, she ''immediately'' latches onto Phoenix despite just meeting him, comfortably calling him "Daddy". As a young girl she did her best to repay his unconditional love in any way she could, up and including [[FixingTheGame helping him cheating in poker games]]. Trucy continues to be a DaddysGirl into her teenage years, by which point the ChildProdigy has already inherited her adopted father's deductive reasoning skills and helps with the day-to-day operations of the agency.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': Trucy Wright. After being adopted at age eight, shortly after her birth father's disappearance, she ''immediately'' latches onto Phoenix despite just meeting him, comfortably calling him "Daddy". This love continues into her teenage years, where she is unambiguously a DaddysGirl who has come to inherit his deductive reasoning skills and is more than willing to help with the day-to-day operations of the agency.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': Trucy Wright. After being adopted at age eight, shortly after her birth father's disappearance, she ''immediately'' latches onto Phoenix despite just meeting him, comfortably calling him "Daddy". This love continues into her teenage years, where she is unambiguously a DaddysGirl who has come to inherit his deductive reasoning skills.

* ''VideoGame/AnotherCode'': Ashley spent the bulk of her life growing up with her aunt Jessica. She even tells D that she sees Jessica as something of her mother. Even when her dad comes back into her life, Jessica is still the primary caregiver since it's clear Richard is very lacking in both parental instincts and ability.

** In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', you receive [[spoiler: N's Zorua]] from the reformed Plasma agents. If you treat it well and challenge [[spoiler: [[BonusBoss N himself]]]] with it post-game, [[LampshadeHanging he's pleased to see it happy in your care]].

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', [[PlayerCharacter Corrin]] was not born to the Nohr royal family, but is loved by all of them just the same. The Conquest path has Corrin side with Nohr, likely for this reason. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that he is not of Hoshido, either: he was adopted into the family when his mother married King Sumeragi.]]
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', Mercedes was born to nobility in the Adrestrian Empire, but was adopted into a commoner family in the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus after she and her mother escaped from her abusive stepfather in the Empire.

** In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', your eventual MissionControl, [[spoiler:Futaba Sakura]], is a variation on this. [[spoiler:After her mother died saving her from incoming traffic, a family friend, Sojiro Sakura (who is also the [[PlayerCharacter protagonist's]] caretaker during his year-long probation), adopted her. However, the death traumatized Futaba to the point that she became a [[{{Hikkikomori}} shut-in]], and all of Sojiro's attempts to help her fell flat. It isn't until the Phantom Thieves steal her heart that she's able to recover, and after that, this gets played straight.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'':
** Haruka Sawamura, [[spoiler:Yumi's daughter]] is adopted by Kiryu at the end of the first game. Despite Kiryu being the [[OneManArmy Dragon]] [[DoomMagnet Of]] [[RetiredOutlaw Dojima]] with all that entails (including being in the crosshairs of a large part of Japan's organized crime), Haruka staunchly refuses to leave "Uncle Kaz" to the point that [[spoiler:she torpedoes her IdolSinger career]] just to stay with him.
** Every kid raised at Morning Glory Orphanage is happy to be raised by Kiryu, whom they -- Haruka, included -- affectionately call "Uncle Kaz".
** This comes up as a plot point in ''VideoGame/Yakuza3'' with Saki, the adopted daughter of Okinawa-based Yakuza boss Shigeru Nakahara. After her abusive father committed suicide and her neglectful mother abandoned her, Nakahara took Saki, who had lost her ability to speak from the shock, under his care and raised her as though she was his own blood. When her mother returns and abducts her at the behest of a rival mob boss, Kiryu mounts a rescue, beats said rival boss senseless, and helps them reunite. Nakahara had been afraid that Saki might elect to return to her mother, but his fears proved to be unfounded: even discounting how her good-for-nothing mother straight-up disowns her, Saki willingly ran back into Nakahara's arms.

* ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'': Haruka Sawamura, [[spoiler:Yumi's daughter]] is adopted by Kiryu at the end of the first game. Despite Kiryu being the [[OneManArmy Dragon]] [[DoomMagnet Of]] [[RetiredOutlaw Dojima]] with all that entails (including being in the crosshairs of a large part of Japan's organized crime), Haruka staunchly refuses to leave "Uncle Kaz" to the point that [[spoiler:she torpedoes her IdolSinger career]] just to stay with him.

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* In ''VideoGame/CuteKnightKingdom'', the player character was a DoorstopBaby raised by a candlemaker and her husband after they found her on their porch. She loves them deeply and they adore her, but they also support her desire to go out into the world and make a life for herself.
** One of the potential endings has the player enter a relationship with [[DoesNotLikeMen Helena]], who lives in the forest; if this happens, the ending slide shows that they themselves become the recipients of a DoorstopBaby and the cycle begins all over again.

* Link in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' was happily adopted by the forest guardian, the Great Deku Tree (especially in the manga version). He was raised alongside the Kokiri children and didn't discover his true origin until he got trapped in the Sacred Realm for seven years, emerging as an adult (Kokiris never grow up).
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'': Sunny is perfectly happy with Snake and Otacon, living in their plane-apartment and making breakfast.

** HeartwarmingOrphan Flora Reinhold is happily adopted by the Professor after the events of the first game.
** In ''The Azran Legacy,'' we learn that [[spoiler: Layton himself was adopted as well. By the end of the game, he doesn't have much animosity for his biological father, Leon Bronev, but still plainly states that he could never see him as his father, and that his adopted parents are his true family. He also doesn't use his birth name, Theodore Bronev, since he was raised as Hershel Layton and that's how he sees himself.]]
* In ''VideoGame/QueenAtArms'', Marcus has always known that Sir Thomas Cordale is not her biological father (and that she's not biologically male, though she presents as such as part of an elaborate disguise). Nevertheless, she loved him deeply and is still grieving his recent death when the game begins. Her older brother Nicholas eventually explains that there's a ''very'' [[LostOrphanedRoyalty good reason]] for everything.
** Depending on which story path is taken, Marcus (and the player) may eventually learn that Captain Lorimette is actually the adopted daughter and heiress presumptive to Queen Charlotte of Sylgard. The two love each other devotedly.
* [[CuteMonsterGirl Pia]] from ''VideoGame/RuneFactory3'' is a mermaid who was taken in by a human mother and her biological daughter after she decided to stop living with fish. She's also probably the happiest character in the game.
* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' '''loves''' this trope; adoptive families outnumber biological ones by the end of the plot. Before the start of the game, Doug has moved in with Blossom and helps the old woman out just like any adult son would; Volkanon has charge over Vishnal and Clorica (technically they're his trainees, but he treats them like family, and they get along like brother and sister); and Arthur joins Porcoline the day after your story begins. As the plot progresses, Illuminata adopts Amber as a part-sister, part-daughter arrangement, Porcoline gets a second adoptive son in Dylas, HappilyMarried SickeninglySweethearts Jones and Nancy adopt Dolce and her ghost-"sister" Pico, and the mother-daughter pair of Lin Fa and Xiao Pai adopt Leon as their son/brother. Porcoline has also been looking after Margaret like a father for some time now, though she has her own house and doesn't live with him, and Bado cares for his young neighbors Forte and Kiel. You could even say that the entire town adopts the main character in a way, with the way they offer to help you out with your amnesia.

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'':
** [[spoiler:Natalia, who isn't blood related to the king]] turns into this [[ObliviousAdoption when the truth comes out]]: Both sides basically keep treating each other like they did before, even knowing they're not directly related.
** [[spoiler:Luke himself]] is also sort of an example. [[spoiler:His parents are still, biologically, his parents, and he's technically been living with them longer than Asch, but he's still the clone of the 'real' Luke.]]
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' has Lloyd Irving, who was adopted by a dwarf named Dirk at the age of three. Even when he discovers his birth father, he continues to refer to Dirk as his 'dad'. At one point, he brags about having [[NotWhatItLooksLike two dads.]]

** In a human examples, in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' post-game, there's [[spoiler:Emma, a teenaged street urchin who is taken in by Looker. It isn't clear whether he legally adopts her or not, but he gives her a home, and provides her with education and living expenses, and even leaves his entire "detective agency" to her at the end of the sidequest. Emma's comments in private suggest that she sees him as a father figure, and she's greatly saddened when he leaves Kalos.]]

** Naoto Shirogane in ''VideoGame/Persona4'' was raised by her grandfather for a large portion of her life due to her parents dying in a car crash. She still lived happily and comfortably with him, though, as a sharp contrast to ''VideoGame/Persona3'' the previous game's]] batch of parental issues.
** [[AllThereInTheManual In official side material and a few CD Dramas]], it is mentioned that Akihiko Sanada in ''{{VideoGame/Persona 3}}'' was eventually adopted by a wealthy family some time after his sister died in a house fire. ''How'' happy he is, though, is debatable, as one CD drama mentions that he doesn't really speak to his mother that much, and in the PSP version of the game, he still mentions not having parents in his Social Link.

* Naoto Shirogane in ''{{VideoGame/Persona 4}}'' was raised by her grandfather for a large portion of her life due to her parents dying in a car crash. She still lived happily and comfortably with him, though, as a sharp contrast to [[{{VideoGame/Persona 3}} the previous game's]] batch of parental issues.
* [[AllThereInTheManual In official side material and a few CD Dramas]], it is mentioned that Akihiko Sanada in ''{{VideoGame/Persona 3}}'' was eventually adopted by a wealthy family some time after his sister died in a house fire. ''How'' happy he is, though, is debatable, as one CD drama mentions that he doesn't really speak to his mother that much, and in the PSP version of the game, he still mentions not having parents in his Social Link.
* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', your eventual MissionControl, [[spoiler:Futaba Sakura]], is a variation on this. [[spoiler:After her mother died saving her from incoming traffic, a family friend, Sojiro Sakura (who is also the [[PlayerCharacter protagonist's]] caretaker during his year-long probation), adopted her. However, the death traumatized Futaba to the point that she became a [[{{Hikkikomori}} shut-in]], and all of Sojiro's attempts to help her fell flat. It isn't until the Phantom Thieves steal her heart that she's able to recover, and after that, this gets played straight.]]

* In ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'', Ophilia is taken in by a priest in the Order of the Sacred Flame named Josef due to Ophilia's parents dying in a war. Josef, Ophilia, and Josef's biological daughter Lianna are nonetheless a very close family, due to Josef being a GoodShepherd and Lianna being a CoolBigSis. Josef also makes it a point to remind Ophilia of [[SoProudOfYou how proud he is to have her as a daughter]]. As a result, Ophilia is completely devoted to them, even taking Lianna's place in the Rite of the Sacred Flame so Lianna can watch their father when he falls ill.