History PintSizedPowerhouse / VideoGames

* In ''VideoGame/{{Mousehunt}}'', every one of your opponents is a mouse crossed with NinjaPirateZombieRobot. Many of them are capable of easily outdoing the very best of your traps, such as the Acolyte Mouse, Dragon Mouse, Silth Mouse, Warmonger Mouse, Balack the Banished, etc.
** In mouse standards, the Nerg Chieftain fits here. He's the smallest mouse in the Nerg tribe, and most difficult to catch.

* While not as much as in the anime, the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' video games tend to have more than a fair share of smaller creatures overpowering significantly larger ones. Mew weighs in at a little under 9 pounds and a foot tall and Shaymin is only slightly larger, but both have base stats well above average even among Legendary Pokémon.
** Don't forget Azelf. Tiny, light, very high Special Attack. Its physical Attack power is just as high.
** Celebi, Jirachi, Manaphy, Victini, and Meloetta deserve a mention.

* Morceau Oleander from ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' is a short, angry man. However, he's a powerful psychic who manages to [[spoiler:fend off Sasha and Milla, two powerful Psychonaut agents, who both are seen struggling to get the upper hand. It's only until when Ford arrives that Oleander is outmatched.]]

** Bao is literally a 12-year old boy. His psychic abilities are also powerful enough to create an outright SphereOfDestruction.

* Daniel Diaz in ''[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange2 Life Is Strange 2]]''. He's only 9-years-old with no visible muscles, but his telekinetic ability makes him a force to be reckoned with. As shown in Episode 2, he has the ability to lift a car, though only briefly.

** Mega Mewtwo Y is a shining example of this. It is slightly smaller than regular Mewtwo (at 4'11" from 6'07"). How strong is it? Well, it has the highest Special Attack of all Pokémon out of 889 other competitors AND it (along with Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Rayquaza) has a [[PowerLevels BST]] of '''780. Higher than [[{{God}} Arceus]].'''

** Veronica, from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'' is a sage from an ancient tribe of Guardians, a [[spoiler:reincarnation of a Legendary Hero]], a mini-nuke unrivaled in the entire game and all of three feet tall after a monster hit here with an age draining curse while trying to steal her magic.

** In VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield, Corviknight is considered to be an apex predator, with respectable stats and standing at 7'03", and is the taxi service due to most Pokémon being unwilling to attack it. In VideoGame/PokemonScarletandViolet however, it is the ''prey'' of one of the Pokémon there, which hunts it so regularly that Corviknight not only is prey, but it cannot run the taxi service because of the risk of being attacked. What is it's predator? '''Tinkaton''', a 2'04" Fairy/Steel type that wields a ''220 pound hammer'' and knocks ''boulders at Corviknight for fun.'' While its stats aren't that impressive for a fully evolved Pokémon, it compensates by learning the devastating '''160 power Gigaton Hammer''' and the respectable Ice Hammer via breeding, and Corviknight possesses almost no attacks that can significantly hurt it in return.

** In VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield, Corviknight is considered to be an apex predator, with respectable stats and standing at 7'03", and is the taxi service due to most Pokémon being unwilling to attack it. In VideoGame/PokemonScarletandViolet however, it is the ''prey'' of one of the Pokémon there, which hunts it so regularly that Corviknight not only is prey, but it cannot run the taxi service because of the risk of being attacked. What is it's predator? '''Tinkaton''', a 2'04" Fairy/Steel type that wields a ''220 pound hammer'' and knocks ''boulders at Corviknight for fun.'' While its stats aren't that impressive for a fully evolved Pokémon, it compensates by learning the devastating '''160 power Gigaton Hammer''' and the respectable Ice Hammer via breeding, and Corviknight possesses almost no attacks that can significantly hurt it in return.

** Hilda from the same title is only 154 cm tall (or just over five feet) and no taller after the timeskip, making her one of the few characters to be shorter than Edelgard. This does not hinder her ability to lay down the smackdown with [[AnAxeToGrind giant axes]] in the slightest.

** [[MickeyMouse King Mickey]]. At roughly two and a half feet tall, he's lucky if he reaches someone's waist, the [[TheGoomba Basic Shadow Heartless]] is larger than him, and more powerful enemies ''tower'' over him. None of this keeps him from being the most badass character in the series.

** X himself also counts. He is just 5'5" and proves again and again that he is indeed a SuperPrototype for all Reploids, complete with StoryBreakingPower. The only thing keeping him pretty low in Maverick Hunter's rank is his MartialPacifist personality.

* Mizuki Okiura from ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'' is a 12-year-old girl with strength no child of her body, build, and size could ever have; it's simply beyond human limits. She easily bench presses 100kg like it is nothing, jumps several times her own height, kicks a whole tall tree down with ease, and during a somnium she can easily lift furniture as if they were made of paper. While somnium worlds do not necessarily reflect reality, Mizuki acts as if she really has done that around the house before. This strength of hers simply exists and Date has just trained Mizuki to properly use it, no supernatural background is given.

** Mega Mewtwo Y is a shining example of this. It is slightly smaller than regular Mewtwo (at 4'11" from 6'07"). How strong is it? Well, it has the highest Special Attack of all Pokémon out of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 889 other competitors]] AND it (along with Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Rayquaza) has a [[PowerLevels BST]] of '''780. Higher than [[{{God}} Arceus]].'''

* Mizuki Okiura from ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'' is a twelve year old girl with strength no child of her body, build, and size could ever have; it's simply beyond human limits. She easily bench presses 100kg like it is nothing, jumps several times her own height, kicks a whole tall tree down with ease, and during a somnium she can easily lift furniture as if they were made of paper. While somnium worlds do not necessarily reflect reality, Mizuki acts as if she really has done that around the house before. This strength of hers simply exists and Date has just trained Mizuki to properly use it, no supernatural background is given.

* Emilia, of ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion''. She is eleven years old, just barely four feet tall, and is a [[GameBreaker stupidly powerful]] BloodKnight who is capable of turning a one-sided battle in her enemies' favor into a complete rout... ''the first time she ever picks up a weapon.'' And that's not even getting into her SuperpoweredEvilSide. At that given point in time, she is essentially the most powerful person in the world--[[spoiler:Gulcasa would be ''stronger than this'' if he ever lost control of his demon blood, but he never does]].

* A good number of characters in ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' are one of these. [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]], for example, is a stick-thin, [[TheNapoleon 4'3"]] thirteen-year-old capable of {{curbstomp|Battle}}ing a ''starfleet''.

** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Parry is a tiny eight-year-old kid and yet is a capable tank, the only character who can use the legendary Zenithian equipment, and the only party member who learns the Zap (Lightning) family of spells.

** ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' brings together the main series' heroes to kick ass and take names, and prominent among the name-takers and ass-kickers is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Zidane]]. The toony, chibi-fied art style of his original game is now finally translated to something a little more realistic, and, well--it turns out that it wasn't just the chibi-style, the kid has yet to clear five feet. This does ''not'' stop him from thrashing characters literally ''twice'' his height and probably many ''times'' his weight. A similar thing applies to the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII Onion Knight]]--the people who make a big deal over tiers may place him near the bottom, and who knows, they might be right--but a computer-controlled OK has the best average AI of any character in the game, according to the WordOfGod, and puts it to frightening good use.

** The protagonists Ventus, Xion, Roxas, and Sora all count, the latter three moreso, and Sora especially. Judging by presentation alone, Sora is not only powerful, but balls-out crazy in his application of said power, despite being 15 years old and short.

* Daniel Diaz in ''[[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange2 Life Is Strange 2]]''. He's only nine years old with no visible muscles, but his telekinetic ability makes him a force to be reckoned with. As shown in Episode 2, he has the ability to lift a car, though only briefly.

** Celebi, Jirachi, Manaphy, Victini and Meloetta deserve a mention.

** Tails deserves special mention - he's 44 pounds (most of which seems to be his tails, which are each about the same size as the rest of him), and can beat up a giant robot with little trouble and no weapons. ''Repeatedly''.

** Basically all the Anthros are this, if you think about it, given their average size (The main one with a confirmed height, that being Sonic himself, is only 3'3"- that's assuming Modern Sonic, anyway, as Classic Sonic is even shorter). In spite of this, most of them don't really have much trouble dealing with giant killer robots.

* Suika Ibuki of the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' has the appearance of an 8-year old girl, yet as the leader of [[EliteFour The Four Devas of The Mountain]], the four strongest {{Oni}} in all of Japan, she's physically one of the strongest characters in the setting. And that's before she uses her power of density manipulation to [[{{Sizeshifter}} grow several times her size...]]

* A metagame example from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. Smaller character models are harder to select and thus attack. Of the player races, this means the very tiny Gnomes are particular nuisances. And since Gnomes can be both Warriors and Death Knights, they can also be stupidly powerful and durable. Goblins, who were added in the Cataclysm expansion, are much the same. Dwarves aren't nearly as small, but are still pretty shrimpy, and can be Warriors, Paladins, and Death Knights - all the main tanking classes besides Druid.

* Lin Lee Koo in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX''. At thirteen years old, she's the youngest party member, and easily the smallest. She's also the party's tank, [[SmallGirlBigGun wields a Gatling gun]], and has attacks that can knock an enemy over in a game where many enemies are the size of a house.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' has Riki, a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Nopon]]. One of his catchphrases is ''"Riki can win by himself!"'', and he's not all talk, far from it! He has the most HP out of all the members of the party, and with the proper strategy he can solo bosses.

** Lin Lee Koo in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX''. At thirteen years old, she's the youngest party member, and easily the smallest. She's also the party's tank, [[SmallGirlBigGun wields a Gatling gun]], and has attacks that can knock an enemy over in a game where many enemies are the size of a house.
** In a similar vein, Tora from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' is MadeOfIron, having the greatest HP growth of all the party members, and starts out as the party's [[DamagerHealerTank tank]] with the help of his creation [[RobotGirl Poppi]]. However, given [[MechanicallyUnusualFighter the Poppiswap system]], it's possible to make Tora and Poppi fit whatever role you need with enough grinding of the [[SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer 'Tiger! Tiger!' minigame]], and they can become practically unstoppable with the right setups.

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' has Riki, a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Nopon]]. One of his catchphrases is ''"Riki can win by himself!"'', and he's not all talk, far from it! He has the most HP out of all the members of the party, and with the proper strategy he can solo bosses.

** Speaking of [[CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame]], she herself can count as this, given that she's actually one of the shortest characters in the series. For reference, she's only marginally taller than characters such as the Scarlet sisters and the aforementioned Suika, and notably shorter than even ''Akyuu and Kosuzu''.

** Cirno is one of the smallest named character in the games, being a child fairy. But even though her [[OvershadowedByAwesome incompetence]], [[TheDitz stupidity]] and supposed [[BoisterousWeakling "weakness"]] are [[MemeticMutation legendary]], none of the named Touhou characters are to be trifled with. Cirno holds her own against some of the powerhouses of Touhou in ''Hisoutensoku'' and in ''Fairy Wars'' is strong enough to give trouble to [[TheHero Marisa]] Kirisame.

%%* Presea from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''.

* From ''VideoGame/RuneFactory3'', protagonist [[HalfHumanHybrid Micah]] in his [[VoluntaryShapeshifting wooly form]]. Woolies are the weakest, least-aggressive monsters in the Rune Factory series (Basically their version of [[CallARabbitASmeerp sheep]]). Wooly Micah can bounce around monsters ten times his size, [[BareFistedMonk bare-handed.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'': The mini zombies are even more powerful than their normal-size equavalent. Though their [[CollisionDamage attacks]] do the same amount of damage and they have the same amount of HitPoints, they're able to do so at a faster rate, and move at over three times the speed of normal zombies.