History OfficialCouple / VideoGames

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'' makes a few implied couples from ''Genealogy'' canon. Leif and Nanna will get married in their endings. Lewyn and Erinys, two characters from the first generation of ''Genealogy'', are made an official couple in this game. Lachesis and Finn were also together before the events of the game. However, do not bring up Beowulf and the parentage of Lachesis' children, Diarmuid and Nanna, for your own sake. Others, such as Olwen and Fred as well as Miranda and Conomor, become couples in their endings.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' the official couples are Juno and Zealot (married from the start, though you can A-support them to their friends and family as well as each other) and [[spoiler:Astore and Ingrene (their supports reveal that Astore is Ingrene's missing husband Goloris and the father of her deceased child, though even if you A-support them it's up in their air whether they get back together)]].

** Given that ''FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' is a prequel to ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]'', a few couples are set in stone. The Fighter Bartre must end up with the Swordmaster Karla together for their daughter Fir to exist, and the Sage Pent and the Sniper Louise, the parents of Klein and Clarine, are married from the start. However, other couples are not set in stone due to the freedom of pairing that both games allow. Harken and Isadora were to be married, but the former goes missing at the beginning of ''The Blazing Blade'' and even when they reunite, they might not reconcile and get back together unless you support them.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': Sora and Kairi. So much so that [[spoiler: Sora's love for Kairi forms the basis of Xion's identity and the reason behind Sora's rapid recovery after being AsleepForDays.]]

* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' has three: [[AntiHero Jak]] and [[WrenchWench Keira]], [[ActionGirl Ashelin]] and [[RebelLeader Torn]], and [[WeaselMascot Daxter]] and [[GeniusDitz Tess]].

** ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' has male Spirit Monk/Dawn Star, with Silk Fox appearing as a {{Clingy Jealous Girl}}friend if the player does not actively encourage her.

** In contrast, the the Arena games that are continuations of Persona 3 and 4, show that the Elizabeth dates are canon.

* Though ''VideoGame/FireEmblem''[='s=] support system is designed to allow mix-and-match pairings (generally, a main character can have around five possible romantic endings, where the background cast generally has at least one, with a few HoYay and LesYay pairings), there are some charaters who ''always'' end up with each other (provided you don't get them killed):

** The main campaign of the first game suffers from only having one option for each gender of player character (Juhani doesn't really count; that arc was never really developed). There was also the option to flirt with some of your companions, although the actual relationship never went beyond, say, "I think we could be more than JustFriends, Sharwyn".

* Chaz Ashley and Rika in the 4th installment of the ''PhantasyStar'' series. WordOfGod via the prelims for a canceled sequel support this.

** Cloud and Tifa in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. While Cloud's relationships are left open to interpretation in the game itself for gameplay purposes, the [[WordofGod 20th Anniversary Ultimania]] explicitly places them in this category by listing them alongside other official couples within the franchise.

* Mario and Princess Peach from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' swing between this and ImpliedLoveInterest, depending on the game and the role they play in it. Considering their history and the fact that Mario will gladly go out of his way to save her, this is hardly a surprise. Peach even has a ring on her left middle finger in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series. She also wore a ring in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'', though the ring was red instead of blue and worn on the opposite hand.

* [[spoiler:Meryl and Johnny]] of ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 4|GunsOfThePatriots}}'' definitely counts. [[spoiler:The wedding at the end]] kind of makes it obvious. Also, [[spoiler: Raiden and Rose]].

** Cloud and Tifa in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.

** In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' there is Junpei and [[spoiler:[[DatingCatwoman Chidori]]]], who are so official that even though [[spoiler:she dies]], the [[DistaffCounterpart Female Protagonist]] can [[PlatonicLifePartners only be friends with Junpei]].

** Likewise, the [[Anime/Persona3TheMovie film version]] of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' seems to be doing the same with [[spoiler: Makoto and [[RobotGirl Aigis]]]].

** The very first game, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'', has Marth and Caeda acknowledge their feelings for each other in the ending, and sequel [[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]'' has them already engaged, which is retained by the remakes of both games. Several other playable characters are already in a relationship with other playable characters or will form one by the game's end, such as Astram and Midia, Lena and Julian, Merric and Elice, Anna and Jake, and Abel and Est. Camus and Nyna also have feelings for each other but the events of the game prevent this from working out.

** The very first game, [[FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]] has Marth and Caeda acknowledge their feelings for each other in the ending and the sequel has them already engaged and the remakes of both keep this. Several playable characters are already in a relationship with other playable characters or will form one by the game's end, such as Astram and Midia, Lena and Julian, Merric and Elice, Anna and Jake and Abel and Est. Camus and Nyna have feelings for each other but the events of the game prevent this from working out.
** [[FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]] and its remake give us Alm and Celica. Their feelings for each other and eventual relationship are a good chunk of the plot's focus. Other characters such as [[SickeninglySweethearts Clive and Mathilda]] and [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect Zeke and Tatiana]] are also official couples from the beginning while Gray and Clair as well as Mae and Boey will hook up in the ending.
** [[FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]] introduced the Love System which allowed the player to choose which characters would get together but a memorable exception to this were [[LoveAtFirstSight Sigurd and Deirdre]] who will become lovers on the very next turn after Deirdre joins the party. Also, Sigurd's sister Ethlyn and his best friend Quan are already married to each other and have a child when the game starts.
** [[FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]] makes a few implied couples from ''Genealogy'' canon. Leif and Nanna will get married in their endings. Lewyn and Erinys, two characters from the first generation of''Genealogy'' are made an official couple in this game. Lachesis and Finn were also together before the events of the game. However, do not bring up Beowulf and the parentage of Lachesis' children, Diarmuid and Nanna for your own sake. Others such as Olwen and Fred as well as Miranda and Conomor become couples in their endings.
** In [[FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]], the official couples are Juno and Zealot (married from the start, though you can A-support them to their friends and family as well as each other) and [[spoiler:Astore and Ingrene (their supports reveal that Astore is Ingrene's missing husband Goloris and the father of her deceased child, though even if you A-support them it's up in their air whether they get back together)]].
** Given that [[FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]] is a prequel to ''The Binding Blade'', a few couples are set in stone. The Fighter Bartre must end up with the Swordmaster Karla must end up together for Fir to exist and the Sage Pent and the Sniper Louise, the parents of Klein and Clarine, are married from the start. However, other couples are not set in fixed due to the freedom of pairing that both games allowed. Harken and Isadora were to be married but the former goes missing at the beginning of the game and even when they reunite, they might not reconcile and get back together unless you support them.
** In [[FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]], Micaiah and Sothe start off with a max Support for each other and will marry each other in the ending. You have to go out of your way to make them not end up together. ''Calill and Largo are already married when they're introduced, which just means you don't have to do the work.
** in [[FireEmblemFates Fates]], Saizo and Kagero were a couple before the events of the game before they decided they were BetterAsFriends but you can make them decide to try again should you support them.

** Given that [[FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]] is a prequel to ''The Binding Blade'', a few couples are set in stone. The Fighter Bartre must end up with the Swordmaster Karla must end up together for Fir to exist and the Sage Pent and the Sniper Louise, the parents of Klein and Clarine, are married from the start. However, other couples are not set in fixed due to the freedom of pairing that both games allowed.

** The very first game, [[FireEmblem/ShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]] has Marth and Caeda acknowledge their feelings for each other in the ending and the sequel has them already engaged and the remakes of both keep this. Several playable characters are already in a relationship with other playable characters or will form one by the game's end, such as Astram and Midia, Lena and Julian, Merric and Elice, Anna and Jake and Abel and Est. Camus and Nyna have feelings for each other but the events of the game prevent this from working out.

** In [[FireEmblem/TheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]], the official couples are Juno and Zealot (married from the start, though you can A-support them to their friends and family as well as each other) and [[spoiler:Astore and Ingrene (their supports reveal that Astore is Ingrene's missing husband Goloris and the father of her deceased child, though even if you A-support them it's up in their air whether they get back together)]].

** Several characters in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' have a specific love interest whom they will marry at the end of the game, provided the Support level between the two of them is high enough; for example, Calill and Largo are already married when they're introduced, which just means you don't have to do the work. In particular, Sothe and Micaiah are so official that they start out with max Support for each other. You have to go out of your way to make them not end up together. Ike and Soren have a lot of vibes of this, too; Ike's only other paired ending is Ranulf, and if you fulfill certain conditions in your second playthrough you get a special bonus talk about their past together.
** The first half of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' was a memorable exception to this openness, as Deirdre becomes bonded to main character Sigurd as soon as she joins the party.
** In general, the earlier games usually paired their main Lords with one specific love interest; examples include Marth and Caeda from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]'' (which carries through to the remakes), Alm and Celicia from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' (which also carries through to the remake), and Leif and Nanna in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'' (though both of them could be freely paired in ''Genealogy of the Holy War''). Each of these couples explicitly marry in the game's ending (though Nanna could be killed off before then).
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' and its prequel ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' generally allow the player some free reign over their choice of couples, to the point where most of the cast in ''The Binding Blade'' who are the children of characters from ''The Blazing Blade'' only have one parent explicitly named. As such, only six of the characters in ''The Blazing Blade'' have defined relationships: the Fighter Bartre must end up with the Swordmaster Karla, the Sage Pent and the Sniper Louise are married from the start, and the Shaman Canas has a wife and son never met ([[spoiler:though it turns out the latter is one of the mages in ''The Binding Blade'', Hugh]]). Hawkeye is also married, and [[spoiler:is the father of archer Ingrene in ''The Binding Blade'']]. That said, even among the optional couples, the game still seems to favor [[TheHero Eliwood]] and [[MysteriousWaif Ninian]], [[TheLancer Hector]] and [[ActionGirl Lyn]], and [[TeenGenius Nino]] and [[HitmanWithAHeart Jaffar]].
** In ''The Binding Blade'', the official couples are Juno and Zealot (married from the start, though you can A-support them to their friends and family as well as each other) and [[spoiler:Astore and Ingrene (their supports reveal that Astore is Ingrene's missing husband Goloris and the father of her deceased child, though even if you A-support them it's up in their air whether they get back together)]]. It also favors Roy and Lilina, with the ending scene of the game being different if they have an A-support.
** Other examples from throughout the series include Astram and Midia, Julian and Lena, Radd and Ceaser's unnamed sister, Abel and Est, and Merric and Elice from ''Shadow Dragon'' and ''Mystery of the Emblem'', Lewyn and Ferry plus Altena and Areone (not 100% confirmed, but given she can't be paired with anyone in your army...) in ''Genealogy of the Holy War'' and ''Thracia 776'', and, as a series-wide example[[note]]excluding ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''[='s=] and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates''[='s=] Annas, who are stated to be [[MassiveNumberedSiblings totally]] [[UncannyFamilyResemblance different]] [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Annas]][[/note]], Anna and Jake.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' uses the ''Genealogy'' pairing system, and requires that Chrom, the main character, get married by a certain point in the game [[note]]Chapter 11, to be specific[[/note]]. In addition, any characters that can support and reach rank S will get married on S rank, giving the player some options. However, this game heavily leans towards either Sumia or the Female Avatar being Chrom's bride:
*** Sumia and Chrom: The cutscene where Sumia rescues Chrom in Chapter 3 is entitled "Lovebirds" in the Theater, and she is depicted in the game's opening cutscene with Chrom and holding baby Lucina. If the player does not have Chrom with an S support by the point that the game makes him marry, the game will choose a woman for him based on support points, which Sumia starts with the highest number of. And if they're not married but have enough support points by the end of chapter 11, a special battle-model cutscene of Sumia and Chrom embracing will prefix their talk and Chrom's marriage proposal.
*** The Female Avatar and Chrom: They're the main characters of the story, getting a lot of screen time and ShipTease and a ton of importance placed on their bond. [[spoiler:The "Lucina's Judgment" scene in chapter 21 even goes differently if the Avatar is her mother and Chrom's voice is what brings the Avatar back when she's being held hostage by Grima in the final chapter]].
*** The CD dramas bring it up to ''three'' by having Lucina as an only child, which only happens if Chrom doesn't marry any of his potential brides by chapter 11. So the Village Maiden is his official wife for this continuity, at least.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' once again has no set couples, but Azura and the Male Avatar come close with their strong bond, lots of screen time and ShipTease together, fast support growth, and the fact that they have three different support conversations together in a game where every other pair has one regardless of the story route. Azura even has three unique [[LoveConfession confessions]] to go with them.

** The first half of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGeneaologyOfTheHolyWar'' was a memorable exception to this openness, as Deirdre becomes bonded to main character Sigurd as soon as she joins the party.

* Calill and Largo from ''Franchise/FireEmblem: [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Radiant Dawn]]''.
** While ''Fire Emblem'''s support system is designed to allow mix-and-match pairings, several characters in ''Radiant Dawn'' have a specific love interest whom they will marry at the end of the game, provided the Support level between the two of them is high enough; Calill and Largo are already married when they're introduced, which just means you don't have to do the work.
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: Binding Blade]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Blazing Sword]]'' (and to some degree, ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''). Most ''Fire Emblem'' games leave character coupling a bit more open to truly please as many fans as possible. Generally a main character can have around five possible romantic endings, where the background cast generally has at least one, with a few HoYay and LesYay pairings.
** The first half of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Genealogy of the Holy War]]'' was a memorable exception to this openness, as Deirdre becomes bonded to main character Sigurd as soon as she joins the party.
** Other examples include [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Marth/Caeda]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Alm/Celica]], and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Leif/Nanna]] in ''[=FE5=]'' (though he could be freely paired in ''4''). It wasn't until later that the series' main Lords were given a choice of love interests. Each of these couples explicitly marry in the game's ending provided both are alive by then. (This will ''always'' be the case for Alm/Celica, as either of them dying would result in a GameOver anyway.)
** ''Binding Blade'' and its prequel ''Blazing Sword'' do not deny many couples. Most of the cast in ''Blazing Sword'' that have kids in ''Binding Blade'' don't explicitly name the other parent, so 2-3 other characters can end up marrying them by the player's choice of gameplay. Only six of the characters in ''Blazing Sword'' have defined relationships: the Fighter Bartre must end up with the Swordmaster Karla, the Sage Pent and the Sniper Louise are married from the start, and the Shaman Canas has a wife and son never met [[spoiler:(though it turns out he's one of the mages in ''Binding Blade'', Hugh).]] Hawkeye is also married, and [[spoiler:the father of archer Ingrene in ''Binding Blade'']]. The game still seems to favor [[TheHero Eliwood]][=/=][[MysteriousWaif Ninian]], [[TheLancer Hector]][=/=][[ActionGirl Lyn]], and [[TeenGenius Nino]][=/=][[HitmanWithAHeart Jaffar]].
** In ''Binding Blade'', the official couples are Juno/Zealot (married from the start, though you can A-support them to their friends and family as well as each other) and [[spoiler:Astore/Ingrene (their supports reveal that he's her missing husband Goloris and the father of her deceased child, though even if you A-support them it's up in their air whether they get back together)]]. It also favors Roy/Lilina, with the ending scene of the game being different if they have an A-support.
** Sothe and Micaiah from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Radiant Dawn]]'' are so official that they start out with max Support for each other. You have to go out of your way to make them not end up together. Ike and Soren have a lot of vibes of this, too; Ike's only other paired ending is Ranulf, and if you fulfill certain conditions in your second playthrough you get a special bonus talk about their past together.
** Other examples from throughout the series include Astram/Midia, Julian/Lena, Radd/Ceaser's unnamed sister, Abel/Est, and Merric/Elice from [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia the Akaneia titles]], Lewyn/Ferry (not outright confirmed until the {{interquel}} ''Thracia 776'', but VERY heavily implied in ''Geneology'') and Altena/Areone (not 100% confirmed, but given she can't be paired with anyone in your army...) from [[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral the Jugdral games]], and, as a series-wide example[[note]]excluding ''Awakening''[='s=] Anna, who is stated to be [[MassiveNumberedSiblings a]] [[UncannyFamilyResemblance different]] [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Anna]][[/note]], Anna/Jake.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' once again has no set couples, but Azura and the Male Avatar come close with their strong bond, lots of screen time and ShipTease together, fast support growth, and the fact that they have three different support conversations together in a game where every other pair has one. Azura even has three unique [[LoveConfession confessions]] to go with them.

* Marle and Crono from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.