History ShipSinking / VideoGames

* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' [[spoiler:Lucy/Desmond]] was sunk when it was revealed that [[spoiler:Lucy]] did not survive being stabbed at the end of ''Videogame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''. Fans of the ship held out hope that [[HesJustHiding She's Just Hiding]]. Then ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' [[spoiler: killed Desmond]], and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' showed us that [[spoiler:he was definitely KilledOffForReal]]. And if that was not enough, the icing of the cake was the reveal in the [=DLC=] of ''Revelations'' which showed that [[spoiler: [[TheMole Lucy]] [[DoubleAgent was a Templar]]]].

* ''VideoGame/Bayonetta3'' cruelly and viciously sunk Bayonetta/Jeanne, the FanPreferredCouple of the LBGT fanbase, in a franchise-wide case of BaitAndSwitchLesbians. Despite the previous two games strongly empathising their relationship with Bayo going to hell to rescue Jeanne in the second game and there's being plenty of official art of them together [[spoiler:the third game instead kills Jeanne off and has Bayonetta shack up with Luka the ButtMonkey HandsomeLech who TookALevelInBadass and newcomer Viola is revealed to be their daughter.]]

** Many people were surprised to find out in ''Guilty Gear 2 Overture'' that Ky Kiske [[spoiler:is unofficially married to a Gear and fathered a son; later on, that Gear is revealed to be Dizzy]]. Ky/Jam supporters got an ouch there and for some reason, Ky/Dizzy fics started to pop up more often.
** Weep for Dizzy/Testament. Because at least Sol/Ky fans got a consolation prize thrown at them, what with [[spoiler:Ky's son Sin having Sol as [[TheMentor his mentor]].]] But Testament, who hasn't gotten an appearance since the ''Guilty Gear XX'' game? Nooooooo...

** The rather popular [[IdolSinger Athena]]/[[DoggedNiceGuy Kensou]] may have been sunk in ''KOF XIII''. If you fight as the [[AmazonBrigade Women's Team]] and find the Psycho Soldiers in the Story Mode, Athena straightforwardly rejects the idea of dating Kensou [[TrueCompanions and says he's her "companion"]] when asked about it by [[ShipperOnDeck Mai]], and later [[AbortedDeclarationofLove cuts off Kensou]] when he attempts to declare his feelings in public. She stops him from confessing ''again'' in their pre-fight talks. At this rate Athena seems to be gearing towards {{Celibate Hero}}ine, since as an IdolSinger she ''can't'' exactly date anyone or [[ContractualPurity her career will be damaged by "scandals"]] (She uses this to avert going out with Benimaru, too.)

* Playfully done in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', with the "Unwanted Suitors" event. Zelda and Samus fight off a long approaching stream of invisible Luigis and Captain Falcons, and since Samus/Falcon was the most popular het pairing in the fandom before ''Brawl'' came along...

* The ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' fandom, due to ZUN's ShrugOfGod and the lack of any {{Official Couple}}s, usually doesn't have to worry about this. ''Usually''. Aya/Momiji shippers got a nasty kick in the pants when ''Double Spoiler'' revealed that there's actually a bit of bad blood between the two. This has not stopped the fan art from rolling in the slightest, though, some deciding to simply take their shipping in a [[SlapSlapKiss bit of a different direction]].

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'', sequel to ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', fan favourite character Sidon recieved a new LoveInterest in the form of a previously unmentioned childhood friend Yona, whom he will end up married to by the end of his quest line. This, of course, was not recieved particularly well, since a ''vast'' majority of his fanbase liked to ship him with Link--the pairing being easily the second most popular next to the ever ship-teased Zelda/Link. While Yona's existence hasn't particularly stopped the Sidon/Link fanbase from continuing on with the pairing, it ''has'' lead to poor Yona becoming subject to a lot of DieForOurShip.

** Junkrat/Roadhog was lightly sunk due a specific interaction with Junkrat and Lifeweaver, where he asks Junkrat if he and Roadhog are a couple, even reiterating that he means the romantic kind. Junkrat seems to genuinely have no idea what he's talking about, essentially states that they're just friends, and there's no hint that Junkrat was hiding anything.

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' intentionally creates and sinks a ship as a distraction. [[spoiler: the "Love Letter" Raine gives Regal was actually a note asking him to keep an eye on Emil's personality changes]].

** ''Soulcalibur V'' continued the trend with other characters:

** In ''VI'', which is a SoftReboot taking place in an alternate timeline, no time is wasted sinking Hwang/Mi-na and Hilde/Siegfried. Mi-na is explicitly stated to see Hwang as a CoolBigBro and has no romantic feelings for him, and Hilde is revealed to be betrothed to her [[KissingCousins cousin Wilhelm]].[[note]]Yes, very gross, but [[TruthInTelevision these kinds of unions weren't exactly rare in 16th Century Europe.]][[/note]]
* Falco Lombardi and Katt Monroe from ''VideoGame/StarFox'' are not only a ship sinking, but an IncompatibleOrientation. There was not much of an associated fandom HumiliationConga in the West, because the {{canon}}ical manga this appeared in was [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] (packaged with ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures''), and only started to surface in the West through {{Scanlation}}, long after [[HoYayShipping Falox]] had already become the dominant Falco [[{{Shipping}} ship]] in Japan and the Western fandom had long since already [[BrokenBase broken]] over Krystal (introduced in the aforementioned ''Adventures'').

** Junkrat/Roadhog was lightly sunk with a new interaction from Lifeweaver, where he asks Junkrat if he and Roadhog are a couple, even reiterating that he means THAT kind of couple. Junkrat seems to genuinely have no idea what he's talking about.

* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G.]]'': Yuka/Tamao is popular with the Japanese fandom, as seen in fan art and multiple doujinshi dedicated to portraying them as a couple. Takahasi Kimura, the official artist for the series, shot it down himself with an official sketch that had Tamao gift-wrap herself naked [[DoYouWantToCopulate as a birthday present]] to Yuka. Yuka's response effectively amounted to, 'Thanks, but ''[[IncompatibleOrientation no thanks']]''.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'', being one of the most infamous franchises when it comes to shipping, tends to actively avoid any official relationships, likely due to a combination of how divided the fanbase is on the subject and that rather infamous debacle with Elise. That said, a number of them ''have'' been actively sunk.

* The clumsy (but perfectly in-character) romantic subplot involving Naomi Hunter in ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 4|GunsOfThePatriots}}'' was arguably added to distract from the fact that Snake and Otacon had been [[HoYay living together for nine years]] and had [[HasTwoMommies recently adopted a daughter together]]. It failed to work -- shipping carried on as normal, but [[DieForOurShip now everyone just hates Naomi]]. [[spoiler:It's the two men who end up "together" at the end]], anyway. (Plus Otacon is required by [[TheWoobie divine law]] [[DieForOurShip to kill]] [[CartwrightCurse one woman]] [[RunningGag a game.]])

** [[DatingCatwoman Leon/Ada]] seem like this at the end of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' with Leon escaping with Claire and Sherry while Ada is left behind, ''but'' [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 RE4]], [[Anime/ResidentEvilDamnation Damnation]] and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 RE6]] brings Leon and Ada [[SubvertedTrope together again]]... then has them [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor separate again]]. Likely because Ada is a morally ambiguous spy who doesn't do commitment.

** An odd (and cruel) example is in the first series. [[StarCrossedLovers Nyna/Camus]] doesn't work out because [[spoiler:he dies]]. But then in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' (and its remake ''Shadows of Valentia''), he's [[spoiler:revealed to have survived and is]] now with a WhiteMagicianGirl named Tatiana. This would leave [[BodyguardCrush Hardin/Nyna]] and they're married at the end of the first game. Sadly, even that is sunk in the third game when it is revealed [[spoiler:Nyna had been faking romantic love for Hardin [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask for the sake of their kingdoms]] and he soon falls victim to LoveMakesYouEvil and BrainwashedAndCrazy. And when Camus (under the alias Sirius) saves Nyna from Medeus' hypnosis, he makes his intentions clear that he will go back to Valentia and live with Tatiana instead. Hence, ''two'' ships for Nyna are sunk, and her ending implies that she never gets over Camus...]]

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' ends with Cloud having a PreClimaxClimax with Tifa under the Highwind whilst his other love interest Aerith has died and is a spirit in the Lifestream.

* ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'': ''[[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheAzranLegacy Azran Legacy]]'' effectively sunk every popular ship that has been introduced in the prequel series. [[spoiler:Descole is Layton's older brother, and Bronev is Layton and Descole's ''father''. And Claire? That ship was confirmed and burned at the same time! And boy did it burn...]]