History BestKnownForTheFanservice / VideoGames

* There are some people who have never even played ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'', yet almost everyone knows about Krystal, [[ChainmailBikini who mostly goes around in just a bra and a loincloth]]. As of ''Videogame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', it's confirmed that she's [[GoingCommando fully naked underneath it]]. [[https://i.imgur.com//OffoMLh.jpg And detailed]].

* There are some people who have never even played ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'', yet almost [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom everyone]] knows about Krystal, [[ChainmailBikini who mostly goes around in just a bra and a loincloth]]. As of ''Videogame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', it's confirmed that she's [[GoingCommando fully naked underneath it]]. [[https://i.imgur.com//OffoMLh.jpg And detailed]].

* Even though the ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' series is one of the most refined 3D fighting game franchises in the market on its own merits, the vast majority of the public only remember the female fighters' curvy model-esque bodies and JigglePhysics, for better or for worse. Of course, Tecmo isn't trying to mask it or anything. They ran straight to the endzone with that knowledge (and zero regret) when promoting ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jfzh2s3jlE Dead or Alive 3]]''. Even ''5'', which tried to tone down ([[InternetBackdraft and failed miserably]]) the "doll-like" features of their female fighters and make them more natural looking, offered all sorts of sexy incentives for preorders like fuzzy bunny bikini costumes and squishy mouse pads, and even going back to the roots later on in the game's lifecycle. Also the ''Xtreme'' series, as a volleyball/jet ski game, is basically the video game development equivalent of an ExcusePlot. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fp2yw6OCJg Watch and observe.]] Did you notice much sports action in that trailer?

[[folder: A–D]]
* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G.]]'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvTsagnxr0o a surprisingly deep combat system]] and an intricate storyline involving a group of superpowered waitresses being pitted against [[DesignerBabies genetically enhanced]] [[TykeBomb hybrids.]] But, [[NeverLiveItDown thanks to the notoriety]] of the [[HGame H-Game series]] that preceded it, most still think it's all about [[ShamefulStrip women having to strip]] and [[spoiler: being raped]].
* ''VideoGame/AgarestSenki'' effectively uses this as a selling point. 5-generation-long romance story? The whole game is a NintendoHard with TimedMission and HundredPercentCompletion? Screw that, [[NeverTrustATrailer US publishers]] know that players are playing for fan services, and RPG elements are just extra.

* ''[[VideoGame/ExaPico Ar tonelico]]'' is best known among non-fans for two things: its music, and the copious amounts of fanservice and innuendos.

* The ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' series. Even though the series one of the most refined 3D fighting game franchises in the market on its own merits, the vast majority of public only remember the female fighters' curvy model-esque bodies and JigglePhysics, for better or for worse. Mind you, Tecmo isn't trying to mask it or anything. They ran straight to the endzone with that knowledge (and zero regret) when promoting ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jfzh2s3jlE Dead or Alive 3]]''. Even ''5'', which tried to tone down ([[InternetBackdraft and failed miserably]]) the "doll-like" features of their female fighters and make them more natural looking, offered all sorts of sexy incentives for preorders like fuzzy bunny bikini costumes and squishy mouse pads, and even going back to the roots later on in the game's lifecycle. Also the ''Xtreme'' series as a volleyball/jet ski game is basically the video game development equivalent of an ExcusePlot. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fp2yw6OCJg Watch and observe.]] Did you notice much sports action in that trailer?

[[folder: E–M]]

* In ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon FEAR]] 2'', Alma rapes you. That's right, YOU! Oh yeah and some other stuff happens.

* Ask most people about ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' and they'll say "Yeah, I know that game. [[NeverLiveItDown Isn't it that fighting game]] with [[UnsettlingGenderReveal the boy who dresses up as a girl]]?" Yep. ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is a game with intense fast-paced combat, an interesting {{Animesque}} setting and [[AwesomeMusic/GuiltyGear a ridiculously awesome soundtrack]], yet it is doomed to be forever remembered as "The Game That Gave Us [[WholesomeCrossdresser Bridget]]." [[MemeticMutation Everyone's gay for him, of course!]]
** Another common sentiment is "Is that the game which gave us [[MsFanservice Dizzy or I-No]]0?"
** Even its sister series ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' has this, especially within the characters. This is because of the game's actually deep and entrenched plot makes casual fans find it hard to enjoy the story, so players turn to the characters and mostly a lot of female characters that bared their backs a lot, or having really big and jiggly boobs. Really ask people about Bullet, Makoto, Litchi, and Nine the Phantom that probably the first that comes to mind are their boobs (or in Bullet's case, her really really short pants). Which is rather egregious that when you look past their assets, they are actually solid characters on their own with rounded personality and a strong story arc... yet it's those 'assets' that are highlighted a lot.

[[folder: N–R]]
* To at least some unfamiliar with ''[=NieR=]'', ''Videogame/NierAutomata'' has spread as the Platinum game where you can blow off the main character's pants, leaving her in her panties with her butt exposed.

** Tracer is known for one of two things: her butt and controversy to it at pre-release; or the head honcho of ''Overwatch'' and a well-rounded character. Either way, we're not complaining one bit about it...
*** Also the fact that she's a canonical lesbian, which got a ''lot'' of attention and generated [[BrokenBase even more controvery than her gameplay balance]].
** The other women in that game, like [[MsFanservice Widowmaker]] and D.Va, among others; also get caught up in a lot of risque fanart, with [[AscendedMeme Blizzard seeming to taking notice of this.]] [[FanworkBan They did not take it well, removing videos of rule 34 Overwatch characters at it.]] 'course, they might as well attempt to stop a waterfall by standing at the bottom of and trying to push the water back with their hands; ''Overwatch'' is one of THE most heavily-eroticised games in the history of the medium despite only being out for a few years.

* Inverted with various pornographic ''VideoGame/{{Qix}}'' knockoffs, where they're remembered more for their blatant copyright infringement and the women turning into abominations such as [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]] than the actual erotic content.
* The two ''VideoGame/QueensBlade'' video games are creditable, if short, [[StrategyRPG strategy RPGs]] with a genuinely interesting combat system and a meaty level of [[NintendoHard challenge]]. People remember them for two things: (1) [[Anime/QueensBlade the parent franchise]] and (2) ClothingDamage.
* ''VideoGame/{{Rust}}'': It's a rare male example, since it's MaleFrontalNudity, but yeah— you start balls-out naked, and that's about what half the Internet knows about the game. There's a mosaic by default, but it can be disabled. Pants are a highly treasured bit of loot.

* ''Franchise/TombRaider'': Lara Croft has huge guns - oh, and pistols, too. A lot of people play the game through on all difficulty levels and get all the trophies-just to unlock the bikini costumes, and to angle the camera to get the best view of Lara's ass and boobs. Subverted with the [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 2013 reboot]] and [[VideoGame/RiseOfTheTombRaider sequel]] due to her assets being toned down in the game's overall more realistic art style.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' is about a world of super-powered magical action girls (many of which are {{Cute Monster Girl}}s who are ReallySevenHundredYearsOld). Who have interesting ([[NoHuggingNoKissing but never romantic]]) relationships with each other. Which gives way to tons of fanart (cute, gorgeous or [[RuleThirtyFour very risque]]) and awesome music. "Shoot em ups"? What's a "shoot 'em up"? [[note]]Unlike other examples on this page, the creator does lament that it's not best known as a shoot 'em up. Bummer.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter'': "Moving Heart" is one of ''Trauma Team'''s most infamous levels. How so? It's a Diagnostics level, and you sometimes need to get your patients to lift up their shirts in order to listen with your stethoscope. In that particular level, your patient is an attractive woman with, um, great cleavage. Do the math.

* There are some people who have never even played ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'', yet almost [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom everyone]] knows about Krystal, [[ChainmailBikini who mostly goes around in just a bra and a loincloth]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' is about a world of super-powered magical action girls (many of which are {{Cute Monster Girl}}s who are ReallySevenHundredYearsOld). Who have interesting ([[NoHuggingNoKissing but never romantic]]) relationships with each other. Which gives way to tons of fanart (cute, gorgeous or [[RuleThirtyFour very risque]]) and awesome music. "Shoot em ups"? What's a "shoot em up"? [[note]]Unlike other examples on this page, the creator does lament that it's not best known as a shoot em up. Bummer.[[/note]]

* To some fans, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' might as well be called "Super Ultra Waifu Fanservice Simulator 3000" due to its DatingSim elements and BeachEpisode DLC, never mind that it's supposed to be a medieval fantasy Turn-Based Strategy RPG. This is also most likely the reason that [[HotWitch Tharja]] and the [[SheIsAllGrownUp grown-up]] HotterAndSexier Tiki are the most well-known characters from the game. The next game in the series, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' is not faring much better in this regard. From the get-go, a lot of focus was placed on the character [[MsFanservice Camilla]] and her... assets. The eventual announcement of more fanservice-y elements in the game, such as the infamous face-rubbing game, hot springs, and the ability to dress your characters in swimsuits have split fans.

* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' is about a busty, drool-inducing, barely-clothed [[HornyDevils succubus]] who is sexier than sex, wanders the earth looking for a good time, and appears in most of [[VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever Capcom's crossover titles]], [[SarcasmMode right]]? And sometimes people vaguely remember the CatGirl, whose motivation is, um... SavingTheOrphanage... and some kind of Chinese undead girl who has blue cleavage and attacks with... um... dunno. Morrigan's the sole Darkstalker in four games: ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNKMillenniumFight2000 Capcom vs. SNK]]'' ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium and its sequel]]'', ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes'', and ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom''; with Felicia tagging along in ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomMatchOfTheMillennium the other Capcom vs. SNK]]'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''. Demitri, who was [[WordOfGod the series' protagonist before he was displaced by Morrigan]], has only shown up in two fighters: ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos SVC Chaos]]'' and ''VideoGame/CapcomFightingEvolution''. However, this only concerns fighting game appearances and Demitri has appeared in non-fighters like ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' and ''VideoGame/CrossEdge'' alongside Morrigan herself. He also fits this trope in a roundabout way: Demitri himself is known more for his [[GenderBender Midnight Bliss attack that transforms male characters into attractive female versions of themselves]] and [[FanservicePack females into a more fetishy version of themselves]] ([[FanDisservice usually]]). In fact, most people that play the game these days are [[JustHereForGodzilla Just Here For Morrigan (or Felicia)]].

** Tracer is known for one of two things: her butt and controversy to it at pre-release; or the head honcho of Overwatch and a well-rounded character. Either way, we're not complaining one bit about it...
*** Also the fact that she's a canonical lesbian.
** The other women in that game, like [[MsFanservice Widowmaker]] and D.Va, among others; also get caught up in a lot of risque fanart, with [[AscendedMeme Blizzard seeming to taking notice of this.]] [[FanworkBan They did not take it well, removing videos of rule 34 Overwatch characters at it.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{XenobladeChronicles2}}'' is an RPG with an incredibly complex combat system, massive open world, hundreds of sidequests that flesh out the details of the setting, and main plotline centered around an effort to save a dying world from a terrorist organization that's trying to recover an ancient superweapon. Ask someone with only passing knowledge of the game about it, and they'll probably reference the main female lead's {{Stripperiffic}} default costume or the fact that some of the optional blades have sexualized designs.

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade2}}'' is an RPG with an incredibly complex combat system, massive open world, hundreds of sidequests that flesh out the details of the setting, and main plotline centered around an effort to save a dying world from a terrorist organization that's trying to recover an ancient superweapon. Ask someone with only passing knowledge of the game about it, and they'll probably reference the main female lead's {{Stripperiffic}} default costume or the fact that some of the optional blades have sexualized designs.

* Creator/{{Vanillaware}}'s title ''VideoGame/DragonsCrown'' became an example of this pretty much immediately after its characters were revealed. Fans are less concerned about the contents of the title (which, granted, is little to worry about since Vanillaware's releases are consistently decent) and more concerned about how much FetishFuel the [[HotWitch Sorceress]] and {{Amazon|ianBeauty}} provide.

* The ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' series. Even though it's easily one of the best 3D fighting game franchises in the market on its own merits, the vast majority of people only remember the female fighters's curvy model-esque bodies and JigglePhysics, for better or for worse. Mind you, Tecmo isn't trying to mask it or anything. They ran straight to the endzone with that knowledge (and zero regret) when promoting ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jfzh2s3jlE Dead or Alive 3]]''. Even ''5'', which tried to tone down ([[InternetBackdraft and failed miserably]]) the "doll-like" features of their female fighters and make them more natural looking, offered all sorts of sexy incentives for preorders like fuzzy bunny bikini costumes and squishy mouse pads, and even going back to the roots later on in the game's lifecycle. Also the ''Xtreme'' series as a volleyball/jet ski game is basically the video game development equivalent of an ExcusePlot. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fp2yw6OCJg Watch and observe.]] Did you notice much sports action in that trailer? Unfortunately subverted with ''Xtreme 3'', due to the [[MoralGuardians crackdown on fanservice]] in gaming; as well as [[NoExportForYou the game getting stuck in Asia.]]

* Creator/{{Vanillaware}}'s title ''VideoGame/DragonsCrown'' became an example of this pretty much immediately after its characters were revealed. Fans are less concerned about the quality of the title (which, granted, is nothing to worry about since Vanillaware's releases are consistently good) and more concerned about how much Fetish Fuel the [[HotWitch Sorceress]] and {{Amazon|ianBeauty}} provide.

** Another common sentiment is "Is that the game which gave us [[MsFanservice Dizzy or I-No]]?"

* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' has a rather cool art style, a good story for a fighter, some interesting characters with personalities that shows they actually have more depth to them then just their looks, some even having a tragic past but still been an up beat inspiration and good role model, and is an overall fun and solid tournament fighter but most people who haven't played the game for more then 10 minutes or at all often get stuck on its admittedly not so hidden fan service. Keep in mind said fan service is played for laughs and is only focused on for a few moments to deliver a punchline or two once in a while and then the game moves on and usually stays focused on the story for the most part -- and later veers most of the fanservice into FanDisservice.

* ''VideoGame/SummonNight'' is most well-known in the west for its {{Gay Option}}s and its other fanservices, mostly in the ''Swordscraft Story'' series though. It doesn't help that the box of one of the games displays a screen of Pratty saying she [[ItMakesSenseInContext kisses girls all the time]].

* ''VideoGame/ConanExiles'' was a SurvivalSandbox set in the ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' mythos that pitted the player against all kinds of hazards and had them fight for their survival and create their own legend. All of this didn't matter, as what really made news headlines was the fact characters were all naked in Early Access and the option to adjust the size of male genitalia.

* Any and all discussion of ''{{TERA}}'' will be dominated by and centered around the rights of the female playable characters to wear {{Chainmail Bikini}}s, and whether or not people who play as Elins are pedophiles because they wear the same stuff that all the other females are wearing.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' is an extremely fluid, highly-refined BeatEmUp with some of the deepest combat ever put in a StylishAction game, and a distinctly [[HolyShitQuotient over-the-top]], gloriously {{Camp}} style that, between it and [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}} its sequel]], has earned an array of accolades, awards, and even a few coveted perfect scores. But the eponymous Bayonetta's SpyCatsuit is usually the first thing that comes to mind. Or the fact that her boss-slaying cutscenes leave her temporarily wearing nothing but GodivaHair. That and her extremely sensual and teasing personality just pushed the 'fanservice' factor even bigger.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' is an extremely fluid, highly-refined BeatEmUp with a distinctly [[HolyShitQuotient over-the-top]], gloriously {{Camp}} style that, between it and [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}} its sequel]], has earned an array of accolades, awards, and even a few coveted perfect scores. But the eponymous Bayonetta's SpyCatsuit is usually the first thing that comes to mind. Or the fact that her boss-slaying cutscenes leave her temporarily wearing nothing but GodivaHair. That and her extremely sensual and teasing personality just pushed the 'fanservice' factor even bigger.

* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G.]]'' has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvTsagnxr0o a surprisingly deep combat system]] and an intricate storyline involving a group of super-empowered waitresses being pitted against [[DesignerBabies genetically enhanced]] [[TykeBomb hybrids.]] But, [[NeverLiveItDown thanks to the notoriety]] of the [[HGame H-Game series]] that preceded it, most seem to think it's all about [[ShamefulStrip women having to strip]] and [[spoiler: being raped]].

* The ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' series. Even though it's easily one of the best 3D fighting game franchises in the market on its own merits, the vast majority of people only remember the female fighters's curvy model-esque bodies and JigglePhysics, for better or for worse. Mind you, Tecmo isn't trying to mask it or anything. They ran straight to the endzone with that knowledge (and zero regret) when promoting ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jfzh2s3jlE Dead or Alive 3]]''. Even ''5'', which tried to tone down ([[InternetBackdraft and failed miserably]]) the "doll-like" features of their female fighters and make them more natural looking, offered all sorts of sexy incentives for preorders like fuzzy bunny bikini costumes and squishy mouse pads, and even going back to the roots later on in the game's lifecycle. Also the ''Xtreme'' series as a volleyball/jet ski game is basically the video game development equivalent of an ExcusePlot. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fp2yw6OCJg Watch and observe.]] Did you notice much sports action in that trailer? Unfortunately subverted with ''Xtreme 3'', due to the crackdown on fanservice in gaming; as well as [[NoExportForYou the game getting stuck in Asia.]]

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