History AdaptationalVillainy / VideoGames

* The ''MegaMan'' series has a notorious example in Proto Man, who's a good (if aloof) guy in the games, but was cast as a villain in the Ruby-Spears cartoon show. Fans have long suspected that the show's makers never played all the way through ''Mega Man 5'', where Proto Man is ''apparently'' the villain, and thus didn't know [[HijackedByGanon Wily had framed him]]. According to a [[http://siphersaysstuff.tumblr.com/post/8519989554/joerubyinterview recent interview]]), however, the decision was made by Capcom itself at some point.

* In ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'', Jimmy Lee went from being the Player 2 character in the arcade version, helping his brother Billy defeat the Black Warriors, to being the [[TheManBehindTheMan true leader]] of the gang in the NES version due to the removal of the co-op mode. Whereas the arcade version only has the battle between the Lee brothers occur if both players completed the game together, the NES version simply has Jimmy show up to fight his brother after Machine Gun Willy (the arcade version's final boss) is defeated. Strangely, the NES versions of both sequels feature Jimmy as Player 2 once again and don't even acknowledge his role as a bad guy in the first NES game.

* While he's not exactly "good", Scorpion from ''MortalKombat'' tends to be portrayed as a straightforward villain in most of his adaptations, often working for the main bad guys.

* Anna Williams of the ''{{Tekken}}'' series suffers from this. While she's certainly not heroic in the source material, she is shown multiple times to be nicer and somewhat more compassionate than her cold-blooded sister, Nina. In every animated feature and spinoff game, though, the dynamic is totally reversed, making Nina the more sympathetic AntiHero and turning Anna into the more evil one.

* Zangief in ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. While the video games have him as a SpiritedCompetitor with good morals who's a national hero in Russia, the [[Film/StreetFighter first live-action movie]], [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter its spin-off animated series]], and ''Anime/StreetFighterIIV'' have him as a henchman of the criminal organization Shadaloo (probably because of his imposing appearance and his scars). The point is lampshaded during his appearance in ''Film/WreckItRalph''.

* Zangief in ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. While the video games have him as a SpiritedCompetitor with good morals who's a national hero in Russia, the [[Film/StreetFighter first live-action movie]], [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter its spin-off animated series]], and ''Anime/StreetFighter2V'' have him as a henchman of the criminal organization Shadaloo (probably because of his imposing appearance and his scars). The point is lampshaded during his appearance in ''Film/WreckItRalph''.

* Zangief in ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. While the video games have him as a SpiritedCompetitor with good morals who's a national hero in Russia, the [[Film/StreetFighter first live-action movie]], [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter its spin-off animated series]], and ''StreetFighter2V'' have him as a henchman of the criminal organization Shadaloo (probably because of his imposing appearance and his scars). The point is lampshaded during his appearance in ''Film/WreckItRalph''.

* In the Game Boy version of ''Disney/TheJungleBook'', Kaa gets this treatment as he did in the film, but Baloo, an ally to Mowgli in both the film and the book, is also fought as a level boss.

** {{Elektra}}. Many folks, particularly those whose exposure to her came from [[Film/{{Daredevil}} a couple of]] [[Film/{{Elektra}} critically panned films]] and ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'', were shocked to see her as an enemy in-game. Especially since these days [[{{Thunderbolts}} she's rolling with a bunch of (morally ambiguous) good guys]].

* [[{{Franchise/Batman}} Harvey Dent]] is an unusual case in the DS version of ''[[LegoAdaptationGame Lego Batman: The Video Game]]''. While he became the villain Two-Face in all continuities, he was originally an honest district attorney. While playable as both, he is marked as a villain as Two-Face and pre-scarring Harvey.

* While Smithers has never been a truly sympathetic character on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', he never went as far as to rob a jewelry store and kidnap Maggie like he did in [[VideoGame/TheSimpsons the Konami arcade game]].
* [[Disney/{{Dumbo}} The Ringmaster]] in Disney's ''DisneysVillainsRevenge''. Not only is he treated as the main villain of ''Dumbo'', he was not even the meanest character in that particular film.

* [[Disney/{{Dumbo}} The Ringmaster]] in Disney's ''DisneysVillainsRevenge''.

* In the GBA version of [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheCyberChase]], the culprit is a random character, not necessarily [[spoiler: Bill]] as it was in the movie. This is presumably to keep people who saw the movie from getting it right based on that alone.

* While Smithers has never been a truly sympathetic character on ''Series/TheSimpsons'', he never went as far as to rob a jewelry store and kidnap Maggie like he did in [[VideoGame/TheSimpsons the Konami arcade game]].

* Smithers robs a jewelry store in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsons'' arcade game, a far contrast to his soft-spoken character on the show.
** The series' Smithers isn't completely sympathetic, either. He's clearly not as evil as Mr. Burns and comes off downright saintly compared to his boss, but he does willingly help to carry out many of Burns's schemes and doesn't appear too remorseful about them. (Indeed, in the episode where he kidnaps pop singer Tom Jones, he's downright gleeful about it!)

* In ''[[VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice American McGee's Alice]]'', several characters from the works of Creator/LewisCarroll get this treatment, including Tweedledee, Tweedledum, the Queen of Hearts, the Dormouse, the March Hare, and the Mad Hatter.

* [[{{Franchise/Batman}} Harvey Dent]] is an unusual case in the DS version of [[LegoAdaptationGame Lego Batman: The Video Game]]''. While he became the villain Two-Face in all continuities, he was originally an honest district attorney. While playable as both, he is marked as a villain as Two-Face and pre-scarring Harvey.

[[{{Franchise/Batman}} Harvey Dent]] is an unusual case in the DS version of [[LegoAdaptationGames Lego Batman: The Video Game]]''. While he became the villain Two-Face in all continuities, he was originally an honest district attorney. While playable as both, he is marked as a villain as Two-Face and pre-scarring Harvey.

* In VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice, several characters from the works of Lewis Carroll get this treatment, including Tweedledee, Tweedledum, the Queen of Hearts, the Dormouse, the March Hare, and the Mad Hatter.