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* ''VideoGame/MiasmaChronicles:'' When Elvis was very young, his mother left him the care of Diggs, and went through the Miasma barrier surrounding the town. She left a message that when Elvis could break through the barrier, she would tell him who he really was.
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* In ''VideoGame/PotionPermit'', Bubble's deceased mother was her inspiration in caring for the environment.
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* A major element of ''VideoGame/{{Roki}}'''s story is that Tove and Lars' mother died when the latter was still a baby. The impact of her passing on the family is very evident throughout the first chapter, with Tove being PromotedToParent for Lars as their father Henrik struggles with grief.
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* In ''VideoGame/SwordOfRapier'', players learn that two of the supporting characters, Denise and Ares, where orphaned when they were little but were HappilyAdopted by a woman who raised them, for the the adoptive mother to mysteriously disappear a few years afterwards.
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* ''VideoGame/LunarLux'': The introductory cutscene has Bella speaking to her late mother while standing in front of a tall tombstone. It turns out [[spoiler:her mother discovered Saros's Murk experiments and tried to shut them down, but Saros trapped her in the Phantom Realm. In order to survive, she had to take the Murk Serum and transform into the boss Murk, Chronos. She's reduced to her anticore form after protecting Bella from a bunch of Moleculoids, but temporarily regains her Murk form to save Bella again in the ending]].

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* After ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur 4]]'', Sophitia Alexandra becomes this trope for her children Patroklos and Pyrrha. Their interpretation differed as well, Patroklos thinks Sophitia is dead, while Pyrrha thinks she's just missing.

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* After ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur 4]]'', ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'':
** Xianghua's mother, who taught her how to fight, died sometime before ''Soulcalibur'' began. This equally applies to her twin sister, Xianglian, except Xianglian was sent away to a monastery when she was a baby, so she already grew up without a mother to begin with.
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Sophitia Alexandra becomes this trope for her children Patroklos and Pyrrha. Pyrrha after ''Soulcalibur IV''. Their interpretation differed as well, Patroklos thinks Sophitia is dead, while Pyrrha thinks she's just missing.missing.
** The artbook for ''Soulcalibur V'' reveals that Xiba is the illegitimate son of Xianghua and Kilik. He was sent away to live with Xianghua's father, who never made it known to Xiba that he is actually his grandfather and Xianghua and Kilik are his parents.



* Jun Kazama of ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'', mother of Jin Kazama. She held Ogre back from assaulting his son and then vanished, causing Jin to think that Ogre murdered her. WordOfGod, however, say that [[HesJustHiding she's gone missing instead of officially dead]]. In story canon, Jin's father Kazuya Mishima returned, but Jun took up until ''VideoGame/Tekken8'' (4 mainline games after Kazuya's return) for her return. Beforehand, her only appearances are the non-canon ''Tekken Tag Tournament'' games.

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Jun Kazama of ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'', Kazama, mother of Jin Kazama. She held Ogre back from assaulting his son and then vanished, causing Jin to think that Ogre murdered her. WordOfGod, however, say that [[HesJustHiding she's gone missing instead of officially dead]]. In story canon, Jin's father Kazuya Mishima returned, but Jun took up until ''VideoGame/Tekken8'' (4 mainline games after Kazuya's return) for her return. Beforehand, her only appearances are the non-canon ''Tekken Tag Tournament'' games.games.
** Kazumi Mishima, wife of Heihachi and mother of Kazuya. Until ''VideoGame/Tekken7'', she is never seen or mentioned, barring the non-canon ''Anime/TekkenTheMotionPicture'', where it is implied that she died when Kazuya was a baby. ''7'' confirms that [[spoiler:Kazumi was sent by her family, the Hachijo, to assassinate Heihachi, and he was forced to kill her in self-defense]].
** Nina Williams is revealed to be the biological mother of Steve Fox in their endings in ''VideoGame/Tekken4''. Considering that she woke up from cryosleep two years before they finally meet, she was obviously never around in his early life, and the endings imply that she wants to keep it that way.
** Leo Kliesen's mother, Emma, was murdered by Kazuya's goons, and she enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament to avenge her.
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** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' has zero maternal figure whatsoever:
*** Vaan lost his parents to a plague, while Penelo's parents died during the Archadian conquest of Dalmasca.
*** Ashe's father, King Raminas, is briefly seen in the prologue before his unceremonious assassination, but her mother is never seen or mentioned. Ditto with Larsa, whose father, Emperor Gramis, plays a minor role before his assassination, while his mother is not mentioned at all.
*** Balthier's mother is implied to have died when when he was a baby. A sketch in the epilogue shows baby Balthier being carried by Doctor Cid, with no maternal figure present.
*** Fran's parents are never discussed. She did leave Eruyt Village fifty years ago, so they may have died.
*** Inverted with Basch, who abandoned his mother when Archadia conquered Landis, something that [[spoiler:his brother, Gabranth,]] never forgave him for.

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* Sonja's mother in ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars'' is implied to have passed away some time ago based on what Sonja and her father Kanbei say about her.



* In VideoGame/LoveAndPies'', Amelia's grandmother, who is Freya and Sven's mother (and by extension, Esme's sister and Kate's great-grandmother), is long dead before the events of the game.

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* In VideoGame/LoveAndPies'', ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'', Amelia's grandmother, who is Freya and Sven's mother (and by extension, Esme's sister and Kate's great-grandmother), is long dead before the events of the game.



* ''VideoGame/NintendoWars'': In ''Advance Wars'', Sonja's mother is implied to have died before the events of the first game, and none of the other [=COs=] (save Sasha and Colin) mention their parents. Also, Sonja and her father Kanbei are the only [=COs=] with a parent/child relationship.

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* ''VideoGame/NintendoWars'': In ''Advance Wars'', Sonja's mother is implied to have died before the events of the first game, game based on what Sonja and her father Kanbei say about he, and none of the other [=COs=] (save Sasha and Colin) mention their parents. Also, Sonja and her father Kanbei are the only [=COs=] with a parent/child relationship.
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* Sonja's mother in ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars'' is implied to have passed away some time ago based on what Sonja and her father Kanbei say about her.

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* In ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars]]'', Sonja's mother is implied to have died before the events of the first game, and none of the other [=COs=] (save Sasha and Colin) mention their parents. Also, Sonja and her father Kanbei are the only [=COs=] with a parent/child relationship.



* ''VideoGame/NintendoWars'': In ''Advance Wars'', Sonja's mother is implied to have died before the events of the first game, and none of the other [=COs=] (save Sasha and Colin) mention their parents. Also, Sonja and her father Kanbei are the only [=COs=] with a parent/child relationship.



* Jun Kazama of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', mother of Jin Kazama. She held Ogre back from assaulting his son and then vanished, causing Jin to think that Ogre murdered her. WordOfGod, however, say that [[HesJustHiding she's gone missing instead of officially dead]]. In story canon, Jin's father Kazuya Mishima returned, but Jun took up until ''VideoGame/Tekken8'' (4 mainline games after Kazuya's return) for her return. Beforehand, her only appearances are the non-canon ''Tekken Tag Tournament'' games.

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* Jun Kazama of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'', mother of Jin Kazama. She held Ogre back from assaulting his son and then vanished, causing Jin to think that Ogre murdered her. WordOfGod, however, say that [[HesJustHiding she's gone missing instead of officially dead]]. In story canon, Jin's father Kazuya Mishima returned, but Jun took up until ''VideoGame/Tekken8'' (4 mainline games after Kazuya's return) for her return. Beforehand, her only appearances are the non-canon ''Tekken Tag Tournament'' games.
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* Jun Kazama of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', mother of Jin Kazama. She held Ogre back from assaulting his son and then vanished, causing Jin to think that Ogre murdered her. WordOfGod, however, say that [[HesJustHiding she's gone missing instead of officially dead]]. In story canon, Jin's father Kazuya Mishima returned, but Jun so far has never popped herself up, unless it's hints of her appearance or mentions or non-canon games like ''Tag Tournament''.

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* Jun Kazama of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', mother of Jin Kazama. She held Ogre back from assaulting his son and then vanished, causing Jin to think that Ogre murdered her. WordOfGod, however, say that [[HesJustHiding she's gone missing instead of officially dead]]. In story canon, Jin's father Kazuya Mishima returned, but Jun so far has never popped herself up, unless it's hints of took up until ''VideoGame/Tekken8'' (4 mainline games after Kazuya's return) for her appearance or mentions or return. Beforehand, her only appearances are the non-canon games like ''Tag Tournament''.''Tekken Tag Tournament'' games.
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** Carmensita's mother Rosa died when the former was young, before her dream coffee shop was opened. Mat runs the Coffee Spoon in her legacy.

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** Carmensita's [[spoiler:Carmensita's mother Rosa died when the former was young, before her dream coffee shop was opened. Mat runs the Coffee Spoon in her legacy.legacy, but her death made him lose his passion for music and develop stage fright.]]
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* ''VisualNovel/DreamDaddy'':
** Carmensita's mother Rosa died when the former was young, before her dream coffee shop was opened. Mat runs the Coffee Spoon in her legacy.
** Subverted with Craig's ex-wife Ashley. Even though [[TheGhost she doesn't appear in game]], Craig explicitly states that the two of them have joint custody of their three daughters. [[spoiler:On the MC's third date with Craig, he leaves the girls with their mother for the weekend.]]

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** The Johto rival, Silver, is the son of Giovanni but he never makes mention of his mother.



** The Johto rival is the son of Giovanni but he never makes mention of his mother.

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** The Johto rival is In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Pokemon Violet]]'', Arven's mom walked out on her son just after his birth, leaving his dad to raise Arven by himself. In ''Pokémon Scarlet'', [[spoiler:it's revealed that she died when she tried to protect the son of Giovanni but weaker friendlier Koraidon from its more aggressive counterpart who admitted unintentionally killed her. Her AI replacement made to resemble her shortly before her untimely death then leaves to go back to the past, which hurts Arven emotionally as he never makes mention of had to watch his mother.mom leave his life twice]].
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* ''VideoGame/KingsHeirRiseToTheThrone'': Aside from being mentioned in backstory, the Ulmer matriarch is never mentioned. Neither of the brothers try to go to her, and Randall only mentions their father being able to help them, not mom, so it's unclear if she's alive, dead, or just left.
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** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'': It's implied that Orifiela, who joins the party for a short while during Chapter Five is the Hero's disappeared mom, though neither of them actually figures it out.

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** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'': It's implied that one of the Zenithian angels that the party meets in the sky-castle (not Orifiela, who joins the party for a short while during Chapter Five as is often theorized) is the Hero's disappeared mom, though neither of them actually figures it out.puts two and two together.
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* In VideoGame/LoveAndPies'', Amelia's grandmother, who is Freya and Sven's mother (and by extension, Esme's sister and Kate's great-grandmother), is long dead before the events of the game.

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