History IKnowYoureInThere / VideoGames

* ''{{VideoGame/Xenogears}}''

* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', [[spoiler: any encounter between Litchi and Arakune. The fights themselves include heartbreaking pleas by Litchi for Arakune to "Wake up!"]]

** It's done differently in the KOF: KYO manga: [[spoiler: the manga starts ''after'' Saisyu has [[CurbstompBattle aleady defeated Benimaru and Daimon]] off-screen so Kyo fights Saisyu on his own, first screaming at his dad to recognize him ("Father, wake up! Don't you remember your own son?!") and then ''curb-stomping him with a single [[ManOnFire Orochinagi]]'', de-brainwashing and disabling Saisyu but not knocking him out so he can [[CombatCommentator explain to Benimaru and Daimon]] the deal with Rugal and the Orochi power he absorbed, as Kyo fights Rugal alone.]]

* Mentioned ''by the villain'' in VideoGame/DawnOfWar 2: Chaos Rising''. If [[spoiler:the traitor is Jonah Orion]], he turns out possessed by a demon, who promptly tells the protagonists:

* ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero'': When Uncle Mimic starts up the Dynamo, [[spoiler: Shantae becomes corrupted by the energy given off by the machine. Transforming her into Nega-Shantae. This forces Shantae's Friends: Bolo, Sky, and Rottytops to enter Shantae's mind and convince her that she can overpower Nega-Shantae, and beat Risky Boots.]]

** Done to death in ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork''. First in 4 Blue Moon with Proto Man, in 5 (both versions) with Mega Man and either Colonel or Proto Man ''again'' depending on your version, and Mega Man in both versions of 6.

* The final boss of ''VideoGame/{{Okamiden}}''' when [[spoiler:you battle Akuro in the form of Chibierasu with a possessed Kuni on his back. After the fight, Kuni becomes your partner again... too bad [[HeroicSacrifice Kurow doesn't make it.]]]]

** Don't forget ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]],'' where you have to get [[spoiler: Merric, Minerva, Julian and Camu... er, Sirius]] to talk to [[spoiler: Elice, Maria, Lena and Nyna]] respectively, who have been brainwashed into [[spoiler: becoming sacrificial maidens for Medeus's resurrection.]] If you don't do it fast, they will be [[spoiler: eaten by Medeus so he'll recover strength.]]
** And certainly don't forget ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''! Where upon hitting the final part of the final chapter, [[spoiler:[[BigBad Manfroy]] sends a BrainwashedAndCrazy Princess Julia at you. Seliph tries this on her.... it doesn't work outright- instead you have to kill Manfroy first. Easier said than done, due to [[GameBreaker how powerful Julia is (and you have to deal with her attacking you)]] and the fact that on top of being a semi-powerful boss, armed with Fenrir, Manfroy is surrounded by [[DemonicSpider Dark Mages with Hel tomes.]] Upon completing this ordeal, and having Seliph ''then'' talk to Julia along with [[GameBreaker Narga]], which pretty much [[InfinityPlusOneSword is the means to the end.]]]]
** Played with in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]] where, in part 3 chapter 7, Haar can recruit Jill away from the Daein forces by appealing to the same sense of justice that got Jill to defect from Daein in the previous game. A little nonstandard in that Daein is *also* heroic, so it's halfway between this and a TheyStillBelongToUsLecture.
** This is done in an interesting way to [[spoiler:the Avatar]] in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]''. [[spoiler:When the fell dragon absorbed the Avatar, everyone within your party calls you back, telling you to fight. And, it actually works. What makes this situation different from others on this page is that the entire sequence is shown from the Avatar's point-of-view.]]

* Given the [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind nature]] of ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts2}}'', the final boss ends up being a literal version of this. [[spoiler:Maligula is an AllegoricalCharacter representing the "fight" of Lucreica Mux's fight-or-flight response, grown out of control due to the trauma of accidentally drowning her sister and thousands of her countrymen 20 years ago. The kind and rational side of Lucrecia's mind is physically being held captive inside Maligula, and Raz has to fight her in order to free it.]]

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', [[SpoonyBard Nils the Bard's]] [[spoiler:actually does it on his sister [[MysteriousWaif Ninian the Dancer]], who may not be attacking people but has been brainwashed into summoning a ''dragon'' through the Dragon's Gate. Nils, however, gets through her and Ninian stops the ritual in the nick of time.]]

* ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'': During the final boss fight with [[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus Otto]], Peter is determined to save him from himself and repeatedly tries to appeal to the good man he once was... Then Otto reveals that he's known Peter is Spider-Man all along, and it ''still'' didn't stop him from planning the Raft breakout, forming the Sinister Six, releasing the Devil's Breath virus, which is killing Aunt May and countless other people, and trying his damnedest to kill Peter during the game's last act. Once the realization hits him, Peter descends into TranquilFury, quits holding back, and puts Otto down for the count, sadly forced to admit that his idol and mentor is beyond saving.