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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'']]: Perform scientific work with {{Eldritch Abomination}}s to [[LivingBattery harness their power]] and solve the world’s ongoing energy crisis. Just don’t give them an excuse to break out of their containment holds...

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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'']]: Perform scientific work with {{Eldritch Abomination}}s to [[LivingBattery [[MonsterOrganTrafficking harness their power]] and solve the world’s ongoing energy crisis. Just don’t give them an excuse to break out of their containment holds...holds...
** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina'']]: A robot with daddy issues and a disgraced handyman open a library and invite many interesting people to come check it out.
** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/LimbusCompany'']]: A ragtag group of mercenaries ride a man-eating bus around a city, trying to find some cool sticks.
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** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'']]: Serial killer meets a new pantheon of gods, but tries to suppress his serial-killing urges so not to set a bad example for his son. He has...dubious success at this.

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** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'']]: Serial killer meets a the boss of the new pantheon of gods, company, but tries to suppress his serial-killing urges so not to set a bad example for his son. He has...dubious success at this.
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*** Alternatively: Boy gets an arm transplant after being destroyed by the pig's human incarnation. He has to explore the lands, skies and undergrounds to find things to fight him. Meanwhile, the girl he saved spends time with her long gone ancestors and witness the events that leads to the pig man's becoming a pig demon.
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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'']]: A demonic horde can only conquer Earth if they can prove [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours their kung-fu is better than our kung fu]] in a ritualized contest created by the elder gods.

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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'']]: [[spoiler:''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992'']]: A demonic horde can only conquer Earth if they can prove [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours their kung-fu is better than our kung fu]] in a ritualized contest created by the elder gods.
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** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'']]: Some time after defeat of the pig, the same boy from the last game must travel the [[WideOpenSandbox lands]] and [[WorldInTheSky skies]] in search of girl he previously saved, and in the process learn how to become the [[DesignItYourselfEquipment best builder]] there ever was... if he can just stop [[SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer getting distracted]].
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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/MagicalBattleArena'']]: [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha A little girl that just wants to make friends]], [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura a little girl that can't even stand ghost stories]], [[LightNovel/{{Slayers}} a not-so little girl who's scared of her own sister]], [[MagicalGirl and other similar characters]] [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny must beat each other up in a]] [[ImprobablyFemaleCast girly tournament]] so the BigBad can save TheMultiverse.

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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/MagicalBattleArena'']]: [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha A little girl that just wants to make friends]], [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura a little girl that can't even stand ghost stories]], [[LightNovel/{{Slayers}} [[Literature/{{Slayers}} a not-so little girl who's scared of her own sister]], [[MagicalGirl and other similar characters]] [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny must beat each other up in a]] [[ImprobablyFemaleCast girly tournament]] so the BigBad can save TheMultiverse.



* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/{{Maribato}}'']]: The characters from ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'' start acting violently, and physically attacking each other.

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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/{{Maribato}}'']]: The characters from ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'' ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'' start acting violently, and physically attacking each other.
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*** [[spoiler:''Heroes in Another Dimension'']]: The puffball goes into the PB&J dimension and engages in oddly specific puzzles to save and befriend the cultists that tried to kill him and his friends earlier.
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** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/KirbyFightersDeluxe'']]: Technicolor puffballs beat each other up, a cloud is revealed to have taken things very personally, and the penguin is multiplied by 24, 32, 47, or 64.
** [[spoiler:''Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe'']]: Penguin bounces on musical instruments.

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** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/KirbyFightersDeluxe'']]: Technicolor puffballs beat up each other up, a cloud is revealed to have taken things very personally, other, an emotionally sensitive cloud, and the penguin is multiplied by 24, 32, 47, or 64.
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** [[spoiler:''Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe'']]: [[spoiler:''VideoGame/DededesDrumDashDeluxe'']]: Penguin bounces on musical instruments.
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** Or: Would-be messiah loses a golf game and goes on a road trip to demand a rematch.
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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'']]: Centuries after living weapons [[TheTokyoFireball blew Japan off the map]], one of them tries to wake up his old boss. Among those out to stop him are a walking Queen reference, a holy knight, and a little girl [[CuteBruiser with a big anchor]].

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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'']]: Centuries after living weapons [[TheTokyoFireball blew Japan off the map]], one of them tries to wake up his their old boss. Among those out to stop him are a walking Queen reference, a holy knight, and a little girl [[CuteBruiser with a big anchor]].
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** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/Halo5'']]: Child soldier breaks up with his resurrected girlfriend because she wants to be empress of the galaxy. [[{{Yandere}} She doesn't get the hint and kidnaps him.]]

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** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/Halo5'']]: [[spoiler:''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'']]: Child soldier breaks up with his resurrected girlfriend because she wants to be empress of the galaxy. [[{{Yandere}} She doesn't get the hint and kidnaps him.]]him]].
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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'']]: A cowardly man saves his brother from kidnappers and becomes independently wealthy, solely by vacuuming his house.

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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'']]: [[spoiler:''VideoGame/LuigisMansion1'']]: A cowardly man saves his brother from kidnappers and becomes independently wealthy, solely by vacuuming his house.

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* [[spoiler:VideoGame/MadStalkerFullMetalForce]]: A pilot takes control of a mecha to fight against other rogue mechas led by an evil supercomputer rampaging in a futuristic city with its fists, blades, and guns.



* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'']]: The [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent US President]] has a very, very heated [[StuffBlowingUp argument]] with the [[EvilChancellor Vice President]].

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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'']]: The [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent US U.S. President]] has a very, very heated [[StuffBlowingUp argument]] with the [[EvilChancellor Vice President]].


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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/MightyNo9'']]: A timid robot boy with self-doubt issues and the power to manipulate nanomachines answers the call to save [[{{Eagleland}} the USA]] from other nanomachine-based robots after a viral outbreak caused them to run amok.

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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/HeadOverHeels'']]: A dog on a cat faces Prince Charles on a [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]] to liberate Ancient Egypt, a prison, a jungle and a library dedicated to cowboy books.

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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/HaveANiceDeath2022'']]: A burned-out CEO takes out his frustrations on his overachieving subordinates.
* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/HeadOverHeels'']]: A dog on a cat faces Prince Charles on a [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]] to liberate Ancient Egypt, a prison, a jungle jungle, and a library dedicated to cowboy books.
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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/GarfieldsNightmare'']]: Lazy, gluttonous feline eats a whole day worth in food and is knocked down due to an AcidFluxNightmare. Next thing he knows, he's trapped in a DreamLand and has to figure out how to wake up.

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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/GarfieldsNightmare'']]: Lazy, gluttonous feline eats a whole day worth in food and is knocked down due to an AcidFluxNightmare.AcidRefluxNightmare. Next thing he knows, he's trapped in a DreamLand and has to figure out how to wake up.
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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/GarfieldsNightmare'']]: Lazy, gluttonous feline eats a whole day worth in food and is knocked down due to an AcidFluxNightmare. Next thing he knows, he's trapped in a DreamLand and has to figure out how to wake up.
* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/GarfieldsFunFest'']]: The gluttonous (but not-so-lazy this time) feline has to practice a tango dance to prevent his girlfriend from dumping him for his gray-haired rival (disguised as a handsome dancer).
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* ''[[spoiler:VideoGame/GrowingUp]]'': A child grows up, goes to school, makes new friends, gets a job, and gets married, all by collecting icons from a mind map and clearing same-colored blocks to pass exams.

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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'']]: The world's most killable child seeks to defeat a number of classic video game villains. He fails. [[PlatformHell A lot]].
** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheFangame'']]: Defeat several demons to storm a castle and destroy a computer accessibility option.
** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheBoshy'']]: A traffic sign must complete his heroic quest to defeat a giant box of oatmeal.


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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'']]: The world's most killable child seeks to defeat a number of classic video game villains. He fails. [[PlatformHell A lot]].
** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheFangame'']]: Defeat several demons to storm a castle and destroy a computer accessibility option.
** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheBoshy'']]: A traffic sign must complete his heroic quest to defeat a giant box of oatmeal.
* [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'']]: (Credit goes to an answer to a Twitter "make a fun game sound boring" challenge) Teenagers learn about the importance of fungi in the ecosystem.
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** [[spoiler:''Super Mario Party'']]: The villain demands equal representation. Dancing and cooperation ensue. Things ''don't'' go awry.

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** [[spoiler:''Super Mario Party'']]: [[spoiler:''VideoGame/SuperMarioParty'']]: The villain demands equal representation. Dancing and cooperation ensue. Things ''don't'' go awry.
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** [[spoiler:''Mario Party Superstars'']]: Another ClipShow of the series, only two games after the last one, but this time paying more attention to setting.

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** [[spoiler:''Mario Party Superstars'']]: [[spoiler:''VideoGame/MarioPartySuperstars'']]: Another ClipShow of the series, only two games after the last one, but this time paying more attention to setting.

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** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'']] One boy must recover his lost memories, the other must conquer his darkness. They accomplish this using trading cards.

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** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'']] One A boy must recover and his lost memories, the other must conquer his darkness. animal friends enter a castle and acquire dementia. They accomplish overcome this using trading cards.



** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded'']]: A cricket runs across a mysterious message, and creates a familiar-looking AI to solve it. Also, an inanimate object tries its hand at cosplaying.

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** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded'']]: A cricket runs across a mysterious message, and creates a familiar-looking AI [[Anime/DigimonAdventure digital champion to solve it.save the digital world]]. Also, an inanimate object tries its hand at cosplaying.


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** [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX'']]: You get to throw keys around and yoink people from a book.


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** [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIV'']]: A boy gets thrown into [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Not-Shibuya, Japan]] and loses his clown shoes. Meanwhile, his animal friends search for him in Hell.
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** [[spoiler:''Mario Party: Star Rush'']]: Four players who look identical collect allies. Everyone moves around the board simultaneously.
** [[spoiler:''Mario Party: The Top 100'']]: The ClipShow of the series.

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** [[spoiler:''Mario Party: Star Rush'']]: [[spoiler:''VideoGame/MarioPartyStarRush'']]: Four players who look identical collect allies. Everyone moves around the board simultaneously.
** [[spoiler:''Mario Party: The Top 100'']]: [[spoiler:''VideoGame/MarioPartyTheTop100'']]: The ClipShow of the series.

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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/LittleTailBronx'']]: [[FunnyAnimal Furries]] in [[WorldInTheSky the sky]] with MiniMecha and ancient {{Mechanical Monster}}s. There are only canine and feline species, and most characters are [[EdibleThemeNaming named after foods]].
** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/TailConcerto'']]: Police dog on a police robot chases a trio of cat girls who want to steal pictures and shiny things.
** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'']]: Himbo dog on a weird robot does odd jobs while trying to SaveTheWorld from an [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva]]-looking thing and a trio of furry haters.
** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'']]: A distant prequel about pseudo-French furry kids fighting Nazi stand-ins with a tank powered by live ammunition.

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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/LittleTailBronx'']]: [[FunnyAnimal Furries]] in [[WorldInTheSky the sky]] Sky]] [[FunnyAnimal furries]] with MiniMecha and ancient {{Mechanical Monster}}s. [[MechanicalMonster Not-So-Mini-Mecha]]. There are only canine and feline species, and most characters are [[EdibleThemeNaming named after foods]].
** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/TailConcerto'']]: Police dog on a police robot chases a trio of cat girls who want to steal pictures and shiny things.
** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'']]: Himbo dog on a weird robot does odd jobs while trying to SaveTheWorld from an [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva]]-looking thing and a trio of furry haters.
** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'']]: A distant prequel about pseudo-French furry kids fighting Nazi stand-ins with a tank powered by live ammunition.
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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/MagicalDrop'']]: A busty goddess wearing nothing but a ribbon, a busty ChristmasCake dominatrix, and more than twenty other Tarot-themed characters [[BestKnownForTheFanservice that nobody remembers]] compete in a puzzle game to win candy.

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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/MagicalDrop'']]: A busty goddess wearing nothing but a ribbon, a busty ChristmasCake dominatrix, and more than twenty other Tarot-themed characters [[BestKnownForTheFanservice that nobody remembers]] compete in a puzzle game to win candy.

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*** [[spoiler:''Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler'']]: Chocolate egg starts his microtransaction business after cutting a tree in half.



*** Or: Puffball uses ThePowerOfFriendship to fight an ApocalypseCult and their DestroyerDeity, who may or may not be the puffball's and the FacelessEye's progentior.

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*** Or: Puffball uses ThePowerOfFriendship to fight an ApocalypseCult and their DestroyerDeity, who may or may not be the puffball's and the FacelessEye's progentior.progenitor.
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* [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/TheGameOfLife'']]: A "game" whose "gameplay" consists entirely of the player drawing a picture (with only black and white, mind you) and then seeing whether the squares will turn on or off. Anyone with a laptop could probably remake this thing in about ten minutes if they really wanted to.

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* [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/TheGameOfLife'']]: [[spoiler:''VideoGame/ConwaysGameOfLife'']]: A "game" whose "gameplay" consists entirely of the player drawing a picture (with only black and white, mind you) and then seeing whether the squares will turn on or off. Anyone with a laptop could probably remake this thing in about ten minutes if they really wanted to.
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** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'']]: A distant prequel about pseudo-French puppies and kittens on a tank fighting Nazi stand-ins. You can kill each of them if you're bad at the game.

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** [[spoiler:''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'']]: A distant prequel about pseudo-French puppies and kittens on a tank furry kids fighting Nazi stand-ins. You can kill each of them if you're bad at the game.stand-ins with a tank powered by live ammunition.
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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/LuckBeTheLandlord'']]: The only way to pay the rent is by gambling.
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* [[spoiler:''VideoGame/GraveyardKeeper'']]: A sarcastic man gets stuck in a new job, and takes up such hobbies as gardening, wood- and metal-working, church work, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick necromancy]].
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* [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'']]: Everything you shoot [[MadeOfExplodium explodes]]. It's stealth, and if you set off alarms, [[RespawningEnemies lots of enemies arrive]]. You can't kill everyone in sight, and sometimes have to prevent specific {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs from dying. And [[NoProblemWithLicensedGames it's based on a movie]].

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* [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'']]: Everything you shoot [[MadeOfExplodium explodes]]. It's stealth, and if you set off alarms, [[RespawningEnemies lots of enemies arrive]]. You can't kill everyone in sight, and sometimes have to prevent specific {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs from dying. And [[NoProblemWithLicensedGames [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames it's based on a movie]].

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