History MaleGaze / VideoGames

*** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkD8BCCYsS0 Summer Game Fest 2023 Trailer]] of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth'' begins the confrontation between Tifa and Sephiroth with a shot between her legs which appears to show a sliver of her panties.

* ''Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries'':
** Used with Harley and Poison Ivy in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''. The latter could be considered part of her powers, but the former is clearly just fansevice, as she herself points out.
** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', the "slide" maneuver used while playing Catwoman to move through very narrow, low obstacles involves Catwoman sliding on her knees and leaning back with her arms spread ''just so'', giving the player a perfect view of Catwoman's cleavage...
** Also in ''Arkham City'', while Talia and Batman walk down the Chamber of the Demon, the camera has a pretty good view of her behind while walking down the stairs.

* In ''VideoGame/GothamKnights2022'', many players both male and female picked up on the fact playing as ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} is worth it simply because how of just much attention is [[ThirdPersonSeductress inextricably]] drawn to [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GypmfZAQXmk Barbara's finely sculpted butt cheeks]]. Sometimes her cape [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nhio6ierTmQ glitches out]], just so the view of her sublime bum can be unobstructed which may or may not have been a case of ThrowItIn from developers. In fact, many gaming sites, [[https://www.thegamer.com/gotham-knights-batgirl-thighs-stealth-attacks/ theorize]] that a lot of people may only be playing the game ''for sake of Batgirl's ass!'' Of course, there's plenty FemaleGaze as well, mainly thanks to Nightwing (as per usual), even if his former girlfriend has undeniably stolen most of ass service limelight away with her own butt.
** Creator/{{Yahtzee}} in his review claimed this was the reason why he ''didn't'' play as Batgirl.
-->I was afraid if I'd had to watch her riding the batcycle for too long I'd eventually fall asleep and poke both my eyes out on her buttocks.

** ''VideoGame/Tekken8'' continues the trend with Lili, in both her and Asuka's endings the camera is positioned in a way to look up her skirt and would be giving a blatant PantyShot if she didn't have convenient shadows obscuring under her skirt. It's played with Jun, as her default costume comes with a dress that covers up her rear, so cutscenes and fight intros with Kazuya that would have a butt shot just show her dress. In her alternate wear said intro starts with a butt shot with PaintedOnOPants.

** ''VideoGame/Tekken8'' continues the trend with Lili, in both her and Asuka's endings the camera is positioned in a way to look up her skirt and would be giving a blatant PantyShot if she didn't have convenient shadows obscuring under her skirt.

** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has a scene with Miranda Lawson, a character who wears a skintight catsuit, in which she gives you a choice to take on a side quest. The choice menu comes up right as the camera holds on a view of her butt that takes up most of the screen. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOIcSB1IEdg In fact, until the player makes a conversation choice, the camera stays on this shot]]. They take every opportunity they have to show off Miranda's body with quite a few butt shots in this and in part 3.

** In the ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil RE1]]'' UsefulNotes/GameCube remake there is a suspect shot of Jill’s butt during the DescendingCeiling bit.

** Jill’s [[https://youtu.be/DAAg1DE-rgg?t=96 scubasuit clad ass]] is put on display in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'' especially when she climbs a staircase. One comic [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBNQijzWcAAbj0H.jpg noted]] the [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3DS]] is WorthIt for this trope.

** The '' Smash Bros Brawl'' website plays Equal Opportunity with this, related to Franchise/MetalGear above. When describing Snake's [[LimitBreak Final Smash]], one of the stills is of Snake (also in a SpyCatsuit) as he's climbing down the ladder, and his buttocks the screen.

* ''Franchise/MetalGear'':

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'', you can photograph various PageThreeStunna pictures and send them to Otacon, to which he has various amused/aroused responses. You can also send him either pin-ups of semi-naked men or photos of a burly bisexual man, which cause him to question Snake's (and the assumed male player's) orientation.

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', the cutscenes before each Beauty boss fight spend a lot of time behind the ladies as they are on all fours. Or anything else, really, especially after they're out of their OneWingedAngel form and in catsuits. This happens to be when their mental instability is usually underlined in bright red marker, [[FanDisservice making it rather difficult for players to be titillated]]. Snake gets quite a bit of this treatment in cutscenes involving him as well.

** Parodied in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', when Otacon and Naomi are using the computer together. His webcam feed is displayed on his laptop, as they work, and while Otacon isn't looking at the video, he's clearly angled it specifically to video Naomi's [[JigglePhysics cleavage]]. When Naomi tries to look at what's on the screen, he panics and tries to point the camera away so that she doesn't notice. She does, but she [[FemmeFatale actually seems quite pleased]].

---->'''Stryker''': [[EvilIsSexy Definitely foe]].

*** Lampshaded again when the party arrives at Costa del Sol and the player has the option to have Cloud recognize Hojo or notice the bikini-clad woman next to him. This causes Tifa question what exactly was Cloud looking at.
*** The original ''Final Fantasy VII'' opening cinematic begins with a closeup of Aeris's face (a significant shot that {{Bookends}} the game). The [=PS3=] tech demo remake of the ''Final Fantasy VII'' opening cinematic crops her face out of the frame in favour of looking down her top the whole time. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'''s version of the opening cinematic does start with a slow spiral camera down across to Aerith's body like in the [=PS3=] demo version, but does eventually reach her face this time, giving us the shot from the original.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'':

** Asuka Kazama also gets a bit as [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uJdvPwpXZu8&t=50s mostly]] [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqjcl2zXolU&t=81s notably]] seen in her ''VideoGame/Tekken5'' and ''VideoGame/TekkenTagTournament'' endings complete with PervertRevengeMode. Her ending in ''Tekken 6'' has her knocked off by her fight with her rival Lili and there’s moment before she hits the ground where [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvIC-U4JQw&t=11s the camera is directed up her miniskirt]] and only her foot to cover her panties, she then gets into a fight with Lili (who’s also wearing a skirt) and the camera at one point is placed low to ground and facing up.
*** Not mentioned in the same ending Lili’s LegFocus as she exits her limo.
** In ''VideoGame/Tekken7'' Katarina’s [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zjNyy7hsKXI intros]] put particular focus on her breasts as she’s only wearing a bikini top. There’s also Josie whose large breasts have [[http://pa1.narvii.com/6681/ca993bddc925b1b7fb8dde231be3bed4f29ce909_00.gif noticeable]] JigglePhysics [[https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/afec1b24-83db-4a45-b3c3-eb1172262a79/de2zvor-86deabd9-519b-418d-b6d8-92d2b8f61aed.gif?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3sicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvYWZlYzFiMjQtODNkYi00YTQ1LWIzYzMtZWIxMTcyMjYyYTc5XC9kZTJ6dm9yLTg2ZGVhYmQ5LTUxOWItNDE4ZC1iNmQ4LTkyZDJiOGY2MWFlZC5naWYifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6ZmlsZS5kb3dubG9hZCJdfQ.B5PVF1OlAF1FLZDKaDaCTKGfqbtCbDFYizBcaDh-lmQ especially]] when she’s KO-ed.

* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', the "slide" maneuver used while playing Catwoman to move through very narrow, low obstacles involves Catwoman sliding on her knees and leaning back with her arms spread ''just so'', giving the player a perfect view of Catwoman's cleavage...
** Talia. While she and Batman walk down the Chamber of the Demon, the camera has a pretty good view of her behind while walking down the stairs.
** Used with Harley and Poison Ivy in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''. The latter could be considered part of her powers but the former is clearly just fansevice as she herself points out.

* In a particularly egregious - and hilarious - example, [[ChivalrousPervert Kagura]] of ''VideoGame/{{Blazblue}}: Chronophantasma'' has this as his match intro if he goes up against a female character (barring [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Rachel]], [[SingleTargetSexuality Tsubaki]] and [[PervertRevengeMode Makoto]]). It involves a crosshair moving down his female opponent's body, [[AwesomenessByAnalysis followed by a small readout of her precise BWH measurements]] and a comment from Kagura. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWX5ncUvc7o Video]].

*** Tifa raises her arms above her head and stretches during her victory pose, which causes [[BoobsOfSteel her breasts]] to [[{{fanservice}} jut outward.]] While in ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia 012]]'', her pre-fight intro animation has her put her hands on her hips and lean forward, [[JigglePhysics causing them to sway]] directly into the camera.

* In ''VideoGame/GothamKnights'', many players both male and female picked up on the fact playing as ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} is worth it simply because how of just much attention is [[ThirdPersonSeductress inextricably]] drawn to [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GypmfZAQXmk Barbara’s finely sculpted butt cheeks]]. Sometimes her cape [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nhio6ierTmQ glitches out]], just so the view of her sublime bum can be unobstructed which may or may not have been a case of ThrowItIn from developers. In fact many gaming sites, [[https://www.thegamer.com/gotham-knights-batgirl-thighs-stealth-attacks/ theorise]] a lot people may only be playing the game ''for sake of Batgirl’s ass!'' Of course there’s plenty FemaleGaze as well mainly thanks to Nightwing (as per usual), even if his former girlfriend has undeniably stolen most of ass service limelight away with her own butt.

** Very frequently occurs to Shelke's toned backside in cutscenes.

** Too blatant to ''not'' be intentional in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': During one of the memories, Zelda is on her hands and knees looking at a flower, with her butt shoved directly in the viewer's face. Then the perspective changes, and reveals that Link has been sitting in the grass behind her the entire time, and at one point is pretty clearly staring ''right at her ass''.

* The ''Ultimate'' version of Zelda in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' has had much attention brought to her princess butt despite not being very developed. Of course in game her rump is still easily [[https://i.imgur.com/zYHmczX.jpg more visible]] than the Mushroom Kingdoom princess butts of the Mario girls.

*** ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'' - Very frequently occurs to Shelke's toned backside in cutscenes.
*** In the ''opening'' sequence in the same game, Yuffie in her OG [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII FF7]] outfit is subjected to this, although it's brief.

** The aforementioned Zero Suit Samus from ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' is [[https://youtu.be/gNEw3hYN6O8?t=1045 introduced]] in The Subspace Emissary, the Adventure Mode of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'', with her dropping to the ground from an air vent followed by a slow pan from her legs to her face. Clad in a SpyCatsuit as she is, this is hardly surprising.

*** In the ''opening'' sequence in the same game, Yuffie in her OG [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII FF7]] outfit is subjected to this, although it's brief.

** InUniverse example comes from HandsomeLech Dante when [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dE36VMw7chw he meets the Rusalka and becomes very excited]], getting a close eyeful of their bosoms and buttocks. However you'll notice Dante subtly doesn’t let the Rusalka actually touch him as he gets close to their bodies and dodges their playful grabs as he’s ogling them because Dante knows they’re actually the [[AlluringAnglerfish lures of a giant frog demon]], but that doesn’t seem to dissuade him from having a good perv.

** Sheva's [[https://youtu.be/kjObGWEvCYA?t=152 introduction]] in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 RE5]]'' starts with a long closeup of her buttocks, Excella [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/3fd48978891b3d49e9f6a0fa85c47121/tumblr_pfk33qzFte1w2nbboo3_500.gif gets a lot as well]], not to mention [[https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/429322699327484428/169EB5A4DC8262938F08E956C408C24537EA1F26/ Jill]] again.

** Most of the time, when Date examines Ritsuko, he will comment on her GagBoobs.

* In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' many of the female fighters get this, but none more so than Mai Shiranui whose [[GagBoobs sheer boobage]] and curvaceous body is always given loving attention. When she's standing idle [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/d3dcf64f347200f7424193560ff9a2b0/tumblr_mo0fg18o9U1s20ivko1_500.gif she sways her rack]], when she kicks [[https://i.imgur.com/dB1fZBB.gif her bare buttocks]] are on full display and even when knocked down her bosom is still [[https://thumbs.gfycat.com/AmpleRichGull-size_restricted.gif noticeably heaving or moving]]. In the anime intro to ''The King of Fighters '94 Re-Bout'' the first we see of Mai is a shot of [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mTmOYrwm-RI&t=38s her jiggling breasts]] before panning out to show her face.

** [[AcademicAlphaBitch Minerva]] [[FieryRedhead Victor]] also gets a lot of Male Gaze treatment on her GagBoobs. In one infamous introduction, the camera is angled in a way that the first thing that pops in when she walks on screen are her breasts. When she's playable, her running animation causes her breasts to bounce, and her victory kill screens are focused on her chest, and once she adjusts her glasses in said kill screens, her breast bobble once more. In the beach episode DLC, she ([[ReluctantFanserviceGirl accidentally]]) gets introduced in her bikini while she's tying it on at angle that just happens to involve her bending down and letting her breasts droop, which prompts [[HandsomeLech who else but Raz]] to scream to heaven about how much he loves her big boobs. Said bikini is also the most revealing one, and the third person camera allows the viewer to also explore her thighs, midriff, legs, chest and rear.