History UnbuiltTrope / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/DotFlow'' started the trend among VideoGame/YumeNikki fangames of using objects other than a bed to enter the DreamLand, namely Sabutsuki's computer. However, due to the [[spoiler: DreamWithinADream nature of the GoldenEnding, Sabitsuki was sleeping in her bed all along, making it actually a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]].]]

** Pokémon itself would find many parodies mocking the "Ice Cream" Pokémon or the "Garbage Bag" Pokémon, stating that the first generation was significantly more original... except the first generation did a lot of the same. Most of the Pokémon there were just standard animals with slightly varied color, and while individual Pokémon in later generations may be more-or-less "inventive" depending on who you ask, the concept of them just making stuff up out of random objects and animals isn't new. One of the first generation Pokémon was just a Poké Ball with a face on it, and another is a pile of chemical ooze that evolves into a bigger pile of chemical ooze. This is no less unusual or "creative" than the mushroom Pokémon with a Poké Ball pattern on its cap, or the ice cream cone that evolves into a larger ice cream cone . Of course, depending on [[BrokenBase which part of the fandom you say that to...]]

*** The TropeNamer for the Est archetype is captured twice over the course of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' and ''Mystery''. In spite of her potential as a fighter, at the time of capture she's unable to free herself and relies on the heroes to rescue her. She loses her self-esteem from these incidents, and later abandons [[LoveInterest Abel]] in the belief that she's a burden to him. This becomes all the more tragic for players that have made the effort to level her up: while ''[[DramaticIrony they]]'' see the potential in her, ''she'' can't.

** It is one of the first shooters on the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} console, and the {{Trope Maker|s}} for several first-person shooter cliches. However, both the games and their expanded universe are far more serious than you'd expect from a Sci-Fi FPS. Many of the aliens you fight are not actually malicious, but rather simply trying to [[PunchClockVillain not get in trouble with their Prophets]]. Nearly every game has a BittersweetEnding, with Master Chief losing his friends and allies. Similarly, in-game it is ''very'' common to play {{Big Damn Hero|es}} and return to the marines you saved only to find them all completely killed, bringing home the brutality of war. ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' even [[spoiler:ends with almost the entire team dead, including ''you'' -- the only one who survives (Jun) doing so by leaving the planet entirely near the end of the game]]. The "good" guys are willing to kidnap children and forcefully make them {{Super Soldier}}s (and this was originally planned as their response to insurrections and civil wars, not an AlienInvasion), and the [[WarIsHell psychological effects]] of warfare are addressed. Most victories come from lucky flukes like [[EnemyCivilWar the Elites starting a rebellion against the Covenant]], and the ExpandedUniverse also shows that having a OneManArmy on your side is little consolation when your enemy can [[OrbitalBombardment glass planets]].

*** This game was notably the first in the series to introduce a LovecraftLite plot where the heroes had to battle an EldritchAbomination, with Chaos being the main antagonist of the game alongside Eggman himself. Unlike the examples that followed him, however, Chaos' desire to cause massive destruction isn't because of [[GenericDoomsdayVillain his inherent nature as a monster]] or even [[ForTheEvulz out of a pure sadistic pleasure]]. Instead, it's revealed that Chaos' wrath is fueled by ''[[TragicMonster grief]]'' for when the Chao he was protecting were brutally hurt by the invading Echidna tribe, and said grief has festered within him to the present day-- where he's first seen being attacked by police officers who shoot him for seemingly no reason other than his monster-like appearance, implicitly confirming to him that [[HumansAreBastards people are still horrible to one another even after thousands of years]]. Likewise, he isn't defeated by being violently attacked to death like the other monsters that followed, but rather [[spoiler:through Super Sonic using the Chaos Emeralds' positive energies to neutralize his anger, allowing him let go of his hate and [[EarnYourHappyEnding have an ultimately happy ending]] like the rest of the cast]].

** Pokémon itself would find many parodies mocking the "Ice Cream" Pokémon or the "Garbage Bag" Pokémon, stating that the first generation was significantly more original... except the first generation did a lot of the same. Most of the Pokémon there were just standard animals with slightly varied color, and while individual Pokémon in later generations may be more-or-less "inventive" depending on who you ask, the concept of them just making stuff up out of random objects and animals isn't new. One of the first generation Pokémon was just a Pokéball with a face on it. This is no less unusual or "creative" than the mushroom Pokémon whose pattern is a Pokéball. Of course, depending on [[BrokenBase which part of the fandom you say that to...]]

** Sonic as a character is often associated with freedom, with this being highlighted by adaptations such as [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM the SatAM cartoon]], [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics theArchie comics]] and [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW the IDW comics]], the latter of which even aims to {{deconstruct|ion}} it somewhat through showing the negative consequences of Sonic's ideals. That all said, Sonic's original portrayal from the games is less so someone who actively fights for freedom and more in the vein of someone who [[{{Ubermensch}} simply wishes to live his life his way]], not caring if his actions involve him [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight going against everyone else's ideas of right-and-wrong]]. This is outright stated in an intro message from the Japanese manual for [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 the first game]], written from Sonic's perspective: in it, Sonic states that he ''despises'' people who are all talk and no action, and he affirms that he does what he does because he ''wants'' to do it (because he's a NiceGuy who cares about his friends), rather than because he ''needs'' to do it out of a defined ideal like justice.