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| 18 | ->''"Wow. This goes past gay, all the way back around past straight, before settling at situationally bicurious."'' |
| 19 | -->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRtyXNd5OL8 YouTube comment]] about the [[MemeticMutation infamous]] "sailors" quest from ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'' |
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| 21 | Examples: |
| 22 | [[index]] |
| 23 | %%* ''HoYay/OneBitHeart'' |
| 24 | * ''HoYay/{{A3}}'' |
| 25 | * ''HoYay/AceAttorney'' |
| 26 | * ''HoYay/AnimalCrossing'' |
| 27 | * ''HoYay/BioWare'' (including ''Franchise/DragonAge'', ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', ''Franchise/MassEffect'') |
| 28 | * ''HoYay/BlazBlue'' |
| 29 | * ''HoYay/BraveFrontier'' |
| 30 | * ''HoYay/BungoToAlchemist'' |
| 31 | * ''HoYay/ClassOf09'' |
| 32 | * ''HoYay/CorpseParty'' |
| 33 | * ''HoYay/{{Danganronpa}}'' |
| 34 | * ''HoYay/DiscoElysium'' |
| 35 | * ''HoYay/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'' |
| 36 | * ''HoYay/DragaliaLost'' |
| 37 | * ''HoYay/DynastyWarriors'' |
| 38 | * ''HoYay/EnsembleStars'' |
| 39 | * ''HoYay/FinalFantasy'' |
| 40 | * ''HoYay/FireEmblem'' |
| 41 | * ''HoYay/GenshinImpact'' |
| 42 | * ''HoYay/GranblueFantasy'' |
| 43 | * ''HoYay/HatsuneMikuColorfulStage'' |
| 44 | * ''HoYay/HonkaiImpact3rd'' |
| 45 | * ''HoYay/HonkaiStarRail'' |
| 46 | * ''HoYay/IDOLiSH7'' |
| 47 | * ''HoYay/InazumaEleven'' |
| 48 | * ''HoYay/KingdomHearts'' |
| 49 | * ''HoYay/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'' |
| 50 | * ''HoYay/TheLegendOfZelda'' |
| 51 | * ''HoYay/LenEn'' |
| 52 | * ''HoYay/LifeIsStrange'' |
| 53 | * ''HoYay/LISAThePointless'' |
| 54 | * ''HoYay/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestivalAllStars'' |
| 55 | * ''HoYay/LoveNikkiDressUpQueen'' |
| 56 | * ''HoYay/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'' |
| 57 | * ''HoYay/MetalGear'' |
| 58 | * ''HoYay/MidnightTrain'' |
| 59 | * ''HoYay/NightsOfAzure'' |
| 60 | * ''HoYay/Onmyoji2016'' |
| 61 | * ''HoYay/{{Persona}}'' |
| 62 | ** ''HoYay/Persona3'' |
| 63 | ** ''HoYay/Persona4'' |
| 64 | ** ''HoYay/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' |
| 65 | ** ''HoYay/Persona5'' |
| 66 | * ''HoYay/PocketMirror'' |
| 67 | * ''HoYay/{{Pokemon}}'' |
| 68 | * ''HoYay/{{Poptropica}}'' |
| 69 | * ''HoYay/RabiRibi'' |
| 70 | * ''HoYay/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' |
| 71 | * ''HoYay/SamuraiWarriors'' |
| 72 | * ''HoYay/SenranKagura'' |
| 73 | * ''HoYay/TheTaleOfFood'' |
| 74 | * ''HoYay/TalesSeries'' |
| 75 | * ''HoYay/{{Tamagotchi}}'' |
| 76 | * ''HoYay/TouhouProject'' |
| 77 | * ''HoYay/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' |
| 78 | * ''HoYay/TheWalkingDead'' |
| 79 | * ''HoYay/WorldOfWarcraft'' |
| 80 | [[/index]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | !!This page contains examples from |
| 83 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[folder:A-E]] |
| 86 | * ''VideoGame/AlanWake'': |
| 87 | ** Alan/Thomas. Alan [[spoiler:writing Thomas into his manuscript as his savior figure]]. (''Or vice versa.'') Thomas[[spoiler:, the Light Presence]], saving Alan from the cabin and "keeping him safe through the night". Episode Four ends as Alan [[spoiler:finds what he needs to defeat the Darkness, the "clicker" left by Thomas who knew Alan would need it]], and the credit song is "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f_hewSrAH4 War]]" by Music/PoetsOfTheFall, a sort of romantic PowerBallad with lyrics like "When I thought that I fought this war alone, you were there by my side on the front line" and "we were one with our destines entwined". It ''might'' be referring to Alice, but [[spoiler:she's trapped at the bottom of Cauldron Lake]]. |
| 88 | ** Barry and their {{Heterosexual Life Partner|s}} relationship. At the end of the first telephone conversation, he hangs up "I love you", and after he joins the story physically (NB: he flew over to Alan the moment he felt something was amiss), he takes Alice's previous role (i.e. being a damsel/sidekick combo). |
| 89 | * In ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'', if protagonist Michael Thorton gains a good enough relationship with one of his handlers, Sean Darcy, Darcy will give him a signed photograph of himself as a gift. After the "Operation Desert Spear" phase of the game is completed, Mike will keep the photograph next to his bed in all of his safehouses. |
| 90 | * Alexander and [[spoiler:Daniel]] in ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''. Alexander speaks tenderly to him and is surprisingly attached to him despite [[spoiler:the fact that Alexander isn't even human and sees humanity as insects]]. Mega points for Alexander waking him up from a nightmare and comforting [[spoiler:Daniel]] in his bed. |
| 91 | * ''VideoGame/AnnoMutationem'' has Ayane Misuno and Ann Flores, the two main characters. The two have been friends for two years, and Ayane is ''extremely'' physically and emotionally affectionate towards Ann, using her hardlight hologram to give Ann TheGlomp, calling Ann "Darling" as an AffectionateNickname (and offering "Baby," "Honey," or "Lover" as alternatives when Ann complains), and asking Ann for a kiss when Ayane demands Ann comfort her after a job gone wrong. For her part, Ann rejects almost all of Ayane's over-the-top displays of possibly romantic affection, but they still remain friends and very close, intimate ones at that, as seen whenever Ayane drops the antics and speaks seriously with her. |
| 92 | * ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' is filled to the brim with it. Being an all-girl fighting game, this is to be expected. By ''Arcana Heart 3'' it can barely even be called subtext anymore, particularly where Heart and Saki are concerned. Clarice's crush on Elsa also goes well beyond subtext and everyone accepts that she's flat-out in love with her, and Mei Ling Hua and Mei Fang are a classic PygmalionPlot. |
| 93 | * The past survivors' notes in ''VideoGame/ArkSurvivalEvolved'' are loaded with Les Yay tones. [[OneOfTheGuys Mei]] [[AmazonianBeauty Yin]]/Helena are the dominant pair, giving way to Mei Yin/[[GirlsWithGuns Diana]] [[BadassDriver Atlarus]] in ''Aberration'', and the latter become an OfficialCouple in ''Extinction'' after [[spoiler: Helena's death and Diana's respawn]]. |
| 94 | * Rios and Salem of ''VideoGame/ArmyOfTwo'', to the point MissionControl probably sees them like this given the way she doesn't buy into their machismo. Rios's "wife" figures into the graphic-novel prequel, where they are never actually shown getting married, because Rios would always run off with Salem on missions on the wedding day. When Rios and Salem ask for time off to vacation in Hawaii together, Rios's wife hasn't even been mentioned for quite a few pages. |
| 95 | * ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'': |
| 96 | ** In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', the main character Ezio is best friends with a young Leonardo Da Vinci. With the way Leonardo's eyes light up every time he sees Ezio, the insistence that Ezio road trip with him to Venice, his shooting down Ezio's dreams of hooking up with (then married) Caterina Sforza a little ''too'' insistently, Leonardo's relief that Ezio's still alive after constantly putting himself in danger, the passionate hugs they share (including the famous PressXToNotDie) and after 22 years he's still arguably Ezio's closest friend, enough that the Assassins trust him implicitly with the secrets of the Order despite his not actually being a member, it isn't reaching at all to see at minimum a one-sided crush on Leonardo's part. (Keep in mind, historians are pretty certain that the RealLife Leonardo was gay.) Whether or not it's reciprocated on Ezio's part is debatable though, and good arguments can be made either way. |
| 97 | ** In both ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood Brotherhood]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations Revelations]]'', you can send female assassin recruits on missions of the "Steal a Kiss" type, which involve seducing a Templar supporter's wife. |
| 98 | ** In the DLC The Da Vinci Disappearance, Ezio has to go retrieve Leonardo's "Assisstant" who himself is fairly flamboyant, the two share a conversation littered with the assistant ending up thinking that Ezio is into him. There's also a conversation about the Mona Lisa: |
| 99 | -->'''Leonardo''': I work on the small portrait of a woman. I am growing rather fond of it.\ |
| 100 | '''Ezio''': Do not let a beautiful girl distract you from constructing my designs.\ |
| 101 | '''Leonardo''': Have no worries. Women provide little distraction. \ |
| 102 | '''Ezio''': Wait, I don't get it. |
| 103 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' has Haytham Kenway and Charles Lee. Charles spends the first part of the game essentially worshipping Haytham. After [[spoiler: Haytham's death]], his behaviour is turned up to eleven, and his confrontation with Connor immediately afterward heavily suggests that Charles loved Haytham. During the segments in which [[spoiler: Haytham and Connor work together]], Haytham frequently talks about Charles' good qualities, and talks at length about how he feels Charles is much better than George Washington not only in terms of leadership and military prowess, but personality as well. |
| 104 | ** Jacob Frye of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate'' has been confirmed to be bisexual. He and Templar member Maxwell Roth have a brief friendship; [[spoiler: Roth's last action before dying is to kiss Jacob (though his motives are questionable).]] |
| 105 | * ''VideoGame/BahamutLagoon'': |
| 106 | ** The elderly summoner Sendak has an unhealthy obsession with the protagonist Byuu. Like when Sendak comments on the shape of Byuu's rear, and when he asks Byuu to rub his legs because he's frightened. |
| 107 | ** The part in chapter 15 where Princess Yoyo's room aboard Farnheit is "off-limits to men." Admittedly, it's because she's "suffering the pain of a Dragnar", but they aren't fooling anyone. |
| 108 | * The entire ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' is this for Batman and ComicBook/{{Joker}}. |
| 109 | ** On the Les Yay side, Catwoman makes a remark in Arkham City that she's, "kind of disappointed," Ivy wouldn't kiss her. |
| 110 | * ''VideoGame/BioShock'': |
| 111 | ** In ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'' Sander Cohen practically flirts with you as you try to complete his little art project, and nicknames you "little moth". Sure, it's creepy because it relates back to the disciples he had and is now killing off, but it seems rather personal. And then there's [[spoiler:Atlas/Fontaine]]. He seems so nice, you start to trust him... and bam! Turns on you, but he keeps talking to you, comparing you to a dog has to be put down, and he seems honestly upset about the thought. Then "Danny Boy" is playing in his apartment. Sung by a male singer, too. It's like the developers want you to embrace the screwed-up relationship! |
| 112 | ** ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' has an audio-log from Stanley Poole, in which Stan describes how he needs to be "more like Johnny Topside" (Delta pre-Daddy suit). "I keep thinking of Johnny Topside, though. Took real guts to find Rapture like he did... makes it easier not to crack if I sort of... imagine that I'm him. It's a good thing I can't tell Lamb about that. She'd probably say I got a secret need to fall into his arms and make wild whoopee or somethin'!" |
| 113 | *** The possibility of [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction Sinclair/Delta]]. Despite his past as a CorruptCorporateExecutive, by the end it's pretty clear that he's grown a heart along the way. First he tries ([[SubvertedTrope and fails]]) to pull a BigDamnHeroes when he could have easily turned tail instead, and after [[spoiler:[[TragicMonster he becomes an Alpha Series]], [[ICannotSelfTerminate he begs for a]] MercyKill, expressly stating that he's content to [[DyingAsYourself die as himself]] [[HeroicSacrifice if Delta and Eleanor can escape]]]]. |
| 114 | *** The Brute Splicer, who WordOfGod all but outright states is an ArmoredClosetGay. He seems to admire Sander Cohen ("There was a man! Smart suit, took no guff!), and when using the [[MindManipulation Charm]] plasmid on him, some of his lines towards Delta get downright flirtatious. |
| 115 | ---->"Do anything for ya. I mean that." |
| 116 | * In ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'', Dominique gets a little flirty with Miriam if she talks to her multiple times on the same visit to the shop. |
| 117 | -->'''Dominique:''' My, my, you're giving me a lot of attention on this visit. |
| 118 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'', main character Jimmy really can kiss some of the other boys in the game. Then there's that time Petey Kowalski makes an excruciatingly painful joke about Jimmy becoming a male stripper. |
| 119 | * ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': |
| 120 | ** In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'', when the (very female) Shanoa rescues Monica, the seamstress, she responds to this with "What did I do to deserve being rescued by such a beautiful angel?" If this sounds like a romantic come-on to you, you're not the only one. Most of her other interactions with Shanoa have more muted levels of this, and she has some interesting bits of self-loathing going on. It's not exactly hard to read her as a closeted lesbian. |
| 121 | *** Even the Liliths in the castle get in on the Yay ("Let's play, cutie!"). The Werebats, too ("Let's play, cute little kitty~"), AND the spider-women ("You look DELICIOUS!" --They ARE trying to eat you, but they still say it in a very lustful way). |
| 122 | *** Likewise with the jeweler Laura: "I never managed to touch your heart, though I learned a few things about my own..." Everyone's les for Shanoa! |
| 123 | ---->'''Laura:''' You dress like you're in mourning. Waste of such a finely-shaped--\ |
| 124 | '''Shanoa:''' Enough of that, thank you. |
| 125 | ** The always-together antagonists. Death is Dracula's confidant ''indeed...'' "Dracula's ''intimate'' friend"? "Knows ''many dark secrets''"? Okaaaay... Thinking about it, given that Dracula's already known as practically the master of evil, it's difficult to imagine any secrets he has being darker than what he's already known for, which does lead one to wonder if these secrets are of a rather different nature... |
| 126 | *** In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'', Death appears out of nowhere to block Jonathan's attack on the newly-risen Dracula, and the two fight you together. When you KO one, Death gives Dracula his power and Dracula uses ''Power of Dominance'' to "merge" Death's soul to his and become True Dracula. Soulmates...? |
| 127 | *** In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'', after defeating himself in a MirrorMatch, Death opinions that "One advisor is all the Master requires." And his ending sequence: "Death, unconstrained by mortality, pursued every possible means of reviving his master. Why would such a being serve Dracula so loyally? Perhaps there is some ''[[ThePowerOfLove greater force at play behind it all]]''..." |
| 128 | *** In ''Judgment'', Carmilla is referred to as "Dracula's plaything" by Alucard, and one of her victory lines implies that only Dracula can satisfy her. (Poor Laura.) And yet she remains jealous of how Death is "always at Dracula's side". |
| 129 | ** In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDespair'', Dracula will use a different soundbite[=/=]line at the beginning of his boss battle if you engage him as Alucard. "Come, my son; let us embrace!" Because that isn't [[InLoveWithYourCarnage awkward]] or [[ParentalIncest disturbing]] at all... |
| 130 | ** In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow'', Dmitri implies that Genya wants to protect Soma at least in part due to [[spoiler:affection he still harbors for Dracula]]. |
| 131 | *** Arguably, this is [[{{Squick}} hopefully]] [[ParentalIncest not]] a case of HoYay and instead mere [[spoiler: familial affection towards his father's reincarnation]]. |
| 132 | ** In the radio drama "Nocturne of Recollection," there are serious ho yay vibes between Alucard and Lyudmil with lines like, [[spoiler:Lyudmil: "Master Alucard, I will always be here, forever… somewhere close to your heart."]] and [[spoiler:Lyudmil: "Once a year, the youths would make a garland with these flowers and present them to young girls to express their love." Alucard: "This wasn’t mentioned in Mother’s diary…" Lyudmil: "Since we are here, why not let me teach you how to make a garland." Alucard: "No need." Lyudmil: "I see…" ]] There's also mild ho yay between Alexis and Cyril, and between Magnus and Lyudmil/Alucard, but that's hardly a surprise considering Magnus is an incubus. |
| 133 | ** Isaac, the villain in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness,'' has a modest amount of tension with protagonist Hector, but his one scene with Trevor Belmont is just full of it, with Isaac [[spoiler:driving Trevor's own dagger through Trevor's body, pressing up against him, whispering in his ear and kissing him on the neck before "pulling out"]]. It gets worse if you consider that [[spoiler:Isaac may be possessed by Dracula at this time.]] |
| 134 | ** The first thing Dracula says when he is revived in the ''Belmont Legacy'' comic is "Belmont! You are mine!". And his (naked) resurrection, which immediately precedes that line, is intercut with said Belmont and his new bride consummating their marriage. |
| 135 | ** Hugh and Nathan of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon'' are rivalslash-tastic -- when your happily married straight male friend announces that Hugh has it bad for Nathan and the subtext is far too large for the Gameboy screen to contain, you know you are not simply seeing things. Dracula is rather... something at Morris Baldwin, too. |
| 136 | ** Juste and Maxim in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance Harmony of Dissonance]]'', or Mathias and Leon in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence Lament of Innocence]]''. |
| 137 | * ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' has the infamous scene that implies an OptionalSexualEncounter between the player character and Chako, a female mimiga... [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction somehow]]. In Curly Mode for [=WiiWare=] and Steam, where the player controls Curly Brace instead, the scene plays out exactly the same way. |
| 138 | * Telly Vision from ''VideoGame/ChibiRobo'' seems awfully ''dedicated'' to Chibi, even vowing to "rebuild Chibi from [his] own parts" the first time Chibi faints from lack of energy. |
| 139 | * The ''VideoGame/ChoAniki'' game series thrives off its dozens of [[MachoCamp intentional depictions of muscular men in homoerotic poses]], from the enemies to the backgrounds to two of the main characters, Samson and Adon. |
| 140 | * ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''. Glenn and Cyrus. |
| 141 | -->'''Glenn:''' Cyrus, wait! I... I...! CYRUUUUUUS!\ |
| 142 | '''Cyrus:''' My heart burns with my memories of you... |
| 143 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Crackdown}}'', your contact in the Agency seems a little ''too'' pleased with how well you're... "developing". Slightly creepy considering the player character is an artificial super soldier grown in a tank. |
| 144 | * ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy'': In the revised version of the first game, Tawna seems just as happy to be rescued by Coco as she is to be rescued by Crash. |
| 145 | * ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' has a fairly {{squick}}y example with the Watcher. Not only does the guy set a new standard for {{Jerkass}} ExpositionFairy, he invariably treats War like his bitch. Seriously, ''half'' his lines sound pretty kinky even IN context. |
| 146 | --> I always knew you had it in you. |
| 147 | --> Watch out, or I'll ''really'' get under your skin. |
| 148 | * In ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', both Solaire and Rhea have shades of this with the player character. If you speak to Solaire in Anor Londo, he'll jokingly assume that you like him. Similarly, when [[spoiler:Petrus]] confesses to deliberately abandoning Rhea in the Tomb Of The Giants, his comments seem to imply that you have feelings for her. This happens regardless of player gender. |
| 149 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'', when Morrigan was absorbing a dying Lilith into her being (Lilith ''is'' [[spoiler:one-third of Morrigan's soul that was sealed away and then took on human form]]), they have quite the suggestive pose, especially given they're both are [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubi]] that wear {{Stripperific}} outfits. |
| 150 | * ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'': |
| 151 | ** Hitomi and Lei Fang in the ''Xtreme'' spinoffs appear to be ''very'' fond of one another. |
| 152 | ** In ''Xtreme Beach Volleyball'', you can give gifts to the other girls to raise their friendship meters, and they will often gift you things back, such as bathing suits from their own personal collection. The bathing suit that Lei Fang gives Hitomi when her friendship level hits max? A white bandeau bikini with red polka dot trim that says "LOVERS <3" in red glittery cursive. Lei Fang will NOT give this to anyone else you play as; it's the same style bathing suit, but it's plain yellow with no text on it. |
| 153 | ** Then there is Christie and her [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou obsession with Helena.]] |
| 154 | * ''VideoGame/DeathStranding: |
| 155 | ** At one point Sam and Deadman take a shower in the same chamber together. Granted, they have all their clothes on, and it's so [[spoiler:Deadman can explain to Sam Bridget's true plans for the [=BBs=] without alerting surveillance]], but nevertheless there's a lot of pressing bodies and faces close together involved. |
| 156 | ** After the final boss battle, Deadman says something along the lines of "Oh Sam, I could just kiss you right now!" |
| 157 | ** One can assume when Die-Hardman admits to having loved [[spoiler:Cliff and Bridget]] that the intention was he meant it in a purely platonic/familial sense, but said statements are delivered with all the [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove gravitas]] more typical of a ''romantic'' confession. |
| 158 | ** Heartman notes that he gets along with Sam shockingly well, and even throws a few innuendos his way. A post-game email from Heartman notes that he [[spoiler:started a new relationship with a woman named "[[LazilyGenderFlippedName Samantha]]"]], and the game is notorious for its extremely unsubtle use of MeaningfulName. |
| 159 | * In ''VideoGame/DemonGaze2'': The game allows Signa to date all the demons, including the male ones! The maintenance mini-game lets him grope the demons to increase likability. Once the likability meter is full, he can go on dates with them. Notably, on one of Aries' dates, Signa is asked to help him withstand physical harassment. Signa ends up pinching his erogenous zones as well as running his hand up his spine, with the flavor-text noting how strange it was for two men to be doing this. Red-faced Aries laments that he failed his objective, but with a satisfied expression on his face. There are several other instances of bonding with his male demons, some of which could be read as friendly... or romantic. |
| 160 | * ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans'': Crypto and Orthopox tend to sound like an old married couple. In one moment of unsual giddiness, Pox calls that Crypto a "silver stud." |
| 161 | * Dante and Vergil from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', brothers [[IncestSubtext they may be]], are still a Yaoi fangirl’s wet dream for all the times they impale each other with their swords. In [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening the third game]] Dante even says to Vergil before their duel “how about a kiss from your little brother”, and before Vergil states how “eager” he was to see his twin again. It gets even more suspicious when Lady gets involved in Dante and Vergil’s duel, at which Dante gets legitimately angry saying the battle is “no place for a girl”. He could be just concerned for her safety... ''but then again''. Bonus points, as the one of the [=PS3=] achievements for the Vergil fights is called “brotherly love”. |
| 162 | ** [[spoiler: In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' Vergil has made it his life’s mission to defeat his brother and won’t let anything stop him. Even the idea of his own son Nero taking over his fight with Dante just invoked a “if I beat him, that means I beat you by default” reaction from Vergil who was desperate to conquer his twin brother. Speaking of Nero, since Dante cares him about greatly, you argue that he has two dads between his father and uncle. Also when you complete the game, one of the menu screens is Dante and Vergil sitting in the van together like an [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A0jko6UlCVA awkward date]].]] |
| 163 | ** Dante and Nero from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akljkLFNAB0&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_976580 The first fight they have]], when Nero meets Dante after Dante shoots Sanctus, Nero flies into the air and straddles Dante's waist, and Nero bites Dante's 'gun'. Whenever the two meet back up with each other during the game, it almost seems like Dante is flirting with Nero. [[spoiler: Again, incest themes are unavoidable since Nero is Dante’s nephew.]] |
| 164 | ** The Rusalka explicitly mate with each other among other things... specifically to [[GirlOnGirlIsHot lure men]]. |
| 165 | ** Trish and Lady have their fair amount of LesYay, the most explicit being the drawn-out fight in [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries the anime]]. Dante breaks them up but not before adding Trish and Lady could [[GirlOnGirlIsHot take it to an underground club or something as it could bring in some money]]. |
| 166 | ** Nico from [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 DMC5]] says that Lady (who was naked at the time) has got a “pretty smoking body” but quickly adds “not that [[StupidSexyFlanders she was noticing]]”. |
| 167 | * ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'': |
| 168 | ** [[spoiler:Loki]], as he reveals when talking to Yuzu. |
| 169 | --->"You think you're pretty hot, don't you? I don't care about you! My love is for [Protagonist]! |
| 170 | ** Naoya has this with the Protagonist to some degree. [[spoiler:The IncestSubtext with the reveal of Naoya and the protagonist being reincarnations of Cain and Abel respectively did nothing to hamper it]]. |
| 171 | ** The LesYay has Yuzu's fangirling over Haru, complete with constant {{Luminescent Blush}}ing. |
| 172 | * ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'': |
| 173 | ** One could make a serious case for Yamato having a severe crush on the Hero (albeit due to his stunted emotional understanding he doesn't view it in those terms). |
| 174 | *** To wit, not only does he make it quite clear he regards the Hero as his most reliable subordinate and has many moments where he drops his {{Jerkass}} manner (as much as he's capable of at least) and acts relatively decent to said, Hero. At one point he smiles 'teasingly' at you. At another, he says "That's my [[[HelloInsertNameHere character name]]]." |
| 175 | *** He [[spoiler: will flip his shit if you don't pick the Chaos route, even trying to [[MurderTheHypotenuse murder the other good guys]] for "corrupting" the Hero, who he is convinced would join his side again if only the meddling secondary influences were removed]]. The telling part about this behavior is that he really wouldn't need your Hero's help explicitly by this point, [[{{Yandere}} he just wants him by his side no matter what.]] If you get him to rejoin you, he phrases the way he felt for you as "yearning". |
| 176 | *** Lampshaded by Hinako if you tell her Yamato called to tell you he likes you: |
| 177 | ----> '''Hinako''': ...You know, you shouldn't joke like that or people will take it seriously. |
| 178 | ** There's also a part where Joe thinks Daichi is confessing his love to him. He says that he hasn't done anything like that before... but he thinks Daichi is adorable and is willing to make an effort. |
| 179 | ** Also a large amount of [[HoYay Les Yay]] between Airi and Hinako, where Airi starts of snarky (tsun) towards Hinako, and eventually seriously warms up to her beginning with complimenting her dancing. Taken even further in the Triangulum arc, where Airi seems sad when Hinako confesses her fears to the protagonist and not her. [[spoiler: And the revelation that, during the second cycle of the world, Hinako [[TakingTheBullet took the bullet]] for Airi in the fight against Arcturus, and Airi was too distraught after to really do much, before dying herself.]] |
| 180 | ** In the Triangulum arc, whoever you choose to help you release Aramisaki, she'll assume that they and the Protagonist are young lovers who want to taunt her with their lovey-dovey P.D.A.s, even the guys. She'll ask the other party if they're in love with the Protagonist. Keita and Jungo will misinterpret it as just that they love being friends with him, and Joe says something snarky but Daichi talks about how close they've been since they were kids and starts to act extremely jealous when Aramisaki decides the Protagonist is her soulmate... |
| 181 | ** Also from the Triangulum arc, Io is quite too determined to win Miyako's friendship. She even grabs her hand in one event, and in that same event, it almost looks like a lover's spat. |
| 182 | * ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'': |
| 183 | ** Part the first had {{A|ctionGirl}}rgilla gaining an instantly fast rapport with Jinana, a [[HonorBeforeReason rival tribe leader]], the two having conversations about "Sadness" -- having only been recently awakened to emotions. [[spoiler:When she dies, she calls Argilla [[ArcWords "Comrade"]], a very emotionally charged word in their world.]] Later on, while Argilla bawls her eyes out, [[{{Jerkass}} Heat]] sarcastically calls Jinana "Argilla's Girlfriend". Bat talking about [[spoiler:devouring Jinana]] acts as Argilla's BerserkButton. |
| 184 | ** [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Lupa]] is the one who got Gale to awaken to his emotions. [[spoiler:And in the second game, Gale sheds some of his StrawVulcan tendencies, espousing the other man's honor code.]] |
| 185 | ** Heat/Serph can be brushed off as competition over Sera for a while... until [[spoiler:Serph and Sera merge into a single hermaphroditic being... and Heat comments that he/she's "cute". Well, that's one way to resolve a love triangle...]] |
| 186 | * ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'': |
| 187 | ** There is quite a bit between Axel and his director in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}''. |
| 188 | ** After Mao ambushes Almaz and mugs him of his (wannabe) Hero title in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}'' he wastes almost no time in drafting the poor guy as his lab rat, and takes a rather strange fascination towards him from that point on (particularly over that his new pet can teach him about this [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove "love"]] thing). The Master/Slave overtones just snowball from there. |
| 189 | --->'''Almaz:''' Uh... I think I've just been violated. |
| 190 | ** In ''VisualNovel/DisgaeaInfinite'', Mao does it ''again'', with Laharl (debatably, almost ''all'' of his conversation with Laharl is made with a flirtatious tone). |
| 191 | --->'''Mao:''' You're too good to be true! I must capture and examine you~!* huff* * huff ** drool* |
| 192 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4|APromiseUnforgotten}}'' had enough to warrant [[HoYay/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten its own page]]. |
| 193 | * In the hybrid board game/RPG ''VideoGame/DokaponKingdom'', the heroes, regardless of gender, are competing for the Princess' hand in marriage. At the end of the game, if a girl wins, the King objects -- though the Princess says she really doesn't mind. The King then dons a wedding dress and offers to marry you instead, as he wants a bloodline. This doesn't go over very well, and the final shot of the game seems to imply that the Princess and her heroine went through with the marriage anyway. |
| 194 | * In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestHeroesRocketSlime'', Hooly's mother, as with all the captive slimes, sends a letter when rescued. In it, she mentions that Hooly "Sends his lo... says hi." Though, with [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents her tendency to embarrass him]], it may simply be poor wording on her part. |
| 195 | * ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}} 2'': |
| 196 | ** Yaha, one of the guardians of the Districts, ''openly admits'' at least three times during the boss fight that in the past, he had a crush on Urick, a former member of the Knights of the Seal, and that he [[spoiler:made his pact with the gnomes]] in order to win Urick's love once and for all. But Urick rejected him. So now Yaha is sad. And really campy. Ironically, during the boss fight, [[spoiler:Yaha insinuates that Urick returned his feelings '''before''' Yaha made the pact]]. |
| 197 | ** Urick and Nowe seem far too friendly in their dialogue for just old friends. Direct your attention, if you will, towards [[spoiler:Urick's death scene, where Nowe '''holds Urick in his arms''' as Urick lies there dying, and then lovingly deposits his body in the funeral pyre of the burning Holy Flowers]]. |
| 198 | * ''VideoGame/{{Duolingo}}'': Many fans have often taken Lily and Zari being {{Best Friend}}s and seen it as a sign of a PseudoRomanticFriendship, or even outright view them as dating, to the point where ship art of the two is [[https://dynasty-scans.com/images/23726 incredibly]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesomeyuri/comments/1330ux0/lilys_language_lessons_gone_yuri_duolingo/ common]]. It also helps that they greatly resemble [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse Amity and Luz]] respectively, one of the most famous lesbian couples of media in recent memory. |
| 199 | * ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'': |
| 200 | ** GenderBender Ranmaru Mori, whose relationship with his two masters is practically canon (then again, he was [[TruthInTelevision historically gay]] to begin with). |
| 201 | ** Zhang He gets progressively [[CampGay campier]] with each entry. In ''Dynasty Warriors 6'', he flirtatiously taunts his opponent "You've come alone. Was it my beauty that drew you?" Tended to originally be paired with Wei strategist Sima Yi (even after [[spoiler:Sima Yi kills Cao Cao and usurps Wei]] in ''6''), but in ''6'' there were hintings of an attraction to Xiahou Yuan, while in ''7'' he's just campy and flamboyant without attraction hinted towards anyone (other than a platonic affection for Xiahou Yuan). |
| 202 | ** One of the games ends with Sun Ce and Zhou Yu riding off into the sunset together. |
| 203 | ** Ling Tong and Gan Ning have too many moments to count. There's one battle in particular in ''Dynasty Warriors 6'' where if you kill one half of the pair, the other is consumed by UnstoppableRage. Incidentally, this is ''exactly'' the same reaction you get from Lu Bu when you kill his canon LoveInterest Diao Chan. They're all but canon in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GaUC8sqPTs Ling Tong's ending]] in ''Dynasty Warriors 6 Special'', especially in their final scene together. |
| 204 | ** In ''DW: Empires 4'', one of the unlockable endings had Sun Quan lovingly stroking Zhou Tai's face... pissed as a fart, naturally. |
| 205 | ** Mitsuhide gets a lot of HoYay, not only with Ranmaru in ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'', but also with Nobunaga Oda, of all people, in ''[=SW2=]'' and Motochika Chousokabe in ''[=SW3=]''. |
| 206 | ** And in the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'' series, you get the unexpected Gundam [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]] HoYay. For example, playing as [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]], rescuing [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91 Seabook Arno]], and hearing him dreamily inform you that "My soul has drawn you here... or at least, that is what I want to believe." Domon is also fond of informing characters like [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heero Yuy]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille Bidan]] "Anyone who gets in our way will taste the power of our passion!" Your... ''passion,'' hrm? |
| 207 | ** In Dynasty Warriors 8, once you view cutscenes, you can place any character in them in the extras menu. Nothing is stopping you from inserting same gendered characters in romantic cutscenes. |
| 208 | * ''VideoGame/Earth2150'' has this PlayedForLaughs: during one Mission Briefing of the [[FanNickname Neo Campaign]] in the original game (playing LC and deciding to join with the ED) Neo mentions that in the case of Fang's superior not going with his methods, he will release videos of her making out with the girl from the progress department. She is understandably ''very angry'' about that. |
| 209 | * While adding ''VideoGame/EmbricOfWulfhammersCastle'' is probably cheating, given that [[ChickMagnet nearly every female in the game has the hots for the Duchess]], with Louni in particular being [[Literature/GoodOmens gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide]], it still includes some subtle and/or ambiguous examples. Alice's blatant BodyguardCrush is closer to hero worship than infatuation and doesn't go anywhere, wandering hands aside, despite Falwythwier growing closer to and almost respecting the Duchess she is one ice queen that remains very much ''not'' {{defrost|ingIceQueen}}ed, and while Bunny a.k.a. [[spoiler:Scheherazade]] kisses people of all genders to drain them, it's just the way she feeds (well... ''mostly'' just feeding). |
| 210 | * ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'': One wouldn't be entirely at fault if they sensed this between Sebastian and Joseph. Joseph has [[DistressedDude an uncanny habit of getting into trouble]] almost every time he's around and always has to be rescued by Sebastian, Seb, [[AffectionateNickname as Joseph calls him]], has a tendency to put his partner's well-being before his own, and Joseph carries a picture of Sebastian around with him, making this at least seem like a one-sided crush. |
| 211 | * In ''VideoGame/TheExpanseATelltaleSeries'', Drummer and Maya's sparring match comes off as rather flirtatious, ending with Maya pinning Drummer to the ceiling, their faces only inches apart. Considering that Drummer is shown as bisexual in [[Series/TheExpanse the show]]... |
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| 215 | * ''VideoGame/FatalFrame'': |
| 216 | ** Rei and Miku clearly care deeply for one another. And often in VERY sexy lingerie in many of their scenes together. That Rei is still [[ReplacementGoldfish mourning her husband]] might or might not add to this. |
| 217 | ** When it comes to HoYay, ''Fatal Frame 2'' is the undisputed champion of the series, with a healthy dose of {{Twincest}} on the side. A pair of identical twins, aged anywhere from young children to older teens, are forced to perform a ritual in which one twin must kill the other in order to become "one". It does not help that the one time the ritual is seen performed, it can easily be interpreted as having sexual overtones. |
| 218 | * ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': |
| 219 | ** There is a ''lot'' of LesYay, some of which goes beyond subtext -- see its page for examples. |
| 220 | ** One incident in which Shirou fails to realize that suddenly telling his (male) friend to take his clothes off is... kind of weird. Issei [[LuminescentBlush blushes]] a lot, and Shirou has to strip him by force. A lot of Issei's normal behavior could qualify. |
| 221 | ** In the second scenario, U.B.W., the designated sleazy brat, Matou Shinji, expresses a fair amount of attraction to Archer. |
| 222 | ** While Issei had a great deal of HoYay already in ''Fate/stay night'', ''[[VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia Fate/hollow ataraxia]]'' manages to top that by making it hard to deny he has a crush on Shirou. |
| 223 | * Officially, Mash's feelings towards the player character in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' is romantic if the player is male, but platonic if the player is female. However, none of her dialogue actually changes to reflect this, which means she still gets jealous when other Servants act overtly romantic to you as a female. |
| 224 | ** Most female Servants express attraction to the player as their bond levels increase, regardless of gender. Additionally, those who [[GenderFlip passed for male during their lives]] sometimes mention their wives or lovers. |
| 225 | ** Doctor Roman and Leonardo da Vinci act LikeAnOldMarriedCouple, and are voiced by married actors. Leonardo may use the Mona Lisa as their appearance due to being "the perfect ideal of beauty", but is still treated as male for Valentine's events. |
| 226 | ** During the Orleans Singularity, Marie Antoinette's romanticism and particular compliments leave Jeanne d'Arc flustered. |
| 227 | ** The trait "[[{{Yandere}} Brynhildr's Beloved]]" applies mostly to male Servants, but there's a slowly increasing number of female Servants who have the trait as well. |
| 228 | ** It's ''very'' easy to read Jeanne Alter and Saber Alter's [[RedOniBlueOni interactions]], especially during the Shinjuku arc, as BelligerentSexualTension. Both characters have heavy {{Tsundere}} traits, which makes the excessive sniping and countersniping come across as mutual interest by two people who are both notoriously poor at expressing that interest. Their generally heavy similarities in personality don't help, nor do the odd number of times where they end up working together or even speaking in unison despite their apparent dislike. In particular, when Jeanne suggests pulling a HeroicSacrifice, Saber immediately suggests that it be someone else, and Jeanne's dance with the protagonist at the end of the arc has her mostly talking about Saber. Even their official relationships have Saber talking about how she enjoys toying with Jeanne and finds her interesting, and Jeanne, how she becomes more timid and passive around Saber. |
| 229 | ** Antonio Salieri's Servant version mainly revolves around an unending psychotic obsession with historical musical acquaintance Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, due to the rumors that Salieri was responsible for Mozart's death. He has the unending drive to kill Mozart while also lamenting his great talent and just how unworthy he is compared to Mozart's presence. Salieri's debut chapter also has Mozart's [[spoiler:dying request to play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" for him, which Salieri complies with at the very end.]] Official art plays this up for all it's worth, often depicting them together in a friendly context or Mozart intentionally pushing Salieri's buttons. |
| 230 | ** Okada Izou's dialogue around Sakamoto Ryouma comes off a lot like an ex who desperately wants to go back to old times but is either too bitter at the moment to actually properly talk things through or trying too hard to impress. |
| 231 | ** Edmond Dantés's self-decided position as guardian of the protagonist's mind results in an very intimate position as he constantly declares his protection for them and tries to downplay his affection for them around other characters, which could be interpreted as romantic for either gender. |
| 232 | ** Ozymandias mainly listens to the advice from Arash as he sees him as one of the few people worthy of his time and makes several decisions based on it which is even referenced in official artwork that casts them as another HoYay-laden duo, Reinhard and Kircheis from ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes''. Arash is also one of the only people who can actually assuage Ozymandias' temper and get him to stand down from making certain rash decisions. |
| 233 | ** If you play Rider Medusa's interlude quest as the female Master, you can ask if she isn't uncomfortable pretending to be engaged with another girl. Medusa's reply is "I'm more comfortable that way, actually." She's also extremely upset when the Hindu goddess Parvati uses Sakura Matou's body as an avatar, and Parvati comments that Sakura recognizes and cares for Rider enough to disrupt Parvati's control over her. |
| 234 | * Hana and Rain from ''VideoGame/FearEffect2RetroHelix'', which played up the quasi-lesbian {{subtext}} between the two characters for all it was worth. It's all but confirmed by the last half of the game, and the cancelled ''Fear Effect Inferno'' would have had a LoveTriangle develop between Glas, Hana, and Rain, while Rain and Deke would have become girlfriend and boyfriend. Talk about fun relationships! |
| 235 | ** Fear Effect Sedna, however, completely drops any suggestion of complex relationship triangles and makes Hana and Rain definitively a couple. |
| 236 | * In ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarKensRage'', Jagi and Amiba have a very odd relationship; just look at the ending FMV for them, they both have each other's arms around their waists. At one point Jagi asks Amiba, mid-mission, what is it with him and musclebound guys. |
| 237 | * ''VideoGame/FoodFantasy'' has a few notable examples: |
| 238 | ** One of the loading screens shows Chocolate tugging on Coffee's sunglasses in a flirtatious-looking way. |
| 239 | ** The backstory for Steak and Red Wine is that their respective Master Attendants were a man and woman [[BelligerentSexualTension who bickered constantly despite loving each other deep down]]. The story makes a noticeable point of drawing parallels between the couple and Steak/Red Wine (who also fight and complain about each other all the time). On top of that, when the couple becomes elderly, they each take their respective Food Soul aside and make them promise to look after one another. |
| 240 | * In ''VideoGame/FossilFighters: Champions,'' Pauline is hinted to have a crush on the main character... regardless of their PurelyAestheticGender. Even if you play as a girl, she'll blush when she's forced to hold hands with you, and when she looks deeply into your eyes, she wonders why she can't bear to look away. |
| 241 | * In ''VideoGame/FragileDreamsFarewellRuinsOfTheMoon'', Crow and Seto kiss. Seto is surprised, but doesn't show anything to prove that he disliked the kiss. Crow kissed him because he never had a friend before, and he thought friends kiss on the lips, but the scene was still cute. [[spoiler:It'll break your heart once you see Crow's death, and that Seto embraces him until he dies.]] |
| 242 | * ''VideoGame/FreddiFish'' has some of this between Boss and Spongehead, who hold fins for a bit. |
| 243 | * ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'': |
| 244 | ** Deimos, Kratos' brother; check the original ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarI GOW]]'' at the end of the credits theme, as well as the main trailer for ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarGhostOfSparta GOW: Ghost of Sparta]]''. |
| 245 | ** ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarAscension Ascension]]'': Kratos and Orkos. The ho yay between them shows up when Orkos shows concern for Kratos' emotional well being several times throughout the game, going as far as saving Kratos from the furies several times. At the end of the game, Orkos tells Kratos to kill him in order to free Kratos from Ares' grip on him and Kratos is obviously reluctant to do this, considering Orkos "innocent blood" before Orkos forces Kratos' hand. Kratos even goes as far as building a funeral pyre for Orkos and being its sole mourner. |
| 246 | * ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'': |
| 247 | ** In the first game, Babi, the ruler of Tolbi, had a very loyal second-in-command named Iodem. |
| 248 | ** Isaac and Garet were very close, but nothing too suggestive. By ''[[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn Dark Dawn]]'', the two had moved into a cabin in the mountains together to raise their sons. With the boys' mothers nowhere to be seen. |
| 249 | ** In ''Dark Dawn'', Amiti's easily-offended attitude toward Eoleo tends to be read as {{Tsundere}} by the fandom. |
| 250 | ** Also in ''Dark Dawn'', when setting off from Belinsk after [[spoiler:triggering the Grave Eclipse]], Sveta is quite rightfully depressed, having seemingly lost everything she loves. By the next morning, she seems to have recovered, and when asked about her remarkably quick turnaround, she gets evasive and starts blushing. Seeing as how Karis made the boys sleep out on the deck while she and Sveta took the cabin... |
| 251 | * ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': |
| 252 | ** Nearly ''every single one'' of May's win quotes against a female opponent involves her commenting quite visibly on how attractive they are. She ''says'' it's about evaluating their worthiness for Johnny, but it's not exactly hard to instead read her as a closeted lesbian who's trying to convince herself that's why she keeps noticing this. |
| 253 | ** Sol Badguy and Ky Kiske definitely have some HoYay going on. They often appear a bit too close in official art, and in "Accent Core" their entrance pose, they're practically kissing. |
| 254 | * ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'': |
| 255 | ** Waify {{Bishonen}} Endrance unambiguously falls in love with the main character Haseo, simply because the heroes needed his help. In-game mails suggest that Endrance's player is pansexual. [[spoiler:He was similarly dependent on Mia back when he was Elk, and his affections as Endrance transferred to Haseo after the cat on his shoulder (referred to as Mia) turned out to be AIDA and was destroyed]]. |
| 256 | ** Ovan's apparent obsession with Haseo is more than a little creepy. |
| 257 | ** The same can be said about [[PrecociousCrush Bo's]] great admiration for Haseo (and Haseo's strange kindness towards Bo, seeing how Haseo was a Jackass to everybody when he met Bo). |
| 258 | ** Haseo and Matsu have their moments. |
| 259 | * ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': |
| 260 | ** The Master Chief and Sergeant Johnson in the opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''. |
| 261 | ** The easter egg from Legendary mode. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRXRgllW_s0 Big spoiler warning here, folks]].) |
| 262 | ** Speaking of {{Easter Egg}}s, some hidden dialogue unlocked by the [[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/IWHBYD_Skull_%28Halo_3%29/Quotes IWHBYD Skull]] imply that a good deal of the Elites are mildly aroused by [[StupidSexyFlanders Master Chief]]. |
| 263 | -->"I-I like you, too. Let's talk about this afterward, shall we?" |
| 264 | ** Although, that dialogue can't be taken too seriously, as it is there mostly for kicks. |
| 265 | -->'''Brute:''' He was my lover! ''[upon killing one Brute of a Brute pair]'' |
| 266 | ** In ''VideoGame/HaloReach''; if you're playing as a male Six, at the end of the "ONI: Sword Base" level, Jorge puts his arm on Six's shoulder and you get this: |
| 267 | -->'''Jorge:''' Nice work, by the way. |
| 268 | --> '''Noble Six:''' I aim to please. |
| 269 | * ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'': |
| 270 | ** In ''Friends of Mineral Town'', if you show the Blue Feather to Grey, he blushes and says something about not liking those sorts of things. |
| 271 | ** In the Japanese version of ''Cute'', you can "[[HideYourLesbians Best Friend]]" one of the special girls. They have the same lines as in the DS version, you have all the same events (you can even give them chocolate on "Spring Thanksgiving"), you "best friend" them, and you have a child together. In the same game, the [[GenerationXerox Mineral Town]] girls are extremely affectionate to you, and constantly mention the fact that you "play" together. |
| 272 | ** In ''More Friends of Mineral Town'', the girls [[GoodBadBugs accidentally]] mention girls if you show them the Blue Feather. They also act the same as they do in ''Friends of Mineral Towns'', so once you become friends with them they really do seem to have a crush on you. |
| 273 | ** In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonFranticFarming'', the Witch Princess and Harvest Goddess, what with bickering like a {{Tsundere}} couple, and, in the final chapter of Mark's story, they ''blush'' at the thought of working together, while protesting that they don't actually want to. This ''may'' be intended to be blushing over Mark... but it doesn't really come across this way. |
| 274 | * ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'': |
| 275 | ** In his route, Kazuaki has a marked-out photo in his wallet that he explains is somebirdy he loved who left him. From the context, this was assumed to be a love interest, possibly a wife. Then it turns out in the "Bad Boys Love" route that the bird who left him was [[spoiler:Nageki, his foster-brother]]. |
| 276 | ** Yuuya overhears Sakuya talking about him, and replies along the lines of "Well, now the boys are into me, too?" (Note: Sakuya is his [[IncestYay brother]].) The add-on manga and drama [=CDs=] say that Yuuya gets gifts of birdseed from lots of other students on the bird equivalent of Valentine's Day. They also spell out that St. Pigeonation's is a boys' school (with [[PlayerCharacter one exception]]). |
| 277 | ** After meeting the biker-girl sparrow Azami and getting rescued from a gang of thugs by her, the heroine announces that she's in love. [[spoiler: Azami isn't a possible love interest.]] |
| 278 | * ''VisualNovel/HotelDuskRoom215'': |
| 279 | ** The protagonist, Kyle Hyde, meets several attractively drawn young men in quick succession, all of whom give him their room number. |
| 280 | ** The person Kyle's trailing around after like a lost puppy, Brian Bradley... or is he too obvious? |
| 281 | -->"[[TheImmodestOrgasm Did you hear me]] [[{{Pun}} coming...]] Bradley?" |
| 282 | ** Louis is following ''Kyle'' around like a lost puppy and is nearly brought to tears of rage when you insult him or withhold information. |
| 283 | ** Louie's backstory involved leaving Manhattan with [[HeterosexualLifePartners his best friend Danny]]; the way he talks about it, it's like they were going to elope and find some place to settle down together and raise their kids away from the ugliness of the city or something. |
| 284 | * ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'': |
| 285 | ** IF is a ChickMagnet who has the attention of RED, Vert, and 5pb. ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'' has IF ''almost kissing Nepgear'' just to let Nepgear transfer to Purple Sister. It's one of the first few [=CGs=] you unlock in the game. |
| 286 | ** Nepgear has this [[UnwantedHarem with everybody]] [[DatingSim as a gameplay mechanic]]. |
| 287 | ** Neptune would sleep with Compa and hug her to the point IF {{lampshade|Hanging}}s what the hell she's looking at. |
| 288 | ** ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory'': Iris Heart is a woman who thinks Noire looks 'cute' with a pained, teary expression that apparently makes her look like she "just became an adult", and politely asks a villain to wait so she can basically put her friends through an S&M begging routine before handing over the artifacts that would save everyone's lives. |
| 289 | ** ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaReBirth1'' ratchets things up to a whole new level. [[TheHero Neptune]] and [[{{Tsundere}} Noire]] have a staggering amount of UST, and Vert and IF are virtually a couple by game's end. |
| 290 | * ''Videogame/InfiniteSpace'': |
| 291 | ** As if being a ChickMagnet isn't enough, Yuri also has some subtext with a few other male characters. The most notable one is with TheRival Cico, who gets furious when he thinks Yuri broke his promise to go to LMC together with him. Even when they meet again ten years later, he doesn't seem to lose his obsession to Yuri. His line of dialogue before they settle their score doesn't help. |
| 292 | -->'''Cico:''' Ha ha! Now there's the Yuri I know and love! |
| 293 | ** Torlo occasionally calls Yuri as "my man". Sure, it is probably his way of calling him "buddy" or something like that, but still... |
| 294 | ** Dietrich really respects Yuri and seems happy whenever he is assigned under Yuri's command, even going so far pleading him to accept the proposal to lead the battle in Adis, just so he can fight alongside his fleet. [[spoiler: Right before his death, he apologizes to Yuri for unable to keep his words to stay alive, and Yuri seems to be shocked upon hearing his death.]] |
| 295 | * ''VideoGame/IzunaLegendOfTheUnemployedNinja'': |
| 296 | ** Official artwork shows Izuna and her traveling companion Shino in very ''close'' proximity of each other. [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians In-game, however]], Izuna merely thinks of Shino as a [[OneeSama sisterly figure]]. |
| 297 | ** The sequel first introduces Shino's younger sister Shizune, who instantly takes a strong liking to Izuna - when they meet, she gives her a no-holds-barred glomp, complete with boob-squishing. If the two are in a dungeon together and you initiate a [[CombinationAttack Tag Attack]] with Izuna in the lead, Shizune will float up to her and kiss her face (the screen sillhouettes, so you can't exactly tell where), with hearts floating up the whole time. This [[IntimateHealing fully recovers both girls' HP.]] Then there are the times when Shino ends up BrainwashedAndCrazy, and it's implied that Izuna [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl would go after her before anything else, even if Shino wasn't conveniently waiting at the source of the problem.]] Shino herself has a line about how she'd never choose between Izuna and Shizune if anything happened. (OT3, anyone?) This isn't even mentioning things like the FuroScene, where Suiren rests her head on Fuuka's breasts as if it's no big deal... These games' stories are big on girl power, but ''damn.'' |
| 298 | * ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' have this at times. One notable scene is when an incredibly inebriated Daxter hugs Jak while slurring "I love you, man!" (Which earns a disturbed look from Jak.) |
| 299 | * ''VideoGame/JStarsVictoryVS'' has a minor moment with both [[Manga/ToLoveRu Lala Satalin Deviluke]] [[CrossoverShip and]] [[Manga/{{Nisekoi}} Chitoge Kirisaki]] in the opening after [[Manga/MedakaBox Medaka Kurokami]] pushes Lala out of the way from a ''building sized'' [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Getsuga Tenshou]] sliced by [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Kenshin]] [[ImplausibleFencingPowers Himura]]. LoveBubbles ensue and it doesn't help that Lala is tenderly holding Chitoge's face with the former's tail wrapping around the latter's body. |
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| 303 | * ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'': |
| 304 | ** Kenji has a habit of being far too familiar with Hisao, including confronting him in the bathroom while both of them are naked, which coupled with his [[StrawMisogynist misogynistic rantings]] makes it appear that he has a crush on Hisao. The Act 1 ending, in which the two of them share a "manly picnic" together, is generally known as [[GayOption "the gay ending"]] for this reason. (Kenji [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was initially intended to have a romance route]].) |
| 305 | ** Shizune and Misha are almost literally attached at the hip, Hisao continually being surprised when he sees one without the other, with both of them giving him a "we are separate people" line (as if it's a comment they receive frequently). Shizune's route is more about the relationship between the three of them rather than Shizune and Hisao's relationship specifically, to ThreesomeSubtext levels. It turns out [[spoiler:Misha ''does'' have feelings for Shizune and confessed a while ago, [[IncompatibleOrientation but Shizune doesn't return her feelings]].]] |
| 306 | ** Emi seems genuinely hurt when Hisao mentions that Rin said she doesn't consider Emi a friend, mentions that the two of them had shared a bed on occasion, and Emi helps Rin out with certain things that Rin's lack of arms would make difficult--such as changing her tampons and washing hard-to-reach places in the shower. |
| 307 | ** [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Nurse]] makes a lot of borderline - and some past borderline - flirtacious remarks to Hisao. He says he's joking, but Hisao [[DudeNotFunny doesn't find it funny]]. |
| 308 | * ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'': In the first game, Black Orchid's heart attack finisher where she exposes her breasts to her opponent and causes them to die of sexual shock works on Riptor, who later games establish as a female. |
| 309 | * In the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' games where you can do Face-to-Face, a returning ability which allows you to heal your teammates immediately after eating a health item by touching them, in-game it can look like Kirby's ''kissing'' his teammates, who are all male. |
| 310 | * ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': |
| 311 | ** A very {{Stripperiffic}} Exchange lieutenant on the Citadel Station hits on the protagonist during her involvement in a sidequest, and she does so regardless of player gender. |
| 312 | ** There is some HoYay between Male Exile and Atton, during the light side dialogue options when you turn him into a Jedi. Paraphrasing, "Think of when you wanted to protect me, how you felt when I was in danger." And the references to them playing strip pazzak. |
| 313 | * ''VideoGame/TheLastRemnant'': In addition to the bartender in Athlum (a blatantly obvious example of this trope) there is also some significant HoYay subtext between Rush (the protagonist) and David (the Marquis of Athlum). |
| 314 | * ''VideoGame/LauraBow'': |
| 315 | ** ''The Colonel's Bequest'' has Laura snooping around the mansion looking for clues to the murder mystery. If Laura enters the french maid Fifi's room at a certain time, Fifi changes clothes and Laura will spend some of her time watching her undress. |
| 316 | ** In ''The Dagger of Amon Ra'' Laura gets blatantly hit on by a woman in a speakeasy restroom, and ends up changing clothes in front of her. During a long sequence of eavesdropping on all the museum offices, it's possible to find out that the flirtatious Yvette is just as happy to canoodle with women as she is with men. |
| 317 | * In ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' there's a function on Xbox 360 where you say the person's name your cross hair is over if you press and hold down the left analog stick. Ellis tends to say Nick's name very... sensually, with a certain amount of what can only be described as lust, more times than he says his name normally. Ellis goes through trauma whenever a survivor dies, but ''especially'' when it's Nick. Here's the paragraph on them from the ''Left 4 Dead'' Wiki: |
| 318 | -->Nick insults Ellis and makes fun of him on several occasions, but this seems to be more of a "joke" between the two of them. Ellis even seems to look up to Nick a bit, starting conversations with him such as having the same suit or sometimes being excited at Nick shooting the helicopter pilot. Nick, for his part, will compliment Ellis's shooting or ask him if the Midnight Riders are any good, which may be an attempt to bond with him. Though it may seem that Nick is less caring towards the younger man, he has a soft side too, like if both survivors (Coach and Rochelle) are dead, or if Ellis is dead he will sometimes apologize for his behavior. Ellis is always sad to see Nick die. However, Ellis is also angered by Nick when talking about horses, in the sense that Nick has a like of horse meat, and Ellis states that "horses are for riding" and not meant to be eaten. He also may sometimes call the Spitter "Nick's Mom!" Ellis does still see Nick as a very good friend, as in "The Passing", he may suggest that he and Nick get a tattoo with "Bros" on it, and will respond to Nick's exclamation of "I hate you Ellis," with "well I like you, Nick." Though Nick is rough around the edges, he seems to care for Ellis more then he comes across like (sometimes) if he heals Ellis he says things like "Don't tell the others this, but I'm doing this for you." |
| 319 | ** Ellis exhibits HoYay-worthy quotes on two more occasions. When talking about Jimmy Gibbs Jr. ("If the laws of nature would have it, I would bear that man's children"), and when Rochelle jokes about 'someone' having a crush on that 'awesome biker dude' ("Well I don't doubt it. That ''is'' a cool guy!") |
| 320 | * Kain and Raziel from ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain''. From the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YulwXPicfPg opening of the first game]], to the way they become insanely obsessed with one another, to the way they finally make up at the end of defiance, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcPzqGVmZ1I with Raziel healing Kain's heart.]] There's also Kain/Moebius, Moebius/Elder God, Elder God/Raziel, Raziel/Janos Audron, the list goes on. The following piece of dialogue is infamous: |
| 321 | -->'''Raziel:''' How is it that you know my name? [[AmnesiacDissonance We have never met]].\ |
| 322 | '''Moebius:''' On the contrary, Raziel - I know you ''very'' well... And it grieves me to see how cruelly Kain has used you. I knew you when you were one of the Sarafan brotherhood, Raziel. We were even ''close''. |
| 323 | * Dart and Lavitz from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'', to the point that Shana, Dart's love interest, complains about their relationship. Dart carries around Lavitz's portrait as a key item [[spoiler: after his death]], [[DoubleEntendre mentions how he "can grill a thick piece of meat", suggests that they "practice with their swords" in Lavitz's bedroom, or that they go "take a nap"]], in sequences directly followed by Lavitz inviting Dart to his rooftop to tell him about his childhood. All while Shana is helping Lavitz's mom [[FeminineWomenCanCook in the kitchen]]. |
| 324 | -->'''Dart:''' Huff huff huff!\ |
| 325 | '''Lavitz:''' This is the second time you saved my life.\ |
| 326 | '''Dart:''' Huff, huff, I was just around.\ |
| 327 | '''Lavitz:''' Even though that was the case, I was lucky you were around, Dart. It'll be a long relationship we will have. |
| 328 | -->'''Dart:''' Yup. That's right.\ |
| 329 | '''Shana:''' Excuse me, you guys! Don't leave me like that! |
| 330 | ** Particular kudos go to the scene where [[spoiler: Lavitz dies]]. If it were edited a little differently, it would fit right in with a romance novel. |
| 331 | * Both Rean and Crow's relationship in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel II'' is entirely made out of this trope as Rean's first thoughts [[AsleepForDays after waking up a month]] was about Crow, though granted [[spoiler:he was beaten up by Crow.]] But then we get to [[CoolShip the Pantagruel]] where Crow cooks for Rean and makes up with him, then gives Rean a [[AffectionateGestureToTheHead head pat]] which to the ''Cold Steel'' fandom, means that Rean's fallen in love with Crow as the head patting symbolizes the girls getting attracted to Rean whenever he does this to them. And then there's the final bonding scene with any of his classmates, Towa, Alfin, and Sara and they still manage to find a way to make Rean think of Crow. [[spoiler: Then there's the fact that the only CombinationAttack in the game is with Rean and Crow in their respective [[HumongousMecha Divine Knights.]]]] |
| 332 | ** Outside of them, even the least slash-inclined player is bound to raise an eyebrow at Avin and Mile in ''Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermillion''. |
| 333 | * ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'': Even before the game ''Infinite Wealth'' is released, the trailer has the [[MrFanservice male]] [[FanserviceExtra beachgoers]] openly admiring, almost to the point of a WolfWhistle, [[PlayerCharacter Ichiban]], who has woken up on a beach with no clothes on but doesn’t know he’s naked, especially compared to the women who seem either repulsed or freak out. |
| 334 | * ''VideoGame/LostOdyssey'': Here are the edited highlights of Seth's memories of the first time she met Queen Numara: "She gave me her hand and smiled … she showed me special kindness … she was very open-minded." |
| 335 | * Tia in ''VideoGame/LufiaCurseOfTheSinistrals'' calls more than a few ladies pretty. This includes Iris, whom at one point offers to share a meal with Tia after Tia complains about the others having lovers to spend time alone with. |
| 336 | * ''VisualNovel/LuxPain'': |
| 337 | ** Atsuki and ''any'' guy character. Special mention goes to Akira, whose CharacterDevelopment comes from his interaction with Atsuki. If you talk to Ryo in the final chapter of the Bad Ending, he'll say something like "I think it'd be great if we could always be together-- Oh, wait, did that sound weird? Like a proposal or something?" |
| 338 | ** During Shinji's Gaiden scene, picking the right options and encouraging him to follow his dream of being a doctor will cause him to blush and respond with something like 'Geez, trying to be cool... Not like I care what you think, but...' And then he smiles. '... Thanks anyway.' |
| 339 | ** [[HeterosexualLifePartners Yui and Mako]]. [[spoiler:You won't go so far to snap at everyone and tries to avenge the one who kills your partner if you're not that close.]] |
| 340 | ** The relationship between [[MadMathematician Hibiki]] and [[GeniusDitz Ryo]], childhood friends who do seem really close; nurse Suzu even fantasizes about their relationship (although she does the same with female school nurse Honoka and practically adopted son/younger brother Hibiki: 'A forbidden teacher x student romance!'). There's an archive scene dedicated to their relationship which while focusing on Ryo and his new co-worker, you see another side of [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Hibiki]] that you don't see in the game. |
| 341 | ** Picking a certain answer while talking to Suzu will cause her to include Atsuki in her little daydreams, and Hibiki does take an immediate interest in Atsuki, even causing the students around them to stop and look when he accousts Atsuki in the hallway. After Hibiki [[spoiler:loses his psychic abilities]], he seems to have formed an even stronger bond with Atsuki, if his final words ('So, you're leaving, then? ... No, you don't have to answer that.') are any indication. |
| 342 | * ''VideoGame/MagiciansQuestMysteriousTimes'' (''Enchanted Folk'' for those of you in Europe). You can get people of the same sex to say that being with you creates a "sense of meaning", and it offers an equivalent of the "Declare Love" incantation for the same sex to promote "Best Friends". Also, if you visit the Limelight with one of your friends, you'll get the same analyses regardless of the gender of your friend. Mentions of "significant others" abound! |
| 343 | * In ''VideoGame/ManaKhemiaAlchemistsOfAlRevis'' the main character Vayne Aurelius and Roxis Rosenkrantz. Even Roxis's ending is HoYay-tastic, with [[spoiler:Vayne and Roxis becoming sparring partners (ahem), and the loser then subjected to the winner's experiments]]. It all sounds kind of kinky. By the third character quest it was outright HoYay. Vayne's tone of voice in Japanese in Pamela's third character quest when it concerned Roxis is hilarious to listen to ("But... Roxis...!"). Among the items you can alchemize are collars, for Sulphur. For one of them, Roxis snarks at Vayne as usual but mentions aside that he thinks putting a collar on Vayne isn't a bad idea (granted it's supposed to be more of a controlling a rival thing but if that doesn't sound questionable, what does). |
| 344 | * ''VideoGame/ManaKhemia2FallOfAlchemy'': |
| 345 | ** Pepperoni and Goto are uncomfortably chummy with each other, and there's a line somewhere around the game about how they will "ride on each other". Chapter 3 of Pepperoni's character quest has him practically scream in ecstasy when he oil wrestled Gato. In Chapter 4 of Gato's character quest he had to pretend to be attracted to Pepperoni and Enna to break up with Marta. Enna was constantly disgusted by the whole ordeal, Pepperoni on the other hand enjoyed everything. |
| 346 | ** Of all people who become the target of her incantations, Chloe is really fond of using her childhood friend Ulrika as her guinea pig. |
| 347 | ** Yun and Raze, especially in later chapters. The ending where [[spoiler:Raze is hired to become his adoptive daughter's bodyguard]] doesn't help, since practically [[spoiler:that makes Corona has two daddies.]] |
| 348 | * In ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'', Doctor Doom and Loki are interestingly familiar with one another, calling each other "my good doctor" or "my friend", not to mention that Loki seems to be getting pretty annoyed with Doom keeping another magic user, Baron Mordo, around the castle. Then there's the fact that they [[spoiler: screw over Baron Mordo and Ultron and leave to take Odin's powers together.]] |
| 349 | * It's hard to tell whether this trope is in play or Robo-Yay but in ''VideoGame/MarvelVSCapcomInfinite'', [[VideoGame/MegamanX Sigma]] is very impressed with ComicBook/{{Ultron}} and his code while Ultron praises Sigma's as well. When they both meet up, they decided to ''merge with each other'' by having Ultron beheading Sigma who dives right inside Ultron and mix both of their codes together, creating [[BigBad Ultron-Sigma]]. |
| 350 | * ''Franchise/MegaMan'': |
| 351 | ** The relationship between X and Zero becomes a central theme and plot driver of the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series. From Zero saving X, to X saving Zero, to all of their almost too overjoyed reunions, to their eternal promises and tear-filled goodbyes, it's pretty clear that the two of them are very, very close, even without taking romance into account. One reason that people interpret their relationship as romantic is that Zero flat out ignores Layer and Berkana when they try to openly flirt with them... by talking about X. And that's to say nothing about how three of X's Four Guardians (who are technically clones of X) very quickly develop tension with Zero in the course of their battles...and only one of said Guardians is actually a girl. |
| 352 | ** Zero and Axl become very friendly very fast. Or at least, Axl does. He seems intent on barging in on subtext-filled scenes between X and Zero to interrupt them, leading to a little pocket of the fandom to joke about his block powers. |
| 353 | ** The scars on Axl's face [[http://www.drneko.com/scanlation/rmseries/rmx/koma/x7/index.php?Result_Set=10 were self inflicted]] in order to show his admiration for X. |
| 354 | ** In one ending on ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'', Zero says "Maybe I won't have to fight anymore..." then smiles and looks towards X as if he was imagining something. |
| 355 | ** When X and Zero reunited in ''X6'', Zero had a small blush on his face. |
| 356 | ** ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' is full of homosexual tension floating under the surface. Even the fan-formed [[Music/TheMegas musical]] [[Music/{{Hyadain}} artists]] recognise (or at least have fun with) it. Many Robot Masters were, in fact, made just for Mega Man. Made just to fight him, yes, but the amount that they spend obsessing over Mega Man certainly has salacious implications. Bass in particular is focused on Rock and Rock alone. |
| 357 | ** The dialogue between Geo and Pat in ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' is filled with this, especially during the Gemini Spark chapter. It continues in the sequel where, in the Apollo Flame quest, Mega Man destroys the alternate version of Gemini Spark and is actually ''worried'' about Pat, unlike the other fights, where he doesn't care less about the bosses that were merged with his friends in his dimension, not even Sonia, the very first friend he made with who is arguably ''the'' closest person to him, herself. It's made even worse by the ViewerGenderConfusion. |
| 358 | * ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': |
| 359 | ** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime 3: Corruption'' has Gandrayda, a female shapeshifter, blatantly hit on Samus multiple times ("Thanks, Sammy.", "You really shouldn't trust strangers, Sammy. This is going to be fun."). One of Gandrayda's attacks is an "atomic glomp" - she jumps at her target and throws her arms around their neck, irradiating the hell out of them, looking very much like she's about to kiss them. The subtext gets worse if you notice where the glomp move [[DoesThisRemindYouofAnything puts the rest of her body]], especially when [[spoiler:she pulls the same move on Samus, depicted in first-person]]. Samus seemed to take [[spoiler:Gandrayda's death]] a bit harder than [[spoiler:the other hunters she was forced to kill.]] |
| 360 | ** A Japan-only manga and strategy guide by Wanpakku Comics, released in 1986: [[http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/169/221/bce.png Samus accompanied by a pair of "his" scantily clad fangirls, as part of "his" promotional video no less.]] It was no doubt meant to keep up [[SamusIsAGirl the game's surprise ending,]] but to the modern reader it's [[HilariousInHindsight unintentionally hilarious.]] |
| 361 | * ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': |
| 362 | ** In ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'', Nightwolf's ending has him go through hell to reunite Liu Kang with his body. |
| 363 | ** Kitana and Jade claim to have been [[HeterosexualLifePartners friends all their lives]], and in their case, that's ''ten millennia''. Whichever is true, their relationship is an ''incredible'' display of loyalty for ''both'' of them. |
| 364 | * ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'': |
| 365 | ** Several comments made by Tony to his best friend Jeff seem to point to a good deal of one-sided subtext. He also gives Jeff quite the extended phone call ("Is this Jeff? Oh happy day!"). [[WordOfGod Shigesato Itoi]] confirmed it as canon. |
| 366 | ** That guy guarding the Mani Mani statue at Sidemoon, and when you show him the guy with the golden tooth, both of them leave to go get a drink. |
| 367 | ** [[spoiler:Porky]]'s slightly creepy obsession with all things [[spoiler:Ness and ''[=EarthBound=]'']]-related probably isn't just because he's homesick. |
| 368 | * ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'': |
| 369 | ** While underwater, you must fill up on oxygen by kissing robot O2 tanks who look like middle aged mermen wearing bright red lipstick. When you do it makes your whole party blush. In the last part of the game there's a centaur version that offers oxygen above water for no reason. During the underwater stage one of the Pig Masks comments that he kind of likes them, disturbing his comrade. |
| 370 | ** A Pigmask nervously offers you an item when you're dressed as "the commander" and insists it's just a friendly gift. |
| 371 | ** There's something fishy about how exactly Ionia showed Lucas how to use PSI. |
| 372 | ** [[NoYay Flinty-poo ~<3]] ...What? That was my Magypsy impression. Do you like it? ...Don't act so embarrassed! |
| 373 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxrIURWX3XQ This]] from ''Neo Geo Cup '98''. |
| 374 | * ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': |
| 375 | ** Its heavily implied that Diana was in love with Leona before she turned traitor, and the devs have stated the two were very close. |
| 376 | ** There is so much lesbian subtext between [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Vi and Caitlyn]] that fans just consider them a canon couple at this point. |
| 377 | * In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'': Hordes of the Underdark'': During the Valsharess's last offer for you to join her before she sends her forces in an attempt to destroy you, if you are playing a female character there is a lot of lesbian subtext being thrown about. She especially gets mad if you tell her that you aren't her type. |
| 378 | * In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' Travis accidentally sends a recording of himself humping a pillow back to the video store. What is on the pillow? A burly masked wrestler. And the {{Samurai}}-esque relationship he has with his master Thunder Ryu, with all its shudo implications. And given that Thunder Ryu makes sure that Travis keeps his ass clean for some of the techniques he teaches him... |
| 379 | * ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'': |
| 380 | ** If Junpei enters Door 5, then examines the bed multiple times, Snake will comment on it. |
| 381 | -->'''Snake''': Junpei, I cannot help but notice your interest in the bed. Perhaps you are hoping we will spend time on it, together... |
| 382 | -->'''Junpei''': Gah! Y-You—! I— Don't say stuff like...damn! That's not a mental image I want! |
| 383 | ** In the Safe Ending, [[spoiler: Snake's death is one of only two deaths in any of the bad endings that causes Junpei to completely ''flip his shit'', to the point that he has to be physically restrained, then punched in the gut and carried out by Seven to keep him from running to Snake and locking himself in the incinerator. The only other character whose death has ever evoked that kind of extreme reaction is June, Junpei's [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friend and love interest]].]] |
| 384 | * ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'': |
| 385 | ** Overall there's a LOT of this between all the travelers, allowing the player to freely interpret their relationships openly. |
| 386 | *** The sexual tension between Olberic and Erhardt is so thick it can be cut with a knife. Olberic never mentions a lover of any sort, despite his age. Nor does Erhardt. All Olberic ever talks about or seems stuck over is Erhardt’s betrayal (which he takes VERY personally) and how he couldn’t save the king. Their interactions in Chapters 3 and 4 can also heavily be interpreted as romantic. |
| 387 | *** Primrose says that she'd marry Tressa "in a heartbeat" if she was a man. |
| 388 | *** Primrose tells H'aanit that there's "two types of men" in the world; H'aanit says if it's up to her to choose, she wants "neither". In a later party chat, Primrose invites H'aanit to go travel together, stating that it is "to protect her from scoundrels". Primrose later asks herself why she couldn't just say that she would like her company. |
| 389 | *** H'aanit remarks on Ophilia's beauty, while Ophilia responds that she finds H'aanit "more beautiful than any of us". An awkward silence follows, before H'aanit suggests the two of them spend more time together, to which Ophilia says she'd like that. |
| 390 | *** Ophilia seems a bit fixated on Primrose's exposed legs in Primrose's banter with her during Ophilia's Chapter 2, and feels uncomfortable saying anything about it. Primrose notices that Ophilia is "as red as a beet." |
| 391 | *** When Ophilia describes meeting H'aanit as a great blessing, H'aanit [[CrushBlush blushes]]. |
| 392 | *** Alfyn reacts to being complimented by Olberic the same way he reacts to being complimented by Ophilia or Primrose. |
| 393 | *** Alfyn and Zeph, to the point a lot of players think they're each other's ImpliedLoveInterest. |
| 394 | *** For all the funny moments in their banters, Cyrus and Therion develop that dynamic towards their respective last chapters, growing to admire and respect each other and their abilities, while Cyrus also rekindles his support of Therion in his last chapter, which the latter appreciates a lot due to his current emotional state. Some of their interactions are also close to playful teasing. |
| 395 | ** Among the [=NPCs=], there's Leon and Baltazar. The two of them were friends and rival pirates in the past, [[spoiler:but when Baltazar died during one of their races, Leon experienced a massive change in personality. He decided to become a merchant to honor Baltazar, who wanted to become a merchant before he died, and realized his greatest treasure is Baltazar's ship, which Leon fixed up and repurposed as a merchant ship. That kind of devotion is something you would usually see from someone in love. It doesn't really help that it's easy to misread the cues before it's stated outright and see it as Leon realizing his greatest treasure was Baltazar himself.]] |
| 396 | ** Ophilia's adoptive sister Lianna and H'aanit's Knight Ardante ally Eliza also get some interactions in the postgame that suggest they care very much for one another and have for a long time. At the conclusion of their sidequest, Eliza expresses a wish to see [[WhenSheSmiles Lianna's smile again]], and when she does Eliza notes that "I've always loved that smile of yours," to which Lianna replies that she will try to keep doing so for Eliza's sake. |
| 397 | * ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'': |
| 398 | ** Temenos and Crick's dialogue can come off as fairly flirty on Temenos's end. The cleric calling the knight a little lamb comes off as an embarrassing pet name as well. |
| 399 | ** Partitio has a travel banter with Osvald that makes it clear he's taken note of the other's physic and visa versa. For Osvald it makes sense that he would pick up this sort of thing with his keen eyes and observation skills. Partitio on the other hand seems to just be admiring the other man. |
| 400 | * ''VideoGame/OgreBattle'': |
| 401 | ** Magnus and Prince Yumil in ''[[VideoGame/OgreBattle64 Person of Lordly Caliber]]'' have many moments. |
| 402 | ** Due to the PurelyAestheticGender rule, many examples are present in [[VideoGame/OgreBattleTheMarchOfTheBlackQueen the first game]] if the social leader is a female, for example, Deneb will compliment the player's good looks even if they are female, and if spared, the towns people will say you did it because she was a pretty girl. Another boss claims the social leader is jealous of his skills with women. |
| 403 | * ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' has multiple actual LGBT characters, but also some Ho Yay: |
| 404 | ** Even before Tracer was confirmed to be a lesbian, the in-game interactions between Tracer and Mei had them express a considerable amount of respect and admiration for each other in such swooning terms that you half expect one to faint and be caught by the other. |
| 405 | ** Sombra outright addresses Widowmaker as her "favorite spider." Widow [[ImpliedDeathThreat doesn't reciprocate]]. |
| 406 | ** When Junkrat kills his partner-in-crime Roadhog, he can say "Guess we know who's really '''on top''', don't we?" |
| 407 | ** The rapport between Reyes and Gérard in ''Retribution'' combined with the sheer amount of intense brooding the former engages in over the latter's injuries at his bedside makes Reyes come off looking more like Gérard's lover than ''his actual wife'', who doesn't even put in a cameo appearance. |
| 408 | ** Baptiste blows a kiss and smiles at whomever he says "Hello" to. |
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| 412 | * ''VideoGame/PajamaSam 3'' has this too in the ending montage where General Beetfoot is seen giving Carrot a flower while the latter smiles bashfully. |
| 413 | * ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper'': Parappa's "best friend", PJ Berri, assists him in the second stage of [=PtR2=], entitled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMR57LmWyAw Romantic Love]]. The clincher? Parappa and PJ do more together "romantically" in this one stage than he does with Sunny Funny in '''two whole games'''! |
| 414 | * ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'': Quite a bit, especially for a first-person shooter. Wolf and Hoxton have a charming variety of pet names for each other, Jimmy will cheerfully declare his love for anyone who picks him up after getting downed, and Chains cracks a joke about Dallas and Dragan being a cute couple after they bicker like an old married couple in one of the character trailers. Added to this is the Safe House upgrade, which has special areas dedicated to each of the heisters, but also has a nice living room and dining area big enough for everyone. |
| 415 | * ''VideoGame/{{Pentiment}}'': An amusing little detail. At one point, Andreas may [[spoiler: break into the abbey library]], where he is not supposed to be. As he is ready to depart, two monks enter the room, forcing him to duck behind a bookshelf - where he can hear the monks [[spoiler: make out, and implicitly, do more]]. |
| 416 | * ''VideoGame/Persona2'': |
| 417 | ** Tatsuya Suou and Jun Kurosu: Jun definitely thinks of Tatsuya as more then a friend, whether or not the player has Tatsuya reciprocate his feelings. The game itself and some [[WordOfGay interviews]] would lead us to believe that Suou and Kurosu are the intended pairing. The drama CD "Errors of Their Youth" practically operates on the assumption that they're dating. |
| 418 | *** Technically Jun is the GayOption. Much later in the game when you [[spoiler: defeat shadow Ginko]], Ginko will say she will always love Tatsuya. When this happens you get four options to say which team member you like ([[HeterosexualLifePartners you can even say you love Eikichi]] but they [[CrackPairing take it as a joke]]), if you say you "only have eyes for Jun", both Tatsuya and Jun get a new group contact . Tatsuya and Jun will walk towards the enemy and then they flirt with each other, this contact actually scares male monsters and in [[YaoiFangirl brings the interest of female demons]]. |
| 419 | ** Tthe rather questionable devotion that King Leo has for his boss, Joker-sama, in which at one point during ''Innocent Sin'' he describes the Joker as being "as beautiful as a goddess" under the mask. Eternal Punishment only adds stalkerish tendencies on [[spoiler:Sudou]] Leo's part. |
| 420 | * Yes, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pub_012_m.jpg this picture]] is from the ''official'' digital art disc that came packaged with ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave: [[UpdatedRerelease We Meet Again]]''. Looks like someone got dressed in quite a hurry... |
| 421 | * ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'': |
| 422 | ** Chatot/Wigglytuff in ''Explorers of Time/Darkness''. And the two main characters are rather... subtext-y, regardless of [[PurelyAestheticGender their genders.]] |
| 423 | ** The main character relationship is repeated in ''Gates to Infinity'', where once again things are subtext-y as hell. Complete with IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and promises to stay together forever. |
| 424 | * ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'': |
| 425 | ** There's some hints at sexual tension between your character and Aria. The game features PurelyAestheticGender, meaning that if you pick the girl character at the beginning, Aria's dialogue is exactly the same. |
| 426 | ** This dynamic is reversed in ''Shadows''. Keith's lines are already filled with romantic subtext, so playing as a boy invokes the trope. |
| 427 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': |
| 428 | ** If you play as a boy, some of the actions and dialogue of your rival apply. Likewise, some of the dialogue from [=FireRed/LeafGreen=] if you play as [[http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/48/FireRed_LeafGreen_Leaf.png Leaf]], the female protagonist, due to dialogue not being changed. |
| 429 | ** There's one little bit of the massive [[WildMassGuessing Pokémon section]] where some think that, since Erika and Sabrina's Pokémon having some Psychic and Grass moves respectively in the Stadium games, it implies subtle LesYay. |
| 430 | ** [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Maylene and Candice]] share some suspicious conversations if they visit your Villa together in ''Platinum''; you can read it [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Villa here]]. Maylene acts all shy and [[{{Tsundere}} starts to stutter]], while Candice just giggles and [[ItMakesSenseinContext feeds her]]. |
| 431 | *** If you play as Dawn you get a considerable amount of LesYay with Cynthia. If you play as Lucas, you get HoYay with Barry (and somewhat with Cyrus). |
| 432 | ** In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', you get to go on a [[FerrisWheelDateMoment ferris wheel]] with [=NPCs=] that vary with the season and which gender you chose. The conversations on these rides are loaded with ShipTease. If you play as the girl, one of your potential partners is a waitress. As the guy, you get a male hiker. [[spoiler: You also go on the ferris wheel with [[AntiVillain N]]... Even when you're playing as a male.]] |
| 433 | *** In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', you once again get a same-gendered option for the Ferris wheel. The same hiker from ''BW'' returns on the sequel, dating the female protagonist instead. [[TearJerker For the Japanese version, he cries about how he lost the love of his life two years ago, but he says it's better to love and be rejected than to never love anyone at all.]] The sequel happens two years after the first game. |
| 434 | ** In ''Heartgold'' and ''Soulsilver'' Blue seems a bit ''too'' interested in Red. He even calls you to tell you that you [[{{Expy}} remind him]] of Red. |
| 435 | ** In the credits for ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', Elesa will blow a kiss to... ''Rosa'', if you played as her. The sequence is suspiciously absent if you played as Nate. |
| 436 | *** As a customer on Join Avenue, Elesa specifies that she'd like to see "where a dazzling cute girl works". Subtle, we ain't. |
| 437 | * ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'': |
| 438 | ** [=GLaDOS=] harbours a level of obsession for Chell that is suspect even for an insane AI that can apparently think of nothing besides [[ForScience Science]] and [[IWasToldThereWouldBeCake Cake]]. While being a monumental UnreliableExpositor makes it difficult to know when she's being sincere, she really does seem regretful about trying to kill Chell (it being part of the testing procedure) and her unexpected retaliation. The ending song (sung by [=GLaDOS=]) includes the line "''[[SarcasmMode I'm not even angry / I'm being so sincere right now]] / Even though you broke my heart and killed me...''". When Chell [[spoiler:breaks the first morality core]] the subtitles say that [=GLaDOS=]'s voice gets less mechanical and "more seductive", but she sounds flirty even before that ("Despite your violent behavior, the only thing you've managed to break so far... is my heart."). |
| 439 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' is far, far more blatant, wavering between {{Tsundere}} and full-blown PsychoLesbian territory. [=GLaDOS=] seems entirely convinced that Chell attacking and "killing" her was without any justification and is furious at her "betrayal", attempting to guilt-trip her constantly with lines that are variations of either "how could you do that to me?" or "now you'll never leave me". Then, when [[spoiler:a power-mad Wheatley]] becomes a threat to them both they actually grow to become friends, relying on and trusting each other, although while eventually [=GLaDOS=] decides she doesn't want to kill Chell, that doesn't mean she wants her around. This culminates in "Want You Gone", a break-up song in everything but name, and provides even more evidence that [=GLaDOS=] is a massive {{Tsundere}}. (For extra points, the final line is deleted from the subtitles, reading only as [REDACTED].) |
| 440 | -->"Goodbye my only friend... [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial oh, did you think I meant you?]] / That would be funny / if it weren't so sad. / Now you have been replaced / [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I don't need anyone now.]] / When I delete you [from my memory] / maybe I'll stop feeling so bad." |
| 441 | ** And then you consider [[BilingualBonus the English translation to the lyrics]] of the [[spoiler: turret opera, sung by [=GLaDOS=] to Chell]]: |
| 442 | -->[[spoiler: My beautiful dear, my darling beauty! My li’l girl, oh Chell! That she holds her in such esteem! That she holds her in such esteem! Oh my beloved, fare thee well! My dear child... why dost thou not stay further away? Yes, away from Science! My dear, dear baby... Ah, my beauty! Ah, my dear! Ah, my dear! Ah, my li’l girl! Oh my dearest one!]] |
| 443 | * ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'': |
| 444 | ** The relationship between Layton and his apprentice, Luke, is seen by some as having... undertones. [[MentorShip Batman and Robin-like]] undertones. |
| 445 | ** Layton and his friend Clark are pretty affectionate in the ending credits of the fourth game. |
| 446 | ** There's a ridiculous amount of chemistry between Layton and Descole - [[spoiler:the latter bends the former over a control panel in the Movie]]! Even more disturbing in context when you find out that [[spoiler: Descole is Layton's brother.]] |
| 447 | * ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'': [[CoDragons Dias and Selvan]], to the point where in the artbook the [[WordOfGod creators]] point out how suspicious it is that in one sidequest they're [[NoTellMotel meeting in a bedroom in a cheap inn ]]. |
| 448 | * ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'': |
| 449 | ** [[OneSceneWonder However brief their on-screen interactions are]], there appears to have been some of this between John Marston and [[spoiler:Javier Escuella. John will tell Abraham Reyes that he and Javier were close, and apart from Bill Williamson or Dutch van der Linde who does little more but belittle John, he and Javier will chew each other out as if they're unhappy about how things turned out between them. In an attempt to make John drop his guard, Javier will even say "I've always loved you"]]. |
| 450 | *** [[spoiler:Near the end of "The Gates of El Presidio", Reyes will see both John and Javier close to each other and make a quip about them as they are exiting the prison, with John either leading his handcuffed former friend out (if Javier is captured) or carrying his lifeless corpse {{over the shoulder|Carry}} (if killed):]] |
| 451 | --->[[spoiler:'''Reyes:''' Two old friends reunited. It is a beautiful thing.]] |
| 452 | *** With the inclusion of ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', [[spoiler:there now seems to be a deeper meaning of this between John and Javier, as the latter was the one who had saved the former's life from a wolf attack, and there's some subtext in one of the camp interactions in that game when John says he owes Javier for life.]] |
| 453 | * ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': |
| 454 | ** Among other moments, Hosea Matthews explicitly refers to himself and Dutch as being Arthur Morgan's parents by calling themselves and Arthur "the curious couple and their unruly son." Dutch doesn't object to Hosea implying, even jokingly, that they're a couple. |
| 455 | ** If the player chooses to have Arthur antagonize Dutch in camp, one of the lines he can pull is "Everyone sees you and Hosea [[UnusualEuphemism 'reading']]." |
| 456 | ** During Sean [=MacGuire=]'s return party, the player can find Dutch and Hosea conversing away from the others, and Dutch can be seen [[https://i.redd.it/jjcxengw99621.jpg resting his hand on Hosea's]] several times. |
| 457 | ** The wholesome bromance between Arthur and Albert Mason is undeniable and adorable. |
| 458 | ** And then there's of course the scene where Châtenay, the French painter, [[ItMakesSenseInContext makes out with Arthur in public]]. Arthur...is [[TranquilFury indifferent]] towards it. |
| 459 | ** There's some moments between Arthur and John as well, even if the game likes to remind us immediately afterwards that they're like brothers. |
| 460 | ** Charles Smith and Arthur have a decent amount of chemistry, especially towards the end of the main story. |
| 461 | * ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': |
| 462 | ** Chris and Leon being the two main male leads in the series were obviously yaoi fuel, so much so they got Ho Yay shipped before they even appeared on screen together in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' where they have a grunting fisticuffs with each other. ''Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta'' took even further as when Chris and Leon are arguing LikeAnOldMarriedCouple, Rebecca breaks it up noting how similar Chris and Leon are to each other. At the end of the movie Leon bursts in to save Chris from the BigBad on motorbike akin to a noble steed. |
| 463 | *** Bonus points since Ada and Claire are absent in Vendetta, it’s one of the rare times where Leon’s supportive partner is a dude. |
| 464 | ** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' has its own share. Here, try [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhKCGg7Qa-8 a suggestive knife fight]] or taking anything that happens to Luis out of context. Namely [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAsueWrtMGQ Saddler's tentacle (go to 'bout 00:25)]] or the fact that his first appearance can be summarized with him coming out of the closet, Leon ending up on top of him twice, and him remarking that it's [[MemeticMutation a little rough, don't you think]]? |
| 465 | ** How about Wesker and Chris? It becomes increasingly obvious that Wesker has a blatant crush on Chris. And their incredibly blaring HoYay gets a ''lot'' worse in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5''. Wesker takes every opportunity to [[SayMyName scream Chris' name in the most dramatic way possible]], and has the obvious tendency to ignore everyone except Chris. Also, the incredibly hot Excella, who was coming on to him like crazy, only receives contempt and annoyance. However, as ''soon'' as she mentioned "Chris," he actually ''smiles'', and she wonders if the sudden expression means he's "concerned." Chris has a female partner during the game, whom Wesker largely ignores in favor of going after Chris specifically. And it's not just because he has a history with Chris - he also largely [[spoiler: ignores Jill during the fight at the Spencer mansion. Jill was just as responsible for ruining Wesker's plans as Chris was.]] And all this is not even mentioning the final battle, where Wesker ends up [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]] in tight leather pants, and continually uses his tentacles to grapple with and molest Chris. Oh, and how about Wesker's furious anguish when Chris leaves him to die by escaping on the helicopter? [[MemeticMutation "CHRIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS!!"]] This ends with Chris [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything shooting him with a rocket launcher, telling him to "suck on this, Wesker."]] |
| 466 | *** They have plenty of Ho Yay in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles'' too. In pretty much every scenario where you can play as Wesker, Wesker mentions Chris and how he looks forward to the next time they meet. Oh, and during the Wesker scenario "Dark Legacy" Wesker is eavesdropping on Chris and Jill as they discuss their plans to take out the final Umbrella facility in Russia. Wesker is also going there to steal some research and he says, "Chris, it appears our fates are forever intertwined." |
| 467 | ** Birkin acts like Wesker just broke up with him in ''Umbrella Chronicles/Resident Evil Zero''. The whole scene was him trying to convince Wesker to not leave Umbrella because ''he'' still wanted to stick around and finish his G-virus and then ''completely flipping a shit'' when Wesker still wanted to leave. They were research partners for at least 20 years, starting when their mentor attempted to encourage a rivalry between them but accidentally sparked an instant bond which other scientists comment on, complete with nicknames... and even at his most unstable and paranoid, the almost cartoonishly-insane Birkin will listen to and trust Wesker... well, these things add up. Especially when they go on their version of a date - [[spoiler:killing their boss, stealing his research and taking over his lab.]] |
| 468 | ** ''Resident Evil Revelations'' has Parker and Raymond, with [[spoiler:Parker taking a bullet for Raymond and them saving each others' lives]], and Parker nicknaming Raymond. |
| 469 | ** Leon and Buddy in ''Anime/ResidentEvilDamnation''. Despite their initial antagonism, the two of them bond very quickly at the end, even [[BattleCouple fighting in perfect tandem]]. Buddy [[spoiler:practically kills himself to manipulate the lickers into saving Leon from the Tyrants]], and Leon is [[spoiler:unable to leave him at the mercy of the Tyrants and therefore risking his own life]]. |
| 470 | ** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' introduces a new character for Chris to be with: Piers Nivans. While every other male character has a female lead to possibly ship with, Chris only has a male partner. From his "Yes, Captain!" to his jalousy of Finn receiving Chris's attention, he is often thought of as Chris's personal powerbottom. |
| 471 | *** Chris' last chapter has more ShipTease than Jake's. How many times Piers said he would die for Chris? It just starts with Chris saying he would be honored if Piers took his place, and then Piers [[CrushBlush avoids to look him]] and says "I...I don't think i'm ready." Also, the scene when Chris [[spoiler: screams Piers' name near the end looks alot with the scene Chris screams Jill's name from the previous game, the woman who is (supposed to be) his love interest.]] |
| 472 | ** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'': The way Heisenberg's private diary describes his interest in Ethan's body is intended to be a plot-related {{foreshadowing}}, but when combined with theatrically flirtatious villainous mannerism and going from ''"I like you"'' to ''"You should have never [[spoiler: refused]] me, Ethan"'' (in no small part due to ''how'' he says it, so unsurprisingly the voice actor himself [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] it in his walkthrough), it's pure [[FoeYayShipping Foe Yay]] fuel. |
| 473 | * ''VideoGame/Reverse1999'' has a majority female cast and a corresponding amount of homoerotic moments between the ladies. Examples include Tennant, an out and proud ButchLesbian who is seen flirting with another woman in her Insight II costume change and who constantly flirts with the female player character in much of her dialog, Matilda who has an all-consuming obsession with her classmate Sonetto that clearly goes beyond competitiveness when idly wonders how Sonetto's hair looks great and she smells nice, and the entire, extremely complicated relationship between the protagonist Vertin and Schneider, the latter of whom constantly refers to Vertin as "my lord," speaks flirtatiously with her, and whose [[spoiler:untimely death sounds like an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove and the heartbreak sends Vertin into a month-long coma.]] |
| 474 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Rift}}'', Enqyeke Chinua makes an offhand comment about having a "schoolgirl's crush" on Asha Catari. And [[GenkiGirl Uriel Chuluun]] and [[ProfessionalKiller Kira Thanos]] seem to have a bit of SlapSlapKiss going on: |
| 475 | -->'''Uriel Chuluun:''' "[[{{Tsundere}} I don't think she likes me much]], but [[DoggedNiceGuy I'll win her over]]." |
| 476 | * VideoGame/RivalSchools has Tiffany Lords and her Team Up Technique, which involves her throwing herself into her teammate's arms and kissing them on the lips to heal them. She can do this with any character, including all the girls on the roster. Adding that with a grab attack where she [[MarshmallowHell rubs an opponent's face between her big boobs]] and a Super where she [[MurderousThighs squeezes their head between her thighs]] (both of which can also be done against all women on the roster) and it wouldn't be far-fetched to say Tiffany was the gay awakening of all girls in the cast, regardless if they were fighting with or against her. |
| 477 | * ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'': |
| 478 | ** ''VideoGame/RuneFactory3'' has Carlos, big brother to one of the potential brides of the game. Although he claims that all the ladies love him, he comes on to the main character in a variety of ways. |
| 479 | *** If you befriend the townsfolk and then don't speak to them for a while, talking to them will trigger a "Hey, long time no see" dialogue. Carlos' is "Have you been avoiding me? Not cool, bro!", while Rusk gets a pouty/angry face and dialogue which really only seems appropriate for potential love interests. Then consider most of his 'quests' are just [[ThroughHisStomach giving you sweets]]... |
| 480 | ** In ''VideoGame/RuneFactory2'', if you play Aria you can make a ChildhoodMarriagePromise to ''two'' [[TwinThreesomeFantasy twin girls]] (Sera and Serena). In the English version, they changed it to them being stupidly naive and believing marriage was a tea party, though. |
| 481 | ** And in ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'', after beating the second story arc for the first time, you have the option to play as any character, while the rest of the town still treats you according to your "original" gender. This can and will result in being able to make a couple out of any two characters in the game. The fact that dialogues are often generic and rarely mention the main character's gender probably indicates the developer expected that. |
| 482 | * ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'': |
| 483 | ** The Boss becomes awfully fond of Shaundi, even if the Boss happens to be female. [[spoiler:The second-to-last mission in ''The Third'', ends with the Boss having to choose between hunting down Killbane and rescuing Shaundi from a monument that's been rigged with a bomb. If the Boss chooses to go after Killbane, Shaundi dies, and that's considered part of the BadEnding.]] |
| 484 | *** During the fourth game when tapped in the 50's simulation, regardless of the gender of your Boss, Shaundi will still be your housewife preparing you breakfast. |
| 485 | ** A female boss has several LesYay moments with Kinzie and Kinzie herself with [[spoiler:Viola]]. There's also HoYay between a Male Boss and Gat or Pierce. |
| 486 | * ''VideoGame/RuneScape'''s "[[FourthWallMailSlot Letters From the Hedge]]" segment on the forums at one point featured a letter from Zanik the Cave Goblin to the player character, saying that she really wanted to kiss them during "The Chosen Commander" but wasn't sure whether or not her desire was residual MindScrew from being possessed by Bandos and needed time to think it over. [[InterspeciesRomance This, despite the player being human]] and possibly female. WordOfGod later confirmed that Zanik is attracted to the player character and definitely bisexual. |
| 487 | ** A recent update to "Throne of Miscellania" allows the player to choose which of the royal siblings to get engaged to; previously you were railroaded into courting the opposite-sex one, and your engagement to them would end if you changed sex after this quest. |
| 488 | * ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' has this is a good amount. This is even Lampshaded in the series several times. They have been mistaken for a couple more than twice, Sybil, the psychiatrist, found their perfect match as each other, Sam insists that "[Max] doesn't even like girls", as well as the fact that Sam goes into either unstoppable rage or deep depression if he thinks that Max is dead. They definitely are, however, HeterosexualLifePartners. |
| 489 | * ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'': |
| 490 | ** Sanada Yukimura has some of this with Mitsunari, Keiji, and Kanetsugu. |
| 491 | ** Oda Nobunaga With Ranmaru. [[DoubleEntendre Lines like]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yUDM-Kdyu4 this]] only add fuel to the fire. This is inspired by their historical connection. |
| 492 | ** Akechi Mitsuhide's relationship with Ranmaru in ''SW 1'' could only be more explicit if it were a hentai game. Come ''SW 2'', it shifts to him and Nobunaga. |
| 493 | *** In SW 3, he has this with Motochika instead. The subtext is so heavy it might as well just be text. The XL expansion and ''Empires'' game have him refer to Mitsuhide as his 'soulmate' several times! Motochika also said that Gracia, Mitsuhide's daughter, is [[LikeADaughterToMe like a daughter to him]], too! |
| 494 | ** Hanbei with Kanbei. Likely inspired by their close historical relationship. |
| 495 | ** Despite being married, Muneshige seems very fond of Kiyomasa. Many of the things he says to him could be considered very flirty indeed. He also teases Mitsunari quite a bit. |
| 496 | ** Kanetsugu with Mitsunari. Especially with scenes such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-WTTH_3HUM this]]! Also with Keiji, Yukimura, and Masamune in ''[=SW3=]''. |
| 497 | ** Okuni's various endings in ''[=SW1=]'' have her going home with different warriors as escorts, and one of these warriors is [[FemmeFatale Nohime]]! She flirts with plenty of ladies in ''[=SW2=]'' and ''Warriors Orochi'' as well. |
| 498 | * ''VideoGame/ScienceGirls'': Heather/Nicole, possibly, given how they can tease each other in a tunnel, and we see only them until Andrea interupts, even though Jennifer should be with Heather and Nicole. But the 6 girls of the Science Club are generally close enough that you could say this about any pairing. |
| 499 | * In ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara 3'', in Motonari's stage while playing as Mitsunari, he will refer to Mitsunari's "lover's spat" with Ieyasu. |
| 500 | * In ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts: Covenant'' the amount of sheer homoeroticism between Joachim and his mentor, the Great Gama, is so intense that the other characters [[LampshadeHanging are rather creeped out]]. Except for the [[YaoiFangirl little girl]], who instead gets starry-eyed when things reach their logical conclusion. Joachim does flat-out state that he is gay if you choose him during the torture sequence. The Great Gama, meanwhile... is twice as eager. |
| 501 | * Roger in ''VideoGame/CastleOfShikigami III'' gets intensely jealous of Kohtaro's shikigami, Sayo, and loathes the fact that she gets to spend so much time around his "beloved Kohtaro". |
| 502 | * In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', there is a male junk shop owning Manikin who loves to flirt with the protagonist, who is also male. The junk shop Manikin is extremely flamboyant, and says 'fabulous' a lot, calls the protagonist a cute little boy, hot stuff, handsome, and tells him that he hopes they will have a long-lasting relationship, and then winks at him (though if you talk to him in Ikebukuro, he will reveal he has been MistakenForGay and is slightly insulted by being mistaken for a "queer", though he ''could'' be ArmoredClosetGay). The Collector Manikin and the Protagonist have a tiny bit of HoYay, you need to squint to see it. The interaction between the two is just REALLY cute. |
| 503 | * ''VideoGame/{{Shinobido}}'' brings us the twin sisters Ageha and Usuba, who leads a gang of all female ninjas and are strongly implied to be lesbians (judging on their... [[CloudCuckooLander weird discussion]] about Usuba's faked breasts (for a disguise). |
| 504 | * It might seem odd to mention ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'', a game best known for its EveryoneIsBi mechanics. However, the stories of the pre-packaged characters are uniformly straight, except for Strangetown's Pascal Curious and Nervous Subject. True, the game opens on them as friends, but Nervous is coded to walk by the Curious household just as Pascal [[MisterSeahorse goes into labor]] with his [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong alien baby]]. There is also a pretty big chance of Nervous autonomously making a move on Pascal, even tough the latter is straight, which would usually stop male sims from hitting on him. |
| 505 | * "A Tangled Web" from ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'' is a gold mine of LesYay between Carmelita and the Countessa. From the Countessa putting Carmelita in JamesBondage, to the [[MindRape mind raping]] of Carmelita to make her the Countessa's pet, to the HomoeroticSubtext of the dialog, you'd think that [[ItsNotYouItsMe the Countessa still can't get over Carmelita dumping her.]] |
| 506 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': |
| 507 | ** In ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', Shadow, who has [[spoiler:no memory at this point]] discusses Sonic's "date with Eggman" as a "date to die for" with a ravenous smirk. Some people cite Knuckles weird tag-alongs with Sonic despite his duty to the Master Emerald and some of his stranger dialog as being evidence of Sonic/Knuckles as well. |
| 508 | ** In ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', Sonic is extremely competitive with Shadow, alongside their VitriolicBestBuds relationship coming off extremely as Shadow being a {{Tsundere}}, and Sonic being more... aggressive. |
| 509 | --> '''Sonic''': Shadow... why... why are you siding with [[AlienInvasion them?]] |
| 510 | ** While rather minor, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' has a mild level of HoYay between Sonic and Shadow, culminating with Sonic dying, and Shadow responding by [[ICantLookGesture closing his eyes]] [[AntagonistInMourning in sadness.]] |
| 511 | *** If that's not enough, earlier on in the game, Shadow saves Sonic from being killed by Silver, lets him go and fights in his place, when he was (most likely) trying to find Rouge and Omega after departing Eggman's base. |
| 512 | * ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'': |
| 513 | ** In [[http://kotaku.com/5030327/learn-about-soul-calibur-iv-from-a-cute-manga this]] ''Soul Calibur 4'' {{Omake}}, Cassandra is is a little '''too''' interested in [[ClothingDamage destroying Hilde's clothes]]... She is also very excited to show Hilde's her new revealing outfit (and at the same time pressures her to try cosplaying). At another point she poses in an even more revealing outfit and asks "...want to play with me?". This can be interpreted as being addressed to the reader or Hilde. Cassandra also gets ''very'' upset at discovering that Hilde has a "partner". |
| 514 | *** Tira's Critical Finisher in the game itself. It's a [[KissOfDeath death kiss]]. Which can be performed. On anyone. Even women. |
| 515 | ** In a similar [[{{Pun}} vein]], Raphael's decidedly vampiric qualities give him an appropriately vampiric finisher that involves [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything forcing his opponent to their knees and draining them from the neck while they futilely struggle beneath him]]. Like all Critical Finishes, it can be used against [[HoYay male characters]] as well. |
| 516 | ** [[FanDisservice Voldo's devotion to his master]] and [[SealedEvilInACan Nightmare's]] obssession with [[TheAtoner Seigfried]]... sorta. |
| 517 | ** ''Soul Calibur V'' has a smattering of LesYay here and there; one of the most obvious is the PseudoRomanticFriendship between Xianghua's daughter Lexia and Taki's student Natsu, but the one most plot critical is Pyrrha's status as a ReplacementGoldfish for Tira. Not only does the girl inherit the extremely abusive relationship between Tira and Sophitia, but gets to grow up isolated and paranoid because of Tira's {{Yandere}} tendency to kill anyone that makes her happy so that Pyrrha will never trust anyone but Tira and become a new host for Soul Edge. Since Tira has been working this plan since Pyrrha was about three, she not only manipulated [[spoiler:and lead to the death of]] Sophitia for Soul Edge's purposes, she went on to perform WifeHusbandry on her daughter. |
| 518 | * The banter between [[IdolSinger Pearl and Marina]] in ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' suggests Marina has a lot of affection -- platonic or otherwise -- for her older (but less mature) mentor Pearl. Her profile on the official Japanese version of the franchise's lore website (''Splatoon Base'') even describes her as a "Maiden in love", and [[Manga/{{Splatoon}} the manga]] has an extra chapter dedicated to Marina gushing over Pearl in a classic shojo manga artstyle. Some of the official art for Splatfests also raise a few eyebrows, ranging from [[https://cdn.wikimg.net/en/splatoonwiki/images/d/dd/S2_Warm_breakfast_vs._Cold_breakfast_Official_Promo.jpg the charmingly domestic]] to [[https://cdn.wikimg.net/en/splatoonwiki/images/d/d2/Pearl_Vampire_Marina_Werewolf.jpg the playfully suggestive]]. |
| 519 | * In ''VideoGame/StarControl II'', Admiral ZEX is quite obviously lusting after the Captain. It is suggested that you don't think about that. Given that ZEX's attraction is a bit... [[InterspeciesRomance different]] from most examples on this page, you could also call this a case of [[MarsNeedsWomen Mars Needs Men]]. |
| 520 | * ''VideoGame/{{Starfield}}:'' IF you marry Sarah AND you have Aja as the celebrant AND you invite Sarah's mother THEN Aja will say "Abigail will be staying with me for a few weeks. We have so much in common." |
| 521 | * ''VideoGame/StarFox'': |
| 522 | ** ''VideoGame/StarFox1'' has its share of mild homo-eroticism hints - usually in the forms of various awkward dialog localizations (like how Wolf has a tendency to act gay towards Fox). This is somewhat parodied in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', in a communication link with Wolf. Leon gushes in orgasmic jealousy about how vicious and efficient Wolf tears into his enemies, and Panther, in a fit of confused disgust, has to ask him who he's in fact jealous of: Wolf, or his victims. |
| 523 | ** In ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', on Titania: |
| 524 | -->'''Falco:''' I think you look better in a tank.\ |
| 525 | '''Fox:''' Why don't you come down here, Falco? |
| 526 | ** ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'' has so much Ho Yay: |
| 527 | --> '''Leon:''' (''To Fox about Falco'') That's some wingmate you got there. |
| 528 | * ''VideoGame/StarOcean'': |
| 529 | ** In a [[GuideDangIt rarely seen]] Private Action, Claude and Chris from ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' have some [[IdenticalStranger Clone Yay]] when they meet outside a bar and Chris offers to buy Claude a drink. [[ShelteredAristocrat Fop that he is]], Chris is thrilled as beans to be drinking in a prole bar with someone and thanks Claude for the companionship... and then gives him a friendship ring, albeit one that boosts stats. (One guesses it does so through ThePowerOfLove.) |
| 530 | *** There is also a Private Action between Claude and Ashton, in which they share a [[SweetheartSipping shake with two straws]]. |
| 531 | ** Albel and Fayt in ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'', where a requirement for making Albel join your party is to say that you "don't hate him"; in their paired ending, the two resemble an arguing couple. And the manga where the two are paired in awkward situations. |
| 532 | *** Nel and Clair have ''heaps'' of LesYay, ranging from a hugging scene to Nel saying "I did it, Clair!" when she levels up. In the ending, Clair gets irritated when her father Adray tries to marry her off to men, saying that she'll "find her own husband, thank you very much". |
| 533 | *** While it's not nearly as blatent as Fayt and Albel, Fayt and Cliff definitely show signs of a BodyguardCrush for a good chunk of Elicoor. |
| 534 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/StarOcean1 First Departure]]'', Millie and Mavelle (Marvel in the Japanese version) get some mostly-one-sided LesYay. Millie, upon being asked about Mavelle, ''immediately'' goes into how beautiful she is and how she just had to ask her to join her and Ronyx (Ronixis). And when you first see Mavelle in Ionis, Millie almost ''throws herself'' at Mavelle while complaining that she was afraid Mavelle was going to get herself killed and that she shouldn't worry Millie like that. |
| 535 | ** ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'' has a good deal too, even if it gets buried under the canon pairings most of the time. There's Edge's one-sided rivalry with Crowe, Edge's attempts to talk Arumat into [[spoiler: getting life extending treatments on EN II so that his genetic enhancements won't prematurely end his life]]-- he even tries to kiss him, albeit jokingly. And Faize's adulation toward Edge. [[spoiler: His feelings toward Edge actually play a big part in the catalyst for his FaceHeelTurn--he doesn't start hiding things from the party until his faith in Edge is shaken]]. The end is particularly rife with this, as well. [[spoiler: Edge is the only one besides Lymle to figure out who the Apostle of Creation is, and is the first to run to him when he collapses after the he's defeated. He then stays behind to help Faize, and falls after him when he lets go of Edge's hand instead of just cutting his losses and going to his friends. Their conversations here and before the final battle are ''quite'' emotional.]] |
| 536 | * In the ''Franchise/StarTrek: Elite Force'' game, your character, Alex Munro, slowly falls for one of the other [[TheSquad team members]], Telsia Murphy over the course of the game. Par for the course, right? But then you remember that you can choose the gender of your character at the beginning of the game... and all the cutscene dialogue stays ''exactly the same, regardless of gender.'' |
| 537 | * Quite a bit of LesYay can crop up between Luna and Venus in ''VideoGame/SteambotChronicles: Battle Tournament''. It's probably not just an artifact of PurelyAestheticGender, either -- the game is voice-acted, so they would have had a fairly good incentive to remove the LesYay lines if they'd wanted to. |
| 538 | * ''Franchise/StreetFighter'': |
| 539 | ** Heavily implied between Ryu & Ken throughout the whole series, especially manga and anime. Ken has repeatedly joined these Tournaments to see and or fight Ryu, though he's married with a wife and son. |
| 540 | ** There's some implications between Gulie, another married man, & Charlie. Even after the events of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', where Bison dies a vicious death at the hands of Akuma's ''[=ShunGokuSatsu=]'', Guile still seeks out any and all Shadowloo activity. |
| 541 | ** In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', Sakura's winning quote against Sagat indicates she sees him as a romantic rival regarding Ryu. |
| 542 | ** PsychoLesbian, arguably DepravedBisexual, Juri has her fair share of LesYay when it comes to certain female characters. She teasingly asks Chun-Li if she has a "schoolgirl crush" on her. |
| 543 | * ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'': |
| 544 | ** Pretty much every game in the series has this. If it's not the close friends like Flik and Viktor (though Flik had a girl in ''VideoGame/SuikodenI'', he was still traveling with Viktor in ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'' and were mentioned as still traveling together in the 15 years between ''II'' and ''VideoGame/SuikodenIII'') then there's the Narcissists - every game has two or three frumpy males (and in some cases females) who very loudly proclaim their close 'friendship' for each other. |
| 545 | ** In ''VideoGame/SuikodenIII'', Cecile comes across as having a fawning girl-crush on Chris. And Chris having a FuroScene where she notices that another girl is covered with scars -- why she spends the entire scene staring at the other girl in order to notice just how scarred she is isn't discussed. |
| 546 | *** Chris and Yun, especially in the manga. |
| 547 | ** Lucretia, the protagonists' [[TheSmartGuy strategist]] in ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'' is almost explicitly stated to be bisexual, with possible romantic links to both Lelei, the woman who once [[StockholmSyndrome guarded her prison cell]], and Cathari, a sniper who may have once had a contract on her life, as well as a prior husband. And then there's the prison guard's FuroScene... (And Lelei and Lucretia are heavily implied to spend the night together before the final battle. In the WhereAreTheyNow ending credits, it turns out Lucretia left the country without telling anyone, except Lelei, who went with her.) |
| 548 | ** There's a pretty amusing bit towards the end of ''VideoGame/SuikodenTierkreis'' where Asad, who has quite clearly had a thing for LadyOfWar Chrodechild throughout the game, ponders who the biggest obstacle in his way of his affections is. At first he thought it was her NumberTwo Meruvis, but changes his mind to Fredegund... which would be [[BrotherSisterIncest incestuous]] LesYay. Whether or not the subtext was deliberate or not, it really does not help that Fredegund gets very gushy around her sister. |
| 549 | *** The hero has quite a number of subtext with other male characters, and that's not even consdiering the others. |
| 550 | * ''VideoGame/SummonNight'': |
| 551 | ** Sugar, a female water spirit from ''Swordcraft Story'', has been sworn to marry the person to whom she's bonded. If you choose Pratty as your main character (a female), she responds with the following line when Sugar offers her a kiss: "No no! I, uh, kiss other girls all the time!", and that's only the initial meeting. For extra points, Creator/{{Atlus}} put that screenshot on the ''back of the box''. |
| 552 | ** Varil has... undertones with a male [=PC=], especially when Varil's butler states that 'all Master Varil was missing was you.' And prior to that, Varil's out-of-nowhere demand that Cleru's Guardian Beast stay behind. After the Ariel and Mariel match, Varil ping-pongs from 'You were nowhere near as strong as when you beat me!' to "Is it because they're girls? Or do you have a crush on them? Which one is it?" to 'Well, I guess I can understand.' Cleru is absolutely lost. Varil tells him it's okay, then compliments Cleru's style. |
| 553 | -->'''Varil:''' "Girls have to be protected." What beautiful words. You sound like such a gentleman... Anyway, that's how men should behave.\ |
| 554 | '''Varil:''' [his ending] With you by my side, Cleru, Craftlord of Iron, we'll make it for sure. |
| 555 | ** The sequel features a lot of LesYay if you choose to play as a female, mostly thanks to ''very'' lesbian LovableSexManiac Lynn. |
| 556 | *** Given that most lines are identical regardless of if you choose a Male or Female characters, otherwise innocuous scenes - such as [[HeterosexualLifePartners BFF]] [[NobleDemon Ryouga]] [[{{Tsundere}} blushing and getting flustered]] during the intro and ending segments, or Orin (who, for extra effect, is your [[NotBloodSiblings Adopted Older Brother]]) doing the same or comforting you - becomes Ho Yay-tastic. Same goes for Gabriel, particularly his ending, and maybe Arno depending on how you see it. |
| 557 | ** [[SplitPersonality Angel!Dinah]] tries to get a kiss from the player character, no matter what their gender is. |
| 558 | * ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate:'' In a couple of [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Palutena's]] guidance conversations, [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Pit]] calls [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Cloud]] and [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] handsome. Naturally, the shippers jumped on this. |
| 559 | * ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'': |
| 560 | ** Sanger Zonvolt and Elzam von Branstein, who are responsible for the "real men ride each other" meme. |
| 561 | ** [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4 Irm]] and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars3 Mekibos]] had a touch of this in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration 2''. |
| 562 | ** Rai and Ryusei, made all the more obvious to the point of it becoming a RunningGag in some of the comics by the way Ryusei is not interested in girls (only mecha). |
| 563 | ** [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Excellen]] is a walking font of LesYay. She might be Kyosuke's canonical love interest, but doesn't stop her flirting. She even admits to wanting to bone Viletta at one point! |
| 564 | ** Lemon Browning, [[spoiler:Excellen's alternate universe counterpart]], is hooked up with Axel, but gets very loving around Lamia, even when they are enemies. Lamia even calls her Mistress. |
| 565 | ** Certain members of the Chimera unit, but that's more or less canon. |
| 566 | ** The Project T.D team's female members. It's strongest between Ibis Douglas and Irui Ganeden, the goddess who is the villian of ''Super Robot Wars Alpha 2''. They have a unique ending scene where they meet in an empty space after Ibis fails to save Irui from the destruction of her unit. Irui comforts her for her failure and tells her not to cry before teleporting Ibis to safety and dying. |
| 567 | ** Bian Zoldark and Maier von Branstein, an older version of the obvious HoYay dynamic between Ryusei Date and Radiese F. Branstein. |
| 568 | ** Gilliam Yeager occasionally gets drawn into the Sanger/Elzam HoYay jokes. The only Aggressor immune to this is Kai. |
| 569 | ** It's obvious Katze Kotolnos thinks Haken Browning is a hot piece of ass. |
| 570 | ** Shine and Latooni get depicted this way in some official art, with Latooni having a blindingly obvious crush on Shine, though Shine has an obvious crush on Rai. Latooni is at first reluctant to wear a cute dress but changes her mind when Shine compliments her on it. |
| 571 | ** Shu seems to be more bemused than pissed off by Masaki. In a way, Shu could be getting off on the aggression, and purposely riles Masaki up to keep it going. Considering he hangs around a very perverted DarkActionGirl (and is not ungrateful for her company), it possible this is his kink (it's hers too, but it's probably more subtle in Shu's case). In the ending of Lord of Elemental in his route, Shu ends up blushing brightly when he sees Masaki in just bathing trunks. |
| 572 | ** Archibald has a creepy way of pissing off Rai and Elzam that carries some overtones of this. |
| 573 | ** The storyline of ''Anime/CrossAnge'' still happens in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'', but special mention goes to [[Anime/ShinMazinger Tetsuya Tsurugi]] being ''very interested'' in [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryouma Nagare]] that many fans distort it as such. [[spoiler:Okay, the reason is that the Getter Radiation is the solution to break Kouji out from Mazinger ZERO,]] but the way Tetsuya obsesses over Ryouma made fans assume that he had a crush on him. |
| 574 | * The freeware adventure game ''Sweet Dreams''. You play as Amy, who has to rescue her friend Juliet from her own dream world. In this dream world, Amy is somewhat inexplicably thrust into the role of the Prince who has the wake the sleeping Princess Juliet. When you finally reach Juliet, you're given the option to wake her with a kiss. And then, as part of getting her to wake up from her dream, Amy tells her that "You'll always be a princess to me." |
| 575 | ** Another early Hanako Games title ''Summer Schoolgirls'' is a giant flaming mass of playable LesYay. Given that the credits include a thank-you to the Shoujo Ai community, this is completely intentional. |
| 576 | ** Various other Hanako Games tend to include varying degrees of LesYay... and prior to creating Hanako Games, the creator behind it released a few InteractiveFiction works under the name Papillon, several of which go straight past LesYay into "explicitly contains lesbian relationships." |
| 577 | * ''VideoGame/TheSwordOfHope'': If you try to Open the old man, your erstwhile father for some fifteen years, he'll say that you already "know how he feels." ...Ooooooooookay, sure hope something was lost in translation there. |
| 578 | * ''Tale of Food'': Given the ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu''-esque CastFullOfPrettyBoys nature, this is inevitable. Popular ships that aren't foodsoul × male master include: |
| 579 | ** '''Lóngjǐng Shrimp & Zǐtuī Swallow''' is ''the'' top ship in this fandom, being one of the earliest characters not implemented from the beginning to be introduced and heaviest in HoYay interaction in-game, with the former exhibiting a LikeAGodToMe attitude about the latter. |
| 580 | ** Given that they have a full main story chapter dedicated to their emotionally intense relationship, '''[[IncestYayShipping Dézhōu Braised Chicken & Fúlíjí Roast Chicken]]''' gain a fan following as well. |
| 581 | * ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': |
| 582 | ** An awful lot of the lines Heavy says to Medic are pretty homoerotic sounding, whether intentionally or not ("GET BEHIND ME, DOCTOR!", "I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!" etc). Considering that the Medic and the Heavy are best paired together as a "tank and healer" deal, it's possible that this was completely intentional. |
| 583 | *** One of Sniper's achievement is [[{{Pun}} "Beaux and Arrow"]], in which you have to kill a Heavy & Medic pair with the Huntsman. While beaux can technically mean a frequent and attentive male companion (which Heavy most certainly is with Medic), it's most commonly associated with boyfriend, lover, sweetheart and other such terms. |
| 584 | *** In "Meet the Medic", there's an awful lot of contact going on, even taking into account the Doc's less than sterling bedside manner. Forget all the metaphors; just the fact that Heavy's willing to be the Doc's personal guinea-pig says a lot. |
| 585 | *** In the [[http://www.teamfortress.com/loveandwar/index.htm Love and War Update]] Scout got a new weapon called "The Back Scatter" and new achievements, one of them is called "Back 2 back" in which Scout has to use such gun and kill a Heavy and Medic pair within 20 seconds of each other. The achievement icon is a broken HeartSymbol. |
| 586 | ** If you look directly at the Medic and call him, the command is different. For example, instead calling "MEDIC!" Heavy will say "IT'S [[AccidentalInnuendo TEAM TIME]] DOCTOR!" The Soldier will say stuff like "C'mere sister", "C'mere pumpkin", and ultimate HoYay [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/7/72/Soldier_PickAxeTaunt01.wav?t=20100625232246 "C'mere Sweetheart..."]] Not even [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/e/e2/Sniper_activatecharge04.wav?t=20100625222320 Sniper escapes it]]; it's like everyone is gay for medic. |
| 587 | ** The Heavy, being a BoisterousBruiser with a poor understanding of English, has lots of lines like this. Consider his "THANKS FOR THE RIDE!" response after being teleported by an Engineer. |
| 588 | ** The line the Spy gives when he dominates an enemy Spy: "See you in hell, you handsome rogue." Admittedly, all Spies look exactly alike, so this may be more of a case of [[ScrewYourself Self Yay]]. |
| 589 | ** Both the Heavy and the Soldier can equip a 'Pocket Medic', a small doll of the Medic carried in one of their pockets. The Medic even has an item called the Gentleman's Ushanka - a hat similar to one of the hats for the Heavy. Its description reads, "[This] hat makes the perfect complement to the Officer's Ushanka. Let the officer in your life know you'll always be right behind them, with a Medigun at the ready and a matching wardrobe." |
| 590 | ** The Sniper and the Engineer can equip a small pocket Spy doll named The Itsy Bitsy Spyer. The description is : "Is that a miniature spy in your pocket or are just happy to OH GOD STOP HITTING ME!" |
| 591 | ** The Soldier and Demoman were close friends in the comics, they'd rather die than kill each other but they are tricked into fighting. |
| 592 | -->'''Soldier:''' Once you've [[NotADate taken a man out for whiskey and ribs]]...Then fought him...Then fought the police with him...Well, you have forged a bond, thicker than any soup you can buy. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial That's not girl talk either]]. [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday That is just facts.]] |
| 593 | *** One of the Demoman's Soldier specific taunt messages is Demo denying the latter tickets to a gun show. Now, given [=TF2=]'s logic this is probably literal tickets to a literal gun show but offering someone "tickets to a gun show" is also slang for showing off your physique by flexing your arms in front of them. |
| 594 | ** In the video "Expiration Date", Spy repeatedly demands that Scout seduce him ([[ItMakesSenseInContext because Scout wants to have a date with Miss Pauling but he doesn't know how, so he asks for Spy's help]]). |
| 595 | * ''VisualNovel/TearsToTiara'': |
| 596 | ** Possibly the strongest relationship in the game is between [[NobleDemon Arawn]] and [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Pwyll]], from their first meeting, rife with ManlyTears and Meaningful Handshake and [[LanguageofMagic exchanging True Names]], to [[spoiler:Arawn's first 'death']] and the multiple times that [[spoiler:Pwyll manifests in the present]]. They go from potential enemies to HeterosexualLifePartners in about fifteen minutes, and watching them with [[MoralityPet Primula]] is like she has two dads, between Arawn's "Pwyll, is raising a child really this hard?" and Pwyll understanding what Primula was saying about learning Ancient Magic. Arawn was downright adorable after Pwyll explained 'friendship,' and Pwyll's internal monologue... |
| 597 | -->'''Pwyll Voiceover:''' That's right... He was a fallen angel. The same blaze that condemned me was the same that had mercilessly condemned him. He threw himself into that fire, burned away his brilliant white form, and dyed himself in darkness. And he was still burning in that inner fire even as he stood before me. ... His ice-cold eyes met mine directly, condemned me, and called to me. Saying... 'Fall with me.' So... So I... |
| 598 | ** Later it's Arawn and [[HotBlooded Arthur]], who's [[IdenticalGrandson near-identical to Pwyll]] but with a different personality. They're BackToBackBadasses in the anime's opening sequence while eating an apple (though they make a point of obscuring [[IndirectKiss just what part of the apple Arthur took a bite from]]); when Arawn [[spoiler: nearly dies again]] Arthur ''snaps him out of dying'' (though Arawn briefly hallucinates Arthur as Pwyll); then there's the scene in the Avalon courtyard, when Arawn's voice is softer than we've ever heard it before (while speaking to Pwyll's ghost and when calling Arthur inside). Played with during the tournament (game-only) when the party is split into opposing teams; Arthur and Arawn are on the same team, Arthur's sister Rhiannon is on the other, and before the fight Rhiannon accuses her Oniisama of 'stealing her time with Arawn-sama!' while the other girls query why, if Arawn got to choose the teams, they aren't on his team but Arthur is. |
| 599 | ** Between Arthur and SpoonyBard [[DudeLooksLikeALady Taliesin]], as well as one-sided [[SubordinateExcuse hero-worship]] for Gaius from his subordinate Decimus; the former involves Taliesin commenting that Arthur can't die because Taliesin 'has prior claim on his life', while the latter is made more obvious in the anime (and possibly the [=PS3=] game). |
| 600 | ** In the anime, Gaius's almost suggestive tone while talking about building a 'freer, more ''tolerant'' world,' and Decimus' reaction, seem to be implying a tolerance beyond freedom from theocratic rule. |
| 601 | ** There's a copious amount of LesYay from [[LadyofWar Octavia]] and [[{{Bokukko}} Morgan]], who are also BackToBackBadasses at multiple points; Octavia also gives Morgan a 'friendship necklace,' and they hold hands during the seige of Avalon. Then there's the LesYay between Octavia and former roommate Lydia... |
| 602 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': |
| 603 | ** Lili and Asuka's [[VitriolicBestBuds volatile relationship]]. |
| 604 | ** Nina and Anna's have IncestSubtext (any day they're not trying to kill each other). |
| 605 | ** Alisa and Xiaoyu's friendship has many, many lesbian undertones behind it (even more so accounting for the movie ''Anime/TekkenBloodVengeance'', [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140802011030/tekken/es/images/b/b0/Tekken_Buraddo_Benjensu_(p%C3%B3ster_propagand%C3%ADstico).jpg whose very poster already hints at stuff]]). |
| 606 | ** [[ParentalIncest Lee Chaolan and Heihachi Mishima]] during the former's ending. |
| 607 | * ''VideoGame/TestDrive Unlimited'' shows what might be the laziest LesYay in the history of creation: all PC characters and NPC characters get the same animations for the two kinds of hitchhiker missions - in the "Hitchhiker" missions, the dude asks for a lift, you give it, and he thanks you and leaves, and in the "Top Model" missions, the babe asks for a lift, you give it, and she thanks you, flirts with you, and leaves. Take this DoubleStandard, add the option for choosing a female PC, and... well, yeah. |
| 608 | ** Long before TDU came [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstatica Ecstatica]], which did [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/6328-Experienced-Points-Something-for-the-Ladies essentially the same thing]] (male or female protagonist, female love interest). |
| 609 | * ''Franchise/TombRaider'': |
| 610 | ** The {{Flanderiz|ation}}ed PluckyComicRelief versions of Larson and Pierre, seen in ''Chronicles'', are inseperable for the first two levels, and Pierre inexplicably offers to buy Larson a milkshake. |
| 611 | ** The Crystal Dynamics trilogy is rife with LesYay. Lara and Amanda particularly come across as having had a really bitter breakup in ''Underworld''. |
| 612 | ** In [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 the 2013 reboot]], if Lara and Sam were explicitly stated to be a couple ''absolutely nothing'' about their relationship would have to change. Sam calls Lara "sweetie", constantly fawns over her, and trusts and defers to her unconditionally at all times, while saving Sam remains Lara's primary motivation for much of the game, with the final levels being straight out of a RescueRomance. The ending manages to top this by them leaving the island with Lara ''{{bridal carry}}ing'' Sam, while Sam is wearing a white dress. |
| 613 | --->'''Sam''': You saved me... I knew you would.\ |
| 614 | '''Lara''': I made you a promise. |
| 615 | ** ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTombRaider'' gives us a small one at the end of the DLC Expedition "Cold Darkness Awakened". After Lara destroys the central tower and makes a long jump onto the extraction chopper just before the toxin facility explodes, Nadia rests her head on Lara's shoulder for much longer than a standard "I'm glad you're ok" embrace. |
| 616 | * ''VideoGame/{{Transistor}}'': |
| 617 | ** Sybil is outright stated to have fallen in love with Red while she was assessing her for the Camerata's plans. She was jealous of how close Red's unnamed friend was to her, blaming him for her inability to get close to Red, and it's implied that she [[MurderTheHypotenuse deliberately organised things to kill him off]]. When she's encountered in-game after everything's gone wrong, she's still in Red's theatre, sobbing, and during her boss fight she alternates between singing a distorted version of one of Red's songs and lamenting that Red didn't join them. |
| 618 | ** Grant and Asher are [[MayDecemberRomance heavily implied to be married]], complete with the same last name. Asher repeatedly talks about how much Grant means to him, which is echoed later when Royce talks about them, in his last message after [[spoiler:Grant is DrivenToSuicide]] he is utterly devastated, and [[spoiler:they end up TogetherInDeath.]] |
| 619 | * Adel and Derek in the third ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter'' game. It's not really there at first, but then there's a situation where Adel gets sick, and someone else besides Derek does the operation. When Adel finds out, he acts like ''Derek just left him at the altar.'' |
| 620 | * ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'': |
| 621 | ** VitriolicBestBuds Shiki and Arihiko never use {{Honorifics}} to address each other, but what makes even Shiki's own sister do a DoubleTake is Shiki's habit of referring to Arihiko by his [[FirstNameBasis first name]] (a habit usually attributed to girls). Shiki having a similarly put-upon, what-the-hell-are-you-thinking- idiot demeanor in his SlapSlapKiss relationship with Arcueid also helps. |
| 622 | ** Shiki walks into some LesYay between [[{{Meido}} devoted maid]] Kohaku and her mistress Akiha, which was only made more blatant in the more family-friendly anime: Kohaku's back being turned means Akiha [[spoiler:biting and sucking blood]] from Kohaku's breasts looks a ''helluva lot'' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything more questionable]]. |
| 623 | ** In the sequel ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'', the villain that changed the main character into a VampireRefugee also killed her best friend; a Church Knight named Riesbyfe. She crafts a bullet out of Riesbyfe's artifact, and in the manga [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/melty_blood/v06/c031/22.html kisses it]] before using it to kill the villain. In a sequel, a different villain manifests Riesbyfe as a spirit program. After beating the villain, Sion uses her magic to keep up the manifestation, and while [[http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy4/AzureWanderings/MBAA_Endings/sion.png holding Riesbyfe in her arms]]; tells her "you belong to me, now." |
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| 626 | [[folder:U-Z]] |
| 627 | * ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': |
| 628 | ** Battler's little sister Ange is quite popular with [[spoiler:the Stakes of Purgatory, especially Mammon.]] |
| 629 | ** The side stories about Valentine's Day and White Day feature, among other things, [[spoiler:Kyrie/Leviathan.]] |
| 630 | ** Bernkastel and Lambdadelta are quite... affectionate with each other for {{Arch Enem|y}}ies. [[spoiler:Confirmed as canon in EP 5.]] |
| 631 | ** There are few couples in later games like [[spoiler:Will/Lion and Erika/Dlanor.]] |
| 632 | ** Author somewhat likes making lots of Ronove/Battler fanservice in TIPS and Ougon. |
| 633 | ** Up to eleven in the TIP: AllThereInTheManual Angel of 17 Years: where Ange and Virgilia made a doujin circle about Umineko BL ships (Including Crack ships). This short story mentions too much HoYay: [[spoiler: Kinzo/Genji, Will/Battler, Will/Lion, Hideyoshi/Lion, Hideyoshi/Battler, Black Battler/Battler, Krauss/Rudolf, Okonogi/Amakusa and Black Battler/Tohya.]] |
| 634 | * ''VideoGame/VagrantStory'' is a game where the cast is almost entirely male, and most of them walk around in skin-tight borderline fetish outfits (the main character wears assless chaps, and he's not even the only one). Half the dialogue has some kind of homoerotic subtext, with Sydney/Ashley, Sydney/Hardin, Ashley/Guildenstern, and Jan/Sydney (though that's quite onesided. Poor Rosencrantz). But cult leader and primary antagonist [[WalkingShirtlessScene Sydney]] Losstarot deserves special mention here. He's all but outright stated to be bisexual, described by Agent Merlose as being so beautiful and charismatic that his followers give their bodies as well as their souls to him. Every single one of Sydney's dialogues is positively dripping with blatant sexual innuendo, particularly his scenes with Ashley. [[StalkerWithACrush Rosencrantz]] is another LauncherOfAThousandShips, albeit to a lesser extent, since he has BelligerentSexualTension with half the male cast. Guildenstern inexplicably calls him a "harlot" of all things, and he has a significant ClingyJealousGirl moment once he realizes Sydney [[spoiler:has chosen Ashley to be his successor instead]]. Cue Jan's WhatsHeGotThatIAintGot speech. |
| 635 | * ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'': |
| 636 | ** Engineer Dallas Wyatt has "[[DoesNotLikeMen Man Hater]]" and "Fancies Women" as character traits, and most (if not all) of her quotes relate to main heroine Alicia Melchiott in some way. |
| 637 | ** Jann Walker is a makeup wearing man who loves other men, especially Largo. |
| 638 | ** Isara's the one Rosie acts most {{Tsundere}} to (she was never as ''tsun-tsun'' to Zaka or the other Darcsens), Isara's the one who get Rosie's ''deredere'' side out [[spoiler:and it was Rosie who was hit hardest by Isara's death]]. Rosie's song, ''A Love Passed On'', [[spoiler:was specifically promised to and first sung for Isara.]] |
| 639 | ** Belgen Gunther and Professor Theimer, who Isara refers to as her "two wonderful fathers". |
| 640 | * ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'': |
| 641 | ** Quite of few things that Russell can say ends up with Nate responding in some sort of flirty manner, intentional or not. From the beginning to end, Nate can possibly come across as being very "friendly". [[spoiler:If Russell doesn't hide from Nate and tells him that he needs a ride, Nate will respond by asking if he'll work for it because he has "needs", though he'll soon say that he was joking. When in the car if Russell asks Nate if they can just drive instead of talk, Nate responds with confusion over the plural usage and asks if Russell wants to sit on his lap. He apologizes soon after for freaking him out. At the gas station when they're both getting shot at, if Russell responds with fear, Nate will ask Russell to look at him. If Russell refuses, Nate will cup his chin, not so roughly make Russell look at him, and motivate him to continue on]]. With all of these moments from Nate and the more friendly actions on Russell's part - [[spoiler:accepting the drink, apologizing for being scared, thanking/acknowledging that Nate saves his life when he falls, and staying with him at the end]] - it can make this part of the game seem like a slash fic. |
| 642 | ** In Season 2, Luke and Nick have a few moments like this. [[spoiler:Kenny]] comments on this when trying to get a rise out of them. |
| 643 | * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzTZb6G9XfY intro trailer]] for ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Online'' trailer contains some ''relatively'' subtle LesYay between the nameless High Elf Shadow Warrior and the Dark Elf Sorceress. |
| 644 | * At one point in ''VideoGame/{{WET}}'', Rubi visits a lady by the name of Kafka Dvorak, who's into ancient books and who she wants info from concerning Mr. Ackers. Kafka seems to have something of the hots for Rubi, considering the way she acts toward her during their first meeting, and the fact that she practically feels her up suggests that she might have a ''bit'' more than just a crush on Rubi (this being Kafka, who knows what she really wants to do to her?). The mission you go on for her is called [[{{Pun}} "Falling for Kafka."]] |
| 645 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs 2}}'', Brad Evans and Billy Pilder are incredibly close-knit former war comrades who maintain a deep emotional attachment to each other long after Billy has stopped fighting. Their interaction is usually of a deeply sentimental variety, with the brain-injured wheelchair-bound Billy known to keep calling out Brad's name, while Brad is periodically shown to be keeping Billy firmly in his thoughts and feelings. In Japan they're together, and the game's English translation didn't cover that up very well. |
| 646 | * In ''VideoGame/AWitchsTale'' Princess Gretel responds to discovering that Liddell (a young girl herself) rescued her by saying "Both strong and lovely, you must be sent from heaven" while a heart appears in her character portrait. She later comments on how she knows she can trust Liddell because she has "pure eyes", with the heart appearing again. |
| 647 | * Sorceress Philippa Eilhart's relationship with her apprentice Cynthia borders on a RunningGag in ''VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings'', where Geralt keeps hearing moans from behind their door, only to walk in on something other than the obvious - first time Cynthia giving a sensual massage to Philippa, the second Philippa giving a sensual ''whipping'' to Cynthia; gives her official title [[DoubleEntendre "leashed sorceress"]] a completely new meaning. There's also discussion with Cynthia where she expresses admiration to the lifelike illusions Philippa is capable of doing, most notably a garden where "the fruit and she-elves are juicy". |
| 648 | * Odd example for a game where the player characters have no personality comes from ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}} VI: Bane Of The Cosmic Forge''. At the end of the game, if you choose the peaceful method, you confront the vampiress Rebecca and have the option to tell her that you love her, regardless of the party member speaking (who can be male or female). She gives that character the Diamond Ring, the best defensive trinket in the game or its sequel. The kicker? It's only usable by a female character. Hmmm... |
| 649 | * ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': |
| 650 | ** Joshua seems uncommonly interested in Neku and tries to get the two of them to travel the streets alone during his chapter. Sure, he has a reason for it that's important to the plot, but the ''voice'' he uses makes him sound outright flirtatious. In the manga, Joshua is stalking Neku and takes a picture of his ass with his phone. It's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the {{omake}} chapter "Another Day: This Day Ends with You!", where Joshua's codename is 'Pink', someone comments on how a Rainbow Tin Pin Launcher was 'made for him' and he's the 'Roy G. Biv' of Tin Pin, and Josh himself offers to escort Neku alone down an abandoned drainage river and "spend some quality time". Shiki is torn between shock and YaoiFangirl-ism. |
| 651 | --->'''Joshua''': Shut up and walk, dear. |
| 652 | *** From their appearance in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'': |
| 653 | ---->'''Joshua''': Hello, Neku. How long the days have felt without you. |
| 654 | ** While pitching the [[ChekhovsGun Red Skull pin]] all over Shibuya with a cry of "Come and get some hot stuff!", Futoshi slowly and sensually backs into Makoto as the latter grin the entire time. If the player builds up his Friendship Gauge at Shadow Ramen, he thinks you're coming onto him. "This isn't in the manual!" During week 2, he calls the Prince 'baby', and when some issues pop up during one of their 'business conversations' Josh gleefully remarks there seems to be 'trouble in paradise'. Oh Ai, poor dear, you never had a chance. |
| 655 | ** Several of the male shop keepers crush on the players as hard as the females when you get their Friendship up--the le Grand clerk in Cadoi City's offering to help the player slip into his purchases being the most explicit. He will drop several sexual compliments on the party as they shop and there's only a one-third chance that there's even a girl in the party, meaning two times out of three he's hitting on a pair of fifteen-year-old boys. |
| 656 | *** The assistant in Wild Boar in Udagawa. When you get his FSG up high enough, he acts like a lovestruck schoolgirl, thinking such things as "(Don't go!)" |
| 657 | *** The flirtatious shopkeeper in Cadoi City. It ''sounds'' like fairly typical male-to-female come-ons at first, but when you think about it, the only consistent party member (and thus, the only one he can be addressed, given that his lines never change except in response to the increased friendship) is ''Neku''. |
| 658 | ** That little chat between Joshua and Neku in regards to [[CrazyIsCool Minamimoto]]... |
| 659 | --->'''Joshua:''' Think he's got a thing for you, Neku?\ |
| 660 | '''Neku:''' What?! How the hell do you figure that?\ |
| 661 | '''Joshua:''' Oh please! The way he follows you around? |
| 662 | ** For some LesYay, Shiki's most important character arc is [[spoiler:her relationship with Eri, while Eri (the same as Shiki) really ''misses'' Shiki]], Uzuki idolizes Konishi, and Ai doesn't seem that devastated when she explains to Mina that her date with Makoto ended up kinda sucking. |
| 663 | ** They also have the {{sequel}} ''VideoGame/NeoTheWorldEndsWithYou'' as well: |
| 664 | *** Fret is both extremely supportive of Rindo and always seems annoyed or slightly jealous whenever Rindo talks to Swallow whom he gives his entire attention to whenever they text each other. And that's not getting into him fanboying over Oji. |
| 665 | *** Shiba and Hishima were once best friends that have grown apart ever since moving to Shibuya, however, their dialogue and relationship as depicted in the Final Day can easily be interpreted in a manner similar to a pair of ex-lovers. |
| 666 | * Now here's one that may seem out of place at first: early on in the ''VideoGame/WWEVideoGames'' series season mode included romance storylines with either the in-game divas or that custom character you made up in the game. Why does it venture into this territory? Because you can set your wrestler's gender to unknown and open up the storylines with any woman on the roster. |
| 667 | * ''Videogame/XCOM2'' expansion "War of the Chosen" introduced soldier bonding, which can happen regardless of gender differences or similarities, and doesn't help that you are always optionally prompted to make a poster to celebrate it. |
| 668 | * In the ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' games, there's a very strong, definitely intentional element of LesYay between Shion, and [=KOS-MOS=], the beautiful robot she designed. It doesn't hurt that the fetish level of [=KOS-MOS=]'s outfits depends directly on how much Shion has to do with that body's design... |
| 669 | * ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': |
| 670 | ** One of the animations that can play while the party is at a rest spot consists of Eunie sleeping with her head against Sena's shoulder. |
| 671 | ** Eunie initially despises [[BloodKnight Ashera]] due to her bloodlust and reckless behavior; however, when [[spoiler:Ashera reveals to Eunie that she's gradually going insane due to the [[PastLifeMemories memory of her own death]] and the [[AcheyScars pain that comes with it]] resurfacing and [[DeathSeeker asks]] her to [[MercyKill put her out of her misery]] when the time comes, she agrees on the condition that Ashera will [[TakingYouWithMe take her down]] [[TogetherInDeath as well]]]]. |
| 672 | * Putting aside the fact that Yandere-chan's beloved Sempai in ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' can be a female, leveling her Seduce skill enough can enable her to seduce girls as well as boys. |
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