History VerbalTic / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 4'' gives us [[MadScientist Agnus]], who often trails off stuttering when trying to speak. This is hilariously pointed out by Nero:

* In ''{{VideoGame/Dune 2000}}'', House Ordos' Mentat often feels the need to clarify a sentence by stating its nature immediately afterwards. That is an example. It's quite distinctive. That is an opinion..."

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''

** Natsume emphasizes words at the end of a Sentence. In Japanese, the last syllable is written in Katakana. In most English tranlations, this is denoted with a capital Letter. This could be a ShoutOut to Dlanor from ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', who has a similar Tic. However, his "magic speech" is unaffected by This.

* Miki from ''[[VideoGame/TheIdolmaster iDOLM@STER]]'' has two of them nano! ...afu.[[note]]Japanese onomatopoeia for yawning[[/note]]

* [[ValleyGirl Yuudachi]] from ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'' has a habit of saying "Poi~", to the point that it has achieved MemeticMutation.

** [[spoiler: Does Legion not count, Shepard-Commander?]]
** [[VillainOverride Assuming direct control.]]
** [[CatchPhrase I should go]].
** With the Spacer origin, "I Should Go" is apparently a family trait as Hannah Shepard ends conversations the same way. Likewise, in the ''Citadel DLC'', [[spoiler: [[EvilTwin Clone!Shepard]]]] says the [[BorrowedCatchphrase same thing]], leading Shepard to wonder if they really [[DoIReallySoundLikeThat sound like that]] and say it that often? [[note]]According to EDI, at least ''216'' times in her presence, since she first met them in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''[[/note]].
** [[CatchPhrase Hackett Out!]]

* ''Franchise/MetalGear''

* [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Why have you not mentioned Dr. Letz Shake question mark.]] Also, Thunder Ryu peppers his sentences with THAT!
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}} Onmyōji]]'': Jikigaeru and his ''gero''.

* In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Pokémon Sun and Moon]]'' and [[VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon their updated re-releases]], the Alola region's Pokémon Professor, Professor Kukui, will pepper his sentences with "yeah" and occasionally "Oh yeah!" He's also a big fan of saying "Woo!"

** ''[[VideoGame/{{Portal1}} "As part of a required test protocol, we will stop enhancing the truth in three, two, bzzt.."]]''
** ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'''s Wheatley has a very distinct, rambly way of speaking, constantly interrupting himself, repeating himself, and making good use of the sentence fragment. The result is this disjointed, train-of-thought type monologue that tends to paraphrase and clarify itself as it goes along.
** In the Perpetual Testing Initiative of ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', it turns out one alternate universe Cave Johnson is an extremely nice guy who randomly says "Chariots" at the end of his sentences. This is much to the annoyance of Cave Prime, who had chosen that word as the sign that you're talking to him and not any alternate Caves.

* Lilli of ''{{VideoGame/Rosenkreuzstilette}}'' uses "Hunya" during a lot of her sentences, so much so that it's practically her {{Catchphrase}}. It seems to convey the sense of "What do you think"? or "I agree".

** VideoGame/DevilSurvivor even has the "Hee-ho!" as the icon tone on the 3DS main menu for the Overclocked release.

* [[RobotGirl Aigis]] from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' ends most of her sentences with "de arimasu" to portray her speech as formal to the point of being stilted. The translation opts for RoboSpeak.
* Teddie from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' ends all his sentences with "-kuma" in Japanese, which gets turned into constant [[PungeonMaster un-bear-able bear puns]] in other languages.
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': the FunnyAnimal cat on your team, Morgana, will start dropping "meow" into his words whenever he gets too excited.

* [[VideoGame/SystemShock SHODAN's]] stutter, combined with the CreepyMonotone, makes for one of the most badass tics in history.

* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''

* ''VideoGame/TouhouProject'':

** ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'''s resident race of Chu Chu [[{{Expy}} expies]], the Nopon, end all of their sentences with "mo" in the Japanese dub. In the English dub, they frequently tack "pon" onto the ends of words they say.

** [[MushroomMen Eryngis]] like to say "gii" at the end of their sentences.

** Prinnies tend to insert the word "dood" somewhere into one of their sentences whenever they speak, dood! In Japanese, they slur at the ends of sentences ("ssu" is the most common way).

** Usalia from ''VideoGame/Disgaea5AllianceOfVengeance'' usually says "plip" at the end of her sentences, like a bunny. And it's not a Toto Bunny thing either, it's just her and her Prinny that does it. In one skit, the others ask why, and she lists of 30 detailed reasons on how it helps her become the best mascot character... only to says it's a joke.

* Dood, in the English dub of the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' games, Prinnies tend to insert the word "dood" somewhere into one of their sentences whenever they speak, dood! In Japanese, they slur at the ends of sentences ("ssu" is the most common way).
** In ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'', it's shown that the number one rule of being a Prinny is that you must include the word "dood"/"ssu" in every line you say. A character punishes/yells at a couple of Prinnies for forgetting. And then spends ''11 hours'' trying to get a mute robot Prinny to say "dood". Despite him not saying anything at all.
** In ''VideoGame/Disgaea5AllianceOfVengeance'', this is brought up again when a yellow Prinny steals curry from Seraphina's Prinny Squad. Said Prinny's verbal tic is "plip", which angers the others for the same reason listed above. [[spoiler:This is a Toto Bunny Prinny, who stole the curry to save her master from her curse; the curry is destroyed, but Killia made a backup batch for just such an event, so all is well, even for Usalia.]]
** In addition, Yukimaru from ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'' adds the word "zam" to all her sentences ("de gozaru" in the Japanese version).

* ''Such a pity'' about the English translation of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII''! Anyone who has been possessed by the evil scepter can't help but feel ''pity, pity, pity'', to the extent that [[GotMeDoingIt random NPCs you find muttering about what a pity things are]], are a major clue to finding the whereabouts of the Lord of Darkness, and when [[spoiler:your own team member is possessed by Rhapthorne, you can tell because she keeps saying what a pity it is she has to kill you]].
** Also in ''VIII'', a likely unintentional example: Morrie's written dialogue often addresses the player with an affectionate ''ragazzo'' (Italian for ''boy''), but his voice actor didn't seem to pick up on the fact that the word actually means something and was used correctly in context, so from his inflection it sounds like a meaningless desu-style tic at the end of sentences instead of a pet name for you. The later VideoGameRemake, with re-recorded voices, corrects this (he still says "ragazzo"; it just sounds less like a verbal tic and more like correctly addressing the player.)
** In many VideoGame/DragonQuest games, the slimes have a tendency to pepper their speech with "goo", "ooze", and "slime" puns.

* Tama from ''VideoGame/WorldOfFinalFantasy'' has a habit of adding the word "the-" to the beginning of random words, sort of the-like this.

** An infrequent example in the same language is Princess Peach. She has stereotypical "noblewoman speech" tic (e.g. ends her sentence with "-desu wa"), but it is limited to few games such as ''[[VideoGame/ItadakiStreet Fortune Street]]'' series.

** The Gorons tend to do this, goro. In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', this wasn't translated, but in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', one Goron uses it (it's a plot point. He shares a name with you, so you get his room at the inn without having to pay. You don't know why at first, but if you're at the lobby at the right point, you can see a Goron ''trying'' to check in, but [[LampshadeHanging since there is no "Link-goro" listed...]]) In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', they use "brother" instead, brother. Now we know what a race of Wrestling/{{Hulk Hogan}}s would look and sound like... This is kept in the manga and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', goro. ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' uses both for the Gorons. Most say "brother," while Yunobo says "goro."
** Some Zora in ''Ocarina of Time'' end their sentences with "zora".

** All townspeople (or rather, town animals) in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' have kyara-gobi related to their species or appearance. The English version calls them "catchphrases". They can also allow you to change what they say, [[VideoGamePerversityPotential which is just asking for trouble]].
** {{NPC}}s that appear in every town (i.e. in the shops, town hall, etc.) would probably also count. Brewster (the pigeon who runs The Roost, a coffee shop) tends to say "coo" frequently when he talks, and owl siblings Blathers and Celeste often say "hoo" and "hootie-toot," respectively. Tom Nook also has a habit of saying "yes, yes" and "hm?", though unlike the other examples, that's unrelated to the kind of animal he is. Unlike the normal, apparently unemployed villagers, these phrases cannot be changed.

* The {{catgirl}}s in ''VideoGame/SlaveMaker''. Meow! The same rule also applies for the ponygirls. Neigh! They also do this in ''VideoGame/SlaveMaker3''.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' series, CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame's brash, {{tomboy}}ish attitude is emphasized by her use of the masculine "ze."

** There's also Neptune's "Nepu~!" when she's surprised. Apart from the anime, where it became "Nep-what?!", this only appears in the Japanese version of the games.

** The Gorons tend to do this, goro. In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', this wasn't translated, but in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', one Goron uses it (it's a plot point. He shares a name with you, so you get his room at the inn without having to pay. You don't know why at first, but if you're at the lobby at the right point, you can see a Goron ''trying'' to check in, but [[LampshadeHanging since there is no "Link-goro" listed...]]) In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', they use "brother" instead, brother. Now we know what a race of {{Hulk Hogan}}s would look and sound like... This is kept in the manga and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', goro. ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' uses both for the Gorons. Most say "brother," while Yunobo says "goro."

* We are Ermac. In the ''MortalKombat'' series, we usually refer to ourselves as a group of beings rather than a singular individual, much like [[Franchise/SpiderMan Venom]] does.

** An infrequent example in the same language is Princess Peach. She has "noblewoman-like speech" tic (e.g. ends her sentence with "-desu wa"), but it is limited to few games such as ''[[VideoGame/ItadakiStreet Fortune Street]]'' series.

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'': In the Japanese version, Viridi speak with an ancient tone, such as referring herself as "warawa", ends her sentences with "-no ja".

* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros]]:

* The [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario Bros.]] have one in the form of adding "-a" to the ends of certain words as part of their exaggerated Italian accents.

* Count Bleck in ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' tends to punctuate sentences with his own name ("My victory will soon be complete, Bleck.") or maniacal laughter, also in the form of his own name ("O'Chunks! Get him! Bleh-heh-heh-heh-bleck!"). Or, more rarely, with simply "...mused Count Bleck."

** In VideoGame/{{Mother3}}, Fassad has his distinctive "Nwehehehehehehehehe!" laugh...That's one "Nwe" and eight "He"s, as his in-universe translator has to specify.

* Natsume of ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' emphasizes words at the end of a Sentence. In Japanese, the last syllable is written in Katakana. In most English tranlations, this is denoted with a capital Letter. This could be a ShoutOut to Dlanor from ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', who has a similar Tic. However, his "magic speech" is unaffected by This.

*** Cerberus ends its sentences with "~wan".

* In ''VideoGame/{{TerraTech}}'', racing driver Suzie Vroom sprinkles her sentences with cries of "Vroom, vroom!".
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' series, CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame's brash, {{tomboy}}ish attitude is emphasized by her use of the masculine "ze".
** In some English-language fanon, Cirno, instead of using "I" as a first-person pronoun, uses "eye", resulting in [[CatchPhrase "Eye'm the strongest"]] instead of "I'm the strongest", as a mirror to her tic in Japanese: using ''atai'' as a contraction of ''atashi'', a [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns Japanese first-person pronoun]].
** Tewi Inaba, the [[KingIncognito leader]] of the Earth rabbits of Eientei, is sometimes shown to end her sentences with "-usa" as a contracted form of "usagi".

* In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonFriendsOfMineralTown'', the Harvest Sprites say "budum" after every sentence.