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* The prologue screen in the SegaGenesis BeatEmUp ''Last Battle'' isn't so much of a prologue as it is a plot summary of the ''whole game'' itself. This is partly because ''Last Battle'' was originally a ''[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto no Ken]]'' game that was [[DolledUpInstallment rebranded]] and [[BlindIdiotTranslation lazily localized]] for its overseas release.
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* The prologue screen in the SegaGenesis UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis BeatEmUp ''Last Battle'' isn't so much of a prologue as it is a plot summary of the ''whole game'' itself. This is partly because ''Last Battle'' was originally a ''[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto no Ken]]'' game that was [[DolledUpInstallment rebranded]] and [[BlindIdiotTranslation lazily localized]] for its overseas release.
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*On gaming forums such as GameFaqs it is common practise to put a spoiler warning in the thread title incase the subject matter contains important plot points. However, many users have a bizarre habit of mentioning the spoiler itself in the title! Don't be surprised if you see threads with titles along the lines of: "I can't believe X dies! (SPOILER about someone dying)"
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*** An unusual follow-up example, in MGS3 [[spoiler:Ocelot jams his gun early in the game by attempting to manually load a bullet into the chamber. At the end of MGS4 when Snake is about to commit suicide, emphasis is shown that he manually loads the bullet to shoot himself with. Genre Savvy gamers could tell Snake's gun was about to jam]]
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* It is revealed in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' that [[spoiler:Tetra is actually the titular Princess Zelda]]. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'' being the direct sequel, this information is shown in the opening cinematic. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', despite skipping two generations, does still manage to ruin this twist for anybody who hasn't played ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'' yet, thanks to Tetra [[spoiler: building a massive stained glass window, depicting herself (in Pirate-garb) in the thoronation-chamber]] and to Zelda [[spoiler:praying to Queen Tetra herself, clearly saying her civilian name, before the Final Boss Battle.]] At least's it's not as obvious as in the ''PhantomHourglass'' case, as both of this instances are easy to miss if you're not familiar with the character Tetra yet.
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* It is revealed in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' that [[spoiler:Tetra is actually the titular Princess Zelda]]. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'' being the direct sequel, this information is shown in the opening cinematic. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', despite skipping two generations, does still manage to ruin this twist for anybody who hasn't played ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'' yet, thanks to Tetra [[spoiler: building a massive stained glass window, depicting herself (in Pirate-garb) in the thoronation-chamber]] and to Zelda [[spoiler:praying to Queen Tetra herself, clearly saying her civilian name, before the Final Boss Battle.]] At least's it's not as obvious as in the ''PhantomHourglass'' ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Phantom Hourglass]]'' case, as both of this instances are easy to miss if you're not familiar with the character Tetra yet.
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** TheTwist in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' was that the villain from the first game wasn't who he said he was, and it turned the entire series on his head. Ten years after the fact, good luck trying to get into the series without someone talking about it nonchalantly.
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** TheTwist in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' was that the villain from the first game wasn't who he said he was, and it turned the entire series on his head. Ten years after the fact, good luck trying to get into the series without someone talking about it nonchalantly. While he's still referred to by his fake name, nothing in the games even try to cover it up.
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** TheTwist in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' was that the villain from the first game wasn't who he said he was, and it turned the entire series on his head. Ten years after the fact, good luck trying to get into the series without someone talking about it nonchalantly.
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** Upon seeing Lucina as a playable character in ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'', it doesn't take a lot of brain effort to deduce that [[spoiler:she is the Masked stranger that was impersonating Marth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', especially since she is wearing the same clothes as Marth, ''who is also in the game'', and that the hat Kirby gets for copying her is specifically her mask (which also appears within one of her taunts), it doesn't really help that Lucina is the first Fire Emblem character to have both Toy/{{Figma}} and Toy/{{Amiibo}} available, and the former comes with the CompressedHair and the CoolMask]].
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** Upon seeing Lucina as a playable character in ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'', it doesn't take a lot of brain effort to deduce that [[spoiler:she is the Masked stranger that was impersonating Marth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', especially since she is wearing the same clothes as Marth, ''who is also in the game'', and that the hat Kirby gets for copying her is specifically her mask (which also appears within one of her taunts), it doesn't really help that Lucina is the first Fire Emblem character to have both Toy/{{Figma}} Toys/{{Figma}} and Toy/{{Amiibo}} Toys/{{Amiibo}} available, and the former comes with the CompressedHair and the CoolMask]].
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** Upon seeing Lucina as a playable character in ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'', it doesn't take a lot of brain effort to deduce that [[spoiler:she is the Masked stranger that was impersonating Marth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', especially since she is wearing the same clothes as Marth, ''who is also in the game'', and that the hat Kirby gets for copying her is specifically her mask (which also appears within one of her taunts), it doesn't really help that Lucina is the first Fire Emblem character to have both Toy/Figma and Toy/Amiibo available, and the former comes with the CompressedHair and the CoolMask]].
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** Upon seeing Lucina as a playable character in ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'', it doesn't take a lot of brain effort to deduce that [[spoiler:she is the Masked stranger that was impersonating Marth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', especially since she is wearing the same clothes as Marth, ''who is also in the game'', and that the hat Kirby gets for copying her is specifically her mask (which also appears within one of her taunts), it doesn't really help that Lucina is the first Fire Emblem character to have both Toy/Figma Toy/{{Figma}} and Toy/Amiibo Toy/{{Amiibo}} available, and the former comes with the CompressedHair and the CoolMask]].
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** Upon seeing Lucina as a playable character in ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'', it doesn't take a lot of brain effort to deduce that [[spoiler:she is the Masked stranger that was impersonating Marth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', especially since she is wearing the same clothes as Marth, ''who is also in the game'', and that the hat Kirby gets for copying her is specifically her mask (which also appears within one of her taunts)]].
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** Upon seeing Lucina as a playable character in ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'', it doesn't take a lot of brain effort to deduce that [[spoiler:she is the Masked stranger that was impersonating Marth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', especially since she is wearing the same clothes as Marth, ''who is also in the game'', and that the hat Kirby gets for copying her is specifically her mask (which also appears within one of her taunts)]].taunts), it doesn't really help that Lucina is the first Fire Emblem character to have both Toy/Figma and Toy/Amiibo available, and the former comes with the CompressedHair and the CoolMask]].
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* Before being patched to become unlockables, the UsefulNotes/{{Wiiware}} version of ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' contains some extra playing modes in addition to the original game, none of which require any sort of unlocking. So you can spoil the boss fights by playing the BossRush game before the main game, or you can spoil the existence of a character who's introduced one-third into the game by playing "Curly Story" first. The ''VideoGame/CaveStory 3D'' box art also makes it quite obvious that the main character is a robot.
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* Before being patched to become unlockables, the The UsefulNotes/{{Wiiware}} version of ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' contains originally contained some extra playing modes in addition to the original game, none of which require any sort of unlocking. So you can spoil the boss fights by playing the BossRush game before the main game, or you can spoil the existence of a character who's introduced one-third into the game by playing "Curly Story" first. The modes has since been patched so that you need to unlock them first in order to play them (as with the future versions of the game). The ''VideoGame/CaveStory 3D'' box art also makes it quite obvious that the main character is a robot.
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* Before being patched to be unlockable, the UsefulNotes/{{Wiiware}} version of ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' contains some extra playing modes in addition to the original game, none of which require any sort of unlocking. So you can spoil the boss fights by playing the BossRush game before the main game, or you can spoil the existence of a character who's introduced one-third into the game by playing "Curly Story" first. The ''VideoGame/CaveStory 3D'' box art also makes it quite obvious that the main character is a robot.
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* Before being patched to be unlockable, become unlockables, the UsefulNotes/{{Wiiware}} version of ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' contains some extra playing modes in addition to the original game, none of which require any sort of unlocking. So you can spoil the boss fights by playing the BossRush game before the main game, or you can spoil the existence of a character who's introduced one-third into the game by playing "Curly Story" first. The ''VideoGame/CaveStory 3D'' box art also makes it quite obvious that the main character is a robot.
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* The UsefulNotes/{{Wiiware}} and Steam release of ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' contains some extra playing modes in addition to the original game, none of which require any sort of unlocking. So you can spoil the boss fights by playing the BossRush game before the main game, or you can spoil the existence of a character who's introduced one-third into the game by playing "Curly Story" first. The ''VideoGame/CaveStory 3D'' box art also makes it quite obvious that the main character is a robot.
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* The Before being patched to be unlockable, the UsefulNotes/{{Wiiware}} and Steam release version of ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' contains some extra playing modes in addition to the original game, none of which require any sort of unlocking. So you can spoil the boss fights by playing the BossRush game before the main game, or you can spoil the existence of a character who's introduced one-third into the game by playing "Curly Story" first. The ''VideoGame/CaveStory 3D'' box art also makes it quite obvious that the main character is a robot.
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** Upon seeing Lucina as a playable character in ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'', it doesn't take a lot of brain effort to deduce that [[spoiler:she is the Masked stranger that was impersonating Marth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', especially since she is wearing the same clothes as Marth, ''who is also in the game'', and that the hat Kirby gets for copying her is specifically her mask]].
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** Upon seeing Lucina as a playable character in ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'', it doesn't take a lot of brain effort to deduce that [[spoiler:she is the Masked stranger that was impersonating Marth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', especially since she is wearing the same clothes as Marth, ''who is also in the game'', and that the hat Kirby gets for copying her is specifically her mask]].mask (which also appears within one of her taunts)]].
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** Upon seeing Lucina as a playable character in ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'', it doesn't take a lot of brain effort to deduce that [[spoiler:she is the Masked stranger that was impersonating Marth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', especially since she is wearing the same clothes as Marth, ''who is also in the game'']].
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** Upon seeing Lucina as a playable character in ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'', it doesn't take a lot of brain effort to deduce that [[spoiler:she is the Masked stranger that was impersonating Marth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', especially since she is wearing the same clothes as Marth, ''who is also in the game'']].game'', and that the hat Kirby gets for copying her is specifically her mask]].
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***Really, the only way they could have given it away any further was if said murder managed to be a playable character in the game. [[PromotedToPlayable Oh wait...]]
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** Also from ''Ultimax'', the entire main cast of ''Persona 3'' is present... except for two characters. [[PlotlineDeath It's not hard to guess what that means.]]
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** Also from ''Ultimax'', the entire main cast of ''Persona 3'' is present... except for two characters. [[PlotlineDeath It's not hard to guess what that means.]]]] The story mode also blantantly states who the murderer was in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' on several occasions.
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* ''VideoGame/LakeviewCabin Collection'' effectively spoils that the original game was a bit more than just a 'cabin simulator', freely advertising itself as a homage to 70's and 80's style horror flicks.
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* ''VideoGame/LakeviewCabin Collection'' ''VideoGame/LakeviewCabinCollection'' effectively spoils that the [[VideoGame/LakeviewCabin original game game]] was a bit more than just a 'cabin simulator', freely advertising itself as a homage to 70's and 80's style horror flicks.
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* The fact that the animatronics in ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' are haunted by children who were murdered by a SerialKiller was originally a well-hidden secret, but got focused on more and more as the series went on. To a lesser extent, the existence of Foxy and Golden Freddy is this as well - neither one is shown in the trailer and they were effectively surprises for players flying blind.
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* ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' Saga ends with [[spoiler:Geralt and Yennefer dying pointlessly and Ciri disappearing into worlds unknown]]. Anyone who plays the [[VideoGame/TheWitcher first game]], which acts as a sequel to the books, will have this spoiled right from the start.
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* Throughout the development of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', the existence of the Flood was kept a secret. Afterwards, they were still considered spoiler material, and magazines avoided directly referring to them. Then the second Halo novel was called ''Halo: The Flood''. And just to drive the point home, the cover of said novel was a picture of Master Chief fighting the Flood. The confirmation that ''{{Halo 4}}'' will feature Master Chief spoiled the fact that [[spoiler: Master Chief [[NotQuiteDead didn't really die]] at the end of ''{{Halo 3}}'', which can be seen after the end credits]].
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* Throughout the development of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', the existence of the Flood was kept a secret. Afterwards, they were still considered spoiler material, and magazines avoided directly referring to them. Then the second Halo novel was called ''Halo: The Flood''.''Literature/HaloTheFlood''. And just to drive the point home, the cover of said novel was a picture of Master Chief fighting the Flood. The confirmation that ''{{Halo ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'' will feature Master Chief spoiled the fact that [[spoiler: Master Chief [[NotQuiteDead didn't really die]] at the end of ''{{Halo ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', which can be seen after the end credits]].
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* Despite being a remake of the first game in the series, ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Untold'' has late arrival spoilers for the series. The intro features scenes of futuristic technology, and early on in the story mode you visit a ruined high-tech facility, and Raquna reveals she's from Ontario -- which is heavily implied to be exactly where it sounds like. The fact that series is set in a post-apocalyptic future Earth was originally a twist revealed ''extremely'' late in the first game.
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* Despite being a remake of the first game in the series, ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Untold'' has late arrival spoilers for the series. The intro features scenes [[spoiler:scenes of futuristic technology, technology]], and early on in the story mode you visit a ruined [[spoiler:ruined high-tech facility, facility]], and Raquna reveals she's from Ontario [[spoiler:Ontario -- which is heavily implied to be exactly where it sounds like. like]]. The fact that series is set [[spoiler:set in a post-apocalyptic future Earth Earth]] was originally a twist revealed ''extremely'' late in the first game.
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* Despite being a remake of the first game in the series, ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Untold'' has late arrival spoilers for the series. The intro features scenes of futuristic technology, and early on in the story mode you visit a ruined high-tech facility, and Raquna reveals she's from Ontario -- which is heavily implied to be exactly where it sounds like. The fact that series is set in a post-apocalyptic future Earth was originally a twist revealed ''extremely'' late in the first game.
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** In ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Metal Gear Solid 4]]'', [[spoiler:Snake's role as the main character]] spoils one of the plot twists from ''[=MGS2=]''. In addition, the reason behind Snake's [[spoiler:attempted suicide]] at the end of the game spoils the whole plot twist of [[spoiler:[=FOXDIE=]]] in the original game for anyone who's paying close attention. Also, his [[spoiler:rapid aging]] spoils the plot twist of [[spoiler:the Les Enfants Terribles project.]]
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** In ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Metal Gear Solid 4]]'', [[spoiler:Snake's role as the main character]] spoils one of the plot twists from ''[=MGS2=]''. In addition, the reason behind Snake's [[spoiler:attempted suicide]] at the end of the game spoils the whole plot twist of [[spoiler:[=FOXDIE=]]] in the original game for anyone who's paying close attention. Also, his [[spoiler:rapid aging]] spoils the plot twist of [[spoiler:the Les Enfants Terribles project.]]
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** In ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Metal Gear Solid 4]]'', [[spoiler:Snake's role as the main character]] spoils one of the plot twists from ''[=MGS2=]''. In addition, the reason behind [[spoiler:Snake's rapid aging]] in the game spoils the whole plot twist of [[spoiler:[=FOXDIE=] and the nanomachines]] in the original game for anyone who's paying close attention.
** The very first trailer for ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Ground Zeroes]]'' revealed the fact that [[spoiler:Paz Ortega Andrade]] wasn't as innocent as she seemed. This was the major twist of ''Peace Walker''.
** The very first trailer for ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Ground Zeroes]]'' revealed the fact that [[spoiler:Paz Ortega Andrade]] wasn't as innocent as she seemed. This was the major twist of ''Peace Walker''.
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** In ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Metal Gear Solid 4]]'', [[spoiler:Snake's role as the main character]] spoils one of the plot twists from ''[=MGS2=]''. In addition, the reason behind [[spoiler:Snake's rapid aging]] in Snake's [[spoiler:attempted suicide]] at the end of the game spoils the whole plot twist of [[spoiler:[=FOXDIE=] and the nanomachines]] [[spoiler:[=FOXDIE=]]] in the original game for anyone who's paying close attention.
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** The very first trailer for ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes]]'' revealed the fact that [[spoiler:Paz Ortega Andrade]] wasn't as innocent as she seemed. This was the major twist of ''Peace Walker''.
** The very first trailer for ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes]]'' revealed the fact that [[spoiler:Paz Ortega Andrade]] wasn't as innocent as she seemed. This was the major twist of ''Peace Walker''.
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* Following the events of the first ''ProfessorLayton'' game, the young heiress Flora Reinhold comes to stay with the Professor. If you haven't played through the first game yet, this is a spoiler for at least one plot element. However, she is clearly present in the second and third games, (occasionally) promotional art, and the prologue to the prequel movie, ''Eternal Diva''.
* The first trailer for ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: ModernWarfare2'' blatantly spoils the fact that the death of Imran Zakhaev (the BigBad of the first game) is what directly causes the antagonist of the sequel, Makarov, and his splinter group to seek revenge.
* The first trailer for ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: ModernWarfare2'' blatantly spoils the fact that the death of Imran Zakhaev (the BigBad of the first game) is what directly causes the antagonist of the sequel, Makarov, and his splinter group to seek revenge.
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* Following the events of the first ''ProfessorLayton'' ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' game, the young heiress Flora Reinhold comes to stay with the Professor. If you haven't played through the first game yet, this is a spoiler for at least one plot element. However, she is clearly present in the second and third games, (occasionally) promotional art, and the prologue to the prequel movie, ''Eternal Diva''.
* The first trailer for ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty:ModernWarfare2'' VideoGame/ModernWarfare2'' blatantly spoils the fact that the death of Imran Zakhaev (the BigBad of the first game) is what directly causes the antagonist of the sequel, Makarov, and his splinter group to seek revenge.
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*** Although not as major as other examples, [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Metal Sonic's]] trophy in ''3DS'' alludes to his role as the main villain of ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''.
*** Although not as major as other examples, [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Metal Sonic's]] trophy in ''3DS'' alludes to his role as the main villain of ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''.
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Arena is a sequel, so naturally it will spoil the events. That\'s how sequels work. Naoto, human!Teddie in Persona Q, and the missing characters from Ultimax are left in because they\'re part of the promotional material for the game. But shouldn\'t you finish the original game first before playing the sequel?
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** As for ''VideoGame/PersonaQ'', Teddie is happily frolicking through trailers in his [[BecomeARealBoy human form]]. Blonde, blue-eyed {{Bishonen}} Teddie was a spoiler on-par with Naoto's reveal in the original game, to the point that the game's opening even attempted to disguise the fact that Teddie was going to be a fully-fledged party-member, (Even though [[InterfaceSpoiler the opening demo most definitely didn't]].) but in Persona Q, it is treated as an incidental quirk of his character. This, to a lesser extent, also applied with ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', where his human form isn't exactly show-cast, but will briefly appear in some of his battle Animations, often confusing the hell out of players who never played the original ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' and are only in for the VideoGame/{{BlazBlue}}-esque gameplay.
** [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Adachi being the true killer]] was one of the biggest plot twists of the original game...and then ''Persona4Arena Ultimax'' comes along and makes him a playable character with his own story mode, spoiling the fact that he's not just a minor character. So much for that. Marie also becomes a playable character, and in her Instant Kill move she outright states her real identity, which was a ''huge'' spoiler for the UpdatedRerelease ''Persona 4 Golden''. The story mode also pretty blatantly spoils it too.
** [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Adachi being the true killer]] was one of the biggest plot twists of the original game...and then ''Persona4Arena Ultimax'' comes along and makes him a playable character with his own story mode, spoiling the fact that he's not just a minor character. So much for that. Marie also becomes a playable character, and in her Instant Kill move she outright states her real identity, which was a ''huge'' spoiler for the UpdatedRerelease ''Persona 4 Golden''. The story mode also pretty blatantly spoils it too.
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** As for ''VideoGame/PersonaQ'', Teddie is happily frolicking through trailers in his [[BecomeARealBoy human form]]. Blonde, blue-eyed {{Bishonen}} Teddie was a spoiler on-par with Naoto's reveal in the original game, to the point that the game's opening even attempted to disguise the fact that Teddie was going to be a fully-fledged party-member, (Even though [[InterfaceSpoiler the opening demo most definitely didn't]].) but in Persona Q, it is treated as an incidental quirk of his character. This, to a lesser extent, also applied with ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', where his human form isn't exactly show-cast, but will briefly appear in some of his battle Animations, often confusing the hell out of players who never played the original ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' and are only in for the VideoGame/{{BlazBlue}}-esque gameplay. \n** [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Adachi being the true killer]] was one of the biggest plot twists of the original game...and then ''Persona4Arena Ultimax'' comes along and makes him a playable character with his own story mode, spoiling the fact that he's not just a minor character. So much for that. Marie also becomes a playable character, and in her Instant Kill move she outright states her real identity, which was a ''huge'' spoiler for the UpdatedRerelease ''Persona 4 Golden''. The story mode also pretty blatantly spoils it too.
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* In general, {{crossover}} games (namely [[MascotFighter mascot fighters]]) usually feature characters that have, do, and say several things from their respective source materials that it's impossible to avoid spoilers. The amount of [[MythologyGag mythology gags]] and [[ContinuityNod continuity nods]] are plentiful.
* Video game magazines and websites usually does this when covering sequels as they always assume that the reader has played and/or beaten the previous game(s). The very first sentence and/or paragraph of a preview/review will usually spoil a major plot twist or the ending(s) of the previous game(s).
* Numerous previews of ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Knights of the Old Republic 2]]'' spoiled the big plot twist of the first game, as did many articles about the game beyond a few months after its release that refer to the main character as [[spoiler:Revan]]. ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' continues this tradition since that character is heavily involved in the lore.
* That the PlayerCharacter is a [[spoiler: bhaalspawn]] and the half-sibling of [[spoiler: Imoen and Sarevok]] was considered by many as a huge twist in ''VideoGame/BaldursGate''. That is spoiled in the intro and trailers of the sequel.
* Throughout the development of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', the existence of the Flood was kept a secret. Afterwards, they were still considered spoiler material, and magazines avoided directly referring to them. Then the second Halo novel was called ''Halo: The Flood''. And just to drive the point home, the cover of said novel was a picture of Master Chief fighting the Flood. The confirmation that ''{{Halo 4}}'' will feature Master Chief spoiled the fact that [[spoiler: Master Chief [[NotQuiteDead didn't really die]] at the end of ''{{Halo 3}}'', which can be seen after the end credits]].
* It is revealed in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' that [[spoiler:Tetra is actually the titular Princess Zelda]]. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'' being the direct sequel, this information is shown in the opening cinematic. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', despite skipping two generations, does still manage to ruin this twist for anybody who hasn't played ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'' yet, thanks to Tetra [[spoiler: building a massive stained glass window, depicting herself (in Pirate-garb) in the thoronation-chamber]] and to Zelda [[spoiler:praying to Queen Tetra herself, clearly saying her civilian name, before the Final Boss Battle.]] At least's it's not as obvious as in the ''PhantomHourglass'' case, as both of this instances are easy to miss if you're not familiar with the character Tetra yet.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'':
** Nintendo doesn't seem to consider Sheik's identity in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' as much of a spoiler, what with Zelda's ability to turn into Sheik in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. However, as of the fourth game in the series, this has been mitigated somewhat--character transformations have been removed, so Zelda and Sheik are now separate characters on the roster.
** The trophies also spoiled an awful lot from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', namely: [[spoiler:[[HijackedByGanon Ganondorf was the villain the whole time]], and Midna was the Twilight Princess.]] If you truly want to avoid spoilers for almost every game that Nintendo has made, you're better off avoiding the trophies altogether if possible.
** For fans of the ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' series, if they wish not to be spoiled by its sequel ''VideoGame/MOTHER3'', they would have to avoid ''Brawl'' as well. ''Brawl'' includes one of the last areas of the game as a stage, the next-to-last boss of the game as boss in the Subspace Emissary mode, and Lucas's trophy text mentions [[spoiler:how he would eventually have to fight his brother Claus in the end]].[[note]]Possibly in response to this, Lucas's trophy in ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'' doesn't mention ''anything'' about the plot of the game.[[/note]] At best the fans hope ''Brawl'' spurs Nintendo into doing a localization of the game, like ''Melee'' got Nintendo [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros localizing]] ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' titles.
** The trophies you collect are prone to this as well. Some of them have spoilers for other games in them (in ''Melee'', the trophy description for ''VideoGame/CustomRobo 2''[='=]s Annie ends by saying, [[spoiler:"At the climax of the story, Nanase fell prey to temptation and stained her hands with the illegal robot Majei. This act ultimately set the stage for her undeniably tragic end"]]).
** Palutena's reveal trailer for the fourth game not only states casually that [[spoiler: Pit had to fight Palutena before]], but that [[spoiler: she was controlled by the Chaos Kin at the time. (The game initially leads you to believe she'd done a FaceHeelTurn of her own free will)]] Both are major spoilers for ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising.''
** Upon seeing Lucina as a playable character in ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'', it doesn't take a lot of brain effort to deduce that [[spoiler:she is the Masked stranger that was impersonating Marth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', especially since she is wearing the same clothes as Marth, ''who is also in the game'']].
** ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'' is somewhat better about not spoiling things: not only is the above content from ''Twilight Princess'' not spoiled in the trophies, but very little is said about the plot of ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}''. They even openly invoke the concept of spoilers when they avoid describing what the Trainer from ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' will do on his/her journey.
*** In the case of ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'', the 3DS version lacks any major spoilers, but the Wii U version features a clearly labeled trophy of [[spoiler:Mecha-Fiora]] as an item in Smash Tour, and the trophies for Xord and Jade Face spoil major plot points regarding Face Mechon.
* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'': Every trailer and piece of advertising will instantly give away TheReveal from the first game that [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie Gabriel Belmont became Dracula]].
** ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Dawn of Sorrow]]'' casually mentions that [[spoiler:Soma is Dracula]], which is a late-game spoiler for ''Aria of Sorrow''.
* Casual screenshots of ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'' will spoil an event that happens to someone in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness''....[[spoiler:Namely, that Laharl isn't a ''complete'' asshole, and airheaded LoveFreak ultra-pure Angel trainee Flonne has fallen from grace and become an airheaded love free ultra-pure Devil trainee.]] And don't even try playing it if you mind spoilers, because the intro movie reveals the same thing. Also, [[spoiler:Prinny Kurtis is part of the storyline.]]
** The opening of ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'' spoils this too. So does merely shopping at the Rosenqueen store in real life. In fact, it's hardly worth tagging the spoiler anymore.
** When playing La Pucelle, a spiritual predecessor to Disgaea, that there is a pair of secret scenes where Priere [[spoiler: becomes a Demon Lord and Demon Overlord]] is technically a spoiler. However, with La Pucelle: Ragnarok, the remake of La Pucelle, [[spoiler:Priere's demon form]] is right on the cover. Of course, it's now a full route, not merely an ending. And she has appeared in four later NIS games as a "secret" character, and another as DLC, in full [[spoiler: demonic glory]] no less, it's not much of a secret to anyone with an interest in their games. On top of that, many secret characters ''aren't''. It's practically expected that the major characters of previous Disgaea games will appear, even in remakes, plus Asagi since Makai Kingdom, plus a splattering of others. It's just a question of ''which'' characters from those games will appear.
* [[spoiler:Bentley's surprise crippling]] at the BittersweetEnding of ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'' was used as a device to show that the gang's trials and travails affect them permanently, despite the Saturday-morning-cartoon art direction. ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'' showed him [[spoiler:in a wheelchair (if a tricked-out one, since Bentley is the team's GadgeteerGenius)]] on the front of the box.
** The back of ''the instruction manual'' for the Greatest Hits re-release of ''Sly 2: Band of Thieves'' has an ad for the then-upcoming ''Sly 3'' [[spoiler: featuring Bentley in his wheelchair and foreshadowing Murray's brief absence from the team]].
* The ''Franchise/MetalGear'' franchise has many examples of this:
** It's hard to find anyone who doesn't know the big twist of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' (the fact that Big Boss is actually the game's BigBad) to the point of it becoming ItWasHisSled, and even AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame, since its the main thing the game is remembered for.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' both uses and averts this. Snake explains to Naomi about how [[spoiler:he and Gray Fox battled each other to the death]] in ''VideoGame/MetalGear2'', which was a huge spoiler. Normally this wouldn't count, as ''[=MG2=]'' comes before ''[=MGS=]'' in the suggested playing order, but the former hadn't been released in America by the time of the latter's release. However, the game also averts this by not mentioning the bigger twist involving [[spoiler:Gray Fox]] in that game: the fact that he had been [[spoiler:the real identity of "Snake's No.1 Fan", the person who fed him anonymous information, and Frank Hunter, Gustava's fiancee]]. This is probably because ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' [[WholePlotReference repeats that twist to a tee]], [[spoiler:even with the same character: "Deepthroat" is Gray Fox and signs off after calling himself "one of your fans".]]
** In ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 2|SonsOfLiberty}}'', despite the promotional material and packaging hiding the twist, the manual has to tell the player (by necessity) that Snake [[spoiler:is not the only playable character]]. The game also runs into AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame territory - it's taught in game design courses and referred to by almost everyone who plays the game as being fourth-wall breaking, insane and incomprehensible (thereby spoiling most of the shock value to new players).
** The main selling point of ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 3|SnakeEater}}'' is that it chronicles Big Boss' [[StartOfDarkness start of darkness]]. It was originally meant to be a reveal in ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', but now doesn't need to be spoiler-marked.
** In ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Metal Gear Solid 4]]'', [[spoiler:Snake's role as the main character]] spoils one of the plot twists from ''[=MGS2=]''. In addition, the reason behind [[spoiler:Snake's rapid aging]] in the game spoils the whole plot twist of [[spoiler:[=FOXDIE=] and the nanomachines]] in the original game for anyone who's paying close attention.
** The very first trailer for ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Ground Zeroes]]'' revealed the fact that [[spoiler:Paz Ortega Andrade]] wasn't as innocent as she seemed. This was the major twist of ''Peace Walker''.
** The marketing for ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' will have anyone who didn't play ''[=MGS4=]'' asking, "Wait, why is Raiden a cyborg?" It also spoils the "[[spoiler:former child soldier]]" plot for those who didn't play ''[=MGS2=]''.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid'' casually drops colossal spoilers for the canonical series in the names of character card abilities, like Fortune's ability ("[[spoiler: EM Device]]", which lets you dodge bullets) and Liquid Snake's ("FOX-DIE", which boosts your abilities ridiculously for a short time before killing you). Even so, the first game was comparatively gentle compared to the second, which had an upgrade mechanic which would boost your card's abilities but virtually always rename it to the character's real identity if there was one ("Solid Snake ([=MGS1=])" becoming "David", "Alice Hazel" becoming "No. 16"...)
* The ending of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' left you hanging right up until the moment before the credits on whether or not [[spoiler:Balthier and Fran die in a heroic act]]. Unfortunately, shortly before the game was actually released in North America, there was already a trailer for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIIRevenantWings'' (the Nintendo DS sequel) circling the web which revealed [[spoiler:them to be alive and well]]. Any English fan who saw the trailer before reaching the end of the first game were therein stolen any and all suspense on the reveal that [[spoiler:Balthier and Fran lived after all]].
** [[spoiler:Their survival was hinted by Penelo, who pointed out that their airship couldn't have been stolen if the original owners were retaking it. They also received a letter presumably from Balthier and Fran, as it included Ashe's wedding ring that Balthier 'looted' from her (which he said he'd return if he found something of greater value)]]
* ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'', ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}} 2: [[BossGame The Power Fighters]]'', and ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' [[PostScriptSeason onward.]] Not so much of a secret now than how ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'' [[TheReveal revealed]] the fact that [[spoiler:Zero was created by Dr. Wily]], huh?
* The cover of ''VideoGame/YuGiOhGX: Spirit Caller'' (a video game based on the events of the first and part of the second seasons of the show) spoils the fact that Syrus is promoted to Ra Yellow, even though he even starts off in Red in the actual game.
* The spirit meter mechanic of ''[[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2 Mask of the Betrayer]]'' is explicitly stated by the manual to be a spoiler; this doesn't stop every review from detailing it. It didn't stop Atari's PR Department from making it a selling point either.
* The opening cinematic for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV DS'' just assumes that you already know the whole plot, and it spoils, among other things, [[spoiler:that Cecil has to fight Kain at one point, that Cecil becomes a paladin and fight against his own inner darkness, that Kain is intensely jealous that Rosa is with Cecil, that the Tower of Babil is actually the storage place for a giant mech that can destroy the world and the Red Wings and Dwarves are going to fight it, that Rydia eventually returns and can even summon the Leviathan that seems to kill her, they reveal the final team including Kain, and finally as the coup de grace they reveal the Lunar Whale that takes you to the moon]]. Of course, this is a grand tradition with the game; the original American release revealed in the instruction manual that [[spoiler: [=FuSoYa=] would be joining your party, and was from the moon]].
** Of course, the game is almost old enough to vote in the United States, so...
*** You'll play through the game a little differently after you learn which character is going to betray your party right before a critical boss fight, possibly taking some of your better equipment with them if you didn't prepare accordingly.
** Also, when you meet ''Jamming''way and he shows you the music player; the character playing (and adding lines of narration to) the music is Edward, who at that point in the game, is presumed dead. If you haven't played the game before and don't know that he's alive; this is kind of a giveaway, because using a dead character for the music player would be... kinda...
* Back before ''Infinity'' came out, the idea that the protagonist in ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' might be the 10th [=Mk.=] IV cyborg was seen as a wild and hotly contested piece of {{Fanon}} by most players. Now, of course, many descriptions of the game refer to him simply as "the Marathon cyborg", even though this ''still'' hasn't been made entirely explicit by the game itself.
* ''[[Franchise/NintendoWars Advance Wars 2]]'' promotional work featured prominently the Black Hole army, whose existence is the major plot twist in ''Advance Wars''.
** The game's full title is ''Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising''.
** The plot twist in the game, which is that [[spoiler:Hawke kills Sturm]], is mentioned twice in general conversation in the next game.
* The ''{{VideoGame/Sam and Max|FreelancePolice}}: Season Two'' (a.k.a. Beyond Time and Space) [[http://www.telltalegames.com/images/productshots/s2_seasondisc_boxart.png Collector's DVD cover]] spoils what [[spoiler:T-H-E-I-R spaceship]] really looks like. The box art for the Wii port also shows [[spoiler:the spaceship]] too.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2'', there's no way to play through the game without learning Leon betrayed the party and died in the first game. There's also a whole museum dedicated to the events of the first game, but it's at least an optional area.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', the fact that there are actually two worlds is supposed to be a big reveal several hours into the game. Of course, it's impossible to read anything about this game without that fact being spoiled, including the [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil back of the game case]], where it says, "The line between good and evil blurs in this epic adventure where the fate of two interlocked worlds hangs in the balance."
** [[spoiler:Mithos]] being the BigBad is frequently mentioned, although it's not always mentioned that he's [[spoiler:Mithos the hero]].
* Like the example of ''VideoGame/MOTHER3'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', English players who never played Japanese version of ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'', but will play its expanded version ''Tales of Graces f'' in 2012, will no doubt be spoiled by the ''very cover'' if one looks close enough that [[spoiler:both Asbel's eyes aren't the same color, even though they are throughout the most of the game, and Richard and Sophie wear some new clothes not present in the main arc, implying that Richard and Sophie don't die at the end.]]
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'' made no effort with both its boxart and trailers to hide the fact that [[spoiler: Gaius and Musee, the primary antagonists of the prequel, end up doing a HeelFaceTurn after their defeat.]]
* The UsefulNotes/PlayStation remake of ''VideoGame/LunarSilverStarStory'' is horrible about this. You should have absolutely no doubts in your mind as to who the Goddess is and what the Magic Emperor does with her, since ''Dark Althena is right on the box.'' It kind of sucks the suspense out of the plot. It does not help that the game allows you to play Alex's Ocarina to hear the soundtrack...and one of the BGMs blows the identity of the Magic Emperor [[spoiler: by using the full name of the track, "Magic Emperor Ghaleon"]].
** For the remake of the sequel, ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue'' the characters section of the manual labels [[spoiler: Nall]] as ??? to avoid revealing his identity as [[spoiler: the dragon companion from the first game, in human form]] and only shows a silhouette of [[spoiler: Ghaleon]]. However, the standees that come with the game feature all the characters with their names labelled at the bottom, including [[spoiler: Ghaleon and Nall]].
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII: VideoGame/CrisisCore'' stars a protagonist who is a spoiler. His existence, appearance and role are almost entirely unknown until Cloud untangles his TomatoSurprise, very late in the game. Mails sent to this protagonist casually drop facts like [=SOLDIERs=] being implanted with [[spoiler: Jenova cells]] (a major spoiler in the original, since it explains that Cloud's reason for wanting to hunt down Sephiroth isn't simply revenge), and - well, when Cloud shows up and he's [[spoiler: a Shinra grunt rather than a SOLDIER First Class]], that twist is ruined for you.
** The truth about Cloud was already prematurely spoiled in 1999, in ''[[VideoGame/{{Ehrgeiz}} Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring]]'', where his alternate costume was [[spoiler: a Shinra infantry uniform]].
** Also, [[spoiler: Zack dies at the end, which is why he's not in the main game]]. And if you have played the original, you know [[spoiler: Zack dies]], which puts both games in the uncomfortable situation that any of the two games spoils the other, so no matter in which order you play it, you're still screwed.
* In the original ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 Resident Evil]]'', S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team leader Albert Wesker [[TheMole isn't exactly]] [[MagnificentBastard the nice guy]] he first appears to be, but he ends up dying in the end of the game. [[BackFromTheDead His return from the dead]] was actually a huge surprise twist in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'', but the subsequent ''[[UpdatedRerelease Code: Veronica X]]'' re-release spoils this by showing Wesker's face on the title screen, while certain copies of ''Code: Veronica X'' were packaged with a bonus DVD titled ''Wesker's Report'', which narrates the events of the previous installments from Wesker's perspective. Every [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 sequel]] and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil0 prequel]] afterward involving Wesker makes it obvious that he's a villain. In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', Wesker [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal dies for real this time]], or so it seems.]]
* Many works parodying or otherwise discussing ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' reveal the final boss's weakness.
* Creator/{{Valve|Software}}'s Marketing Team spoiled the fact that you are [[spoiler:hundreds of years in the future]] in ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', and that [[spoiler:[=GLaDOS=] is still alive, and back online]]. Anyone who hasn't played the original game won't be surprised at the twists in the original game.
** The mere fact that [=GLaDOS=] is a self aware machine is a spoiler. You don't learn until late in the first game that the malfunctioning, seemingly helpful voice helping you is a maniacal killing machine. Yet the ''commercials'' for ''Portal 2'' were spoken by [=GLaDOS=].
* Present in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series:
** Due to ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', if you didn't know that [[spoiler:Roxas is Sora's Nobody, and that he was a member of Organization XIII]], then you're in for a bit of a shock.
** ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Chain of Memories]]'' (which was released for Nintendo's UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance) assumes that the player has played the original game (which was released for a rival console system, namely the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation2). In other words, this trope comes into play especially, if a player didn't have a [=PS2=], but did have a GBA and was interested in the series.
** Later on, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' spoils the events of ''Chain of Memories'', which did have a PS2 re-release ([[NoExportForYou Except in Europe]])... after ''[=KH2=]'' came out. In other words, Square-Enix ''really'' wants you to know this already.
** The [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil trailer]] for ''Dream Drop Distance'' spoils ''Birth By Sleep''. Specifically, ''it shows Vanitas unmasked''. Those planning on playing Birth by Sleep should avoid watching the end of the trailer. The game itself also manages to contain one for ''another game''. You see, the first world you visit features characters from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''. Including [[spoiler: [[WalkingSpoiler Joshua]]]]. Story cutscenes don't directly state, but ''very'' heavily imply, that [[spoiler: he's a PhysicalGod.]] Which is, like, you know, ''the biggest plot twist in TWEWY!'' Granted, most of it doesn't make sense unless you've played the original game, but even if you haven't, it's pretty obvious anyone who [[spoiler: sprouts angel wings and flies away]] probably isn't a normal human teenager like their appearance suggests.
* ''Franchise/GodOfWar''
** In the opening cinematic of ''VideoGame/GodOfWarII'', we learn that Kratos is the God of War, not Ares.
** The ''God of War Collection'' has helpful trophy descriptions, viewable as soon as you start the game, such as "Daddy Issues: Defeat [[spoiler:Zeus]]."
** Also, [[BilingualBonus if you happen to speak Greek]], the goddamn ''title song'' is a spoiler, as the lyrics, translated, are:
--> The end begins! The end begins! The end begins! The end begins now!
--> Betrayal, rage, rage! The end begins now!
--> I will kill him! I will kill him!
--> Patricide! Genocide!
--> I will kill them all! Olympus shall fall!
** The fact that Kratos himself killed his wife and daughter was a major revelation halfway the first game as we were lead to believe that Ares did (Though [[spoiler: Ares actually planned this murder]]). This is casually mentioned at the beginning of all the next games including prequels.
* The video game conventions the player takes no notice of initially in ''VideoGame/{{Haze}}'' are supposed to be PaintingTheMedium, as it turns out they're actually being implemented on the PlayerCharacter. This PlotTwist would be more of a surprise if it hadn't been spoiled by ''every single preview'' of the game after a certain point. Those frathouse manchildren who are your comrades in arms? They're actually on drugs, and literally can't register the death and destruction they cause.
* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', while not requiring you to play the games to understand its own story, spoils major plot elements of the games it draws its characters from, such as casual mentions in the story mode that [[spoiler: [[Videogame/FinalFantasyI Garland is more than just the first boss]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Golbez is really Cecil's brother]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII The Emperor takes over Hell]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Terra is half-Esper and Kefka is a god]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Jecht is the Final Aeon]]]]. Particularly jarring is the mere ''presence'' of some characters, like the Cloud of Darkness who is never mentioned at all in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' until the tail end, and is in Dissidia presenting the game. Also Ultimecia, who only starts playing a role 3/4 of the way into ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', and who you only ''see'' during 2 to 3 cutscenes.
** The ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' spoiler is particularly jarring, because they ''do'' manage to mask a perfectly equivalent spoiler from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' - [[spoiler: it's never mentioned that Kuja and Zidane are also brothers.]]
* The ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' series spoils itself in the openings. This is especially the case for the opening cinema of ''Soul Reaver 2''.
* Nintendo seems to feel that anybody interested in buying the ''Sky'' edition of ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' should already know the parts of the plot from Time/Darkness. This goes to the point that they include an animated special that spoils ''the entire game up to that point'' as a ''pre-order bonus.'' Add to this the clear hints in the commercials and the info on Sky's website and it's all over.
* It was impossible to see any commercials for ''Pokémon Platinum'' that didn't spoil [[spoiler: Cyrus's status as Team Galactic's boss or the fact that he tries to summon a legendary or two]]. Guess they assumed that everyone had played ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''...
* The prologue screen in the SegaGenesis BeatEmUp ''Last Battle'' isn't so much of a prologue as it is a plot summary of the ''whole game'' itself. This is partly because ''Last Battle'' was originally a ''[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto no Ken]]'' game that was [[DolledUpInstallment rebranded]] and [[BlindIdiotTranslation lazily localized]] for its overseas release.
* Opening (or so) lines to [[Series/XPlay Morgan Webb's]] review of ''Persona 3 Fes'': [[spoiler:"As you know, the original protagonist of the Persona 3 perished at the end of the game."]] TakeThat, nerds who hold out for Special Edition releases.
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''. Kokonoe's a catgirl, Ragna and Jin are brothers, Hakumen is future!Jin, and Hazama is Terumi. The first two barely count as spoilers, since they're both casually mentioned in the FourthWallMailSlot. ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift 2]]'' got a new opening FMV that shows [[spoiler: Noel turning into Mu-12.]]
* In ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' Ky and Dizzy are married as of ''Overture'' and onward into ''Xrd -SIGN-''.
* ''VideoGame/RainbowIslands: The Story of VideoGame/BubbleBobble 2'' (and further games in the ''Bubble Bobble'' series): The boys? They were transformed (before) into bubble dragons. Family confusion and {{Red Herring}}s aside, the {{Attract Mode}}s show this.
* In the DS version of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', the dojo section features pictures of the various techs in action. This is fine as they're only unlocked after you learn them. However, some of the first techs unlocked show [[spoiler:Magus in your party]], who won't join you until near the end of the game. The SNES version's manual also contained a profile on all recruitable characters, including this surprise character.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank 3'' contains one line which spoils both of the previous two games. Ratchet explains [[spoiler:that Captain Qwark teamed up with Drek in the first game]] and alludes to, but doesn't explain, [[spoiler:the character's involvement with the Protopet project in the second]]. The former is actually spoilt before that, as a photo of the two is shown on the screen.
** Being the final volume of a trilogy, ''A Crack in Time'' outright summarizes ''Tools of Destruction'' and ''Quest for Booty'' in its unskippable intro FMV (as the game needs to install data, so interrupting it would otherwise corrupt).
* The UsefulNotes/{{Wiiware}} and Steam release of ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' contains some extra playing modes in addition to the original game, none of which require any sort of unlocking. So you can spoil the boss fights by playing the BossRush game before the main game, or you can spoil the existence of a character who's introduced one-third into the game by playing "Curly Story" first. The ''VideoGame/CaveStory 3D'' box art also makes it quite obvious that the main character is a robot.
* In the second ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' game, two villains ([[spoiler:Axel Almer and Einst Alfimi]]) are supposedly killed off, but they come BackFromTheDead and perform a HeelFaceTurn in the half-sequel Original Generation Gaiden (which is not quite a GaidenGame). In an ''actual'' GaidenGame, ''[[EndlessFrontier Endless Frontier EXCEED]]'', they casually appear on the cover as main characters. This will be especially jarring if ''EXCEED'' is released in America, since the game where they were killed off was localized while [[NoExportForYou the one where they came back wasn't]].
** One of said characters appeared as a playable character in a preview for the upcoming "Second Original Generation".
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', players who don't haven't completed [[spoiler:Drakuru's quests]] in Grizzly Hills (and who may not have even met him), will likely have the twist spoiled if they complete Drak'theron Keep with a player who has his last Grizzly Hills quest, which reveals that [[spoiler:he's working with the Lich King]]. Similarly, the Black Knight is listed as the prerequisite for the achievement for completing the Trial of the Champion, spoiling the twist that he comes back from the dead. Icecrown Citadel raids often advertise themselves as being up to [[spoiler:Saurfang]], which prematurely reveals that [[spoiler:[[MemeticBadass Varok Saurfang]]'s son was reanimated as a death knight]] after the Wrathgate battle.
** Due to the nature of questing through Northrend, players are much more likely to run into this in Zul'Drak, the zone after Grizzly Hills, when they begin the Ebon Blade quests and see that [[spoiler:Drakuru is a Scourge commander running a necropolis]].
** The current loading screen for Northrend shows the Lich King [[spoiler: is not Arthas]]. When players defeat the Lich King, [[spoiler: Bolvar Fordragon takes Arthas' place, because without a Lich King the Scourge will go out of control.]]
** Due to it's lore-heavy nature, like Starcraft below, World of Warcraft spoils a lot of twists about it's predecessor, ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII''. [[spoiler: Namely, Arthas as the second Lich King, what happened to Illidan, the Blood Elves, and so on]]. ''Warcraft III'' however does not spoil as much about ''VideoGame/WarcraftII'' in comparison, what with the two stories focusing on completely different sets of characters each time.
* ''StarCraft'' suffers quite severely from this, thanks to the fact that the expansion pack "Brood War" centered around the Queen of the Blades, [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn formerly known as Sarah Kerrigan]]]], even going as far to have her get all the attention for the merchandising. In case there was a chance that someone didn't recognize her, ''Starcraft 2'' instead used a flashback of [[spoiler:New Gettysburg]] in their commercials and promo material.
** In ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'', the official site description for Heart of the Swarm gives away the ending to Wings of Liberty [[spoiler: that Kerrigan gets deinfested.]]
* Some editions of ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney'' include a trailer for the sequel, ''VideoGame/{{Dreamfall|TheLongestJourney}}'' on the disc. If you watch that trailer it makes it pretty obvious that [[spoiler:April won't become the next guardian]] at the end of the first game.
* The opening sequence of ''[[VideoGame/FinalFight Final Fight 2]]'' begins with a shot of Cody punching out Belger from a high-rise building.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemptionUndeadNightmare'' ''starts'' at a point that was near the very end of the original ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', so a lot of spoilery stuff is liberally stated. For example, [[spoiler:Luisa, Bill, Dutch, and many others are dead, Reyes has taken control over Mexico, and Ross has released John's family from captivity.]]
** The postgame of Undead Nightmare also reveals that [[spoiler:John dies. It doesn't reveal how it happened though]]
* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': SamusIsAGirl, combining this and ItWasHisSled. Newer ''Metroid'' games don't even try to hide Samus' gender, effectively spoiling the ending of [[VideoGame/{{Metroid1}} the first game]] every time it shows it.
* Following the events of the first ''ProfessorLayton'' game, the young heiress Flora Reinhold comes to stay with the Professor. If you haven't played through the first game yet, this is a spoiler for at least one plot element. However, she is clearly present in the second and third games, (occasionally) promotional art, and the prologue to the prequel movie, ''Eternal Diva''.
* The first trailer for ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: ModernWarfare2'' blatantly spoils the fact that the death of Imran Zakhaev (the BigBad of the first game) is what directly causes the antagonist of the sequel, Makarov, and his splinter group to seek revenge.
** Likewise, ''Modern Warfare 3''[='=]s trailer spoils the fact that Vladimir Makarov is still alive and well after the events of the second game, and that tensions between Russia and the U.S. have escalated into all-out warfare. The cutscene before the prologue also blatantly spoils the fact that [[spoiler:Shepherd was the BigBad of the second game and Soap and Price were the ones who killed him.]]
* The marketing and trailers for ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'' assume that the viewer knows that Isaac Clarke [[spoiler:is the only survivor of the events from the first game, and that every other character from the first installment (including your girlfriend Nicole, who is now showing up as a hallucination) has died)]]. Likewise, the ''Severed'' DLC mission spoils the fact that [[spoiler:Gabe and Lexine Weller]] are the only ones who survived the events of ''Dead Space: Extraction''.
* In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' series, no game after ''[='=]97'' does much of anything to hide the fact that Yashiro, Shermie, and Chris are in fact Orochi cultists (e.g. ''[='=]98'' referring to them as the Orochi Team, rather than New Faces Team or Band Team).
* Promotional material for ''Franchise/FireEmblem : [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Radiant Dawn]]'' seemed to consider that the Black Knight's identity was common knowledge, even though the fact that he's [[spoiler:Zelgius]] is not revealed until the start of Part IV.
** And even though ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Sword of Seals]]'' was released before ''Blazing Sword'', the fact that the latter was the first ''Fire Emblem'' to be localized outside of Japan means that most players did not know that ShelteredAristocrat Zephiel was to become the former's [[StrawNihilist nihilistic]] BigBad, making his ending scene in ''Blazing Sword'' more of a TwistEnding than the ForegoneConclusion it was to those who had played ''Sword of Seals'' first.
* The [[http://images.nintendolife.com/games/ds/solatorobo_red_the_hunter/cover_large.jpg European boxart]] of ''{{Solatorobo}}'' shows both Red's [[HalfHumanHybrid Hybrid]] Trance form (though it doesn't identify it as anything) and advertises the fact that you uncover the "mysterious origins" of the world. Both of these do not even ''show up'' until the midpoint of the game - before that, Red has no idea he can Trance and the world simply "is".
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''[='=]s marketing runs on the fact that players are aware that Shepard destroyed [[spoiler:Sovereign]] in the first game (which ruins the impact of Shepard's [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt supposed "death" and reappearance]]). Likewise, the [=Xbox=] Live Marketplace spoils a DLC mission titled "[[spoiler:Normandy]] Crash Site". Wonder what that's all about?
** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''[='=]s trailers showcases a number of characters from the previous games, including ones who took part in the titular suicide mission of the previous installment (including [[spoiler:Garrus, Tali, Jacob, Miranda and Legion]]). Ashley/Kaiden also show up front-and-center in the trailers, making the whole sequence where they're paralyzed by the Collectors in ''[=ME2=]'' (and eventual rescue) a non-surprise. To make things worse, the Xbox Live Marketplace spoils the fact that [[spoiler:you can recruit a Prothean squad member]] in the "From Ashes" DLC pack. And the existence and impending return of [[spoiler:the Reapers]], which was a fairly shocking twist in the first game when Shepard speaks to [[spoiler:Sovereign]], is more or less the entire conflict of the third game, shown front-and-center. The fact that [[spoiler:Sovereign is a Reaper]] is TheReveal of ''[=ME1=]'', but someone who has caught as much as a glimpse of ''[=ME3=]'' promotional materials will immediately figure out the truth about Saren's alleged geth dreadnought.
* The reveal of SHODAN (the primary antagonist of the original game) in ''VideoGame/SystemShock 2'' (which occurs roughly halfway through the game) is considered by many to be one of the most shocking and surprising plot twists in any survival horror game in recent memory. It probably ''would'' have been a bigger surprise if it wasn't already spoiled by the game's boxart (which have SHODAN front and center) or the game description on the back of the box.
* ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines'', by virtue of being a POVSequel to the [[Film/{{Aliens}} 1986 film]], spoils the climax of the movie (and its offscreen result) by necessity. The Hadley's Hope colony on LV-426 was almost completely destroyed due to an atmosphere processor explosion caused by the main characters in the film.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}''[='=]s [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] included The Vault Dweller's memoirs, which was essentially a spoiler and walkthrough for the first ''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}''.
* The ''History of DMC'' video unlocked by beating ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 4'' likewise gives away all of the spoilers and plot twists from the first three games.
* ''[[{{VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan}} The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' (2012) gets this in spades. In addition to being released a week before the [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan actual movie]] was released in theatres, the game is a sequel to said film and spoils several plot points in its opening mission. This includes [[spoiler:the Lizard's tear through the city, Dr. Connors being locked up, Connors' engineered virus/antivenom and Captain Stacy's death]].
* If one plays ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'' and ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' without playing ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'', one of the biggest plot twists is spoiled to the player because of Saya coming BackFromTheDead and is willing to work with Reiji. Of course, [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros then again...]]
* If you got on ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' after ''Meet the Pyro'' came out, but hadn't seen it yet and noticed that you had "Pyrovision Goggles" added to your inventory, well...the big surprise of the short was ruined for you.
* A teaser trailer for ''[[VideoGame/JetSetRadio Jet Set Radio Future]]'' (circa 2001) had text reading "DO YOU KNOW?" and then displayed the JSRF logo as Potts (in his anthropomorphic, playable character form) dances around in the background. People who did not know that he was an unlockable in the first game and saw this trailer were most likely thinking, "Why is the dog on rollerblades and dancing?"
* Creator/{{Ubisoft}} quickly learned that when you have a prolific franchise like ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' whose ''entire FramingDevice'' is a massive spoiler, you can't keep the cat in the bag for long. The existence of the Animus and the real protagonist, Desmond Miles, was kept heavily under wraps during production of [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI the first game]], even after Creator/KristenBell accidentally leaked part of the plot in an interview. Since then, the developers have been [[ZigZaggingTrope surprisingly coy]] when dealing with the modern-day plotline in each game; in previews they'll mention Desmond and the Animus every now and again, but all but the bare essentials of Desmond's plotline in each game is a tightly-guarded secret, with the developers only ever showing gameplay from inside the Animus. Former franchise director Patrice Desilets even got in on the [[TrollingCreator act]] by teasing that ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood Brotherhood]]'''s cliffhanger ending almost made Creator/NolanNorth RageQuit the studio.
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' would be the first in the main game series to ''not'' follow Desmond Miles, with the new Animus operator being an anonymous researcher at Abstergo Entertainment, but a story mission reveals that Desmond Miles wasn't a ''consensual'' "Sample 17" donor... [[spoiler:because Abstergo simply took the DNA samples from his corpse soon after his death at the conclusion of ''Assassin's Creed III'']].
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' revealed in The Passing DLC that Bill died on their way to Georgia. When The Sacrifice DLC came out, along with a comic that shows the events that took place before and during The Sacrifice, people that didn't play The Passing were quite surprised to see Bill getting KilledOffForReal.
* The entire prologue of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' spoils the first several hours of the first game, such as the loss of most of the Ferelden army at the ill-fated Battle of Ostagar, Loghain's betrayal and the death of King Cailan, as well as the destruction of Lothering at the hands of the Darkspawn horde.
** The entire ''game'' can be considered this and a FirstEpisodeSpoiler due to the FramingDevice. The opening states outright that Thedas is currently on the brink of a World War and the Chantry has fallen to pieces, due to something that the Champion and their friends did. Varric then proceeds to explain ''how'' Hawke became the Champion of Kirkwall and HowWeGotHere.
** The trailer also revealed [[spoiler: the death of the Viscount]] and that Hawke will eventually be forced to fight [[spoiler: the Arishok. What it doesn't give away is that this happens 2/3 of the way through the game and isn't remotely the end boss.]]
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', it's generally not considered a spoiler that the PlayerCharacter's title is "[[spoiler:The Inquisitor]]", and players openly call their characters by that title in spoiler-free discussions, even though, story-wise, the player character only receives that title after the first act, after [[spoiler:Corypheus destroys Haven and the Inquisition moves to Skyhold]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}} 3'': The trailers freely call the protagonist Prophet. [[spoiler:Alcatraz?]] Who's that?
* In the first game in the ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' series, the central plot discoveries are that [[spoiler: 1.) Atrus is still alive, and 2.) Both of his sons are evil, so contrary to the implied setup you need to {{Take a Third Option}} and help neither of them.]] If you read the back of the second game's box prior to playing the first game, you will already know #1, and taking even a cursory look at ''any'' publicity for the third or fourth games will almost certainly tell you #2. Justified in that the later plots build directly on these points, and there would be virtually no way to advertise ''without'' spoiling them, but the functional result is that every major plot point in ''Myst'' will already be known to you if you've read the blurbs for the sequels.
* ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII''[='=]s trailers frequently refer to [[spoiler:Serah's death]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2''.
* The [[SpoilerTitle title]] of ''[[VideoGame/DeadlyRoomsOfDeath DROD]]: The City Beneath'' spoils a surprise at the end of the previous game, ''Journey to Rooted Hold''. The title of the next game, ''The Second Sky'', does the same for the ending of ''The City Beneath''.
* Naoto from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' is a girl. This was a major spoiler but one of the first things fan learn about Naoto, or even the series, is this. Merchandise, the anime, and a psuedo-canon light novel sequel don't shy from this fact.
** As for ''VideoGame/PersonaQ'', Teddie is happily frolicking through trailers in his [[BecomeARealBoy human form]]. Blonde, blue-eyed {{Bishonen}} Teddie was a spoiler on-par with Naoto's reveal in the original game, to the point that the game's opening even attempted to disguise the fact that Teddie was going to be a fully-fledged party-member, (Even though [[InterfaceSpoiler the opening demo most definitely didn't]].) but in Persona Q, it is treated as an incidental quirk of his character. This, to a lesser extent, also applied with ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', where his human form isn't exactly show-cast, but will briefly appear in some of his battle Animations, often confusing the hell out of players who never played the original ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' and are only in for the VideoGame/{{BlazBlue}}-esque gameplay.
** [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Adachi being the true killer]] was one of the biggest plot twists of the original game...and then ''Persona4Arena Ultimax'' comes along and makes him a playable character with his own story mode, spoiling the fact that he's not just a minor character. So much for that. Marie also becomes a playable character, and in her Instant Kill move she outright states her real identity, which was a ''huge'' spoiler for the UpdatedRerelease ''Persona 4 Golden''. The story mode also pretty blatantly spoils it too.
** Also from ''Ultimax'', the entire main cast of ''Persona 3'' is present... except for two characters. [[PlotlineDeath It's not hard to guess what that means.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'', the existence of The Trinity as real gods instead of just religious figures and also being the creators of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Skullheart]] is not told in the game until the very end. The Indiegogo campaign to fund new characters, however, had 2 of the 3 members of The Trinity as possibilities with a bio telling who they are.
* The trailers of ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' present the titular Hunt as a mysterious and unknown menace, when the readers of the original books, as well as the people who simply paid close attention to the last chapter of the previous game already know that they are [[spoiler:a race of imperialistic elves from another world.]]
* Just looking at the covers or screenshots of ''[[Franchise/JakAndDaxter Jak II]]'' and ''[[Franchise/JakAndDaxter 3]]'' spoils the fact that Daxter [[spoiler: doesn't turns back to normal]] in the original game.
* In ''VideoGame/ShadowrunReturns'', anyone familiar with the tabletop setting will know that [[spoiler:the Universal Brotherhood is a front for the Insect Spirits]], but your character won't learn that until near the endgame.
* The intro of ''VideoGame/LufiaTheLegendReturns'' spoils part of the ending of ''VideoGame/LufiaAndTheFortressOfDoom'', namely that [[spoiler:Lufia dies (though she gets better)]]. The rest of the game will likely spoil the ''why'', as [[spoiler:it's the same reason Seena has to die]].
* The [[http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/4/0/4/96404_front.jpg Japanese boxart]] for ''VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction'' shows all the main characters lined up, facing the same direction as if they are a team, despite Naja being antagonistic. [[spoiler:Naturally, he joins your party later.]]
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* Video game magazines and websites usually does this when covering sequels as they always assume that the reader has played and/or beaten the previous game(s). The very first sentence and/or paragraph of a preview/review will usually spoil a major plot twist or the ending(s) of the previous game(s).
* Numerous previews of ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Knights of the Old Republic 2]]'' spoiled the big plot twist of the first game, as did many articles about the game beyond a few months after its release that refer to the main character as [[spoiler:Revan]]. ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' continues this tradition since that character is heavily involved in the lore.
* That the PlayerCharacter is a [[spoiler: bhaalspawn]] and the half-sibling of [[spoiler: Imoen and Sarevok]] was considered by many as a huge twist in ''VideoGame/BaldursGate''. That is spoiled in the intro and trailers of the sequel.
* Throughout the development of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', the existence of the Flood was kept a secret. Afterwards, they were still considered spoiler material, and magazines avoided directly referring to them. Then the second Halo novel was called ''Halo: The Flood''. And just to drive the point home, the cover of said novel was a picture of Master Chief fighting the Flood. The confirmation that ''{{Halo 4}}'' will feature Master Chief spoiled the fact that [[spoiler: Master Chief [[NotQuiteDead didn't really die]] at the end of ''{{Halo 3}}'', which can be seen after the end credits]].
* It is revealed in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' that [[spoiler:Tetra is actually the titular Princess Zelda]]. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'' being the direct sequel, this information is shown in the opening cinematic. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', despite skipping two generations, does still manage to ruin this twist for anybody who hasn't played ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'' yet, thanks to Tetra [[spoiler: building a massive stained glass window, depicting herself (in Pirate-garb) in the thoronation-chamber]] and to Zelda [[spoiler:praying to Queen Tetra herself, clearly saying her civilian name, before the Final Boss Battle.]] At least's it's not as obvious as in the ''PhantomHourglass'' case, as both of this instances are easy to miss if you're not familiar with the character Tetra yet.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'':
** Nintendo doesn't seem to consider Sheik's identity in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' as much of a spoiler, what with Zelda's ability to turn into Sheik in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. However, as of the fourth game in the series, this has been mitigated somewhat--character transformations have been removed, so Zelda and Sheik are now separate characters on the roster.
** The trophies also spoiled an awful lot from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', namely: [[spoiler:[[HijackedByGanon Ganondorf was the villain the whole time]], and Midna was the Twilight Princess.]] If you truly want to avoid spoilers for almost every game that Nintendo has made, you're better off avoiding the trophies altogether if possible.
** For fans of the ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' series, if they wish not to be spoiled by its sequel ''VideoGame/MOTHER3'', they would have to avoid ''Brawl'' as well. ''Brawl'' includes one of the last areas of the game as a stage, the next-to-last boss of the game as boss in the Subspace Emissary mode, and Lucas's trophy text mentions [[spoiler:how he would eventually have to fight his brother Claus in the end]].[[note]]Possibly in response to this, Lucas's trophy in ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'' doesn't mention ''anything'' about the plot of the game.[[/note]] At best the fans hope ''Brawl'' spurs Nintendo into doing a localization of the game, like ''Melee'' got Nintendo [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros localizing]] ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' titles.
** The trophies you collect are prone to this as well. Some of them have spoilers for other games in them (in ''Melee'', the trophy description for ''VideoGame/CustomRobo 2''[='=]s Annie ends by saying, [[spoiler:"At the climax of the story, Nanase fell prey to temptation and stained her hands with the illegal robot Majei. This act ultimately set the stage for her undeniably tragic end"]]).
** Palutena's reveal trailer for the fourth game not only states casually that [[spoiler: Pit had to fight Palutena before]], but that [[spoiler: she was controlled by the Chaos Kin at the time. (The game initially leads you to believe she'd done a FaceHeelTurn of her own free will)]] Both are major spoilers for ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising.''
** Upon seeing Lucina as a playable character in ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'', it doesn't take a lot of brain effort to deduce that [[spoiler:she is the Masked stranger that was impersonating Marth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', especially since she is wearing the same clothes as Marth, ''who is also in the game'']].
** ''Wii U/[=3DS=]'' is somewhat better about not spoiling things: not only is the above content from ''Twilight Princess'' not spoiled in the trophies, but very little is said about the plot of ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}''. They even openly invoke the concept of spoilers when they avoid describing what the Trainer from ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' will do on his/her journey.
*** In the case of ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'', the 3DS version lacks any major spoilers, but the Wii U version features a clearly labeled trophy of [[spoiler:Mecha-Fiora]] as an item in Smash Tour, and the trophies for Xord and Jade Face spoil major plot points regarding Face Mechon.
* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'': Every trailer and piece of advertising will instantly give away TheReveal from the first game that [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie Gabriel Belmont became Dracula]].
** ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Dawn of Sorrow]]'' casually mentions that [[spoiler:Soma is Dracula]], which is a late-game spoiler for ''Aria of Sorrow''.
* Casual screenshots of ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'' will spoil an event that happens to someone in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness''....[[spoiler:Namely, that Laharl isn't a ''complete'' asshole, and airheaded LoveFreak ultra-pure Angel trainee Flonne has fallen from grace and become an airheaded love free ultra-pure Devil trainee.]] And don't even try playing it if you mind spoilers, because the intro movie reveals the same thing. Also, [[spoiler:Prinny Kurtis is part of the storyline.]]
** The opening of ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'' spoils this too. So does merely shopping at the Rosenqueen store in real life. In fact, it's hardly worth tagging the spoiler anymore.
** When playing La Pucelle, a spiritual predecessor to Disgaea, that there is a pair of secret scenes where Priere [[spoiler: becomes a Demon Lord and Demon Overlord]] is technically a spoiler. However, with La Pucelle: Ragnarok, the remake of La Pucelle, [[spoiler:Priere's demon form]] is right on the cover. Of course, it's now a full route, not merely an ending. And she has appeared in four later NIS games as a "secret" character, and another as DLC, in full [[spoiler: demonic glory]] no less, it's not much of a secret to anyone with an interest in their games. On top of that, many secret characters ''aren't''. It's practically expected that the major characters of previous Disgaea games will appear, even in remakes, plus Asagi since Makai Kingdom, plus a splattering of others. It's just a question of ''which'' characters from those games will appear.
* [[spoiler:Bentley's surprise crippling]] at the BittersweetEnding of ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'' was used as a device to show that the gang's trials and travails affect them permanently, despite the Saturday-morning-cartoon art direction. ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'' showed him [[spoiler:in a wheelchair (if a tricked-out one, since Bentley is the team's GadgeteerGenius)]] on the front of the box.
** The back of ''the instruction manual'' for the Greatest Hits re-release of ''Sly 2: Band of Thieves'' has an ad for the then-upcoming ''Sly 3'' [[spoiler: featuring Bentley in his wheelchair and foreshadowing Murray's brief absence from the team]].
* The ''Franchise/MetalGear'' franchise has many examples of this:
** It's hard to find anyone who doesn't know the big twist of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' (the fact that Big Boss is actually the game's BigBad) to the point of it becoming ItWasHisSled, and even AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame, since its the main thing the game is remembered for.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' both uses and averts this. Snake explains to Naomi about how [[spoiler:he and Gray Fox battled each other to the death]] in ''VideoGame/MetalGear2'', which was a huge spoiler. Normally this wouldn't count, as ''[=MG2=]'' comes before ''[=MGS=]'' in the suggested playing order, but the former hadn't been released in America by the time of the latter's release. However, the game also averts this by not mentioning the bigger twist involving [[spoiler:Gray Fox]] in that game: the fact that he had been [[spoiler:the real identity of "Snake's No.1 Fan", the person who fed him anonymous information, and Frank Hunter, Gustava's fiancee]]. This is probably because ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' [[WholePlotReference repeats that twist to a tee]], [[spoiler:even with the same character: "Deepthroat" is Gray Fox and signs off after calling himself "one of your fans".]]
** In ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 2|SonsOfLiberty}}'', despite the promotional material and packaging hiding the twist, the manual has to tell the player (by necessity) that Snake [[spoiler:is not the only playable character]]. The game also runs into AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame territory - it's taught in game design courses and referred to by almost everyone who plays the game as being fourth-wall breaking, insane and incomprehensible (thereby spoiling most of the shock value to new players).
** The main selling point of ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 3|SnakeEater}}'' is that it chronicles Big Boss' [[StartOfDarkness start of darkness]]. It was originally meant to be a reveal in ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', but now doesn't need to be spoiler-marked.
** In ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Metal Gear Solid 4]]'', [[spoiler:Snake's role as the main character]] spoils one of the plot twists from ''[=MGS2=]''. In addition, the reason behind [[spoiler:Snake's rapid aging]] in the game spoils the whole plot twist of [[spoiler:[=FOXDIE=] and the nanomachines]] in the original game for anyone who's paying close attention.
** The very first trailer for ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Ground Zeroes]]'' revealed the fact that [[spoiler:Paz Ortega Andrade]] wasn't as innocent as she seemed. This was the major twist of ''Peace Walker''.
** The marketing for ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' will have anyone who didn't play ''[=MGS4=]'' asking, "Wait, why is Raiden a cyborg?" It also spoils the "[[spoiler:former child soldier]]" plot for those who didn't play ''[=MGS2=]''.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid'' casually drops colossal spoilers for the canonical series in the names of character card abilities, like Fortune's ability ("[[spoiler: EM Device]]", which lets you dodge bullets) and Liquid Snake's ("FOX-DIE", which boosts your abilities ridiculously for a short time before killing you). Even so, the first game was comparatively gentle compared to the second, which had an upgrade mechanic which would boost your card's abilities but virtually always rename it to the character's real identity if there was one ("Solid Snake ([=MGS1=])" becoming "David", "Alice Hazel" becoming "No. 16"...)
* The ending of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' left you hanging right up until the moment before the credits on whether or not [[spoiler:Balthier and Fran die in a heroic act]]. Unfortunately, shortly before the game was actually released in North America, there was already a trailer for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIIRevenantWings'' (the Nintendo DS sequel) circling the web which revealed [[spoiler:them to be alive and well]]. Any English fan who saw the trailer before reaching the end of the first game were therein stolen any and all suspense on the reveal that [[spoiler:Balthier and Fran lived after all]].
** [[spoiler:Their survival was hinted by Penelo, who pointed out that their airship couldn't have been stolen if the original owners were retaking it. They also received a letter presumably from Balthier and Fran, as it included Ashe's wedding ring that Balthier 'looted' from her (which he said he'd return if he found something of greater value)]]
* ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'', ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}} 2: [[BossGame The Power Fighters]]'', and ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' [[PostScriptSeason onward.]] Not so much of a secret now than how ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'' [[TheReveal revealed]] the fact that [[spoiler:Zero was created by Dr. Wily]], huh?
* The cover of ''VideoGame/YuGiOhGX: Spirit Caller'' (a video game based on the events of the first and part of the second seasons of the show) spoils the fact that Syrus is promoted to Ra Yellow, even though he even starts off in Red in the actual game.
* The spirit meter mechanic of ''[[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2 Mask of the Betrayer]]'' is explicitly stated by the manual to be a spoiler; this doesn't stop every review from detailing it. It didn't stop Atari's PR Department from making it a selling point either.
* The opening cinematic for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV DS'' just assumes that you already know the whole plot, and it spoils, among other things, [[spoiler:that Cecil has to fight Kain at one point, that Cecil becomes a paladin and fight against his own inner darkness, that Kain is intensely jealous that Rosa is with Cecil, that the Tower of Babil is actually the storage place for a giant mech that can destroy the world and the Red Wings and Dwarves are going to fight it, that Rydia eventually returns and can even summon the Leviathan that seems to kill her, they reveal the final team including Kain, and finally as the coup de grace they reveal the Lunar Whale that takes you to the moon]]. Of course, this is a grand tradition with the game; the original American release revealed in the instruction manual that [[spoiler: [=FuSoYa=] would be joining your party, and was from the moon]].
** Of course, the game is almost old enough to vote in the United States, so...
*** You'll play through the game a little differently after you learn which character is going to betray your party right before a critical boss fight, possibly taking some of your better equipment with them if you didn't prepare accordingly.
** Also, when you meet ''Jamming''way and he shows you the music player; the character playing (and adding lines of narration to) the music is Edward, who at that point in the game, is presumed dead. If you haven't played the game before and don't know that he's alive; this is kind of a giveaway, because using a dead character for the music player would be... kinda...
* Back before ''Infinity'' came out, the idea that the protagonist in ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' might be the 10th [=Mk.=] IV cyborg was seen as a wild and hotly contested piece of {{Fanon}} by most players. Now, of course, many descriptions of the game refer to him simply as "the Marathon cyborg", even though this ''still'' hasn't been made entirely explicit by the game itself.
* ''[[Franchise/NintendoWars Advance Wars 2]]'' promotional work featured prominently the Black Hole army, whose existence is the major plot twist in ''Advance Wars''.
** The game's full title is ''Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising''.
** The plot twist in the game, which is that [[spoiler:Hawke kills Sturm]], is mentioned twice in general conversation in the next game.
* The ''{{VideoGame/Sam and Max|FreelancePolice}}: Season Two'' (a.k.a. Beyond Time and Space) [[http://www.telltalegames.com/images/productshots/s2_seasondisc_boxart.png Collector's DVD cover]] spoils what [[spoiler:T-H-E-I-R spaceship]] really looks like. The box art for the Wii port also shows [[spoiler:the spaceship]] too.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2'', there's no way to play through the game without learning Leon betrayed the party and died in the first game. There's also a whole museum dedicated to the events of the first game, but it's at least an optional area.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', the fact that there are actually two worlds is supposed to be a big reveal several hours into the game. Of course, it's impossible to read anything about this game without that fact being spoiled, including the [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil back of the game case]], where it says, "The line between good and evil blurs in this epic adventure where the fate of two interlocked worlds hangs in the balance."
** [[spoiler:Mithos]] being the BigBad is frequently mentioned, although it's not always mentioned that he's [[spoiler:Mithos the hero]].
* Like the example of ''VideoGame/MOTHER3'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', English players who never played Japanese version of ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'', but will play its expanded version ''Tales of Graces f'' in 2012, will no doubt be spoiled by the ''very cover'' if one looks close enough that [[spoiler:both Asbel's eyes aren't the same color, even though they are throughout the most of the game, and Richard and Sophie wear some new clothes not present in the main arc, implying that Richard and Sophie don't die at the end.]]
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'' made no effort with both its boxart and trailers to hide the fact that [[spoiler: Gaius and Musee, the primary antagonists of the prequel, end up doing a HeelFaceTurn after their defeat.]]
* The UsefulNotes/PlayStation remake of ''VideoGame/LunarSilverStarStory'' is horrible about this. You should have absolutely no doubts in your mind as to who the Goddess is and what the Magic Emperor does with her, since ''Dark Althena is right on the box.'' It kind of sucks the suspense out of the plot. It does not help that the game allows you to play Alex's Ocarina to hear the soundtrack...and one of the BGMs blows the identity of the Magic Emperor [[spoiler: by using the full name of the track, "Magic Emperor Ghaleon"]].
** For the remake of the sequel, ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue'' the characters section of the manual labels [[spoiler: Nall]] as ??? to avoid revealing his identity as [[spoiler: the dragon companion from the first game, in human form]] and only shows a silhouette of [[spoiler: Ghaleon]]. However, the standees that come with the game feature all the characters with their names labelled at the bottom, including [[spoiler: Ghaleon and Nall]].
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII: VideoGame/CrisisCore'' stars a protagonist who is a spoiler. His existence, appearance and role are almost entirely unknown until Cloud untangles his TomatoSurprise, very late in the game. Mails sent to this protagonist casually drop facts like [=SOLDIERs=] being implanted with [[spoiler: Jenova cells]] (a major spoiler in the original, since it explains that Cloud's reason for wanting to hunt down Sephiroth isn't simply revenge), and - well, when Cloud shows up and he's [[spoiler: a Shinra grunt rather than a SOLDIER First Class]], that twist is ruined for you.
** The truth about Cloud was already prematurely spoiled in 1999, in ''[[VideoGame/{{Ehrgeiz}} Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring]]'', where his alternate costume was [[spoiler: a Shinra infantry uniform]].
** Also, [[spoiler: Zack dies at the end, which is why he's not in the main game]]. And if you have played the original, you know [[spoiler: Zack dies]], which puts both games in the uncomfortable situation that any of the two games spoils the other, so no matter in which order you play it, you're still screwed.
* In the original ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 Resident Evil]]'', S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team leader Albert Wesker [[TheMole isn't exactly]] [[MagnificentBastard the nice guy]] he first appears to be, but he ends up dying in the end of the game. [[BackFromTheDead His return from the dead]] was actually a huge surprise twist in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'', but the subsequent ''[[UpdatedRerelease Code: Veronica X]]'' re-release spoils this by showing Wesker's face on the title screen, while certain copies of ''Code: Veronica X'' were packaged with a bonus DVD titled ''Wesker's Report'', which narrates the events of the previous installments from Wesker's perspective. Every [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 sequel]] and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil0 prequel]] afterward involving Wesker makes it obvious that he's a villain. In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', Wesker [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal dies for real this time]], or so it seems.]]
* Many works parodying or otherwise discussing ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' reveal the final boss's weakness.
* Creator/{{Valve|Software}}'s Marketing Team spoiled the fact that you are [[spoiler:hundreds of years in the future]] in ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', and that [[spoiler:[=GLaDOS=] is still alive, and back online]]. Anyone who hasn't played the original game won't be surprised at the twists in the original game.
** The mere fact that [=GLaDOS=] is a self aware machine is a spoiler. You don't learn until late in the first game that the malfunctioning, seemingly helpful voice helping you is a maniacal killing machine. Yet the ''commercials'' for ''Portal 2'' were spoken by [=GLaDOS=].
* Present in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series:
** Due to ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', if you didn't know that [[spoiler:Roxas is Sora's Nobody, and that he was a member of Organization XIII]], then you're in for a bit of a shock.
** ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Chain of Memories]]'' (which was released for Nintendo's UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance) assumes that the player has played the original game (which was released for a rival console system, namely the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation2). In other words, this trope comes into play especially, if a player didn't have a [=PS2=], but did have a GBA and was interested in the series.
** Later on, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' spoils the events of ''Chain of Memories'', which did have a PS2 re-release ([[NoExportForYou Except in Europe]])... after ''[=KH2=]'' came out. In other words, Square-Enix ''really'' wants you to know this already.
** The [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil trailer]] for ''Dream Drop Distance'' spoils ''Birth By Sleep''. Specifically, ''it shows Vanitas unmasked''. Those planning on playing Birth by Sleep should avoid watching the end of the trailer. The game itself also manages to contain one for ''another game''. You see, the first world you visit features characters from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''. Including [[spoiler: [[WalkingSpoiler Joshua]]]]. Story cutscenes don't directly state, but ''very'' heavily imply, that [[spoiler: he's a PhysicalGod.]] Which is, like, you know, ''the biggest plot twist in TWEWY!'' Granted, most of it doesn't make sense unless you've played the original game, but even if you haven't, it's pretty obvious anyone who [[spoiler: sprouts angel wings and flies away]] probably isn't a normal human teenager like their appearance suggests.
* ''Franchise/GodOfWar''
** In the opening cinematic of ''VideoGame/GodOfWarII'', we learn that Kratos is the God of War, not Ares.
** The ''God of War Collection'' has helpful trophy descriptions, viewable as soon as you start the game, such as "Daddy Issues: Defeat [[spoiler:Zeus]]."
** Also, [[BilingualBonus if you happen to speak Greek]], the goddamn ''title song'' is a spoiler, as the lyrics, translated, are:
--> The end begins! The end begins! The end begins! The end begins now!
--> Betrayal, rage, rage! The end begins now!
--> I will kill him! I will kill him!
--> Patricide! Genocide!
--> I will kill them all! Olympus shall fall!
** The fact that Kratos himself killed his wife and daughter was a major revelation halfway the first game as we were lead to believe that Ares did (Though [[spoiler: Ares actually planned this murder]]). This is casually mentioned at the beginning of all the next games including prequels.
* The video game conventions the player takes no notice of initially in ''VideoGame/{{Haze}}'' are supposed to be PaintingTheMedium, as it turns out they're actually being implemented on the PlayerCharacter. This PlotTwist would be more of a surprise if it hadn't been spoiled by ''every single preview'' of the game after a certain point. Those frathouse manchildren who are your comrades in arms? They're actually on drugs, and literally can't register the death and destruction they cause.
* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', while not requiring you to play the games to understand its own story, spoils major plot elements of the games it draws its characters from, such as casual mentions in the story mode that [[spoiler: [[Videogame/FinalFantasyI Garland is more than just the first boss]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Golbez is really Cecil's brother]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII The Emperor takes over Hell]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Terra is half-Esper and Kefka is a god]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Jecht is the Final Aeon]]]]. Particularly jarring is the mere ''presence'' of some characters, like the Cloud of Darkness who is never mentioned at all in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' until the tail end, and is in Dissidia presenting the game. Also Ultimecia, who only starts playing a role 3/4 of the way into ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', and who you only ''see'' during 2 to 3 cutscenes.
** The ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' spoiler is particularly jarring, because they ''do'' manage to mask a perfectly equivalent spoiler from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' - [[spoiler: it's never mentioned that Kuja and Zidane are also brothers.]]
* The ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' series spoils itself in the openings. This is especially the case for the opening cinema of ''Soul Reaver 2''.
* Nintendo seems to feel that anybody interested in buying the ''Sky'' edition of ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' should already know the parts of the plot from Time/Darkness. This goes to the point that they include an animated special that spoils ''the entire game up to that point'' as a ''pre-order bonus.'' Add to this the clear hints in the commercials and the info on Sky's website and it's all over.
* It was impossible to see any commercials for ''Pokémon Platinum'' that didn't spoil [[spoiler: Cyrus's status as Team Galactic's boss or the fact that he tries to summon a legendary or two]]. Guess they assumed that everyone had played ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''...
* The prologue screen in the SegaGenesis BeatEmUp ''Last Battle'' isn't so much of a prologue as it is a plot summary of the ''whole game'' itself. This is partly because ''Last Battle'' was originally a ''[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto no Ken]]'' game that was [[DolledUpInstallment rebranded]] and [[BlindIdiotTranslation lazily localized]] for its overseas release.
* Opening (or so) lines to [[Series/XPlay Morgan Webb's]] review of ''Persona 3 Fes'': [[spoiler:"As you know, the original protagonist of the Persona 3 perished at the end of the game."]] TakeThat, nerds who hold out for Special Edition releases.
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''. Kokonoe's a catgirl, Ragna and Jin are brothers, Hakumen is future!Jin, and Hazama is Terumi. The first two barely count as spoilers, since they're both casually mentioned in the FourthWallMailSlot. ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift 2]]'' got a new opening FMV that shows [[spoiler: Noel turning into Mu-12.]]
* In ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' Ky and Dizzy are married as of ''Overture'' and onward into ''Xrd -SIGN-''.
* ''VideoGame/RainbowIslands: The Story of VideoGame/BubbleBobble 2'' (and further games in the ''Bubble Bobble'' series): The boys? They were transformed (before) into bubble dragons. Family confusion and {{Red Herring}}s aside, the {{Attract Mode}}s show this.
* In the DS version of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', the dojo section features pictures of the various techs in action. This is fine as they're only unlocked after you learn them. However, some of the first techs unlocked show [[spoiler:Magus in your party]], who won't join you until near the end of the game. The SNES version's manual also contained a profile on all recruitable characters, including this surprise character.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank 3'' contains one line which spoils both of the previous two games. Ratchet explains [[spoiler:that Captain Qwark teamed up with Drek in the first game]] and alludes to, but doesn't explain, [[spoiler:the character's involvement with the Protopet project in the second]]. The former is actually spoilt before that, as a photo of the two is shown on the screen.
** Being the final volume of a trilogy, ''A Crack in Time'' outright summarizes ''Tools of Destruction'' and ''Quest for Booty'' in its unskippable intro FMV (as the game needs to install data, so interrupting it would otherwise corrupt).
* The UsefulNotes/{{Wiiware}} and Steam release of ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' contains some extra playing modes in addition to the original game, none of which require any sort of unlocking. So you can spoil the boss fights by playing the BossRush game before the main game, or you can spoil the existence of a character who's introduced one-third into the game by playing "Curly Story" first. The ''VideoGame/CaveStory 3D'' box art also makes it quite obvious that the main character is a robot.
* In the second ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' game, two villains ([[spoiler:Axel Almer and Einst Alfimi]]) are supposedly killed off, but they come BackFromTheDead and perform a HeelFaceTurn in the half-sequel Original Generation Gaiden (which is not quite a GaidenGame). In an ''actual'' GaidenGame, ''[[EndlessFrontier Endless Frontier EXCEED]]'', they casually appear on the cover as main characters. This will be especially jarring if ''EXCEED'' is released in America, since the game where they were killed off was localized while [[NoExportForYou the one where they came back wasn't]].
** One of said characters appeared as a playable character in a preview for the upcoming "Second Original Generation".
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', players who don't haven't completed [[spoiler:Drakuru's quests]] in Grizzly Hills (and who may not have even met him), will likely have the twist spoiled if they complete Drak'theron Keep with a player who has his last Grizzly Hills quest, which reveals that [[spoiler:he's working with the Lich King]]. Similarly, the Black Knight is listed as the prerequisite for the achievement for completing the Trial of the Champion, spoiling the twist that he comes back from the dead. Icecrown Citadel raids often advertise themselves as being up to [[spoiler:Saurfang]], which prematurely reveals that [[spoiler:[[MemeticBadass Varok Saurfang]]'s son was reanimated as a death knight]] after the Wrathgate battle.
** Due to the nature of questing through Northrend, players are much more likely to run into this in Zul'Drak, the zone after Grizzly Hills, when they begin the Ebon Blade quests and see that [[spoiler:Drakuru is a Scourge commander running a necropolis]].
** The current loading screen for Northrend shows the Lich King [[spoiler: is not Arthas]]. When players defeat the Lich King, [[spoiler: Bolvar Fordragon takes Arthas' place, because without a Lich King the Scourge will go out of control.]]
** Due to it's lore-heavy nature, like Starcraft below, World of Warcraft spoils a lot of twists about it's predecessor, ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII''. [[spoiler: Namely, Arthas as the second Lich King, what happened to Illidan, the Blood Elves, and so on]]. ''Warcraft III'' however does not spoil as much about ''VideoGame/WarcraftII'' in comparison, what with the two stories focusing on completely different sets of characters each time.
* ''StarCraft'' suffers quite severely from this, thanks to the fact that the expansion pack "Brood War" centered around the Queen of the Blades, [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn formerly known as Sarah Kerrigan]]]], even going as far to have her get all the attention for the merchandising. In case there was a chance that someone didn't recognize her, ''Starcraft 2'' instead used a flashback of [[spoiler:New Gettysburg]] in their commercials and promo material.
** In ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'', the official site description for Heart of the Swarm gives away the ending to Wings of Liberty [[spoiler: that Kerrigan gets deinfested.]]
* Some editions of ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney'' include a trailer for the sequel, ''VideoGame/{{Dreamfall|TheLongestJourney}}'' on the disc. If you watch that trailer it makes it pretty obvious that [[spoiler:April won't become the next guardian]] at the end of the first game.
* The opening sequence of ''[[VideoGame/FinalFight Final Fight 2]]'' begins with a shot of Cody punching out Belger from a high-rise building.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemptionUndeadNightmare'' ''starts'' at a point that was near the very end of the original ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', so a lot of spoilery stuff is liberally stated. For example, [[spoiler:Luisa, Bill, Dutch, and many others are dead, Reyes has taken control over Mexico, and Ross has released John's family from captivity.]]
** The postgame of Undead Nightmare also reveals that [[spoiler:John dies. It doesn't reveal how it happened though]]
* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': SamusIsAGirl, combining this and ItWasHisSled. Newer ''Metroid'' games don't even try to hide Samus' gender, effectively spoiling the ending of [[VideoGame/{{Metroid1}} the first game]] every time it shows it.
* Following the events of the first ''ProfessorLayton'' game, the young heiress Flora Reinhold comes to stay with the Professor. If you haven't played through the first game yet, this is a spoiler for at least one plot element. However, she is clearly present in the second and third games, (occasionally) promotional art, and the prologue to the prequel movie, ''Eternal Diva''.
* The first trailer for ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: ModernWarfare2'' blatantly spoils the fact that the death of Imran Zakhaev (the BigBad of the first game) is what directly causes the antagonist of the sequel, Makarov, and his splinter group to seek revenge.
** Likewise, ''Modern Warfare 3''[='=]s trailer spoils the fact that Vladimir Makarov is still alive and well after the events of the second game, and that tensions between Russia and the U.S. have escalated into all-out warfare. The cutscene before the prologue also blatantly spoils the fact that [[spoiler:Shepherd was the BigBad of the second game and Soap and Price were the ones who killed him.]]
* The marketing and trailers for ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'' assume that the viewer knows that Isaac Clarke [[spoiler:is the only survivor of the events from the first game, and that every other character from the first installment (including your girlfriend Nicole, who is now showing up as a hallucination) has died)]]. Likewise, the ''Severed'' DLC mission spoils the fact that [[spoiler:Gabe and Lexine Weller]] are the only ones who survived the events of ''Dead Space: Extraction''.
* In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' series, no game after ''[='=]97'' does much of anything to hide the fact that Yashiro, Shermie, and Chris are in fact Orochi cultists (e.g. ''[='=]98'' referring to them as the Orochi Team, rather than New Faces Team or Band Team).
* Promotional material for ''Franchise/FireEmblem : [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Radiant Dawn]]'' seemed to consider that the Black Knight's identity was common knowledge, even though the fact that he's [[spoiler:Zelgius]] is not revealed until the start of Part IV.
** And even though ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Sword of Seals]]'' was released before ''Blazing Sword'', the fact that the latter was the first ''Fire Emblem'' to be localized outside of Japan means that most players did not know that ShelteredAristocrat Zephiel was to become the former's [[StrawNihilist nihilistic]] BigBad, making his ending scene in ''Blazing Sword'' more of a TwistEnding than the ForegoneConclusion it was to those who had played ''Sword of Seals'' first.
* The [[http://images.nintendolife.com/games/ds/solatorobo_red_the_hunter/cover_large.jpg European boxart]] of ''{{Solatorobo}}'' shows both Red's [[HalfHumanHybrid Hybrid]] Trance form (though it doesn't identify it as anything) and advertises the fact that you uncover the "mysterious origins" of the world. Both of these do not even ''show up'' until the midpoint of the game - before that, Red has no idea he can Trance and the world simply "is".
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''[='=]s marketing runs on the fact that players are aware that Shepard destroyed [[spoiler:Sovereign]] in the first game (which ruins the impact of Shepard's [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt supposed "death" and reappearance]]). Likewise, the [=Xbox=] Live Marketplace spoils a DLC mission titled "[[spoiler:Normandy]] Crash Site". Wonder what that's all about?
** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''[='=]s trailers showcases a number of characters from the previous games, including ones who took part in the titular suicide mission of the previous installment (including [[spoiler:Garrus, Tali, Jacob, Miranda and Legion]]). Ashley/Kaiden also show up front-and-center in the trailers, making the whole sequence where they're paralyzed by the Collectors in ''[=ME2=]'' (and eventual rescue) a non-surprise. To make things worse, the Xbox Live Marketplace spoils the fact that [[spoiler:you can recruit a Prothean squad member]] in the "From Ashes" DLC pack. And the existence and impending return of [[spoiler:the Reapers]], which was a fairly shocking twist in the first game when Shepard speaks to [[spoiler:Sovereign]], is more or less the entire conflict of the third game, shown front-and-center. The fact that [[spoiler:Sovereign is a Reaper]] is TheReveal of ''[=ME1=]'', but someone who has caught as much as a glimpse of ''[=ME3=]'' promotional materials will immediately figure out the truth about Saren's alleged geth dreadnought.
* The reveal of SHODAN (the primary antagonist of the original game) in ''VideoGame/SystemShock 2'' (which occurs roughly halfway through the game) is considered by many to be one of the most shocking and surprising plot twists in any survival horror game in recent memory. It probably ''would'' have been a bigger surprise if it wasn't already spoiled by the game's boxart (which have SHODAN front and center) or the game description on the back of the box.
* ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines'', by virtue of being a POVSequel to the [[Film/{{Aliens}} 1986 film]], spoils the climax of the movie (and its offscreen result) by necessity. The Hadley's Hope colony on LV-426 was almost completely destroyed due to an atmosphere processor explosion caused by the main characters in the film.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}''[='=]s [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] included The Vault Dweller's memoirs, which was essentially a spoiler and walkthrough for the first ''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}''.
* The ''History of DMC'' video unlocked by beating ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 4'' likewise gives away all of the spoilers and plot twists from the first three games.
* ''[[{{VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan}} The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' (2012) gets this in spades. In addition to being released a week before the [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan actual movie]] was released in theatres, the game is a sequel to said film and spoils several plot points in its opening mission. This includes [[spoiler:the Lizard's tear through the city, Dr. Connors being locked up, Connors' engineered virus/antivenom and Captain Stacy's death]].
* If one plays ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'' and ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' without playing ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'', one of the biggest plot twists is spoiled to the player because of Saya coming BackFromTheDead and is willing to work with Reiji. Of course, [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros then again...]]
* If you got on ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' after ''Meet the Pyro'' came out, but hadn't seen it yet and noticed that you had "Pyrovision Goggles" added to your inventory, well...the big surprise of the short was ruined for you.
* A teaser trailer for ''[[VideoGame/JetSetRadio Jet Set Radio Future]]'' (circa 2001) had text reading "DO YOU KNOW?" and then displayed the JSRF logo as Potts (in his anthropomorphic, playable character form) dances around in the background. People who did not know that he was an unlockable in the first game and saw this trailer were most likely thinking, "Why is the dog on rollerblades and dancing?"
* Creator/{{Ubisoft}} quickly learned that when you have a prolific franchise like ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' whose ''entire FramingDevice'' is a massive spoiler, you can't keep the cat in the bag for long. The existence of the Animus and the real protagonist, Desmond Miles, was kept heavily under wraps during production of [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI the first game]], even after Creator/KristenBell accidentally leaked part of the plot in an interview. Since then, the developers have been [[ZigZaggingTrope surprisingly coy]] when dealing with the modern-day plotline in each game; in previews they'll mention Desmond and the Animus every now and again, but all but the bare essentials of Desmond's plotline in each game is a tightly-guarded secret, with the developers only ever showing gameplay from inside the Animus. Former franchise director Patrice Desilets even got in on the [[TrollingCreator act]] by teasing that ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood Brotherhood]]'''s cliffhanger ending almost made Creator/NolanNorth RageQuit the studio.
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' would be the first in the main game series to ''not'' follow Desmond Miles, with the new Animus operator being an anonymous researcher at Abstergo Entertainment, but a story mission reveals that Desmond Miles wasn't a ''consensual'' "Sample 17" donor... [[spoiler:because Abstergo simply took the DNA samples from his corpse soon after his death at the conclusion of ''Assassin's Creed III'']].
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' revealed in The Passing DLC that Bill died on their way to Georgia. When The Sacrifice DLC came out, along with a comic that shows the events that took place before and during The Sacrifice, people that didn't play The Passing were quite surprised to see Bill getting KilledOffForReal.
* The entire prologue of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' spoils the first several hours of the first game, such as the loss of most of the Ferelden army at the ill-fated Battle of Ostagar, Loghain's betrayal and the death of King Cailan, as well as the destruction of Lothering at the hands of the Darkspawn horde.
** The entire ''game'' can be considered this and a FirstEpisodeSpoiler due to the FramingDevice. The opening states outright that Thedas is currently on the brink of a World War and the Chantry has fallen to pieces, due to something that the Champion and their friends did. Varric then proceeds to explain ''how'' Hawke became the Champion of Kirkwall and HowWeGotHere.
** The trailer also revealed [[spoiler: the death of the Viscount]] and that Hawke will eventually be forced to fight [[spoiler: the Arishok. What it doesn't give away is that this happens 2/3 of the way through the game and isn't remotely the end boss.]]
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', it's generally not considered a spoiler that the PlayerCharacter's title is "[[spoiler:The Inquisitor]]", and players openly call their characters by that title in spoiler-free discussions, even though, story-wise, the player character only receives that title after the first act, after [[spoiler:Corypheus destroys Haven and the Inquisition moves to Skyhold]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}} 3'': The trailers freely call the protagonist Prophet. [[spoiler:Alcatraz?]] Who's that?
* In the first game in the ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' series, the central plot discoveries are that [[spoiler: 1.) Atrus is still alive, and 2.) Both of his sons are evil, so contrary to the implied setup you need to {{Take a Third Option}} and help neither of them.]] If you read the back of the second game's box prior to playing the first game, you will already know #1, and taking even a cursory look at ''any'' publicity for the third or fourth games will almost certainly tell you #2. Justified in that the later plots build directly on these points, and there would be virtually no way to advertise ''without'' spoiling them, but the functional result is that every major plot point in ''Myst'' will already be known to you if you've read the blurbs for the sequels.
* ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII''[='=]s trailers frequently refer to [[spoiler:Serah's death]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2''.
* The [[SpoilerTitle title]] of ''[[VideoGame/DeadlyRoomsOfDeath DROD]]: The City Beneath'' spoils a surprise at the end of the previous game, ''Journey to Rooted Hold''. The title of the next game, ''The Second Sky'', does the same for the ending of ''The City Beneath''.
* Naoto from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' is a girl. This was a major spoiler but one of the first things fan learn about Naoto, or even the series, is this. Merchandise, the anime, and a psuedo-canon light novel sequel don't shy from this fact.
** As for ''VideoGame/PersonaQ'', Teddie is happily frolicking through trailers in his [[BecomeARealBoy human form]]. Blonde, blue-eyed {{Bishonen}} Teddie was a spoiler on-par with Naoto's reveal in the original game, to the point that the game's opening even attempted to disguise the fact that Teddie was going to be a fully-fledged party-member, (Even though [[InterfaceSpoiler the opening demo most definitely didn't]].) but in Persona Q, it is treated as an incidental quirk of his character. This, to a lesser extent, also applied with ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', where his human form isn't exactly show-cast, but will briefly appear in some of his battle Animations, often confusing the hell out of players who never played the original ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' and are only in for the VideoGame/{{BlazBlue}}-esque gameplay.
** [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Adachi being the true killer]] was one of the biggest plot twists of the original game...and then ''Persona4Arena Ultimax'' comes along and makes him a playable character with his own story mode, spoiling the fact that he's not just a minor character. So much for that. Marie also becomes a playable character, and in her Instant Kill move she outright states her real identity, which was a ''huge'' spoiler for the UpdatedRerelease ''Persona 4 Golden''. The story mode also pretty blatantly spoils it too.
** Also from ''Ultimax'', the entire main cast of ''Persona 3'' is present... except for two characters. [[PlotlineDeath It's not hard to guess what that means.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'', the existence of The Trinity as real gods instead of just religious figures and also being the creators of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Skullheart]] is not told in the game until the very end. The Indiegogo campaign to fund new characters, however, had 2 of the 3 members of The Trinity as possibilities with a bio telling who they are.
* The trailers of ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' present the titular Hunt as a mysterious and unknown menace, when the readers of the original books, as well as the people who simply paid close attention to the last chapter of the previous game already know that they are [[spoiler:a race of imperialistic elves from another world.]]
* Just looking at the covers or screenshots of ''[[Franchise/JakAndDaxter Jak II]]'' and ''[[Franchise/JakAndDaxter 3]]'' spoils the fact that Daxter [[spoiler: doesn't turns back to normal]] in the original game.
* In ''VideoGame/ShadowrunReturns'', anyone familiar with the tabletop setting will know that [[spoiler:the Universal Brotherhood is a front for the Insect Spirits]], but your character won't learn that until near the endgame.
* The intro of ''VideoGame/LufiaTheLegendReturns'' spoils part of the ending of ''VideoGame/LufiaAndTheFortressOfDoom'', namely that [[spoiler:Lufia dies (though she gets better)]]. The rest of the game will likely spoil the ''why'', as [[spoiler:it's the same reason Seena has to die]].
* The [[http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/4/0/4/96404_front.jpg Japanese boxart]] for ''VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction'' shows all the main characters lined up, facing the same direction as if they are a team, despite Naja being antagonistic. [[spoiler:Naturally, he joins your party later.]]
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